JAMES S. MYERS, Fort Worth, Tex.       James Sevier Myers was born near Morristown, East Tennessee, in 1861. He grew up in the shade of the "Great Smoky Range," made famous by the pen of Charles Egbert Craddock. He was educated at a normal school at Carlisle, Ky., and the College of the Bible, Lexington, Ky. Began preaching when he was twenty-one.       He is a man of great ability as in organizer and preacher of the gospel. He preached for the church at Sedalia, Mo., which, at time of his resignation was probably the largest one in that state. More than one thousand were enrolled in the Sunday-school. He preached for about one year for the First Church in Philadelphia. He accepted the call to the Third Church, Ft. Worth, Texas, March, 1901. He has held meetings at Topeka, Kans., Kansas City, Mo., Omaha, Neb., Des Moines, Ia. etc. He held eight protracted meetings at Sedalia, and the last one of fourteen days resulted in 140 additions. The work is prospering at the Third Church under his ministry. THIRD CHURCH, Ft. Worth, Texas.       Homer T. Wilson organized this congregation at the close of his ministry for the First Church. It has prospered from the very beginning. There were only a few to begin with, but it has grown until now its membership numbers more than four hundred. James S. Myers accepted a call to the congregation March, 1901, and under his wise leadership the work has greatly prospered. The commodious house

in which they worship was encumbered with a large debt when he became minister, but most of it has been paid. The Sunday school has greatly increased in numbers and in enthusiasm; it is one of the largest schools in that part of the state. FIRST CHURCH, FORT WORTH, TEXAS. CHALMERS MC'PHERSON.       The First Church was organized prior to 1865. K. M. Van Zandt, the present presiding officer of the official board, moved to Fort Worth, and found about a dozen disciples meeting semi-occasionally. He gathered them together and served them as elder and Sunday-school superintendent. Addison Clark was engaged to open a school, and it was here that he began his work as a preacher. They built a home for the church, and Addison Clark and his brother Randolph went to Thorp Spring.       R. M. Gano, B. F. Hall, T. B. Larimore. J. S. Clark. J. V. Coombs. S. M. Martin and others have served the church as evangelists. It has had as ministers, Bros. Banton, W. Y. Taylor, T. W. Caskey, A. L. Johnson, R. E. McKnight. J. W. Lowber, Homer T. Wilson, and the present incumbent.       A number of years ago a congregation was formed from this church, which still exists, and is known as the South Side Church of Christ. It has about 150 members. At the close of the four years ministry of Homer T. Wilson, a very large part of the church withdrew, under the leadership of the minister, and organized a new congregation which was known as the "Third Christian Church."       We could not tell for some time just how many members the church had left, but we now know that there were not exceeding 200. The two years following the loss of those brethren were exceedingly difficult ones. The third year was brighter, and thirty-four additions were received. The fourth one was still better, with 161 additions--to our own congregation--and the receiving of sixteen persons who took membership with sister congregations of disciples, making a total of 577 additions for the year. We now number a few more than 400, with a Christian paper in every home.       March 15, 1903, C. McPherson resigned and R. R. Hamlin was called to the ministry. Since then the church has had quite a rapid growth. About 130 new members have been received, the Sunday-school has been doubled, Christian Endeavor reorganized and is now in a flourishing condition, and the missionary offerings largely increased.

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