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The society of Christie Chapel consists of about one hundred members. There is a Sunday-school connected with the society
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of about one hundred pupils. Thomas F. Griffin isthe super- intendent of the school.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES .- John Matthews, Matt. Roland, F. S. Keller, J. Evans, John Vincoe, Reuben McClary, Evan Pennel.
BOARD OF STEWARDS .- S. G. Tracy, Fred. Weaden, Jonathan Pennel, J. Evans, Wm. Davis, T. F. Griffin.
THIRD AVENUE M. E. CHURCH.
The Third Avenue M. E. Church is an outgrowth from a Sabbath-school organized by R. P. Woodruff, in a school-house on Second avenue, in the year 1865 or 1866.
The first preaching was in 1867, by Rev. A. G. Byers, while chaplain at the Ohio Penitentiary. The first pastor appointed by the conference was Rev. L. Taft, in the fall of 1868. The society then had a membership of seventeen; and the Metho- dist Missionary Society of the city had bought a fine site for a church on the corner of Third avenue and High streets, on the rear part of which the present church was erected in the fall of 1868, at an expense of about $2,500. In the fall of 1870, the number of members was eighty, when Rev. J. B. Bradrick was appointed pastor. During his pastorate the church lot was cleared of debt, and in the fall of 1871, Rev. H. K. Foster be- came pastor, whose service was brief, the Rev. J. L. Grover filling out the year. In the fall of 1872, Rev. R. H. Wallace, the present pastor, was appointed by the conference. The present membership is one hundred and fifteen, with Sabbath- school numbering one hundred and sixty pupils, the pastor act- ing as superintendent. Trustees : Luther Hiliary, president; J. R. Hughs, treasurer, and C. D. Firestone, secretary.
THE WELCH CALVINISTIC METHODIST, OR WELCH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
This church, worshiping on the southwest corner of Long and Fifth streets, was organized in 1849, by Rev. John T. Williams, of Pomeroy, Ohio. At its origin the number of members was twenty-eight. Their minister was Rev. William Parry, of
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Granville, Ohio. The first officers of the church were Edward Herbert and Evan Reynolds. The first meetings were held in a small frame building, on the lot on the northwest corner of Long and Fourth streets, on which now stands the residence of Dr. J. W. Hamilton. Among the members of the church in its early history, were William Benbow, Daniel S. Jones, Royer Reynolds, Noah Bowen, and Thomas Rowland.
The church was received, May 30, 1850, into the Presbytery, at Newark, Ohio. During that year, the church edifice, on the southwest corner of Long and Fifth streets, was built. In this enterprise, the congregation was greatly assisted, among others, by Richard Jones, druggist, and David Price.
It was not till 1855 that the church had a stated minister. Rev. David Williams then became the pastor, and remained till 1858, when he was succeeded by Rev. William Parry, of Gran- ville ; Joseph E. Davis, of Newark; Hugh Roberts, of Radnor, Delaware county, Ohio, and Evan R. Jones, who is still a local preacher in the church. Rev. R. H. Evans was called to the pastorate in October, 1860, and remained until March, 1869. At the latter date the church numbered eighty-five members, and the building had been considerably enlarged.
After Mr. Evans left, the pulpit was supplied for about a year by ministers from neighboring churches. December 21, 1869, a unanimous call was given to the present pastor, Rev. David Harries, of Ironton, Ohio, who accepted the call, and entered upon his pastoral labors on the first Sabbath of March, 1870. On the 11th of that month he was duly installed. The charge to the church was given by Rev. E. T. Evans, of Newark; and that to the pastor, by Rev. Howell Powell, of Cincinnati, now of New York.
The church, at the time the call was extended to its present pastor, numbered eighty-seven members; it now, December, 1872, numbers one hundred and forty-seven. It has a Sabbath- school of two hundred, and a " Band of Hope " (temperance) including one hundred and fifty-six members.
The present officers of the church are: Rev. David Harries, pastor; Evan R. Jones, local preacher; R. C. Williams, secre- tary ; D. S. Jones, treasurer. The deacons are : David S. Jones,
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Thomas H. Jones, Maurice R. Williams, Daniel S. Morgan, R. C. Williams. The trustees are: Maurice R. Williams, D. S. Jones, Thomas H. Jones, D. J. Benbow, John W. Hughes. Su- perintendent of Sabbath-school, D. J. Benbow; secretary of same, Thomas Williams.
