National Republican., 1873-12-19
WASHINGTON METHODISM.

WASlilNGJJN MEIH0DlSM.
BsrERssy1Se sKErCH or THE Or
ehNSzATIoN AVID ITS GR0WTH.
REsrFNiNa OF FOUNDRY ~ SUNDAY
, INSCRIPTION OF THE RENOVATED EiE.
riCE-GLASoEs At PRIMITIVE TINEs--AS
! ANCIENT CuANDELiER-A ROLL. OF
UosoB.
The reopenng OF this reaova,od and rssccorated
house Of worship, corner OF Fourteeh,h and u
streets, which taicSs place on uoSi SABBATH morn
ing at n o'clock, ernishes a attins occasion fer
brief recital OF The intensely Interesting hstery
Of tho church, rfaching as far back rs II does TO
the period WIGS washnsten was cnly q country
village.
A,early .si>, Methodist society wasrcgu.
larry organIed In tho ne'ghboring town Of Alex.
Andria, with Rev. william NcKendres Jafter.
wards thekoes and vcuorsted bishop, presiding
elder Of tfs distrct and Rev. James Tolltson pas.
tor. Thg acnbershlp OF this society was sixty.
two white aud Afty.one coiored. In 1882 GcorgcN
town and Washington appear on the list Of
appoAtDcts 10 be supplied by the Baltimore
Conkrunce, which held It's session April LIST OF
that year In Baltimore, AID. Rev. wm. Watkins
vas tcnt On pastor 10 tlIs ncd Of labor, the mem.
thirty nine eoiorod. Georgetown was headquar.
tsvs snd
WARRINGTON WAS TUE CIRCUIT,
Tho only appointment being at what was then
kuo~n ss"Tho Point" afterwards called drccn.
le~rr Point. At this date they hal 10 chgrrh Ell.
iaves, aud worshlped In saeh hired " loaned
Ia 1906 the WASHINGTON branch Of this circ nit
ssssmed an indepsnheni sxlslence, " member,
section Of the city, (now called the Navy Yard,)
where and by whom tho station church, known rs
tke Ebeneter, was bullt In isi0-Il. This gave
Yay % larger aud moro ornate building under
shs psstorste Of wm. U. Shap,nnsn IN issI, and
ss ss.s ceen 3, ,so 0S sss,ie o s,,enSs ii the
ne.hodlst church q thIs 81, gs late as 1901 may
Eset wsshIngton church In 1855. He said that MS
early as 1907 he, then q young man, came from
stsd ap for the parrosc, IN what s"s then called
the "Twcnty buildings, the only place Of wcr.
.hip then had by the Methodist. In the Federal
.tor 81 Tie fo.Ss.er AND Al n @ %
nSrraded streets or brick sidewalks, the devoted
pssl,ic travelled to cburch through the mud
mss ny The extracting thnws Of spring in wood
carts. and deemed u n lnxurious privilege. The
church coetained no reEniar seats or glazed Win
all, Of aserYetown, donated one handred dollars
Ia preside these.
rsE FOUNDRY opoAStzNp.
From isea IN ISL, when the Foundry FIRST np-
hrst pastor Rev. Thomas Barch 80 far as the
record shows Heorgetown absorbed all the mem
s1 ss s.esgsa ana sG,s ssn
mectinss we're held ct private houses throughout
the Hparsely- populated parts of the city. The
ton sas being maturcd meantime In the growing
conviction o. rs necessity. until y assumed the
Jon 10 the ecneroa. heart and % misd of the eeis.
brsted Henry Foaali, OF Georgctown, who had
ss.snsye iron found ioandries in in ths, place, IN which
which miraoSlousiy escaped destrnetIon Sy The the
British when they burned the public buildings
Sss srseteS church edSa az shs corner
Fourteenth and q streets, and called II the
Foundry; IL was Of moderate dimensions and
completed the building at his own personal ex-
pense, and IL was dedicated by Rev. Nicholas
prssehed from Exodus. MA: I'm iii places S where
viii bless thee" The church was 60 feet deer by
on q street rome Is feet, and fronting on
thst street. II contained galleries running
91g m ~ tuo no sdes Sss and wes end 81 ne SIlSns
yueotly blew open the front doors, which by some
fnsspet!ence were hung 50 as to open inward.
regular appointment Of pastor was made until
1dt, as stated, Thomas Burch was designated
ct ne place be a,sd The PgP, only until q.
