The Monitor-register., 1896-04-03

History OF the m. e. Sunday-School.
The following history of the Sunday
school of the M. e. Church, of Woods
town, written by Miss Mamie Fogg, was
read by her before the school on
Sunday afternoon last:
In the year eighteen undred and
t twenty three, under the ~itinerant labors
of Reys. E. Stout and R. W. Prethen
bridge, a class of eleven members was
formed under the leadership OF Nicholas
Hiles. Out of this small band the foun-
dation of Methodism was iaIa IN This
community. Woodstown and ~Sharptown
were cIassed under the same charge, SER
vices being held at Woodstown in the
afternoon. For some years the society
w%orshipped in the school house that
formerly stood upon the lrear of the lot
occupied by our present High School
building.
AS the records of the Sunday-school
have besn lost, the exact time of it's
organization is not known, but supposed
to be about the time the church was
erected in Newtown, in the year eighteen
hundred and thirty-three. Joseph Hiles,
John Harker, who now resides at Berlin,
N. j.; William B. Kirby, Samuel Tussey,
Martha Snelbaker and William Brogan
were among the earliest Superintendent.
Owing to the increase of membership of
the church, it was thought advis BILE to
erect a new edihce nearer the centre of
the town, and after singing that familiar
song, "On Jordan's Stormy Banks,' meet
ings in that building were DER, and the
old church, whose sweet memories are
still held sacred by many, was converted
into a tenement house, but afterward torn
dnUn and MON IN tho amt Uharo II nnao
stood is located the resting place of many
of the Methodist patriarchs.
The New Church." as it was then
called, was dedicated in the year eighteen
hundred and fifty.seven, Benjamin F.
Turner as Superintendent of the Sunday
school. Among other Superintendent
we note Isaac Dickinson, Rev. Aaron
Ballard and Thomas Lippincott during
whose SUPPLEMENTARY the first organ was
purchased). Richard Turner was again
elected to that position, which he held
until his decease. His successor was
David Broadway. At this time the men,
bership of the school numbered about
one hundred and twenty, but under the
direction of good and faithful Superin-
tendents, among whom we note William
G. Hates, Charles II. Richman, George
Boone, Amanda Abbott and D. R. Cruise,
it has steadily increased, and there are
now enrolled on the books of the school
the names of two hundred and ninety
members.
There is in connection with the school
a Home Department., organized in eigh-
teen hundred and ninety-five, for the
benefit of those who are unable to attend
the meetings on Sunday. This depart
ment is under the SUPPLEMENTARY of
Mrs. Frank Wright, with Mrs. G. FL.
Richman, Mrs. D. +. Cruise, Mrs. Joel
Snelbaker and Mrs BENZ. Patterson as
assistants, and now has a membership of
fifty scholars.
On the night of January seventeenth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-three, our
church was burned and we were home
less. During the period that interviewed
before the rebuilding, the Sunday school
held its meetings in Library Hall, Riley's
Building and the Baptist Chapel, but on
December tenth, eighteen hundred and
ninety three, our present church building
was dedicated, in which building we
have continued to worship until the
present time, with D. r Cruise as Super.
intendent and Rev. g. G. Senser begin.
ming a new pastorate, to whom we extend
a cordial welcome.
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