The following article was placed in the 1913 Gospel Messenger by the editor of the newspaper. Does any one know if the Gospel Messenger still has the biographical sketches? Do they still exist. Could they have been place at the Brethren archives at Elgin? Dennis Roth Biographical Sketches We wish each minister in the Brotherhood, past fifty year of age, who has not already done so, would prepare and send to us a well-prepared sketch of his life and labors. Very few, if any of these sketches, need to exceeded 1,800 words. We have on fie, in our fireproof vault, considerable data of this class, but there are several hundred active minister form whom we have not yet heard. Furthermore, we would be please to receive sketches of all the minister, who, in the generations gone by, have figured prominently in the work of the church. We mean those not already mentioned in our premium book, or in any issue of the Brethren Almanac. We have use for this information, and it would be arranged and place in our hands without much delay.

> The following article was placed in the 1913 Gospel Messenger by the editor of the newspaper. > Does any one know if the Gospel Messenger still has the biographical sketches? Do they still exist. > Could they have been place at the Brethren archives at Elgin? > > Dennis Roth > > Biographical Sketches > We wish each minister in the Brotherhood, past fifty year of age, who has not already done so, would prepare and send to us a well-prepared sketch of his life and labors. Very few, if any of these sketches, need to exceeded 1,800 words. We have on fie, in our fireproof vault, considerable data of this class, but there are several hundred active minister form whom we have not yet heard. Furthermore, we would be please to receive sketches of all the minister, who, in the generations gone by, have figured prominently in the work of the church. We mean those not already mentioned in our premium book, or in any issue of the Brethren Almanac. We have use for this information, and it would be arranged and place in our hands without much delay. > > > ------------------------ WOW - I wonder what happened to these - Are they at Elgin? Merle C Rummel