Bishop Emory succeeded him. During the
intelm, from isis 70 nsiT the stationed prcachsrs
Of tho local ministry, kept up tho preaching al
Foundry The deed conveying the property by
MT; ioIaii was dated March rs, lsle, and
MaetSii, John 2iissSn, William Doushts, % Jooi
Brown, John Lutz and Samuel Mckinney, in
The irst official members Of the church were
Jacob Hines.who still lives-and Beniamln N.
BoSsn. as .s. sshsI.sr.; John y. tSyeioy. Eiakln
CfAnleh, Somerset r. Waters aud Francis
ThoTft, yith the two cxhorters mentioned, as
'ss a1 81: ss"ssSG ssss a.S ssfs ass
tihed by membership with The Foundry.
In the ,ouihes.t c:rnsr 4 ths church there
va, dogble.sized pew, elesei in on thtee siics
eld English churches IN tho country regions,
Sce'sh N2s set a,lde for the President Of the
Tnlted s,ssa and VI family; But a.. special st
@ g and % . fSssts'e oesSSpsa SS sa''S By Afs s
rishfiai proprietors that co. anon sen.e sub.
seqnently suggested the useiessnes$ ei ep, neepi,ng
high IN the afr, much like a hogshead with tn.
head hnpsked g out in which the preacher erlbbed
VIII s SsaG alone T VI. sr % ss VI SS g.
81 ~ ofSsGn 90 sa HS.F and +, Thai ,s,
virs9S- .curoTehee, was Invited TO preach AZ the
9rd Foundry, and being, Zschcus like, small Of
desk that he could not show his head and
shoulders 10 the congregation, hut was forced to
wlit In this embarrassing condition until an Gle
hyefci his sermon, One Of the peculiar interior
ornaments VI the church was
AN ANCIENT CHANDELIER,
sreircular FORM and several feet 10 diameter, let
town by means OF q rope irsm the cuiling, and
poscd IN the middle Of The church, In the rim OF
which candles were stuck into tin sockets These
gave avery procariVus light, rs tho long wicks,
needing snaiiins, ollen made the darkness quite
fpIq he al tan
spiritual and intellectual giants as Jno. Emory,
Wm. Ryland, Samuel Davis, Wm. hamilton,
Ino. Davis AID Gen. RnsZel served their pastoral
terms here, and delivered the whole counsel Of
God to .istenlng crowds, and thousands dsto and
locate their spiritual birth In this old meeting
house.
Tho text selected by the preacher atthe dedca-
tlon Of the original house OF worship seems to
have been maryelously fulfilled in the history OF
the church. Under the able pastoratcs OF the
men before named, from ISIS TO 1850, tho church
mem6crship was greatly multiplied, and as early
NJ 1873 the Foundry began to send out branches
10 bless the several adjoining sections OF the city.
In this year, under tho pastorate Of 5. deo. Rot
lshcd at the corner of flfth and = streets, where
n brick church was built In the following year
and dedicated in May, 1870, by Bishop Meiion-
ifee, snd
WESLEY CHAPEL
became another Landmark OF Methollsm In this
national centre This became q sclCsustainng
pouad u a. ana vii" e1ry sp Sna mp
Al .Hanson as supernumerarles. At the date Of
the separation Foundry had o2s white and 40
colored members. The next year the member
ship Of Foundry was $50 whites and the white
membership Of wesley chapel was 3s3.
AsBuRy oRoASIzEB.
In 1913 the church corner of Eleventh and X
streets was organized under the auspices OF the
Foundry as a distinct station for colored people.
In 1850 Asbury became selEsustnining, and re-
eeiyed Junior preacher who for q few years was
sppointed with a senior colleague to the Foundry
n'KEsDRRE CHAPEL,
and Tenth streets, was organised In lsli and ls45
by y large delegation OF members from the fOun-
dry, with . few from Wesley Chapel, who recog.
nlied the great need Of q church In that locality.
II became at once eltsnstalning, and received an
appointed pastor In the following year.
In ls<o another heavy drain was made upon the
membership Of Foundry by the pressing need Of
church south OF PennsyIyania avenue, and
hYLAND CHAPEL
was established at the corner Of Tenth and u
streets south, the greater moiety OF It's memi'"r-
ship coming from Foundry. ItrSeeiyed Ne Hrst
appointment In this year, though had boon a
Jlstlnct society In embryo for several years.