New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-09

feet
wears exposure to the weather. the long La'h III.
scrintion covering the stone to the edges s'aiuS ou
With characters that are decpherable through Ho.'
of its sixteen lines. Translated they reao as io'
lows ~ Dad
The ashes of the very Gvs K aTe SH@' buried
whose labor, though expenued on s'e'''e 7
IT They who knew him also proved his worth as ~
Rsader persevere in his footsteps and hope IN
''' He died on the hrtieth day of August one
thousand seven hundred ana eight III '"e '""''
ninth year of his age -,
1t is gratifying know that one OF the results VI
the pilgrimage to this spot on TUESDAY was u ~
csion 70 transfer TO better place or preser'a'o"
this time honored monument. which for nearly TWO
hundred years has withstood the storms 'ii' '
striven to efface It's significance.
In 1872 old Tennent Church. or "Old Ten as II
is called became the successor to "Old SCOTS II
was begun in 1890. IN accordance with the "ishes
OF the congregation OF the Scotch cnprch d id' sc
majority OF whom lived in the vicinity Of Whits
UilI as the site of Tennent then named II IS
situated about 1--WE miles southwest of the old struc-
cbe On FRO for tine but "old scots soon
abandoned and is sal that part Of o is Pe'h
1853 There is tradition that II was pian"eu , Ds
the un erakeri 70 have ne Shuachd u ,Ppo Ianet
Rhea one of the old Scotch Covenanters selzei the
small cornerstone in her apron ann , syns 70 10 the
astonished builders. 'Wha ever heard O. ganging
doom do to 70 h lee Hoose the ord fine mixture q
the Covenanier stock.
LITTLE CHANGES SINCE 1853
,, ,,, ,ornor. and asiac
'''"o 40" ..,n, ,o,. and ,hon and the
Introduction of a very modern pipe organ. that
seems sadly GU, Of place. conservatism has pre-
served its appearance ~ At was on that Day IN
1853 when the door as;enings stampS ~ ara s apg
visible finally put in place. after the enlarge
ment Of the church situated on r's@ 81 'a ritb
conspicuous from tne e"nss NJ an ,,' o,nf steene
is shins.el SIDES. sloplhS ROOF ana pu' ~,
topped with wenthrrVane s,nimUu r ~ iac,d an
object of veneraton It's interior Is even NOR
quaint and o,d-fashoned. with rs proau; s'Qgns
scte pcvs closed win odd lt,le doors its hsh
pulpt WIN an ui'HrS,1,,e ~ o.aIyn have been
Murdered to 50 many generations OF WILING 's'en
Ca its walls are the Of bullets hrei in Rsyo-
luuonary times ana on one Oh us So , % ~
can still b, seen which are said 70 ne rom C"s ~ -.
tn wounds " sadr crc IN t Kerr ioa 10 r Of the
grave Of Colonc! HeIry MVno'o Monmob lies
few feet from the southwest corner OF we c!uIc.;
while in the graveyard lie buried one nunatee AZ
sixty men who fought IN the various wars Oh th'S
country
EARLY RECORDS or "OLD TEN"
1,r,in.rf tho Indian missionary. brought his saw
b'''''''" 90, '1, .r".. a,1 At rs communion
axe converts 20 "Vid len ana Il. ''' 'o'''1'.'o'
table administered to them the holy sacrament.
me very '""'' rom "',,.' '"' . ,, 80 h,,e
Is still In rs place. NhiileH i sa'' - nv
ur.,ched In this old church. and among the many
p'' '"'' 80 W , - pov Frank
relics thar ''e present $780, ,,rsn Yall.nre.
Symms has btlonGlns 10 the 'H"r'" !" " w"
served copy Of It's early charter, made by Jonn
Robinson IN l7s7 II was secured mainly by the IN
.i,h thsr vDrIs. George thr second by the grace
~ GoI' king OF Glcl; britain sFrarce Ireland.
D.fendir Of ihc rauh exc" After the establish,
,,.n, nian. na.ncc the caurcn vas incorporated
| olI T,rntnt mas alwors been thoroughly Calvin
t,,' l., h.. aiy.s.rn OF the Assembly II en-
r on The So More Ihsn b onSs If mas n
'i'S In, Kim, ~. .xt.ntlon OF that nineteenth
century p,p' "i x.er,or OF the building
,',nr' upoT ihe 0rs so II remains as it is 10 be
n lhr,leI h S,I1 ,oscth@r EN-
s'' c1,rrh t,se,f still stands its parson-
80 '.,.ts,sl u,ifb the memories Of BOYD the
! Tcnncnis and Woodruff, has gone. It was SAID 20
don The Old papers Of the church record the fol-
lowing Feo H. l'S' Arch,s',1 ,tas 'y"ra
"a ','''',rn farn Tor the congrosatior
! In March 1881 they reported they had purchased
farm Of william ''S.rnhoyrn y'n * pyt"''" ''o'S-
The house was situated about ono ana one-half
,,i's '"'' b"n'ir"I years For forty years It was
'a,i, Ms Wiz whom ne had courtei and mar
-,.i,.,,' ,o,, f,vs and who afteryvard with
'i a. LIS ~ His f,rm Tor him Here Tenaent
'@.' .li, t.f f,r,,r.ri aud .hearsd and com
trt'i III" m III WnoabuT l,vcl FOR more than two
s,r. vclrs The Rev H. Y Macleln was the last
T.nneni pastor who occupied Il. Many an impress;
~ - - I'M, ~ ~ rn,st famous
III. roc. Nn' s..''.t.., it.,',,,,,. -ie,ie,n
4i's't'a , near vit,ess 10 the historic bat
ne nous ~. ',i. a -, ar,,,,'s ~ .,,.,v
t' or MONMOUTH. IN. III Nn toi 'r.r, sr.ouenfiy
yrs musk, Az Sai' s 20 roson no, retorIei
J. k'l ui IN ls'' l.' 49, . ,'.,inr o,J rsr,sin
ihr "4 lHHpiliN' va 81. ~ i,,5 ',r, i,,tl,.
ing eupiy fr many years Wa t..oMmeu ka ii -,
t. ia INTO decay. IN i>,i ~ va t,t ILL -e,irs
Nd ma nov imiin, ,r !, are t"o ~ sn,. - ~
I'm the church "hl'n ".le "1,r ,'' ., e,s. ~
CAKE" h'.ihS. -\"o' IA. ,,,nIoJ hin is ~
Icnurnt 'nutch, upon 'ii.A's NJ. 90. ie,,,
b. found IN" gray" or " A.'e mu ,Ds 80 1,
years was one OF the lAIs 81 rSs
nus Toun I'M "1l' ~. ",.vr.I an oidress On
~" HrV, MvNrilr N't' ~ l.; rr ,,,ntl,, rhis
rr'c mn 'st .'S'1S ~ '' - ncrsons si1ce tho
iiiiY ~, n"iI''yiC' ~ g., ~ ,bs,r have
i'Fs o. Wu''' NJ, 80 f,cs ,io,siv mr. 4,
u',' III Z : M, '' ~ ,nf,r,,nata enough ~ be-
''ii' "i t''la 49, 80. ~ ~ -, f.a-,,ress
sent 10 p'"''"''''S - " N'""
FANOTtS MINISTER
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No mention ~ Tenncnt Church would be complete
without reference to its most famous pastor William