Barney Elliott Warren

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Loose leaf papers related to Church of God and Gospel Trumpet Company music by C.W. Naylor, A.L. Byers, and B.E. Warren.

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First meeting of church and Sunday school conducted in Diamond Hall in 1898.

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Letter author, Reynolds Hoag, begins his personal story writing about attending camp meeting North of Bangor, Michigan when he was 13. He accepted the teachings of the Church of God in 1914. Hoag lived on the camp ground in Grand Junction from 1922-1931. Hoag names his son and son-in law as ministers - Floyd Hoag and Henry Hartman.

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A short one page biography about the life and ministry work of Sarah Smith.

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Photo in the song composing room of the Gospel Trumpet Home where a group of workers compose music for the Church of God.

Scope and Contents Letter provides background information about CHOG in Mississippi. W. W. Bradley and Sammy Bozeman preach to the Spring Hill Community near Meridian. Members of a Protestant church were "ordered out" if they believed in holiness. These members built a building on borrowed land to worship there instead. Eventually, the letter mentions that the land owner took back the land (and with it the building), so the congregation moved to Pine Grove, remaining there for seveal years until a more...

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A two page letter containing information about the life and ministry of William B. Hawkins

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Includes ministers coming to Hathorn and renting an abandoned school house to use for conducting services in 1893. If people desired to support the work of the church they were encouraged to drop off money in a collection box located at the back of the church on a wall. The ministers were disappointed in the support they received as they "moved out."

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Includes a cover letter. Writer states she recieved information from Matilda Russ. Details a brief biography of Ira Russ' life, beginnings of the church, early meetings, and influential people.