^:'> ^ ^ Miles, ^^ ( f ^ ■>(?«-> "^,'^ic -rali(f,&its<^fc*Iiia^i : ,. i/r\ - ■ '>=:!;^-^:.:'; *» .i^t^iviaij^^i*.^ fe 6 . //. /Su Stom t3^ £,t6rarg of (f)rofe60or nTiffiam (gtiffer (paxton, ©.©., &&.©, to f^e feifirarg of gprinceton ^^geofo^icaf ^eminarj BX 9211 .Y6 C65 1890 1 First Presbyterian Church (York, Pa. ) Commemoration of twenty- -fiv vAar.c; nf sArvi r a «fis m$ i^>« m^ ■;w ^m- ■^If ^^: ^^^' %5 ^; . J*re*Ai1vlj£4"<~Cl(S'.'i-3fc';)-/_'-"i> :*v>-&T#i i'i'l'-.Zl-K.vi^J.i;*' A 1865. -i^- isgo. COMMEMORATION OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE \i\ THE REV.HEINRYE.N1LES,D.D., AS PASTOR OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, YORK, PA. ALSO A SKETCH • • OF THE • • EARLY HISTORY OF THE CHURCH. ^ ^ "Ebenezer "^^p^ %i, ^alleluia ^^ YOHK. PA., HUBLRY PRINIINQ CO.. LD. iseo. •*->> -sti^ii^if^J^^ *- 11^^' have thought of 7 hy loving kindness, God, in the midst of Thy temple." •* ^» ^ [' r- " ""^^ -^^f^^^- ^ CONTENTS. PAGE FREFA'l'OllY STATEMENTS 9 ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES 15 DR. NILES' HISTORICAL DISCOURSE 17 DR. Robinson's discourse 30 remarks of dr. paxton 38 cfiildren's service 39 YOUNG people's SERVICES 39 remarks of dr. ERSKINE 40 REMARKS OF DR. CATTELL -14 UNION SERVICES WITH THE CALVARY AND WESTMIN- STER CHURCHES 45 DR. MURPHY^'S ADDRESS 45 DR. paxton's address 51 DR. cattell's address 52 FINANCIAL RESULTS 54 CONGREGATIONAL RECEPTION 56 CONGRATULATORY LETTERS 57 REMARKS BY RKV. THOS. M. CRAWFORD 61 RKMARKS ]5Y REV. DR. STEWAR'l' 62 REMARKS BY ELDER B. F. WILLIS 62 P.EMAKKS BY ELDER A. H. CAIJNER 64 8 (JONTENiS. REMARKS BY REV. W. S. FREAS 65 PRESENTATIOX HY JOHN HAMILTON SMALL ... 6f> ADDRESS OF DR. GEO. C. HECKMAN 67 HISTORICAL SKETCH 72 CHURCH CALENDAR 79 CHURCH OFFICERS 80 SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE . 81 ORGANIZATIONS 82 SUNDAY-SCHOOL 84 CONDITIONS OF CHURCH MEMBERSHIP 86 Prefatory. 'N view of the fact that the twenty-fifth anniversary of" the settlement of our pastor would soon arrive, a con- ference of members of the congregation was called at ^ the close of the M^ednesday evening service, March 12, 1890. A proposition for the public observance of that event being unanimously approved, the following were chosen an executive committee to devise measures for the suitable execution of that plan, viz: Mrs. David E. Small, Mr. John M. Brown, Mr. John H. Small. At subsequent meetings this committee' made various- reports, and at length the following sub-committees were appointed : Committee on Invitations. Henry Small, Chairman. Joseph Eoot, James Kell, Esq., Dr. M. J. McKiNNON, Mlss Anna M. Small^ Mrs. John H. Small, Mrs. A. E. Blair, Miss M. E. Prince. lo ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES Committee on (Decorations. George S. Billmeyer, Chairman. Wm. II. SouDER, Mrs. G. E. IIersh, Guy H. Boyd, Mrs. H. M. Crider, Wm. a. Cook, Mrs. Geo. S. Billmeyer, Miss Fannie M. Upp, ]\1iss Lucy A. Case, Miss Fannie E. Evans. Com.m,ittee on ^rogram,m.e. H. C. NiLES, Esq. Chairman. Dr. B. F. Spangler, Mrs. H. W. McCall, James McLean, Mrs. C, J. Welsh, Dr. J. F. Small, Miss E. Menough. Comm,ittee on Music Wm. H. Herman, GJiairman. C. H. Thomas, Mrs. A. A. Long, John A. Jones, Miss Mazie Fisher, Miss Bessie M. Davis, Miss Carrie Keyser, Miss M. Louise Weiser. YORK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. II Committee on Entertainment . Wm. H. McCl Dr. IIenky Ness, Dr. A, A. Long, €harles M. Billmeyer, Harry D. Rupp, Edward P. Staik, Mrs. C. B. Wallace, Mrs. Samuel SxMall, David E. Small, Henry R. Kraber, ELL AN, Chairman. Mlss Louisa Durkee, Miss Mary E. Kell, Miss C. PI Adams, Miss Annie V. Rupp, Mrs. David Strickler, Mrs. Clara Strawinski, Mrs. J. A. Weiser, Mrs. Jno. M. Brown, Mrs. H. a. Ebert, Mrs. Edward Chapin. Com,m,lttee on Finance. Charles I. Nes, Chairman. Isaac A. Elliott, Wm. H. Griffith, Wm. F. Ramsay, James A. Kell, John Hamilton Small, J. Bailey Sayres. Subsequently, the following card of invitation was issued by the committee to be addressed to every family connected with the Church, and to former members in and out of the city : 1865 1890 Anniversary Exercises. ^T was Easter Sabbath, and the weather proved excep- tionally spring-like and beautiful. The decorations of the church were elaborate and eminently appro- ^ priate. From the centre of the ceiling hung festoons of evergreen running to each of the corners and ter- minating in graceful pendants. Over each of the windows was one of the words, "Diligence," "Faith," "Virtue," "Knowledge," "Temperance," "Patience," "Godliness," "Brotherly Kindness," "Charity." The pillars on either side of the pulpit recess were covered with smilax and calla lilies, and their bases set in beds of palms and ferns, while in front of the desk was a bank of Easter lilies in their splendor of green and whiteness. Over tlie jMilpit was sus|)ended in large letters, the word " Ebenezer." Over the choir gallery the word "Alleluia." Around each of the circular end windows were these symbolic inscrip- tions: "Genesis, 1762," indicating the beginning of the church; " Bethel, 1860," the erection of the present house of worship; " Shiloh, 1865," the coming of the present pastor; "Salem, 1890," the prosperous completion of the quarter century. All the lettering was appropriately in silver. i6 ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES According to invitation, the following classmates and other associates of the |)astor were present to take part in the various exercises of the day, viz: Rev. Thomas M. Crawford, .... of Delta. Rev. Ebenezer Erskine, D. D., . . . of Newville. Rev. Wm. C. Cattell., D. D., LL. D., . of Philadelphia. Rev. Thos. H. Robinson, D. D., .(of the Western Theological ' ( bemmary, Allegheny, Pa. Rev. Wm. M. Paxton, D. D., LL. D., -J °^*^^^ Theological Sem- 'I uiary, Prmceton, N. J. Rev. Thomas Murphy, D. D., . . of Philadelphia. The general subject announced for the morning service was: " 27«e Christian CJiurch: Her lieritaye and her responsibility.''^ The following was the order of exercises : Organ Voluntary, doxology. Invocation. Rev. Dr. Murphy. Anthem by the Choir. — "Praise ye the Lord." — From \_Lambilotte. Scripture Reading. . . Rev. T. M. Chawford. Hymn No. 529. — " Oh, where are Kings and Empires now." Pastor's Historical Review. Anthem by the Choir. — " How beautiful upon the Mountains." [ — Ferkitis. Address Dr. T. H. Robinson. Address Dr. Wm. M. Paxton. Prayer Dr. Wm. C. Cattell. Hymn No. 585.