The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1870-01-10
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numerous audience. The exercises were ex-
eoedingly Interesting throuEhout. AT the
mornlng service III o'eloekl the pulpit was
snd Hamilton and he pastor, Rev. b. Peyton
Brown, After devotional exercises, bishop
Ames delivered discourse appropriate 10 the
shall be called house Of pfayer.n The SER
mon was attentlyely listened to, and was Of
,nSh ehsr.oteL As 70 interest AL pLe.ent,
the arguments being Illustrated by the Bishop
with nAtratlons OF personal experiences Of the
power ofpfAyor, He concluded by sAying that
ns ne congregation had caused their house Of
hoped that Il might be Indeed house Of
prayer, and that the offerings sent up to
heaven IRON ~ W members might be answered
At the conclusion Of the sermon, Rev. y. p.
Bs9wn, me pastor, made few remarks, In
grcgahon during the past conference, weak.
ened as II had been by the withdrawal OF nearly
hundred members, with the church ediaee ia
prompt measures should be taken to oonsoIl.
date their strength and repair the building.
me WorR was entered upon with fear and
God, aud their iabors had pfoapsred. The
chapel has been placed In aeomfortablo And
One balf oi WIZ rsspfSls an expense 1900
made an urgeut appeal to those present to
Sssl.t 10 delraylnE the debt stlll due. half
hour was apent In the collection OF aubaofip-
lions before tho eloslnE hymn was rendered.
The afternoon service was pleasant re.
! union or, ~ was expressed by an old member
the old paitorS Of Xxx chapel pre,ept, were
Rev; Dts. Sltcet and Hamilton, Mr.. MeCauIey,
OF ne Dun6arton street church, deorGetowh,
shu the present pastor, Mr.. Brown, Rev.
Messrs. Ames Morgan and Edwards, who had
| expected 70 have been present, were detained
oy pnayolda1,e eiteumstanoss. After Staging
and prayer, Rev. Mr.. Brown read the follow.
| ing Interesting
HIsroRv or WESLEY CHAPEL.
FaanSps ys ,i,i ~ Sep, were taken ~ the
chapel" on the corner OF Finh and
In May, 1879, the new chapel was dedicated
TO the worship OF God by Bishop MeRsndree,
snl Tor nine lueseedins years remained a
served By The miuisisrs q al charge. A Ia he
year 1887, for reasons innuenelnE Rnd Justify.
i WsI The step, the oongrssHtlon So.,hlPlhg It
Foundry station as Ap Independent pastoral
charge. 10 compliance with thls wish the fourth
HsT1esy S sen, Ss for Foundry station Of
be a separate and Independent y ..'on After
NE lat OF March next," which was March, |
eemmenoed-sTsotly thirty Que years ago last
March. When her yOuHSsH dSuoAisr rSsclsd
housekeeping for hsrself 10 the Metro politSS |
church, leaving the mother still spfy aud
Vigorous, who 70 day appears before you clad !
labor 10 the Masters cauSei and BY the bieaS'
Ing OF God sho will vel begst and send on |
many more children In the midst OF this CON.
o. Tits occasion, ~ data permitted, time would |
forbid . detailed history OF this church during
the past 81 years and 10 months Of her indie. |
myself with q few general ststsm:uts and
hrst, mention her minIsterlal supply. Tho |
overnight OF this church during these yea
land served In the order name theuJ Erei |
Soha BsstI ISIS Iawl1 Dorsey, issg-'sli r D,
val Wilson, '5l-'5I; John LanAhAn, iS5-'SsI l.. |
=. Morgan, sod L. p. Phelps, '62-'oS, N. ]. |
q Morgan, '66-'Oo, OF those "eIdsrs," one, |
Edwin Dorsey, has passed to his rest and re- |
Two, Thomas n. Sargent and Norval Wilson |
have withdraw from The Methodist EpIGoo- |
pal church and Joined the NJ RI church Soutb |
The rest are still with Us, living Ia and labor.
log for the church OF their ehOlos.
brethren, and 10 the order nsms them, have
been the pastors OF this ehuFuht In lsas-'3p /
its hrst pastor, Geo. @. CoO& maa. Of preoious
grave, but whose spirit lives ia the paradise
his is,t a1oveI 'ia-I,S W, }, EiwstS,s hisSg
Morgsni i56-'Sl, W. b. Edwards, %, 5. s.
RAlelt '53-'S, James II. BROWN pSIl assistant |
WI HI DsIRsiSiSs'SS; r l. pe,hlsli,i ,SG5'sl
ney BALI 'oO-'oi, J. A. MeOAuisyt i67-'65, ID v
Peyton Browni 'GllcSj b. II. NGJaii 'S0-Ss, A. |
II. Amesj &c. u. Peyton Brown
OF these pastors, two, brothers Goodman |
and Davis, are dead; three brothers, Wilson.
