Evening star., 1926-04-25
METROPOLITAN. E. CHURCH.

him in carrying out his purposes. He
was manager of several opera COM
panes and brought Ole Bull and Patti
before the American public. He set
tied in Chicago in 1870. but. losing his
| business by the great fire, he came to
! this city and secured an appointment
| in the Treasury Department, which
| position he held at the time Of his
| death.
! He was known for many years as
! the bellringer of the Metropolitan
chimes. He was sent to the Centen-
| nial in 1876. in charge of the chimes;
also to the New Orleans exposition in
/ 1885. He was the author OF num-
I ber of musical compositions, vocal and
| instrumental. At the request OF ST
| Cecile Lodge. +. A. A. NJ, of New
York City. of which he was founder
and first master, New Jerusalem
! Lodge of this city will have charge of
the funeral services which will be held
| in Hamline NJ. r. Church tomorrow
at 4:3O.
prof. widows leaves a daughter.
his wife having died two years ago"
In reading The Star of July 19
can tell you that the Rev. E. S. Todd
''officiated at the funeral and delivered
an address and that Farewell
chimes for the late Prof. Widows
We're rung upon the bells of the
Metropolitan NJ. f. Church by James
b. Gibson during the funeral services
| at Hamline Church"
| Mrs. Martha B. widows, wife of
! Prof. Frederick widows. died at her
S street home May 81, 1891. aged rs
years. She was born in England of
/ English parents. From The Stars ac-
count of her death the Rambler takes
the following: when she realized that
death was near she asked her husband
! to play some favorite selections on
/ the organ. She had frequently said
that she wished to hear that music
when she was dying. After comply
! ing to this request her husband went
! to the bedside of his wife, who soon
afterward passed away"
| On suggestion from Mrs. Andrew B.
/ Duvall the Rambler borrowed from
| the Rev. George S. Johnson. present
| pastor of the Metropolitan Memorial
| Methodist Episcopal Church. a small
! book giving account of the twenty
| fifth anniversary of the church, No
vember 4, 1894, and containing the
| history of the church in it's first
quarter century written by Andrew
| B. Duvall. eminent as a Methodist lay
man and other ways. In the book is
a short paragraph on Prof. Widdows.
| 1t is: For more than 10 years Prof
! Frederick Widdows was in charge of
the chimes. On every Sunday the IA
| miiar gospel tunes have been heard
all over the city: the old year has been
rung out and the new year rung in
and appropriate chimes have been
rung for all the holidays. The present
/ chimer is Prof. Gibson"
/ In the book are copies of inScrip-
tions on the bells. They are:
| A. Ensign Newman, wife of Rev. J..
p. Newman, d. D., first pastor of the
Metropolitan Memorial NJ. E. Church.
"She hath done what she could"
Mrs. Clemence S. Lozier, M. D., New
York City. Holiness unto the Lord"
Mrs. Drake Mills, Williamstown,
Mass. "The poor. shall hear thereof
and be glad.'
Mrs. John B. Cornell, N. Y. City,
90! come. Let us worship and bow
! down."
J Julia Dent Grant, wife of U. s..
, Grant, President of the United States
of America.
Nellie Wade Colfax, wife of Schuyler
Colfax, Vice President of the United
States Of America.
Mrs. Governor Cooke, wife Of II. D.
Cooke. first Governor of the District
of Columbia.
Capt. A. Grant. Remember now thy
Creator in the days Of thy YOUTH
! Mrs. Ellen Va Daniel, Baltimore,
Md. II was glad when they said unto
me let us go into the house of tie
Lord"
Infant class Of the Metropolitan Me-
mortal M. E. Church. "Of such is the
Kingdom of Heaven"
| * X X
| VOU miss the picture of Prof. Wild
= dows with this story. The Ram
bier has tried to get one. He has
been to the pastor, Rev. George Shaw
| Johnson, and has called on phone and
on foot Richard III. Johnston, now
and for about a quarter of a century
the chimer; Prof. Tasker. first organ
ist Of the church; Miss Bertha Gray,
daughter Of George Gray. builder of
! the church, Ntrs. A. 3. Duvall, widow
of Andrew - puvall. one Of the early