—" Great Lord of all Thy Churches hear." Benediction Dr. Erskine. Dr. Niles' Discourse. ^^ WENTY-P'IVE years of pastoral experience and Church history reviewed in twenty-live minutes! Such is the task I have proposed for myself; to ^-^ condense into smallest space, records and reminis- cences which might occupy hours, and even days! Twenty-five years ago, the circumstances by which we were environed, and the general condition of American society were very different from what they are now. Then, our country was writhing under the agonies of civil war. Then, the morning papers were read with avidity such as never before, and the evening bulletins were eagerly watched to learn what, during another day, had been the movement of armies, and the results of battle. Twenty-five years ago, yonder common was surrounded by hospital wards into which thousands of sick and wounded from the regiments of different States had been brought, to receive not only the care of Government officials, but also the tender ministrations of our kind-hearted, liberal- handed citizens. On this very 6th of April, a quarter century ago, the Army of Virginia was fleeing before the triumphant forces of Grant ; and three days later, their commander, General Lee, was forced to unconditional surrender. Then, how the glad news flashed across the continent, and even under the ocean, till the civilized world felt the thrill of joy ! A l8 ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES few days later, (April 14tli) the fourth anniversary of the fall of Fort Suintei" was signalized by raising again the stars and stripes over the ruins of that histoi'ic fortress. On the evening of that da}^, when our country was aglow with enthusiasm, j)arades and illuminations, the Presbytery of Harrisburg assembled in this church for its semi-annual session. It was opened with a sermon by our brother, Dr. Robinson, who was then associate pastor with the venerable Dr. DeWitt, at Harrisburg. Amid the felicitations of that hour, little did we imagine what a night would bring forth ! Little were we j)repared for the startling announcement which came to us next morning (April 15th) of tl)e assassination of the beloved Lincoln, and of the reign of terror which bloody cons[)irators had ])roduced at Wash- ington ! When Presbytery came together thai Saturday, how ardently we hoped that the report might prove to be exaggerated! JIow earnestly we prayed that, if possible, the cup might pass from us, and the Nation's President live! But, before noon, our worst fears were confirmed; and so, instead of emblems of joy ibr the services of the coming day, these walls that aftei-noon, like jmblic and l)rivate buildings generally, were I'estooned with draperies of mourning! My journal for that Sabbath says: " 'JMiis would have been a delightful day, but lor the shadow of awlul crime and a great national affliction." At the morning service, Rev. Mr. Sterling, of Williams- porf, preached an appropriate sermon, after which the beloved David E. Small, who, a few days previous, had been elected ruling elder, was formally ordained to that office by the Rev. Dr. DeWitt. In the afternoon, a chil- dren's meeting was held, in which members of Presbytery, Messrs. More, Miller, Long, Sterling and Wing, DR. NILES' DISCOURSE. 19 together with our veteran superintendent, Dr. Kerr, took part. Tlie evening service was apjwinted for my installation, when the sermon was preached by Dr. Wing, charge to the pastor by Dr. DeWitt, and charge to the people, by Mr. Sterling. Then at the close of service, what cordial hand-shakings and words of cheerCnl encouragement ! Was minister ever blessed with nobler welcome than was given by those well remembered ones who flocked around this altar ! But where are they now ? Those members of the session, Henry M. McClellan, Samuel Small, James W. Kerr and David E. Small! And thai lemarkable com- pany of trustees, prominent, influential men who attended to " the outward business of the House of God," Edward Chapin, Eli Lewis, Philip A. Small, John Evans, Henry Welsh and Samuel Small! Every one of them gone! Others too, who were called, one after another, to take the offices from which these were successively removed by death ! And besides tliem, many more, noble men and saintly women who loved the gates of Zion, and prayed and labored for her increase. 'J'he workers have been chang- ing, but tlie work rjoes on. Thank God, tiie foundations of His Church are on the Eternal Rock. His promises for her perpetuity and prosperity and increasinu power, are signally fulfilled! The Presbytery of Harrisburg was a comparatively small body, included in the Synod of Pennsylvania, and connected with the New School branch of the Church. But thoucrh few in numbers, it was confessedly large in activities and general influence, and its meetings were occasions of rarely delightful social and spiritual intercourse. When the two great branches of the Presbyterian fainily came together in the blessed reunion of 1870, this York church, by reason of 20 ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES its geographical position, became included in tl.e new Presbj^tery of Westminster. But it was no union with strange brethren, to which we then reluctantly submitted. On the contrary, everything was done to make us i'eel a cordial welcome. From the beginning, we found warm henrts ready to greet us, and fraternal confidence ready to assure us, and during all succeeding years, even up to these days of Revision discussion, and honest differences of opinion, nothing has occurred to make us feel that we were not one with our brethren in all the essentials of Christian Fellowship ! Owing to the origin and traditions of the early settlers in York, Presbyterianism is not indigenous to this soil, and could not floui'ish hei'e, as in otiier parts of the State, where tlie limitations were not so restrictive! But, as an exotic it has gradually become acclimated, and its growth increasingly vigorous. We can hardly realize now, how few the numbers and how embarrassing the circum- stances of those who made the beginnings here, more than a hundred years ago. But obstacles and discounigements with which Dr. Cathcart, the first pastor, and his faithful supporters had to contend, were much reduced, as time went ■on, in the experience of his successors, Wallace and Emerson, IIutchins and Street. At the commencement •of this pastorate, of the 115 communicants in the church, only 22 were males, and scarcely a single member under twenty years of age. Now, of the 457 attending members, 135 are males, and of these, a goodly proportion (30 or 40) young men and boys. Of course these must be judged charitably and nursed tenderly, for they have the volatility of youth, and are subject to its temptations, but thank God, we have ])eculiar facilities for their Christian culture — facilities which they seem glad to improve ! Years of happy spiritual development, we trust, are before them, years of DR. NILES' DISCOURSE. 