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 November 17-24, 1907 
 
 Containing a Historical Sketch of the Church 
 
 and Congregation 
 
 by 
 
 M. JENNIE LOVE 
 
 Press of Beers & Frey 
 Trenton, N. J. 
 
prpsent (PrgantzattDtt 
 
 Rev. EDWARD SNYDER. 
 
 Suling SUirrs 
 Irwin Miller, Thomas F. DeWitt, 
 
 John L. Cline, Charles Ramsay. 
 
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 Hiram Buchman, President and Treasurer. 
 
 Jesse Raub, Secretary 
 
 Howard Cline, J. M. Amy, 
 
 John Stopp, George Lommason. 
 
 9abbatl| &rtfaol 
 
 Jesse Raub, Supt. J. M. Mackey, Sec'y 
 
 Irwin Miller, Asst. Supt. Thomas F. DeWitt, Treas. 
 
 George Lommason, Librarian. 
 
 Mrs. Geo. Lommason, Organist. 
 
 Mrs. Edward Snyder, President. 
 
 Mrs. Irwin Miller, Secretary. 
 
 Mrs. Jesse Raub, Treasurer. 
 
 Miss Martha Miller, President. 
 
 Mrs. J. H. Miller, Secretary. 
 
 Mrs. Jesse Raub, Treasurer. 
 
 Oliver Rice, Sexton. 
 
Harmony Centennial 
 
 Stat of Sulittd lEUtrra lit; 
 
 ( Henry Winter 
 J Peter Young, 
 I Daniel Osmon, 
 1^ John Connelly, 
 
 Benjamin Youmans, 
 
 Barnet DeWitt, 
 
 Peter Kline, 
 
 Moses Allen, 
 
 Peter Winter, 
 
 Phineas Barber, 
 
 Jacob DeWitt, 
 
 Jacob Cline, 
 
 James DeWitt, 
 
 n ^VLW ^prnph tlfp CUtfurrtf 
 
 Issac DeWitt, 
 William Merritt, 
 Isaac Vannatta, 
 William Vannatta, 
 Joseph Koch, 
 George Brakeley, 
 Jacob Shimer, 
 John L. Cline, 
 Irwin Miller, 
 Thomas F. DeWitt, 
 Garner H. Cline, 
 Charles Ramsay, 
 Edward L. Fine. 
 
 A Hundred Years! O! Cov'nant God, 
 
 We bless Thee for the past! 
 Make this dear spot Thine own abode 
 
 While time and nature last. 
 As generations come and go. 
 
 Oh ! make this place Thy home : 
 Thee may our children's children know 
 
 A Hundred Years to Come.' 
 
 D.X.J. 
 
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 ^urcraaton of Paatara 
 
 Rev. Garner A. Hunt, from 1807 to 1818; pastor 11 
 years. 
 
 Rev. Lemuel Fordham Leake, from 1818 to 1828; stated 
 supply and pastor 10 years. 
 
 Rev. Robert Love, from 1832 to 1838; stated supply and 
 pastor 6 years. 
 
 Rev. John J. Carrell, from 1839 to 1848; pastor 9 years. 
 
 Rev. John Skinner, D.D., from 1849 to 1853; pastor 4 
 years. 
 
 Rev. Andrew TuUy, from 1853 to 1861; pastor 8 years. 
 
 Rev. David Kerr Freeman, from 1862 to 1869; pastor 
 7 years. 
 
 Rev. Henry Egidius Spayd, from 1870 to 1884; pastor 
 14 years. 
 
 Rev. Roderick Provost Cobb, from 1885 to 1888; pastor 
 3 years. 
 
 Rev. Isaac Davison Decker, from 1888 tol893; pastor 
 5 years. 
 
 Rev. Joseph D. Hillman, from 1894 to 1901; pastor 7 
 years. 
 
 Rev. Leopold Reid Burrows, from 1902 to 1904; pastor 
 2>4 years. 
 
 Rev. Edward Snyder, from 1905. 
 
Harmony Centennial 
 
 HE 17th of November, 1907, marks an era 
 of unusual importance in the history of the 
 Presbyterian Church of Harmony. While 
 the oldest records do not contain the exact 
 date of the organization of the Church, it 
 appears that the first church officers were 
 elected in the year 1807 and the first church 
 building was dedicated on November 17th of that year. 
 In commemmoration of this event by the observance of 
 the One Hundredth Anniversary of the church's history 
 the following programme was arranged to suit the con- 
 venience of those who were invited to take part : 
 
 The Presbytery of Newton was represented by the 
 Moderator, Rev. Edward Snyder, the present pastor of 
 the church, and the stated clerk. Rev. E. Clark Cline, 
 of Phillipsburg. 
 
 On Sabbath morning, November 17th, a large con- 
 gregation, composed of the families of the church, with 
 a large representation of the M. E. Church of Lo\ver 
 Harmony, assembled for worship at the hour of 10:45 
 A. M. Greenwich and Bloomsbury Churches were also 
 represented. 
 
 The day was an ideal one for the season of the year. 
 
 The Rev. E. Clarke Cline, a son of the Harmony 
 
 Church, preached an able sermon from "My Church," 
 
 Matt. 16:18, "Upon this rock will I build my church and 
 
 the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." 
 
 Miss M. Jennie Love, the younger daughter of 
 Rev. Robert Love, who was pastor of the church from 
 1832 to 1838, read a most interesting and comprehensive 
 sketch of the history of the church for the hundred years 
 that are past. 
 
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 In the evening Rev. Joseph R. Hillman, of New 
 Milford, Pa., a former pastor, preached from Psalm 
 84:1, "How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of 
 Hosts." Mr. Cline followed with an address reminiscent 
 of the people and life of the congregation for more than 
 fifty years back. 
 
 The service arranged for Monday evening was can- 
 celled on account of the sudden and serious illness of Rev. 
 Roderick P. Cobb, a former pastor, now the rector of 
 St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Doylestown, Pa. 
 
 On Tuesday evening Rev. Hugh Walker brought 
 the greetings of the Greenwich Church, which claims to 
 be the mother of the Harmony Church, and delivered a 
 most practical and interesting discourse from Gal. 6 :7 
 and Rev. 22:7. 
 
 Wednesday evening was spent in a Prayer and Praise 
 Service, lead by the pastor, who gave an address from 
 Psalm 107:8, "Oh that men would praise the Lord for 
 his goodness and for his wonderful works to the children 
 of men!" 
 
 Friday evening Rev. T. T. Mutchler, M.D., a son 
 of the church and secretary of the Philadelphia Sabbath 
 Association, gave an address based upon the "History of 
 the ten lepers," taking for his theme "Appreciation," and 
 made a most earnest and touching appeal to the uncon- 
 verted to repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 It was arranged to close the services by a sermon 
 to be delivered by the pastor on Sabbath, November 24th, 
 on the theme "Lessons from the Past," but the day was 
 stormy and there were no services either morning or 
 evening. 
 
 E. S. 
 
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 l|tat0rtral BktXt\( 
 
 E HAVE assembled here to "Call to remem- 
 brance the former days." It is a great privi- 
 lege and joy to unite with you in celebrating 
 the One Hundredth Anniversary of this 
 church. The Christian ever turns to the 
 church of his inheritance or choice with 
 affectionate regard, and its history, back to 
 its feeble beginning, is of the highest interest. 
 
 While Harmony Presbyterian Church cannot claim 
 the historic place to which the Greenwich Mother of 
 Churches is entitled, it yet has an honored history. 
 
 For a hundred years this has been consecrated 
 ground. It has had a hundred years of gospel preaching 
 by able, godly men. Our fathers and mothers have wor- 
 shipped here. It has been the scene of struggles, defeats 
 and triumphs. Precious revival seasons have been en- 
 joyed. Many have been born anew into the kingdom, 
 and, sad to say, some have rejected the offers of salvation. 
 Baptismal covenant vows have been made, the solemn rite 
 administered hundreds of times, and public professions of 
 Christ made and witnessed. How often we have gathered 
 at the sacramental feast and renewed our vows. From 
 these sacred precincts the mortal remains of our loved 
 ones have been borne to their long home in the cemetery, 
 surrounding this church; and some day these graves will 
 
 *The Harmony congregation, desiring to preserve in printed form the 
 historical facts given in my sketch of the cdurch at the celebration November 
 17, 1907, some unimportant statements have been omitted and more of the 
 early history of the church included. I have been aided by interesting notes 
 of the late Rev. H. E. Spayd, and also by papers left by my father. 
 
 M. J. L. 
 Trenton, N. J., August 3, 1908. 
 
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 open and each and all of us stand before the judgment 
 seat of Christ to answer for these privileges. Solemn 
 thought; what shall the answer be? 
 
 In our retrospective glance at the past history of this 
 church it will be interesting to note the origin of some of 
 the people, who, braving the hardships of the wilderness, 
 settled here and in due time founded our churches; and 
 we will endeavor to trace the founding and progress of 
 this church under its honored pastors to the present time. 
 
