The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-10-27

CENTENARY CELEBRATION. The Centenorv
services in the Eliton NJ. y. Church, ON SUNDAY lo.
were interesting and the attendance large. In the
morning. an able aud cgqucut discourse v,s dolly,
cred 10y Rev. +. Moore, DID, Of PhIadclrhi, Io..d
ON the 18th verse of the 18th chapter of St. Mark
ii" gave an Interesting sketch of the rise and growth
OF the Methodist society: referred to the ,cmoroIzco
stat" "i English society ut that time, showing thereby
that Providence directed the movement He noticed
the opinion which has been thrown ont in certain
quarters that the church has reached the hglth of
its glory and usefulness and showed that the mast
history and present state of the church rcfcd such
an assertion; that now lHt hcllold the mornin.
rays of the triUnphs Of Mcthodi~n: these are not
the "p"nd"r| of the noonday, nor the gorgeous hur-
Of the evening He compared the organization to a
great pyramid with John Wesley the wonderful
organizer and systrmatzcr. aS one base and Viii
field the fountain of burning "l"uurncc rs the other
base, and Charles Wesley rs the apex flooding tile
Who'll" structure with his sweet songs of Zion. and
asked, did ''od raise such c,cc to blast it? He
concluded with an cXh"riuon to the members to
retain the high position already attained Sul,Scrp-
t"ns "er" then taken to the Centenary Fund. when
quite respectable amount was subscribed.
In the afternoon. the Chdrcn'> Jubilee was held
This was participated in 10y the sabbath school of
the church and the Wcstamwcll school The attend
anrc was large, and the exercises pleasant and in
Strilctive. Rev. Mr.. Kurz addressed the children
givinra short account otthr origin of SUNDAY schools
in which he showed that the honor of ORIGINATING,
these noble auXiliarics to religion and morality be-
lonS"d to a Methodist lady of England. He wa fol-
lowed by Rcvs. Moore and O'NciIi, who made short
aud appropriate addresses. Afterwards the Dicku-
son College medals we're distributed These have
ON one sid" representation of John Wesley being
! Thor
College.
At night. public meeting was held. Mr.. KtrtZ
spoke of some of the features of Methodism which
were the cause of its great sccrSs and of the bright
future which lays before the church. W. j. Jones
Ed, next addressed the meeting. After noticing
'c us" "i the society in England he examined its
introduction and spread in this country: showing
that Mcth"di~m and American nationality were twin
SISTERS; that they had prospcrcd and langr;ishcd
together. He continued tn" parallel mp to the pres
'h' tl'''"' ana sand th"r" w"r" many things which
should engage tn" attention of the church; two of
which h" noticed rs among the most important: The
Introduction of hay Representation. and the rc
gious and intellectual welfare of the four millions 81
people freed by the war. The address was able and
Weil-thn"d throughout He was followed hy ncv.
Moore. and H. Il. 1orhcr and f. A. Ellis, ESis. in
neat and short address. Subscriptions were. again
taken.
The total amount subscribed during the ,ay was
Sioo". The subscribers were given the privilege of
designating to which one of the four objects named
by tn" General Conference, viz: Dickinson College,
NlItmingt@''s Female College, New York Mission
House, and General Centenary Fund their money
should b" applied The greater portion was Ir,ig-
Hat"d for the endowment of Dickinson college
Considering that the S""ety has within the past year
or eighteen months liqUidatcd debt of $@0pl on
their church, the aln"uut subscribed to the Gem
tcnay Fund is very crrdalIc