aassJli£9 Book_-^?ijl§- ?ork and improvement, without success, the condition of the country being unfavorable; and on his return to Carlisle he took to "cutting wood by the cord and threshing rye by the bushel." He soon received employment at currying and tanning from Joseph Hays of Carlisle; then took the management of the yard, and the year after, when he be- came 21, he entered into a partnership with him for threee years, and subsequently succeeded him in business by the purchase of the property at the northwest corner of Hanover and South streets. This was deemed quite a bold financial venture for him by many of his friends at the time, but, with the confidence already established in his business ability as well as integrity, he had no difiiculty in obtaining money for his business on most favorable terms. In the meantime, March 31, 1812, he had assumed, what he regarded as a great additional responsibility, by marriage with Elizabeth Hays, the daughter of his partner. Dr. Davidson per- formed the ceremony. When the call was made for troops for the defence of Philadelphia, he marched promptly with Capt. Halbert's Company to that city, leaving his wife and small in- fant, but, as he states, with her full consent. The company was kept in service only six weeks. He joined the First Presbyterian Original Ruling Elders. 21 Church July 20th, 1817, where he was ordained Deacon Jan. 12, 1820, and was ordained Ruling Elder in the same Dec. 25th, 1825. He also most faithfully filled the same office in the new church from its origin to his decease, and throughout this time had taken a very leading part in the growth and prosperity of the organization. He was so fully identified with it as to be ap- parently- almost a necessary part of it. In conducting the prayer- meeting, managing the Sabbath School, instructing the young, directing anxious inquirers, visiting the sick and bereaved, Mr. Blair was always prompt and welcome. Ever anxious to have the public services of the sanctuary regularly observed, he would himself, — on such Sabbaths as the pulpit happened to be vacant and without a supply — read a carefully selected sermon of some approved divine, and, being an excellent reader, and having- previously placed himself in familiar sympathy with the sermon, this service was alike enjo5^able and profitable. Few laymen were more intimately acquainted with the distinctive doctrines of our church than Mr. Blair. He was a very diligent business man — for his own family, and the church, and the public — yet he had a taste for reading and reflection, and fully gratified it. In addition to Scott's Commentary, and some works of the older divines, Dick's Theology, Symington on the Atonement, Steven- son's Offices of Christ, Harbaugh's works, Spurgeon's sermons, Alexander's works, Hodge's writings, Spencer's Pastor's Sketches, were among his books, and a sample of their general character; and when he was particularly pleased with a book, he would se- cure a copy for some of his children. He found time to read and to think, and then to talk about that which he had read. Often, however, he expressed his regret to the writer that he had not had the advantages of a proper education, or a mind suitably disciplined in early life; but, not having had such early training, he did the best he could in subsequent life, and did it admirably well. But, however grave and solid may have been the usual character of his reading, he nevertheless, fully enjoyed at times what was light and entertaining, and could narrate or listen to something that was amusing with evident enjoyment. 22 Presbyterian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. In all his habits and engagements he was particularly sj^stematic and prompt, and, though busily and vigorously employed, did not permit one duty to encroach upon the domain of another. His chief pleasure consisted in the best discharge of conscious duty, and he did not understand how persons could seek pleasure merely for the sake of pleasure, and yet it was his obvious hap- piness to promote the rational and innocent happiness of others. Moreover, few laymen were better acquainted with the Govern- ment, and Discipline, and Order of Worship of our church, than Mr. Blair. He was a capital ecclesiastical law3'er, and was a no less earnest expounder and defender of the constitution of our church, in whose judicatories he was highly respected, and had his appreciated influence. He was a man of excellent judgment and great energy; fertile in devising or planning, and just as firm and prompt in executing. Hence he was well qualified to advise or act in emergencies, and was often consulted in seasons of trouble or difficulty. His experience and his ability were ever ready at his command to be used in the best way. He was equal to opportunities, emergencies, and contingencies. Prominently and earnestlj^ identified with the cause of pub- lic education in our community, as an advocate of the Public School system, and for the first twenty-five years president of the Board of Directors, he did not neglect any portion of our youth, and took an active interest in establishing and encourag- ing the school for colored children, who had been measurably overlooked previously, and which was afterwards so long under the wise and faitnful management of Miss Sarah Bell, — and let this, as fully and truly deserv^ed, be "told for a memorial of her." He also repeatedly and gratuitously furnished the children of her school with copies of that inimitable and honored compend of Bible truth, the Shorter Catechism of the the Westminster As- sembly of Divines, which was eagerly and thoroughly memorized. As an evidence of their grateful appreciation of his services in their behalf, he was agreeably surprised in receiving from the school, bearing a suitably engrossed certificate of presentation, a Original Ruining Elders. 23 handsome copy of the New Testament, in large type, with the Book of Psahns annexed. There were few famihes, or young persons in the town that he did not know. He had generally a kind word of recognition or counsel when passing a boy or girl, white or black, and was treated with proper respect and consider- ation in return. Physically he was a large and stout man, very tall, perfectly erect, and admirably proportioned, with a massive and well-formed head, and a countenance that bore the impress of great benignity and firmness. During a painful and protracted illness preceding his death he received many expressions of human sympathy, both verbal and written, and he also realized in his experience the priceless preciousness of Divine grace. Two of his sons became Ruling Elders, here and in Phila- delphia; his son Henry C. Blair becoming the most efficient founder of the Princeton Presbyterian Church of West Phila- delphia, in which after his death a marble tablet was erected to commemorate his appreciated services and memory. The dutiful and devoted only daughter of Mr. Blair became the wife of a Presbyterian minister. John McChire, the second Ruling Elder of this church, was the son of Charles McClure by his second marriage— whose sister Mary became the second wife of Mr. Joseph Knox. He was born near Carlisle, April 17, 1784, at the Willow Grove farm, a portion of which afterward became his pleasant home. He grad- uated at Dickinson College in 1802, and in that institution he was a tutor in 1810. After his graduation he became a Divinity student; but in consequence of impaired health, and particularly a weak voice, he was constrained to abandon his prospective work. In September, 1806, he joined the Old Stone Church under the ministry of the Rev. Dr. Davidson, and he was ordained a Ruling Elder in that church Dec. 25th, 1825, during the pastor- ate of Mr. Duffield, which office he very acceptably filled until his admission to the new organization. Eminently domestic and retiring, he spent his life generally in the midst of the duties, and enjoyment of his quiet and happy home on the Letort, in the 24 Pkesbyterian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. training and education of his children, and in the supervision of his agricultural interests, but he never forgot or neglected the claims of the church. Though ph5^sically a delicate man, he had a strong and well cultivated mind and a firm and decided will. He was an intelligent Christian gentleman, and a well read theo- logian. The Greek testament was his valued and almost con- stant companion; and among his works were the massive and solid Institutes of Turretin in Latin, and other old books of like character. He was a pronounced Presb5^terian, and was a faith- ful office-bearer in the new church, which he truly loved. He departed this life peacefully and hopefully, March 20, 1841, aged 57 years. He had married Jane Blair, sister of Elder Blair. One son graduated at Dickinson College in 1845, but whilst pur- suing a course of medical study died at the age of 21. The three daughters, formerly members of this church, are now members of our church in other places. Robert Clm'k was born July 2nd, 1774. He was a son of Wm. and Margaret Clark — the former dying March 29th, 1804, aged sixty-four years, and the latter dying Sept. 9th, 1821, aged eighty-one years, and both were buried in our town graveyard. William was born in Lancaster Countj^ Pa., 1740. At the be- ginning of the Revolution he assisted in organizing the Associa- tors, and became Colonel of one of the Cumberland batallions. He was a member of the Convention of July 16, 1776, and of the General Assembly in 1776 and 1777. He died at his residence in Middleton township. Robert Clark was ten 3'ears older than Mr. Blair, and the second one of the three who died. He too was connected with several of the old families of our valley, and his kindred belonged to the old church, in which he had been ordained an elder, Oct. 6th, 1814. His large frame and venerable appearance, and ex- pressive countenance and deep toned voice we well remember. Elder Clark was a^careful and thrifty farmer and lived a few miles north of Carlisle, where he died Jan. 7th, 1856. His first wife, to whom he was married Oct. 6th, 1806, was Nanc}' Gregg, The First Four Deacons. 25 widow of Charles Gregg, and daughter of WilHam and Mary (Parker) Fleming, who died March l7th, 1823; and his second wife, to whom he was married April 22, 182 4-, was Margaret Smiley of Sherman's Valley. Of his sons Robert was a Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian Church in Carrolltou, 111., where he died in 1869. William was a highly respected citizen of Mon- mouth, 111., where he died Aug. 23, 1888 in his 81st year. A younger son, Rev. Joseph Clark, who joined this church in 1843, graduated at Marshall College, studied theology at Allegheny, was a scholarly preacher and died as pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Chambersburg in 1865. James Clark, another son was ordained a Ruling Elder in this church in 1861, but is now a resident of Harrisburg;. V. THE FIRST FOUR DEACONS. Peter B. Smith yj2is born in Philadelphia, but spent a large portion of his useful life among us. He was a skilled mechanic, a' Justice of the Peace, and also a merchant, and very estimable citizen of our Borough. In 1851 he moved to Eafayette, Indi- ana, where he became an honored elder in the Presbyterian Church, and where he died June 21st, 1859, in the 68th year of his age. In a notice of him published at Eafayette at the time of his decease, we have this testimony: "In the death of Peter B. Smith, Esq. , our community has lost one of its brightest ornaments and the First Presbyterian church, of which he was a Ruling Elder, one its most valuable and esteemed members." He had been or- dained a deacon in the other church, Jan. 20th, 1820. FTe was also there, as afterwards in the Second Church, cordially engaged in the Sabbath School work; and as early as 1823 an address to the friends of that cause appeared in the Religious Miscellany, (then published in this place), prepared by a committee composed of "Peter B. Smith, John Holmes Agnew, Daniel McKinley;" and in the editorial preface to this address we are informed that the school had been "in operation since 1816." The last person 26 Presbyterian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. named in this committee became the first pastor of the Second Church. In the charter of the church, April 8th, 1833, occur the names of fifteen trustees, and the first given is that of Peter B.Smith. We remember 'Squire Smith as an intelHgent man, churchly in his feelings, warmly attached to the Sabbath School and prayer-meet- ings, and as particularly gifted in public prayer. Hewas married twice; first to Miss Violetta Jackson, by whom he had two sous and three daughters, one of whom died in childhood, and then to Miss Mary Scoby, Aug. 9th, 1827, by whom he had three sons and three daughters. The eldest son, by the first marriage, joined this church in 1834, was a member of the Carlisle Bar, and died here in May of 1870. The Rev. Henry M. Smith, D.D., of New Orleans, — who was Moderator of the Southern General Assembly in 1873, who has also been for years the able editor of the South- western Presbythrian, and who lately completed the 25th year of a successful pastorate in the Third Presbyterian Church of the Crescent City, — is the eldest son of Squire Smith by his second marriage, and joined this church in November, 1843. Rohei't h'vme spent a long and useful life in our community. The family home was in the rear of the Spring, at the northeast intersection of East and Main streets, where he was a successful business man — a tanner, currier, and farmer. His father James Irvine, one of Dr. Davidson's right-hand men, was a farmer, whose plantation was a few miles below Carlisle, whither he went at an early day with his bride — nee Sarah Harris, of Pax- ton, to whom he was married by Parson Elder — escorted by fifty couple of friends on horseback; and where after raising nine children, he died May 5th, 1811, in his 85th year, and was buried at the Silver Spring Church graveyard. He had been one of Dr. Davidson's elders in the First Church; and his son John, was also an elder there in Mr. Duffield's ministry. His son James was a physician in Chillicothe, Ohio. Col. Wm. Irvine, another son, was for years the treasurer of the other church, and the first treasurer of this church. Mr. Robert Irvine had been ordained a deacon in the other church, Jan. 4th, 1829, which office he The First Four Deacons. 