 And right here we may say that Harmony at the 
 middle of the last century was a more stirring place than 
 it is now. Before the advent of the railroad along the 
 river there was a mail stage running from Easton to 
 Newton, on alternate days. We still hear it rumbling 
 along on a Winter morning, arousing our slumbers. In 
 the Summer season a daily stage was run between Easton 
 and Belvidere to accommodate the Summer visitors, 
 chiefly from Philadelphia, going to Belvidere and the 
 Water Gap. The Pauls, Greens, Maxwells, Robesons, 
 Sherrerds and Kennedys were then in Belvidere, and 
 there was much driving through here. This was also the 
 route for farmers from the upper part of the county to 
 convey their grain to Easton market. Long lines of 
 teams went to and fro. There were carpenters and un- 
 dertakers here, wheelrights, blacksmiths, tailors, two dry 
 goods and grocery stores at Upper and Lower Harmony, 
 post office and hotel. The schools in Winter were very 
 large. Hutchinson's sawmills were in full play, also sev- 
 eral flour or grist mills in vicinity. There was no agri- 
 cultural machinery then, and the large and productive 
 harvest season was almost a festive time among the pros- 
 perous farmers. 
 
 But we must go back to the time, perhaps a little 
 more than two centuries ago, when the Indians of the 
 Lenni Lenape tribe dwelt here in their wigwams, roamed 
 hills and valleys in search of game and paddled their 
 canoes along the Delaware. The site of Phillipsburg 
 
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 in 1654 was an Indian village, called Chinte Wink, 
 and was the favorite fishing grounds of the Indians 
 in this section. To some of us it does not seem so 
 strange, for in our childhood the haunts of the Indians 
 were spoicen of, the boys found their arrows and stone 
 hatchets on the hillside, and listened with wide awake 
 interest to the Indian legends related by the "oldest in- 
 habitants." Perhaps some, strongly attached to these 
 "happy hunting grounds," lingered here after the main 
 body had gone westward, and there were persons of 
 partly Indian descent among us. We do not know just 
 when the earliest white settlers came, probably at the 
 beginning of the 18th century. Godfrey Person was 
 among the first we know about. The Davisons were very 
 early settlers. The Miller brothers, Andrew and Peter, 
 were Germans and through several transfers from George 
 Reading, who was the owner in 1750, came into posses- 
 sion of their land in 1796. Philip Kline emigrated from 
 Germany in 1720, settled in Somerset county, and later 
 came to the beautiful valley over the hill, now occupied 
 in part by Peter Kline, the fifth generation. Godfrey 
 Kline's wife was a Prussian. Peter Young was a son of 
 the Revolution, of German descent. The Houghs and 
 Merritts were of English extraction. The Merritts were 
 sons of the Revolution and settled in " The Barrens," 
 as it was called, then a wilderness. Later it became 
 Pleasant Grove and Buttonwood Grove. The Vannattas 
 were of Holland extraction. The DeWitts were also 
 from Holland. Barnet DeWitt, Sr., owned along the 
 hillside between Lopatcong and Harmony. The other 
 DeWitt family west to the Delaware. The Clines, Kochs, 
 Oberlings, Hesses and Teels were Germans. The Teels 
 settled in Knowlton township before the Revolution. The 
 Gardners were of Scotch descent. 
 
 The Davisons, Ramsays and Fairs were Scotch- 
 Irish. Adam Ramsay, Sr., was married in the family of 
 Brigadier General Maxwell, who came to Greenwich in 
 
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 1747. John Fair, a relative of the Maxwells, came from 
 the north of Ireland to Greenwich, and about 1796 settled 
 on the farm now owned in part by his grandson, Thomas 
 Fair DeWitt. 
 
 In the old White burying ground, near Roxburg, 
 are the names of Joseph Brackley, who died September, 
 1764. Robert Davison died in 1784, aged 82 years. His 
 wife, Jennette Davison, died in 1760, and Mary Davison 
 Middaugh died in 1751. 
 
 Mention of these show that the people founding 
 this church were of English, German, Holland, Prussian, 
 Scotch and Irish descent. The early settlers were not 
 without religious training, shown by their desire for pub- 
 lic worship. Mrs. John Fair came from the old Deep 
 Run Church, Bucks county. Pa., founded in 1732, and 
 Greenwich had preaching as early as 1739. 
 
 In 1740 the Presbytery of New Brunswick ap- 
 pointed supplies for Greenwich on the Delaware, which 
 means Belvidere and Oxford (or Axford, as it was then 
 called), and Mansfield Wood-house now Washington. 
 Harmony township was a part of Greenwich and Oxford 
 townships until 1839. Between 1740 and 1744 David 
 Brainard labored among the Indians along the Delaware. 
 His house, a rude cabin, stood about half a mile from the 
 banks of Martin's Creek, not very far from the Lower 
 Mt. Bethel Church. A stone marks the spot. We know 
 from Brainard's diary that he preached in Greenwich and 
 Oxford townships, whether or not directly in this region 
 we cannot tell. 
 
 Rev. John Roseborough was the first settled pastor at 
 Greenwich. He was followed by the Rev. Joseph Treat, 
 but Rev. William Sloan was the first minister to labor in 
 this part of the township, of whom we have heard, as early 
 as 1803, or perhaps earlier, as he came to Greenwich in 
 1797. He preached in barns, groves and private houses, 
 and exercised pastoral oversight in this region. Mrs. 
 Love, wife of the third pastor, was baptized by him in 
 
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 Andrew Miller's barn, and Mr. Hunt, the first pastor, 
 preached his first sermon here in a grove near Stony Creek 
 bridge, on Godfrey Kline's land. 
 
 In 1805 the people formed themselves into a society 
 and Mr. Sloan called it his congregation. Some of the 
 people were members of his church, going all that dis- 
 tance on horseback and in farm wagons. And we mention 
 here the interest the successors of Mr. Sloan in Green- 
 wich: Rev. D. X. Junkin, D.D., Rev. A. H. Hand, D.D., 
 Rev. Thomas S. Long, and their successors have taken in 
 this church. Mr. Long's labors in revival services are 
 well remembered. 
 
 In 1806 on application the Presbytery sent supplies 
 to Harmony Society as follows : Rev. William B. Sloan, 
 to preach second Sabbath in June at Mr. Miller's; Rev. 
 William Barclay, in July, at Mr. Winter's; Rev. Mr. 
 Rice, in August, at Mr. Kline's, and Rev. Mr. Boyd, in 
 September, at Mr. Snyder's, along the turnpike. 
 
 In that same year, 1806, a movement was made for 
 the erection of a "meeting house." Henry Winter, Sr., 
 and Andrew Miller were appointed a committee to cir- 
 culate subscription papers and supervise the building. 
 They met with much encouragement and the "meeting 
 house" was ready for worship the next year. It was a 
 frame structure, costing $1,466.07. The high pulpit, 
 with a sounding board, reached by winding stairs and 
 with a door to shut in the preacher, was at the north end 
 of the church facing the doors as it is now. Major Jacob 
 Miller was precentor, his seat in front of the pulpit. The 
 men sat on one side of the church, the women on the other 
 side. There were galleries, and stoves with pipes running 
 along under the galleries. These stoves may have been 
 put in some time after the building was erected, as we 
 know it was customary for the older ladies to carry foot 
 stoves in the early days of the church. 
 
 The "meeting house" was dedicated the third Sab- 
 bath in November, 1807. Rev. Garner A. Hunt preached 
 
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 the dedicatory sermon. The first trustees were : Godfrey 
 Kline, Henry Winter, Andrew Miller, Benjamin You- 
 mans and Moses Allen. The first elders were : Henry 
 Winter, Peter Young, David Osmun and John Connelly, 
 who some time afterwards removed to Mt. Bethel. It is 
 not known just when the church was organized. Previous 
 to this it was called by Presbytery "Harmony Society"; 
 now it became "Harmony Congregation." 
 
 The Rev. Garner A. Hunt had been admitted to 
 Presbytery in April from the Baptist Association of Phila- 
 delphia, having "renounced the peculiar tenets of that 
 church." He was called to Harmony September 29th. 
 The call was presented to Presbytery October 6th and he 
 was installed November 3, 1807, a few days after the 
 dedication of the church. Rev. Mr. Sloan preached the 
 sermon. Rev. John Boyd had been appointed to charge 
 the minister, but was absent, and the Moderator per- 
 formed the duty. The Rev. Holloway W. Hunt, brother 
 of the pastor, "gave an exhortation to the people," and 
 thus was constituted the first pastoral relation in this 
 church. 
 
 Newton Presbytery was a part of New Brunswick 
 Presbytery until 1817. We have often heard of the dig- 
 nified bearing of the ministers of the early days. Among 
 them were Revs. Brownlee, Kirkpatrick, Joseph Shafer, 
 John Flavel Clark and Joseph Campbell. Rev. Mr. 
 Sloan is described by Dr. Junkin as the finest of all. 
 "Erect, slender, with stately bearing and impressive 
 presence." 
 
 Mr. Hunt labored here eleven years, 1807-1818. 
 Until 1813 he gave all his time to Harmony, we suppose 
 for a very small compensation. Soon after Mr. Hunt 
 settled here the people on Scotts Mountain requested him 
 to preach for them on week days and they would aid in 
 his support. Mr. Hunt proposed to them that they should 
 unite with Harmony; he would consider them a part of 
 his charge, preach for them once a month on week days 
 
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 and occasionally on Sabbath afternoon. He continued 
 this service eight years and "The Lord was pleased to 
 bless his labors, so that notwithstanding the distance and 
 hardship of the road, a goodly number attended at Har- 
 mony on the Sabbath, and upwards of thirty persons 
 joined the Communion and became regular members of 
 Harmony Church." 
 
