The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-06-03
For the Herald. eIN lj .e Doe r9f.s
ssThe righteous Shall be In EverHast-
ing e.''--Psaims, Il2: 9.

Fer some time past we nave nau an ~ /
repressible desire to visit the tomb OF one
Methodist History. The ministers b0f
chat ...ss, -vVvsy wisSsv vIr,Neu es-s,scp, I
and their lives threatened curing the |
stormy days of the American Revoln-
ton, found an asylum on the premises,
and protector in the person of Thomas
White, ore of the official Judges of the |
State of Delaware.
We have several times stood over her |
grave with unusual interest, yet, as we
| wished to refresh our memory with the |
date of her death. which took place Oct.
| 10th, 1906, and 10 let our thoughts be
moved by the suggestive Influences OF
the occasion, and the surroundings, we
wendell our way thither. The day we
selected was the Sabbath. though we
seldom go in the streets on that holy day
except to church. ii' l'h El
on our way thither we stopped at the
methodist Cemetery, where our own
loved ones are inferred, and AFTER few
! minutes observation left for the Protest
, liant Episcopal Cemetery, where the
tomb we sought was to be found. pf-L
This ground was the site of an old
church that we remember to have visit
: ell i'm thu DAYS of our childhood. Its APP
pearancs was antique, and the old sound
J ing board over the pulpit was then in
preservation. .-ts u. .!.t,,s. ...
/ .Iu6 COHRTtSHIlOtl WAY Ni~ptiSueiy "'iN
! its walls subsequently torn Own, and
: the bricks used in the erection Of whatis
4 now known as st. Peters Church, in
4 Smyrna. 1t was situated on high hill,
h at the foot of which was a iimpid stream
s accommodating in its course. until It was
e lost in the turbid waters OF the Della
q ware.
= The hamlet of Duck Creek, which is
lclese by, is older than Smyrna, and il
i not much larger now, we presume, than
d it was in the days of the Revolution, In
q 1875. We can also remember when there
4 was au OH frame meeting house there
, that belonged to the Society OF. Friends
n but il, too, has passed away. The brich
! one in smyrna, we presume, was erect
4. ed for the same congregation. IL. wal
i well attended fora number fyears, anC
their monthly meetings attracted nume
!? GUS visitors. The Society has becom
ii extinct, and the building is now occu
4 pied as Seminary. ncih 9H
L, The favored location of churches il
he those days, when these States were cello
ii mics, and these freemen were subjects +
q George ILL.,, were in The country, or II
err the suburbs of village, ON a hill, near
stream of water. The country wa
spa sely inhsb ited, and the comfort
Id drawn water was desideratum for ma
Dr.. and beast; and thus the custom origina,
u. ed, which our increased population an
nd moderR improvements in pumps an
jr- hydrants have rendered obsolete.
on The churches throughout the LAND
nd save the Nom ConforInists and Roma
"a Catholics, were supplied from til
Church of England. $500.
+ To this church our maternal grandpal
TX, ents came to woI ship, and to this cem'
& terry, no doubt. the writer would hay
lin come to visit their tombs, had they NJ
.en attached themselves to the Methodist 81
| fThQu a chan
,u- near Biackisten's Cross Roads, in whiC
err cemetery they lie, awaiting the summon
to the resurrection.
Theie is an impression left on oil
ro- mind, from what we learned in ear
wv life, that our grandparents were prese
r at this old church when the Rev. Tho
an Ware, a Methodist preacher, was take
cal from the pulpit and led out of the chur,
his for attempting to preach without haviI
be had an Episcopal ordination. Cou
these staunch church wardens have hi
prophetic glimpse of the rise and pr
ag- gress of the Methodist Episcopal Chur
mn. they would instantly haverrcognized
ieir rs component part of Christ's Kin
,rly in the latter days. 1t appears to us Ii
there is uncommon Significance in I
application Of the stone in the mounts
on cat out without hands to this Church
eat When Prelate ordiLation was deni
Inc them, IN their emergency they accept
ner The ordination of Presbyters as val
and FASTENED to obey the commsndnae
b 400 yH into all the world and preach |
rent gospel. The peculiar doctrine Civ
site them to promulgate, which was SO Mt
matized by the sons of Belial, WAS Chr
ttdn Perfection. II new has powerful y
at vocates in all the Protestant churches
the Its history utilities the prediction of
.ntmies in that day, that corn C