Bridgeton pioneer., 1890-12-11
DEDICATION AT CEDARVILLE
A MENeDEeEAL To REV. EWNAN
OSBORN.
OF the Osborn MeMSr.
ial Church at CedarvIile.

SanlZeo III the village OF Cedarvllle,
by people coming from the Old Stone
Church, religious society which was
called the Second Presbyterian Church
and Congregation of Fairfield. Dur
ing all these years in good and evil
fortune. it has resolutely and persist
entity kept it's light burning, and by
Its works, manifested to the world the
steadfsstness of its faith.
In 1875. it changed its corporate
name in order to accept gift of 1856
from Ethan 0. Thompson, freeing the
church from debt. The change, how
ever, was a slight one, it becoming the
Second Presbyterian Church, of Ce-
darville, n. j. Under this name it ex-
listed until the Fall of 1887. when the
|,auestion of repairing the old Church
coming up, it was suggested that an at
tempt be made to erect new edifce
more in harmony with the needs of
the congregation. At meeting of the
members it was decided to make the
attempt. Knowing of Mr.. E.. o.
Thompson's interest in the matter, he
was waited upon, and as result, a
proposition came from him, which upon
being submitted to the people, was ac-
cepted. Wise conditions designed for
the future good and welfare of the
Church. were in the proposition, and
one of them was that the Church
should again change it's corporate
name. So, in accordance with the
agreement, the title was changed, and
hereafter it will be known as the Os
born Memorial Church, of Cedaryille.
N. J.
At the laying of the corner stone,
which was laid In the presence of a
large number of people, Mr.. Thomp.
son gave his reasons for building the
Church, which were published in the
PIONEER. -~r...,
Wednesday the Osborn Memorial
Church was formally and impressivelv
dedicated to the service of Almighty
God. It was just one hundred and
one years since the installation of the
Rev, Ethan Osborn as pastor of the
Old Stone Church, and this work ia
the result of his influence upon the
character and life of his grandson,
Ethan Osborn Thompson.
When the special train came in.
hundred people were on it, who were
taken to the parsonage for dinner.
Promptly at 2 p. m. the dedicatory
services began.
The transfer of the Church was
made by Mr.. E. o. Thompson, giving
the deed and insurance policy to the
Board of Trustees, G. Howard Bate
man making the speech of acceptance.
Rev. John HemphiI], D. D., preached
the sermon, followed by solo from
the Oratorio of Eli, by Mrs. W. A.
Mears, of Philadelphia, followed by
the dedicatory prayer, by Rev. DIR.
VIM. G. Cattell.
Rev. Henry Reeves gave a sketch of
the life of the Rev. Ethan Osborn.
Rev. s. w. Beach, of Bridgeton,
made an appeal to the people for fnan-
cial aid, which was responded to to
the amount of one hundred and seven.
ty-five dollars and fifty.two cents.
While not strictly in the line of dedi-
cation services, an Interesting feature
OF the occasion, was the presentation
of Bibles, by Benjamin Thompson, at
g o'clock in the chapel, to thirty -four
members of the Sunday school, who
had committed to memory, certain por
tions of the Scripture.
In the evening, the principal address
was given by the Rev. d.. VIM. G. Cat
tell, followed by words of greeting by
the pastors of the Cedarville churches.
Revs. A. s. Flock and J. T. Crumrine.
Revs. Albert Worthington and John
E. Peters, ex-pastors of the Church,
also spoke briefly.
Rev. A. H. Brown represented the
West Jersey Presbytery, in short ad
dress, and the Rev. Mr.. Rodney, of
Chester, Pa, followed, the whole be.
ing interspersed with choice music, by
soloist and choir After prayer by
the Rev. Cleartield Park, the large
congregation sang "All hail the power
OF Jesus name" and were dismissed
with the benediction, and the Osborn
Memorial Church was dedicated.
In addition to the Gift of the Church
to the congregation, the following ar
ticles were given:-A solid silver Com
munion set, by Mr.. E. O. Thompson,
In memory of his wife; pulpit Bible,
by BENJAMIN Thompson; the bell of
the Church, by Mrs. Mary Hurd, of
Cincinnati, Ohio, the only surviving
daughter of Rev. Ethan Osborn; an
organ, by the grandchildren of Mrs.
Hnrd; eet # -r".e'ne to~ tre POOR Of