Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-14
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
HISTORY OF, THE ORGANIZATIONS CT nAsovEh
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From Mr.. Hesey's interesting htle raret,
The ypai,y school. We COPY the following oucount
cf the organization of Hanoycr l'rcsbyieiian
Sunday School, one Of the Oldest IN the city -
The school was organized in October 1874,
hut who participated in that early organization
VIC have been unable 10 ascertain. 1he Joth an
niyersary OF The school WAS held in October lSOi
while Rev. Nc. Aikm,n was pastor Of tue church
liz at that tim, took considerable trouble in
gathering all tho available information possible
iu regard to the school, but unfortunately his adj
dress was never published. The school las been
carried on with great visor, and liis always been
IN prosperous condition.
Hanover Church, the oli's, l'iesh, ,'e. IAN
Church iu the ci'y h,a ier'a,e relic "a 'he
past, and is u,u,u - TO-. .e ~ "u, Presbyter-
ian friends, 90 a'cou... .u.uy dear assoc'-
a'iors 0f I .onc ldys. Wat ,Asbury Is to tho
Methodist, Hanover is 10 the Presbytcrlan.
Many o the leading men OF our city IN the p.st
wore members Of Hanover Church, and many
of the leading aud influential business men Of
our city are members Of tina; Church at The
present day This fact woAid have no special
Significance were il not that these prominent
leading citizens were active workers in the Sun
day School, and gave it vitality aud power for
good, which is iucalculable. The long terms for
which the Superintendents aud other officers are
retained position, shows that our Hanover peo-
pie are not much given to sudden changes, and
when they fed good brother, qualified for the
position, they keep him in that special depart
msst OF labor. In this connection we think we
will be fully justified in saying that Hanover
Sunday School has had a smaller number Of
Superintendents, according to its age, than any
other Sunday School in the city, and we may
further say that none have been more effective,
and more belosed by the school. Mr.. L. T.
Taylor was Superintendent several years previ-
Gus 10 1856 lie was preceded in office by o
Mr. Mexican, whose predecessor was VIM. A.
Mend. nhall; each of these p rsons held the of
fee for quite number Of years. Samuel Floyd,
Esq, the present efficient Superintendent, has
held the offie for nearly 20 years. The late
John B. Porter, was Librarian for % years.
The Hon. Willard Hall, revered by all who
know him, was a member Of this Sunday School
and though never Superintendent, he taught a
Bible class of young men for a great number Of
years. Many Of the young men taught by Judge
Hall are now the active business men of Will
mington. Our enterprising fellow-citizen, II.
s. McComb, was one of the members OF his class.
The Judge opened the school with prayer dur
ing nearly the whole time be was connected with
| it,
The following are the present clEcers of the
school. fa
| Superintendent-Sam Floyd.
Assistant Superintendent-D. w. Harlan.
Librarisn-John A. Adams.
Assistant Libraran-Henry G. Porter.
Treasurer-William D. Griffith
The Infant School is under the charge Of Misi
Annie Porter and Miss Mary Anna Barr. The
school numbers over 900 scholars, and has az
excellent library.