NEIL M. E. CHAPEL.
The society worshiping at Neil Chapel was organized in No- vember, 1871, by four persons-Ephraim Webb, John Walker, George Loop, and Lydia Walker-assembled in a small room in Joseph Walker's house. During the next month, this room be- coming too small, the society obtained from John Walker the use of a barn, thirty-two feet square. It was fitted up and made to accommodate the congregation, which worshiped in it from the 20th of December, 1871, till the latter part of last October. During this time, about eighty members were added to the church.
Two lots, valued at $1,600, having been donated to the so- ciety by Robert E. Neil, the erection of a brick church edifice, 40 by 65 feet, and two stories high, was commenced last June, estimated to be worth, when completed, $9,000. By the 1st of last November, the lecture-room and two class-rooms, in the lower story, had been finished and dedicated.
The society is now in a flourishing condition, having about eighty members, and a Sunday-school of one hundred and thirty children and youth. Thus, in one short year, this society grew up, and a goood church building was erected under the patron- age and superintendence of Rev. D. Horlocker. It bids fair to become one of the prominent M. E. charges of the city.
TRUSTEES .- John F. Bartlitt, Ephraim Webb, J. M. Walker, John Loop, Geo. W. Loop, and John Walker, Jr.
STEWARDS .- John M. Walker, Ephraim Webb, David Mulhol- land, T. E. Taylor, and Edward Fisher.
ST. PAUL'S A. M. E. CHURCH.
This church is the successor of the Bethel M. E. Church, or rather, it is the same society with the name changed.
About the year 1823, the colored members of the Town Street M. E. congregation separated from the whites, and formed a society of their own. They held their meetings in private rooms
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until a frame building for their use was erected on Straight alley. This was occupied until 1844, when a brick church edi- fice was built on East Long, near Fourth street. The first board of trustees of Bethel Church were Richard Butcher, Sen., Rich- ard Butcher, Jr., Joseph Harris, James Bland, Hanson Johnson, Allen Brown, and Edward Smith. The first stewards were Anthony Barrett, B. J. Roberts, and A. M. Taylor. Of all these, Hanson Johnson is the only survivor.
The old Bethel Church building having become the property of the Shiloh Baptist Church, the new St. Paul's African M. E. Church edifice was erected, in 1871-72, on a lot, 62} by 187} feet, on the north side of Long street, and nearly opposite the old Bethel Church building. It is one hundred feet long by fifty-four wide. The first story is occupied by the Sunday-school. One of the rooms, at the side of the alcove, is fitted up for the pastor's study. The audience-room above is of the full size of the build- ing, and will comfortably seat from seven to eight hundred per- sons. The total cost of the church property was a little over twenty thousand dollars. It is estimated to be worth a third more.
The church edifice was dedicated on Sunday, July 21, 1872, Bishop Payne officiating, assisted by Rev. Philip Tolliver, of Chillicothe. The bishop preached the dedicatory sermon, tak- ing his text from 1 Kings, ix: 3. A sermon was delivered in the church in the afternoon by Rev. R. A. Johnson, of Cincinnati, and a discourse in the evening by Rev. C. A. Van Anda, of Town Street M. E. Church, in this city.
The Sunday-school connected with the church numbers one hundred and twenty pupils and has eighteen teachers. The su- perintendent is David Stanton. The school library contains six hundred volumes. The church has an organ, and a choir led by Alfred Roberts. Rev. J. P. Underwood is pastor of the church.
There are at present connected with the church 276 members.
The trustees of the church are James S. Waring, C. A. Woodward, Jabez Jones, Alexander Broadis, Richard Upthe- grove, T. J. Washington, J. S. Tyler, Richard M. Scott, and Thos. J. Williamson.
BOARD OF STEWARDS .- Walker Ewing, Anderson Ewing, J.
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B. Stewart (recording secretary,) Alfred Roberts, Samuel Mon- mouth, Robert Day, Jr., and Jefferson T. Williams.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES.