21 enlarged activity and spirituality and usefulness in the Master's service. Some of the best experiences of my life have been in laboring with and for youwj people. They are compara- tively free from the deadening, restrictive influence of old habits, and on thern^ must be the hope of the Church. From my first Sabbath in York, when the superintendent, Dr. Kerr, invited me to visit the school, and rising, to their feet, the whole company gave me a greeting in beautiful words Avritten for the purpose : " Welcome Pastor ! Welcome Brother ! One and all, we welcome thee ! " from that memorable day down to the present, I have had much encouragement in dealing with the young. Within a month from that date, inquiry meetings began to be held, which were marked by undoubted tokens of the Holy Spirit's presence. Among these was a service unique and impressive, which some of you well remember, held in the yet unfurnished kitchen of the old parsonage. It was a singular place, chosen for the quiet that reigned there, but around it we may well believe, the angels of God hovered with joyful interest, as they saw that it was the birthplace of precious souls ! Here too, should be noticed the opening of another spring of blessed influences, the Ladies'^ Prayer Meeting^ — commenced by two congenial spirits, in a little room in the Washington House, while yet the pastor's family were waiting there till the arrival of our goods. Accessions to this band of praying ones were gradually made, and through all the years, it has continued to send out a stream of spiritual life which has flowed into all the channels of the church's activit3^ Who shall tell how those who thus waited together around 22 ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES that altar of social worship, have gained selectest blessings for the Church ; and how often to their sensitive, spiritual perceptions, has been indicated the first sound of a "going in the tops of the mulberry trees," token that the Lord was coming to visit His people! O! those precious seasons of quickened religious interest which we have enjoyed in answer to prayer, when Christians came together under a fresh baptism of the Holy Ghost, and when converts were added to the Church ! During this whole quarter century, scarcely a communion service without more or less acces- sions being made to our number. At the first June com- munion, among those who came forward publicly to acknowledge Christ, were some wiio now are scattered far and wide over the earth, and some who have gone to Heaven ; but others there were, who 3'et remain, active, useful and beloved, two of them now trustees in the church. In the next year (1866), forty-seven candidates were received by confession ; included among whom were two boys^ sons of elders who had been praying earnestly for them, and who rejoiced, O so heartily ! when we wel- comed them to the Lord's Table! Now, each of those sons has come to the responsibilities of manhood, filling- just the offices held by his father, — each one an elder in the church, and a trustee of the congregation ! Verily, God is faithful to His covenant. " The children of Thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before Tliee ! " Again, in '67 and '68 we were blessed with encouraging fruits, and so in each succeeding year down to the present, additions varying from twenty-five to fifty and sixty annually. At different times, I have been favored with visits and help from brethren beloved: — Drs. Taylor, Duryea, Pierson, Herald and others, and in common with other churches of this city, we have shared DR. NILES' DISCOURSE. 23 the labors of such men as Hammond, Moody and MuN- HALL. But in everything our sufficiency was of God, and to Him be all the praise. Summing up the vvliole, nearly a thousand different persons have been in the church for a longer or shorter time, under my pastoral care. To many of them I administered the baptismal seal in tiieir infancy, over them I watched, through childhood, taught them in the inquiry room, received them to the communion! Others came with letters from sister churches, and were welcomed in the name of the Lord. Some I have mar- ried, some I have ministered to in sickness, and some I have buried! Some have gone away, and are doing Christ's service in other fields, and others, thank God, — more than four hundred faithful ones remain! O, how many relations, sacred, tender, far-reaching, immeasurable, lias God appointed tor a settled pastor! Several of my brethren, in their letters, speak with admiration and beau- tiful sympathy, in regard to these relations. I am, more than ever, deeply impressed with them. Would that in them all, I had been more wise and faithful, my work bet- ter done, my soul ever on fire with zeal for the glory of Christ and the welfare of souls ! About the time to which I have referred (Feb. 25, 1866), was inaugurated a movement, one of the tirst in the land, the blessed influence of which has been widely felt. I refer to the Temperance Society connected with our Sunday- school, which must be forever associated with the name of David E. Small, who was, to the end of his life, its only president, and who did so much by his personal addresses and his pen, to recommend it to others. Many who have gone out amid the temptations of life, we know have grate- fully referred to the principles and pledges here accepted, 24 ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES and many other clmrcbes, sending for our constittition, have organized on the same plan. Here, let me also refer to the ijrou-lU of the missionary sinrit in our church. Formerly, the old fashioned monthly concert on Monday evening, was sustained by a little number who were not willing to be out of harmony with others who thus met regularly to confer and pray in refer- ence to tlie progress of Christ's kingdom. But, after that concert was clianged to take the place of the first Wednes- day evening in each month, and reporters were appointed for the principal mission fields, the interest began to increase. Gradually, new agencies were instituted : "The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society," " The Niles Mission Band," for young ladies, and " The Always Ready Band" for little girls. Likewise, "The Woman's Home Missionary Society," " The Westminster Home Mission Band," etc., through all which, wider interest has been developed, until now, in common with others, we wonder what would become of the great missionary work, except for the consecrated love and zeal of the Marthas, and Lydias, and Priscillas in our churches. 1 have referred to coincidences. Another one of special interest should be noticed. On communion day, March 3rd, '78, two twin brothers, whom I had baptized in infancy, were, when twelve years of age, publicly received into full communion with the Church, and at the same time, two other twin boys, who had been nurtured in our Sunday- school, were received. Now, the four are active soldiers in the sacramental host, one pair among the most prompt and regular and reliable supporters of this church in which they were born. The other pair, having passed through a full course of academic and theological education, are now serving Christ with marked success as home missionaries DR. NILES' DISCOURSE. 