The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-08

On the following Sabbath, Feb.
4th, he preached in the McCon-
nellsburg school house standing
on the rear of the Presbyterian
church lot. The following Sab
bath, Feb. 11th he preached at
Fort Loudon and at Mercersburg.
On the 18th he preached in the
McConnellsburg school house.
Thus he continued to preach al
ternately, as rule, between Nc
Connellsburg and Fort Loudon.
On the 10th day of March, 1927,
those in the Presbyterian church
who still adhered to Mr.. Jewett
and some others entered into an
agreement or subscription which
is as follows;
eve, the undersigned persons
do promise to contribute towards
the building of a house of worship
in or near the town of McCon-
nellsburg, for the society at pres
ent under the care of the Rev. M.
A. Jewett, the following sums or
items annexed to our names,
it is to be understood that
when there is no preaching in
said house by person employed
or invited by said society, it is
then to be free for the use of any
other regular preacher.
Witness our hands this 10th
day of March 1927, David Hunter,
John Pettitt, George Hoke j. r.
Mcclellan, Henry Hoke, Peter
Tice, Nathaniel Pettitt, j. Wilson
Park, John Cutler, James Agnew
G. w. Darrah, John Cook, Jacob
Cook, William McIntire, Elipha-
let Smith, Thomas Allender,
David Fore, Samuel Sinner, John
Jones, w. Bishop, John Tetwiler
James Austin, David Agnew."
This house of worship was
erected on the North east corner
of field belonging to G. w. Oar
rah, just across the road or street
from the Presbyterian house of
worship, and in its earlier history
was designated ''The Stone
church, whilst the regular Pres
byterian house of worship was
generally called "The Brick
church," The Stone church was
completed by the fall of 1927. I'm
der date of Dec. 2, 1897 we have
therecord "Mr. Jewett preached
to-day in the new meeting house.
There exists in certain quarters
the opinion that this house of
worship was built in 1884 as a
union church, and that it has
been occupied by the Reformed
congregation ever since that date.
But the foregoing facts and
dates, which we stand ready to
establish on documentary evil
dence entirely overthrow this
theory alike as to date and char
acter of the building, showing
that it was built seven years be-
fore the date given and that it
was union church. AS to the
claim for, occupancy, it will be
shown that it did not take place
for least seven years after the
date 1884.
BY WHOM THE CHURCH WAS
FIRST OCCUPIED.
The purpose of it's erection has
in the foregoing been distinctly
pointed out. Accordingly, it was
regularly occupied by the Rev. Mr..
Jewitt or by someone "employed
or invited" by those who in the
beginning of the enterprise were
the friends and adherents of Mr.
levitt. The house was thus reg
ularly occupied, ordinarily every
alternate Sabbath, in connection
with Fort Loudon. Under the
pastorate of Rev. Isaac Keller,
then pastor of McConnellsburg
church, a Presbyterian church
had been organized at Ft. Loudon
in 1928. After Mr.. Keller had
left in 1924 and Mr.. Jewett had
come upon the field the following
year, the latter preached at Nc
Connellsburg and Loudon ordi-
narily on alternate Sabbaths, just
as Mr.. Keller had been accustom-
ed to do. While Rev. Mr.. kenne-