27 there faithfully filled, and in the same capacity and manner he served in the new church. He was born Sept. 21st, 1781, and died Aug. 22nd, 1864. He had married Eleanor, daughter of Ross Mitchell; and Dr. James Ross Irvine— a graduate of Dick- inson College in 1830, ordained deacon of this church Sept. 25th, 1864, died July 1869 — was his oldest son. His youngest and only surviving son Mr. John Irvine is a Ruling Elder in the other church. Robert Giffin — son of James and Martha Giffiu of the old church — was a good citizen and farmer of North Middleton Town- ship, where he was born Aug. 29th, 1797; he married Jane Holmes, and was related to the Elliotts, Clarks, Lambertons, etc. He had been ordained deacon in the other church Jan. 4th, 1829, and served as such in the new organization. In 1855, he, with his wife and son James — who had joined this church in Novem- ber 1853 — was dismissed to Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa. He died in Camden County, New Jersey, Feb. 29th, 1872. John Proctor, born in Adams County, Pa., spent most of his life in Carlisle. For many years he had been an excellent mechanic and good citizen, greatly respected in the church and in the community. He, too, had been ordained a deacon in the other church, Jan. 4th, 1829, and served as such with acceptance in the new church. In December of 1835 he was elected, and in February following he was ordained a Ruling Elder in this church, and this office he faithfully filled until his death. He was born Aug. 10th, 1781, and died Jan. 10th, 1847. His eldest son — John Officer Proctor, then a member of this church — graduated at Dickinson College in 1839, afterwards studied theo- logy at Princeton, and has since been the faithful pastor of sev- eral Presbyterian churches; and one of Mr. Proctor's daughters is the wife of a Presbyterian minister, the Rev. Thomas K. Davis, of Wooster, Ohio, and formerly a worthy minister of the Carlisle Presbytery — married by the writer Aug. 14th, 1851. VI. OTHERS MENTIONED IN THE ORGANIZATION. The following brief sketches iu the order in which the names occur, comprise the others mentioned in the proceedings of the meeting for organization. George A. JLyott, born in Carlisle, spent his long and useful life here, and here died — "after quite a protracted illness, borne in Christian patience and hope."* He lineally belonged to an old family that was honorably connected with the Public Service of our country, and was related to the Rev. Dr. Duflfield. His father, William Lyon, was born at Inniskillen, in the north of Ireland, March 17th, 1729, and came to this country about 1748 with his uncle Col. Jno. Armstrong. With Col. Armstrong he was em- ployed in laying out the town of Carlisle, and surveying the land; and this place was his home until his decease, Feb. 7th, 1809, in his 80th year. He was the first Clerk of our Courts, and the first Register and Prothonotary of our county. Frequently his name appears in the Colonial Records and the Pennsylvania Archives, as a leading and trusted citizen of our valle5^ He had also been a Ruling Elder in the old Presbyterian church until his death. His first wife was a daughter of his uncle. Col. Arm- strong, by whom he had one son. After her death, he married, in 1768, Ann, eldest daughter of William and Mary (Parker) Fleming, by whom he had fourteen children, five of whom died in infancy. (His father-in-law Fleming had a family of ten children, all of whom lived to marry. His wife was a sister of Major Alexander Parker.) His eldest child, Margaret, became the wife of the Rev. David Denny, for many >ears the pastor of the Falling Spring Presbyterian church at Chambersburg: John became a lawyer, married Priscilla Coulter, and settled in Union- town, Pa. Samuel was the father of the late Rev. Geo. A. Lj'on, of Erie, Pa. Alice became the wife of the late Hon. George Chambers, of Chambersburg, and George Armstrong Eyon, the youngest child, born here, April 11th, 1784, died here Jan. 6th, 1855. Gen. John Armstrong, his grand uncle, had his home at *This quotation is made from the church Register, where it appears in the well-known handwriting of Mr. Lyon's old friend, Elder Andrew Blair. 28 Others in the Organization. 29 the northwestern corner of Main and Bedford streets, and the nephew, William Lyon had his home on the adjoining lot. Here Geo. A. Lyon was born and — after raising a large family and living to be an old man — he died in the same house in which he had been born, this was also true of his cousin, and neighbor, Dr. James Armstrong, who died in Carlisle in 1828, in his 81st year; and it was then mentioned as singularly remarkable that, in this country, a man of his age should have died in the same house and room in which he had been born. William Lyon's father, John Lyon, and his wife — nee Mar- garet Armstrong — with several children, came from Ireland to America in 1763, after his son William had immigrated, and settled in Tuscarora Valle)'-, then a part of Cumberland County, His son Samuel thence moved to Carlisle, and here occupied several official positions, as Register and Recorder, Commissioner of Purchase (for the army) in Cumberland county, etc. He mar- ried Ellen Blaine, of Carlisle, sister of Col. Ephraim Blaine, by whom he had several children. His daughter Margaret, married her first cousin, James Blaine, son of Col. Ephraim Blaine. The first of their children, Ephraim, married Maria Gillespie, a daughter of Neill Gillespie, Jr., who lived near Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., by whom he had two children — Hon. James G. Blaine and a daaghter Mary, who married Mr. Walker. John Lyon, who was Clerk of the Quarter Sessions for Cum- berland county, in 1794, wa'S a nephew of William and Samuel Lyon; he married Miss Jane Maclay, daughter of the Hon. William Maclay, (who was the first U. S Senator from Pennsyl- vania, and whose wife had beeji Mary (McClure) Harris, daugh- ter of Jno. Harris, founder of Harrisburg), and their son William Maclay Lyon, was afterward the head of the well-known house of Lyon, Shorb & Co., Pittsburg. We have been thus full and specific relative to the Lyon family, because if any one man took a more earnest and active part than another in the separation, and formation of the Second Church it was Mr. Geo. A. Lyon. He was highly esteemed and honored in our community. A man of decided and positive char- 30 Presbyterian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. acter, irreproachable in public or private life; of firm principles and strong will; of tireless energy and acknowledged influence; of cultivated mind and heart; of nervous temperament and active movement; having a finely moulded face, and a head covered with an ample suit of black hair, that greyed slowly as he advanced in years, and that curled naturally, and when un- shorn hung in ringlets on his neck and shoulders; and neither the expressiveness nor attractiveness of his eyes was obscured by the use of glasses. We remember him well. He was a member of the Carlisle Bar; the trusted and faithful President of the old Carlisle Bank; a member of the Board of Trustees of Dickinson College, from 1815 to 1833, and their secretary; President of the Board of Trustees of the other church, at the time of the separa- tion, and first President of the Board of Trustees of the new' church; in 1839 he was elected a Ruling Elder in this church, but declined the honor, but continued fully identified with the steady growth of the church during the remainder of his life. The monument at his grave — in addition to the statements, "He trusted in Jesus," and "His children rise up and bless him" — bears this no less truthful and beautiful inscription: Vir recti ienax et Fide iiicorruptus. All his children became consistent members of the Presby- terian Church. His two eldest sons graduated at Dickinson Col- lege in 1839, afterward studied theology at Princeton, and be- came ministers of the Gospel in our church. The eldest died at Richmond, Va., June 1862, the other has been for many years a scholarly educator in our state. The youngest, Thomas Lyttle- ton I,yon, born here April 29th, 1832, was the first child bap- tized in the new church, Jan. 13, 1833, then worshipping in the County Hall. In 1852 he became a member of this church by profession of faith. In the same year he graduated from Dick- inson College. For years he has been an honorable business man and a very estimable citizen of New Orleans; also an efficient Others in the Organization. 31 Trustee, a devoted Sabbath school superintendent, and a most valuable member of the first Presbyterian church there.* The life of Charles BinoJiam Penrose is largely associated with the Bar of Pennsylvania, as well as with the legislative and political history of our Commonwealth. He was born near Phil- adelphia Oct. 6th, 1798; admitted to our Bar in 1821; married by Rev. Dr. James P. Wilson, March 16, 1824, to Miss Valeria F. Biddle, daughter of Wm. M. Biddle, Esq. of Philadelphia; was elected three times to the State senate; under President Harrison and his successor was Solicitor of the Treasury; and died suddenly at Harrisburg, April 6th, 1857. Though finally a resident of Philadelphia, he spent many years of his active career among us. He was not a communicant of this church at its commencement, but joined on examination Feb 1838. He was a Christian gentle- man, very genial and affable in his bearing. His face was at- tractive, and his uncovered head no less so— the crown was slight- ly bald, and this was regularly encircled with a corona of light hair, bushy, and inclined to curl, and he had a very agreeable expression of countenance a man alike popular and influential. His eldest son graduated at Dickinson College, (of which his father had been a Trustee) in 1844, and was until his death a member of the the Carlisle Bar. A man eminently kind and generous and sympathetic. Another son— who joined this church in 1843— graduated at the same college in 1846, and now stands high as a medical professor in the University of Pennsylvania; and another is the able Associate Judge of the Orphans' Court of Philadelphia. John Stiiait. son of Hugh and Ruth Stuart, was born in South Middleton township Oct. 26, 1794, and died there March 28, 1870. He was an energetic and successful business man; a miller, farmer and honored citizen, and for many years a member and trustee of this church. He was the father of a large family, all of whom became members of this church. He filled the office of Associate Judge of our county from 1835 to 1857, and after- *He died March 29, 1883. 32 Presbyteeian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. ward his eldest son, also a member of this church, was elected to the same position. His only surviving son is a Ruling Elder in this church. James Hamilton. Few men were so fully and disinterestedly associated with the welfare of this church and the community as a great-grandchild of the Rev. Samuel Thomson, the first pastor of the Meeting House Springs congregation — and the only son of Judge James Hamilton and Sarah (Thomson) his wife, who resided near the northeastern corner of Main and Pitt streets. He was born in Carlisle, Oct. 16th, 1793, and died here Jan. 23, 1872. In 1812 he graduated at Dickinson College, of which his father had been a trustee; and became a member of our Bar in 1816, but, having ample means, he relinquished the practice of law. He never married. He was a man of high and varied culture, wrote much, and published several tracts and small books, including "Notes on Prophecy," published anonymously in 1859. and "The Two Pilgrims" which appeared in 1871. He labored persistenth^ in the cause of education; was for many years a faithful trustee of Dickinson College; and from 1836 until his death a most efficient PubHc School Director, and first Secretary of the Board. In 1835 he was elected a Ruling Elder in this church, but modestly declined; and though subsequentl}^ elected, in 1856, was still unwilling to act as such. For a long period he was the devoted superintendent of the Sabbath School. He was very generous, contributing largely to the church and its various boards, and was a friend and helper of the poor. Some- what eccentric, he was eminently good, and modest, and useful. In addition to valuable property left to the Second Presbyterian Church there were numerous bequests to various benevolent ob- jects. Who that knew Alexande?- C. Gregg does not remember his genial countenance and warm heart and friendly grasp of the hand? He was the son of Charles and Nancy (Fleming) Gregg, born Sept. 8, 1796. He was one of our honest and honorable farmers; was elected Ruling Elder in 1835, but declined, but Others in the Organization. 