Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-10-16
ONE HUNDRED YEARS
tseuRy, GRACE, MAoELEY,
ePwoRTH AND NEWPORT
NJ. e. CHURCHES.
ue,..J - &. Hanna, II. w. Ewing, ID.
IL coriran. V. @. Finn J. Todd. W.
: Murray, T.. r., ana supt- w.
II. Buisny Contribute to
the Centennial
History.

ThH atte'nODn tnc paetor VI Abpufy uc-
lyrr,d his seventy pages OF centennial
h,ory Of that church, which, for better
mental tfraniemont, we summarize prior
"a that Of her "children" and grand
children" read yesterday.
Among many other equally great men.
living and dead, who have clmforted tile
hearted, raised the lowly and, IN
Eneut appeals, mighty strueglss aud
roIuus victories. lcit their divinely given
Impress upon geuefaiions oi people are
Thomas Ware, hzekiel Cooper. Joseph
Eustliug, Levi stofks. Law rsnce Laurel
,pn, Henry White. Jofeph Lybrand,
Mathew Loriu, Solomon Sharp, Robert
Cay, In Kennedy, Anihooy Atwood.
Thona4 J. Thompson, WiiiiAm Cooper
AID Geolge Qulgley.
Ouf records btar tho ns,ncs Of such
men OF tod as Edward Wprrell Samuel
sApmnptnp, James A. Sparkle, Horny ].
Pepper, Nliier Dunott. John Hagany,
lomas Guy, Samuel Wood, John Tay-
lof, James 7. Merrihcw. Jamee Guthrie,
Charles Farra, William X. Cotter and
william BcgRs, while In The tombs near
n. sleep. b sides these and others, Jere-
~t,h bodworth. John Boslrr. Ed.
vAtd keuuaTd, VIM. oibcrt, Jr., John
UuNftt l4tNl " nFhNPHt phthto otnpoVtf
Jf' Charles Sanders, Edward II. Bonsai,
George Guy, David Webster and Curtis
Rndoph
wilmington Mcthodism was born In
no OF 1867. Captain Thomas W ebb,
~ oncer OF the British army. came from
Philadelphia and prraeh he'd near the cor
ner Of kng and Kent streets (KiDg aud
EghihJ. This remarkable man, clad ln
ihc uniform e King George, but owing
higher allegiance TO King Jesus, dc.
scilcl hy John Adains rs zone OF The
musl eli uueut men he ever leaId," still
Ia The pnme OF life, preaching the first
Neihulisi sermon ever heard In Whining
tor. About him crowd OF curious
ltWnus; one eye blind covered with \
grren shade, tho other flashing fi.e or
melting into tenderness As be prtaents the
Gfspe. Ia these services John Ttelwell
OlhciAled as clerk and set the iunrs 10
TIE lymns.
After these meetings the fret Assem-.
blige Of Methodisis worshiped In an
upper story OF Capt Joseph Gilpin's
siorthuuse on King street wharf until in
lhei hy lohn Ihelwcll 10 occupy his
&c Onl room. Z his Methodist and staunch b
freud Of The church aud his daughter
Deborah hat commsnced teaching At the
tCOt OF Quaker Hin, but were Goon pro-
noted TO the little senate cbambsr over
The market house. To this, on the
southeast c0ruer ol King aud THIRD
prets, alterwatd u,cd as a chair manu-
faritY, and now the Office Of tle DAILY
RtFuBilcAS, tue Metlodsls accordingly
moved. Meetings were also occasionally y
I htll ~ The cedar euoIer shop Of Mr. Geo.
MNsWt en- Water street hclow Main,
.dm,ri,,'',. ''"'s Int Weaehers
Hover m,rkei bonse. :" '"' upper Auo
n y.. ", n, ,Tl ~
bo","'' ""s ~ , ~. M ,I"'H school room,
n,st fotmali1" j"l, S ThnS ootahneu lis
1lr,wrU hi. J,nnh,o ,u"iMei, Deo9rah
bnty Erisy and s',,at cy y 19l,s-
Aulcr, llnnr, wsns,., "o'vsp'y; Wy sonn
Lam, ,,r,,-,, Iwt,.,, mni m 200
samuel I5rra,y J.nn Ia, Dans ssrd,
se,, amprp la sa,I,er ,ns,,,,,ars o''e's
Atm, me ile socI.iy wns con,.c,ad
viii Chester / ircuit. mud nersons as ~,
~ Belbr held their mru,l,er.hin IN wi
mmetor. The nrnnrher. nnuninted 10
Car,lrr ruruit preached nj WIlnineto,,
In their u.uaI tonr aronnd thc cIrr,,I,
NaU, mon n; note nrcached IN ,le ANAL
Methodist ,oci,ly in those early dnys
john Eip, in lTG1 vas a nnointsd 4, Liar
IN mi t,",,, vI,n,ni,,nm ,, 80
Bishop A.bury preached Tor the
mn tlau In WIlminrton to A few
per. Ms. In 1850. benjamin. Abbott. I'm
hn regular monthly tour OF a circuit Of
moe tbAu g8 appointments, and ext, Nd.
irg ilym the Delaware 10 The susa le-
hAuuA, aud rom New Castle far up inlo
fru-IvaniA, found lila second appoint.
Heu' 1T Wilmington. He prcached at
tv .,wrllHE OF j, SteIbam 10 Asmall
bUl 4uentiyc congregation, some OF
uhon we're very liappy, One woman
hj under the Divine power for tbre,
hou and said God had given her cl.au
htagi. She continued to cry: 20. Daddy
AbhulE how can livei o, that 1 could
gU w. lcsus." The rejoicing was con-
hnuri all night.
On h.s second round he preached IN the
oIs'Duo house OF Jcstph ellteu, on The
w. IT. Mir. Abbott saws IN his Journal.
ne people went through the town.
and sati there was an old sailor cur.inp
m! soaring nt a terrible Iate; iris
bro lt the people together and tho
house ana wharf were crowded. Some
hUgI ~, some moeked. and others went.
soA' wcIe awakened. aud inquired what
lhe, tmld do TO be saved. | told them
10 Il 10 Jesue."
r,tcd among th, plo,,sr, n,
| Re45lIs,u w,s ii,rs ,h ,h i, ohies's "
/ & uup,nton snd ,errnn, wv % os F,snc'. ol,
AsAar.. ola 80. s,nau ~. .1.nI,
keen ,qel. uosses.,nS, asas. t,} on} ;,I.u uts.n
,oHgQa, and slihonsb a6 Ir til,,cr"ta, ] ,hsy sa ~
cou.l go, rcad 80 m,i'eA.e .nM ne
popu ar prencSs,. va" os ,Sa Sse .e ~ 'ae ,is. mus
bt,r.e at % l",sS orca -, ,ne ,a ase a.,s
bi Win, n',,en ,"n'' pnue 70 tne Meluooisls
Of tstg,"js 'vn' w., on me occasion OF Que
3en.nacei that the bIshop ' S wonlS nresc5' s ~5s