The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-05-13

.urt;1". tho lIamd t,m,r, ere the Cay
had pa. 81. Dr facilities for worship
by our Kind Christian brethren Of the
Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal
Churches in EIktoa. Promptly, too came
the generous, offer of DR.. Charles NJ.
Ellis, of the use of the Odd Fellows
Hall. which WAS Thankfully accepted.
lI,Ir was held Sunday service during
til, period uf the restoring of the Church;
the Holy Communion being celebrated.
and Wtrk-dly services held in the Rec
tory. On Sunday. the 9th day of July.
the congregation WIS enabled to worship
for the first time in the restored Church.
rHlar-, by the addition of Il west tran
Srlt. and improved by the provision of Il
stone porch. and better facilities for
egr,~S. One Shuddur> at the thought of
What might have been had the fire rf
the 18TH of January broken out >one
twenty minutes later. with a morning
congregation gathered within the Church
wal... Ia kind Providence we owe
or drlivcrance The needed provision
for tn" Church's restoration was prompt
ly and literally made. and the Church
adorned with a number Of choice Mcmor-
i".., \ .srvicr If Dedication. at which
WAS present. the Bi~h~p. with a number
Of the Clergy; several being from the
Diocese of Delaware was hc,S on the
10th day of November: the Rev. James
\. Mitchell. Rector of st. Pauls Parrish,
Queen Anne'> the son of Il former Rec
tor, the Rev. X. IL. Il. Mitchell. and
brother Ua his successor. the Rev. Whit
tingham ID. Mitchell. being the Preacher
for the occrS!on.
From the fall of 1880 until the opening
of the year 1883 Trinity Parish sustain-
cd intimate relations with the ancient
Augustine Parish: the two being served
L. the Rector of Trinity. 1t was his
privilege to bear Il part in the eStNE-
liShment of the services of the Church in
Chesapeake City, whose outcome WIS
the building of thc Church Of the Good
Shepherd in that town: consrcHlte,. 10y
the late Bishop Lay. i'll 1883. Her" Il
service wIS held regularly on SUI ,ays,
in addition to weekday ministrtion% in
the Parish as opportunity offered. until,
by the provision made for resident
Rector. the union of the two Parishes
ceased.
In the spring of the slme year 0SSS)
services W.. h,-un. and q SuI ny
School or: Iniz,h ut AnGora; the ,,>" of
the school hoI % hcing kindly w. united
by the Trustees \ fouudati~@ for the
work having been TIM, aid. the erection
of q Church WIS, after the lapse of some
years. decided on: the design being that
it should stand as II memorial to the
Reverend Robert Lloyd GOldshOlvugh,
for seventeen years the faithful and de-
voted Rector Of Trinity Church. The
= L. H..
GolGSEorough, aided very materially in
the p,oVi>ion of the t'mlrchly StrncturC.
of stone. krCwn as ST. Andrews
UioldSborough Mcmorian Church The
cdificc was completed i'll 1893. and con-
sccrated in 1900 by the Right Reverend
Leighton Coleman. $. I. d., Bishop IT
Delaware acting for the Bishop Of EaS-
ton Here Sunday service is regu-
larly held ANA II sunday Schno main
tained. All along. Lay help laS figured
largely in the work of st. Andrews;
Trinity. the mother Church, providing its
lay Reader. who has conducted the
service in regular alienation with the
Rector. During the past few months
the Rev. Hamilton B. Phelps. minister
ing in st. ThomHS'S Church. Newark,
Del. has performed duty as the Rec
tors substitute. 80 far rs the Sunday
service is concerned. and with specially
encouraging results.
The closing year of the twenty-five is
notably marked by the provision, through
Gods blessing on cur united efforts, of
the tasty and serviceable Parish House,
which has proved itself already most
valuable adjunct in our parish activi-
ties. Is it too much to hope that the