Middletown transcript., 1871-09-30
EY REV. GEORGE. rcOT.


s,iyAnia commenced his lihofs aud MAS install
led over Draws tcgs, smyrna, mud Forest churches
In lsa2 He afterwards refine a,hci the|care of
the church q, smyrna, which since iha, pe.ioa.
has hecome extinct.
So much had Drawers church lcclinch after
the removal Of br, Read, and rapid WAS the
decline nf l'rclby ,cri,ni5n in ,hi, reFiut that
1 Mr.. Wilson received nm inadcp"4tc suppurt. und
/ Was undc; the necessity ot teaching n potion oi
1 his time. He removed In 1881,
! un the frs, Of lny is32, Rev. Nicholas Pat
/ ,crson commence! pilleh...s IN this cuhgFrga-
1 ton us stalpi supply, ant continued hI lahnrs
until Nercmher a,ih, 1889. bufiiig the rsriul
7 uf III! lahors tie ,roi pFp;raci'd series ol rti-
4 eiuus eNorcisrs was hold 1Id, Us the icHtlt. ~
I werra added ON the ll Of Noycnl,r To tic Nuref
This WAS the large; number witch has zen adj
! dcd To the church Al time during thd entire
period OF It, existence
On the .5lh OF Novcplcr 1850. Rev David
he fotss, Ely commenced his ahurs hIrc
4 stated supply and continued - werks
Au,.4st |, 1883. Rev Warren q ,IoH| b coin
menett lis t.l ors in this congregation, nbd WIS
| installed November "a 1888. I'm the 'irkt SAFE
| bath III September IN that yeat. wight persons
WIRE added To thr cl,urtl.
January II. SAB eleven were received TO the
communion oil tbf church and in March follow
ing four we're aaa.. I'd Nj. Jones e,utea his
lahors IN tie eauatesat. Al August litl l3aa@
and removed 10 Connecticut,
In November following Rev. thAtles Brown
-; l.eA.3 hresbt,,rY eas invited 10 sat1ly glie
luipi. September 4 is3f, hr received Hnisai.
nous esi, sta was Installed October n, af ill.,
same ,.ar. In ,r 23d Of May, ls3e, Mr. Nfuwn
rcsigne! bis charge TN the I'D oi Jilna follow
ing, the congregation unanimously resolved 10
call the present pasnr, Rev. Gke:gc Eeai win
MAS installed On the 9Th OF November, N89
ui ,hpsr Who have lssereil her. either as pas-
iors os stated supplies since lsea. Rev Aessfs.
wilson, Patterson, lily, aonei ard irlMn arr
among the living, J. II The minister PREF io.s u
that dale are taiiheteA with the dead.
This thufeh, like many aihets III this regiuu
mas neglected almost entirely lis eselceiaslIeAl
records From lis foundation 10 lss2, there afe
but tn items oil ecclesiastical hls.urs. ntA rreoft
We are indebted in the ffeasnfcts hook for a
record OF ,he ordination oi Elders
There was u catalogue u .ne,'lteri halbagiag
10 the church, naae III iadf Ii exhibits tle
state Of religion nj thal period ~ very pw aud
uupruuiising. I.,rIe wpfe then hui - members
in eommGniun right ot whom wrte eoi,|rcd per
sons This church has never ,ulpted tlnsc frf-
aueat and cupious showers Of grace which have
heyn poured on sonc other portions of the eaut.
try. This state pi itinss may he attributed per.
haas In part, 10 the practice OF admitting per.
sous Who did not profess to have patsta from
death 10 life. 10 scaling orlinanees which long
prevailed here There is M csinence ihaE White
field ever preached On this spot, nor th1t th. re.
yiyal n, that period, bud any influence |nrpn il
the ministry alone for - yeats nretidus. mas
united with New tnsilr, a..s,F ilie ea. oi stf
Dies. This fact ehaas that lis ittiefAais haa
. greatly drclin.a. From liiI 10 lIaa, The pnl.
pit wns sneant The youth anu tcrsll elolapne,
Of Rodgers, inaie rapid nrnads on the eansfe.
CATION the growth ut the Forest congregation
live miles disian, from this spot, md the imprdf
ed state OF religious feeling, under the lahurs u
Rodgers an Mhic6cla, and fonneui, aud Fin
lry drew many ol the younger tne.nhcfF OF thii
congregation 10 st. Georges and the Forcs
churches These considerations show why s,
!. many oi the members who belonged 10 this con
: cregaiion in LAG, were afterwards found on ,h,
records o. St Georges
With regard to the elders Of this church W,
have no. been able 10 gain much definite infor
nation earlier than the wear li3s. From ,ht
records of the Preshy,rry, II appears that Leonard
Nanlegriii WAS elder in Preshs,crs In I'LL
Il. lins the Nandegrit family houttht land here
l. and none of the name known tQ iiase rcsdet
in any other part u' tbe field OF tie fcsbsirry o
r Philadelphia, ai that period. leunailis Is fiim
iy name in the Nandesrfi family residing here
mud eat he traced records as far haekI as T38
Leonard iandcgrii,, then, elder In ,hi
church. In lTi2 We find Isaac Piper recorded II
u an elder In Pt.se,,ery The Piper family lnnl
u resided here, and it is reasonable suIpasitiot
II that Isaac Piper Was nm elder in this church Ii
+ In lil4, Hans Hanson WAS an elder in Presby
:, terry. There were two men Of this name n
Il that date, probably the father and spn. Tn
J. elder OF the two resided al New Castle But II
elder OF this nan,s could have represented tn
l. church Mt New Castle, In the prcsh,,ety, a, tn
:. meeting in lila, because, Scgirigus A!r|ehs IN
u also nm elder in Presbyiery, who is known /,
have resided In New Castle. Hans Hanson, then
&c was an elder In this church In lila. III was on
/, of the purchasers OF this lot, In I'LL.
u At the first meeting of the ssnnd OF Ihladel
phia, In iTl7, Films Naudan, who is known /
= have resided within the hounds of this cpngrega
D tion In l1l7, was prcsen, as an elder In I2f
Isaac Piper WAS again elder in the synod. L
i72i, Johannes vandcgrift was an elder In Il,
synod. In iI24, Abraham Golden, Sen. II
d. owned the farm on which Abrani VandcErift no,
y resides. In i725, Thomas Hyatt whose name
on our records, In l7s6, as belonging q the cor
gregstion. In 1927. Jacob King Was ah elder |
- synod. He owned the Dickinson farm, mort
west from the Trnp.
In 1881, Francis King was an elder 10 synod
lie owned Mr.. Harney's farm In iT09, an
|. bought farm lying on the south west side I
u I'd Dnwysrs Creek, now part Of General Maal
As!d's oa which The old stone houss nov stsud
y its0.