Evening journal., 1889-02-04
A TWENTY YEARS REVIEW
DIR. Lafayette ntarks's Retrospect of His
Long Passionate Industrial and Jour
nalistIc Development.

DIR. Lafayette nrarks's Retrospect of hi
Long Passionate Industrial and Jour
nalistic Development.
DR.. Lafayette Marks, d. D., who re
Gently celebrated his twentieth anniver
sary as pastor of the Hanover Presby
terrain Church, delivered sermon yester.
day morning which was a retrospect OF
his twenty years pastorate.
His text was ! Corinthians, viii, 3
''The fashion Of this world passeth away, II
and Hebrews xiii, 3 Jesus Christ yes.
terday. to-day and forever" These
words, he said. "are starting point TO my
thoughts, and emphasize the recollee.
tions and impressions Of pastorate Of
twenty years In one church--two- thirds
OF the average life of man.
DR. Marks said In part when I came
to this city IL was with the impression
that my stay would be short, and yet |
have remained until two decades have
passed away. So long pastorate in con
nection with single church Is considered
exceptional in these times, and have re-
ceived many letters of congratulation
from ministers Of all denominations. /
believe my passionate has been the longest
of any Presbyterian church in Whining
ton. where Presbyterianism has been
established nearly $50 years
DR. Marks then read the list of the pas
tors Of the church. numbering eleven.
from the first establishment. The pres
ent edifice was built in the pastorate Of
Rev. DR. Gilbert and dedicated on March
10, 1929
"Such long passionate is great draft
on mental, moral and intellectual natures
Of man. There Is the manifestation Of
more than frail humanity in the endur-
ance which has kept me up.
Wilmington has more than doubled
us population In my residence here. The
population, was 30. 600 when came here
Il is now 10000. The industries have
grown and developed in spite Of it being
considered conservative city The
works Of jackson and Sharp and
Pusey y Jones were only in their incep.
ton when ! came among you. There
were no public building, no Court
House, no Opera House, no Clay
ton House aud no Institute Building
Only the City Hall was here. The Indian
Queen Hotel at Fifth aud Market streets
was the best hotel in the city Electric
lights were never heard Of. The vast
railroads, the electric railway, all have
been brought here within twenty years.
The northwestern partsof the city has
been built up IN that time. Twenty years
ago the building Of an iron ship at Har-
Ian was matter that took the greater
part of two years. Now the largest
steamship ahoat can be built in six
months.
Colonel Mcclure said at a lecture last
week, that the last two decades have
been greatest in development in the his.
tory Of the world. He was correct. In
them all of Wilmington industries have
been developed.
"The journalism of our city has devel.
oped wonderfully journalism Is the great
81 and most influential factor Of modern
times. IL is, as a rule, found on the
right side Of all questions of pnblic vel
fare. The newspaper influence remains
for good in connection with the world at
large. The journalism Of our city dur
ing twenty years has been subject to
changes. Newspapers, like men, are
born and die But while men come and
60, healthy, enterprising journalism
goes on forever. The Delaware Gazette
The Delaware Journal and The Whining
ton Commercial have all passed away
The Morning Herald had an ephemera
existence. All have passed away, beer
merged into others or have failed. AL
the present daily papers came into exist
ence in my stay among you.
Every Evening was issued on Sep
TENDER 4, 1871 a little sheet 12x1
inches The Daily Republican came GU
in 1872. and the veteran proprieto
still stands behind the counter. Tn
Freie Presse and the Morning News wer
started in 1880 and the EVENING JOUH
NAL is a sprightly child Of eight months
All came into existence within the per
iod Of which | speak. With few excep
tions, all the newspaper men Of the cit
have given place TO others. In no re
spect has the city changed for the best
as in the character and number of 1t
newspapers"
DR. Marks then spoke Of the change
, in the church and recalled the names o
the pastors Of nearly every church o
every denomination in the city TO
twenty years back. OF the late Bishol
Lee, he said He was one Of the frs
TO extend to me a cordial greeting, and
enjoyed his confidence and friendship Z
the time of his death.
IAN these, said DR.. Marks in closing
''have come and gone in my pastorate.
wish to impress in closing that in spit,
Of the fashions of this world passin,
away. yet Jesus Christ is the same yes
terday, to-day and forever.