The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-09-25

,rocpnt as cOnclSely aS poSSipio
10 plt; t;,.o of the most important events
naII .So d" history of this congregation
III Ine occurred in the order OF time.
as M, .n.J years ago on August 30, 1868,
roao rnor stone of this Church was
the Tb;s event was contemporane-
lalu 18th the organization OF the con-
Gus Ouotion " But there is a history re-
gles@ greg ~ this congregation which goes
ia'eu fortv wears before this event. In
oSon D6on Pav George Leidy, a minister
leLy, No reformed Church who had been
ol oood Ino in missionary work in Vlr-
ensae and North Carolina, came to
sgllnntrinster glllaa and preached from lS2o
NeTs5I 1S97 in the old Union Church Whlch
u 70 in the Westminster ceme-
sloou whilst living here he serv-
ters nOiehboring congregations, in
ending the one at Ianes .o~ a.
tnre he served neighborlng congress-
IONS including the one at ianey low H.
Tonrteen years later-ln le4i, tns
westminster charge was estaDiisheu
w, MARYLAND Chassis and Rev. W1lilam
g pbillins M was commissioned to take
rniihp tha work. Rev. Phillips was given
up 'n Concentration of $100 from the
al Sn rft of Missions on condition that
t%s % charge give him $500.
'hI us or nreached in the old Union
chnrcb mr Here the Maryland Classis
Iant Unt' IN annual session, May 18th, 1S42.
nlGe M;obaal Sullivan was the delegate
a,der from the Westminster Cnarge
@ O. tbi. meeting. He lived near west
m;nster az , on the road which is called
n,.er him, Jacob Shriver, who had
aanrasented the Charge at the annual
maoting of the Chassis the year before
- Manchester. had died during the
~oor reference to his death is made
y Tho minutes of the Chassis. There
;s nothing to indicate that there was
an organized congregation at TINS
time The Charge probably included
Trdar's congregation of which JACOB
cbriver and Michael Sullivan were
memhers The Chassis in session in
Westminster in May 1912 urged the
brethren in and about town 10 organ
ize a congregation and build a Cnuich
and overturned the members OF krlo-
er's congregation to assist IN tn1s pro
iect. But nothing was accomplished:
Rev Phillips left to become pastor OF
the Church at Emmitsburg. A COM
mittee was appointed by Chassis to
stimulate the members in this V1cln-
ity to action. The Board of Missions
nromised to visit the field and to try
10 secure a pastor for it. But no
pastor was secured. In 1S43 at the
annual meeting of Chassis communl-
cation was received from the west
minister charge requesting that Silver
Run be connected with 1t and stat
ing that with out this help or aid from
some other source it could not sus-
tain a pastor In 1874 the Westm1n-
ster charge was by it's own request
connected with Taneytown. The in
terests Of the charge are referred 10
at this time as sinking" So far as
the town of Westminster is concerned
the interests of our church here dld
sink Krider's Church was maintain
ed as part Of the Taneytown Charge
and later on was connected with Man.
chester But more than twenty years
passed before any further effort was
made to organize a congregation IN
Westminster. 1t rs deeply to be re-
gretted that these first efforts away
back in the forties to establish a
church here were not successful.
The members of our church were
among the first to settle in this place
but they were the last to organize
congregation and build a church
We have no right to censure them,
for they were evidently not strong
in numbers or means, and the congre-
CATION at Krider's was not strong
enough to give the needed assistance
Opportunities were lost during these
hrst forty years which we have been
trying during the last forty years to
regain and to some extent we have
succeeded. Our church during the
lorty years of her history has been
and | think is an important factor in
the education of the moral and spirit
ual life of this community, but 1t
would have been a greater factor had
inese first efforts to effect an organ
Hauon been successful.
IN 1862 Rev. John Hoffmeier became
pastor of the Manchester charge
lhis charge was then constituted OF
SIX congregations, one. of which was
Arlder's In 1867 the Chassis discon-
aected Krider's from Manchester and
waneeted it with Silver Run, form
ias the Westminster charge. This
a.uon contemplated the organization
Ia congregation in Westminster
p ror year Krider's was supplied by
4 HeV' Hofmeier but he was no longer
Il ue pastor. Great difficulty was ex-
4 r,,ienced =, in securing the cooperation
me Silver Run members.
a In the spring Of 1868 Rev. W. c.
n.el enef OF Sunbury was called to the
aruiate rsn OF the new charge. He be-
A iaI n .t MS work on the first of May, 1868
na,as no ue history Of the organization pre-
STh SST1ea oy DR.. Cremer himself, he says
bss bae building of house of worship
nsC,,g S ung been contemplated as q
hv''sslty nv in the city of Westminster
Chr.e Me members of the Reformed
n 6s0.Nn 6cn living here. This necessity
IA Of iue tsa more apparent in consequence
man rapidly increasing population
Snos, ol whom by birth, baptism and
eomnson eoUsuon belonged to the Reformed
denon Trusting in the Provi-
ths th's :, and help of the Great Head OF
nnmsa Ssnurch, the members tho few in
sor.S.s srs resolved to erect a house OF
urSop uSaip At a meeting called for this
CONFUSE CONFUSE on May 20, 1868, a building
Shriras consisting of David H
Myers augustus Shriver, Samuel l.
JOSIAH 6Aoraham Long, Jesse Crowl
Pastor orowl, John Beggs and the
ground was appointed. A lot OF
by Joa previously purchased and held
Poses pn "l Orndorff for church pur-
The g, cornN anu situated in Westminster on
Vas J,ner sinn OF Bond and Green streets
Mite. s.tsn en- by Mr.. Orndorff to the com
In aus nor the building of the church
hessrs 9, ume plan was adopted
I ployed1 d snorb and Leister were EN-
Ter tesu gu as architects. Geo Jeas mas.