Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-08-31
suocessful nssstinE.

The grand rally At Wilmington M.
B.Cbsoel on sunday, 10 h inst, waS .
grsnu success. Ths exercises of the
day were 10 follows; At 1890 =. m,
services opened with singing ana
prayer. R5v. A. GrinnAgs, OF Queen
Anne, Nd, preached from Isaiah, 1915.
Too sermon was attended with power
aud every heart seemed to rejoice A
oollectiou WAS then taken aud the morn
ing service closed with q glorious eE
psrienoe meetlna. At 8 .. m, Rev. j.
II. Smith, OF E6lon M. b. Church,
preached an able sermon TO . crowded
house, from Gal, 81. After the dis
course the CONTEST for the banner was
introduced, and the oa JtainB of the
various companies t)ok their positions
gle OF Que hour and . half the banner
was lefs in possession Of the tribe Of
'Lsvi," L Fl, BAntum, Capt.
Al y. m. Rev. A. GrinnAge again
preao6ed from 81. John z. 81. The
church WAS flled TO the utmos. with
soldierr, esser for the hght, and specta.
tors anxious 10 witness the result. At
8 O'clock the contest was continued and
at 10 o'c.oJk the banner was captured
By Joseph's Indspendtnt Company,
Jas MedfoTd, captain. The com mmRDd
was tben given by the pastor: "Rally
for Victory" ard In one half hour the
COO test endei with the following result:
Triba Of jacob, OhAs. II. Oolbourn
captain, 18 90; Levi, L. n, BGntum
captain. 16 26i Reuben, LsAl Collins
captain, -; Busy Bees. Oracle Ander.
son captain, 60; willing Workers.
Mary j .Oolbourn captain, IS; widows
Mite, Hattie Il. Richardson solicitor,
3.9l; JOseph's Independent Company,
jas. Me6ford captain, 1919
The great victory was achieved and
the banner taken By JOseph's Indepen.
delt Company to which too much honor
oAnL0t be given for the much interest
which they manifested In tais effort.
The SUCCESS Of this effort Is chiefly
due to the faithful lAbors and libeI /
contributions Of Jas. n. Winchel ter,
Frederick Winchester, Jas. Medford |,
Ohas. II. Spencer and WILDER NJ. Cook
the chief officers. This company was
organized through the advice Of Mr..
] WincOeBter and 10 composed Of mem
! berB who are rot members of the church
with feW.exceptions, but in their bosom
J dweliH desire fer tho prosperity OF the
church and II ia manifested in their la
, 00rB. Shall the church have her banner
, taken by the world? We ERy 'It is
. high time to awake out Of s,eep. While
some OF the church Sit with arms folded
} and eyes closed the world Is working
hard for her prosperity. But the jug
tice Of God will render TO every man q
reward according to this work.
Those Of church who have toiled
t hard io2 her advancement, let us con-
3 tinus TO work faithful until our day q
: work is over aud we shall receive our
S reward, and Col grant that those Wko
s have hoisted the banner over the
, ohUsoh may ever labor for her succesP,
eseu until they shall be enc oIsd within
/ her walls hs her beloved sous aud
l daughters. This collection for tho day,
{ Including \ donation OF $40, was Sl65.
= The following are the names Of the main
| division OF Joseph's Independent Com
p pany: james Medford, captain; WileeI
r Cook, pTesl lent; Jas n. Winohsster r
. seoIeioTy; Frederick Winchester, treas.
= urer; Oba-les II. Spencer, general; Jos
l Rurss, Ohsrlss snieldF, Thoa. Grif1iu
g Fle lerio johnson, Mary Cook, Essists n
f tflc 1s; Isabella BsDtUr3, Frances Il
s johnson, Georglapa Mccoy, William
l o TfuNty, Anuie Coleman, Lizzie Ring
1 old, E.!zs Oramer, George SordeI
a Elizabeth Sorden, members.
/, REV j. A. RICHARDSON, pastor.