Smyrna times., 1900-05-09
PRESBYTERIAN BOND BURNING,
The DEBT OF sI,7OO RECENTLY CANCEL En-
AGAINST THE CHURCH.
All Joined in Hearty Jubilee and Reioiced
In the Fact that the Church was Free
OF its Indebtedness.

S iaSt tnat The Church was Free
OF its Indebtedness.
With hearts filled with Joy and glad
Hess, mingled with the enthusiasm o.
splendid social evening, the congre
9atlon and friends of the Presbvteriar
Church held successful Jubilee,
laSt Friday evening, and as voice,
united with one accord in s'Praise Goo
FROM Whom all Blessings Flow" they
"a'ehed the cancelled bond of 81, zoo
against the church, quietly, but i'm
pressively, burn to ashes.
The Sunday School room was bean.
ttully decorated for the occasion bv q
committee of which Miss Beth Dennev
was chairman, assisted by Miss Mary
heFevre, Miss Alice Beck, Miss Ber-
ina Ransom and Mrs. J. l.. Estlin
Ihere was sweetness of lilac bios
SONS perfuming the room. Around
and about were cut and potted flowers.
ming every window place and gracing
the organ. Folds and festoons of red.
white and blue bunting were also in
evidence.
The entertainment was entirely in
formal in its character. The onests
We're received by Rev. and Mrs. J.L.
Estlin, Mrs. F. F. Evans and Mrs. s
j. Reynolds. When sufficient had
gathered, Rev. Estlin opened the ex-
erclses with an address of welcome. in
which he spo&e happily of the occasion
which called them together, and intro
duced his old college friend, George
Massey Jones, Esq, of Dover. The
latter responded with short talk. in
which he said he was glad to Join with
them IN the Jubilee" for two reasons.
one OF which was because of his old
college friendship with Rev. J. L.
Estlln, long before he ever knew
he was coming to Delaware, and
the other reason because of the
Smyrna Presbyterian Church being
the nearest sister church to the Dover
people. After most complim entary
reference to Presbyterianism on the
Peninsula, he closed with words of
congratulations for the Smyrna Pres
byterians in being entirely free from
and rejoiced with them
that the bond of. 81, 700 on the Man Sc
had been cancelled.
His address was followed by the
Bond Burning" The committee.
composed of Messrs. S. J. Reynolds,
E. II. Beck, S. W. Dresher, James w.
Samuel Cats, George w.
Taylor, Horace Must ard, j. J. Warner
md Edward NJ. Boyd, gathered in the
'enter of the room, and the bond was
placed on the asbestos-lined plate.
Chairman S. J. Reynolds of the com
nittee, struck the match and ignited
he flames to the document, and as it
vas going up in smoke, the congrega-
ion and all assembled, united in sing !
ng 'Praise God From Whom All
Blessings Flow" 1t was a most i'm
ressive moment, and after the bond
ad burned to ashes, Rev. Estlin lead
be meeting in prayer.
Mrs. Miriam Sheppard Davidson, of
lover, favored the gathering with two
weet solos in her usual becoming man
er, and during the evening, Rev. J. ,
:. Estlin recited "Damon and '
ythias," and Mr.. Matthew V. Ford
ave numerous lecture on Apples in !
egro dialect. The interim of the .
Dove selections was happily occupied
y the Entertainment Committee, com
osed of Miss Eunice Anthony, Miss T
ucy Taylor, Miss Ethel Cooper and
-iss Alice Spruance, who moved about
tending a cordial greeting to every G
ody. &
Refreshments consisting of ice cream W
I'd cake were served under a commit d.
e composed of Mrs. Robert Denney, NJ
RS. W. H. Carr, Mrs. Susan Garman, IL
I'd Mrs. S. A. Lloyd b,