 In 1813 the Evangelical Church of Upper Mt. 
 Bethel, and also the St. James Church near what is now 
 Delaware Station, requested Mr. Hunt's services a part 
 of his time. This was allowed by Presbytery, and in 
 October of the same year he was called to Oxford for one- 
 fourth part of his time. 
 
 In August, 1815, Mr. Sloan, ever mindful of the 
 interests of this church, preached here and reminded the 
 people that it was very inconvenient for their minister to 
 have charge of congregations situated so far apart, 
 that it was their duty and would be a great privilege to 
 attend worship every Sabbath with their families, and re- 
 quested the congregation to raise $300 (!) yearly for 
 Mr. Hunt's support and have the whole of his time. 
 This was agreed to. A church was organized on Scott's 
 Mountain November 29, 1815. The congregation built 
 a church. Mr. Hunt preached there after leaving Har- 
 mony, and subsequent pastors of this church preached and 
 did pastoral work. It was afterwards supplied by pas- 
 tors of neighboring churches and theological students, but 
 had a feeble existence and was finally dissolved upon the 
 organization of the Stewartsville Church in 1850. It was 
 re-organized in 1867 as the Montana Church, and a new 
 building erected, since burned. Hr. Hunt also formed a 
 church at New Village and preached there for a time. 
 He died at an advanced age at the home of his son-in-law, 
 Louis Cline, whose father, Louis Cline, Sr., was one of 
 the first members of this church. Mr. Hunt belonged to 
 the distinguished Hunt family of ministers. He was 
 noted for some eccentricities. One of his peculiarities was 
 
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 the baptizing of children of persons not church members. 
 Eighty-seven baptisms of infants are recorded in one year 
 and one hundred in another. When Presbytery took 
 notice, and inquired of Elder Peter Kline, How this could 
 be? the good Elder replied, "O, we galloped from house 
 to house." The people in general in this community knew 
 little about Presbyterianism in those early days. The 
 church had been formed by a union of Presbyterians, 
 Lutherans, Episcopalians, and we think some Methodists, 
 the Presbyterians having a half interest. The ground for 
 the church and cemetery was given by a Scotchman, Wil- 
 liam Gardner, who said he "would gi'e it for a Presby- 
 terian Church, but no ither." And when the Lutherans 
 seemed to be gaining the ascendency it was thought best 
 to separate, and there were stormy times, the Lutherans 
 having no desire to be divided. The climax came on the 
 occasion of the funeral of a child, which the Lutherans, 
 led by their pastor. Rev. Mr. Heck, desired to hold in 
 the church. It was probably on a Sabbath morning, and 
 they were not allowed to enter the building lest they make 
 it a pretext for future possession. In these days of 
 fraternity and unity, we cannot understand this act on the 
 part of the Presbyterians, but we must remember those 
 were the days of the founding of the churches. The officers 
 were acquainted with the circumstances and were loyal 
 to the Presbytery under the care of which the church was. 
 The Lutherans and Methodists then united and built 
 the "Old Red Church," on the site of the present M. E. 
 edifice, the Methodists holding service in the morning and 
 the Lutherans in the afternoon. Rev. Mr. McCronn, 
 of St. James' Church, was a well-remembered pastor. 
 On account of diminished membership the Lutherans dis- 
 banded, some connecting themselves with the M. E. 
 Church and some with the Presbyterian. The Raubs, 
 Kochs and Oberlings were Lutherans, also Andrew Miller, 
 but he always adhered to this church. The Methodist 
 Church continues in growth and usefulness, and we cor- 
 
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 dially greet and welcome its members,our friends, here 
 to-day, especially in remembrance of their kindness when 
 we worshipped together, by their invitation, during the 
 re-building of this church in 1860. 
 
 Rev. Lemuel Fordham Leake was the second 
 pastor, coming in 1818, serving as stated supply until 
 1822, when he was installed pastor. Mr. Leake was a 
 native of Chester, Morris county, and a student of Rev. 
 Joseph Campbell. He was a graduate of Princeton Col- 
 lege and was two years in the Seminary. He served 
 Oxford and Harmony until 1825, when his relation to 
 Oxford was dissolved. He continued pastor at Harmony 
 until 1828, a period of ten years in all. He married Miss 
 Mary White, daughter of Colonel Alexander and Sarah 
 White, in the old historic stone mansion standing by the 
 roadside on the way to Belvidere. Tradition tells us that 
 General Washington stayed in this house over night, and 
 that General William Henry Harrison stopped here on 
 his Presidential campaign tour in 1840. Mrs. Leake 
 lived but one year after marriage. Mr. Leake was a man 
 of "remarkable scholarship, peculiar temperament and 
 positive opinions." In the issues which divided the church 
 in 1837 and 1838 he was one of the most rigid of the Old 
 School party. When here, his sermons were doctrinal, 
 helpful and well calculated to build up this congregation. 
 His sermons on faith were long spoken of. The Cate- 
 chism, both shorter and larger, were studied and often 
 recited to him in church. He resigned his charge here 
 and, after doing mission work in this Presbytery and Vir- 
 ginia, traveling a thousand miles In one year, succeeded 
 Rev. Dr. McMillen in the old Chartier's Church, Wash- 
 ington county, Pa., and married Miss Catharine Ritchie, 
 of Canonsburg. He was at one time in charge of Frank- 
 lin College, New Athens, Ohio, then removed to Terra 
 Haute, Indiana, and died in 1866. He once returned on 
 a visit and preached here. He was tall, slender and very 
 ministerial in appearance. We spent a delightful day 
 
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 with him in the Grandfather Fair homestead, one of his 
 old homes, and he asked us some Catechism and proofs. 
 
 Rev. John Vanderveer, who for many years kept a 
 renowned classical school in Easton, supplied the pulpit 
 for a year, 1828-1829. Then Rev. James E. Watson, a 
 licentiate, served the church for a time. Mr. Watson also 
 returned and preached here on one occasion when pastor 
 at Milton, Pa. 
 
 Rev. Robert Love, the third pastor, was a licen- 
 tiate of New Castle, Pa., Presbytery, from the old historic 
 Fagg's Manor Church In Chester county, founded in 
 1739, of which his grandfather, John Love, was one of 
 the founders and first elders. He was educated at the 
 "Moscow Academy," under the famous Latta brothers. 
 Mr. Love had just graduated from Princeton Theologi- 
 cal Seminary, and on recommendation of Rev. John Gray, 
 of Easton, came to Mt. Bethel and Harmony to preach 
 in September, 1831. He continued as stated supply until 
 1836, when, owing to the difficulty of crossing the river 
 in Winter, some times having to go by Belvldere or Eas- 
 ton, he withdrew from Mt. Bethel, to the great regret of 
 of the people, and Harmony was again united with Ox- 
 ford and Mr. Love was installed pastor of these churches 
 May 2, 1836. In June, 1832, he was married to Ann 
 Thompson Fair, who had been baptized in Andrew 
 Miller's barn in 1806 and had grown up under Mr. 
 Leake's ministry with its catechetical teaching and strong 
 doctrinal preaching. There was thus a union of Fair and 
 Love, and united, they dwelt in Harmony. About the time 
 Oxford and Harmony united a new church was talked 
 about. The old frame had served its purpose. It had 
 been willingly and cheerfully built, and doubtless entered 
 with joy and thankfulness. Many of the log dwelling- 
 houses had been replaced by the substantial stone struc- 
 tures still In use. Other congregations were erecting new 
 houses of worship, and It is creditable to Harmony con- 
 gregation that it desired a better building. A congrega- 
 
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 tional meeting was held March 11, 1836, when it was 
 "Resolved, That the old church should be taken down 
 as soon as arrangements could be made and a new one 
 erected in its place; the new one to be at least sixty feet 
 long and forty-five in width. Jacob Winter, Esq., Jacob 
 Chne, Esq., Jacob Miller, William Hutchinson and Eseck 
 H. DeWitt be a committee to circulate the following sub- 
 scription:" $1,418 were pledged, nine prominent mem- 
 bers subscribed $100 each. There were sixty-eight names 
 in all. 
 
 On April 2d of the same year, 1836, at a congrega- 
 tional meeting it was "Resolved — that Jacob Cline, Esq., 
 Peter Winter, Samuel Vannatta and William Kennedy be 
 a committee to draft a plan for the new church and report 
 as soon as convenient." The subsequent events are not 
 recorded and we do not know why the building was not 
 proceeded with then. The pastor's charge was large, 
 extending to Oxford Furnace and over Scott's Mountain. 
 
