Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-04-30
REV. HARWOOO'S
INTERESTING TALK
THE PASSING AWAY or THE OLD
ADOBE FIRST METHODIST EP.
taeoPAL CHURCH.

adobe Methodist Episcopal cnurCh az
the corner of Lead avenue anu Third
street this eng. which toJg pace al
previously announced in Inc citizen.
night before last was largely a.
tended.
The services were unuCr the diTlc.
zion OF che pastor. Rev o. q. Cocks.
Rev No. Marsh made the opening
prayer Rev ar Mandy read the
scpts.. lesson. aud Hev. Mr Clay.
ton made tHc closing prayer ana clus.
cd the services with the bCnodictiOn.
Rev. dr. uarWood preached the
sermon which was listened 70 with
marked attention. taxing aa hia sue.
icct "Old Things are Passed Away"
Ho bogaL ly saying that when the
great apostle wrote these words. az
found in 2nd Cor OH LnaptCr and
Nc the l1th verse ne bad NO reierenco
TO this occasion He didn't know q
word about the American continent,
mucn less NCw Moxico and Aibuquor.
que and the tearing down OF this
Mothodlat church buiiding but the
text la suggestive Co the occasion. a.
the Old adobe cnurCh Is soon b pass
away.
Tho speaker said when he roceiv.
ed word thai be- was expected to take
part In the services OF this occasion.
he wan at Tucson. Arizona. about 10
commence tho spanish services
when he inimmod the congregation
shat be could NOT spend the sabbath
With them. that ho has 90 return 90
Albuquerque To preach n funeral ser
mon. someone at once askeu who 10
dead" hC answered % cann0t give
the name very we'll" The same Voiee
Ia spanish. when did be dioy I an
sworci no Do not DEAD YET Ana
when / explained that the American
Methodist Episcopal people at Alhu.
gucrQuo we're about to build n ten or
twelve thousand dollar church and
we're 20 give. for the spanish work
the old adobe ont OF which We expect
90 build two churcncs and that I was
asked % preach the funeral sermon
ct tho old church hearty laugh t0i
lowed
ST. ilafNood then gave q buoi o..
view OFF tho Methodist work In Albu.
qu rQue foachng from 1879 tn the
present time. covering period OF
about twenty-five Year, The church
hulldu- however hears date 90 1881
The ufs. church work was done iu
the o.d town boz 1893. under tho pas
toratg n. Rev " "a. Gale rho Sun.
day school numbered that year about
twenty aud tho church membeuhip.
ave Tho speaker then named me ar.
forcnt bishops of bis church who
have Visited he hold anu held scr
Vices ln the old building. ten 20 all.
two Of whom have passed away Then
the different HuporntCndCnts of the
New Mexico mission who from time 90
time have visited the neld anu held
taoir quarterly conferences In this
church. liz Do all one OF whom haa
pas6ed away
10 thon gave a list of the preach
era who have served as pastors az the
church fourteen IN an Tie made
special reference and spoke very ten.
derby % three Of these. Rows. Mr..
Gale. Mr.. Kisuor and Froi. hoyt. who
was also the FIRST president OF the
Albuquerque college. These nave
died. Mr.. Gale 10 Colorado. Mr.. kist-
lor IN Las Vegas ana Mr. hoyt IN
Albuquerque
lie then gave "a list at the trus.
tocs OF the church from 1850 70 tho
present time. and az our readers
would probably like % know who
we're among tho pillars % the heth0-
dat Episcopal church So early days
AZ soil az ~ the present time w.
viii give the list, Gale Johnson,
Adams. Coddington. Ames, Th0s.
Hughes. McComns. Gulsonger Mass.
bell. Pratt ALLEY. Parsaali. Modior,
Straaburg. Chevaner, Mclean Ives,
Dunlap. Anderson, Baker. Hutchinson,
ferguson, Roy Reid. Munaon, Croa'
by. Harding. Strong. Fnncher. Watts,
0alnaloy. Dent. BAH and Briggs. these
men we're not an religious but they
did well their work
The speaker had also prepared a
list OF the church members from 1873
10 1889. but only read a few or the
names Tho list however. showed
thas Ia 1879 there we're ave members.
Ia 1850 there were fifteen. IN 1891.
Ne; IN 1889, %, anu al the present
time al n also showed that since
the beginning $50 members have been
dismissed by letter ana that only sew.
onteon had diod, az showed By the
record ar. HarwOOd lnon paused
20 call attention 20 the astonishing
fact that out OF a Nom Borahip OF Syi
passing through twenty-five years.
that only seventeen had died, that 10
% cay. that only seventeen had died
In albuquerque, ~ course many OF
thoso who went away have likely
died. but Albuquerque was not re-.
gPoEslble FOR that
The speaker then represented the
old church as speaking tenderly 10
the people and almost complaining
that 4 hss 10 be torn down and pass.
Cd 10 the Er0und astor serving the
people 80 Ions For almost twenty.
ave wears the people had found 3
pleasant church homo. = quite retreat
Tram aha nnrnn 30 tifn annl Ia attr.,.