The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-16

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vided, together with Cecil circuit and a
new one formed, composed of North
East, Charlestown, Harris and Wesley
| Chapels in Elk Neck, here he remained
until the Conference of 1887, when he
was stationed in New Castle, Delaware,
where he remained until the Conference
of 1889. Then for two years. 1S40-'4l
at Western NJ. f. Church, Philadelphia,
and in 1s42, he was stationed at Ebenszer
Christian street, Philadelphia. Here
| the greatest revival of modern times
took place, and over 1900 were convert
ed in two years, 956 of whom joins d
| Ebenezer Church. This revival began
in the midst of the Washingtonian Tenn
perance revival and was mainly supportt d
Coombe was sent to Reading, Berks
county, Pa, where he remained until
the Conference of 1S45. At that time
! there Wis but enc chuIch (Eb. hezer)
i'll Reading. and it was a Missionary. At
the end OF the first year the missionary
appropriation We're not needed and sill. ce
| that time. it has not only been selfsup-
porting. but two new charges have been
started, and now Reading has three good
NJ. f. Churches
In the spring Of 1915, Mr.. Coombe
| was sent to Easton, Northampton county,
Pa. The charge then embraced South
Easton, on the Ieh;gh river and Philips
burg. \. j.. on the opposite side of the
Delaware river. Now Philipsburg has
two good churches and South Easton is
separate. charge with Il good church
After remaining in Easton until the
spring of lS4i. he was sent to Eighth
street, PHILADELPHIA where he remained
until the Conference of 1919. when he
Was sent to st. Paul's Church, Whining
ton, Delaware. At the time he was sent
to the Eighthstreet it was young charge
in feeble state. Since then Green
street CLulch. has been built out of
| Spling Garden, from which there is now
the FURNISHING mission called Spring
Garden Chapel.
I MIR. Coombc remained at st. Paul's
until the Conference of 1851. when he
was sent to the First Church, Lancaster.
Pa, In 1853 he was sent to the old brick
church in kensington, Phladelphia The
old church was torn down iii 1860 and
the present building started During
the erection Of the new church, in the
summer he preached in the ship yards in
the morning, in the Protestant Episcopal
Church on Marlborough street in the
afternoon and in the Presbyterian at
night. The lecture room of the new
church being finished in the fall of that
year, it was occupied until the main
building was ready in the early part of
1854 In 1886 he was sent to Fifth street
Church, Philadelphia, where he remained
until the Conference of 1853, when he
was made Presiding Elder of the North
Philadelphia District, which thea ex-
tended from Market street, Philadelphia
| w VIC lop vi dCud -lOuuldlll III MON
roe county, Pa, Goo miles,. He re,
manned in this district four years and in
1861, was sent again to Ebenezer, Phil
adelphia. In 1868 he was sent to Taber-
nacle Church, Eleventh street, Philadel-
phia. After remaining there two years
he was agent of Dickinson College for
one year and in 1866 was pastor of the
Front street Church, corner of Front
and Laurel streets. In 1868 he was APP
pointed, at the request of the Philadel-
phia Conference, General Temperance
Agent, and he spent four years travelling
in Pennsylvania as Corresponding Secre-
tary of the Pennsylvania State Temper
ance Union, during which time he
labored in fifty out of the sixty six
counties of the Keystone State. In the
spring of 1862 he became Corresponding
Secretary of the New Jersey State Tenn
perance Alliance; and in thirtesa and a
half months he visited nineteen out of
the twenty-one counties of that State
to organize that State, and an Alliance
being organized in May he was elected
Corresponding Secretary and labored for
thee years in Maryland, during which
time he visited twenty. two out of the
tweuty-iour counties of the State The
Alliance obtained from the Legislature
a local option law for ten counties and
the people voted against license in six
whole counties and a part OF the seventh
Mr. Coombe left Maryland in the
spring of 1876, and took his former posi-.
ton of General Temperance Agent, sew.
ering all connextion with State Temper.
ance organizations and devoting himself
to work in the churches of all creeds
In the month of December, 1877 he took
charge of the Third street NJ. E. Church,
Camden, New Jersey, owing to the i'll
health of its pastor, Rev. C. r. Hart
ranft, of New Jersey Conference. His
engagement here runs from December
1877 to March Is, 1878.
Mr. Coombe was married three times
His first wife was Miss Henrietta Will
mer, of Smyrna, Del. sister of Col
Edwin Wilmer. She died young, leav
ing two daughters. one-Cora Wilmer
married Rev. DR.. Thomas /. Poulson, o.
Alexandria, Va, and the other, Hepriett;
Wilmer, married w. w. Tschudy, Esq
of Smyrna, Del. His second wife wal
a Miss Charlotte Harper, of Philadelphia
who died, leaving a son, Edwin Wilmer
who resides in Pittsburg. His thirt
wife was Miss Lizzie McCauley, o
Wilmington, Del. by whom there ar,
two children, Kate and Lizzie. Thes,
last, wife and daughters survive him.
, The funeral services were held a
t Fernwood, Delaware county, Pa, wher,
: he died. He was pastor of the NJ. Z
Church there at the time of his death
He retired on the evening of the Dist O
! January, in his usual vigorous health
, Next morning, February 1st, he wa
, found dead in his bed, having died ar
} parently without struggle. Addresse
; were delivered at the funeral by Bisho
, Simpson aud others. The remains, &C
companied by friends, were conveyed ir