Evening star., 1919-02-22
Organized on March %, 1869.

The church was organized on Easter
Sunday, March 2S, 1869, with Rev. DR..
John o. Newman as pastor. Ninety
tour persons were received into MEM
bership by letter and three on proba-
tion. large congregation, was pres
ent, among whom were the President,
Vice President, the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court and many mem
bers of Congress. The Sunday school
was organized the same day with
David A. Burr as superintendent,
George w. Gray as treasurer and
Miss Cornelia A. Pursell as superin-
tendent Of the primary department.
The original trustees of the church
We're Ulysses S. Grant. President of
the United States: Salmon P. Chase,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court /;
Flodoardo Howard, Thomas L. Tul-
lock, David A. Burr and Matthew G.
Emery.
The pastors of the church have been
Rev. DR.. F. S. De Hass. Rev. DR.. John
Newman. Rev. DR.. Thomas M.
Henry r. Naylor, Rev. Dr. Robert N.
Baer. Rev. DR.. E. D. Huntley, Rev.
DR.. George H. Corey, Rev DR.. Hugh
Johnston, Rev. DR.. Frank NJ. Bristol,
Rev. DR.. John Reid Shannon, Rev.
DR.. James Shera Montgomery and Rev.
DR.. Harry Dawson Mitchell.
Two of the former pastors have
been elected bishop while serving this
charge: Rev. DR.. John P. Newman, in
1888. and Rev. DR.. Frank NJ. Bristol,
in 1908.
The Sunday school superintendent
have been David A. Burr, John A.
Ruff. Andrew B. Duvall, Anderson P.
Hensey. Percy NJ. Hughes. Thomas
H. Mckee, William c. Eldridge, AL
bert P. Tasker, J. Finney Engle and
Evert L. Harvey.
When the church was dedicated il
was still incomplete, for it was with
out the spire. Through the efforts OF
Mrs. A. Ensign Newman, the wife OF
DR.. Newman. contributions were Sc
cured to complete the structure and
to place the chime of bells in the spire
The Spire was named after Thomas
Kelso of Baltimore, who gave $1,000
for it's erection. On Thanksgiving day
November 80, 1871, the spire and
chimes were dedicated. The chimes
were the gift of several individuals
and the primary department of the
Sunday school.
Each bell is inscribed with the name
of the donor and some of them with
an appropriate quotation of Scripture
Among the prominent men in official
life who have worshiped at Metro
Mckinley, Vice Presidents Colfax and
Fairbanks, Chief Justice Chase, AS
sociate Justice Clifford, Secretary of
Interior Delano, Postmaster General
Tyner, Gems. Logan and Bussey, Sena-
tor Stanford and Justice Thomas H.
Anderson.
Tablets Of Presidents on Wall.
On the walls of the auditorium are
tablets in memory of President Grant,
President Mckinley. Gen. John A.
Emery and Andrew B. Duvall. the lat
ter two being trustees of the church
The ivy on the east side of the
church was grown from slips brought
from the tomb Of Martin Luther by
Mrs. J. P. Newman.
The marble tiles in the vestibule at
the north entrance were brought from
the debris of Solomon's Temple by
Bishop Newman when pastor of this
The pulpit and altar rail in the audi
torium are partly made from olive
wood from the Garden Of Gethsemane
and Mount Of Olives and cedar wood
from Mount Lebanon. This wood was
brought from the Holy Land in the
The keystone in the arch above the
mint was cut from a stone brought
from the ruins Of Solomon's. Temple
and has on it the inscription: "Jeho-
yah Jireh."
The organ was a gift from Mr.. Car
los pierce of Massachusetts,.
The baptismal font was presented by
Mrs William s. Washburn in memory
Of her mother. Mrs. Jane c. Graves.
The bust Of Bishop Newman near the
nulpit is made of Parian marble and
was gift from the bishop.