The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-09-18
ONE HUNDRED
YEARS OLD.
Old Springfield Church Celebrat-
es Its Centennial.
A Mighty Gathering on the His
tOric Ground
Amid the Graves of Their Fore
fathers.
The Crowd Hospitality Entertained

On Wednesday last the old churcl
at Spring in Bath county, cele
brated the one-hundredtb anniversar,
of its institution. There gathered OF
the grounds crowd of fully TIVE
thousand people to join with thu
members of this congregation il
thanking God for his wonderful deal
ings with this old organization in III
attempts to worship the God of thei
fathers, and to do what they could tC
further the advance of his kingdom il
the world. Scattered all around the
edifice lies the dust of many who die
so much to reclaim from the wilder.
ness the splendid domain that can be
seen from the door of this old church
In the yard, but few feet from the
pulpit, where his voice was so often
heard proclaiming the unsearchable
riches of the kingdom OF Christ, lie
the bones of Joseph p. Howe beside
those of his wife. Mr.. Howe was the
first preacher for this congregation.
The tomb was strewn with flowers,
and the weather-stained slab covered
with beautiful designs. On the
church in conspicuous places were
"l794-lS94,' repeated again and
again. The services opened with an
historical Grafton by Rev. DR.. f. O.
Guerrant, and he was followed by DR..
Beatty, OF Louisville Theological Sem
mary, in IAN equally admirable speech
on the "Distinctive Features of Pres
byterianism y After a diuner, tina
was all that the daintiest palate could
ask, had been served and that for
bounty, seemed to know no limit, Drs,
Bartlett, of Lexington, and Chisholm,
of Winchester, spoke to the interested
auditors.
1t was a grand occasion grandly
celebrated, and when one looked at
the gray-haired and aged who had
come back to the old church that had
been old, when they-as girls and
boys-worshipped in its walls, he
caught some fitting idea of the vener-
able old mother of churches that still
Kept open house tor the worship of
God. The tender emotions awaken
ed by seeing SO many old and whiten-
ed veterans life's battle peering
around among the ancient grave
stones to find where their forefathers
slept, filled even those who had no
dear ones there, with something so
akin to sadness that an almost solemn
awe prevailed the vast throng.
The whole community, irrespective
of creed or church utilization, felt it
upon them to help enter
tain the strangers, who were within
their gates, and right royalty did
they meet the obligation they thought
they were under to see no one turned
hungry away. The tables were sup
piled in a way that gave none an OPP
portunity to go away empty. The
writer enjoyed the hospitality of Mr..
and Mrs. j. II. Scott, and ate Of their
good things till he almost felt asham-
ed of himself. These good people, in
co mmon with their neighbors, know
how, not only to provide good things,
but understand the art of making their
guests feel how genuine is the hospi-
tality extended.
The famous music composers have
taken hint from their literary breth-
rem, and are securing an advance
publication for their COM
positions just as the authors publish
heir novels in serial form. The La
lies Home Journal, which was prac-
ideally the first magazine to offer this
outlet to composers of repute, finds all
he musical men rallying to it, Sir
Arthur Sullivan announcing that the
new song which he has just finished
will be published in that magazine.
PATHS veteran conductor, Arditi, he's
given his new waltz to the Journal.
while Reginald de Koven's new song
!oes also to the same periodical
Strauss has sent his new waltz to the
editor, Sousa new march, and Mas
,agni, of "Csvalleria Rusticana" fame
S writing piano score.