25 in Dakota. For such fruits of liis ministry, any pastor h as- especial reason for thanksgiving to God ! Others there are of whom it would be pleasant to speak, — once among ns, cherished and beloved, who now, in professional and busi- ness circles, are letting their light shine, and some, who, a» wives of ministers and prominent laymen, are, in widely different spheres, transmitting the sacred influences here received. In October, '83, twenty-six of our members wect forth to- form the nucleus of what has now become the vigorous " Calvary Presbyterian Church," in a growing part of the city; and in '87 thirty-eight more were dismissed to form the "Westminster Church," which is doing good work in another direction. We felt the loss of those brethren and sisters, excellent and beloved. We have missed their pres- ence in our assemblies, but we believe that they went forth in the name and with the spirit of the Master. We thank God for their successes, and we pray that His smile may b& upon them continually. Some of them are here to-day and we bid them hearty welcome, as they have come back to join with us in these services of remembrance and praise 1 Going back to 1867, some of you will remember that cold Sabbath (31st) in March, when we gathered for the last time, in the old lecture-room, before it was demolished to give place for the present chapel ; and when we sang : " With smiling hope, yet tearful eye Dear old Sunday-school room, good-bye ! " When the new building was finished it seemed ample for our needs, though now it begins to be, like its humble pred- ecessor, too strait for our growing numbers ! It was dedi- cated May 24th, '68 : Rev. Dr. Duryea, then of Brooklyn^ 26 ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES Eev. Mr. Emerson, a former pastor, Hon. Linus Child, of Boston, and others taking part in tiie service. In that chapel, and in this loved sanctuary, what varied scenes of spiritual privilege and power have we witnessed through the passing years ! and how many hallowed associations are centered there ! Dear to memory are those early morning prayer- meetings, conducted by different brethren succes- sively, in the spring of '68, and the hfippy spiritual results that were manifest. And you remember that notable gathering, which proved to be the last meeting of the Synod of Pennsylvania, N. S., when you formed so many pleasant acquaintances with brethren from abroad, and saw such winning exhibitions of the fellowship of kindred minds. Of various meetings of Presbytery which have been held here, I should like also to speak, and of that animal Feast of Love, so long maintained by the churches of York in ■observance of " The Week of Prayer^ It was highly appreciated by many earnest souls, and it tended greatly to foster that spirit of Christian charity beautifully expressed by one of our departed saints. " Nero, the bloody tyrant," i(she said,) " wished that the people of Eorne had one neck! In such a wish I could sympathize with him, but not for the same reason ! He wished all the Romans so united that he might cut off' their heads by a single stroke! But, if all the Christians of York had one neck, I should like to put my arms around it, and thus show how 1 love tJiem all ! " This suggests a thought in regard to the style of Christian ■character which has been produced among us, through the years. Not all that could have been desired, by far! Not that, in many cases, our hopes have been realized, or that we have been spared the grief and shame and reproach which a church must endure when any of her members prove backsliders and unfaithful. But, on the other hand, UR. NILES" DISCOURSE. 27 T am sure tliere have been many liere, evidently called of Ood, and endued with power for His service. As I pass up and down along tlie cori'idors of the past, there rise before me men of rare gifts and consecrated influence, whose words of prayer and praise still echo from these walls, and whose works of faith and love still follow in lines of blessing all around. Those model elders^ like John the Beloved, and James the Just, and Paul the Faith- ful, and Barnabas the son of Consolation, who went with me, from house to house, labored with me in the inquiry meetings, and with me, welcomed new-comers to the Eucharistic Feast. And " those women who labored with me in the Gospel," like Mary and Martha, and " the elect Lady " to whom the Apostle wrote : " Dear departed ones ! " who were, as //o?/. Beloved, are now, "my Hope and Joy, «.nd Crown of Rejoicing ! " Wlio shall say that they are not here to-day, invisible witnesses of what we do! Who shall say til at we are not "compassed about" with a great cloud ■of sympathizing spirits who rejoice to see that the work is going on — that such an amount of rising talent and varied activities and earnest purpose is consecrated to the ser- vice which they loved ! Yes, glorified ones! we remember you, with grateful hearts! and we would follow you, wherein you followed Christ, until, like you, we shall have accomplished our day, and shall enter on the Heavenly rest! It is time to stop. But there are some other words my heai't requires me to speak. Beloved ! you have dealt very kindly with me, all the way, and are doing so still. You have borne with my infirmities, you have lightened my burdens, you have done very much to stay up my hands and encourage mj heart. In joy and in sorrow, in health and in sickness, to me and to mine, you have been sympa- 28 ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES thizing helpers and endeared personal friends. Ever prompt in the discharge of pecuniary obligations, you have also- abounded in voluntary expressions of thoughtful regard. Your holiday gifts and other frequent tokens of affection, your generous provision for that European trip, which proved so great a benefit to me in many respects, and of late, emphatically, your liberal movement in erecting that commodious parsonage home, fit complement to the other- church property not only, but essential to the comfort and health alike of myself and of her who has shared all my experiences and whose love for the church has no bounds,, all these things I desire distinctly and gratefully to recount.. Giving regularly for various objects of Christian benevolence- abroad, you have also remembered the deeds of beneficence at home.* Being ministered unto, you have been careful to minister. You have shown that it is no unmeaning form of words, used in the settlement of a pastor, when he is. promised " whatever may be needful for the honor of religion, and for his competent worldly maintenance." When I came to this place, it was as to a strange country,, and by no planning or previous desire of my own. It verily seemed as if the Lord had opened the way, and that He did not intend I should go anywhere else ! So, through the years, it has, ever since, seemed. As for the future, it is for Him to decide. So long as He appoint, I shall be at your service. My time, talents, education, experience^ mental and spiritual strength, whatever I have, shall be cheerfully used according to His direction ! But there is a side of the picture we have been consider- ing which I cannot view with satisfaction. It is enough to- * During the period under review, this congregation has triven to the Boards of the Presbyterian Clmrch, and other causes of eliarity, not less tlian $108,000: and for all purposes, congregational and benevolent, about $239,000. DR. NILES' DISCOURSE. 