33 again elected in 183<), he consented to act. He removed to Monmouth, Illinois in 1846, and in the following year united with the Presbyterian Church there, and was elected a Ruling Elder. (At the same time Hiram Norcross — father of the Pastor of this church — was elected to the same office). He died Nov. 7th, 1879. Craxvford Foster was a native of Carlisle. His father, Thomas Foster, came from Enniskillen, Fermanagh County Ireland, landing in Philadelphia, Aug. 1st, 1773, after a passage of over seven weeks. He came to Carlisle, where he married Rebecca Crawford of Mount Rock-. His son, Crawford, was born July 15th, 1787. His brother Alfred was a graduate of Dickin- son College in 1809, in the same class with President Buchanan, and was one of the most skillful physicians of Carlisle. One sister was married to Mr. Geo. Lee, of Cumberland county, and another was the wife of Rev. Joseph Brady, of Sherman's Valley, father of Rev. Ernest A. Brady, Sobieski Brady, etc. The father, Thomas Foster, owned the property on the public square now occupied by the Carlisle Bank, and built the three-storied brick building adjoining. He also owned the notable house ad- joining, built by Adam Hoops, the model of the First Presby- terian Church, as specified in the contract for its erection* In it he kept the principal hotel of the town for 16 years, at which, 'Federal Inn," according to Kline's Gazette, "the British Min- ister, Mr. Erskine and suite, stopped," May, 1808. He was also associated in the government of Carlisle. After his wife's death, in 1812, he engaged in mrcantile business at the .southwest corner of Hanover street and the public square. He died Jan. 14, 1829. Mr. Crawford Foster, a practical printer, and afterward a mer- chant on Hanover street, joined the old church in May 1821, and became a trustee, but removed to Philadelphia, where he died Nov. 2, 1853. He had there married his second wife, Miss Lydia Ann Collett Bailey, daughter of Robert and Lydia (Steele) Bailey, publisher, granddaughter of Francis Bailey, publisher, of *See Appendix, D. 34 Presbyterian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. lyancaster and Philadelphia. Her mother Lydia R. Bailey, after the death of an embarrassed hunband, built up one of the largest and most prosperous printing establishments in Philadelphia, and was also City Printer by the Councils. She died there Feb. 21st, 1869. The younger son of Mr. Foster, by his first mar- riage to Miss Elizabeth Pattison, daughter of George and Nancy (Holmes) Pattison, is a member of Dr. Thomas Murphy's con- gregation, Frankford, Pa.;* the older son has been for many years a worthy Ruling Elder of the Presbyterian Church in Galena, Illinois. His two daughters, by the second marriage, were active members of the Third Presbyterian Church, Phila- delphia, and one is now the wife of a Presbyterian minister. Abraham Lamherton was a farmer and trustworthy citizen of North Middleton Townwhip. His father, James Lamberton, and his brother Ross Lamberton had been elders in the other church, the brother removed to Oberlin, Ohio, where he died in 1857. Abraham lyamberton was not a communicant at the organization of this church, but joined by examination in the spring following. He was elected a Ruling Elder in 1856, but declined to act. He was well known in the county and com- manded respect. He served acceptably as School Director, Justice of the Peace, County Surveyor and for two sessions in the Legislature. He died in the homestead, where he was born, Jan. 29th, 1869. John Hays, grandson of Adam Hays, and son of Joseph and Ann (Gordon) Hays — married July 1st, 1788 — belonged to a family that settled at a very early day in our valley. His first wife was Jane Pattison, a daughter of George Pattison Esq.. She joined the First Church with her sister in 1817. Her mother, Nancy Holmes, was a sister of Andrew Holmes. Mrs. Jane Hays died Dec. 12, 1823. Mr. Hays' second wife was Mrs. Ellen Wheaton, widow of Dr. Levi Wheaton, and daughter of Robert Blaine, to whom he was married, March 9th, 1831. Mr. Hays had been among our active citizens, engaged in several ♦Died Jan. 12th, 1884. Others in the Organization. 35 pursuits. He died April 29th, 1854, at his home, a few miles west of Carlisle, to which he had removed about 1842. His only surviving son, John Hays, Esq. , graduated at Dickinson College, 1857, and has become a prominent member of the Bar. He be- longs to this church, and has been its efficient treasurer. William Irvine son of elder James Irvine of the old church, and older brother of deacon Robert Irvine had long served as treasurer of the First Church, and first treasurer of the new church. He died, unmarried, Aug. 21st, 1852. John Agneiv was a farmer and miller, owning the mill at the southeast suburb of our town. He was a modest, unassum- ing man, constant in his attendance at church service, lecture and prayer-meeting. His son William giaduated at Dickinson College in 1845, (in the same class with Gen. R. M. Henderson of our borough) studied theology at Princeton, became a tutor in Oakland College, Miss., where he died Sept. 17th, 1847. John Williamson, brother of Rev. James Williamson, gradu- ated at Dickinson College 1808; studied law under Luther Martin of Maryland, and was admitted to our bar in 1811. He was known as a wise councillor rather than as an advocate; was spoken of as a "walking law-library." He died, unmarried, Sept. 10th, 1870, aged 81 years. Andrew Holmes, born at Bonny Brook, near Carlisle, May 24th, 1770, was the son of Andrew and Jane Holmes. The latter .survived her husband, and died here July 4th, 1815. Their town home stood where now stands the Second Church, where he lived as a retired farmer. He died Nov. 27th, 1855. His wife, Ann Holmes — a sister of Deacon Irvine — joined the Second Church soon after its organization, by dismissal from the First Church. She died June 16th, 1860. Their son, Dr. Wm. Irvine Holmes, graduated at Dickinson College in 1829; moved to Clarksville, Tenn., where he became a practicing physician, and married Agnes Ann Allen. Alfred Holmes, a promising candi- date for the ministry, died in his 21st year, 1835. The eldest daughter became the wife of Rev. Dr. Jno. M. Krebs of New 36 Presbyterian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. York, a Moderator of the General Assembly. The youngest daughter, who joined this church by examination Nov. 1833, be- came the wife of Rev. Robert Davidson, D.D. John Paxton, born in Adams county. Pa., in 1796, was the son of Rev. Wm. Paxton, D.D., pastor of the lyower Marsh Creek church, and brother of Col. James Paxton, and uncle of the Rev. Dr. Wm. M. Paxton, pastor of the First Presbyterian church in New York City.* He was a leading physician in Car- lisle, but left in 1836 on account of his health for sometime, but died here in 1840. George Metzger, son of Paul and Susanna Maria (Bower) Metzger, was born in Hanover, Pa., Nov. 19th, 1782, and died here unmarried, June 10th, 1897. He entered Dickinson Col- lege 1797; was admitted to the Carlisle Bar in 1805; served as Prosecuting Attorney for our county in 1806; w^as a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature 1813-1814. He had been a trustee of Dickiuson College from 1825 to 1833, and a warm advocate of its transfer to the present management, and bequeathed $500 to the literary society of which he had been an active member. To him we are indebted for the existence and endowment of the large and beautiful Metzger Institute of this place. He was for years a trustee of this church, and secretary of the Board. Though not a communicant, he was a pewholder and regular attendant. He was a man of slender frame, nervous temperament. Although modest and unobtrusive, he was bright and social, kind and charitable. Gilbert Searight had his home in South Middleton Town- ship, as had his father before him, after whom he was named, who died Sept. 30, 1813. He was a substantial farmer, and an estimable citizen; born in 1787, and died Dec. 4th, 1856. The family is still worthily represented in the communion of this church. James Thomson — sometimes spelled Thompson — lived in the large stone house, on the north side of East Main street said to *Now Professor in Princeton Theological Seminary. Others in the Organization. 37 have been built by Robert Miller. He died Aug. 11th, 1843. His daughter Ann was married to Robert Mclntyre, Esq., of New Bloomfield, Pa., and Hon. Charles J. T. Mclntyre of that place, who graduated at Dickinson College in 1847, is his grand- son. Elizabeth was married to Charles Postley, and resided in Baltimore. Mary became the second wife of Martin Herman, the father of the Hon. M. C. Herman. The sons, James, William, and John removed to the West. Benjamin Fernald lived on the north side of Louther street, near Pitt street. He was born at Barnstable, Mass., May 28th, 1792. In early manhood he made Carlisle his home, where he married Miss Oliver, and subsequently Miss Wright. He was a quiet, upright and industrious mechanic, a good citizen and an exemplary member of the church. In 1847 he removed to Jeffer- son, Indiana, where he long served as Ruling Elder in the Pres- byterian church. John Huston, was a respectable citizen and farmer, born in Dickinson Township, 1795, where he resided until his death in 1869. Several of his children became members of this church. His father John Huston, Sr. came from Lancaster county. We remember Robert young as a venerable man, who lived on the west side of North Hanover street near its extreme end. In 1837 he was dismissed to the Silver Spring Presbyterian church, where he died in 1842. His only child, by his first wife, Robert Graham Young, M.D. — born Dec. 6th, 1809 — was a student in Dickinson College in 1827; and was also dismissed from this church to Silver Spring Church, 1837, in which he served as a Ruling Elder, as also in the church at Mechanicsburg, after its organization in 1860. Willimn B. Murray, was born in Carlisle, Sept. 4th, 1808. Married Margaret Parker Fleming, Jan. 9th, 1834. He served for years as a trustee of his church. His ancestors were among the early settlers of this valley. APPENDIX. In order the more certainly to secure the preservation of some very interesting and important old church papers — the originals of which we own — we here most faithfully transcribe them, or state their character, as well as herein give a similar form of permanence to some other matters of interest pertaining more especially to the Second Presbyterian Church in this place. J. A. Murray. Carlisle, Pa., 1883. A. TERMS OF UNION. The published terms to which we have referred, the original of which we have not, we here copy, so as to have them all to- gether, as follows: "A committee was appointed by the congregation lately under the charge of the Rev. Mr. Duffield, which proposed the following terms of union to the congregation under the charge of the Rev. Dr. Davidson, viz., 1. That Dr. Nisbet receive an invitation from the congre- gations when united, to preach alternately or one-half the time with Dr. Davidson in the new meeting-house. 2. That a salary be assigned to Dr. Nisbet at the di.scre- tion of the whole society, so long as he may continue to preach to us, and that no part of Dr. Davidson's salary be abridged in consequence of this union. 3. That such of the members of the congregation, late Mr. Duffield's as shall subscribe to the present agreement, pa}- the price set or to be set on such seats as shall be allotted to them and such proportional assessments as may be required to be laid on all the seats from time to time for further re- pairs to the house. 4. That the subscribing members of the congregation late under the charge of the Rev. Mr. DufReld pay their annual Appendix. 39 pew-money to such collectors as the united congregation shall appoint, to be deposited in the hands of the Treasurer. 5. That on the removal of either Dr. Nisbet or Dr. David- son by death or otherwise, a successor shall be called or in- vited by the united society as much to the satisfaction of the whole as can be obtained 6. That immediately on the agreement of these proposals and the ratification thereof by the members of the two con- gregations, the members of the congregation late under the charge of Mr. Duflfield possess an interest in the new building and glebe and be entitled to an equal enjoyment and partici- pation of all privileges civil and religious with the members of the congregation now under the charge of the Rev. Dr. Davidson. And that the lots* now in possession of the con- gregation late Mr. Duffield's, be considered and shall be- come the common property of the united society, to be dis- posed of in such way and manner as they or a majority of them may judge to be most expedient." The first paper that we have in this connection, evidently written by Dr. Davidson, is endorsed on the back, "Proposals for a union of Messrs Steel's and Dufheld's congregations." (Mr. Steel, we may here state, was not living at the time, and Mr. Duffield was residing in Philadelphia, where he was the pas- tor of another church; but Dr. Davidson was here at the time, the recent successor of Mr. Steel, and he speaks of the congrega- tions as they had been generall}^ known in the community.) This paper, however, is without date. It is as follows: "At a meeting of the first congregation, "Resolved, that this congregation do heartily wish for, and hereby cordially invite the members of the congregation, late the charge of the Rev'd Mr. Duffield, to a union with us on the following terras, viz., "The members of the congregation, (late of Mr. Dufheld), as many of them as shall choose to accept of this invitation, shall finish our meeting-house from its present state, accord- ing to the original plan. That, having done so they shall have a property in the house immediately, so far as respects the gallery and those seats in the lower floor which may be vacant at the time of finishing *Two at the southwest corner of Hanover and Pomfret streets, No. 136 and No. 122, papers concerning which we have. J. A. M. 40 Presbyterian Churches Carlisle, Pa. the house; and shall take precedency, or have choice of these seats acco'-ding to their subscriptions respectively. That as many of them as can be accommodated shall from that time, be considered as full and complete members of this congrega- tion, and entitled to all the religious and temporal privileges and emoluments of it, and subject to all the stated and inci- dental expenses thereof. That in the meantime, we will exercise all sympathy to- wards such of them as may choose to join us so as to accom- modate as many of them as possible in our seats, until our meeting-house can be finished aforesaid. And that in order to obviate and take away every ground of future distinction, between ourselves and those who, ac- cording to this plan, shall become members of this congrega- tion, all vacancies that shall happen in the meeting-house, after the finishing of it, whether in the upper or lower floor, shall be filled according to the subscription, without regard- ing whether the persons were original or late members of the congregation." The other old paper on this subject, which we have, is en- dorsed on the back "Terms agreed by the Committees of the two Congregations in Carlisle," and is as follows: "Terms agreed to by the committees of the two congrega- tions in Carlisle for affecting a union, May 5th, 1786. 1st. That the members of the congregation, late Mr. Duf- field's, who subscribe for pews, and pay the annual pew- money, shall be entitled to all the privileges eujoy'd by Dr. Davidson's congregation in common with them. 2d. That all future expense be paid by the united congre- gation, in proportion to their annual pew-money. 3d. That all property belonging to either congregation be considered as belonging to the United Congregation, under the direction of the committee agreeable to their proposed charter of incorporation. 4th. That the United Congiegation invite Dr. Nisbet to preach alternately with Dr. Davidson, and that such salary be annexed to his services as the majority of the congrega- tion ma)^ direct. 5th. That on the death or removal of Dr. Davidson a Pas- tor be appointed to succeed him by the vote of the United Congregation. 6th. That on the death or removal of Dr. Nisbet the vote of the United Congregation be taken whether a successor be appointed in his room." Appendix. 