The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-02-14
EARLY METHODIST.
THE IiOPEWELL W. F. CHURCH.
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EbCHeZcr, mention may I've iuisle ct Nathan
Lakeland and his cStimah.e wife, Thomas
White and f;lst,ily, the female members Of
whom were noted for their zeal and good
works Thomas Whites house was long the
home Of the preachers. Elijah Reynolds was
first a member at EheHr:rr. lie was a man
of abundant laborS and Us, ti,ineSS. He litter
wards removed to Port Deposit, where, I'M
Ill his death, he was Il representative man
and filed the position of steward, trustee,
class leader, and eNhortcr III the church.
His memory is still green in the church and
III the community. William Edmondson
and Michael Trump We're prominent men 1T
EbeueZer, rs was also Caleb Edmondson
and Alexander Williamson, prior 10 the
Radical " movement in 1923. Prof. john
+. Williamson, Of Newark, is Il son OF Alex
ander Williamson. Mention, also. should
be made of the Sprostens and of Mrs. Mil
burn, tie mother of the world-renowned
'blind preacher
OF those most active in the g Zion - Off
shoot, special mention should be made of
Cyrus Oldham. who has numerous descend
Harlin, 10 whom MethodisIn owes much,
and Dr. John Fisher, who, tur many years,
held the position of recording steward of
the circuit Societies We're rapidly formed
and churches erected ut Rising sun, Row
landsvile Mt. Pheasant, Principle Furnace,
Charle>town, Brick Meeting House. Perry
vile, and other places, though perhaps not
in the order in which they are here named.
All these churches are within a circle of not
mere than ten miles OF the parent church,
and have been power in the formation of
the religious sentiment and morals of that
section of the county. Tie churches al His-
ing sun, Mt. Pleasant and At other places
had an apostle of Met hodism and a preacher
OF righteousness and temperance in i:noch
Megredy, who afterwards removed to SauGa-
more county, Illinois.
Hopewell and adiacent churches have long
enjoyed the earnest, faithful preaching of
David .JenneSs, u local preacher, and still
living, but we'll advanced in years and bios
Soming for heaven. The congregation at
Hopewell continued to worship in the little
log church until lS4s. \ building commit
tee, consisting Of John Campbell. James /
Barnes, David Baird, Joseph Grant, John |
McMulEcn, Charles BrookingS, and David /
Jennes:, WAS appointed, and 4 new and
handsome
BRICK CHURCH
was erected by the side of the old one. This /
church is 34x45. two stories high neatly and |
well finished and furnished. 1t was drdi-
Gated the 2Jth of December, 1913, by the I
Rev. James Cunningham. The presiding
elders of the district, embracing Cecil county
since 1890, have been Richard Whatco&t, .
Thomas Ware, Joseph Everett, Christopher
Spry, solomon Sharp, William I. Chandler,
Jas Smith, John McCloskey, Henry Hoehm,
William Bishop, Samuel =. Lewis, Joseph Z
I.ybrand, James Moore, Lawrence l.awren-
son, Lawrence McCombS, Mathew Sorin,
David DALEY, Henry White, Daniel Lamb /.
din, James Smith, Anthony Atwood, 7. j. /
Thompson, William lrie, Joseph Mason, ,
and James Cunningham, of the Philadel-
phia Conference: and john ID. Curtis, I. j.
Thompson, j. Il. Quigy, and l.. C. Matlack,
of the Wilmington Conference. The preach .
ers of the circuits of which Hopewell has !
at iitIcrcnttini been an appointment since
1910, were Thomas Smith, James AikenS,
William Torbert, Thomas Miller, James
Moore, Thomas Walker, Henry Boehn, John
Goforth, Samuel p. Lewis, John Sharpley, /
Edward Stout, Daniel Ireland, John Wool
son, Samuel j. Griffith, John Smith, VIII .
liam LummiS, William Rider, James Long,
John Tally, Edward Page, solomon Sharp, .
|. l.. Ayers, William Cooper, lanes Nick .
OILS, William spry, Eiiphalet Reed, George
NJ Nard George Woollry, Edward Ken
nard, John l.. Onins, John :. Inskip, W.
NJ Michael, II. :. Attmore, Pencil Coombe,
c. j. Crouch, Charles Schock, William &.
Thomas James NJ. Ncrarter, George Bar
ton u. l.. Patterson, .ihran, Freed, Henry
l.. Mauger, Leeds X. Bcrrisc .Ichn u. Long,
l. A. Whitaker, William Rohb, James Bis .
scy, J. Haque, :. Il. dillingham;. William
Dalrymrle, Henry Saunders f. Il. Harvey,
George Quigley, W. G. PaNson and others,
whose names we have not been able Ia ascer-
tain from the records. Up to the time of the
creation of the
WILMIEGTOE II. l.. CONFERENCE,
quite 4 number OF the aforesaid preachers
were appointed tn this circuit more than
once. The preachers of the Wilmington
Conference have been A. l.. Hood, William
Porter, j. W. Weston, j. Cook, j. d. Kemp,
w. j. O'Neil and T. Is. killiam, the pres
ent incumbent, Ilupewell now being an APP
pointmcnt of the Rising sun Circuit. The
beard of trustees at present consists OF Jas. /
Barnes, John T. Eutter, John G. Fisher,
David Campbell and {. :. AbrahamS. The
superintendent of the Sabbath school, as
far bac.. as the records show, were Joseph
H. Thomas, = j. JcnneSS, William Meteor
mick, Jane; Barnes, and {. :. Abrahanls
The school has twelve teachers, six male
and six female. with about sixty scholars
twenty-five male and thirty-tirc iomaie,-,
with a library If three hundred volumes,
and is in a tteurisling condition.
Hopewell Cemetery will form the subject
of Il future chapter, which, though it may
touch 4 tender cord in the hearts of many
now living, will not, trust, cause any dis
cordant or unpleasant vibrations. Rather
nay hope that the "reminiscences Of the
dead may give pleasure even thnuGE II be
tingeI with sadness, to the friends who still
linger on thi side Of Jordan.