KaIoll and hal, have goneto the NJ. y, church |
log for the cause Of God. May they All live /
right and die well.
Or her Ofleial men, It Is impossible to give a |
not At alt timsS Attend the sessions OF OUT |
quarterly conferences, and hence their name
do not appear, when absent, on the Journals OF |
The Hrst officiAlIist Of this station. recorded |
March u, 1889. suppose, Is tho hand writing |
OF me lamenied Goodman, and l Judge en-. |
braeing the Ofticlal men AppoI nted at the or. |
gAuiEatiOu OF the station, Is as follows: |
Preacher In ohirge, George q. OookmAn; !
SerIyener, wm. r. MeCopnelli steTafd,. TShn /
were elected By ballot at the hfst ouGFtsrly !
conference col, for this station, held April II, .
ISIS ,)ThomAl HAyenner, John SorlVenef !, Euooh ,
Tucker, u. X. MorHeli, n. U. SlAde, class. |
leaders, Thomas HavenneF, John SerIyeneF
Westminster Lewis, Enooh Tucker, John u. |
Thomas Sewall, George Thompson, BenjSmin |
y. 9ittlngs, BenjAmin X. MoTsell, Henry q, |
Sladel Ezekiel Young. George Dyer, Enooh |
Michael Reardon. - |
The trustees are not named, II at that time |
board had been appointed. OF these leaders |
among US and are still leaders In the station.
At very early date the spirit OF enterprise |
o. church extension manifested itself In this
workers.
To. the nrIt quarterly conference, through
he ssbbs sShoo tSPS 10 srsst sA Ssu.s 0S
be attached to the chapel for the use Of the
SABBATH school, class meetings, 40,
Through tta efforts, always seconded BY the
hearty cooperation OF the church, waugh
chapel was built, ita school orEAniIsd, and the
Mlssloni and later, In 1893 the Ninth street
Mission, now one OF the most nouTishlnK of |
our city, was established, and IL stlll mainly
supported by the school Of the station,
Gazing Its whole history into the account, |
thl9k am correct In saying that In numbers,
zeal, hoeraiity, and conversions, the Wesley
ChHpel Sabbath school has been Gscond TO
lone Of any church 10 the District OF OoIum-
bla. May its future career DO as successful as
l's past history has been proud snd hoble
we have these estmatesi In addition to 0SO OO0
current expenses for thirty two years, At an
average OF " 800 per year, she has co tftbuted
not less than ~, 900 to benevolent objects. 10
this respect, too, her record 10 noble.
10 the autumn OF 1889 her drst mlISionAty
Bros. iIavenner, Tucker, and Slads, Vice prssi.
denlsi James LtwfenBOn, secretary, and fhos.
purceil ttsa.uTer' A. their nfsl meeting
brother to Bishop Morris, presided, and the
alon.
or the exact number Of sermons preached.
funerals attended, and pastoral visits paid, We
have no certain knowledge. Had We Il would
PC seen that the pastors office, when faith.
tully nlled, 10 no aineourej but, at the lowest
estimate, there have been at least 5000 aaf.
mons preached within her sacred wallis
oHuubu hteu surely hhu tuey thllon In good
Fround,n to have produced N ore fruit than has
been gathered,
OfmArrIages solemniIed with tho exception
OF 1888, the year OF DAbney BAlps mlnistTy0
We have full record Of number as folio ".
Names, with two exceptions, we muat omit
BY George q. OoOkmAn, 1907 the hrSt May
30, 1888, Henry Tilley and Ellen Brown. The
last, aud perhaps his last on earth, March 10,
1870, Samuel Wise aud Jane Ann J aoobsi John
Davis, III W. y, Edwards, %; N. Wilson, ID
II. Sieer 1ji L. ,. Morgan, sOi ). 3. RoEsll,
~ Jas u. Brow q, oil IL. l. DAahiell, 2aI VIM.
Krebbs, b2i J. A. moCAuIey, 32i b. Peyton
Brown, 75i u, II, NAdAl, 30, i. s. DehaIs, 10;
A. H. Ames, 50, Whole number recorded, plb
OF bAptisms We have but partial and in.
complete record numbering perh apps about one
thousand subjects, children and adults. Such
are a few OF the facts connected with the his.
tory OF thls church onteATth ADD In timei for,
thank God, her history will have record in
Heaven, and Will run through all eteFnity.
There 10 one fact, however, | wish I could |
state with certainly, viz: The numbers that
have passed from her school add communion
here to the fellowship OF the Church above.
o. could call their names how many pleased |