Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-03-18
THOROFARE.


largely to church matters, and spec
ial services are being held each night
in the church. Monday night of last
the Rev. Isaac l.. Fowler, aided by
bo and Mr.. Joseph S. Cox, all of the
number attended, and the meeting
was an enthusiastic one. Mrs. j.
Mercer Hunt conducted the service on
Tuesday night and made the address,
The essentials to a revival" was her
theme. Mrs Hunt speaks in clear
tone of voice which can be distinctly
both impressive and convincing. Mrs
Anna E. Wells, the evangelist, was
present and spoke briefly during the
altar service. On Wednesday night,
the Rev. L. F. Bausman, of the Har-
risonville M. E. Church, preached from
the text: HE shall be called wonder
full" One seldom listens to a finer
sermon than his. It was rich in
thought, chaste and beautiful in die
tion, and logical in argument. On,
Thursday night the Rev. Geo. S.
Johnston gave us the story of Naa-
leprosy, was told by Elisha to bathe
seven times in the waters of the river
Jordan and he should be clean. He
compared Naaman's disease to the
leprosy of sin from which healing
could be found at the altar, and in
repentance and prayer. His descrip-
tions were fine, and the application
we'll sustained. The people of Thoro-
fx !,
the days when with Sampson he had
pulled down the pillars of the temple,
or participated in the fright of Bel
shazzar when he saw the writing on
the wall His altar service was ex-
ceedingly impressive. why | am
christian" was the theme of the pastor
the Rev. ]. Mercer Hunt, on Friday
night. Following his reasons for being
one, was powerful appeal to the un-,
converted, and an impressive altar
service. On Sunday the people of
Thorofare were delighted to have with
them the Rev. VIM H. Stone, who was
the pastor here for over three years.
Mr. Stone gained and still holds the
love of the people, and while the
church has been well-filled every Sun
day night, it over-fowed into the
Sunday-school room. The sermon on
Sunday morning, based upon the
words Follow Me- was excellent;
and the Power of Prayer" was the
theme on Sunday night. The altar
service was enthusiastic and impress
sive, and there were two conversions.
The meetings will continue.
There were so many things of inter-
iest to write about last week that moth
ing was said about the windows in
the new church and our friends think
that they deserve special mention.
They are all of stained glass, rich in
.coloring, and beautiful in design. The
middle window in the front Of the
church, one of the largest, is inscribed
in honor of the Rev. Isaac L. Fowler,
and was given by his friends. 1t rep
lresents the Good Shepherd" with
lamb in his arms. Directly opposite,
behind the pulpit, the window con-
stains copy of Holman Hunts full.
length figure Of the Christ, carrying
lighted 1antern-the light of the
world. This is inscribed in honor of
the pastor, the Rev. J. Mercer Hunt.
Over the choir the window holds
head of Christ, and is in memory of
James NJ and Rachel P. Wilkins 1t
is the gift of their son, Samuel H.
Wilkins. On the front of the church
the window at the right of the mid
die wi ndow, contains another head
of the Christ, and is given in honor
of Thomas W. and Joanna Wyne by
their children. The window on
the other side is in memory of Mark
and Mary Low, and Moses C. Low, the
gift of Mrs. Edward Breeze. The pic
ture is a head of St. Paul. A dove
descending is on the window in mem
ory of Samuel H. and Lydia A. Heri-
tage, given by their children. An open
bible placed upon the American flag
is the emblem on the window pre-
sented by Washington Camp No. go,
P. o. S. of A. The three ascension
lilies are on the window in memory
of Richard M. and Sophia T. Wilkins,
from their children. The first win
dow in the Sunday school room is
the child Jesus eXpounding the law
in the temple, and is from the Sunday
school in honor of the superintendent,
Louis K Wilkins, who has served in
that capacity during twenty-three con-
secutive years. A window given by
the Senior Epworth League contains
the League Emblem. The window in
memory of Mrs. Margaret T. Rambo,
given by her children holds the Cross
and the Crown. The Junior Epworth
League window contains their en-
blem. An open bible, Illuminated, is
in memory of Miss Hannah Richards,
from Mrs. Mary Richards and her
other children. In the primary room
is window from H. A. DeHarb in
memory of a brother J. Raymond De-
Hart. It represents the boy Jesus.
A bunch of white roses is on the
window in memory of Mrs. Martha S.
Porch, from her relatives and friends.
The sacred desk and the communion
table were given by Eliza d. and AL
fred Wilkins, in memory of their
mother, Mrs. Eliza d. Wilkins.
Mr.. Robert G. Hudson, an old resi-
dent Of Thorofare, suffered a stroke
of apoplexy on the first day of March,
and died on last Saturday morning,
March 18th. The funeral took place
from the house of his daughter, Mrs.
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