 These were laborious days for pastors. Their large 
 fields of labor, exposure to the weather by riding about on 
 horseback through storms and deep snows, the weeks of 
 assistance rendered to one another in "protracted meet- 
 ings," the burden of souls to be saved and possibly the 
 want of unity and co-operation among the people. These 
 labors began to tell upon the Harmony pastor and his 
 none too robust frame succumbed to the pressure. A few 
 weeks of sickness, and on October 9, 1838, the labors of 
 earth were exchanged for the more abundant service and 
 rest of Heaven, and there was a solemn scene in the old 
 church, filled with friends, brethren in the ministry and 
 sorrowing congregations. The funeral sermon was 
 preached by the Rev. John Gray, of Easton, from the 
 text, "They shall walk with me in white for they are 
 worthy," Rev. 3 :6. On the breast of the deceased, by 
 his request, was placed a few verses of Paul's parting 
 charge to the church at Ephesus, Acts 20:25-27, "And 
 now behold I know that ye all, among whom I have gone 
 
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 preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. 
 Wherefore I take you to record this day that I am free 
 from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to 
 declare unto you all the counsel of God." 
 
 Over the mortal remains of the pastor, husband and 
 father the widowed mother, supported by her brother- 
 in-law, Rev. Thomas Love, presented her infant daugh- 
 ter for baptism. Rev. I. N. Candee, of Belvidere, adr 
 ministered the solemn ordinance. 
 
 On this " Funeral Baptism " Margaret Junkin, 
 daughter of Rev. Dr. George Junkin, afterwards Mrs. 
 Preston, of Virginia, wrote a poem, a few lines of which 
 are given : 
 
 "Where is he? Ask that funeral bier? 
 And list the sigh — and see the tear — 
 Know ye that God hath borne away 
 Their pastor from their head to-day? 
 Above the cold unconscious dead 
 Baptismal vows are feebly said. 
 Alone — alone — she bears the load 
 To train that infant heart for God ! 
 Alone? Alone? No! mourning one. 
 Thou wilt not bear thy task alone ! 
 An angel father will he still 
 A spirit guard from earthly ill — 
 And when her bark hath crossed life's seas 
 And nears her port — Eternity, 
 A joyful pilot he will come 
 To guide his daughter's spirit home." 
 
 (This was the heritage of your historian.) 
 
 Bravely and cheerfully that mother took up her task. 
 Her four children have ever retained in sacred remem- 
 brance that cheerful, self-sacrificing spirit. The memory 
 of the father, his life, his dying prayers — their only legacy 
 
Harmony Centennial 21 
 
 — ever held up before them; the Sabbath evening gath- 
 ering at the fireside, the Catechism, the song, the Scrip- 
 ture read, and then the earnest prayer; the church, pastor 
 and missions always remembered. The oldest son, in 
 after professional years, wrote his mother on each suc- 
 ceeding birthday, thanking her for that early training. 
 
 Of Mr. Love's ministry Rev. John Gray said: "He 
 was a faithful, laborious and efficient pastor. His mani- 
 fold labors were not omitted until the hand of death 
 arrested him, and his deathbed was a place of anxiety 
 and prayer, especially on behalf of young converts. He 
 longed for a greater missionary spirit among the people." 
 One of his last acts was to pay over a sum of money to 
 Foreign Missions, and his lament was that it was not 
 greater. 
 
 Presbytery supplied the church for several months, 
 and in 1839 the fourth pastor. Rev. John J. Carrell, 
 was called. Mr. Carrell was from Tinicum, Bucks 
 county. Pa., a graduate of Lafayette College and Prince- 
 ton Seminary. He married Miss Leonora Heckman, of 
 Easton, a lady of refinement and wit. She was a sister 
 of the late Rev. George C. Heckman, D.D., and General 
 Charles Heckman, whose services to church and country 
 are well known. Mr. Carrell was ordained, and installed 
 over Oxford and Harmony November 19, 1839. He 
 continued to preach at Oxford until October 3, 1842, 
 when he gave all his time to Harmony. In 1840 the 
 building of the new house of worship again came to the 
 front and at a congregational meeting Jacob Cline, Esq., 
 John Hoff, Joseph Miller, Peter Winter, William Mer- 
 ritt and John B. Hutchinson were appointed a building 
 committee. Just after this meeting the old church was 
 burned down from overheated stoves. The new church 
 was built of stone in the style then in vogue. There was no 
 vestibule. The pulpit was a gem for those days. It was 
 of moderate height, with winding stairs, having railings 
 and placed on the south side of the church between the 
 
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 front doors. The gallery, extending around three sides 
 of the church, was reached by stairs at the front. There 
 were four rows of pews and two aisles. It was heated by 
 stoves in the front and back of the church, and lighted by 
 oil lamps with large globes suspended from brackets in 
 the gallery fronts. There were also very tall pulpit 
 lamps. The cost of the church, including furnishing, was 
 $4,035.18. There was a settee in the pulpit and the arm 
 chairs in front are still in use in the lecture room. 
 At the dedication hymns were sung, composed for the 
 occasion, by Mrs. Jane L. Gray, the gifted wife of Rev. 
 John Gray, and by her brother, Rev. James Lowers. 
 Mr. Carrell was very handsome, dignified in appearance 
 and an able sermonizer. His sermons were too deep for 
 children to understand, but one sermon we have always 
 remembered in part, the famous "Grape Shot Sermon," 
 when Mr. Carrell placed himself in the attitude of Cap- 
 tain Bragg and threw grape shot into Santa Anna's forces. 
 It was the time of the Mexican war, 1847. The short- 
 comings of prominent members were reviewed under this 
 simile or allegorical discourse. History tells us that when 
 General Taylor, in command of the American army, saw 
 signs of wavering in Santa Anna's line he exclaimed, "Give 
 them a little more grape shot, Captain Bragg." and Mr. 
 Carrell preached a second sermon, reaching those who 
 had been omitted in the first. There were needed reforms 
 in the congregation. The people had not yet arrived at 
 the stage of proper support of the pastor, but it is credit- 
 able to the trustees to say that they were doing what they 
 could to put the temporal affairs of the church in a satis- 
 factory condition. 
 
 After a pastorate of nine years Mr. Carrell resigned 
 in 1848. He had some very warm friends here and left 
 his first charge and his pleasant home in Union Town 
 with regret. He was afterwards pastor at Groveland, 
 N. Y. They had two sons. Prof. Charles, of Elmira, 
 N. Y., and Edward, who married a sister of Mrs. Irwin 
 
Harmony Centennial 23 
 
 Miller and died in the War of the Rebellion. A little 
 daughter, Ellen, is buried in this cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Carrell spent the closing days of Mr. Carrell's life in Eas- 
 ton, and they often came up to visit and Mr. Carrell to 
 preach by request. At a revival service he told of a 
 marked awakening that took place during his ministry 
 here. 
 
 Rev. John Skinner, D.D., was the fifth pastor, 
 from May 7, 1849-1853. Dr. Skinner was a portly dig- 
 nified man of great ability and a fine public speaker. He 
 came to the Presbyterian Church of Lexington, Virginia, 
 from the United Secession Church, Glasgow, Scotland, and 
 was called from there to the newly formed Second Pres- 
 byterian Church in Easton. That church, not being able 
 to entirely support a pastor, united with Harmony. Dr. 
 Skinner preached here in the morning and at Easton in 
 the afternoon. After the disbanding of the Easton 
 church he continued here for a year. His wife was a very 
 interesting Scotch woman of high connections. They had 
 five sons and one daughter. On leaving Easton, as there 
 was no parsonage here, the family returned to Scotland. 
 The oldest son, now judge, William Erskine Skinner, re- 
 returned to this country, studied law, married a daughter 
 of the late David Ryerson, of Newton, and they are now 
 living retired on their farm at Still Water, having eight 
 living children, all in good positions. The church was 
 repainted and carpeted in the aisles in Dr. Skinner's time. 
 On coming in to view it he said, "It reminded him of 
 Joseph's coat," on account of its many colors. Dr. Skin- 
 ner was a great smoker and quite a politician, but we 
 remember with gratitude his eloquent effective sermons. 
 He rode about on horseback, wearing leggings in muddy 
 weather, and finally rode off and left us. He went to 
 Hamilton, Canada, and was afterwards pastor in London, 
 Canada, where he died. When the family went to Scot- 
 land he presented Miss Mary Fair a small finely-bound 
 Bible with their names beautifully inscribed on the flyleaf 
 
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 with his own hand — "A small token of his gratitude for 
 her generous and unwearied kindness to himself and 
 them." The Bible is now the property of the historian. 
 
 Rev. Andrew Tully, the sixth pastor, was a 
 Scotchman also, and came to these parts by way of Canada. 
 He was a brother of Rev. David Tully, at one time pastor 
 at Belvidere and still living (1907) in his ninetieth year, 
 and a nephew of the historic David Tully, who with his 
 wife and youngest child was captured and murdered by 
 the Indians while on their way from Winnipeg, Canada. 
 The two older boys, John and Andrew, were saved by 
 a squaw and rescued by troops at Fort Snelling. This 
 Andrew and our pastor were first cousins. 
 
