Bridgeton pioneer., 1903-09-10


Church, assembled the stairs to the
hlgh pulpit and the congregation
arose and sang, PRAISE God From
Whom All Blessings Flow" Mr..
Beadle then asked the blessings. The
church then echoed with the old
hymn, "All Hail the Power of Jesus
Name. Rev. Trimble arose and said
This is memorial service and we
are gathered to honor the great work
OF our church; let us sing from our
old hymnals after Rev. Harris leads
IN prayer. After singing several Sc
lect1ons Mr.. Beadle arose from his
lofty position and asked to be excused
should he become embarrassed as he
said. 81 have never preached from SO
high a pulpit before and do not feel
at home. AS he began preaching Rev.
Trimble and Rev. Harris left the pull
pit to give the speaker more room.
The text. lit is good for us to be
here, was suggestive of the most ex-
cellent sermon. Mr.. Beadle said in
part I'VE are here where our fore
fathers sat to worship the same God
and to receive the same blessings
God is here in this old church and il
is good for us to be here.'' Mr..
Beadle told of Moses being in the
wilderness forty years and one day
when he met God all was beautiful.
1t was good for him to be there
Our old saint, Mr.. Osborn" continued
the speaker, ''talked to your fathers
and grandathers as well as a few of
you and asked them to come to and
asked them to come to Christ. AS
you look back you can see his good
work. He has done so much for you.
because he did it for your fathers.
Mr.. Osborn's s name seems to be con-
nected with this church as no other
name because he was to his flock what
George Washington was to the nation.
"Outside is the busy world inside
the quiet. Outside is the city of the
dead; the stones mark the resting
places of those whose sweet memories
are with us. Their prayers have
brought blessings; their influences
have moulded our Christian lives.
You say this old church has done no
good and you will now leave it to the
wasps and open it only for an occa-
sional funeral. but that is wrong. 1t
is good to Ea here. God is here, and
may He give you that eternal life as
He has given so those whose bodies
rest outside. May your lives be bet
ter by this reunion.
Then, the persons who were mem
bers OF the choir many years ago, and
whose voices used to make the church
echo with music favored with hymns
they sang at that time. one hymn
being, GA Charge to Keep l have
The voices of the few who sang were
not as clear as they were long ago but
they were sweet and awakened the
echoes in the sacred church. This
closed the morning service and Rev.
Trimble announced that picnic din
ner would be served. The picnic
dinner was interrupted, however, by
a shower that caused the people to
serve luncheon inside the church.
The rain lasted but a few minutes,
however and then Old Sol frightened
things up. A number of the farmers
brought dinner and ate in their
wagons. An hour of social fellowship
was enjoyed.
Afternoon Service.
Soon after one O'Clock the Sabbath
School members from other churches
led the service and short addresses on
the old and new Sabbath School work
were given. Mr.. Harris told of the
old time power still being in the Sab
bath School to-day. A short time
was then taken up in silent prayer,
which was the Pentecostal hour for
prayer and waiting for the Baptism of
the Holy Spirit.
AioooAhOnl ACFloWS VI bu6 CuurCQ
followed at 2 O'Clock. These were
exceedingly interesting. Rev. Trim
BILE read from an old time worn book.
He told of Presbyterianism having
been in that township about two hun
dred years ago, and then gave brief
history of the church. The history
told of hundreds. and hundreds of con-
versions, one hundred and twelve at
one time. The birthplace was the
old Cohansey log church where in
100 people worshipped. The old
Stone Church was s~erected in 1880 and
dedicated on Sept. of that year. On
March %, in 1856 as paper reads the
congregation of the first church called
for pastor the Rev. Mr.. Ramsey,
with petition in this manner:
"We, whose names are sionad will