Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World, December 7, 1893, p. 11. THE COVENANTOR CHURCH The Covenanter Church was organized here in 1820 by John and Thomas Moore from South Carolina. Its early membership was largely composed of those who left South Carolina because of their opposition to slavery. Their first pastor was Rev. James Faris who preached for them from 1827 to 1855. Then Rev. David J. Shaw was their pastor from 1856 to 1890. Rev. M. A. Fault became their pastor on June 9, 1893. The members first worshipped in a small log church that stood on one corner of Mrs. McQuiston's lot on the northwest part of the city. This building was in dimension about 15 x 20 feet and was used for a school house. In 1836 they built a brick church two miles southeast of Bloomington. This building was destroyed by fire in 1847, but a better one was speedily erected. In 1877 they moved to Bloomington and built their present, elegant brick church on South Walnut Street. In 1833 they had a membership of about 120 but were reduced by a division that year. Their present membership is about 100. Their contributions last year for the various departments of their church amounted to $1,400. The present pastor, Rev. M. A. Gault, was born May 5 (difficult to read), 1845, in Colraine, Ireland, and is the second son in a family of four boys. The oldest son is a lawyer in Chicago, the third is a farmer in Iowa, and the youngest is a pastor in Mansfield, Ohio. The subject of this sketch received his early education at Waukesha, Wis. He graduated at Monmouth College in 1870 and from the Allegheny Theological Seminary in '74. He was pastor in Iowa for eight years and for ten years his time was wholly occupied as secretary of the National Reform Association. Last year he was president of the National Christian Association Opposed to Secret Societies during which time he labored in the states of Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois. He is an uncompromising foe to all kinds of secret orders. Last June he became the pastor of the Covenanter Church of Bloomington where he hopes to labor during the remainder of his life.