 Mr. Tully was a graduate of Lafayette College and 
 Princeton Seminary, and when a student had spent much 
 time in Mr. Love's family. He was called to Mt. Bethel, 
 where he was greatly beloved, and thence to Harmony in 
 1854. He was a faithful, laborious pastor, and in his 
 pastoral visits had a special faculty of drawing out the 
 feelings of the younger members of the family and giving 
 them needed spiritual advice and encouragement. Special 
 services were held every Winter, on one occasion continu- 
 ing several weeks, when he was assisted by many brethren, 
 and resulted in a large Ingathering of future supporters 
 of the church. One of them, S. P. Love, son of the for- 
 mer pastor, was afterwards an elder in Mr. Tully's church 
 at Portland, Pa. 
 
 The first parsonage was acquired when Mr. Tully 
 came, the inconvenient one down by Holden's mill, which 
 was afterwards changed for the dear old parsonage be- 
 hind the hill, where we have welcomed pastors and their 
 families and had such happy social times. The church 
 was completely renovated, and under Mr. Tully's super- 
 vision was beautifully and tastefully done. Every part 
 harmonized. With new carpet and pulpit furniture it 
 was a very neat church. After leaving Harmony, In 
 1861, Mr. Tully preached at MorrlsvIUe, Pa., then at 
 
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 Beemerville, N. J. His closing ministry was at Portland, 
 Pa., where he was very happy and useful and much loved 
 by his people. His wife was Miss Susan Coolbaugh, who 
 was always popular with the people. The son, Abram 
 Coolbaugh Tully, is living in New York. City, and the 
 daughter, Mrs. Kate Dunning, with her interesting 
 family, resides at Deckertown, N. J. The remains of Mr. 
 Carrell and Mr. Tully, with their wives, rest in Easton 
 cemetery. 
 
 Rev. David Kerr Freeman, the seventh pastor, 
 was called with great unanimity and was ordained in 
 this church and installed December 13, 1862. Mr. 
 Freeman was a native of Blairstown, educated at Blair 
 Hall, Lafayette College, and Danville Theological Semi- 
 nary, having studied law under Jehiel G. Shipman, Esq., 
 a year before entering the Seminary; and on leaving it, 
 at the beginning of the Civil War, spent a few months 
 preaching in Louisiana. He took a lively interest in the 
 work of the Ladies' Aid for the Sick and Wounded. 
 Mrs. Love was president of that society and Mrs. Joseph 
 Miller, Secretary. The pastor was always at the meet- 
 ings held in the parsonage, though not yet an occupant, 
 to help and encourage. Ever the most genial of men, 
 Mr. Freeman gained the hearts of his people and is still 
 remembered with pleasure. The congregation was then, 
 perhaps, in its most flourishing state. The farming com- 
 munity was at its height of prosperity, and the church 
 had not then begun to suffer by death and removal of 
 families. The salary was increased several hundred dol- 
 lars. A large Bible Class was one of the features of this 
 pastorate and there was a special ingathering, when many 
 young people came into the church. 
 
 Mr. Freeman made a strong effort to have the 
 church building remodeled, but the time had not yet 
 come. The tie lot was acquired and sheds erected. 
 Heretofore there were "tie posts" up and down the road. 
 The pastor tied under the big tree by the church. There 
 
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 was a long row of horses and carriages, and it was very 
 dangerous on dark nights, and on a funeral occasion the 
 teacher, on opening the schoolhouse door, found a horse 
 tied to the door knob. 
 
 Mr. Freeman was called from here to Mendham, 
 N. J., in 1869, and he accepted the call. From Mend- 
 ham he went to the Washburn Street Church, Scranton, 
 Pa. When there he was honored with the degree of 
 D.D. He was called from Scranton to Huntingdon, Pa., 
 where he spent the last quarter of a century of his min- 
 istry, greatly honored and beloved by his people and 
 brethren. Dr. Freeman became a great student of ecclesi- 
 astical history and a strong doctrinal preacher. He loved 
 the Presbyterian Church and stood firm as a rock on its 
 teachings. He died at Huntingdon June 10th of this 
 year (1907) a short time before the twenty-fifth anni- 
 versary of his pastorate there, for which he was pre- 
 paring. Dr. Freeman married Miss Henrietta Wil- 
 drich, of Blairstown, who was the first pastor's bride at 
 the Harmony parsonage. She was very much loved here 
 and elsewhere, especially at Huntingdon. Mrs. Freeman, 
 with two daughters and a son. Dr. Henry Freeman, are 
 living. You remember "Cordie," now a talented and 
 cultivated singer, also Annie, Now Mrs. Reed, of Phila- 
 delphia, all children of the parsonage. One daughter, 
 Belle, died in childhood. (We are sorry not to give Dr. 
 Freeman's photograph as he was in the days of his 
 pastorate, but all will enjoy seeing him as he was in 
 later years.) 
 
 Rev. Henry Egidius Spayd, the eighth pastor, 
 came in 1870 and was here fourteen years. It is pleasant 
 to speak of Mr. Spayd's earnestness and devotion to duty. 
 His sermons were practical and full of Christ crucified, 
 and his daily life was an incentive to higher, holier living. 
 Mr. Spayd was a grandson of the Rev. Dr. Bibighaus, 
 of the Reformed Church, a native of Philadelphia and a 
 graduate of Lafayette College and Princeton Seminary. 
 
Harmony Centennial 27 
 
 He married Miss Sarah Barnes, of Easton, and had been 
 pastor fourteen years of the old Solebury church, now 
 Thompson Memorial, Bucks county. Pa. He was called 
 to Harmony from Strasburg, Pa., where he had been 
 three years. Pastoral visits were faithfully made. The 
 Week of Prayer always observed and special services held 
 every Winter, neighboring pastors and others assisting, 
 and some times, evangelists. Several seasons of revival 
 were enjoyed. Bible Class was held the year round. In 
 Winter the class went from house to house. Land was 
 purchased and the cemetery, which had become crowded 
 and was illy kept, was enlarged during Mr. Spayd's pas- 
 torate. Cemetery trustees were appointed and the ground 
 was divided in plots, which were sold. We think no 
 other pastor loved the parsonage behind the hill as well 
 as Mr. Spayd. It became home to him and it was his 
 delight to care for it. The pastorate had been long and 
 the church during this time arrived at its highest mem- 
 bership. In April, 1876, there were 270 communicants 
 on the roll and the benevolences of the church had greatly 
 increased. Mr. Spayd was one who observed the Bible 
 rule of giving. But the church began to suffer by deaths 
 and removals. The farmhouses, occupied for generations 
 by church-going and supporting people, passed into the 
 hands of others, and it was no longer possible to keep 
 up the salary to the standard adopted in Mr. Freeman's 
 time. Mr. Spayd resigned the charge, preaching his 
 last sermon August 3, 1884. He removed to Easton 
 and preached very acceptably at Delaware Station for a 
 time, then went to Wilkesbarre and served the Plains 
 church for twenty-two years. On the fiftieth anniversary 
 of his ministry he was highly honored by his brethren of 
 Lackawanna Presbytery. A reception was given him and 
 Mrs. Spayd and resolutions of esteem and appreciation 
 were passed by Presbytery. Faithful and active to the 
 last, he triumphed over the frail, wornout body and 
 
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 literally died in harness September 19, 1906, on the Sab- 
 bath he had expected to preach his farewell sermon and 
 resign his active ministry. 
 
 Woman's Work for Women was organized during 
 Mr. Spayd's ministry. Mrs. Spayd was very valuable 
 help, directing and guiding us and doing a large share of 
 work herself. Her large Bible Class of young ladies 
 were her faithful assistants. 
 
 Rev. Roderick Provost Cobb, the ninth pastor, 
 came in the Spring of 1885. He was born In Virginia, 
 educated at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, 
 Pa., and was still in the Theological Seminary at Prince- 
 ton when called here. There had been several months 
 of supplies and candidates and discouragements, but the 
 people united and the call was unanimous. Mr. Cobb 
 came to us with all the energy and enthusiasm of youth 
 and the desire to be a faithful servant of his Master. He 
 was ordained and installed by the Presbytery of Newton 
 on a beatuiful afternoon May 19, 1885. His pastor. 
 Rev. James Y. Mitchell, of Lancaster, preached the ser- 
 mon and made the ordaining prayer. It was a solemn. 
 Impressive service. The church was filled with brethren 
 of the Presbytery, the entire congregation and many from 
 neighboring churches. Mr. Spayd assisted in the ordina- 
 tion rites of his successor. The advent of the young 
 enthusiastic pastor Inspired the congregation with new 
 life and energy. His plain and earnest preaching, his 
 sociability and general loveable qualities drew the people 
 to him. Sabbath congregations increased, Sunday School 
 flourished and the Woman's Missionary Society held 
 bravely on Its way, in fact began to stir up things as well 
 as talk about them. The suggestion, that "we ought to 
 do something for our church," met with Immediate re- 
 sponse. Plans were laid for work and pledges made, in 
 addition to mission work. The old church was In a very 
 dilapidated condition though it had been repaired in Mr. 
 Spayd's pastorate. Mr. Cobb preached a strong sermon 
 
Harmony Centennial 29 
 
 he had for some time been contemplating, and under his 
 inspiration and encouragement and the co-operation of the 
 people the work began and progressed in earnest. A con- 
 gregational meeting was called and it was voted to build 
 an entire new church on the ground where the new school 
 building now stands. The building committee appointed 
 was composed of Samuel A. Depue, chairman; IVIathias 
 Brakeley, George G. DeWitt, Charles Ramsay, treasurer; 
 Irwin Miller, Peter Kline and John Calvin Amey. 
 