29 startle, and to make me humble. Such a review of what is irrevocably past, seems very much like Judgment Day work/ It suggests what might have been ! O, that I had been more vigilant and active and prayerful and consecrated to this great work ! I wish I had done more, with the help of God, to make me worthy of your confidence and love. I wish I deserved all the kind things which brethren, far and near, are speaking and writing about me ! But there is no recall nor reconstruction of what is jiast. I can only trust in ■abounding grace; grace to pardon all my short comings; •grace to counteract my mistakes ; grace to accept and bless what I have tried to do in the Master's name; grace to ■sanctify and guide in the days to come. I believe in unlimited possibilities for a faithful pastor, and an earnest, united people. I shall be, in the future, very much ivhat you shall help me to he! Your prayers can invoke for me Divine aid, your sympathies can make me strong, your love infuse new life into my heart pulsations, your co-operation ■ensure my enlarged success. In this confidence let me repose. And, " may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with us all. Amen ! " Dr. ROBINSON'S Address. " The Christian Church : her heritage received from the fathers, and her consequent responsibility." T is well for us when, like Bunyan's pilgrim, we have- pjl reached on our life journey, the summit of some Delectable Mountain, to look back along the way ^ over which we have come, and where too, may stilly be seen the footprints of earlier walkers ; and to look for- ward also, to catch, if we may, some cheering glimpses of that City of God to which all loyal hearts incessantly turn. We look backward that we may gather inspiration for the more hopeful and courageous onward look. We look back that we may see more clearly how our rich and happy present sprung out of the })ast, and how the better time coming will be but the inevitable outcome of the forces we are using to-day. We are the heirs of other generations. But a {"ew years ago entered we upon our large possessions. We may have enriched and enlarged them, but it was not. as paupers we began our lives. We trade upon the capital of the past. We carry on the labors which other mea started and take up what other men laid down. We reap' in fields that were sowed and watered by many preceding^ generations. God laid upon many of his faithful ones irt the past a long and painful apprenticeship, during which they toiled much and received little, often but the bread and water of affliction. The spoils of their long conflict DR. ROBINSON'S ADDRESS. 3' are heaped about us. The good seed sown in tears is now shedding a heavenly fragrance around our lives. Some of it may yet blossom and bear fruit over our graves. We cannot separate ourselves from our sires. The passing ages keep up a running account, and the latest generation is always the heaviest debtor. What we get from the past we are bound to hand over to the future with usury. Woe to us if there be any default in the payment. What a heritage we have in the noble men of all the past. All Christly lives are ours that were ever lived under the sun. We are not hampered by any lines of race or nation or church. No Babel confusion of sects shall hinder our unity with every member of the large and growing Chris- tendom. Our doors open of their own accord to receive all out of whose lives something of the Infinite love shines. It matters not whether they worship in cathedral, with stately ceremonial and solemn chant, or in some hum- ble conventicle, with simple rites and holy psalm. We cleave to the Apostolic succession of godly men. They are our ancestry everywhere. We rejoice to recognize the features of Jesus anywhere, and his followers shall never be alien to our hearts. Yet with that broader Catholic spirit that embraces peo- ple of every name and place and age whose lives are hid with Christ in God, we confess a peculiar attachment to those special forms of our common Christianity that hereditary descent and family training, and life-long com- panionship have made familiar and a part of ourselves.. We love that Presbyterianism " whose seed is in itself after its kind." We recall with elation of soul, its history. We trace our genealogy in its annals. We feel its blood throbbing in our veins, its iron in our wills. We make no comparisons between it and other forms of Christian 32 ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES faith. We assert for it no superiority. We do not fail to remember how tlie goodness and purity of it have again and again been tarnished, how it has once and ao;ain failed to meet the demands of the hour. Yet we have a heritage ■of our own. We have a history that runs along its own lines. We look back upon men and events and institu- tions and policies, upon a great literature, upon a theology upon form of Christian work, upon great enterprizes that are pecuharly our own. There are things from the past which have come into our possession and keeping — they are tlie things who under God have moulded us, made us the people we are, fashioned our churches, inspired our beliefs, and shaped our lives. The power we have for the world's uplifting, our influence upon the family, society, the state for good or ill, what we are to Humanity, what we are for Christ, cannot be se))arated from the mould, the spirit, the substance of our Presbyterianism. We may well remind ourselves often of all in the past that is pecu- liarly our own. We may recall the fact that ere the ses- sions of that memorable assembly of learned divines and eminent statesmen, who were summoned in 1643 to meet in the chapel of Henry VII and construct our standards of doctrine and polity, had closed their session, the eyes and thoughts of many of its members had turned to this continent beyond the sea as the home of a future Church. Seventy of its members approved a plan of sending colo- nies of their church members to settle in America. The plan failed for the hour, but later the seeds of Westminster were wafted hither and took deep, strong root in American soil. What a heritage of Christian song has come down to us through the ages! From that Redemption Hymn of Israel by the Red Sea, when the voice of the Church of DR. ROBINSON'S ADDRESS. 33 Ood first became audible, down to the present, one genera- tion has carried on to another the accents of lioly song. David, from the sheepfold and from the throne, led the Old Testament harmonies. The Magnificat of the blessed vir- gin Mar}^, mother of Jesus, began the hjmnology of the New Testament. That Mat«n song of Christianity lifted the Name that is above ever}' name, and taught the singers of each succeeding age. And what singers the Church has had in all the Christian centuries ! And they with their songs are all ours to-day I Ambrose, filling the streets of Milan with the praises of Christ; Gregory calling down in sacred song the celestial fire of the Holy Ghost : " Come, O Creator Spirit, come!" Bernard, hailing in immortal verse, the " Sacred Head once wounded ; " Luther giving the German people their hymn-book, as well as their Bible ; Wesley guiding the feet of generations to the Rock of Ages ; Cowper pointing us to the fountain wliere all sins are washed away ; and Watts and Newton and Keble and Palmer, and the great choir of priestly singers who with sweet and joj'ous, or with deep and touching hymns have borne the heart of the Church heavenward; what a priceless heritage in these songs that never grow old ! The little Presbytery of Harrisburg which a quarter of a century ago installed our brother as pastor over this church of York, was born when storms were sweeping over the Presbyterianism of this country. The Presbytery of Carlisle