41 OCCUPANTS OF THE GAIvLERY. The old paper in our possession bears on its back this en- dorsement: "A List of the names of Persons who have taken Pews in ye Gallery of the Presbyterian Church in Carlisle, June 13, 1786," with some memorandums*. The number of pews thus taken in the gallery extends from one to forty-nine in- clusive, and the names of the persons are here appended in alphabetical order: John Alexander, Samuel Alexander, Wm. Blair, Catherine Bow, Thomas Brisband, James Brown, James Caruthers, Andrew Calhoon, Thomas Craighead, Thomas Creigh. Andrew Crockett, William Denny, Jun'r, James Diven, John Duncan, Stephen Duncan, Thomas Duncan, William Fleming, Lewis Fouik, David George, Thomas Greer, James Hamilton, Jonathan Hasson, Mrs. Harper, Huston, Samuel Irwine, Thomas Jones, Benjamin Kidd, John Laird, Matthew Laird, Samuel Laird, David Lindsey, George Logue, Abraham Loug- hridge, Samuel Lyon, William Lyon, Charles McClure, Alex- ander McDowel, Alexander McKeehan, William McPherson, Henry McQuown, Matthew Miller, Philip Miller, Norris Morri- son, George Nimirick, John Officer, Alexander Parker, John Patton, Hugh Patton, John Pollock, Samuel Postlethwaite, *[Among other memorandums on it are: "Mr. Greer has taken until this clay week to Consider whether he will take the seat in the Gallery no 30 and if he Don't Declare to one of the Trustees that he will take said seat at the above day the trustees is then (will) at Liberty to give it to any per- son who may apply. nth Aug., 1787 John Montgomery. Thos. Greer takes the above Pew, 23rd Aug., 1787," "3 stoves — at 4-10-0 £13 10 o 500 lbs. Sheet Iron - - - - - - - 18 15 o Making Pipes 5126 Door.s and Hanging 126 £30 o o' "Ralph Nailer, pd. £3- 0-0 C. W. Vanlear 3-15-0 Sam'l Lamb 2- 0-0 and M'Calester i-ic-i "] C. F. H. 42 Presbyterian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. George Robison, James Ross, James Rowney, Jacob Singer, James Stuart, Alexander Thompson, Moses Thompson, James Wallace, William Wallace, Nathaniel Weakley, J. Webber, David White, John Wray, Robert Wright, Joseph Young. Most of the persons named, with a few others, had pre- viously subscribed toward erecting the gallery and finishing the church, and the published statement has been made, that the amount raised was 414 Pounds or nearly $1100. The gallery then made was large and strong, reached by a heavj' and sub- stantial stairway at the southeast and southwest corners near each entrance, until 1827; the front of the church being on the south side. It was upheld by strong and well finished columns, two of which may now be seen in front of a building on the next lot, north, where they have been standing more than fifty years. The pews immediately along the front of the entire gallery were square, and these were separated by a narrow aisle from a double row of pews in the rear, or next to the wall, which were oblong. Accurately speaking, there were no square pews on the lower floor, excepting along the south side, between the entrances, where the Presbyterian aristocracy sat ; also one square pew on either side of the pulpit, which was then midway at the north side; as well as one square pew in the northeast corner, and one in the northwest corner. These were the only square pews be- low, and the floor of them all — excepting the two near the pul- pit — was about eight inches above the aisles and the floor of the other pews; and only these square pews had seats on all sides. All the other pews, (and they were the most numerous) were made in the ordinary manner — they were oblong, and had each but one seat. c. ARMSTRONG LETTER. The concluding part of a letter from "Col. John Armstrong to ," the name is not given, but supposed to be Richard Appendix. 43 Peters, Esq., of Philadelphia, and dated, "Carlisle, 30th June, 1757" is as follows: "To-morrow we begin to haul the Stones of ye building of a Meeting House on the North Side of the Square, there was no Other convenient place; I have avoided the place you Once pitch'd for a Church. The Stones are raised Out of Colo'l. Stanwixes entrenchments; we want help to this Polit- ical as well as Religious work. "I am vSir, "with the utmost regard and esteem "your most affectionate Humb'l Servnt, "John Armstrong." See Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. Ill, p. 192, The quota- tion as above given is a verbatim quotation, and a little different from that which appears in Rnpp's "History of Cumberland County," p. 431; Dufficld's "Centennial Discourse," p. 45; Neviiis "Churches of the Valley," p. 236. There is a redaction of the quotation in the Appendix; p. 348. We do not know anything more about the promised move- ment than is indicated in the above quotation. It is the only state- ment on the subject of which we have any knowledge. But it is absolutely certain that the existing' structure was not commenced prior to tJie year ij6g. The writer permitted a letter to be published in the Carlisle Herald of July 31st., 1884, and as it has a direct bearing on this .subject, we here give it in a slightly modified form.* *[At the time of the publication of this letter, in 1884, many of the inter- esting facts, conclusive of some warmly disputed points had not previously been published. It was called forth by a brochure, published by a member of the Luzerne county bar, which touched upon the point discussed in it. The chief facts, (as stated in the P. S. of the letter) were culled from the Memorial Address, and in anticipation of its publication. With the publi- cation of the latter, with its fuller details, the letter, now, is chiefly interest- ing as containing the first publication of the facts; and the printed copy of it was incorporated by the writer with the address as prepared by him for the press, doubtless, on account of this priority of publication. In giving it at this time, however, liberty has been taken to omit some portions of it, and to make a redaction of others, preserving only essential details, and referring to the published address and the letter as published to fill up lacunae as may be desired.] 44 Prksbyterian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. "Carlisle, Pa., July 16th, 1884. "My dear Sir: — I have noticed a brace of errors to which you will kindly per- mit me to direct your attention, as they are alike obvious to me and easily corrected. The first refers to the time when the old Stone Church here was begun, and the second to Mr. Duffield's relation to it. (Allusion is here made to the grand- father of Mr. DuflEield who was long afterwards the pastor of the church— from 1816 to 1835). * * ^ It is stated that 'the Presbyterian Church of Carlisle had been commenced in 1757,' and that 'Mr. Dufheld had been the pastor of the church for twelve or thirteen years before 1772.' Both these statements are erroneous; and that this may be all the more evident to you, I will here be excused in mentioning briefly some facts." [Here follows an account of the early congre- gations as given elsewhere]. "It is probable that what was afterward called 'Mr. Steel's Meeting House in Carlisle' — so called to distinguish it from the first or old one at the Meet- ing House Springs, and from Mr. Dufheld's at the south- western corner of Hanover and Pomfret streets — was erected not long after he had become the successor of Mr. Thom.son, or about 1759. But where did it stand ? The unhesitating answer is, on lot 177 on the northwestern corner of Hanover and Ivouther streets, and the following is the proof. An old parchment deed, recently come to light, by the Penns in 1761 to the 'Congregation of Presbyterians under the min- istry of the Rev. Mr. John Steel' for a lot of ground in Car- lisle, which lot is fully described and limited as the corner lot aforesaid. Also a plan of Carlisle, made in 1764, on which the lot at that corner as specified in the deed of 1761, is not only numbered '177,' but it likewise conveys the additional information that a "meeting-house then stood there, which we now know was Mr. Steel's; just as the same plan gives us to understand that a 'meeting-house' stood on lot 136, at the southwestern corner of Hanover and Pomfret streets, and which we also know was Mr. Duffield's" * * [account of division of the church into Old and New Side]. "Mr. Steel represented the Old Side and Mr. Duflield the New. The two churches in which they ministered were precisely the same distance from the center square, and in opposite directions, the one on the north side and the other on the south, just as we can easily suppose would have been the fact, as we have Appbndix. 45 ample reason to believe that there was not the most cordiall}^ fraternal relation existing between them. But further, I have the original contracts for the erection of the present stone church. The first was executed in 1769. The founda- tion of the present building was then laid, but the contractor failed to finish it. A second agreement was made with an- other contractor iu 1771, and the building was resumed and completed. And let it be fully understood, that this was the work specifically and exclusively of Mr. Steel's people. About the time of its being ready for use, in 1772, Mr. Duf- field — between whom and Mr. Steel, as the minutes of Pres- b5^tery show, the most agreeable relation did not exist — ac- cepted a call to the the Third Presbyterian Church in Phila- delphia, and he was never succeeded by a pastor in Carlisle. But, mark it, fourteen years after he had left this place, the remnant of his former flock here united with the other Pres- byterian church under the co-ministry of Drs. Davidson and Nisbet. Mr. Steel, after being pastor of the church about twenty years, died here in 1779, and, as already shown the First Church building, erected whilst he was pastor, had an existence where it now stands about fifteen years prior to the long coming union in Carlisle, the terras of which were formallv agreed to in May of 1786." * * * * [sketch of Mr. Steel] . ' 'It is presumable that the old church at the Meeting House Springs was soon or gradually abandoned after the erection of 'Mr. Steel's meeting-house in Carlisle,' which was 'a two- story house of worship,' at the corner of Hanover and IvOUther streets; and that the latter was also disused imme- diately after the erection of the present edifice, though the deed for the old church lot, 177, was not given until 1761, yet it is very probable that the church may have been put up some time earlier, about 1759, as it occasionally occurred that ground was selected and occupied before a perfectly full title had been obtained for it. This fact explains the meet- ing of Presbytery there in October 1760, by a resolution adopted at the previous meeting of April. Mr. Duffield's church was probably first used by him about 1759. He left it in 1772. It was destroyed by fire in 1779. And the ground was sold in 1792, according to the terms of the union. Mr. Duffield was the first and last pastor of it." * * * * "I am not aware, however, that he ever once 46 Presbyterian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. preached, or was ever once present, in the old Stone Church; and I do not know why that building is so often spoken of as having been his church, (the erection of which he rather opposed then favored), unless it be merely because that four- teen years after he had left Carlisle the remnant of his old congregation here united with the First Church congrega- tion, and thence forward constituted an integral portion of it. Strictly and accurately speaking he was never either the predecessor or the successor of Mr. Steel, nor his co-pastor in the same church. But he was the only New Side min- ister settled in Carlisle, and his church was in another part . of the town. The foregoing statement, as I firmly believe, embodies the main facts in the case, and no amount of mere assertion or special pleading will convince me that the state- ment is not truthful and reliable, both in regard to the com- mencement of the First church and the first Mr. Duffield having been the pastor of it. "How does it happen then, you may ask, that so manj- of our generation have been led astray on this subject. * * The only reason for it of which the writer has any knowl- edge, was an unsubstantiated paragraph, taken from a letter written by Col. Armstrong in 1757, in which says: 'To- morrow we begin to haul stones, etc' That is all of it; and this often-misquoted and utterly uncorroborated and inap- plicable utterance, merely intimating the intention of some- thing future, is all that was known in 1857 about the sup- posed commencement of the First Church. I^et it not be for- gotten, however, that Col. Armstrong belonged to Mr. Duf- field's flock, and not to that of Mr. Steel; he was an active Elder of that flock, and his sister was the wife of Mr. Duf- field; and we may rationally suppose — judging from the strong feeling that existed between both parties towards each other — -that the Colonel had then no large and generous sympathy for the vSteel part}^ and its work. ***** If there were any stones hauled, as promised by Col. Arm- strong, it is highly probable that they were for the founda- tion of his own, or New Side Church, at the southwestern corner of Hanover and Pomfret streets, and which was likely commenced at the time mentioned in his letter. Certain it is, I have never seen, or heard, or known of any reliable evi- dence showing that there ever had been a church where now stands the one commenced— not 'in 1757,' but in 1769. In- deed I not only very greatly doubt that the place mentioned ' Appendix. 