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Myers Creek Church
The Gospel Messenger Nov. 7, 1903 page 720 Vol 42 No. 45 Kipling. – The little band of brethren and sisters here have just enjoyed a refreshing season. Eld D. B. Eby, of Sunnyside, Wash., came to this place Oct. 10 and remained with us until Oct. 19, preaching ten sermons, which were greatly enjoyed. The attendance was small. Oct. 17 we met in council meeting and decided to effect a local organization which was done. We are to be known as the Myers Creek church. We have fourteen members. two are deacons and one minister in second degree. Eld. J. Harman Stover, of Waverly, Wash., was requested to take the oversight as our elder. None of us have ever met Bro. Stover, and thought he lives over one hundred and seventy-five miles by rail from us, yet we are glad to have on to whom we may look for spiritual advice and encouragement. Sunday evening we enjoyed a communion meeting. One devoted sister could not be present at the Lord’s table on account of an accident received the previous evening. – B. E. Breshears, Kipling, Wash., Oct. 28.
The Gospel Messenger Nov. 21, 1903 page 750 Vol. 42 No. 47 From the Northwest Oct. 5, I left home for Kipling, in Okanogan county, via Spokane, on the Spokane Falls & Northern R. R. This road crossed the international line into Canada, then back again into Washington, following the Kettle river from Marcus. At this point, after the grain left the station, a gentleman came around to the passengers and secured their names and destinations. I did not stop to inquire of anyone what it meant until afterwards. I saw him select certain ones and lead them forward to the baggage car, and on inquiry found that all who expected to stop in Canada and could not show a certificate of vaccination had to be vaccinated on the train before landing. I was glad for once that I was not a foreign missionary, for too them the remedy is worse than the disease. On the evening of Oct. 8 I landed at Curlew, where I was met by Bro. Breshears, who came a distance of forty-one miles by private conveyance to take me to this home. After resting for the night at Curlew we started early on the morning of Oct. 9 for our destination, following the Kettle river for some twenty miles over a road with blue granite rock towering high above us an din some places the roadbed was made by blasting the rocks close by the bank of the river. On this route we again crossed the boundary line and back again, reaching Bro. Breshears’ home late in the evening. The next day we met in a schoolhouse at Kipling to organize a church. But the representation of members was too small to justify going on with the work, so it was deferred one week. In the meantime we conducted a series so meetings with a fair interest. Here as in too many place in the Northwest, the people are more inclined to go to the ballroom or other similar gathering than to church. We found here fourteen members loyal and full of zeal. Oct. 17 we assisted them in organizing themselves into a working body, with was done by reading their letters, which showed that Bro. Breshears was a minister in the second degree. He has charge of the ministerial work, and is assisted in the deacon’s office by brethren Rash and East. Bro. Ezra Murry was chosen as clerk and his wife, Allie Murry, as solicitor. Bro. L. Fainter was appointed treasurer and Bro. Breshears church correspondent. A union Sunday school has been in progress for some time among them. The country about Kipling, though quite rolling, is very fertile, and in time will make a very rich agricultural and stock country. The ground is covered with a thick coat of bunch grass and the cattle are as a rule fate enough to butcher. May the churches in the Brotherhood remember this little isolated band of saints. Those seeking a good small grain and stock country will do well to visit this section, especially ministering Brethren. Bro. J. Harman Stover, of Waverly, was chosen to look after this flock. On the morning of Oct. 19 I started homeward, being conveyed by Bro. Murry to Curlew again, where, after lodging for the night, I bought a ticket and boarded the train for Chewelah. This is a point on the S. F. & N. R. R., about sixty miles north of Spokane. Here I stopped off one day to visit a few members that have located in the country about five miles from town. Lodging over nigh6t with Bro. Hixson, we started out the next morning to call on members, about nine in number, with one minister and another expected soon, which will make their number about twelve, and will mean another organization in the near future. After spending a day and making the acquaintance of these members we again boarded the Train for home, reaching home Oct. 22. May the Lord be praised for the planting of new churches. D. B. Eby Sunnyside, Wash.
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