out of which it sprung, lay in the very heart of the great Scotch-Irish settlement that filled this rjegion. The people and their pastors were all alike original and thorough Presbyterians of the stricter sort. They were averse to change and abhored all speculations in theology. Their thoughts, traditions and faith, their plans and hopes and fears, and modes of Christian work were everywhere 34 ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES the same. Tliey were the worthy descendants of those good men and true who in the earliest days had poured in hither in streams of immigration and planted their homes along the very borders of a savage wilderness. The}' came with Bibles, confessions, catechisms, with an ordained and learned ministry with ruling elders, ready for church organizations and all the forms and activities of both priv- ate and public Christian life. The home, the school and the church rose side by side. Nowhere was education more universal. Tn no land ujiOn the face of the earth, save perhaps the land from which most of them came, was the Bible more the book of the home, and nowhere was there a greater proportion of homes that were intelligent and heartily and openly religious. They were at the first and for many years, a universally sanctuary-going and sanctuary -loving people. IMieir manners were simple. Domestic virtues abounded. They were sound in the faith, sober in mind, frugal and thrifty in their habits, intense in their love of civil and religious liberties, loyal and law- abiding, but ready and bold to withstand oppression and resist wrong. They filled these valleys with the fruits of physical, intellectual and Christian culture. What length- ened rolls of renowned and sainted men, ministers and lay- men, might be written from the days of ANDERSON and Thompson and Elder, and the Craigheads, down to the later days with our own memories of Cathcart, and Creigh and Hamper and DeWitt. It might have been supposed that when trouble came such a class of people would stand together. And they did so for the most part. It was but a meager handful that went forth from the parent church in this region : but four churches of any special strength in a country stretch- ing along the Susquehanna for one hundred and thirty DR. ROBINSON'S ADDRESS. ^5 miles. It required courage of the highest kind, the deep- est convictions and the purest motives for that small and scattered minority to go forth and stand so lonely amid a great mass of sister churches with whom they had shared the closest fellowship for half a century and more. Into the causes of tliat separation it is not necessary to enter. Enough to say, the men that formed that little Presbytery had no new and strange theology to defend, no changes in church order to propose, no new forms of church worship or new measures of church work to present. They were like their brethren about them. They only felt that a wrong had been done against which they could protest in no other and better way, and they went forth to live and believe, to work and to preach as they had been wont to do for years. For nearly the third of a century these few and scattered churches and their pastors wrought on, until the grass had grown green over the old battle-fields, the war cries had ceased, and the memories of past strifes had nearly faded away. Christian affections had meanwhile been reasserting themselves. Hands had readied across the narrow lines of separation. Theological affinities were too strong for resistance. The children of the early and common house- hold could not stay apart, and twenty years ago they came togetlier to find that the spirit and the faith of the same ancestry lived equally in them all. When, thirty-six years ago, the hand of a gracious Provi- dence drew n)e to tliis favored region where five generations of my ancestry had lived, and where some of them were laid to rest, my lot w^is cast in this little Presbytery of Harrisburg. Some of its founders, the solid and scholarly Kennedy of Welch-Eun Church, and the venerable and 36 ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES beloved Cathcart of tins church, had passed away full of lionors. Of other men who were with them and continued for years in the care of the cliurches, I may say a few- words. Thesmallnessof the Presbytery and its peculiar posi- tion amid a greatly preponderating number of Old School churches, tended to knit pastors and churches in bonds of strong and endearing friendship. We felt our loneliness and clung to each other with the greater tenacity. We visited each other's houses and churches as personal friends and as brothers for friendly, household greetings. We wel- comed each otlier's faces and clasped each other's hands with something deeper than denominational courtesy. We assisted each other at communions and in revivals with a tender family affection. We were not fellow-Presbyters : we were brothers, and our Presbyterial meetings were far more social than ecclesiastical. We conferred and prayed together with a personal, rather than an official spirit. We talked rather than debated. Formality and stateliness were banished. Our long rides together in visits to the smaller and feebler churches hidden away in the valleys, the wel- comes that were received and given, the days that we con- trived to spend together in religious exercises and brotherly conferences, the unreserve, the genial warmth, the tender queries about each other's homes and churches and labors made our little Presbytery a brotherhood, rather than an ecclesiastical court. There was no room for rivalries. Jealousies were unknown. The generous regard for each other was as touching as it was beautiful. And when the time came to dissolve our little brotherhood and to send its churches here and there, and its nine ministers into five new and larger and separate Presbyteries, where they would but seldom again greet ench other, there were hidden tears and quiet heart-achings that others wot little of! DR. ROBINSON'S ADDRESS. 37 It is a joy to speak of these men and recall their goodly lives. Sterling, of Williamsport, gone liome to God, so kindly and open-hearted, so liberal in judgment, so earnest in preaching, so devoted in life ; DeWitt of Harrisburg, my colleague for thirteen years, so impressive in personal presence, so unquestioned in pulpit power, so finished as a writer, and so conservative and sound in theology ; the beloved Dk. Wing, of Carlisle, who united to a pure heart and guileless spirit and gentlest manners, an intellect so clear, a mind so stored with rich and varied learning, and powers of attractive presentation of truth sur[)assed by few of his generation. Nor these men only ! What noble and ever-to-be-remembered men we had in the ruling eldership of our churches, men worthy to stand by the best of pastors as counsellors and ensamples to the flock : John B. Hall, of Williamsport, and Peter Wilson, of Spring Mills, men of unflinching faith and irreproachable life, and unending goodness ; James W. and John A. Weir, brothers in blood, and heroes in service ; the first a Nestor in wisdom, a prince both in prayers and alms, a captain among the elect ; the second, an apostle of