47 iu the Armstong letter refers at all to the place where is the present house of worship, but I honestly believe it does not, nor do I believe that any church ever stood there prior to the erection of the present admirable structure. According to the plan of Carlisle — made in 1764 by Judge Creigh, who was a Ruling Elder in the First Church — there is no indica- tion of a meeting-house standing there, as is the fact both at the corner of Hanover and IvOUther, and at the corner of .Hanover and Pomfret, but it is designated as 'Presbyterian Church Ground,' whereas on the opposite section of the square. East, there is given on the plan both the drawing and the name of the 'Episcopal Church.' * * * It is justly supposable that the so-called 'Presbyterian Church Ground,' on the northwestern section had been selected for the Presbyterian Church of the future. * * It was for the erection of the present church on this ground — a church .so exceedingl}' creditable to its founders — that an agreement was made, Feb. 16, 1769, which was duly signed by the stone-mason and the nine 'Commissioners nominated and Appointed for and in Behalf of the First Presbyterian Con- gregation at Carlisle in the County of Cumberland under the pastoral care of the Rev'd John Steel,' as reads the first con- tract, in which all the specifications are detailed, and the second contract executed April 26, 1771, is very similar to it. The more I examine and consider the matter the more am I convinced that Col. Armstrong intended to refer to the South side of the square, or to the lot at the corner of Han- over and Pomfret streets. It was a mistake, or lapstis calami that could be very easily made, especially in the usual hurry of writing a letter, as many others of like nature have been made and published even by the painstaking historian in grave and permanent history — and we know that it is not a difficult matter to do so — and might not Col. Armstrong make one such mistake in writing a letter currente calamo, and say 'North,' when he really meant to say 'South' side? * * * But it is immaterial just when the New Side church was erected, and it is also immaterial whether the Armstrong letter contains a slip of the pen or a typographical error, or neither; that which I insist upon, as now fully established, is that the First Presbyterian Church in Carlisle was founded 48 Presbyterian Churches, Carllsle, Pa. or commenced iu 1769. and that the first Mr. Duffield was never the pastor of it," * H< * "Yours very truly, "J. A. Murray. "P. S. The chief facts which appear in the foregoing let- ter I have culled from the Memorial Discourse which I had carefully prepared and delivered on the occasion of the Semi- centennial Anniversary of the Second Presbyterian Church in Carlisle, January 12th, 1883. * * >i< In the Appendix of that discourse I have given, inter alia, the contracts for the erection of the First Church, in 1769 and 1771, as well as the Terms of Union proposed by the two congregations, and agreed to in 1786— all of which, Providence favoring, will be duly published, J. A. M." [With the admirable candor of the true historian, after the facts had been fully brought to his attention, Dr. Wing recog- nized the bearing, upon warmly controverted points, of this after discovered evidence, and published, April 1888, a leaflet of "Cor- rections and Additions" to his "History of the First Presbyterian Church of Carlisle, Pa.," constituting pp. 259-263 of the book, which was distributed gratuitously to all who had copies of the history. The following brief extracts will serve to show the con- clusion of the historian at that time, 1888. 1. Referring to p. 71 of the history: * * "From the fact that the Presbytery agreed in 1759 to meet next year 'at Mr. Steel's meeting-house in Carlisle' we infer that the congregation had done what was then very com- mon, b}^ taking possession of and building upon ground for which a deed had not been obtained. On this lot the congrega- tion appear to have held their meetings without interruption for at least twelve years. It was not until 1769 that the foundation was laid for the stone building now in pos.session of the First Presbyterian congregation of Carlisle. For a long time the im- pression prevailed that this was the structure referred to in John Armstrong's letter to Richard Peters, dated 'Carlisle, 30th June, 1757,' in which he writes: 'To-morrow we begin to haul stones, Appendix. ^ 49 etc. * * * ' In the histories of Carlisle for mauy years it was assumed that this was the date of the laying of the corner stone of that building. A more careful consideration of the let- ter, and the discovery of papers not then made public, lead to a very different conclusion An old map of Carlisle, made about 1764, locates an Episcopal Church on the northeastern part of the public square, and gives no indication of any church or of any structure on the northwestern quarter. Indeed, the warrant for the possession of the northwestern quarter of the public square, for public worship only, was not given by the Penns to the Presbyterians of Carlisle until Sept. 12th, 1766. * * We have notice that in August, 1761, two pounds ten shillings were sent from Susquehanna to Mr. Montgomery (not the Presby- terian elder of Mr. Steel's church, but a painter and builder), by James Patterson, 'to be paid to 'the Rev. William Thompson, and to be applied to the building of a church in Carlisle. ' As Mr. Thompson was then the minister of the Episcopal church, erected about that time, we are led to believe that the building alluded to was that which belonged to that church, situated on the south side of the northeasteen quarter of the square. As this too was only four years afterthedateof General Armstrong's letter, and as the English church was then closely connected with 'political as well as religious work,' we need not be much sur- prised to find that civil officers like General Armstrong should speak of the building of such a structure as of common interest. Certainly there was no other church which was built near that time, and at the 'north side of the square.' Decisive also on this question of date are two doccments, now in posse.ssion of Rev. J. A. Murray, D.D. The first is a contract executed February 16th, 1769 * -^ *" and "the original of another contract dated April 26th, 1771." * * * * ;(; ^ :^ "6. * * * "as we have seen that the letter of General Armstrong (p. 71), had no relation to the building of the stone church, and that that church had not been commenced be- 50 Presbyterian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. fore 1769, and had not been used for worship before 1772. * * * * The error had been created by the difhculy of understand- ing General Armstrong's letter with any other reference, and the consequent interpretation of that letter b}^ all writers upon the subject for more than a generation. For the truth of history however, it is gratifying that the veritable centennial has finally been ascertained."] D. CONTRACTS. The following is a true copy, verbatim et literatim, of the original contract: "Articles of Agreement Made and Concluded by and Be- tween John McGlathery Mason of the One Part and John Montgomery, John Byers, Robert Miller, John Davis, James Young, Jonathan Holmes, William Moore, William Miller, and Samuel Laird, Commissioners nominated and appointed for and in Behalf of the First Presbyterian Congregation at at Carlisle in the County of Cumberland under the Pastoral Care of the Rev. John Steel of the Other Part Witnesseth that the said John McGlathery for the Consideration herein- after Mentioned Doth Covenant and Promise to and with the said Commissioners that he the said John McGlathery Shall and Will find and provide at his Own Proper Costs and Charges all Materials Requisite and Necessarj^ (Excepting Scaffold Boards and Poles and Compleat and Finish the Shell of a Meeting House in the Center Square at Carlisle of the Dementions of Seventy feet Front and Fifty feet Deep in the Clear. The South Front and East end to be Ranged Work equal to the Front of Mr. Adam Hoops House in said Town.* The Foundation to the Floor be good and sufficient and three feet thick and the Walls above the Floor to be Two Feet Thick at Least the Arches over the Windows to be of Cut White Stone and a Belt Round the said Building of the *This handsome two-storied stone house on lot 173, afterwards the home of Mr. Thomas Foster, where is now the Egolff Boarding-House, and which was taken down some years ago, to make room for the present open front and three-storied building — on North Hanover street, at present (1889) owned by W. F. Sadler, Esq. Appendix. 51 same kind of Cut Stone and that the said Building be made of a Proportionable Hight and agreeable to the Plan and finished in Manner above Mentioned and Painted in a work- manlike Manner on or before the First Day of October next and the said John Montgomery, John Byers, Robert Miller, John Davis, James Young, Jonathan Holmes, William Moore, William Miller and Samuel Laird in Consideration of the said Work being Done and Performed as aforesaid. Do Covenant and Promise to Pay to the said John McGlathery the Sum of Fifteen Shillings ^ Perch Running Measure for said Work so Completed as above Mentioned Fifty Pounds Part hereof to be paid as soon as the said John McGlathery begins to Build the said House and the Remainder of the same in Tvv^o Equal Payments the One to be made on the First day of November next and the Other to be made the First day of May Anno Dom 1770. In Witness whereof the said Parties to these Present have hereunto Interchangeably Set their hands and Seals the Day and j'ear First Above Written being Feb'y 16th, 1769. Sealed and Delivered In Presence of Us — Robert Magaw Richard Tea* John McGlathery (seal) John Davis (seal) James Young (seal) Jonathan Holmes (seal) Wm. Moore (seal) Wm. Miller (seal) Saml. I^aird (seal) John Montgomery (seal) John Holmes (seal) Robert Miller (seal)" *The old paper bears the endorsement "Lodged by consent of the par- ties in ye hands of Rd. Tea," who owned the lot at the south-west intersec- tion of Main and Pitt streets, where the Mansion House now stands, and owned it as early as 1764. The name of John Holmes is attached to the foregoing agreement, but that of John Byers is not, though the latter is mentioned as among the Commissioners, and the other is not. [The complete endorsement is as follows:— "Article The Commission- ers. &c.. of Mr. Steels Congr'tion with John McGlathery. Lodged by Consent of Parties in ye hands of Rd Tea." In this en- dorsement as weli as in the body of the contract, the name is spelled "Glathery," whilst he signed his name "Glathry."^C. F. H.] 52 Presbyterian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. After beginning the work, or laying the foundation of it, Mr. McGlatherj^ failed to finish it, and hence the following, — a true copy of another original contract: — * "Articles of Agreement Made and Concluded by and Be- tween Stephen Folk Mason of the one part and John Mont- gomery, John Byers, Robert Miller, John Davis, James Young, Jonathan Holmes, William Miller, William Moore and Samuel Laird, Commissioners Nominated and Appointed for and in behalf of the first Presbyterian Congregation at Carlisle under the pastoral care of the Rev'd Mr. John Steel of the Other part, Witnesseth that the said Stephen Folk for the Consideration herein after Mentioned Doth Covenant and promise to and with the said Commiss'rs that he the said Stephen Folk shall and will find and provide at his Own proper Costs and Charges all Materials Requisite and Neces- sary (Excepting Scaffold Boards and Scaffold poles which poles said Folk is to Cut and the)^ are to be bawled for him) and Complete and Finish the Shell of a Stone Meeting House in said Town on the Foundation already made by John Mc- Glathery which is seventy feet front and fifty feet Deep from Out to Out the South Front and East End to be good Ranged Work Superior to any Work in said Town Mr. Adam Hoops House only Excepted the Walls are to be two feet three inches thick to the Water-table and from thence to the Square two feet thick at Least and the Gables 18 Inches thick all Sufficiently built with lime and vSand Mortar the Walls are to be thirty feet high from the Foundation to the Square and the Gable ends agreeable to the plan of the Roof, But if it should be Necessary to build the Walls any higher said Folk shall be paid in proportion there is Rabits to be made in the Walls to Receive the Window bases Agreeable to the plan Drawn by Mr. Robert Smith of Philad'a for said House said Folk shall use the utmost of his Endeavor to have the Walls built in time for the Carp'rs to put on the Roof before Winter Next Ensuing. And the said John Montgomery, John Byers. Robert Miller, John Davis, James Young, Jonathan Holmes, William Miller, William Moore and Samuel Laird in Consideration of said Work being Com- *[The endorsement on this paper is as follows :— "Articles &c between Comm'rs and Stephen Folk." The name spelled here, and also in the l>ody of the contract, "Folk," according to the signature to the contract should be spelled "Foulk."— C.F.H.] Appendix. 53 pleatly done and Finished as Aforesaid Doth Covenant and promise to pay to the said Stephen Folk the Sura of Four Hundred and Thirty-six Pounds Current Money of Pennsyl- vania* in the Following manner viz Fifty Pound at the be- ginning of said Work besides the Materials already provided which are valued at Sixty-six Pounds Eleven Shillings and sixpence which said Folk is to take in part of Pay and Ninety-two Pounds when the House is half Built and Ninety- two pounds More when the whole Work is Compleated and the Remainder at the Expiration of one year afterwards. In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have here- unto Interchangeably Set their Hands and Seals this Twenty Sixth Day of April, 1771. Sealed and Delivered in the presence of Us — James Pollock Stephen Foulk (seal) Wm. Alexander John Montgomery (seal) Robt. Miller (seal) John Davis (seal) James Young (seal) Jonathan Holmes (seal) Wm. Miller (seal) Wm. Moore (seal) Sam' 1 Laird (sbal)" John Byers' name is not among the names attached to the above agreement. The original of the foregoing is in the hand- writing of Robert Magaw, Esq. E. THE OLD CHURCH SLOWLY COMPLETED. It must be admitted that the "United Congregation" did not exist prior to the adoption of "the terms of Union," which led to it and produced it, and this did not occur until "May Sth, 1786." The very "Proposals for a Union"t from Mr. Steel's people, render it very manifest that the church building was then incomplete. The first proposition is, that Mr. Duffield's people "shall finish our meeting-house from its present state, according to the original plan." The second proposition is, that, having done *About $1260. tSee Appendix A. 54 Presbyterian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. so, theyshall have a right to "the Gallery and those seats on the lowerfloor which may be vacant at the time of finishing the house. ' ' And afterwards we have the proposition, "that in the meantime, we will exercise all sympathy towards such of them as may choose to join us, so as to accommodate as many of them as possible in our seats, until our meeting-house can be finished aforesaid. Does not all this language show, that in May, 1786, the church was not finished ? — and, if so, surely it had not previously re- ceived its "completion." Let us now look at some other cumulative evidence. We have an original subscription paper, gotten up by those who de- sired to see the church completeh- finished, dated "Carlisle, 21st May, 1787," and on it the autographic signatures of twelve very respectable men, who for the very purpose of expediting the completion of the work, advanced the sums annexed to their names, in the hope of being in due season reimbursed. Most certainly there would have been no occasion for this action in 1787, if the work had been completed more than a year before. It is in the handwriting of Dr. Davidson, and is as follows:* "We the subscribers, wishing to see our house of worship completely finished, which we have reason to hope will soon be the case; and fearing that, notwithstanding the pressing calls of the Board of Trustees on former subscribers, and measures taken to obtain from them the sums which they owe, the immediate necessities and demands of the workmen will not be so speedil}^ answered thereby as to ennable them to proceed without interruption; hoping also that ever}' ex- ertion will be made, to collect those subscriptions on which the congregation has depended for finishing the house, and that the sums now advanced by us will be refunded, when the congregation shall have had it in their power, in conse- quence of their receiving said former subscriptions; do there- fore promise to pay into the hands of the Treasurer the sums annexed to our names respectivelv. Carlisle, 21st May, 1787." *[The only endorsement on this paper, in two lines, is as follows: — 1787, May 23, Reed, of General Armstrong — In hard money — £2-0-0 " " " Reed, of Ditto -In paper money — 3-0-0 pr. me, John Creigh."] C. F. H. Appendix. 