 The older members could not desert this old conse- 
 crated site and it was thought the old building, if left 
 standing, would become an eye sore. Consequently at 
 the next meeting the vote was reconsidered and it was 
 decided to take down the old church in part and rebuild 
 it as we have it now. We held a "farewell service" on the 
 Sabbath afternoon previous to its dismantling. On the 
 front of the pulpit was the text "I have fought a good 
 fight * * * I have kept the faith," which Rev. Mr. 
 Long, of the Greenwich Mother Church, made the basis 
 of his remarks. 
 
 The comer stone of the new building, containing 
 church and Sunday School records, a pocket Bible and the 
 newspapers of the day, was laid by the pastor on a beau- 
 tiful Summer afternoon (we have not the date) , Rev. Mr. 
 Bruen, of Belvidere, and other ministers taking part in the 
 exercises. Many of us, and especially the pastor, were dis- 
 appointed that the new building was not a modern one, 
 but when it was complete and the bell rang out its call 
 for worship there was great joy and thankfulness. It was 
 dedicated December 15, 1886. Rev. Franklin Miller, of 
 Easton First Church, preached the sermon; Rev. Mr. 
 Cobb, the pastor, made the dedicatory prayer; Rev. 
 Thomas S. Long, just then leaving Greenwich, took part 
 in the services; also Rev. Messrs. Cline, Thomson, 
 Hutchinson, Seelye and Apgar. A cottage organ was 
 presented to the church on that day by Mr. Henry Teel, 
 who returned to us from Stewartsville church, where the 
 
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 family had worshiped for many years. Miss Anna Teel 
 gave the pulpit Bible and pulpit lamp and Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Miller the hymn book. Mr. Depue, in his report, paid 
 noble tribute to the pastor, who "by his prudence, fidelity 
 and zeal, had been largely instrumental in the success of 
 the enterprise." The entire cost of the building was 
 $8,170. Of this amount the ladies raised $454.27, pur- 
 chasing the pulpit furniture, chandelier and carpet, and 
 afterwards raised additional money for blinds and mat- 
 ting in the Sunday School room and furnishing the church 
 kitchen. Then came the fulfillment of the promise, "Bring 
 ye all the tithes into the store house, and I will pour you 
 out a blessing." In connection with neighboring churches, 
 notably Belvidere, a season of spiritual refreshing was 
 experienced and at the close of the Interesting special 
 services, conducted almost entirely by the pastor, a large 
 number were added to the church. Mr. Cobb's mother 
 had presided over the parsonage and was highly esteemed 
 by all. Just before the dedication of the church the pas- 
 tor brought his bride, who was Miss Annie Stewart, of 
 York, Pa. Mrs. Cobb was of a superior Presbyterian 
 family of church workers and at once entered into our life 
 and work. She was a fine pianist and cultivated singer, 
 and also played the guitar. She established a Woman's 
 Prayer Meeting and sealed lips were opened, and also 
 organized the "Earning Workers' Mission Band." 
 
 This pleasant, helpful pastorate came to a close all 
 too soon. Mr. Cobb, being called to MerchantvIUe, N. 
 J., resigned the charge In the Spring of 1888. In his 
 closing sermon, from the text Phil. 4:1, he remarked that 
 "The spirit of harmony had never been violated since he 
 came to this place. No communion season had passed 
 without additions to the church membership, eighty-three 
 in all. There had been raised and reported to Presbytery 
 $12,000, and there had been a steady increase in benevo- 
 lent contributions." They have one son, Randolph. 
 
Harmony Centennial 31 
 
 Mr. Cobb had a successful ministry at Merchant- 
 ville. His views changing, he entered the Episcopal 
 Church. In his parishes at Crosswicks and Rahway, N. 
 J., Troy, N. Y., and at Doylestown, Pa., he has shown 
 the same zeal and devotion that characterized his Har- 
 mony pastorate. We are pained to learn of his severe 
 illness, preventing his taking part in this anniversary. 
 
 Rev. Isaac Davison Decker, the tenth pastor, 
 was called in 1888, after only a few months vacancy. He 
 was a graduate of Blair Hall, Princeton College and 
 Seminary, and came to us from his first pastorate, Fair- 
 view, Butler county. Pa. He was a man of ability, schol- 
 arly attainments and earnestness of purpose and had fine 
 social qualities. We had a "Literary" and a paper, "The 
 Wreath," edited by Mr. Decker and read by him at our 
 meetings. We recall "The Blueny Hen," an original 
 poem; "Moses" calling up the dead on tours of observa- 
 tion and reflection and very much more. The mid-week 
 prayer meetings were well attended, interesting and profit- 
 able, also the special Winter services. Mr. Decker was a 
 fine bass singer and could play the organ if need be. He 
 suffered a great bereavement in the death of his dear wife, 
 who was Miss Kate Goble, of Fredon, Sussex county. 
 She was suddenly taken from him, and we shared deeply 
 in his grief. She was his great encouragement and help, 
 and our respected Missionary President. Then Mr. 
 Decker's mother was taken away and the parsonage was 
 desolate indeed. He was called in the Spring of 1893 to 
 West Sunbury, Pa., near his first charge, and suddenly 
 died January 3, 1903. His second wife was Miss Adela 
 Aggas, who, with two sons and a daughter, survive. His 
 sister, "Miss Lyde," presided over his home until his 
 second marriage. Rev. Mr. Leake preached for a time at 
 Mt. Nebo, very near Mr. Decker's church. Soon after 
 Mr. Decker left, my dear mother was called to "cross 
 the bar" to the home above, and the little cottage on the 
 corner, which had ever an open door and a cordial wel- 
 
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 come for the pastor and his family, where so many con- 
 ferences and pleasant socials were held, also numerous 
 prayer and inquiry meetings, where numbers had given 
 their hearts to Christ, where missionary meetings had 
 been held monthly for years, before the rebuilding of 
 the church with its accommodations, and, oh, so much 
 more of which we cannot speak — every room seems con- 
 secrated by prayer — this home was desolate and passed 
 into the hands of strangers. 
 
 In connection with this home is the cherished mem- 
 ory of neighboring pastors, who in earlier years were its 
 oft welcome guests, Revs. Candee and Clark, of Belvi- 
 dere; Castner and McNair, of Washington; Junkin and 
 Hand, of Greenwich; Gray, of Easton; Leslie Irwin, of 
 the "Settlement" (Bath); Tully, then of Mt. Bethel; 
 McWilliams, of Oxford, and the genial Jehiel Talmage. 
 
 Rev. Joseph D. Hillman, the eleventh pastor, was 
 called in October, 1893, from a charge in New York 
 State. He was a native of Nazareth, Pa., educated in the 
 Moravian College and Seminary and a friend of Rev. Mr. 
 Reinke, then at Greenwich. You are all better acquainted 
 with Mr. Hillman's and the succeeding pastorates than 
 myself. Soon after he came, the Ladies' Aid was formed 
 and raised $1,000 for frescoing and repainting the 
 church and making some alterations, rendering it much 
 more attractive. Interesting services were held on the re- 
 opening of the edifice. Mrs. Hillman was the third bride 
 at the parsonage, was very much loved by the people and 
 very helpful. She formed a Christian Endeavor Society, 
 which continued for some time with much interest. They 
 have one daughter, Jessie, a child of the old parsonage. 
 After a pleasant pastorate of more than seven years Mr. 
 Hillman was called, in 1901, to Mt. Freedom, N. J., and 
 recently to New Milford, Pa., where he succeeds Rev. 
 Leo. R. Burrows, who had followed him at Harmony. 
 Mr. Hillman is the only one of the former pastors who 
 can be here on this occasion. 
 
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 Rev. Leopold Reid Burrows, the twelfth pastor, 
 was a Scotchman by birth. His father is a prominent 
 minister in Hamilton, Bermuda. He was educated at 
 Princeton College and Seminary and this was his first 
 charge. He was ordained and installed pastor July 10, 
 1902. We have been told that Mr. Burrows was spec- 
 ially popular among the young people, that services were 
 well attended, and that he was very faithful in pastoral 
 visits, always having prayer and very attentive to the 
 sick. When he resigned in October, 1904, he was pre- 
 sented with a purse of $58 by the young people, a token 
 of their appreciation. His next charge was at New Mil- 
 ford, Pa., where he married and is now preaching at 
 Nanticoke, Pa. Illness prevents his being here to-day. 
 
