Hyman,  neither  of  whom  remained  in  the  charge  quite  one  year.
In  the  sjM-ing  of  1870,  Rev.  John  L.  Guard,  of  Kickapoo,
Peoria  Co.,  111.,  was  invited  to  visit  the  charge  and  preach  for
the  churches.  A  call  was  subsequently  extended  to  him,  which
he  accepted,  and,  on  the  first  Sunday  in  June,  1870,  began  his
pastoral  labors.  He  preach(-d  for  the  Moimt  Pisgah  Chm-ch,  in
connection  with  other  chiu'ches  fonning  the  Camden  charge,  until
the  spring  of  1878,  when,  at  a  meeting  of  the  joint  councils,  it
was  voted  to  divide  the  Camden  chai'ge,  and  from  two  separate
charges  from  what  it  then  embraced.  Mr.  Guard  then  became
pastor  of  the  Rock  Creek  ohai-ge,  composed  of  Mount  Pisgah
Church  and  two  others,  which  he  had  organized,  meanwhile,  in
Cass  County,  Ind.
The  Mount  Pisgah  Church  has  enjoyed  an  encouraging  degree
of  success,  the  membership  more  than  holding  its  own,  and  num-
bering, in  1877,  nearly  two  hundred  communicants.  Four  new
organizations  having  been  efl'octod  within  the  territory  originally
embraced  by  this  church,  its  membership  has  been  reduced,  in
conse<juence,  to  about  ninety  communicants.  Rev.  Guard  still
continues  to  servo  the  church  as  pastor,  and,  during  his  connec-
tion with  it  in  this  capacity,  has  added  Uli  persons  to  tlie  mem-
bership.
