The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19
Daughters of the
 American Revolution

e>>>~~>>>> her childish days at Tudor Place en- vironed by reminders of her grand mothers elegance and refinement. amid the tokens of her great-great- mothers stately dignity and grace.
 The Andrew Jackson Chapter, Talla- dega, Is most ably represented in our column this week by the following de- lightful sketch from the pen of Mrs. Weston Jenkins. We thank the Regent, Mrs. Woodward, for her courtesy in for warding us this effort, and congratu- late her and the chapter upon the pos session of a member of so much talent and charm.
 OLD TENANT CHURCH. Tennant, Monmouth County, New Jer-
 sey.
 This old church has a very interest ing history. Built long before the Rev. olution, it stands today practically the same inside and out. Made of strong oaken beams, shinglei on the sides, Outlet holes showing in several places) the glass in the windows blurred and discolored with age, heavy doors bear ing old-fashioned latches more than a foot long, and with locks to match, 1t has weathered the storms of about two hundred years.
 The little steeple seems all out of proportion to its size. Entering you see the high old-fashioned pulpit with its sounding board over head. and on one side the pegs on which the minis ter used to hang his wig when he be- came heated in preaching.
 The high old-fashioned pews, too, remaining, and around three sides runs the wide gallery. By the pulpit stands a rough table-the communion table, used by Brainerd, the missionary to the Indians in that region. long ago.
 The only modern innovation Is a pipe organ. The visitor Is always taken to a pew by one of the doors and shown blood-stains. now nothing but brown discolorations, where was laid a wound ed man who had been shot in front of the church. while watching the battle of Monmouth raging two miles away, June 2S, 177S.
 Over the church stretch the protec- ting branches of two magnificent oaks. All around lie the countless graves of the dead of seven generations or more. The tomb stones contain many quaint inscriptions. Close by the north side of the church lie buried the remains of Lieut.. Col Philip Monckton, the on- ly British officer of high rank who fell tHdt DdtLic. FIJI yCdtS tuC eIdNC was marked by a board with a painted inscription only. Some years ago a gentleman wrote to the Monckton fam fly in England, asking if they did not want to put up a more suitable memor- ial to this brave man, but got no reply, so out of his own means he provided a worthy one, engraved with a tribute to Monckton's high courage, and also re- peated the older inscription on the painted board: 'Hic jacet Lieut.. Col. Philip Monckton who fell fighting for his king at the Battle of Monmouth, June 2s, ITS.
 ing place of many Revolutionary off, cers and soldiers. After Decoration Day so many flags flutter over the graves of heroes, that it looks like a camping ground. which indeed it is. for has not Longfellow called the graves of soldiers Their silent tents of green"
 Farther up the road is the place where Washington checked the retreat sof Gen. Charles Lee, and used some pretty strong language-it is said the only time he so far forgot himself as to swear. Molly Pitchers. we'll whence she drew water for the soldiers is a couple of miles distant. Both of these
 
 Sons of the Revolution.
 Midway in the battle field runs a brook or rather a Till from which the British soldiers drank and tradition says that many died from the after ef- fects. for the battle was fought on a terribly hot day in an unusually warm summer.
 : A very handsome monument stands in Freehold. the country town of Mon mouth, three miles from the church, erected partly by popular subscription and partly by the state. It is a tall marble column crowned with the statue of Victory and around the base four bronze tablets representing the vary ing phases of the fight, among them one of Molly Pitcher firing her hus- bands gun, the dead gunner lying on the ground by her side.
 The historic spots and buildings in New Jersey are well cared for by the Sons and Daughters
 Aside from the Revolution. the church has had a remarkable history. In its pulpit George Whitefield preached when he was in America One of its ministers was the Rev. William Ten nant, gifted, pious man, much below In middle life he had a serious illness and fell into a trance which lasted two days.
 Believing him dead his friends were preparing his body for burial and just as they were lifting him In the coffin his eyelids quivered and he gave a sigh. After his recovery he told his friends he had been in the most, ecstat- ic frame of mind the whole time during the trance More he would not say, but 1t was noticed ever after that he spoke of heaven and its glories as though he he had seen them, and his sermons, fine before. were now really wonderful.
 The square flat grave-stone seen in the foreground of the picture Is that of his son, Dr. Gilbert Tennant. and must repeat the inscription for 1t is a veri- table Sermon in Stone"
 Here lies the mortal part of Gilbert
 Tennant, M. D.
 Young, gifted and in the flush of
 life
 In the practice of Physick successful
 and Beloved,
 He died hopefully in the Lord
 But,-O reader, If you had witnessed his last hour you would have been con- vinced of the extreme madness of post poning Repentance to a dying bed"
 Rather equivocal it would seem as to the destiny of the immortal part"
 This old church stands away from the village of Tennant amidst peace- ful, well-cultivated farms and sitting there on a summers evening the follow ing lines from Gray's immortal Elegy