The Penn's Grove record., 1921-05-13
REV. PETERS RECEPTION
Happy Greeting Given AT Be.
ginning of Seventh Year
Passionate

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Mrs. Fred J.. Peters were given a
happy reception at the beginning of
his seventh years ~pastorate. Nearly
a hundred were present on that rainy
night and cheerful, social greetings
were exchanged.
John G. Sullivan was chairman of
the meeting and announced the pro-
gram. After singing Onward Chris
tian Soldier" Rev. S. ]. Dorlon offered
prayer and later made a short address
on christian Fellowship Mrs. Eli
zabeth Pomeroy presided at the piano
to accompany the singing. Misses
INDY and Kelly played a Duet, and
w. Gordon Jackson sang solos.
W. A. Summerill made a short adj
dress on Rev. and Mrs. Peters as
Leaders in Civic Righteousness and
Nirile Amerieanism.
Mr.. E. Park Brown, of the National
Bible Institute, Philadelphia, spoke on
the Power of Prayer and Fellowship.
Betty Winkler, Of Carneys Point,
presented a beauty boquet to Mrs.
Peters. DR.. A. [. WEIGH gave Rev.
Peters a purse Of money as IN appre-
citation from Church friends, and
Frank James gave a purse on behalf
of the Baptist Sunday School at Car
neys' Point.
Mrs. Peters responded with feelings
of emotion. Rev. Peters in respond
ing said he greatly appreciated the
greetings of Christian fellowship and
said it was his high aim to preach
Jesus Christ as the Sun Of Righteous
ness and Savious Of the world from sin
thru faith.
4 luncheon was served at the close
and good Christian fellowship pre-
vailed.
Rev. Fred ]. Peters Ministry
Rev. Peters was trained for an
artist while working as a civil en-
gineer. His theological education was
received at Harry College, London.
England, founded and at that time
directed by Dr.. H. Grafton Guinness,
the greatest eXpositor of the Protes-
tant System Of Prophecy the world
has known.
He came to this country in 1898, en-
route to Peru. He spent fourteen
years in Peru preaching the gospel
and suffered a great deal Of persecu-
ton at the hands of the Roman
priests. He married an American girl,
his present wife, who spent many
years in Peru with him. After his
Peruvian labors he vas pastor of a
Church at Mayville, Western New
York. for two years. Then he was
sent by the Baptist Home Mission
Society to Cuba with his family where
he labored five years, during which
time he was privileged to lead over
500 Catholics into the gospel light and
liberty. From there he came to the
L. S. on sick leave in the fall of 1914,
Early in 1915 he was asked to sup
ply the Penns Grove Baptist Church
by Pastor Pettingill, of Wilmington.
This he began to do on the first Sun
day of February of that year. He was
elected as pastor and officially as
sumed the pastorate on April l, 1919.
His family moved to Penns Grove
from Wildwood on June 9th.
As Pastor Peters had worked for
over fifteen years in in~terdenomina-
tional mission work. His aim in Penns
Grove is to unite the Church as much
as possible. This has not been easy.
He vas the leading spirit in raising
the money and building the Taber-
nacle of the Penns Grove Camp Meet
ing Association.
In the fall of 1915 he invited DR.,
Spurgeon, of London, to conduct 10
days special services in the Baptist
Church, later extending this privilege
to the other three Churches. In jan
uary, 1916 a series of union meetings
were arranged among the Churches
one week in each Church, the pastors
preaching. Then the Tabernacle was
built in March-April, 1916, and the
great Stevens Campaign of six weeks
during April and May, 1916, conse-
Grated it. These were all grand union
efforts.
In 1917 Pastor Peters made ar
rangements for the boy preacher
Charlie Taylor, to come and hold &
three weeks campaign in the Baptist
Church. but before he came, invited
the other Churches to participate in &
Union III the 4doSiAotLC
Only one other Church, St. PauFs
took advantage of this. The meetings
then held were large and enthusiastic
Pastor Peters has not shrunk from
risking his neck for the benefit of the
community and country at large, a:
was demonstrated when he invited the
great Evangelical Monk, Eli Eriksen
to conduct two campaigns for the en-
~lightenment of dormant Protestants
The first campaign, early in 1919, wa;
for fifteen days duration. The seconC
in September and October of 1920, but
on demand was heightened to eighteer
DAYS. Eternity alone will reveal thu
far reaching influence of these notable
efforts.
The First Baptist Church has more
than doubled its membership during
the present ~pastorate. The Church fol
the first time in its history became IN
dependent of denominational help II
January, 1917. Twice has the pas
tors salary been increased since thai
time, and the income Of the Church