Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Early Protestant Ministers and Churches Spanish Authorities Op posed to Protestantism Religious Qualifications Required of Immigrants - First Protestant Ministers in Spanish Territory, now Missouri - First Protestant Baptism west of the Mississippi - Religious Decadence ot early American Settlers - First German Protestant Minister in upper Louisiana on Whitewater First Protestant church west of the Mississippi - Its Members - First Baptist church north of the Missouri river Its Members Pioneer Baptist Preachers and Laymen - Adventure of Elder David mclain with Indians Rev. John Mason Peck Peck's Ministry in St. Louis and the Territory Peck's Observations Baptist Congregations and Associations Pioneer Missionary society Opposition to Missionary society Early Ministers poorly Compensated - Noted early Baptist Preachers - Women's Mite societies - First Sabbath school at Chariton Religious Conditions Prevailing in St. Louis and the Territory in 1812 Distribution of Bibles Rev. Timothy Flint Observations of Flint Pioneer Presbyterian Ministers Members of first Presbyterian church west of the Mississippi - Noted early Presbyterian Ministers - Presbytery of Missouri, 1817 - Pioneer Bible societies First Episcopal Minister at St. Louis, 1819 Members of first Episcopal church at St. Louis First Methodist church west of the Mississippi - Noted early Methodist Preachers - Early Methodist Circuits and Stations - First Methodist Conference, 1810.

Early Protestant Ministers and Churches Spanish Authorities Op posed to Protestantism Religious Qualifications Required of Immigrants — First Protestant Ministers in Spanish Territory, now Missouri — First Protestant Baptism west of the Mississippi — Religious Decadence ot early American Settlers — First German Protestant Minister in upper Louisiana on Whitewater First Protestant church west of the Mississippi — Its Members — First Baptist church north of the Missouri river Its Members Pioneer Baptist Preachers and Laymen — Adventure of Elder David mclain with Indians Rev. John Mason Peck Peck's Ministry in St. Louis and the Territory Peck's Observations Baptist Congregations and Associations Pioneer Missionary society Opposition to Missionary society Early Ministers poorly Compensated — Noted early Baptist Preachers — Women's Mite societies — First Sabbath school at Chariton Religious Conditions Prevailing in St. Louis and the Territory in 1812 Distribution of Bibles Rev. Timothy Flint Observations of Flint Pioneer Presbyterian Ministers Members of first Presbyterian church west of the Mississippi — Noted early Presbyterian Ministers — Presbytery of Missouri, 1817 — Pioneer Bible societies First Episcopal Minister at St. Louis, 1819 Members of first Episcopal church at St. Louis First Methodist church west of the Mississippi — Noted early Methodist Preachers — Early Methodist Circuits and Stations — First Methodist Conference, 1810.