Saint Mary's beacon., 1914-07-30

Quite gathering assembled for the
corner stone laying of the new Metho.
dist Episcopal Church in Leonardtowr
on Sunday evening last. The service.
were presided over by DIR. w. w.
Costin, the pastor, and the addres.
delivered by Rev. DR.. Edward HAYES,
who gave his reasons as TO WHY hs
could say better things OF his own de.
nomination than o, other denomina.
tions, and illustrated by saying he
could always say more good of his
own mother than of someone else,s
mother, as he knew more Of her good.
ness; so with the church. He also
spoke of the strength and beauty ol
the church as the builder of strength
and beauty of character.
The corner stone of the new church
Is to contain the Holy Bible, the Dici.
pline of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, Historical Sketch, the Church
Papers of the Denomination-the
Christian Advocate and Baltimore
Methodist-coins, the pictures of the
ground breakiag and corner stone, q
copy OF the two county papers-The
Enterprise and the st. Mary's BEA-
CON, = the names of the District Super.
intendent, Pastor and the Building
Committee of the Church.
The Historical Sketch Of the Church:
This Church is the fourth TO be
built in the congregation known as the
st. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
of Leonardtown, Md.
''s6 years ago the congregation was
formed and one acre of land, where
the Methodist Cemetery is now located
was donated to the trustees by III. G..
>. Key and wife, consideration one
dollar, TO erect thereon a house OF
worship for the use of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in the United States
OF America, under control of the Gen.
eral Conference of said Methodist
Episcopal church.
The trustees were: John Cotton,
BENZ. Tippett, John ID. Posey. J.
Moreland and Joshua Columbia. and
they were to elect their successors.
The deed was recorded Sept. %, 1918.
The church erected at that time is still
standing on an adjacent farm (now
owned by Mr.. T. Lee Mattingly).
Later the brick church, now the
Town Hall in Leonardtown, was built.
Upon the sale of that property, Ito
the st. Mary's Reading Room and De-
batting Society in 1874 the frame
building now used by the congrega-
tion was erected on ground donated by
Captain Thos. +. Foxwell.
ION Tuesday, April 18th. 1914, at 3
p. m., ground was broken for the erec-
tion of this church. The property is
held by the Board of Trustees of Leon
ardtown Circuit in trust for the Meth
odist Episcopal Church in America.
This board is elected annually by the
Quarterly Conference of the Circuit
and Is now composed of the following
persons: Capt. Thomas F.. Foxwell.
Stephen Nj. Jones, Harry NJ. Jones,
Clinton Graves, +. II. Jones, VIM. c.
Dean, }. b. Bond, Philip +. Graves,
Caleb nean and w. w. Costin. The
building of this church has been en-
trusted to the following committee:
Capt. A. A. Lawrence, chairman:
Capt. Thos. +. Foxwell, treasurer:
Chas w. Foxwell, secretary; Capt.
Archie Bennett, Harry NJ. Jones, Capt.
Webster Foxwell and W. w. Costin.
''Mr. Lafe. Graves, of Laurel Grove.
Md, has been employed TO conduct
the building.
The present bishop of the chufch
is Bishop Earl Cronston; the District
Superintendent is Rev. DR.. Edward
Hayes, and the Pastor Rev. DIR. w.
Wilberure Costin."
The church is being built of concrete
block, with stone effect. and when COM
cpeled will add greatly to the Archi-
tectual beauty of our town.