55 Then follow the names of Robert Davidson, John Arm- strong, Robert Miller, John Montgomery, Wm. Moore, Samuel I^aird, James Irvine, Thos. Craighead, Stephen Duncan, John Creigh, Ephraim Steel, and John Agnew, with the specified amount subscribed b}- each, and payment also acknowledged as having been made "in hard money" and "in paper money." We have also a large and very interesting subscription paper — cut by frequent folding, and then sewed together — hand- somely prefaced, and bearing the autographic signatures of about seventy ladies, including the most prominent in the community, with those of a number of gentlemen, and the several figures an- nexed to their names aggregate a large amount in the currency of the times — in Pounds, Shillings and Pence. It, however, has no date, but was possibly issued in 1786 or '87, or sometime after the union had been consummated, as it is evidently a fruit of the union, and, as stated in its preface, the church was "'yetfarfrotn being completed.'' It is also therein stated that, "as the gentle- men are concerting measures for erecting a gallery, the Ladies, wishing to encourage them, as well as to evince their own zeal in the good work, undertook the finishing and ornamenting of the Pulpit. '' It is not an an easy matter to decipher a few of the names, but we here copy the paper: "A plan for finishing the Pulpit of the 1st Presbyterian Church in Carlisle. We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, taking- into our serious consideration the state of our house of worship, which is yet far from being completely finished, highly pleased to find that the gentlemen of their Society are concerting measures for erecting a Gallery, etc., and being earnestly desirous both to imitate their good ex- ample, and to strengthen their hands and heighten their zeal, in so laudable an undertaking — not willing that they alone would have all the merit and honor of making our house as decent and commodious for ourselves and our teacher as we wish to see it — have therefore upon mature deliberation, 7'esolved that we will take upon our- selves the finishing and ornamenting of the pulpit — for which purpose we will pay into the hands of our Treasurer, Mrs. Sarah Montgomery, the sums annexed to our several names." 56 Presbyterian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. The following are the names, but arranged in alphabetical order: Sarah Allen, Sarah Blair, Catherine Bov.', Priscilla Boyd, Marie Butler, Sally Butler, Isabella Campbell, Margaret Cooper, Abigail Davidson, Margaret Didier, Sarah Duncan, Ann Eaken, Eleanor Ervin, Jean Forbes, Rebecca Foster, Agnes Gregg, Re- becca Gustine, Elizabeth Harper, Margaret Heap, Mary Hender- son, Mary Hunter, Ann Irvine, Ag. Jordan, Sarah Kennedy, Sofia Kouph, Elizabeth Laird, Mary lyaird, Isedo Lamb, Mrs. David Lamb, Mary Linsey, Rachel Lowry, Eleanor Lyon, Emelia McClure, Susannah McCroskey, Eleanor McCurdy, Ann McDowell, Elizabeth McDowell, Sarah McDowell, Jenny Mc- Keehan, Mrs. Martio, Sarah Montgomery, Hannah Morgan, Agnes Officer, Mrs. Becchy Parker, Rebeeca Parker, Jas. Parker's wife, Lucinda Piper, Grace Pollock, Mary Pollock, Mary Postle- thwaite, Matilda Postlethwaite, Stella Reed, Susannah Ross, Jannet Rowan, Elizabeth Semple, Mary Singer, Letitia Smith, Agnes Steel, Martha Stuart, Agnes Thomson, Eleulath Thomp- son, Rebecca Thornburgh, Elizabeth Vanlief, Sarah Wallace, Esther Weakley, Janet Williamson, Margaret Woods, Mary Wray; and the names of the several men, Samuel Alexander. William Alexander, Cristin Cart, Jacob Clouser, Samuel David- son, Samuel Edmiston, Lewis Foulk, Robert Gibson, Joseph Givin Samuel Gray, Wm. Lewis, John Miller. Phillip Miller, John Morrison and Hugh Wilson. Dr. Smith in his History of Old Redstone Presbytery,* tells us that it was not until ten or twelve years after said Presbytery had held its last meeting, in 1793, that stoves were introduced; that the measure met with great opposition even from some phy- sicians; and that the attempt to introduce fire into meeting houses produced in some places, even a greater commotion than the in- troduction of Dr. Watt's Psalms and Hymns. We may suppose that a somewhat similar feeling of opposition existed here, as may be inferred from the copy of another autographic subscrip- tion paper, prepared by Dr. Davidson, in 1790, and here given: *P- 157- Appendix. 57 "We the subscribers taking into serious consideration the necessity of Stoves in our church, during our long and severe winters, in order that the attendance on public worship may be more general, safe, and profitable, and in full confidence that the cash collected for this purpose will be applied as soon and effectually, as may be, to the above mentioned De- sign; Do promise to pay, on demand, the sums annexed to our names respectively, to such person or persons as may be appointed to receive and be accounted for the same. Witness our hands, January, 1790." And to which is appended the following list of names: "Chas. M. McClure, John Hunter, Jno. Miller, Rob't Blaine, Samuel Alexander, Samuel Postlethwaite, Wm. Blair, Jun'r, Wm. Ivewis, Joseph R. Postlethwaite, Kph'm Steel, Wil'm Anderson, William Alexander, I^emuel Gustine, Sheriff Buchanan, Richard Parker;" with the several sums in shillings and pence specified. At the end of the list is a statement by Dr. Davidson that he had received of the foregoing sums Nine dollars, which he paid to Mr. Duncan, treasurer. And the back of'the paper bears this endorsement: "Collections for Stoves in the Presb'n Church in Carlisle by Mr. Foster. R. D. collected most of them." Well do we recollect the stoves of the olden time, — large six- plated, covered with bricks, and those who needed a foot- warmer carried a brick off the stove to the pew. They were intended more for utility than beauty, and would greatly contrast with some of their successors, or the modern appliances for heating churches. What a long length of sheet-iron pipe they had, sup- ported by iron rods and wire, extending up and over the gallery, and then projecting out of the front or south windows, with a h- piece on the end, as the church then had no chimneys, and had none until remodeled in 1828. And occasionally there would be a fuliginous liquid, or sooty drip from a loose joint in the pipe; but this did not greatly interfere with the devotions of the people, or injure seriously the building itself, the floor of which was not carpeted, and the aisles were paved with large square tiles or bricks. Methinks if the original membership were rehabilitated, and would reenter the present very beautiful and inviting church, 58 Presbyterian Churches, Caklisle, Pa. what a change would be seen, and what a surprise would be ex- perienced! And yet those strong and massive walls have now been standing one hundred and twelve years, without a crack or bulge or any inclination from their original and rigid perpendicu- larity. Even the shelling of the invader of Juh^ 3rd, 1863, though it struck the east end, failed to pierce or damage the well built and substantial wall. Another subscription with the caption written by Dr. David- son, is given, as it refers to the next item of church furniture in the order of time: "We the subscribers promise to pay the sums annexed to our names respectively, for the purpose of procuring a large Chandeliere for the Presbyterian Church in Carlisle." And the names are here given alphabetically: "William Alexander, John Arthur, Robert Barckley, Simon Boi-^d, Thos. Butler, Chas. Cooper, Robt. Davidson, Thos. Foster, Jas. Givin, Sam'l Gray, Lemuel Gustine, Joseph Hays, Jno. Hughes, Jno. Hunter, Robt. Huston, Geo. Kline, Sam'l Laird, Jas. Lamberton, Wm. Lewis, Mary Lindsey, Arch'd Loudon, Jas. McCormick, Jno. McCurdy, Alex'r McKeehan, Edward Magauran, Jno. Montgomery, Jno. Morrison, Geo. Pattison, Jos. R. Postlethwaite, Sam'l Postlethwaite, Wm. Rainey, Geo. Rowan, Thos. Smith, Eph. Steel, Wm. Wallace, Jno. Webber." And endorsed on the same paper is a statement by Dr. Davidson that he had received and paid out of the several sums ^18.7.6 on the 26th of March, 1794." Often when a boy have we admired that same old chandelier, with its numerous and many sided glass pendants, glistening in the sunlight and beautifully iridescent, or bright at night with its circular rows of burning candles that were placed in tin sockets, and so arranged as to secure the running of a "waster." When the church was remodeled, 1 827-' 29, the chandelier was given to that "Genuine Carlisler," the Rev. J. Miller McKira, for a little church that he served in Wormelsdorf, Berks County; and many years afterwards, its successor in Carlisle — a bronze chandelier with astral lamps, in which was used spermaceti oil — Appendix. 59 was gotten by some church of our valley. In the early times, also, tin sconces holding candles were hung around the interior of the church, above and below the gallery, suspended to nails in the walls and in the wooden pillars that supported the gallery; and it was not until 1823 that Jacob Bishop — assisted by Henry Myers — was emplo3'^ed to hang several lamps from the ceiling, over the gallery, at the south side and the east and west ends. Also we have an autographic subscription, written in the very legible and easily recognized chirography of Dr. Davidson, dated "March 30, 1794" and signed by some country ladies, "as some cash w^as yet wanting to pa)^ for the ornaments of the Pul- pit, and as the pulpit itself was erected chiefly by ladies residing in Carlisle." These "ornaments of the Pulpit," we suppose, embraced the candelabrum on each side of the Bible, the cushion for the Bible, and perhaps the sounding-board, which at that time constituted a necessary part of church architecture, with the elaborate panel-work and mouldings of that hexagonal pulpit and the handsome wainscotting in its rear — all of which we re- member. And the persons subscribing were: Elizabeth Car- others, Mary Carothers, Jane Dunbar, Isbel Hays, Margret Carothers, Elizabeth Parker.* These time-worn and time-browned papers, so interesting in themselves, show conclusively that the old stone church — not com- menced till 1769 — was not completed so soon as March of 1786, and was not furnished until years afterwards. They also show the active and persevering part taken in such matters by the ex- cellent Dr. Davidson. If however the work was slow in its prog- ress, it was most substantial in its character, as what remains of it fully shows. [*The full text of the subscription is as follows. "We the subscribers being informed that som^ Cash is yet wanted to pay for the Ornaments of the Pulpit in the Presbyterian Church in Carlisle; and being also informed that the pulpit itself was erected by subscriptions by the Ladies of the congregation principally residing in Carlisle; wishing that our names may also appear as encouragers of so good a Design, Do promise to pay to Mrs. Dunbar the sums annexed to our names, to be forwarded to Philad'a to Mr. Montgomery, to reimburse him for what he has advanced for the Ornaments above mentioned. March, 1794." At the bottom — "reed pr me ;^2-i4-4>^ Robert Davidson." The endorsement on the paper reads, "Collections for the Pulpit By Mrs. Dunbar— March 30th, 1794. Rec'd of Mrs. Dunbar ;^3-i4-43^"JC.,F.H. 60 Presbyterian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. F. PETITION TO PRESBYTERY. Copy of the petition, with the seventy-seven names annexed, which was presented by Mr. Andrew Blair, in behalf of the petitioners, to the Carlisle Presbytery which met at Newville, November 28, 1832. "To the Reverend Presbytery of Carlisle: In consequence of the distracted state of the Presbyterian congregation in Carlisle, already known to you, we the sub- scribers, members of the same, do respectfull}^ petition you to divide said congregation, and form us into a separate so- ciety, under your care, taking such order in the case, as that the object of this our petition, may h^ fully 2in^ form- ally affected, from and after the first day of January next. Carlisle, November 20th, 1832." 1. John McClure, Elder 2. Jane McClure, Communicant 3. Andrew Blair, Elder 4. Elizabeth Blair, Communicant 5. George A. Lyon, Communicant and Trustee 6. Anna G. Lyon, Communicant 7. Margaret C. Jackson, Communi- cant 8. Margaret Jackson, Communicant . 9. Rebecca Ramsey, Communicant 10. Mary Holmes, Communicant 11. Sarah Irvine, Communicant 12. Ann Craighead, Communicant 13. Margaret Craighead, Communi- cant 14. Elizabeth Kerr, Communicant 15. George Murray, Communicant 16. Robert Irvine, Communicant Deacon and Trustee 17. Eleanor Irvine, Communicant 18. James Wilson, Pewholder 19. James Thomson, Communicant 20. William B. Murray, Communi- cant 21. John Agnew, Communicant 22. Margaret Agnew, Communicant 23. Lydia Biddle, Pewholder 24. Jane W. Paxton, Communicant 25. Thomas C. Lane, Pewholder 26. John Harper, Pewholder 27. Ursula Lamberton,Communicant 28. Robert Clark, Elder 29. Margaret Clark, Communicant 30. Mary Clark, Communicant 31. Robert Grififin, Communicant 32. Peter B. Smith, Communicant Deacon and Trustee 33. John Paxton, Communicant 34. John Williamson, Pewholder 35. James Hamilton, Communicant Trustee 36. John Proctor, Communicant Deacon and Trustee 37. Mary Proctor, Communicant 38. Alexander C. Gregg, Communicant 39. John Smith, Communicant 40. Andrew Holmes, Communicant 41. Robert Young, Communicant 42. Margaret Young, Communicant 43. Susan Blaine, Communicant 44. Jane Logue, Communicant Appendix. 