The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-19
THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
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An Account Of A0uaghan Presbyterian
Church 1t DillsbarE. Pa.-It was Organ
tssA Nearly 100 Years Ago. and the
BaiIding Il Over 100 Ysars Old.
Lying at the foot Of the South or Blue
mountains, ct Q point In York county,
Pa, nine miles east Of Carlisle and about
an equal distance south Of the state CAPT
tai, is the quaint little village Of Dills-
town, or more recently known a. Dills-
burg. The region roundabout this place
was until q few years ago thoroughly
agricultural, but the land was then dis
covered to abound with q superior quail
ty Of magnetic ore, from which . fine
steel could be produced, and now several
large and paying mines have been de-
veloped. This has, to some extent,
changed the pursuits Of the inhabitants
and their country neighbors, but withal
the majority Of them are still bent on
husbandry and the cultivation Of their
land.
Dillsburg is not the most progressive
place in Pennsylvania, and there is but
little change in the town Of today from
that Of seventy-five or a hundred years
ago, and there is nothing really to inter-
est, except a Presbyterian church. which
antedates by more than quarter GEN.
fury the Revolution. and with which is
connected great deal Of historic remin-
iscence.
The church was organized in 1745. It
is enthusiastically known as Monaghan,
receiving its name from its Scotch-Irish
founders in memory Of their former
home in Ulster, in the north Of Ireland.
This venerable church was for many
years the only one in all that community,
and therefore was the great conservator
of the morality Of the settlement, a.
from its pulpit emanated the only words
of religious instruction heard in the wide
surrounding country. Its congregation
also took very prominent part in the
educational interests Of the day, and in
the old church was a room called the
STUDY" and for many years secular
school was kept.
The first preaching services at Mona
CHAN, says The Philadelphia Press. were
held the year Of its organization, l745
in house of worship constructed rudely
Of wood and surrounded by higf
stockade of the same material as q pro
lection against bands of the hostile In
dams which prowled about the country
The early settlers carried their firearmi
with them to church and during services
stationed sentinels on the rampant
formed by this stockade. Rev. Georg'
Duffield was the first settled pastor, an(
in this church Rev. John Mcdowell, WHIT
subsequently became provost Of thu
University Of Pennsylvania, was con
verted, when only years old. by one O
DR.. Duffields sermons DR.. Dufield'
pastorate closed in l772, and ten year
later stone edifice took the place of tn
original wooden structure. For twenty
five years after the erection Of the ston
building Rev. Samuel Waugh was pastor
It was then served with various pastors
and about the year 1889 Rev. Nathanie
Snowden. father of the late j. Ros
Snowden, Of Philadelphia, was called
and for long time the congregation wa
ministered to by him.
Rev. A. B. Quay, father of Unite
States Senator Matthew S. Quay, file
the pastorate from 1850 to 1888, and
was during this period that Matthew S
was born.
The stone church erected in 1889 wa
burned and rebuilt in 1918, and in Octt
Der, 1882, centennial celebration wa
held