Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-09-21
HUDSON pREsBYTERY MEETS.
SEVENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
oE tn CHURCH HERE.
A Large Gathering Of Ministers and
Delegates-Ablea and Interest
ing Addresses.


Milford, Judging by the attendance |
of members, is an Interesting place
to the Presbytery of Hudson, and ifl
it is a pleasure for them to visit our
town it is equally a great pleasure for
the people of this community to meet |
and greet them. They bring breath |
from the sister churches which fans
the flame of fraternity and causes the !
embels of zeal and new resolves to
glow more fervently. Their words |
are full of kindness for the welfare of |
their brethren here and they speak |
with fervor ofthe steadfastness of this !
church and the great good she has ac- |
complished in the past, while they !
bid her God speed in her work for
the future. Such words cannot fail
to arouse latent energy and inspire
with confidence the efforts made.
The historical sermon last Sunday
morning, by the pastor, Rev, ThOs.
Nichols, reviewed the history Of this
church from its beginning to the
present. Evidently a spirit Of grace
moved some devoted persons to take
steps to organize a Presbyterian con-
glegation here in the early twenties,
and corporation was formed. In
1925 the church was organized by the
Presbytery of Hudson and Rev. Thos.
Grier became lis pastor. Under his
ministratiOn i'm 1926 there was very
large access on profession of faith and
again six years later wonderful re-
vival of religion swept over the town
Over two bundled and fifty were ad
ded to the membership during these
two periods. There have been in the
seventy-hve years fifteen pastors.
The fist place of worship was in the
old Court House and the first COM
munich service was held on the square
in front. Subsequently church was
built near the site of the present edi-
flee which served the congregation
until 1874 when the new structure
was erected.
The regular session was opened
Monday at 3 p. m. with devotional
exercises after which Rev. Otto r.
w. Klose, of Cochecton, the retiling
moderator, delivered a sermon. In
it he spoke of the tendency i'm these
days 60 follow strange religious de-
vices, propagated mostly by weak
minded men and strong minded wO-
men, and he attributed the movement
to revise the confession offaith, which
was question before the body, as in
some degree attributed to this weak
ness.
Following the roll call by DR.. Bon
nel, Rev. George L. Gillespie, of PIT
Jervis, was elected Moderator and
Rev. n. S. Britain and Emmett
Sloat, of Mongaup Valley, clerks.
Rev. w. NJ. Grant was then re-
ceived from the Presbytery of Neb-
raska city to the 'Circleviile church,
Rev. j. l.. Harrington from the Pres
bytely of Troy to Denton and Rev.
Hugh Walker from the Presbytery
of New Brunswick to Ridgebury.
The evening session was presided
over by the Moderator and opened by
the choir. After devotional exercises
Mrs. Otto Won der Heyde was heard
in a touchingly rendered solo "Come
to the Land of Rest" ID. f. Bonner
ID. d., of Florida, then gave briei
history of this church introducing
some very interesting statistics re.
garding the membership and growth
of other churches i'm the Presbytery
He was followed by DIR. Charlie:
Beatie, of Middletown, on the topic
seventy-fve years of church life: OPP
portunity and responsibilities. Hi
address was humorous, statistical and
hortotory. He gave some interesting
facts regarding this church and sale
lis opportunities We're broader thar
those of any other in the Presbytery
because there was pot another Pres
bytelian congregation in the count.
and it could not be said of any othe
church in Hudson Presbytery tina
it had so wide a field. He deplOre'
the fact that the membership of tn
churches did not increase proportion
ately to the growth of the communi
ties and earnestly and eloquent urge
to greater effort and activity. Cor
gratulatoly remarks were then mad
by Rev. c. L. scudder, of the M. +
church, and Rev. C. b. Carpenter, q
the Church of the Good Shepherd.
Tuesdays meeting was occupie
with the ordinary business, cxamir
alton of candidates, receiving report
of committees and a question of
revision of the Confession Of Faitl
The four questions sent down by til
General Assembly to ascertain tn
thought Of the Presbytery wei
answered affirmatiyely which invo
YES revision.
Arrangement were also made fC