 Rev. Edward Snyder, the thirteenth pastor, was 
 born in the Province of Ontario, Canada, and took his 
 college course at Toronto and his theological course at 
 Princeton. He and Rev. Mr. Cobb were classmates. Mr. 
 Snyder married Miss Mary Dodd, a Canadian like him- 
 self. He was ordained by the Presbytery of New Bruns- 
 wick and installed pastor of the Stockton Church in 1885. 
 He served several churches in the Synod of New York and 
 was called here from North Hardyston, Sussex county, 
 N. J., and installed April 6, 1905. Rev. Hugh Walker, 
 of Greenwich, preached the sermon. Rev. J. C. Clyde, 
 D.D., charged the people and Rev. E. C. Cline charged 
 the pastor. It had long been felt that a manse more con- 
 venient to the church was needed. The old parsonage 
 was needing repairs and was sold. When Mr. Snyder 
 came it was decided to build. The lot chosen was a part 
 of the land purchased by Rev. Mr. Love and so long 
 occupied by his family. The new manse stands in close 
 proximity to the home, for sixty years so closely identified 
 with all the interests of this church. Services are well 
 attended, the interest increasing. There are now 140 on 
 the communicant roll. Sunday School is flourishing. The 
 Bible Class, which has been a main feature, beginning 
 
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 with Mr. Leake's pastorate, is continued with interest and 
 profit. Sabbath afternoon services are held at Brainard's 
 where a union chapel has been built (Mr. Tully wanted 
 a chapel there, predicting it would some day be a town) 
 and at Roxburg. There was formerly preaching at But- 
 tonwood Grove and also at Union Town, Squire Cline's 
 neighborhood, and flourishing Sunday Schools at all these 
 outlying points. There has been a marked improvement 
 in the singing in Mr. Snyder's pastorate, chiefly, we are 
 told, through the efforts of Mr. Irwin Miller. Mrs. 
 George Lommason is the faithful, capable organist. 
 Other organists have been Maggie Cline, Anna (Cline) 
 Fine, Mrs. Belle Amey, Freeman Weller, Edna (Cline) 
 Tinsman and Mrs. Abram Raub. 
 
 Small legacies have been left this church and ceme- 
 tery by Peter DeWitt and James Goodwin, Miss Mary 
 Fair and Mrs. Dr. G. H. Cline. " The Ladies' Aid," 
 started anew in Mr. Hillman's time, have raised $1 160.93 
 The new parsonage, including land, cost $2,800. 
 
 Sunday School was organized here March 12, 1820. 
 Abraham DeWitt was the first superintendent, and it so 
 flourished under his care that it was reported the second 
 best in the Sunday School Union. The rules laid down by 
 Mr. DeWitt would do credit to a modern Sunday School, 
 and the yearly reports are models. The Shorter Cate- 
 chism and Larger were studied, also Scripture and hymns. 
 The recitations were wonderful. The grand total for the 
 school for one period of six months was 29,485 Scripture 
 verses, 7,782 hymns and 5.058 Catechism. Mrs. Eseck 
 H. DeWitt could recite the Larger Catechism to the close 
 of her life. One reason Mr. DeWitt gave for the pros- 
 perity of the school was the "lively interest of the pastor, 
 Rev. L. F. Leake," and another reason, "the regular attend- 
 ance and diligence of the teachers." After Mr. DeWitt left 
 John Maxwell Fair was superintendent for nine years. 
 Within our recollection the superintendents have been 
 Peter Winter, Joseph Koch, Rev. Messrs. Tully, Free- 
 
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 man and Spayd; William I. Teel, Irwin Miller, Thomas 
 F. DeWitt, and now Jesse Raub. Elder Jacob Cline was 
 superintendent at Union Town, and Elder James DeWitt, 
 at Buttonwood Grove. Sunday school was for many 
 years held in the schoolhouse standing in the southeast 
 corner of the cemetery and the library books kept in the 
 chimney closet, where they moulded during the Winter. 
 The first duty when shool opened in the Spring was to 
 collect money to buy books. In Mr. Tully's time Sunday 
 School was removed to the gallery of the church and a 
 book case provided. 
 
 In Mr. Spayd's ministry the Westminster Lessons, 
 at the very beginning of the system, were taken up and 
 the school held all the year. There was a new library, both 
 books and case, and the check system adopted for the 
 preservation of the books. Miss Jennie Love was secre- 
 tary eighteen years, until her removal, then Miss Martha 
 Miller, followed by Joseph Mackay, who has been faith- 
 ful for many years. Contributions for Missions in the 
 classes, separately, were begun, Mr. and Mrs. Spayd lead- 
 ing in their large classes. 
 
 After the rebuilding of the church in Mr. Cobb's 
 time and the conveniences of the new Sunday School room 
 the school was very large. Mrs. Cobb taught a large 
 class of adults, all ladies. Mr. Cobb taught the men. 
 The Primary Department was inaugurated and continued 
 under different teachers to the present time. The old 
 books were again thrown out and an almost entire new 
 library selected under the supervision of a committee. 
 
 The Woman's Auxiliary Foreign Missionary 
 Society, named "The Love Memorial," in memory of 
 the third pastor, was organized March 2, 1876, by Mrs. 
 Thomas McCauley, president of Newton Presbyterial 
 Society. About fifty members joined at the first two meet- 
 ings. The first officers were : President, Mrs. Mary 
 Barber Raub; vice-president, Mrs. Samuel Depue; secre- 
 tary. Miss Jennie Love; treasurer, Mrs. Irwin Miller. 
 
36 Harmony Centennial 
 
 Mrs. Spayd was afterwards treasurer until her removal 
 from Harmony, and Mrs. Irwin Miller succeeded Miss 
 Love on her removal to Trenton after a service of eigh- 
 teen years, and Miss Jennie Cline was treasurer until her 
 call to the home above. When Mrs. Raub removed to 
 Stewartsville Mrs. Susan Cline was chosen president and 
 faithfully served until her death in 1906, except during 
 Mr. Decker's pastorate, when Mrs. Decker was the 
 efficient president. Mrs. Snyder has succeeded to the 
 work. May she have the encouragement and success it 
 deserves. 
 
 In the second year of the society Home Missions 
 Work was added to Foreign, and the Young People's 
 Band was organized, and under Mrs. Spayd's control did 
 good work for several years. It was finally merged in the 
 Auxiliary Society, and Mrs. Cobb organized an "Earning 
 Workers' Band." True to their name, the members 
 earned their money. After Mrs. Cobb left it flourished 
 for a time under Mrs. Amzi Miller's care, and then Miss 
 Martha Miller, but finally disbanded for want of a leader. 
 The twenty-fifth anniversary of the organization of the 
 society was celebrated in this church in connection with a 
 Fall meeting of the Newton Presbyterial Society, and by 
 Invitation the first secretary returned and made the quar- 
 ter of a century report. $2,066.66 was reported for the 
 twenty-five years from the Auxiliary Society, Young 
 People's Branch and Earning Workers' Band; an average 
 of $82.64 a year. This was widely dispersed in India, 
 Africa, Japan and other foreign countries, and through- 
 out our own land, including the Freedman. Meetings 
 have been held monthly, and in our reports to the Pres- 
 byterial Society we were often complimented on our aver- 
 age attendance, comparing well with town societies. The 
 larger part of the original members have joined the 
 church above, and numbers of our former young people 
 are active, efficient members in other flourishing churches. 
 
Harmony Centennial 37 
 
 The People. We mention some of the past gene- 
 rations, within our recollection, who have worshiped here 
 Time will not permit us to name all. Squire Jacob Cline, 
 an elder in every sense of the word, with his estimable 
 family. Peter Winter, another member of the session, 
 superintendent of the Sabbath School for many years, 
 translated in a moment of time and followed to the grave 
 by the whole school. Squire Jacob Winter, a brother. 
 They lived on contiguous farms, now owned by the 
 Amys, one of which was formerly the Kennedy property. 
 Both brothers moved to the vicinity of the church. 
 Robert Davison and his interesting family, who could 
 recite his Catechism perfectly in church in clear, ringing 
 tones so pleasant to hear. General James Davison and 
 his family. William Hutchison, with his large family 
 of fine singers. John Barclay was the father of Mrs. 
 Samuel Depue, Mrs. E. C. Cline and James K. P. Hutch- 
 ison, who died in youth. The different DeWitt families, 
 always important factors in this church and the M. E. 
 Church. We recall the helpfulness in later years of 
 Elder James DeWitt. The Millers — Andrew, his son 
 Joseph with his family of church-goers, one of whom is 
 Elder Irwin Miller; Major Jacob Miller, precentor, 
 singing school teacher and choir leader. His son Henry, 
 recently deceased, was a life-long help in choir and Sab- 
 bath School, with his family. John Fair and his 
 estimable wife and family. Mrs. Fair's kindness to the 
 poor was proverbial. Squire Thomas D. was trustee and 
 treasurer for many years. In early days the Fair home- 
 stead was the "Ministers' Home." Adam Ramsay and 
 his helpful wife. Elder Charles Ramsay is a linieal 
 descendant of the Greenwich mother church, of which 
 his grandfather was an elder. The Vannattas — Samuel 
 Vannatta, Sr., was one of the original highly-respected 
 members of the church, always loyal to the church and 
 pastor. The pleasant voice in song of Silas B. Vannatta 
 lingers with us still. Elder William Vannatta, whose 
 
