Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-02-06
views and plans could be bad In relation 70 the

views and plans could be had In relation 10 the
program. ne for the ia, fullv Nag. The weather
fJr several Gays had been unpiunsi.ig, and To
all human appearalce up ~ tu.s time NSAtai-
day mighty we were to have AL unfavoraDle day.
Our Reverend Brother Of baltimore, who had
been chosen to conduct the services of the day,
had failed I'D to this time to put In an appear
rance Father Boekm, however, In whose pres
ence SO much inieres. was taken, and Rev. A.
Atwood had come, and at the opening Of the
meeting above mentioned Bro. Atwood was
called on to pray, and Notwithstanding the
then inauspicous and still threatening state Ct
the weather, he prayed most earnestly for tae
Lord to give US q fair day. a sunshiny day; and
the brethren present most heartily united In
these petitions to d throne Of grace. After pray
er quite lengthy conversation aud interchange
Of opinion was had as to the best mode Of pro-
cedufe Oh the following day, aud just here the
absence of DIR. Siinms who had been uuavoid-
ably detained, was very much tell, and the more
So because there was slight apprehension on
the part Of some that be might not get along at
all but these fears were all dispelled on the ar
rival OF the l0.20P p. NJ. train from Baltimore !;
and even at this late hour, such was the Interest
taken that several Of the bIethern met him at
the house Of Bro. Barzllla Heisler on French St.
and there remained pelfecting as far as pos
sible the final arrangements, and retiring only
when the hour Of midnight was rapidly ap-
preaching, but with more buoyant and hopeful
feeling for the future. During the night, the
wind veered and the clouds that had been OBJ
| securing the heavens for several days previous,
were dispelled. Sabbath morning dawned
beautifully, and with the clear, bright, blue sky
above our heads, and the solid frozen earth
| beneath our feet, We had just such a day, sun
shiny and pleasant, as coald be desired OF such
q season. The consequence was, that long be-
| fore the hour for the morning service had ar
riv I,a nj ina hos h,,t yat
| and beautifed editice was, as aforetime, full to
| its utmost capacity, while scores aud perhaps
hundreds retired. not being able to find seats,
| and yet every joist was firm, aud every pillar
| strong
Thus fair was Zious chosen seat,
The glory of all lands,
| Yet fairer, and In strength complete,
The Christian temple stands.
To give even an outline of the sermon on
this occasion, rs preached by DIR. Simnis, would
| at this time he impossible. Suffice to say 1t was
Just such one as might have been looked
| fol, from one OF our most popular preachers on
a quarterly meeting occasion thirty Svr "
forty years ago. The people were made to iIngi
and cry fvr very Joy. AT the same time Ii was a
| great success aud tue collection or subScip h"us
that followed were equally successful. Ont-
brother, who begins to grow venerable il, AZ
| pearahce, more from his whitehead locks, how
ever, than an accumulation of years, led oil b.,
| subscribing five hundred dollars, aud now, u.
the brethren appointed to take subscriptions
began 10 move up and down the sisles assign
ed them II became more and still more inter.
e,ting. Presently Bro. Z. called out one hun.
dred dollars cash from Sister r. aud Bro. W.
from the middle aisle, responded one hundred
dollars cash from Sister J, And now came the
hities, t~enty-fses. tons.and fyes, old men and
| young men, littlo boys aud girls, BOYS In thei,
| Tim into ,rl
all, all, contributed as they had the means. SC
that, suppose, there were more real FREQ will
offerings, ranging from one to five, and OH VI
to twenty dollars, than was ever known Ia thi.
City before on any similar occasion. Indeed
there appeared to DO one universal desire t
see the old Ship, as she Is sometimes called
started out Oh her new mission with every ia.
OF canvass stretched 10 the breeze, and without
solitary weight of any kind to impede hel
progress. would just here mention one Incl
dent. The writer, who had, with Bro. w. beer
assigned 10 the middle aisle, upon one occasion
had gone down rs far as the door, and as he
! was about returning, sister OH the back seal
near the door, beckoned him, and reaching owe
he took from her hand an envelope, that hat
not the scratch OF pen either on or In 1t. Sh,
was recognised as an old member Of thirty year
standing, one not in easy circumstances in tn
world. felt anxious to know what 1t nigh
contain, and Immediately took 1t to the altar
and asked Bio. W. TO open IL, which he did, an,
, found therein just twenty-five dollars In goo
and lawful money. This sister evidently did no
, want her name known; it required no begging
for she had carefully put 1t up before leavin
, her home, for special purpose. When the col
lections were summed up ii was found that W
had considerably more than one half til
, amount needed. In the afternoon Rev. J. Tod
: OF Grace Church, gave lis one Of his short swet
i and Incompatible sermons. There was an al
" oma about 1t that was even richer than the DIN
O ment OF spikenard, Everybody was please,
= and tn, collection that followed was unothe
success, DIR. Simms occupied the pulpit agai
IN the evening aud CONNIE. ced the seivlc
some fifteen minutes before the Sc, time, IL
n house being then literally packed with hi
n mainly lie gave us another grand scrmol
= L perhaps DO hot say too much when | So
q that tue Doctor made himself popular wit
A our people during this visit, for we all thin
he was the man above all others for the o.
+, casiOn. He not only preached well but d
# all the other, to us very important business, i
!. as well. A proposition was started in the ever
!, Ing to give one hundred dollars as a subscri
=, ton tol Father Boehm. This was soon made /
by ten dollar shares. The interest taken
n the presence Of this dear old man was intens
Whom he went into the pulpit during the NOR
70 ing services, to say but few words the psopl
a especially In the galleries, arose, and continue
|
ia OF events that occurred seventy or more yea
E ago thought at the time that should Ill
to have daguerreotype view of the scene as
Q then presented itself The probability is v
4. shall see his face no more In the flesh. Ma
=. our heavenly father deal very tenderly vii
nj him during his stay on earth. And now, Il
a. whole amount needed being secured In cas-
and pledges, nothing remained to be done b
A. 10 thank the members OF sister churches, al
te especially those of Grace and st. Pauls, toget
mr. er with some Of other denominations who can
up so nobly to our relief, and then TO 60 throuI
the usual form Of handing over the Church
the Trustees. The presentation Of a gift
gifts to Brothers Heisler and Wood, by t
board Of Trustees, for the very faithful mann
lis IN which they had discharged their duty
OF members OF tile building committee, occllpi
rs few moments. A grand old hymn was sur
A. to AZ grand tune; the beuediction pronounce
es and glorious days work for Old Asbury W
n, closed GSH.
G. The PENSION RoLLs.-Tha New York T
IS. bune, commenting on the action of the Hou
if On Thursday inrcstoring the names Of Southe
a. pensioners Of the war Of 1872, says;
of The House was manly and generous, vest,
I'd day, IN restoring 10 their place on the pensi
e, rolls the Southern survivors of the war Of lsl
ht That they should have been stricken of Iii
st brief roll In moment OF patriotic passion "
id natural enough, even though it may not La
hfapIt ~ rtu al fhnt lbs,