Daily Republican., 1888-10-22

> eheck tot tAVJ tcm the oEoeutoT Of
The eatats Of MaEy Ann Bennsu. Who
dte0 suddenly without mAklrR . wiIl,in
whi0h nhe intended leaving legacy OF
ylV0 10 AabuEy Church. To carry Out
her wlshss, her daughter, Mrs. Cole,
authori1sd the constitution her mother
intended 70 make.
city slipped q porlmoRaie from his
pocket, took fro % it check ana step
ping up 70 Mr. beltoh, one OF the seoFe-
taries, whispered something to him and
handed him the check, then sitting
down again. Secretary Leitth apoke
10 Mr.. Bryan, who said We Wsrs honored
to-day with the pFeaencs Of the eecre-
tAry OF State, Hon. Thomas q. BayArd,
who had contributed 500. He said
that In looking over the baptinmaI
record OF the ohnroh he found that the
Secretary and his brother aud sisters
bad been baptized By Rsv. Ezskial
Cooper, . pastOF Of Asbury Church,
and . few years Afterwards several OF
bic cousins had besn bAptiSed By the
same minLlter, ShowIpg conolusively
that the BAyArd family were warm
fTiendB OF Mr.. Cooper, and ut the same
time friendly 10 the Methodists,
Finding this TO be the case he wrote
10 tie Secretary inviting him 70 be
present on the oBth nnniVefBary Of Az
bury church. The Ssoretary Accepted
the Invitation, and with his daughter IL
here to-day, and has shown his Interest
in old ABbury By his oontribuIion.
God bless him, Was q EafponGs that
came from ali over the ohuron. Other
contributions sWelied tho morning oon.
uibutions mp 10 About t6Ta,
The COZ RreRAtiOn was then dismissed
aitsr tie propoI Aciug OF the bsnsd ioiion
By Rev. Mr.. StuLbs.
AFTERNOON AND EVENING".
In the afternoon q brief session OF the
Sunday scnorl WAS held NJ 2 O'Clock
And 81 O'Clock the main AudiOnce room
vas again crowded 70 hear the addresses
OF Rsv. l., z BArFstt sof st. Pauls and
Rev. n. L. Hubbard OF New Cattle
The choir sang an anthem, aItsr which
Rsv. Mt. 5tubba announced the hymn
commencing With, "E love Thy King-
dom, Lord" !" which vas sung, and Rev.
Mr.. Hubbard led in prayer.
Hsv. L y. Barrett WaS Introduced
ana made . very effective bali hours
addEePo on the mindfniness OF God for
mans need and In providing for ell his
wAnts. 10 every criiiOal period OF the
Worlo's history . man was always pro-
vided 10 meet the occasion. Luther
rose up ~ the right time followed By
AslAnothon Calvin Knox, and when
there was more spirituality needed In
the church the two WssIeY boys, John
and ChAF.os, were sac men for the 90
oAstoD. TOTS vas also true ia the Ai.
fairs Of nAuOn0. Wnen the colonies
were opposed By Great Britain aud dc.
sired 70 thEJv O6 the British yoke God
provided \ Warrington to lead the way
TO Independence and liberty. AsbuTy
also oame 81 the ZIG BIT time, aud still
God is providing for name needs.
After the singing OF another hymn,
Rev. B. L. Hubbard was introduced
and after few Introductory remarks
he proceeded TO call for more aontribu-
tionA TO assiut in Wlpipg on the debt
sRainst Old AabuTy. He WAA awarded
With contributions amounting 70 about
S20O
The congregation was then dismissed
and the announcement made shat Rev.
EnoOh HtubbS would preach in the even
ing.
At 40 early hour in the evening q
stream OF people oc cmmenced pouring
into the church. At 7.30 O'Clock, the
AouN iuE obAnmcuotoh tne bbfNlOout the
church Was jAmmed, and It was estI.
mated that tally Iix hundred people
vent away unable to obtain admission.
After the preliminary opening services,
81 the suggestion OF Mr.. Stubb,, Mr..
Bryan proceeded Immediately 60 raits
the balance Of the money needed 10 lut
the mortgage before proceeding with
the sermon. By 0 O'Clock thu announce.
ment vas made that 81 $50 bad bsen
contributed, all that WAS asked and go
moFs, aud Asbury was free OF debt
which led 10 the slnRiDg Of the dox
oloRy.
Rev. MP 5tubbs then announced hiH
text from Isaiah 9th chapter, 9Th verse:
"Fhey shall call his name Wonderful. u
Il is needless 10 say that, though his
time was very much enoToaohad upon,
Mr.. etubbs preached an interesting and
olequant sermon, that received the al
most breAthless attention Of his audi
roe, and when he Closed they atood
silent. ~ II they would be willing lis.
teneEs an hour longer.
Thus ended Asbury's big day, which
resulted In hsting memorial OF heI
Goth auniversAry and the wipiBg away
OF the debt that enoumbertd her. Tue
osntsnnial Of Asbury will be he'd Gate
har IA IQpn