The daily gazette., 1878-03-06
FIRST EDITION. On.
"REMINISCENCES.
II. Old sFirst" Church nj
Eeu,h and Market-Its His-
Tory and iIs Struggles
from 1887 10 1877.
Ry REV. G. II. KELLOGG.
,prrsHED by REQUEsT.l

tpttsHED by REQUEST.
|, is with feelings of deep solemnity
h we linger amid these scenes to-day
L are 10 bid farewell to the spot, OF
Iicb tbe voice of Jehovah seems to
kak. as of lofty Horeb's summit, "This
|loly ground" Memories Of other
H. with all their hallowing influence,
(lr their libation upon this humble
Hiding and these time-stained walls
n they breathe around us the atmos-
! ere of a strange and peculiar sanctityi
N bids us pause and reflect. You are
tnp forth from this venerable building
n this hallowed spot, to more attractive
troundings and to more ample accom-
bdation,, but you cannot carry with
N the aroma of the rolling years, and
events within them as they nave
Ihe and gone, that is waited to us here
h 20 TO the tasteful, the faultness, the
h. but you leave behind forever the
ktructive, the venerable with years, the
hight with wise suggestions, the worn
the old.
Ne make new friends, but, If our
rs are true, we cannot easily shake
tbe old ones. Your thoughts will re-
n again to these familiar scenes In
ys to come, here the affections Of your
krts will cluster, and as these vener-
{ walh and this quaint old building
to your memory, they viii be crowded
with a throng of recollections most
|der, Of associations most sacred and
bet.
/ becomes therefore, my duty at this
BE- TO look back with you little while
b the past, and to lay the simple nara
{ we may gather as garland at the
y of this dear old friend and true, who
10 soon to pass away.
about l4O years ago there dwelt in the
lage of Willingtown, now this flourish
city, of which you have reason to be
proud, little band of Presbyterians
Scotch Irish descent. There flowed in
ir veins the blood that has done so
ch for this and other lands in defence
the great principles Of individual
erty on the one side, and of liberal
Institutional government on the other.
lis little band, like all their race, had
en piously and religously educated,
b could not long remain in the little
En Of their adoption without those
hvileges OF the sanctuary that were as
Pat and drink TO their souls, and con-
rnlng which they could say, with the
almlst, "lf forget thee, D Jerusalem.
my right hand forget her cunning,
lei my tongue cleave to the roof OF
h mouth"
INSPIRED by these emotions they, early
their period OF residence, set them
out the task of building tabernacle
20 the Lord, and house unto the God
JACOB; They purchased for this pur.
eel III December of that year 1877, the
ntlca acre of ground on which we are
thered to-day, and upon which, three
ans after, this building stood com
re. lis exterior appeared to those
isillppeS OF that far OFF time lust as
/ appear to us, save the hand marks
IIiile that have gathered upon them
ioutrii improvements have made in.
" upon the Interior, so that these
leSlEtlcal ancestors would sit unou
tSe seats and look upon these wallis
,,G iDIallI OF the identity that has been SC
messy ,Ey concealed They would look
ehe Sood old collar box on stills, they
ia15u mHeu with the name of pulpit. bui
ull peer with longing eyes In vain. II
gone The way of all kindling wood.
p;, ~. 10 have a church, and to have q
r's.er , within it, Were in that far of
,I, ewo very different things. These
rina noeiasuc builders of this venerable
aror ,ae were compelled to put up with .
Hle. meeting, or, on am occasiona'
!, Pan, look upon some unfamiliar facf
msseh TO- the tones of some strange
ev faii"I fii"lilIlar voice. In other words
ova a@tIeu ,L 70 rise,in their opening history
be,oan e 'ie ulgmty of stateo supplies. Fol
|nastnras has, years their nearest approach tC
ka''9laie In C was one fourth OF n Rev
HrGin, G nuaslcart the quarter of whose
|pani1ss,ce s iofce was devoted to this rising
IT.u1auoh. In 1853, the Rev, Wm
nellall, of northern Ireland mad
r 'JG,IiIn Jir;dnl OF The State his home, and in
feshrt"ul!eu h"t,ueu MS time between the good
/ |PeS SteLlails ci OF Wilmington and those
WiimIiay Greek. By 1865 the christian,
aa,,., aHail.lston stole the larger portion q,
fgsr SrTSl,CnS, and he gave them tba
81 d,, ,lai OF his time. He apnears al n,
IN e' t5o ulgnitied, for the first finn ~
|,na ev " coinnpanionship of an elder Inv
|nsterial ihomas Watt. Under the
IuTcb bdai %ra lapors of Mr.. McKennan. tht
bon a csr srew IN numbers and entered
/ resnlt 'ter tsr OF marked prosperity. a,
Era IN, d;, the time soon came when tho,
ID reaa.Ii eaa,ascI1hi5ented with half of n man
|onori;"a'ueu themselves as of sntt; c;an,
bey ycoons eo',,5 to demand a whole one
d ksn" svuiu not obtain the whole of NJ
Ed dri,,a9, riana H. who was also pledged ~ ~
! wives oneJek, snJ having two ecciesiasfi.
III for "uu su ehey petitioned Presbyterx
'sence in in supplies on the days Of hi,
fore tbeuo m 'ie rival charge. That was
hen prost pnese days OF congregational,sn "
po4th hGSspoytery said to one nGo ant
lscth soGh,n'" and to another "Come Go ond ahe nc
e considdrre drrresbytery unwiseiy nnt au ns ns
wejfarsa v, Is same time, the prosperitv d dnd u1
~ Just ss5 here that the Ssoa gsts. church Oh
ichI IiIu tba dilslntegraton opened tbrouas r uaS
Pr poured in like a flood. ''0n anu dls'
dy, ,ytSSy61ery aS6 ly =. would not give them .nu
70 e1sinean, 1i,on, probably the youne @ ~ msn en'
T mo5ern 5reer very much in that Sn,, a,ei IL
dy in s 9sts pgPSSseded ss to get Ess NJ
eat eat prnmj.y y, hey Joseph Smith ie Z nan IN tht o
ans@s RAJ the father os In hi
here it is stro IN Western PenpsyIren;ss iIresGs Y
st st. The fpe1dss and and stalxart to-day 4
ne with ied ~ The honors and dividad y. M th,