love, a Barnabas in consolation, a child in his guileless qualities for Christ's Kingdom. And in this church, for many years, among other excellent men there were these who especially attracted my admira- tion, and won my heart : Dr. H. M. McClellan, quick, thoughtful, sagacious, true in judgment; Dr. James W. Kerr, impulsive in noble ways, inspiring in his enthusiasm, sanguine in his hopes, large in charities ol heart and charities of life ; Samuel Small, so calm and self-poised, so gentlemanl}'- in his bearing, so unwearied in service, so princely in heart and hand ; David E. Small, so broad- minded and high-hearted, so full of divine fire that the 38 ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES coldest natures felt the warmth of his sympathetic presence and admired his loyalty to Christ and the Church. As memory busies itself in recalling the men and scenes of the past, the everlasting friendships formed with good men, who by their counsels kept our wayward feet upon the track divine; the glad revivals where together we rejoiced over sinners coming home to God; the happy gathering of brethren in the ministry and the eldership where we were sure of loving recognition and Christian fellowship, I can- not cease to congratulate myself that so large a part of my life was spent amid so excellent environments : and con- gratulate my brother also, that he too, was led hither by a Gracious Hand, and has spent so many years among the good and enduring things of this region that God has per- petually blessed. Following Dr. Eobinson, Eev. Dr. Paxton made some felicitous remarks in regard to the history of Presbyterian- ism in this region, going back to the early days when his own grandfather was the only minister of our denomination in that part of the original York county which is now known as Adams county, and Dr. Cathcart, his contemporary, was the onl}' one in this county. His descriptions of the long and faithful labors of these worthy men, and of the influence which they exerted far and wide for moulding the character of Christian people in this extended region, were very interesting and instructive. The exercises of this morning service were closed with prayer by Rev, Dr. Cattell. CHILDREN'S Service. -N the afternoon at one o'clock, tlie Primary Department of the Siinday-scliool, assembled in the usual place in the chapel, which had just been enlarged and beauti- ^^ fied and newly furnished. Many parents and friends of the little ones were also present, and an air of festive gladness seemed to be felt by every one. Brief addresses to the school were made by Messrs Crawford and Cattell, and the scholars gave some of their recitations and songs. YOUNG PEOPLE'S SERVICES. At two o'clock the other departments of the school, together with the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor, and a goodly portion of the congregation filled the church, where the following exercises were held under direction of the superintendent. Elder John M. Brown: 1. Anthem by the choir. 2. Remarks by Dr. Niles, describing his introduction to the Sunday-school twenty-five yeai's ago, in the little frame building where it then met; recalling the names of certain who then were scholars, but now, some are teachers, some are [)arents of scholars, some are laboring elsewhere, and some have gone to Heaven. '3. Prayer by the Superintendent. 4. Hymn — " I hope to meet you all." 5. Remarks by John H, Small, Jr., President of the Y. 40 ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES P. S. C. E., in which he sketched the origin, object and wonderful growth through the country of this training- school of the church. In this church the society has over 100 members, and it is steadily increasing in numbers and usefulness. 6. Hymn — " Harvest Time." 7. Eernarksby Drs. Erskine, Cattell and Paxton. 8. Hymn — " Go labor on." 9. Prayer by Dr. Murphy, 10. Benediction. The following is a summary of Dr. Erskine's Remarks. "The three great instrumentalities for the religious instruction of the young, are the home, the school and the church. The father is by divine appointment, the prophet, priest and king of his household. On him rests the obliga- tion to see that the family is' trained up in the knowledge, worship and service of God. "The first great religous truth impressed upon the mind of Presbyterian youth is the answer to the question, ' What is the chief end of man ? ' This answer has con- tributed much to form tiie character and guide the lives of our people. Sir William Hamilton, the noted Scottish philosopher, has said that 'the great end of man is man.' These two statements will be seen to harmonize perfectly, the moment we realize that the more fully we are developed physically, intellectually, morally and spiritually, the more of an honor will we be to our Creator, and the more praise will we bring to His great name. "God's glory is the end of all things. We glorify God in proportion as we make Him known. He rolled the planets DR. ERSKINE'S REMARKS. 41 upon their orbits, that lie might make known His natural perfections — His wisdom, goodness and power. He made man in His own image, in knowledge, righteousness and holiness, that we might reflect His own moral attributes — His holiness, justice, goodness and truth. He permitted man as a {\ee moral agent to be tempted and to fall, and overruled it to His greater glory in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ. God's character and perfections and will -were more fully revealed in the Book of Divine Eevelation and in the person, character, life, death and resurection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Nowhere in all the universe has there been such a discovery of the Divine perfections as in the life and character of the Son of God Incarnate. All moral perfections are revealed in Him, and a flood of divine glory was poured forth upon the cross. To this cross all the historic lines of previous dispensations converge. From it all subsequent historic lines irradiate. "The great aim of a religious education should be to restore in us the image of God, and to secure for each department of our nature the highest possible strength and development. " 1. The first and lowest part of our nature to be trained for the activities of life is our physical or bodily nature. There is not a limb or faculty of the body but has its office. Nothing is superfluous. Every limb or member should therefore be most religiously preserved and strengh- ened. This is what has been called muscular Christianity. The importance of a sound mind in a sound body had a high place among the ancients. Our modern sports and gymnasiums are designed to meet the wants of the young in this respect. These are all well enough, provided they are not allowed to run to excess. We are not to put that highest which God has put lowest. Let the physical health 42 ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES and strength of our youth be preserved. Let the best methods to secure this result be employed. Let tliein, like the ancient athletes and the motlern combatants, be put under a strict regimen as to diet, exercise, and as to all that will intoxicate. Let right habits in all