The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-06-18
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life OF the church.
When the church wns divided, there
was IA parsonage fund which with In
tcrest amounted to 100000 This was
divided with the seeding members,
With out half, lot was bought In
East Maysyllc, the remainder being
used as the nucleus Of building
fund.
The Chapel. as II was called, was
occupied March, 1868, and 80 II con-
tnucd services alternating In the
main church, we going to the Chapel,
the Southern Church to Neptune Hall
on alternate Sundays. The two con-
gregations maintained Sunday School
morning and afternoon In this church
We, also, had an afternoon Sunday
School at the Chapel. In October,
1869, Rev. G. NJ. McCampbell came as
supply, afterwards as pastor, remain
Ing until October, 1872, when the con-
ditions in this valley not being favor
able to his health, he removed to New
York City. In the incipiency of the
new work, the service of Mr.. McCamp-
bell was invaluable. He with his
much admired and beloved wife
brought to the congregation, new en-
ergy and aggressiveness and large in
gatherings were made. Twice with
the assistance of Rev. Mr.. Bierce, of
Ripley, the pastor held fruitful meet
ings. AS youth receiving religious
impressions, remember, gratefully,
the ministry of Mr.. McCampbell. |
recall, particularly, fine series of
lectures by him on Paul's Life and
Travels illustrated by his epistes.
But both he and Dr. Anderson, who
succeeded him, are here to speak for
themselves. Both of them after leav-
ing here, served important churches
and have done valuable work for the
cause. Dr. Anderson came just from
the Seminary in 1878 and served I'M
til 1885. He was not only faithful in
his pulpit work, but particularly &C.
tive and efficient as a pastor. A good
per cent Of the present membership
of the church was gathered in at that
time who will welcome him today. In
this he was most skillfully assisted by
Msr. Anderson, who proved an ideal
pastors wife.
DR.. John S. Hays succeeded him as
pastor in 1885, serving until January
1899. Most of the present congrega-
ton remember him so well that an
elaborate account of his work is not
necessary. He was reared in West
ern Pennsylvania by pious stock OF
people, who have given some of the
most distinguished ministers and mis-
sionaries to the church. With Wig
orous intellect by nature, he had made
himself one of the strongest Theolo-
CLANS and Ecclesiastics in the church
He served churches in Charleston
Ind, Nashville, Frankfort, Louisville
Quincy, ILL.,, and Denver, Col. In sew
eral years service as Professor Of
Church History, at Danville Seminary
he had possessed himself thoroughly
of the facts of Church History ant
the Theology of the Reformation. He
was by nature, teacher, his SER
mons being largely clear eXpositions
of Scripture or masterful discussions
of some correlated truth in the chain
he took up and he had the faculty Of
instructing the simplest hearer, anG
at the same time, delighting the mos
intellectual people by the clavity ant
grasp of his discussion. Withall, there
was tenderness which rounded out
his fine manhood and made him q
most acceptable pastor. Even after
the loss of his eyesight deprived him
largely of the use of his study, so full
was his mind of accurate knowledge
and so tender his words issuing out
of heart accepting cheerfully Gods
hand upon him, that his preaching
grew in power and tenderness to the
very last. And know from the testi-
mony | have gathered from home af-
ter home, that no pastor in this city
was more faithful in visiting the peo-
pie or better posted in their individ-
ual condition.
The present pastorate has largely
dealt with problems left by former
pastorates and has continued the work
begun by them. 1t has been impossi-
BILE to gather from the records of a
century, the number of people admit
ted to the church or taught in the
Sunday School or to present full sta
tistics of money raised and work
done. | may speak of such as is per-
sonally known to myself
In the first year, the handsome or
gan in the auditorium was purchased.
1t marked an epoch in the city and
still remains, by some 200 pipes, the
largest and most varied in its eff
feet of any in the city. The Ladies'
Society had raised 500 and in one
weeks time, they had collected from
the membership $4,000 more, max
ing with the Water Motor, over 5000 90.
OF this, not one cent came from out
side the church. This magnificent i'm
provement was due to the energetic
initiation of the ladies and the prompt
and gereous subscriptions of the men,
bers, generally.
A debt of 100000 had been left on
the church of the $4,000 subscribed
to renovate and modernize the church.
In the second year, 1900, the congre-
cation took hold of this-raising $500
every spring, until in seven years the
whole debt was paid. In that time,
not one collection for the Church
Benevolences was passed or reduced
in amount. On the contrary, the
church, at this time, gave more large
ly to the Y M. c. A.--to. the City Mis-
sions and to the American Bible So
ciety, than any church in our town.
1t also, gave largely to Pikeville Col
lege and other objects All this was
done without second appeal having
to be made in single instance and
without, so far, as the pastor ever
heard, complaint or unpleasant COM
ment by single member. This spirit