38 Harmony Centennial 
 
 commodious home, now Dr. Bozzard's became the 
 resting place of the minister. The Klines — two fami- 
 lies side by side for several generations. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Peter Kline, Jr., are keeping up the sucession. It is one 
 of the old homesteads not devastated by time. Elder 
 George Brakeley, such a genial whole-souled man. 
 Mathias was long a trustee. The Brakeley home became 
 a later "Minister's Home," in the times of candidates 
 and supplies. The Hoffs — We recall Abel and John in 
 the oid stone homestead, now the Vannatta property. 
 The Youngs, descendants of a first elder. Henry Young, 
 a trustee, who was always helpful to church and pastor. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Miller was a Young. She is one of the 
 oldest members. You know her quiet, gentle demeanor, 
 friendship for her pastors and love for the study of God's 
 word. The Kochs — Jacob and his sons. Joseph was a 
 respected and useful elder here for many years, until his 
 removal to Pen Argyl, where he again served until his 
 death. The Ameys — Peter and sons and grandsons with 
 their families. Mrs. Holloway Amey {nee Koch) is 
 probably the oldest member in the church. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Joseph Mackey, Sr. We remember their comfort- 
 able home on the hill, which was previously the "Insley 
 home," the maternal ancestors of John I. Blair. The 
 Reileys — Burroughs Reiley, who owned the mill and the 
 property which became the parsonage, was a brother of 
 Rev. John Reiley, so long pastor at Blairstown, and an 
 uncle of J. I. B. Reiley, of Phillipsburg. William Reiley, 
 a Greenwich man and a trustee, is now with his family 
 in Phillipsburg. The Galloways — Lemuel Leake, Gar- 
 ner and Robert, the latter a sexton. Jacob Randall was 
 one of the earliest sextons. Morgan B. Hineline was 
 sexton for many years and the friend of everyone. He 
 sometimes "started the hymns" in prayer meeting and 
 Sunday School, singing the good old tunes we still love 
 to hear. Marshall Engler was a later sexton. The 
 Aliens — What a load of them came to church. The 
 
Harmony Centennial 39 
 
 Raubs — Mrs. Lydia Raub is one of the oldest living 
 members of the church and Missionary Society. Mr. 
 Hiram Bachman has long been a faithful trustee and 
 treasurer of the church (since deceased, June 6, 1908). 
 Elder Jacob Shimer was a strong advocate of the Bible 
 Society. Dr. G. H. Cline and his large family, who all 
 professed Christ in early youth. Elder Garner Cline is 
 now in Westminster Church, PhiUipsburg; also John 
 Kiefer's family. John L. Cline has been a ruling elder 
 many years and his son, Howard, a trustee. 
 
 Mrs. Irwin Miller came to this church from Grove- 
 land, N. Y., and has been a constant help. Mrs. Jesse 
 Raub, from Mt. Bethel, is faithful in all good work. 
 Mrs. Charles Ramsay, in close proximity to the church, 
 her home has ever been at its convenience and her help 
 gratefully recalled. The wives of Madison Amey, 
 George and John came to us from neighboring churches; 
 also Mrs. Peter Kline, from Hope, so that this church 
 has received as well as given. Mrs. Joseph Mackey, Jr., 
 has recently been called away, leaving a vacant place in 
 home and church. 
 
 The Sons of the Church, who have entered pro- 
 fessions. In the ministry — Rev. Abraham DeWitt, who 
 had a life-time charge in Maryland. Rev. Samuel Gal- 
 loway, one of Mr. Leake's students of wonderful mem- 
 ory, went westward. Rev. E. Clarke Cline, son of Elder 
 Jacob Cline, baptized by Rev. Mr. Love, has been for 
 forty years stated clerk of Newton Presbytery. His 
 book of Presbyterial Records is pronounced "Finest in 
 the Synod." He was chaplain of the 11th Regiment of 
 New Jersey Volunteers in the Civil War and yet meets 
 with his comrades. Was graduated from Lafayette Col- 
 lege and Princeton Theological Seminary; pastor at Ox- 
 ford Second for many years, then organizer and pastor 
 of the Westminster Church, PhiUipsburg, which was built 
 through his efforts; now pastor emeritus. His bow still 
 abides in strength. Rev. John Carroll Davison, son of 
 
40 Harmony Centennial 
 
 Robert, a student of Drew Theological Seminary, has 
 been for thirty-five years a highly-valued missionary in 
 Japan in the M. E. Church. His sister, Mary Frances, 
 is the wife of the Rev. Dr. Julius Soper, of the M. E. 
 Mission, Aoyama, Japan, who has had honorable men- 
 tion for his great services, especially in the temperance 
 cause. Mrs. Soper has addressed churches and societies 
 on mission work on her home visits. The children of 
 both families are following in the footsteps of their 
 parents. Rev. Thomas T. Mutchler, M.D., of Phila- 
 delphia, son of Garner Mutchler and grandson of Gen- 
 eral James Davison, is president of the International 
 Federation of Sunday Rest Associations of America and 
 secretary of the Philadelphia association. Dr. Mutchler 
 gave up a lucrative medical practice that he might preach 
 the Gospel. He is doing a grand work in civic reform. 
 His wife is a daughter of the late Silas B. Vannatta. 
 William Cline, son of Dr. G. H. Cline, cut off his col- 
 lege course, preparatory to entering the ministry. Rev. 
 Joseph Howell, the popular pastor of Hamilton Square, 
 N. J., Presbyterian Church and so prominent in the tem- 
 perance cause and all municipal reform, is a grandson of 
 the church in the Eseck H. DeWitt family. 
 
 In the medical profession — Dr. J. J. H. Love, son 
 of the third pastor, late of Montclair, N. J., who stood 
 at the head of his profession, loved and honored and 
 active in all progressive movements. His sister, Rebecca 
 Fair Love, wife of Dr. David Warman, has long occu- 
 pied an important place in Trenton churches and in 
 benevolent and charitable organizations. Dr. Jacob 
 Castner Winter, early taken away. Dr. Peter Winter 
 Brakeley, of Dunellen, N. J., the son and grandson of 
 Elders Dr. William Kline, of Phillipsburg; Dr. Charles 
 Cline, of Hackettstown. Dr. Arthur Weller, of Orange. 
 Dr. Calvin Davison, of Stanhope, son of Robert Davison, 
 Barclay Hutchison, son of Samuel Depue, a promising 
 
Harmony Centennial 41 
 
 young man, called to the better land while pursuing his 
 medical studies. Clyde Kennedy Miller is in Philadel- 
 phia, taking his medical course (since graduated). 
 
 Some other professional men, who have gone from 
 this church, attendants and graduates of Lafayette Col- 
 lege — Judge Silas B. DeWitt. Professor Jacob Person, 
 a talented young man, early deceased. Hugh McNair 
 Miller, a successful chemist in Braddock, Pa. John Car- 
 roll DeWitt, whose heart was in the study of medicine, 
 but prevented from taking his course, is now a good 
 business man, and his wife a talented singer. Arthur 
 Snyder, son of the pastor, an honor graduate of Blair 
 Hall, is in college. Raymond Raub, in Classical School, 
 preparing for college, and other young men are pursuing 
 their studies, while many of the baptized sons and daugh- 
 ters of the church are in positions of usefulness in other 
 communities. Hervey Love, grandson of the pastor, is 
 an elder in Olivet Church, Easton. Susan Raub Hartung, 
 the wife of an elder, in the same church. Anna Hess 
 became the wife of Rev. Dr. James H. Hunter, a pastor 
 at Deerfield, N. J., Green Castle, and Norristown, Pa. 
 
 How wide-reaching is this church in its influence. 
 We have seen it from its feeble beginning, with 37 com- 
 municants in 1809. The next year there were 53; the 
 next 77, and in 1813 increased to 109, on down through 
 the century; 270, its highest number, and now holding 
 its way through the difficulties of changed conditions with 
 140 communicants, and its sons and daughters active in 
 nearby and remote fields, even beyond the ocean. We do 
 not know how many members in all have been on the roll. 
 
 In bygone days it was not an easy field of labor. 
 Other pastors than Mr. Carroll have occasionally 
 thrown grape shot, and yet forgetting the hindrances 
 of the way all have looked back with pleasure to their 
 labors and residence here. Differences among the people 
 have been laid aside and with the coming of a new pastor 
 together have started anew. 
 
42 Harmony Centennial 
 
 The length of time traversed causes this narrative 
 to be wearisome, and much is left unsaid. 
 
 We hope and pray for Heaven's best blessings to 
 rest upon this church. How beautiful for situation it is! 
 What a grand panorama, in these hills and valleys, is 
 spread out before us ! With numbers so diminished, by 
 death and removal, we cannot expect "the former days," 
 but we will cherish their memory, and with this new cen- 
 tury of the church hope for new spiritual life and tem- 
 poral growth. 
 
 May you and your descendants, who remain here, 
 ever be faithful to it in all its interests. Love it, make 
 it your chief joy. Delight in its worship and ordinances. 
 Be the friends and helpers of the pastor and this time- 
 honored church may yet "Blossom as the rose." Let each 
 one of us, from the depths of our hearts, say: 
 
 "I love Thy kingdom. Lord, 
 The house of Thine abode. 
 The church our dear Redeemer saved 
 With His own precious blood." 
 
 "I love Thy church, O God: 
 
 Her walls before Thee stand, 
 Dear as the apple of Thine eye. 
 And graven on Thy hand. 
 
 "Sure as Thy truth shall last. 
 To Zion shall be given 
 The brightest glories earth can yeild, 
 And brighter bliss of heaven." 
 
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