Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-12-20
TTTRNERsyILLE.

3 On Tuesday, December 18th, St. Johns
methodist Church of this place celebrated
Its fiftieth anniversary. 1t was beautiful
Eday and the clear crispness of the winter
atmosphere put not only physical ylgor
into the hearts Of the people, but also filled
them with that wonderful spiritual burn
ing which, was kindled anew in the hearts
Of manY/and as it was heard said, many
times during the day, 1t is good for us to
be here, y and 1--WE have been repaid for
coming" Oh! what joy will come to us
in the future, when we look back. upon
such memorial day. The church was
decorated very prettily with the national
colors, potted plants and cut flowers. The
morning service began at the usual hour,
1885, The opening music was that world
renown favorite, THE Glory Song, = which
was followed by she reading of 104 Psalm
by the Rev. VanNote, Of Sicklerville, Nd,
after which Rev. Jesse R. Thompson de-
livered very eloquent sermon, taking for
his text 1st Chapter PHILIPPIANS, 9Th verse;
Being Confidens of this very thing that he
which hath begun good work in you, will
perform it until the day OF Jesus Christ y
He also recalled incidents of the time he
was Pastor of our beloved church many
years ago, it being his first charge After
preaching service the sacrament OF the
Lords supper was administered, and the
service closed with a greeting 80 the Yari-
GUS pastors present. In the afternoon there
was Love Feast at 2.15, in which all took
part with enthusiastic spiritual fervor;
prayer by ReY. Shaw, of Blackwood. This
was followed by most beautiful sermon
preached by former pastor, ReY. G. j.
FitzGeorge, Of Beverly, taking for his text
10th Psalm, LIST chapter, 9th verse, Hap
DIV is he that hath the God Of Jacob for
his help, whose help is in the Lord his
God - AS this sweet message fell upon
the listening ear, it were as it those present
had fallen into trance, so attentive were
the ear and eye to the words that were
being uttered, and which sank into the
hearts like drops from Heaven. After
which we were favored by a song, In that
Bright City, rendered by Mrs. Uriah Ware
one of the octogenarians of the church.
Prayer was offered by DIR. B. G. Lippincott,
of Pennington, and the service closed by
singing "Nearer My God to Thee. In
the evening there was a song service at 7.0O
o. M. After prayer by ReY. Thomson, OF
Trenton, we listened to a very thrilling
and fitting sermon by Rev. w. L. Peter
son, OF Pitman, taking for his theme, LIST
chapter Paul's Epistle to the Corinthians,
22d and part Of the 23d verse, For the
Jews required sign, and the Greeks seek
after wisdom, but we preach Christ cruci-
fed It was full of the Spirit, and gave
food for the audience to feast on for some
time to come. Short addresses were made
by Rev. Ettoahead, Of Baltimore, Rev.
Fisler, of Cross KEYS, etc. The church
history was read by our present pastor. Rev.
g. w. APPEL The service closed with an
altar service, after which there was pre-
sentation of a beautiful bouquet to the
oldest pastor of the church present, who
was Rey. Jesse R. Thompson, Of Trenton.
Thus the days exercises closed, which was
great blessing TO those present. AT the
door souvenir program was given con-
tanning information regarding the church.
Each evening this week there will be
speaking BIZ a different pastor
The Turnersville church will hold their
Christmas entertainment on Saturday even
ing. December %. Everybody welcome
Your presence win cheer the children who
take part in this exercise.