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[TWO PASTOR'S REGISTERS RECORDING PERSONAL NOTES, SERMONS, BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES, AND FUNERALS PERFORMED MOSTLY IN MONTANA, IDAHO, AND WASHINGTON STATE BETWEEN 1915 AND ... Two volumes of an unidentified pastor's register for a variety of locations in Idaho, Montana, and Washington, beginning during the First World War and continuing throughout the entire interwar period. In it, the unnamed pastor records his sermons, the dates and locations they were given, their titles, the number of people in the congregation, and frequently supplies notes about the service, weather, or other local events. In addition, he has recorded extensive lists of baptisms, marriages, new church members, and funerals throughout the entire period, providing valuable demographic and genealogical information. On the rear pastedown of the earlier volume, the writer has provided a brief history of his service: he began his ministry in 1893 and spent several years preaching in Alabama, before moving to a variety of churches across the country including in Tennessee, New York, and Texas.The registers begin with a new appointment in Sand Point, Idaho in November of 1915. During this period of worldwide tension and struggle, the pastor's early entries often allude to the political situation at home or the ongoing war. On November 5, 1916 - the day of the 1916 Presidential Election - the topic of his sermon, appropriately enough, is "Presidents." On December 28th of that year, he notes that "Soldiers came home."

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