The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-08
ANOTHER OLD STONE CHURCH
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did later at McConnellsburg, and
the Presbyterian church at Fort
Loudon ceased to be.
Thus Mr.. Jewett labored till
the fall of 1884. The last record
of his labors is under date of Nov.
9, 1884, and is as follows "Mr.
Jewett administered communion
on this day, Sunday, 2nd of No
vember. After this he removed
to the West.
The Rev. Leander Kerr com
menced his labors in the Stone,
or White church as the successor
of Mr.. Jewett on Jan. 81, 1886,
and continued to be the regular
minister till Dec. IA, 1910, when
he resigned to accept the appoint
ment of Chaplain in the U. S.
army and was assigned to duty
at one of the frontier posts.
While preaching at McConnells-
burg and Loudon he married a
daughter of Squire McKinstry
and sister of the late VIM. McKin-
stry of Mercersburg. The last
record of Mr.. Kerr's services
reads as follows; "Dec. IA, 1910,
preaching in Stone church by
Rev. Kerr"
Mr.. Kerr was the last pastor
of the flock that had been drawn
together by the personal magnet
ism and popular ways of the Rev.
M. A. Jewett. The movement
inaugurated by him IA years be-
fore had no solid basis. Congre-
gationalism did not find a con
genial elementin McConnellsburg
or the Great cove. Hence, after
time disintegration began to
take place. For the above reason
and not from any want of fidelity
on his part this came to be keenly
felt during the latter part of Mr..
kerr's pastorate; and after it's
termination the organization
practically ceased to exist. Dur
ing the pastorate of Mr.. Jewett,
but more especially that of Mr..
Kerr, the stone church was oc-
casionally occupied by ministers
of other OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
more frequently by the Metho-
dist than any other denomination
as they were for long time with
out a house of worship. There is
record also of their occasionally
occupying "the Brick church,
when its pastor Rev. n. G. White
was absent.
On one and only one occasion is
there mention made of preaching
service in the Stone church by a
minister of the Reformed church
during the ministry Of Mr.. Jew
ettand Mr. Kerr. This is found un-
der date of Aug II, 1888 and
reads: Preaching in the Luther
an and Independent churches by
Revs. Saum and Good" F" The Re.
formed congregation was accus-
toned to worship statedly in the
Lutheran church. In the record
above quoted it is not stated in
which church Mr.. Saum and Mr..
Good respectively preached, but
1t IS natural to suppose that the
Lutheran pastor (Mr. Saum) oc-
cupied the pulpit of the Lutheran
church, and Mr.. Good, that of
the Independent or Stone church.
For at least six or seven months
after Mr.. Kerr left-namely from
Dec. II, 1910 to June 6, 1871 there
does not appear to have been any
service whate;e in the Stone
church. During this. time the
Reformed people continued to
worship regularly in the Luther
an church. Here are dates of the
services by the Reformed congre-
cation in the Lutheran church,
covering the year from June IA.
1910 to June 6, 1S41-Rev Good
preaching each time: June ii
and %, July 26, Aug. "a, Sept. 20,
Oct. Is, Nov l, Is, and 80, Dec.
p, 1910, and Jan. "a, Feb. 21,
March 81, and June 6, 1S41.
Services may have been, and
most likely were held between
March p and June 6 1941 Rut