The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-07-13
SAINT PAUL, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1860.

In this church yard are also deposited the
remains of the first pastor of the church,
who came to this country in l7l4, and died
the following year from exposure to the eli
mate of America.
Before the entrance door of the church
answering the double purpose of memo
rial to the dead and place whereon the
parishioners may shake off the dust from
their feet" lies the tombstone of "Judge
William Moore, of Moore Hall, in the coun>
ty of Chester, who died 1888, aged 81
years." and bis wife. 1t was not from any
disrespect to the Judge that his grave was
so placed as to be submitted to the tramp-
lings of multitude, but in compliance with
wish which he himself expressed, to be
buried as near to the church door as posi-.
bic. Whether this desire on his part was
owing to non-attendance upon divine wor.
ship during his lifetime, "the recording
stone saith not
By the kind invitation of
the pastor of the church, and whose polite
attention and readiness to impart informa.
tion we shall never forget, we step lightly
across the Judges tomb, and pass through
the portals of the church. A holy quiet
ness bro0ds within, until one of the ladies
touch the melodeon, and that sweetest of
all instruments, the human voice, sendeth
forth volumes of harmonious sound, pene-
trating every nook and corner of the dear
old church, and shimmering the calm at
mosphere with sweet deliciousness.
Here the good preacher showed us old
books, (vols. of Pope's synopsis, printed as
long ago as 1869, which had been presented
to the church by its patron society, and
told US of the comparatively modern i'm
provements which had been made in the
church; such, for instance, as placing wood
en- sashes in the windows for leaden ones
building new gallery, and placing pews in
the church, it seeming that in the olden time
that the worshippers bad to stand up, or fur
nish their own benches, which they took away
with them when the congregation retired.
The records of the church show how much
certain persons were in the habit of paying
for bench room. The floor of the church is
composed of stone and mortar, and seems as
solid as if built yesterday. The stairs Lead
ing to the gallery are of stone, and are we'll
worn with the tread of many feet. The
walls are of an astonishing thickness, and
unless some of those modern vandals, who
have no taste or respect for the old and ven-
cradle, shall pass this way, bid fair to hold
their own with time itself.
God bless thee, dear church Well did
the Bishop of Pennsylvania remark to the
worthy pastor, that there was no church in
the metropolis Of America like unto thee.
God bless thee, too, thou unassuming grave
yard, hidden in that little secluded valley
from all but those who seek thee, with thy
dear old graves and thy wild flowers and
thy brave trees, which the hurricane hath
spared, and from whose overhanging branch
es ''robins chant their littanies and canticles
of JOY" And God bless thee, thou Murat
of the Revolution, mad, daring Anthony
Wayne! Well dost thou sleep upon soil
consecrated by the bloody, naked footprints
of the heroes Of Valley Forge, and almost
within drum beat of Paoli, and German
town, and Brandywine, where thy broad
sword didst ring.
And now gathering few roses that grow
DER the grave, in memor,am, and with the
preachers hearty benediction that God
might be with US wherever we were, "home
we'll pleased we went," with Uncle Van, our
chariOteer. H.
Ne,o York, June, 1860.