Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-07
CHURCH ANNIVERSARY.

On Sabbath morning, May I'd, an Anni
versory service was held at the Walnut
Street Presbyterian Church. The pastor.
Rev. A. b. RoBiNsoN took for ms text
/ Sam. 7,12. "Then Samuel took stone
and set it up between Mizpeh aud Shen,
and called the name Of it Eben.ezer, say.
ing, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us"
A part of the sermon is given below.
There are times in the life Of the indiyid-
uul, the family, the church or the nation,
when il is proper to look back over the
past. Birthdays aud anniversaries of inn
porlant events form stopping places from
which one may prOhtably re-ricw tile last
stage Of the journey.
Such time hns come for us AZ a church.
One year ago TO day Walnut ST. Church
was organized by the Presbyiery Of Man-
mee. Looking back over year quickly
passed, we say, BY the grace Of Cod"
With thankful hearts we raise grateful
memorial to-day, our "stone of help"
while we acknowledge that goodness and
mercy have followed US during the whole
year.
The use Of this building was secured for
Spring Of 1873. A Sunday School was M
once organized, which has been held with
out interruption to the present time. One
service was held each Sabbath, the conyre.
zion having secured the pastoral services
Of Rev Mr.. Pollock, OF South Toledo.
At the April meeting OF Presbytcry last
year commission was appointed to organ.
ize the church. This commission consisted
OF Revs. PC. Baldwin, Al Had'ey ana = ~.
TAYLOR, with Elders Martin Warner and S.
j.. Boughton, who met for tile purpose on
Saturday, May 81. Rev. S. -. Taylor
preached n sermon from psa. 102, l6, "Whcn
the Lord shall build up Zion lie shall ap.
pear IN His glory" HIS subject was, "rhe
church dependent upon God for prosperity"
Twenty.six 0f our number presented letters
from other churches, and one was received
on examination. Three Elders we're cho.
sen (the number since increased to fnurl
and the Rotary or Representative system
adopted. The organization of the cungrc-
CATION was completed Ivy the election OF
three Trustees, Secretary and Treasurer
During the Summer and Fall the pulpit
was supplied every ) hbrth hy students
from OberIin, and by different members of
Presbytery. Among the latter were Rev
A. w. Sanford, Rev. NJ. l.. Donahey and
Rev. 4. J. lIadley. assumed the paste
rsl care OF the church in October.
Our membership hats been increased by
the addition Of inur-one on examination.
three by certificale-making the whole
number thirty-one.
\ growing interest is manifest in the
work of the church in all it's departments.
The prHyer-mee ing is well-su,lained. The
week OF prayer was observed in January
with good results.
Nearly all the church are actively en-
gagged in the Sunday School. This we be-
lieve to he Il most important department
Of the church OF Christ. Our school has
a membership of one hundred and fifty,
with an average attendance OF one hun
dred and twenty one during the first quar-
ter OF 1880. Through this work we hope
to reach with helpful influence many
families who have heretofore had no
church home.
A Woman's Missionary Society has been
organized, consisting Of fourteen members
and a Sunday School mission Band of
more than one hundred. At the meetings
Of these organizations, as well ~ at the
Monthly Concert, an increasing desire is
| apparent for Information concerning the
great Missionary operations OF the church,
and the progress of Christ's Kingdom in
the earth. "The Foreign Missionary"
"Woman's Work "and "Children's Work,
hsve united circulation in the congrega-
tion Of seventeen copies. No attempt was
made to secure contributions for benevo-
lence until the Offering made on recent
Sabbath, and the effort OF the Woman's
Society and Band. The amount is S57 80, oil
which So so to the American Bible SJcie.
ty, the remainder to the Boards of the
| Presbyterian Church. During the wear
before the organization OF the church S34
were sent by the congregation for thcsame
work. A plan has been adopted for svs-
temic mon hly offerings during the coming
year.
aggregate ofS1 POS. 40 has hccn contri
bnied by the congregation and expended for
all purposes, during the year iromAp pril, 1875
% April, 1880. This amount has been dis.
bursed in the following manner:
Pulpit supply to Oct. 1S79...........$2lO p
Pastors salary since October...... 400 0C
pdlIS....... lSo 81
Library q otAer Sunday School exp. 236 As
| Communion service.......,.....,..... 28 rs
| BeneNolence. ........................... 81 81
lncIdentnls ...........,........... IS 81
One year is gone. One stage of the jour
ney..passed. TO-day,we erect monument tc
commemorate the event. We place upon
ii no Losstful Inscriptions. We remember