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
This church originated in Franklinton. Its first pastor was the Rev. James Hoge, afterward known as Dr. Hoge. He was born in Hardy county, Virginia, July 4, 1784, and, on the 17th of April, 1805, was licensed to preach by the Lexington Presbytery of Vir- ginia. Having obtained from the Presbyterian General Assem- bly an appointment as itinerant missionary in Ohio, Mr. Hoge arrived in Franklinton, November, 1805, in company with the su- preme judges who were about to open in that town the first term of the Supreme Court ever held in Franklin county. The court was held in a room in the house of John Overdier, a two-story frame building, which stood about two hundred yards north of the site of the county court-house erected in 1807-8. The judges ten- dered Mr. Hoge the use of the court-room for preaching, and adjourned court to hear his sermon. Mr. Hoge continued his missionary labors, and, on the 8th of February, 1806, a Presby- terian church was organized in Franklinton. On the Sunday following, the sacrament of the Lord's supper was administered to thirteen members.
The congregation, September 25, 1807, extended to Mr. Hoge a formal call to become their pastor. It was in the handwriting of Lucas Sullivant, and was signed by Robert Culbertson and William Reed, as elders, and by Joseph Dixon, John Dill, David Nelson, William Domigan, Joseph Hunter, and Lucas Sullivant, as trustees. In that document the young pastor was promised an annual salary of three hundred dollars, in half-yearly pay- ments for three-fourths of his time, until the congregation should find itself able to compensate him at the same rate for his whole time. Principally through the instrumentality of Lucas Sulli- vant, a plain one-story brick building was erected, in 1812, for a place of public worship; but before its completion, it was taken possession of by the military stationed in the town. During a violent tornado, in March, 1813, it was blown down.
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In 1815, another brick building was erected on the bank of the river, for the use of the congregation. In the spring of 1814, a log cabin, twenty-five by thirty feet, was built for religious serv- ices, on a lot belonging to Mr. Hoge, near the present intersec- tion of Third and Spring streets, in Columbus: Until 1818, the meetings of the congregation were held, from time to time, both in Franklinton and Columbus, though principally in the former place.
As the greater portion of the congregation resided on the Co- lumbus side of the Scioto, a frame meeting-house was erected, in the spring of 1818, on a lot donated for the purpose, at the junction of Town and Front streets. It was afterward known as the " Trinity in Unity," being composed of three structures capable of being separated. The sale of seats amounted to $1,796.50, the highest priced pew selling for forty dollars. In 1821, the congregation was regularly organized as the First Presbyterian Congregation of Columbus. The salary of the pastor, Mr. Hoge, was increased, in 1823, to eight hundred dollars. The present church building, on the southwest corner of State and Third streets, was erected in 1830. Two years afterward, Dr. Hoge's salary was increased to one thousand dollars. Extensive alter- ations were made in the church building, about twenty years after its erection, by which it was greatly improved. The cost of these improvements was at first estimated at four thousand dollars ; but when the work was done, it had cost twenty thou- sand.
The church and congregation, February 8, 1856, held a semi- centennial celebration of their first organization in Franklinton. The venerable Dr. Hoge, who had been, during the preceding eight or ten years, assisted in his ministerial labors by various clergymen, preached his farewell sermon, June 25, 1857, in which he resigned his pastoral charge to Rev. Edgar Woods, of Wheel- ing, who was duly installed on the 30th of the same month. The church building was again remodeled in 1859, and assumed the appearance it now wears. Mr. Woods resigned the pastor- ate in February, 1862, and was succeeded by Rev. William C. Roberts, of Wilmington, Delaware; installed, November 11, 1862. At the close of 1864, Mr. Roberts retired from the pas-
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toral charge, which was committed to Rev. Dr. W. R. Marshall, who resigned it December 20, 1869. The pastoral office remained vacant until May, 1871, when Rev. Robert Laidlaw, of Milton, Ontario (Canada), the present pastor, was unanimously chosen to fill the vacancy.
The First Presbyterian Church building, on the corner of Third and State streets, is a fine model of architectural taste. On the south wall of the auditorium, is placed a marble tablet in memory of Dr. Hoge. The church property is valued at forty thousand dollars.
The officers of the church at present are :
Pastor-Rev. J. Laidlaw ; Trustees-Charles Summers, