Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-09-15

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was great many people were present. The
church was very we'll filed in the morning ant
IN theafternoon it was simply overfiowing The
dull, ,leaden clouds of the morning which had sue,
D @ oeeaed a heavyl rain the night before, broke
,ut the people, Among those present we noticed
Judge Wm. Pierce, DR.. w. b Oorbitt A. s. Nau.
dsln and L. Q. Hambly, Of Philadelphia; Rev b.
f. Benson, OF the M. p. Conferences; Rev ], u.
Bryan OF the Wilmington Conference; samuel
Black, A. o. Newton, Jas W. Vandegrift, An
thony Higgins and many other substantial farm
ers and business men Of New Castle county DR.,
W. ~ Hamilton was there, of course his face
irradiated with pleasant satisfaction az he ner
formed the Offices OF chief cavalier for the day.
Inc success OF the day owed much to the DR. a
presence and perseYering energy.
| THE MORNING SERVICE.
The service began in the morning, at 1880
and continued until in the afternoon. a recess
OF an hour and half being taken for dinner.
Many carried their dinners with them and re-
mained all day. The morning sermon was preach
CD oy Rev John Crowell, D. D., pastor of the
| now Drawers Church, In odessa, from Ezra III
| Is vo-"When the foundations of this bousa
were laid. Mr.. Crowell very briefly spoke Of
tne early history OF Drawers Church, dating it's
rise IN l698-25 years after the settlement OF the
| neighborhood-and thea mentioned rhetorical
facts published in the COMMERCIAL only A
few days ago. The sermon was mainly devoted
90 review of the pro ress OF christianity within
the centuty-of its contests with nfdelity-of
Hs success In them all, aud the important parts
which inddelity itself played in the refutation of
iis own theories. He spoke Of the various chris
tan organizations and societies which had their
birth in the century and Of the beneficial effects
which they had produced. The progress in the |
arts and sciences also claimed his attention. and
we're traced in their relation to tue spread OF the
Truth.
THE SINGING.
The singing was done by quartette from Will
mington, under the leadership of Mr.. M. L.
Lchtenstein. The others we're Mr.. Rhoads. of
Reading but temporarily residing in Wilmington;
Miss ormond' OF the Wesleyan Female College
and Mrs' y A. Macal!ister. Miss Rebscca Pierce
accompanied the party organist. The quar-
tette suffered somewhat in the morning from the
Withdrawal OF theorgan accompaniment, as it
was desired to make this part OF the service as
oiufashi0ned as possible, but in the afternoon
the excellent ability OF the quartette was fully
displayed Two or three solos we're sung ard
Miss ormond repeated a solo, TOO Late, by
request
THE AFTERNOON SERVICE.
The afternoon was consumed in addresses by
Judge Pierce, and Revs. Joseph Wilson, Charles
Brown. and G. W. Gaylord. Rev. John Hem
bricks was invited to be present, but as he was |
day morning, he sent letter OF regret
The ministers named above have all been pas ,
tors or the old church. Rev. Joseph Wilson is | ,
me Oldest one at present living. His life was
prolonged by most miraculous interposition of !
Dlvlne providence. On Saturday morning last, !
1ysa mlshap, he fell down flight of II steps at
he residence OF his brother, in PHILADELPHIA
'utting his head pretty badly. Still he bandaged
lis mead and came on down to meet his appoint .
nent, and expressed his great qualification to | =
lave been able to have been there. Mr.. Wilson | y
Y years OF age; but although feeble in body n
md stiffened with age, his voice is yet full and +
rs eyes, the windows Of the soul, tell OF buoy q
mt spirit within =
MIEIsTERs Oh THE CHURCH. ~
The following are the names of the ministers O.
I the Old DrAwyers Church, in right line from IL
$40. We are unable to give tn, names prior to
fafss1ERIo fas1EIob obbffnn r. Joseph Wilson Warren q. a.
ones Charles Brown; George Foote; l. W. v,
!. Handy; - Mcclure g. W. Gaylord IL
And Of both the new and old church, John X
rowell, d. d.
THE MEMBERSHIP.
Nearly all the membership OF old Drawyers Of
lurch has passed away. Almost two genera p
ons have gone since Joseph Wilson's pastorate, m
Id bnt few of the boys who used to hear him :
e left among the living. He alone, almost like
10 church to which he was first ordained, is a 4
wing monument of antiquity. The ruthless q
and OF Time has destroyed and transformed ra
uch which was worth preserving, and nothing
is escaped its effects. Soon the last living link
,tween the old and new churches will be sun
sred, and the church will alone become the | 4
onument OF an age remarkable in progress, and
oppressive in christian work Soon John M.
ood5, Joseph West, Mrs. Ann Jefferson, Mrs. II
aJor Jones and few others will lie down to
st and the connection will then be broken. The
emories of yesterday will only remain but
ION these will be forgotten; the lessons which |
ey iucucate will have escaped our memory or
remembered 1t will be indistinctly like some
cam of the past.