Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-12-31
For the PIONEER.
THE OLD WHITE MARSH HCHURCH.
CEDARvILLE, Dec. %. 1885


suppose. All of the first Glass have
passed away. AS there has been no
record kept, and it will be impossible
to make one now, | think can come
nearer to it than any one now living.
| was born in the place, and can re-
member back to the year 1910. | can
remember some things that happened
then, but also depend somewhat on
what heard my father and mother
say about it when | was a boy. |
think the Glass was started about 1900,
or little before. They built small
school house on the Stratton road at
the head of the northwest branch.
about four and half miles southwest
from Millvile. 1t was an out of the
way place, but the old travelling preach
ers found it out, and hunted it up, and
the blessed Holy Spirit attended the
Word with power from on high. A
great revival followed, and there were
many converted. My father and
mother were converted there before |
was born, and two of my sisters before
| can remember / think this Glass
started some twenty years before
there was any Glass in Millville, and
thirty three years before there was anv
at Cedarville. The members were all
poor, but they had the Gospel preached
to them. My first remembrance is
that the Glass was a large one, and
composed of live, active members
They came long distance to meeting
at White Marsh. Most of them were
heads of families, and there seemed to
be a good religious influence generally,
even among the children. The preach
ing was on week days, and prayer
meeting at the school house on Sun
day, in the forenoon, and at private
houses in the afternoon and evening
The preachers would preach, lead
Glass, and generally have a good time.
The following are the names of some
of the members of this old Glass: John
Seeley, the first Leader, was grand
father to Rev. Ethan w. Henry Then
there was John Seeley's wife, John
Langley, Abram Garrison and wife,
Francis Tullis, William Montgomery
and wife, Joseph Hogbin and wife,
Joseph Connor and wife, Ichabod
Simpl1ins Joseph Henry and wife,
John Henry and wife, John Garrison
and wife, Mary Hogbin, Hannah Hog
bin, Jilatheah Cary and her little John,
eight or ten years old; James Stead
ans and wife, colored, very pious;
with goodly number not remembered
now. About the year 1915 or '1G, there
were good many moved away, and
the appointment was left out of the
Circuit. | understand that when they
started Glass in Millville some of this
old Glass helped to start them there.
The White Marsh Class was out of
the Circuit ten or twelve years. Some
of the preachers, as near as | can re-
member between 1910 and 1915, were
Daniel Jidler, Solomon Sharp and
Daddy Swane. In 1926 or '27 they
moved the school house about half
a mile west, near the residence of Eli
Earl, and repaired it. The travelling
preachers found it again, and a revival
followed under the pious labors of Ed
ward Page and Joseph Tiff. A Glass
was formed. joined this Glass Jan.
1st, 1899. These preachers left in the
Spring, and Jacob Gruber and Richard
M. Greenback came on in their place.
Joseph Henry and wife, Mary Connor,
VIM. Montgomery and wife, VIM. Rus
sell and wife, Jeremiah Burk and
wife, Phineas, Lupton and wife, Abra-
ham Hogbin and wife, Eli Earl and
wife, VIM Morrison and wife, were
members of this Glass There was a
number in the class not named here.
The leaders of this Glass during itstime
were Joseph Henry, jeremiah Burk,
Abraham Hogbin and VIM. Morrison.
The Glass was prosperous until about
1888, when it began to thin out, and
in May, 1889, it was left out of the
at White Marsh for nearly thirteen
years. Some of us went to Millvile,
and some to Cedarville. Finally a few
of us started a little prayer meeting.
1t grew into protracted meeting, and
we went night after night. The great
Head of the Church was with us of
truth, and blessed us with one of the
best and most powerful revivals | ever
saw, when we consider the small
amount of help at hand. There were
twenty or twenty five persons con-
veeted before we had preacher in
sight or hearing, so the excellency of
the power was of God, and not of u.s.
Elmer Earl and Ethan w. Henry were
earnest workers in this blessed and
powerful meeting They were both
shortly after licensed to exhort Six of
my family were converted at this meet
ing. One of them died the Both of