1809-1909 Centennial Souvenir

miles from Xenia. It was about twenty-two :feet square, ,vas built of round logs, the cracks closed with clay, the floor planked without jointing or matching, and the roof of clapboards, four feet long, fas tened on with "weight-poles.'' The house was warmed by a stone furnace, running from the outside, under the floor. This church was used as a place of worship for twelve years. The first regular preaching that the congregation enjoyed was by Rev. J ohn Kell, who preached for theni about one-fourth of his time, from 1810 to 1816. Rev. Jonathan Gill was then settled in the congregation, and continued with them until 1823, w;1en, at his own request, the pastoral relation was dissolved. The congregation was small, and the members being mostly en– gaged in clearing up 'their farms, and as yet reaping little ·or no profit from their labors, were unable to give him an adequate sup– port. A portion of the congregation had also become dissatisfied with Rev. Gill, some from one cat1se and some from another; and on all accounts, therefore, he thought it best to resign his charge. In conversation with Robert Reid he said that there were a few families in the congregation to whom he would gladly preach as SECOND CHUHCH 13