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SACRAMENTO AVE. M. E. CHURCH.
(HEAD OF ADAMS ST.)

SABBATH SERVICES.
CLASS MEETING, 9:30 A. M.
PUBLIC WORSHIP, 10:30 A. M.
CLASS MEETINGS, 12 M.
SUNDAY SCHOOL, 2:30 P. M.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S MEETING, 6:30 P. M.
PUBLIC WORSHIP, 7:30 P. M.

WEEK SERVICES.
TUESDAY—LADIES' PRAYER MEETING, 2:30 P. M.
WEDNESDAY—GENERAL PRAYER MEETING, 8 P. M.
FRIDAY—YOUNG FOLKS' CLASS, 7:45 P. M.
SATURDAY—CHOIR REHEARSAL, 8 P. M.

OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH.

PRESIDING BISHOP.
REV. JOHN P. NEWMAN, LL.D., Omaha, Neb.

PRESIDING ELDER.
REV. C. G. TRUSDELL, D. D., 57 Washington Street.

PASTOR.
REV. EDWIN C. ARNOLD, 1310 Adams Street.

LOCAL PREACHERS.
L. W. NEELANDS.
J. ARNOLD.

CLASS LEADERS.
A. ROBERTSON.
W. W. MARSHALL.
L. W. NEELANDS.
E. C. ARNOLD.
T. A. EVERETT.

TRUSTEES.
JOHN COUMBE,
JOHN HOPE,
J. L. BURLIN,
B. H. VEEDER,
A. ROBERTSON,
D. F. ANDERSON,
E. C. TUCKER,
G. T. AIMER,
ISAAC WALKER.

STEWARDS.
G. T. AIMER,
J. COUMBE,
JOHN .HOPE,
I. WALKER,
H. WILLIAMS,
B. H. VEEDER,
W. W. MARSHALL,
P. R. HILTON,
H. H. MADDOCK,
FRANK GOODALL,
T. A. EVERETT.

COMMITTEES,

USHERS AND COMMITTEE ON PEWS.
JOHN COUMBE,
P. R. HILTON,
E. C. TUCKER,
H. A. WILLIAMS.

ON USE OF THE CHURCH.
(Other than sacred services.)
ISAAC WALKER,
G. T. AIMER,
JOHN COUMBE.

ON MISSIONS.
E. C. TUCKER,
JOHN COUMBE,
MRS. A. R. HILTON,
MRS. AMY GIBSON,
MRS. MARY HOYT.

ON SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
P. R. HILTON,
B. H. VEEDER,
MRS. A. M. MEARS,
MISS K. FOMHOF.

ON TEMPERANCE.
B. H. VEEDER,
J. L. BURLIN,
F. GOODALL.

ON EDUCATION.
I. WALKER,
JOHN HOPE,
MRS. A. M. DELUCE.

ON CHURCH RECORDS.
W. W. MARSHALL,
E. C. TUCKER.

ON MUSIC
A. ROBERTSON,
T. L. BURLIN.

LADIES' AID SOCIETY,
Meets the fourth Thursday of each month at 2 P. M.
PRESIDENT:
MRS. AMY GIBSON.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
MRS. E. C. TUCKER,
MRS. M. H. ARNOLD.
SECRETARY.
MRS. A. M. MEARS.
TREASURER.
MRS. H. A. WILLIAMS.

WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
Meets the second Thursday of each Month.
PRESIDENT.
Miss KATE FOMHOF.
VICE-PRESIDENT.
MRS. A. C. DELUCE.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
MRS. E. C. TUCKER.
RECORDING  SECRETARY.
MRS. M. H. ARNOLD.
TREASURER.
MRS. A. R. HILTON.

THE LITERARY AND SOCIAL UNION OF THE SACRAMENTO AVENUE M. E. CHURCH,
Meets alternate Tuesday Evenings at the Church.
PRESIDENT.
REV. E. C. ARNOLD.
FIRST  VICE-PRESIDENT.
J. T. POPE.
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT.
MRS. CARRIE WEBB.
SECRETARY.
GRACE F. SMITH.
TREASURER.
FRANK GOODALL.
RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
MRS. L. W. NEELANDS,
MAY L. ROBERTSON,
S. U. ANDERSON.
COMMITTEE ON PROGRAM.
J. T. POPE,
MRS. A. C. DELUCE,
L. W. NEELANDS,
E. C. TUCKER,
ERMINIE WEBB.

