The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-09-18
Layin. of Il Cornerstone.

Wednesday last will be memorable
day to the good people who compose the
congregation of Emmanuel NJ. E. Church,
near Horse Head, this county. 1t was the
occasion of the corners stone laying by the
Masons of Centennial Lodge, No III A.
F. & A. NJ, in the beautiful grove where
the new structure is to be erected to
succeed the house of worship which was
totally destroyed by accidental fire on
December 4th 1895. The delightful day
enabled great many people to turn out
and the crowd was estimated at from four
| to five hundred The morning train brought
the Rev NJ B. Chapman ID. d., of Balti-
| more, and member of visiting Masons.
The Masonic exercises lasted about an
hour They were conducted by Worthy
Master n Langerfeldt, assisted by Charles
G.. West, Senior Warden, r. A. HOoe,
Junior Warden, Enos Ray, c. W. Ran
| dali Treasurer, and Chss. H. Early and
F. Sasscer Senior and Junior Deacons,
w. H. Wallis, Tyler, and the following
Masons. Simon Colbert, r. II. Mckee, l.
s. Wilson, Thos S. Stone, Jos. Rawlings,
Jr Enos. F. Humphrey, Rev. W. f. Orem,
Peter Wood, Geo r. Pfciffer, Geo. A
GUIDE and John Miller.
Excellent music was furnished by the
| united choirs of the Prince Georges cir
| cult Miss Maude Orme presided at the
organ, and the singers were Miss ShultZ,
| Misses Mamie and Hattie Perrie and
| Messrs Joe and Nelson Perre
The following articles were deposited
in the Cornerstone: A copy of the New
Testament, copy of the Discipline of the
NJ E. Church, South copy of the Con
ference paper, The Baltimore Christian
| Advocate" a document containing a brief
history of the Church, the name of the
Pastor, Trustees, Building Committee,
elect and faithful women of the Church
and the names of the donors of the Corn
er Stone.
There were also deposited in the
corner stone copy of The ENQUI
RER and a copy of the Gtz~tte. After the
masonic ceremonies were concluded, the
Masons took seats on the platform. anl
the exercises were continued as follows
Miss Shultz sang a solo entitled, THE
Holy City" and her rich sweet notes cap
tivated the audience Then followed al
excellent address on Masonry by Rev
Mr. ShultZ. A duet by this gentlemen
and his accomplished daughter was beauti
fully rendered after which DR.. Chapman
of Trinity NJ. f. Church, Baltimore
formerly of st. Louis. was introduced
He spoke in Il most scholarly and eloquen
manner taking as his theme the religion
element in nature. He said that tn
grandest works Of poets, painters AM
sculptors of all ages were those in which
religious sentiment prevailed.
At the conclusion of Dr. Chapman's al
dress the Rev. F. T. Griffith who will be tn
pastor of the New Church, made an appca
to the people for contributions to til
worthy object, and quite IA number q
liberal donations in cash were received
A substantial sum was realized also frol
the sale of dinners, and the manager
tamong whom none have been NOR
interchangeable than Mr.. and Mrs J Benso
Perriel are To be congratulated upon tn
their success.
The work upon the new church wi
now be pushed rapidly ahead under tn
management of Mr.. W. H. Adams, til
architect and builder