61 45. Benjamin Fernald, Communicant 6r. Diana Lemon, Communicant 46. Sarah B. Fernald, Communicant 62. Abraham Lamberton, Pewholder 47. Rachel Cooper, Communicant 63. Martha Duncan, Communicant 48. Charles B. Penrose, Pewholder 64. John Hays, Communicant 49. Elizabeth Boden, Communicant 65. Ellen Hays, Communicant 50. Sarah Boden, Communicant 66. Isaac Weakley, Pewholder 51. Sarah McCommon,Communicant 67. John Huston, Communicant 52. Isa.bella Love, Communicant 68. Eliza Huston, Communicant 53. Crawford Foster, Communicant 69. Joseph Connelly, Communicant and Trustee 70. Sarah Ann Doyle, Communicant 54. Mary Smith, Communicant 71. George Metzger, Pewholder 55. Gilbert Searight, Communicant 72. William Irvine, Pewholder 56. Sarah Searight, Communicant 73. Priscilla Boyd, Communicant 57. John Stuart, Communicant 74. Jane Irvine, Communicant 58. Elizabeth Bullock, Communicant 75. Catherine Ross, Communicant 59. Mary Province, Communicant 76. James Breden, Pewholder 60. Mary Laird, Communicant 77. William Edmond, Pewholder Of the above subscribers sixty-five were communicants, and twelve were pewholders; three — Robert Clark, John McClure and Andrew Blair — were Ruling Elders; four — Robert Irvine, John Proctor, Peter B. Smith and Robert Griffin — were Deacons; and six — Geo. A. Lyon, Peter B. Smith, John Proctor, James Hamilton, Crawford Foster and Robert Irvine were Trustees. In answer to the Petition, Presbytery unanimously adopted the following Resolution, and appointed the Revs. James William- son and A. B. Quay, a committee, to organize a church consist- ing of the petitioners, members and officers of the Presbyterian Church in Carlisle, so set off from that church: "Resolved, That the prayer of the minority of the Congre- gation of Carlisle requesting to be formed into a separate Society under the care of this Presbytery, from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, be granted, in view of the state of things now existing in that Congregation and known to Presbytery." The Second Church began its independent existence in Jan- uary, 1833, having then a communicating membership of 65 per- sons. During the year 1833 — in addition to the original member- 63 PRESByrERiAN Churches, Carlisle, Pa. ship of 65 — thirty-four persons joined from the First Church* besides those who had been received on examination, or by cer- tificate from other churches, making an aggregate of 48 additions during the eleven months succeeding the organization. During the fifty years the total number of those who have joined the church is about 1080, or an average of twenty-one and a fraction every year. Of these scores have moved to other parts of the country, adding strength as we trust to the cause of Christ elsewhere; scores have also finished their work on earth, and gone to the church triumphant; and today the church num- bers 400 — a much greater number than ever before, and there are only two churches among the 47 belonging to the Presbytery that are numerically larger — Pine street Church, Harrisburg, re- ported 488, and Big Spring Church, Newville, 411, according to the minutes of the General Assembly for 1881-1882. This is in- deed a most creditable and inspiring record, honorable to the founders of the church and their successors, and it verily be- comes us to feel and exclaim: "The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad" G. CHARTER. The charter may be seen in the L,aws of Pennsylvania of the Session of 1832-1833, pp 302-304. *The names of quite a number of persons do not appeat on the Register of the Second Church until a few months after its organization. This is true of quite a number of persons, who, like the "original members," are marked in the First Church "Manual" (Published by Mr. Dufifield in 1834.) with the "d. by P." — dismissed by Presbytery — attached to their names; but we suppose as they may have happened not to be piesent at the meeting when the church was actually organized, they were not then en- rolled with the sixty-five, though, (as indicated by the "Manual") equally dismissed in November, 1832, to constitute the separate church from and after January, 1833. Appendix. 63 H. FIRST CHURCH BUILDING. Soon after the organization there were several meetings of the Committee of Fifteen, the first one was held at the residence of Mr. Lyon, and the others at the residence of Mr. Hamilton. Sub-committees were appointed to solicit subscriptions; to secure drafts and plans for a building, not to cost more than $5000, and $20 for the architects services; and to examine several lots in town, their respective advantages and report. It was also de- cided that the building should be of stone, with Lecture and Sabbath School rooms on the first or basement story, and with a cupola or dome for a bell. Proposals were duly received and considered in regard to locations as follows: Mr. Hendricks Weise offered part of a lot on North Hanover street, west side and near Locust alley for $600, and the other half of the lot was offered by Mr. Henry Lecher for $700. Mr. James Underwood offered his house and lot, at the northeast corner of Pomfret and Pitt streets, for $1600, or the one-half, off the south end, for $700. Mr. James Thomson offered 70 by 120 feet on the north side of East Main street, not far from East street, for $1000; Mr. Jacob Bishop, 70 by 120 feet, at the southeast corner of Bedford street and Liberty alley, for $866.67, with conditions annexed; Mr. Alex- ander Oliver the house and lot at the southeast cornei of Hanover and Pomfret streets, 60 by 160 feet for $2250. And Mr. James Given offered half a lot of ground adjoining Christian Humrich. After an interchange of views and opinions, the committee pro- ceeded to determine the question by vote, and on the third ballot the Oliver lot was selected. Whereupon Messrs C. B. Penrose, Jno. Hays, Jas. Thomson, Jno. Agnew, and Geo. A. Lyon were appointed a committee to make the purchase, but at a price not to exceed $2200. Afterwards the congregation was convened, heard and adopted the report of the committee; also continued the com- 64 Presbyterian Churches, Carlisee, Pa. mittee, to make all necessary arrangements toward securing the erection and completion of the church edifice, agreeably to an ap- proved plan, and for such sum and on such terms as might be within the means of the congregation. A building committee was then appointed, consisting of Messrs C. B. Penrose, P. B. Smith, Andrew Blair, John Agnew, Dr. Paxton, Robt. Irvine and James Hamilton. The committee, previously appointed for the purpose, reported, that they had contracted with Mr. Oliver for the purchase of his house and lot, then occupied by Dr. Theo. Myers, at the southeast corner of Hanover and'Pomfret streets, for $2200. The report contains this .statement: "It is proper to remark that although this price exceeds what we could have wished to expend merely for ground to build on, yet when it is considered that there was no other site with. in our reach eligible in all respects, and that by a sale of part of the ground not wanted, and the materials of the house on the premises, the actual cost will be reduced to less than $1600, for a corner lot, combining the advantages of a central situation, with free air and light, on which is to be erected an edifice not merelj- for the accommodation of the present generation, but those who are to come after us, we are sanguine that what we have done will meet the approbation of all concerned, especially as we believe we have ample means, after paying for the lot, to erect with due economy a neat edifice without incurring debt." The action of the committee was approved by the congregation, and the com- mittee continued and authorized to receive from Messrs Andrew Blair and Robert Clark the said sum, and pa}- it to Mr. Oliver on the delivery of his deed agreeably to his contract. Here it may be proper to say something in regard to this trust and reserved fund, in the custody of Messrs Blair and Clark, upon which the committe had been directed to draw, and the following is a per- fectly reliable account of it. The Glebe Farm at the Meeting- House Spring, belonging to the Presbyterian congregation in Carlisle, had been offered for sale — the graveyard, and free access to and from it, being reserved — and it was purchased by Phillip Appendix. 65 Weaver in January of 1827, for $3500.* After liquidating cer- tain claims out of the money thus acquired, the balance was in- vested in Carlisle Bank stock, worth in 1833 about $2800. The petition for the new church was unanimously granted by Presby- tery in November of 1832. Afterwards the Board of Trustees — having been desired so to do — gave the necessary notice, and called a meeting of the congregation, December 12th, 1832, to consider the matter of conveying to the persons forming the 2nd Church the aforesaid Bank stock. It was an unusually laige meeting of the congregation, and, excepting one remote voice, the action was unanimous. At this meeting the following facts were made manifest, and led to the result just mentioned. (1) The persons desiring the conveyance were not only very re- spectable in number and character, but they regularly contributed nearly one-half of the salary of the pastor, and of the contingent expenses of the church. (2) This was not only their standing and conduct, but their worthy ancestors had been active and eflEicient in the erection of the church and afterwards in sustain- ing it, and to a much greater extent than had been the ancestors of those who were left in peaceable possession of the property. (3) In 1832 the church building, lecture room and ground, in the northwestern section of the Public Square, were valued at $8000. As this property could not conveniently be divided, and as the majority would not sell it, those going out from the church— not willing to demand a full and just share, and anxious to avoid the very appearance of a litigious spirit — were willing to relinquish their joint right to and interest in this large amount of property for the comparatively small sum in the bank, and which could be available. Had they not thus magnanimously acted then, afterwards, when the Supreme Court of the State recognized theirs as the Presbyterian church, they might have legitimately claimed the whole property. It certainly was a clear evidence of Christian courtesy and magnanimity on their part to decline pressing their right to an equitable division of the church *County Records, Book K. K. V. I, p. 163, etc. 66 Presbyterian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. property, and to be satisfied to receive the much less amount. All this was appreciated at the congregational meeting, since there was not only great and creditable unanimity in the action of that meeting, in directing the transfer of the aforesaid amount, but some of the noble-hearted who were there and remained in the old church, expressed a willingness, personally, to assist in the erection of the new church, and this they afterwards did. In accordance with this emphatic decision of the congregation, regularly called together, there was a meeting of the Trustees on Monday following, being December 17th — the public notice for which having been given the previous day — and a resolution was unamiously adopted making the actual transfer in trust to Messrs Andrew Blair and Robert Clark, than whom there were none more honorable or responsible in the congregation. The property thus purchased from Alex'r Oliver in 1833* had been purchased by him from Dr. Adam Hays in 1832, t and he had bought it in 1822 from Mr. John McClure the surviving executor of the estate of Andrew Holmes, Sen'r. | John C. Trautwine, a distinguished architect of Philadelphia, furnished two plans, and the more beautiful one was adopted. In referring to the selection thus made, he afterwards assured the committee that it "could not fail to give satisfaction in the execution." And added: "it is based on one of the most beauti- ful Grecian temples in existence, with such alterations as adapt it to the particular use required."** *Record Book, O. O. Vol. i, p. 313, and p. 452. tRecord Book, L. L. Vol. i, p. 376. tRecord Book, G. G. Vol. i, p. 181. He had bought it in May, 1808 from Lindsey Spottswood, who had purchased it from Thomas and James Duncan, executors of Stephen Duncan, for 670 pounds, Pennsylvania cur- rency. See Record Book S. Vol. i, p. 296. **Mr. Trautwine was connected socially and professionally with some of the best architects of America. He has published several standard works, relating to civil engineering, and contributed valuable articles to some of our scientific journals. He died Sept. 14, 1883. See Journal of the Frank- lin Institute, Nov. 1883, Rail Road Gazette, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1883, with en- graved portrait. Second Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, Pa. Built 1833— Rebuilt 1871. Appendix. 