res{)ects be formed and sustained. Let our youth beware of indolence which relaxes all the energies. Let them shun the vices which are most expensive and destructive of all the vital forces. The best laws of health and happiness are the Ten Commandments. Let all our scholars know and take heed to what is required and forbidden in them. The weakness of our present Christianity is the lack of a high standard of morality. Reproach has been cast upon the Sabbath- school in some quarters, by reason of the number of those connected with it who have fallen into gross crimes. "2. The second part of our nature calling (or education is the intellect. To secure this is the chief if not the exclusive aim of too many of our schools and colleges. Their aim is to develop and sharpen the intellectual (acuities, tiie per- ceptive and the reflective: the reason, the memory, the iudo-ment and the imagination. The tendencv to over- estimate the importance of intellectual culture to the neglect of moral and spiritual develoi)ment, makes it all the more important that the moral and spiritual nature should receive the most careful and assiduous training in the Sabbath-school and the Church, if our youth are to be prepared for the great battle of life. Right moral principles must be inculcated upon our youth. The precepts of the moral law should be deeply impressed u|)on them from cliildhood up. Right moral habits should be enforced upon all the members of the household. The children should be taught to know God and to exercise toward Him, from their earliest childhood, a reverential and filial DR. ERSKINE'S REMARKS. 43 fear. Tliev should be trained to habits of truthfulness, honesty, temperance and chastity, as in His presence from the earliest period of their youth. "3. But when thus trained physically, intellectually and morally, if their spiritual natures are suffered to remain undeveloped, they must signally fail to attain the great end of human existence. The first great need of all is to learn their true condition in relation to God and the life to come. The fact of the fall, and of the general spiritual wreck and ruin of the race, and of the absolute necessity of the new birth, are fundamental truths in. all religious training. Ex(;ept we are born again we cannot see the kingdom of elical church. It is sometimes supposed by those not duly informed on the subject, that each individual member is expected to subscribe to the whole Form of Government, the West- minster Confession and otlier standards of the Presl)yterian denomination. Such pledge is required only of ministers and other officers who are appointed to teach and exercise authority in the Church. But in all cases the stnndardsof the Church are held subordinate to the Holy Scriptures, which are for Christians, the Supreme Eule of Faith and Practice. ADMISSION OF MEMBERS. The Session meets regularly after the Preparatory Ser- vice to confer with candidates who wish to unite with the Church, either by profession or by letter. At the close of any other service, however, or elsewhere whenever desired, the pastor will be pleased to meet such candidates, and to make arrangements for their introductitm. The baptism of children may, in like manner, be pro- vided for by conference with the pastor. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 8i OFFICERS, 1890. PASTOR. HENRY E. NILES, D. D. ELDERS. John M. Brown, Joseph Root, Henry Small, Wm. H. McClellan. DEACONS. Wm. H. McClellan, Niles H. Shearer, Isaac A. Elloitt. TRUSTEES. John H. Small, Henry Small, Wm. H. McClellan, Wm. H. Griffith, George S. Billmeyer, James McLean, E. P. Stair, Jas. M. Milligan, Treasurer. Secretary. SEXTON. Wm. p. Zinn. 82 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE. Annual offerings are made for the following objects, according to schedules issued at the beginning of each year, for the use of the congregation. Foreign Missions, . Januar}' Aid for Colleges and Academies. . February Sustentation, March, Temperance, .... April, Publication (Sunday-school work), May, Home Missions, June. Church Erection, . . July. Ministerial Relief, . September. Education, October. Home Missions, . November. Freed men (Lincoln University), December. On each Communion Sabbath an offering for the Deacons' and Sessional Fund. At each service not specially designated, a collection is taken for the expenses of the church. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 83. ORGANIZATIONS— 1890. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. Mrs. D. E. Small, .... President. MRsr H. E. NiLES, . . . Vice President. Miss M. B. Evans, .... Secretary. Mrs. Geo. S. Billmeyer, . . Treasurer. Woman's Home Missionary Society. Mrs. Edward Chapin, . ... President. Mrs. John H. Small, . . . Vice President. Mrs. H. D. Eupp, .... Secretfiry. Mrs. H. a. Ebert, . . . Treasurer. NiLEs Mission Band (young people). Mrs. it. E. Niles, .... President. Mrs. it. D. Eupp, . . 1st Vice President. Miss Emma L. Fisher, . . 2nd " " Miss Louisa L. Wallace, . 3rd " " Miss Bessie Prince, . . . Secretary. Miss Annie S. Weiser, . . Treasurer. Always Eeady Mission Band (juvenile). Miss M. K. Koons and Miss Annie V. Eupp, Managers. 84 ORGANIZATIONS. Westminster Mission Band (young people). Mrs. John II. Small, . . . President. Vice President. Secret Jirv. Treasurer. Sunday-school Temperance Society, Henry Small, .... President. Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor. John PIamilton Small. . . President. Henry R. Kraber, . . Vice President. Miss Lucy A. Case, . . . Secretary. Miss Minnie M. Gohn, . . . Treasurer. Ladies' Aid Society. Mrs. D. E. Small, . . . President. Mrs. Wm. A. Cook, . . 1st Vice President. Mrs. Geo. S. Billmeyer, . 2nd " " Mrs. E. p. Stair, . . . 3rd " Mrs. J. A. Jones, . . Secretary. Mrs. W. II. McClellan, . . . Treasurer. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 85 SUNDAY-SCHOOL-i89a OFFICERS. John M. Brown, Mrs. D. E. Small, . George S. Billmeyer, J. Bailey Sayres, Miss Julia A. Small, S. B. II err. Superintendent. Assistant Superintendent. Secretary. Treasurer. Organist. Chorister. PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. Mrs. it. W. McCall, Miss Fannie Evans, P. A. S. Blair, Superintendent- Assistant Superintendent. Oruauist. Joseph Root, W. II. McClellan, Dr. N. H. Shearer, Wm. A. Cook, Henry Small, Henry C. Niles, Charles I. Ness, James M. Milligan, TEACHERS. Mrs, George S. Billmeyer, Miss Mary Kell, " Emma L. Fisher, " Lucy A. Case, " Mary E. Prince, " Annie V, Eupp, " Annie Stiuckler, " Julia A. Small. 86 SUNDAY-SCHOOL. James A. Kell, John H. Small, David E. Small, Wm. F. Ramsay, James Webster, Claude C. Graver, Mrs. H. E. Niles, " D. E. Small, " Edward Chapin, " W. A. Cook, Katie Eichelberger, M. B. Evans, E. Catherine Adams, Carrie B. Patterson, C. A. Wallace, j. m. quigley, Louisa L. Wallace, M. R. Koons, Julia Demuth, Louise Weiser. PERSONS TEACHING AS SUBSTITUTES. Mrs. John H. Small, " W. F. Ramsay, " H. M. Crider, W. Carlyle Smith, Mrs. U. D. Rupp, " James McLean, Miss Emma C. Jones, " Anna S. Weiser, Dr. J. Frank Small. mceton Theological Semmary-Speer Library i 1 1012 01055 025 IS^'-t^' M at' "*^ vf^^^ .3 ^mk "^^"m %:% jfi- *?-<■ '^^ff"' * ^\ > -v^-^