LIST OF PREACHERS IN CHARGE, FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ORIGINAL JACKSON ST.
CHURCH UNTIL THE PRESENT TIME.
O. P. MCCOOL,                      Oct. 6, 1878, to Nov. 24, 1878.
ALONZO WAKEMAN,                    Dec., 1878, to October, 1879
J. W. RICHARDS,                    Oct., 1879, to May 23, 1880.
W. T. HOBART,                      May 23, 1880, to Feb. 6, 1881.
J. I. MCLAUGHLIN,                  Feb. 6, 1881, to Oct. 11, 1881.
*W. C. WILLING,                    Oct. 11, 1881, to Oct. 8, 1883.
J. W. RICHARDS,                    Oct. 8, 1883, to Oct. 13, 1886.
JOSEPH WARDLE,                     Oct. 13, 1886, to Oct. 3, 1887.
EDWIN C. ARNOLD,                   Oct. 3, 1887, to ________

    * Dr. Willing was appointed Superintendent of City Missions, and thus became
the legal pastor of the church, but the following ministers filled the pulpit
for a considerable time each, viz.: J. I. MCLAUGHLIN, WM. X. NINDE, D. D., and
JAMES BURNS.

RETROSPECTIVE.

   In February, 1874, a Mission Sunday School was organized by members of the
Western Avenue M. E. Church, and others, taking the name of "The Western Ave. M.
E. Jackson St. Mission Sunday School." Its first superintendent was Brother S.
Cload, and its sessions were held in the basement of the house of Bro. Charles
Steers, at 1820 Jackson Street. In the winter of 1876-7, gospel meetings were
held here Sunday evenings. Talk of church building led to a division in the
school, a considerable number withdrawing to organize another school. A little
band remained, but soon received fresh accessions and proceeded with their
building enterprise. A church thirty by fifty feet was completed on the corner
of Jackson and Francisco Streets and occupied before the church organization was
perfected. The register shows that thirty-four persons were received by letter
October 6, 1878, and as there is no earlier membership recorded we take that as
the birthday of the church. It began as a mission church, but at the end of five
years the missionary relation was discontinued and the first pastor sent from
the Annual Conference was received. (A list of pastors is given on another page.)

   During the pastorate of Brother Richards, the Jackson St. Church was
enlarged, by extending it twenty feet to the rear. This afforded temporary
accomodation for a rapidly growing Sunday School, but it soon became necessary
to divide the school into two sections, the primary class meeting an hour before
the main school. It was evident that the building of a larger church could not
be long deferred. In December, 1887, the official board appointed a committee on
church designs. Not long afterward an opportunity occurred to sell the church,
and it was sold for $5,100. Possession was given May 1st, 1888 to the Welsh
Methodists, and the church, still in our Conference, is now known as the Bethany
Church. Our own people found a place for Sunday services in Van Buren Hall, and
other meetings were held at private residences. This arrangement continued until
the following September when it was found possible to occupy the basement of the
new church. The name of the church was now changed to accord with the location,
and it became the Sacramento Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. With some delays
and difficulties the work proceeded until the building was ready for dedication.
On March 10, 1889, Bishop J. P. Newman preached the first sermon in the
auditorium, and this was succeeded by other sermons on the same day and through
the following week by able preachers of this city, and the church was dedicated
to the worship of God on the evening of March 17, by the presiding elder, C. G.
Trusdell. The cost of the new church was $27,000. The lots had been previously
paid for. The entire church property is worth about $35,000.

   Clark St. Church, the bountiful mother of Chicago Methodism, purchased the
site, contributed $5,000 toward the erection of the church, and will render
further assistance in extinguishing the debt. The obligations incurred in
building have been covered by liberal subscriptions, so that complete freedom
from debt is assured in the near future.

   The church, occupying an exceptionally good site in a rapidly growing
neighborhood, with its cheerful Sunday School rooms, and its beautiful
auditorium capable of seating seven to eight hundred people, offers a hearty
welcome to all. The growth of the membership in numbers has been steady and
gratifying up to the present time, and the outlook is full of encouragement. If
we are simply faithful to our responsibilities and opportunities as Christian
workers, our church will ere long take her place in the front rank of Methodist
Churches in our Conference.

THE CLASSES.

CLASS NO. 1,                  A. ROBERTSON, Leader.
Meets in Lower Class-room Sunday at 9.30 A. M.

CLASS No. 2,                  W. W. MARSHALL, Leader.
Meets in Lower Class-room Sunday at 12 M.

CLASS NO. 3—"Young People's Meeting,"      L. W. NEELANDS, Leader,
Meets Sunday at 6:30 P. M.

CLASS NO. 4—"Youths' Class,"         Led by PASTOR.
Meets Friday at 7:45 P. M.

CLASS NO. 5,                   T. A. EVERETT, Leader.
Meets in Upper Class-room Sunday at 12 M.

GENERAL CLASS first Sunday in each month at the close of the morning service.

COMMUNION SERVICE on the first Sundays in January, March, May, July, September
and November.


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A DIRECTORY OF THE SACRAMENTO AVE. M. E.CHURCH 
OF
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CHICAGO: WALKER & ROBERTSON, Printers, 170 Madison St.
AUGUST, 1889.


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