Milford chronicle., 1960-10-14

with inscriptions as follows. In
memory of Mr. and Mrs. William
Willin and Mr.. and Mrs. Job
Smith, presented by Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Smith; in the choir loft
there is one window presented by
David w. Burton and family; "in
memory of James S. and Rachel c.
Hudson, presented by their chill
dren"; "in memory of Sarah A.
Wilson, presented by her children"
One of the largest windows on
the right side of the church,
Come Unto Me" inscribed there
on, was presented by William 1.
Simpson, Esq. Another window
presented by the Central M. P.
Church; one by the Maryland An
nual Conference; ''in memory of
William and Amelia Marvel, by
their children; one by the Sun
day Morning Glass; Rev. L. A. Ben
nett. the pastor, presented one of
the large windows. which is SYM
bolic of "Fhe Good Shepherd; in
memory of Eli F. and Rebecca
Hammond, by their daughter, Sar-
ah Hammond; Gin memory of
George E. Reed, Matilda Reed,
George A. Reed and Edward C.
Reed; lin honor of Sarah E. La
cey, teacher, presented by Glass
No. 7";; presented by Young Peo-
pies Tuesday Evening Class; Jun
ior, Christian Endeavor Society;
Sunday School Class No. IL, in
honor of M. E. Belts, teacher +;
Christian Endeavor Society, organ
ized January 1st, 1911; "precented
by Sunday School Glass in honor of
William Roach, teacher; Tuesday
Night Glass, in honor of George H.
Wilson, leader: presented by Sun
day School, organized 1910; Ladies
Aid Society, organized December,
1910; and one large window in the
rear of the church, symbolic of
Christ Blessing the Little Chill
dren," was presented by Mrs. Swee-
ney of Philadelphia.
The large bell was given to the
church by Mrs. George Wilson'S s
class.
Dedication Program
Sunday Morning General Exper-
fence Meeting at o'clock.
Preaching-Rev. D. L. Green
field of Westminster. Md, 10:30
O'Clock.
Singing morning service
will be interspersed with singing
by Dover Glee Club and the Berge
Sisters.
Afternoon
Sunday School = Members will
meet at the Tabernacle and march
to the new church in a body at
o'clock.
Platform Service-Conducted by
Rev. ]. M. Holmes, D.. d., at o.
clock. Revs. Mowbray, Bunstein,
Carroll, Andrews, Savage, Johnson
and others will speak at this time
Music-The afternoon music will
be furnished by the Methodist
Episcopal Choir and the Dover
Glee Club.
Evening
Union Service union service
of the young peoples societies of
Milford will be held at $50 o'clock.
Preaching-Dr. J. S. Bowers,
President of the Maryland Annual
Conference, at 7:30 o'clock.
Music for the evening service
will be given by the Presbyterian
Choir and the Berge Sisters.
Colonel Charles E. Treidler, of
Dover, the well known tenor sing
er, will render solos during the
services of the day and evening.
Revival services will continue
during each night of the week
following the, dedication, the pas
tor being assisted by Rev. F. ID.
of Sharptown, Md, and
the well known Berge Sisters. Ev-
erybody is invited to attend all
of these services.
About September 25th, in the
year 1910, Rev. Louis A. Bennett, a
Protestant minister of
the Maryland Annual Conference,
who was stationed at Harrington,
Delaware, as pastor of the Meth
odist Protestant Church of that
town, decided that there was a
field of labor in Milford, which, if
looked after, might pro-
duce a magnificent harvest, and
after soliciting the services of Rev.
j. E. Nichols, a minister of the
same faith, to assist him for one
week, they came here, bringing
with them a large canvas tent
which they pitched on the vacant
lot situate on South Front Street
between the homes of S. N. Gray
and Captain Wilson NJ. Vinyard.
When the first meeting was held
there were but eight persons pres
ent, but after a few nights there
began to be manifest considerable
interest in the work, the enthus-
iasm increasing each night until,
with about thirty persons convert
ed to the faith, the Methodist Pro-
testant Church of Milford was or
ganized about the 9Th or 10th of
October, 1910.
After the effecting of the
church organization the revival
continued with renewed
fervor, until as the early fall ap-
preached, those who had connect
I'd themselves with the. organiza-
ton. and their leader, Rev. Ben
nett, readily recognized that
must be had or the work
abandoned Consequently the Rev.
Bennett suggested the building of
the Tabernacle, which was decided
upon, built and furnished within a