Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-10-18
FATHER HANCE.
sz,oN. UNION AND WESLEY
M. e. CHURCHES.
r,s A,bury Centennial History Fur
,,.,r, interesting Personal isemin-
,.c,u,es-.ser,non Of Presiding FL
der John a. II. Wilson, ID. d.
OF Dover.

Al A,mry, go p. m, Oct. II, @. W.
Josepn, chairman, aud j. q. Pickels sec
,t,n There is a Fountain" was
,npg Rev. Vaughan 3. Collins n
durtcd prayer, whom, alter singing
1Th,re &. u Land OF Pure Celizht," Rev.
Io.rrh R. Waters, pastor, read an essay
rom which II Is learned that Bzion NJ.
+ rbu.h, corner of Ninth aud French
street, proceeded from Asbury 81 years
.ro and Is her "oldcst child" The fire
nj lssG destroyed the church records.
The church seal indicates the old stone
cturch was built In 1905. Previous TO
this they we're In AsbuIy. Jacob Pinder-
rrass was enc Of the frat embers and
iictusrI local preacher. Asbury SUI
pcrv.ed. The church grew In numbers.
Later than 1912 thoy divided OH ques
iion Of church government. A lawsuit
ut,lei the little OF the real estate 10 these
vhpAihetcd 10 the came government as
Mb.rE The disscnters colonized In
n,nall street as Il. q. A. u. NJ. T. aud
Ui.l exist. Asbury gave liberal support.
The two trustees were Michael etlflIng
.ni Ralph Harding, who were also stew
ths with jacob piniergrnss. Number
olm,mhcis, 80. In 1874 their building
Wls enlarged. Soon after the church was
nopcnud Il Local Conference" WAS os-
tIb!l,htd, which made their people feel
ull a new era had come throughout the
Slaics They included PennsylyanIa, New
Jersey. Delaware aud Maryland. I,evs.
hip Scott, BENJAMIN Brown aud John
q Miului were respectively pastors.
Egy. NAHUM, one o, their ablest preach
ers. sryri Them until 1861, when the
delaware Annual Conference" WAS or
guiNd, under which Rev. John ii.
Pyalce was iifst patto- AID served one
lesr Next was kcv Peter Burrows.
lhur sunday school had oulgrOwn their
NOM and, US Rev burrows found sev-
ual thousand dollars in their treasury,
ihsy rnare,d their edidre. l,sv. Joseph
b t,bryt was pastor at its completion IN
lSl successive pastors have been Revs.
HUop.r - ", Solomon Cooper, l.. Y.
CvA, W. T. Butler, w. J. Parker, II. A.
houilc, aud tile ptesent is Rev. j. X.
Walrs
In l,aG the church was nearly de-
i'roytl hy the, of which the speaker gave
LBAph'c deception. 10 rebuilding the
tOmuE~o were: Mcssrs. b. l.. Tomlln.
tu VIM. L. trlnnage, TT. Laws, Wm.
IL. CaldnlD, X. B. Waters, JAMES A.
Btutou Ncauwhu, ,brv ,yo,.hIna1 d,
he lrturnr' r'ow ~ mo u,snU,, M, ~
Teurw ,I,n,ci, nn. ~ ,hs ana., ~ Xxi.
co.l,ep.r' c"mrIctej in 1s7o re
su, dAy school has been prosperous
under Superintendent Abr,m Murray.
Diving u. latlcl's pA,;orate they pur.
c,ttla lug ppc organ Tor SIl0O; In
Rag PARKER % paraonagu for $3.50.
Frscut pastor came In The spring OF
lSSi Value ut clutch, $4,000. Mem
hrs'ip, Isl p.uhatluucrs. ~. Sunday
tsaoul iN1, N 80 caascs. Ministerial
euppo.h ll,sp. Brreynl,nce, S5l3. Like
A11uty, tho he "h.gumcn mother - and
IS 'm,r dAugt'rr. Washington, Rev.
a. a. w. Dta'uns, uN.l0r; Haven, Rev. J..
~ SCOT, aud NV CaHr, Rry. J. A.
ItThHidson. lie Irpre,eBtrl the inflnence
~ "eiH9dIsts IN the III, ration oil his
n ; tnu lc'ievtd The church had sum
n, ~ "c'"ieF' power aud spirit to solve
,",,tt 'a'v question. Tie bearers were
4' "'H li"ASel with Rev. Waters
-. 40 as
=. - lAillrs Moore, John A, Rorbo
1hl Aohu T. Bailey, gave iniercsIip1
rmihiscrn"a. Rev. Pindererass hI 4
hil 'pnoiGr white people who did NOT
~. ,n To hear eolored man preach:
'Ee our of an oyster silell is MS good
H"'Lt,h OF anything else"
w. Murray and Mrs. Anna Taggart
lleE' lishly Of the people OF Ez.on
e1aIch
From Rev. A. stensle,s resdino VIC
hfa tHal Union ia fonfih from Asnury
iolbIed In 1917 by Rev Edw,,d Kan
nip saved 1880 1v Margarst Rnmfori
pho attributed Iibsraliv and Collected
narh money. and Raw Ipdrsw ! Mar
ship who ,llI a great and heroic work
building M the church in numhers md
fzrurc s. IS,8 March rsnnr'eI 10
Philadelphia Con 'erencc win b3 mem
beh; lsll. Il wa. sunniieI in mart rom
g., Faul's Church. IA pembs,s onc Local
pnach,r 100 Sunday school msmhsrs
They moved from O,ange .treet mi
kgln 10 build at Second and Washing-
Ton They divided and ibe small T.c,jon
ooulI no, r,t fnnds IN M, rnas ,,a,,,
thll. viii 81 H. ,ulus rus 70 put r9oi upon
kur inn,,aol,aI I"s. n' eic..eu Anu an cA, \,
ihtir prnUr,iy ~, tn,vaseneu ~ @ 10 Iolicit
Rnm'osl th,y oS A ~ sh was '.seue', " MISS
'n'Y Norshlped Tor a period prosper
nj tiy new memhe,s a,. ,sa.o ro,r., a..
fnt month AMI eois ~ ,, "s.u Icctlseu tiic
81 Luis eave 5raa ,o ,'sa u'1g ~. .hs, spo yeai,
toom two evenings ne, y, vaeI .nI 1u Th,ir
trustee. Then were ~ po,nsa,, %e. Aihsr,
Thtlyl,l and EdwarJ Mnnrs avbnn
ther cturch was comnictod a. haS aos,
E,Nm. II wss dedicaiad hr R,.hnnE .Js'
Jtn. N.yembtr 2s Isha Tho Jnbt no.. a.,
tHgel hat Jav In 90 aoo Ns,nhars 10
l5i p,.la,loners ian. e,nSors
20 volumes in lihrsr, eco oi,nn u.ts a,',i,,
m4mtnts i,,gi,,,I9 ai5, 'oV' oIhei ae'fo
Joba n - ', included Barney q. Harris,
mau4-.1, john I,ndninh MoE4nhr,,, ~ "m, 6 "a
Joha linycg 'ru Gurns isuSolph' stp' gso. McGee'