nia Township. Church Organization, Church
Building. Morning Service every Sunday. Sunday School, Christian Endeavor
Society, Woman's Missionary Society, Weekly Prayer Meeting, Ladies' Aid
Society.
2. Beulah Village, Benzonia Township. Chapel. Evening Service every
Sunday, Sunday School, Ladies' Aid Society.
3. Eden, Benzonia Township. Church Organization, Schoolhouse (Chapel,
1914). Evening Service every Sunday, Sunday School, Christian Endeavor
Society, Weekly Prayer Meeting, Neighborhood Club, Ladies' Social Circle.
4. Champion Hill, Homestead Township. Church Organization, Chapel. Morning
Service every Sunday, Christian Endeavor Society.
5. Platt Lake, Benzonia Township. Chapel. Afternoon Service on alternate
Sundays. Ladies' Aid Society.
6. North Crystal, Benzonia Township. Private Home (Chapel, 1914).
Afternoon Service on alternate Sundays, Sunday School, Ladies' Aid
Society.
7. Grace, Gilmore Township. Church Organization, Chapel. Morning Service
every Sunday, Sunday School, Neighborhood Club, Ladies' Aid Society.
8. Demerley, Joyfield Township. Schoolhouse. Afternoon Service on
alternate Sundays, Sunday School.
9. South Chapel, Benzonia Township. Chapel. Evening Service on alternate
Sundays, Sunday School.
10. East Joyfield, Joyfield Township. Chapel. Evening Service on alternate
Sundays, Sunday School.
11. Liberty Union, Benzonia Township. Schoolhouse. Afternoon Service on
alternate Sundays, Neighborhood Club.
12. South Elberta, Gilmore Township. Schoolhouse. Sunday School.
DESCRIPTION OF THE MAP
In order that the term, "The Larger Parish," the name by which the work of
this story has come to be familiarly known, may be understood, some
description of its geography and topography as represented on the
accompanying map, may be necessary.
The Larger Benzonia Parish is situated in Benzie County, Michigan, eight
miles from Lake Michigan and at the east end of Crystal Lake, one of the
most beautiful small lakes in the state. Benzonia-Beulah, the twin
villages which are at the center of the Larger Parish, are on the Ann
Arbor Railroad, which extends diagonally through the state from Toledo,
Ohio, to Frankfort on Lake Michigan. The Larger Parish includes Benzonia
Township and portions of Lake, Homestead, Joyfield, Gilmore, and Crystal
Lake Townships. It divides itself into three sub-parishes: the North
Parish, with two churches, Champion Hill and Eden, and two out-stations,
North Cryst
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