The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-28

Christ church, Philadelphia. referred
to in previous article, enjoys the dis
yinction Of having bought IFS famous
bells by a public lottery. Benjamin
Franklin having been chosen 10 con-
duct it The bells were cast in London
and were brought ovrr In the MyrGlle
Inc captain refusing TO take money for
their transportation. After that. when
ever the sails Of the Mvrtilla cleaned
! white IN the hnrbor she was welcomed
TO Philadelphia by the Ginning OF the
bells. The bells were also runG on
/ market day for the benefit of the coun
try folk When the Revolution came
they were buried IN some secret place,
known only 10 a few, and restored again
to the belfry when peace had come.
The name Muhlcnberg is inseparably
connected with the old Lutheran church
ut Trappe, Pa, twentv-six miles from
Philadelphia The church was built in
| l743. when Henry Muhlenberg was pas
tor, and the ardent young minister Is on
record as. having given ono years sal
sry toward the building fund The
[ in the building OF the church. The
men quarried the stone and felled the
| trees, and the women and children car
ried mortar and light tlmbers for the
workmen. Muhlenberg married soon,
and his three sons VINO afterwards pc
came so famous were baptized in this
old church. These were John Peter
and statesman: Frederick Augustus
| Conrad Muhlenberg, member of Con-
! gross and first Speaker of the House OF
! Representatives under the Constltu-
! ton; and Gothilf Heinrich Ernst Muhl-
enberg. theologian and botanist Ut was
! in this church, now abandoned, that
! stove was installed after great oppo-
4 bo
argned that it was mark OF deca,
dcnce of religious fervor, for they had
already worshIped sixty years IN the
cold and they could still afford TO prove
their fcrvor by doing without heat.
The Alamo al San Antonio. Tex, en-
ioyed rather migratory existence be
! fore it finally settled down to become
/ one Of the most famous buildings IN All
American history. Churches, in the
! carly DAYS Of the Southwest. had nee
/ ossarily to combine the characteristics
| of fortress with those OF church. Tor
| border settlers fell on troublous times
In 100 the church now known as the
! Alamo stood on the Rio Grande rlyer
and was known as San Francisco so
lano. In 1903 il was moved 10 more
convenient site and called San lido
phonso. In l706 il was back on the
! Rio Grandc. Between lT16 and lilS
il was moved to San Antonio again ana
was called San Antonio dc Nalero Tor
the patron saint, Anthony OF padue1
| and The Duke of Valero, then V)ceroy
of Mexico. In 1852 IT was moved TO ons
! military plaza al San Antonio, ana
finally in 1743 across the river 70 lts
present site and renamed the Alamo,
'"thc Church of the Poplars
The cornerstone Of the edi6ce was
laid in l744. Under the guidance oil
the good fathers. Indians and MeXlcans
built the walls thick and strong, letting
in windows, and making ]oop-holes for
muskcts and cannon, The style of arch
itecmre was that artistic combination
Of Spanish aud Moorish styles that has
since become widely characteristic OF
the mission countries of the Southwest
In 1855 the struggle for the lndepend-
cnce of Texas was begun, In lS30 inc
Mexicans invaded Texas with Santa
Ana AT their head. On February -
of that year Colonel William Travis,
with ono hundred and forty y-hve men.
sorely pressed. took refuge III the church
declaring he would neither surrender or
retreat. Once he secured supplies, once
a reinforcement of thlrty-two men,
Outside Santa Ana waited III grim
paticncc with force estimated at be
tween 5000 and 5000 men. Within were
]
Bowie of Georgia, and David Crocket'
of Tennessee, resolved to fight to the
last. On Sunday. March 6, the church
fortress was stormed and taken, and
not one soldier of the brave number OF
defenders was left to tell the tale. Be.
cause il stands as q record OF the Greai
price that Texas paid for hls lndepend
ence. the Daughters of the Republic oi
Texas have preserved the Alamo as
lasting memorial TO yalor,
ST. David s church. fourteen miles
from Philadelphia, and two miles from
Fort Wavne in Delaware county, Penn.
is one Of the churches that grew out OF
n clause the Bishop Of London insisted
on putting in William Penn s charter
This clause stipulated that whenever
twenty people IN a community asked 'oi
a minister of the Established Church oi
England. they might be permitted tc
have him, Quaker colony though li
was The people living on the iolo
Welsh tract asked for a minister, and
when the congregation was complete
planned the church, deciding to build II
of native stone For nearly two cen
turies the first Sunday in September
has been observed as Anniversary
SUNDAY" because the decision to build
was made on September I. lila. The
church has touched closely on the his
tory of this country. for bullets were
moulded from the lead around the win.
dow pancs to supply patriot guns, and
General Anthony Wayne, grandson of
one Of the first vestrymen. lies buried III
the church-yard. near the graves of
unknown dead who fell at BrandywInc
Near Tarrytown. New York, in the
valley of Sleepy Hollow, which Wash
ington Irving inmortahzed in his. writ
ines, and where he hes buried. is the
deserted "old Dutch church" OF stone
with high hip roof, it bears ON the vane
at one end the letters "N. F." the
initials OF Nrcdryck Flypse or Frcderck
Phillips. the founder and builder. 1t
is said that Mrs. Phillips was won't to
ride up on horseback from New York
Go watch the process Of building She
gave the silver service OF two beakers
two plates and baptismaI bowl, which
are still to be seen. They arc now IN
Tarrvtovn at tho First Reformed
church. which absorbed the famous
sleepy Hollow congregation. though II
owns and preserves the old building
On one of the bells is the inscription