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Newton (JOSEPH FORT clergyhe studied)

JOSEPH FORT, clergyhe studied at the Southern Baptist The- Born in Decatur, Tex., in 1876, ological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., and was ordained Baptist minister in 1893.

He was pastor of the 1st Baptist Church, Paris, Tex., in 1898, and associate pastor of a non-sectarian church at St. Louis, 1898-1900. He founded and presided over the People's Church, Dixon, Ill., from 1901 to 1908. Was Universalist pastor at Cedar Rapids, Ia., 1908-1916, (1909); "Abraham Lincoln" (1910); pastor at Cedar Rapids, Ia., 1908-1916, "The Eternal Christ" (1912); "The and has been at the City Temple, Lon- Builders, A Story and Study of Madon, England, since 1916. His works sonry" (1914); etc.

Devonshire, England; 15 miles S. of Exeter. Its principal industry is pottery, there being abundant clay deposits. lodged both Charles I. and William of Orange, who here in 1688 was first pro- Ford House, a good Tudor building, has claimed king. Pop. about 15,000.