67 The lot having been chosen and purchased, the plan adopted,, and subscriptions encouragingly commenced, a contract was, made with Samuel Holman, of Harrisburg, May 14, 1833, to build it, pursuant to the plan, 50 by 70 feet, of stone and rough, cast, for $4325, the contractor to have all the material in the dwelling house then standing on the ground, and to be takeO; down at his own expense. The front was ornamental, with an Ionic portico of four columns of wood, thirty inches in diameter and eighteen feet high; with a terrace of earth raised a few feet above the street, and enclosed by a stone wall; and this terrace suitably paved and sodded, was reached by steps on either side, which did not show in front but only on either flank, near the front. The coUonade was also reached by several steps in front,, from the raised terrace. The Sabbath School room was across the east end of the basement — having two windows on the north with the reading desk between them, three windows in the east, and a window and door at the south side. The front entrance, being a high and double door, faced Hanover street, and opened into a lobby about ten feet wide, from each end of which was a stairway leading into the choir gallery over it; also three doors leading into the centte and two side aisles of the church, and as the centre was wider than the side aisles, the side doors were each single, but the centre door was double. At the east end, fronting the main entrance, was the pulpit, with a window on each side. There were also five windows on each side of the auditorium, including one on either side looking out of the lobby. All these windows were long and narrow, with semi-circular tops, excepting the two in front — one on each side of the chief entrance — which were oblong and square. There were double blocks of pews between the centre and side aisles, the entire num- ber of which was 76, with six on each side of the pulpit — in all 88. The ends of these pews were painted white and numbered, with cherry cappings, sofa fashion, stained and varnished. The ceiling had stucco cornice and mouldings round the three aper- tures for the chandelier and ventilation. According to the agreement the basement was to be completed and fit for use in 68 Presbyterian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. the autumn of 1833, and the entire building in the spring follow- ing. The building, whose beginning and progress had elicited so much of faith and prayer and pleasurable interest among its warm friends, was satisfactorily finished; and, both in its ex- ternal appearance and internal arrangements, was considered a model of beauty — very chaste and attractive, and greatly ad- mired. Subsequently the Board of Trustees appointed Messrs Ham- ilton. Metzger and Penrose a committee to have "a silver goblet made, of the value of thirty dollars, with a suitable inscription, and present the same to John C. Trautwine, Esq., architect, in the name of the corporation, and that they at the same time ex- press the thanks of the Board for the elegant plan of a church edifice which he so generously furnished, and the information he so kindly afforded the building committee during the construc- tion of the same" — all of which was very handsomely acknowl- edged by ]\Ir. Trautwine. The same committee were directed by the Board to "express to Mr. Holman, the contractor, the en- tire satisfaction and gratification of the Board in the construction and completion of the church edifice, and consider the building a specimen of taste and skill highly creditable to him as an archi- tect and workman." The statement below shows the amount received and ex- pended in behalf of the new building. Original price of the ground. $2200.00 Amount of contract for the church erection. . . 4325.00 Extra work — hanging bell, two additional pews, bricks, etc 22.25 The furniture — including chandelier, lamps, candelabras, carpeting, cushions and stoves 785.72 Bell of 400 lbs., $179.60, carriage of it $7.91, lightning rod, $16 203.51 $7536.48 Appendix. 69 To meet the above the church had the proceeds of The bank stock $2800.00 The first subscription book 3212.75 Subscription for bell 209.00 Second subscription for the building and its furniture 1371.50 Newville subscription 77.00 $7670.25 7536.48 Balance in favor of the church 133.77 The expenses, however, for furnishing the church were afterwards necessaril}' increased, and some of the subscriptions were never collected, but all expenses were duly met and paid. As might have been expected the membership of the new organization gladly contributed, and some of them quite liberally, considering their circumstances and the times in which they lived, yet persons belonging to almost every other church in town gave to the object, including some members of the First Presbyterian Church, as well as persons in the Silver Spring and Big Spring congregations. The subscription book for the last place we have not, but we know that the aggregate amount was $77. We have, however, the two other subscription books, very creditable to all concerned, and also the original subscription for the bell; and without specifying the several sums contributed, whether large or small, as doubtless they were in each case acceptable and ap- preciated — we have given a list of the names of all the sub- scribers, in alphabetical order as interesting and fittingly due the memory of those concerned: Jno. Agnew, Wm. M. Anderson, Ed. Armor, B. Aughen- baugh, Jacob Baughman, Geo. Beetem, Wm. Bell, W. Bentz, Lydia Biddle, Ed. M. Biddle, Susan Blaine, And'w Blair, And'w Boden, Elizabeth Boden, Priscilla Boyd, Jas. Bredin, Margery Bryson, Rob't Bry.son, Jno. M. Butler, Elizabeth Campbell, And'w Chapman, Rob't Clark, Ann Clark, Joseph Clark, Jno. 70 Presbyterian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. Clendenin, W. S. Cobean, Rachel Cooper, David Cornman, Mar- tin Cornman, Jno. Craighead, Eleanor Creigh, James Crever, Jno. Cnlbertson, Patrick Davidson, Gad Day, Daniel Dennj-, Elizabeth Denny, Jas. H. Devor, Henry A. Doly, Martha Dun- can, Jno. P. Dunbar, Jas. Duiilap. Wm. Edmond, Geo. Ege, Joseph Egolf, Mich'l Egolf, Jno. Elliott, Benjamin Fernald, Jacob Fedder*, Jacob Fettert, Jacob Fickes, Jno. Fierovid, Marg't Fleming, Jno. Fleming, And'w Forbes, David vS. Forney, Craw- ford Foster, Geo. D. Foulke, Elliott Giffin, Rob't Giffin, Wm. Glancey, David Glen, J. H. Graham, Jas. Graham, Wm. Graham, Alex'r C. Gregg, Rob't D. Guthrie, Jas. Hamilton, Sarah Hamil- ton, Wm. Harkness, Eewis Harliu, Jno. Harper, Jno. Hartzell, Jno. Hatton, Jno. Hays, Jno. Heagy, Jno. Heunninger, Abram Hendal, Wm. M. Henderson, Thos. Hennessj', Jno. Herman, Andrew Holmes, Mary Holmes, Jno. Huston, Armstrong Irvine, Jane Irvine, Rob't Irvine, Sarah Irvine, Wm. Irvine, Marg't Jackson, Thos. B. Jacobs, Abel Keeney, Dan'l R. Keller, Geo. Keller, Elizabeth Kerr, David Kinkaid, Jno. Kinkaid, Thos. Kinkaid, Abram Lamberton, Jas. Lamberton, Marg't Lamberton, Ursula Eamberton, E. T. Lane, Thos. C. Lane, Wm. Lindsey, Gabriel Line, Wm. Line, Geo. Lee, Thos. Lee, Wm. Leonard, Isabella Love, Jane Logan, Henry Lynch, Geo. A. Lyon, Jno. McClure, Chas. McClure, Alex'r McCord, Rob't McCoy, Nancy McCue, Jno. McDonald, C. McManus, Rob't McPherson, Jno. Main, Jas. Mateer, Jno. Mateer, Wm. Mateer, Geo. Matthews, Geo. Metzger, Lewis Mickey, Geo. Murray, Sen'r, Wm. B. Murray, Jno. Noble, Jas. Noble, Rich'd Parker, Jno. Paxton, Benj'm Peffer, C. B. Penrose, Elizabeth Ramsey, Esther Ramsey, Rebecca Ramsey, Seawright Ramsey, Rob't D. Porter, Jno. Proctor, Mary Province, Paul Randolph, Wm. Randolph, Mary Robin.son, Catherine Ross, Jemima Sanderson, Michael Sanno, Gilbert Searight, Ann Searight. Geo. W. Sheafer, Marg't Simi- son, Jno. Smith, P. B. Smith, Rob't Snodgrass, Benjamin Stiles, Ed. J. Stiles, Jno. Stuart, Jas. Thomson, Thos. Thomson, Nicho- *A coach-maker, on N. Hanover Street. tA cabinet-maker, on W. Main Street, Appendix. 71 las Ulerich, Fred'k Watts, Peter Wiebley, Jno. Weakley, Jno. H. Weaver, E. White, Jno. Wonderlich, J. Woodburn, Sam'l Woodburn, Sam'l Woods, Rob't Young, Jacob Zug. The first subscription paper is most numerously signed; the second has thirty-six names that are not on the first, and the third has but three names that are not on the first or second. In the third subscription or that for the bell, Mr. Andrew Blair who had previously been one of the very largest contributors to the new church — wishing to stimulate the liberality of others and secure the more speedily the amount requisite — wrote before his name, "on condition that ten names be procured who will pay ten dollars, I will pay ten ;" and afterward Wm. Irvine and Rob't Irvine gave, each ten on the same terms. The ten names were gotten, including that of Mr. Hamilton, who wrote near his name, "to bs piid as soon as a subscription is raised for furnishing the church" — he was very willing to do what was proposed but not willing to "leave the other undone." Before the erection of the first building the congregation worshipped in the County Hall, also in the chapel of the college, and in the Lutheran church. As previously stated the first ser- vice was held in the County Hall, Jan. 12, 1833. On that most important and interesting occasion, which gave formal organiza- tion to the infant church, commencing its life in stormy times, and as a matter of great comfort and encouragement to those en- gaged in it, the officiating minister preached from the strength- ful and animating assurance, "My refuge is in God," Ps. 62 : 7. On the 5th of June following the congregation met in the college chapel to elect their first pastor, when the Rev. James William- son appropriately preached from Gal. 5 : 1, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free." The Rev. Daniel McKinley was unanimously elected. Presbytery then met in the County Hall, on the 7th of August following, at 11 o'clock, when the call was accepted and arrangements were made to instal the pastor-elect, in the afternoon of the same day in the college chapel, which were duly carried out as here stated: By- invitation the Rev. Jno. M. Krebs, of the Presbytery of New 72 Presbytrian Churches, Carlisle, Pa. York being present, preached the sermon from Is. 55 : 10. The Rev. Henry R. Wilson, Moderator, proposed the constitutional questions to the pastor and people; the Rev. Dr. Wm. Neill, of Philadelphia, by invitation, gave the charge to the pastor, and the Rev. James R. Sharon, of Paxton and Derry. gave the charge to the people. Though the first baptisms were administered in the County Hall, the first communion was observed in the Lutheran church, Feb. 3, 1833, by invitation of the vestry of said church. The congregation commenced worshiping in the Lecture Room of the new building, Nov. 17, 1833, and in regard to this first service we have the following record in the handwriting of Mr. Andrew Blair: "Through the goodness of God the congregation assembled the first time for worship in the Lecture Room in the basement story of the new church, on Sabbath l7th, November, 1833, where they intend worshiping statedly until the church is finished. Rev. Mr. McKinley preached the same day from Ps. 122 : 6, 7, 8 and 9, We may be permitted to state further, that on Sabbath, July 27, 1834, the first commumion was held in the upper part of the church; and among the first persons then re- ceived on examination were Ann H. Blair and her cousin, Mary McClure, the former the only daughter of elder Andrew Blair, and the latter, youngest daughter of elder Jno. McClure. We would here say to the honor of the Board of Trustees, that when the pews were first given out, the choice was not de- termined by lot or by auction, but what was wiser and more com- mendable, the oldest person making application had the first choice, and so on by seniority until they were all taken. In October, 1850, the trustees, by contract with Mr. Jacob Beetem, had the pulpit lowered, and this was the first alteration. In the summer of 1864, Messrs L. and M. J. Myers were em- ployed to enlarge the Sabbath School Room, b}^ adding to it a portion of the Lecture Room, having two small rooms at the west side, between which a wide passage led into the enlarged room, which passage faced the pulpit or reading desk on the east side, and led from a wide hall at the extreme west end, running north and south, which was entered by a door Appendix. 73 on Pomfret street, as well as by a stairway from the church lobby above, and from which hall a door led into each of the two small rooms. And this important and comfortable change was made chiefly through the instrumentality of an efficient lady member, who also generously gave of her time and means to ren- der inviting the first home of her pastor. The old church had been built in exciting times by sterling men and women of faith, who planned and toiled not for them- selves alone, but for future generations. For this reason, not less than for its architectural symetry and beauty, the building commanded respect and admiration. It had become dear to many hearts, and there are those still living, on whose loving and grateful affection it had a strong hold. But it was claimed to have accomplished its work, and that a larger and more modern one was needed. Its place is now occupied by another. The last service was held in the church on Sabbath, June 19th, 1870, when in the absence of the pastor. Rev. Wm. H. Logan, preached, and in this closing service it was the privilege of the writer to participate. The bell of the old church was sold to the Presbyterians of Newburg, in our county, and is in the belfry of their church. The pulpit and pews are in the Church of God in Plainfield, or Smoky Town, a few miles west of Carlisle. The pretty ornamented columns, that supported the light on each side of the pulpit are in the writer's little parlor. J. DEED TO STEEL'S MEETING-HOUSE EOT, No. 177. The parchment bears the endorsement: "Recorded in the office for Recording Deeds for the city and county of Philadelphia, patentBook A. A. Vol. II, page 236, etc., the 17th day of April, 1761. Witness my Hand and Seal of my Office af'd. C. Brockden, Rec'or." 74 Presbyterian Churches, Cari^isle, Pa. "Patent to Thomas Wilson and others for a Lot of Ground in the Town of Carlisle and County of Cumberland, in trust for the Presbyterian congregation there. No. 177." Signed by James Hamilton, Lieutenant Governor. The following extracts may be of some interest: "To all unto whom these presents shall come Greeting, whereas on the humble Petition and Request of the Minister and Congregation of Presbyterians in the Town of Carlisle and County of Cumberland and its neighborhood at present under the ministry of the Reverend Mr. John Steel that we would grant unto them a certain Lot of Ground in our said Town of Carlisle marked in the General Plan thereof number one hundred and seventy-seven, for erecting and continuing thereon a House of Religious Worship for the use of the said Congrega- tion," * * * "our Surveyor General * * * * made return of the said Lot of Ground * * in order for confirma- tion * * * * to Thomas Wilson, John Davies, John Byers, WiUiam Speer, John Montgomery, and Ezekiel Smith, who are members of and appointed by the Congregation their Trustees for taking up the said Lot of Ground for the use aforesaid" * * * * ''To have and to hold * * * * to and for the use Intent and purpose of erecting and continuing thereon a Church or House of Religious Worship for the use of the said congregation of Presbyterians and their Decendants and Suc- cessors forever in such manner as the Minister, Elders and Ma- jority of such Congregation for the time being, and from time to time order direct and appoint /o 3(? /;