Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-12-28
Part H.

| While the people 2 Goshen w0r,
sNNped IN the old Log Church
( Ged had NeeN with them and they
had ppNspeged and new after lN'
mg IN los hoNSes and wolshlppiNe
IN u lOg house eor ever thirty
I years they we've Meased with sNeN
\ g0Odly poptieN ef this worlds
geedS that they we've able 70 grat-
uy their deSRe fer the comforts
OF lite and their taste Tor the
heaNllhNh
ANheNgh n Mlek house IN those
DAYS could he Mih only by the
/ wealthy We hear NC enc here and
another there through the eeuN'
wv low houses giving place u
Nltek ones yeap Ny YEAR,
The old log Meeting heuse with
Ns many cherished aSSoeiatiens
held u warm Nlaee IN the hearts
W the Methodist people hut they
| felt Il was not u temple worthy ~
God when they could afford to
epeCt y hetter one A hriCk church
IN 1870 WAS considered u Mag,
MAeeM structure people would
! ge Miles to see eNe, A hriCk church
the Goshen peeple deterMlned 70
/ have and that IN itself speNks
volumes for their enterprise and
refined taste Previous 10 this time
much Nrlek had heeA Imported
from NnglaNd hut about 1870 Il
was happny discovered that hrlek
eeuld he made at eur very doors,
LN M NNther James raynter
the spirit W Improvement Mpldly
spgead and soon teok praOtleal
shane IN the staNMg of y Nrlck
Min IN the field acreSa the road
hNm the ehNNh the hrlCk maker
helNg u Mn Ray How loNg they
we've IN making the hplck and
erecting the hMndtng we have not
leapNed hut autheritiea on the sub,
ieet Nggee that the church was
huiN IN about 1880
The building stoOd near the
road on the site ef,the old Meet
Mg hONse, the door facing the
present church and the pulpit he,
tAg a. the head 90 Eather raynt,
era glaVe, II seated about IA many
as the present eNNgCh, but had no
yesllNul& hgNad stone steps led
w 10 the three doors W entrance,
enc Of which opeaed into the ladies
aisle, one into the geNtlemeMS and
the third 70 the gallery over the
rear Of the church who're the
slaVeS whe ,CNMe with tNeh mas,
lerS could sM
The pulpit was hlgh and Nexed
vthe NreaCher would no seen only
when s.aAdmg, the walls were
wAhe,washed and there were Nc
stained glass wiNdowss u partition
Just Mgh enough for the heyS ~
peep over divided the men from
the hGeF sex, and the whole was
Kept comfortable by two large
steves, ~ eur minds this seems
n plain representations building hut
then II WAS considered y unique
and heaWtigM ediAee, II was u
teMple " elegANt proportions com,
pagea with the cid leg one In
TACT 40 gENN was the improve,
MeM that comparison NeeemeS
MdNlNNA We can imagine with
what pride eur fathers in the
church egarNled t. and there ia
no wonder ENther rayNtep felt
NpeNd " the pEsvNege W wep~
SNNNplNg in such a Temples Miss
kllsaNetA AllNNta who il stlN with
us and IL in her a0's, has n large,
bible given her mother and father
AS u wedding present. when Father
NayNtep married them
The memory II this gN0d man,
\ seAlNNS Methedlsa aud nleNd VI
Goshen should Ne ever Kept gyeeM
and his example should stimulate
NS ~ Mege aealeNS' WORK for the
MateN Epnaph TO b. seen On his
ggNVe @-NegN GA the LIST W Sept
ltSl in Sussex CNNNty DEW and
feel ASLEEP in Christ March lSG
lSAA lie entered the nMerANt
ministry NJ the NJ n, ChNVh in
ltss and continued n devoted and
useful MeMNer until DEATH Vile
WAS n gN0a man aud full ~ the
Mely Chest and Father" An
NSNepNM until the later Years ot
his HE when he located At Goshen,
he TOOK \ deep interest IN evevV,
thing that concerned the church,
heleea With his own hands IN
building il aud 50 particular was
he aNNNt ke0NSNg e(eaN the interior
that Il WAS his habit u ask the
people u wipe their feet NefNlN
eNeevlNg its doors, and he never
failed u hack this ppeeept by his
own Vigorous example, 80 dear
WAS the SNNgch % his heaN that
he requested his NNly he buried
AZ the NAe& Nt the pulpit and when
az last the LNM saw M to give
him n Seat in that Oppee Sane,
MarM II WAS only fitting that his
mortal remains should he hoNNgea
Ny y NStMg place as near ~ pcs,
SiNle u the pvNN in which he had
often stONd with deepest RIVER,
aNee,"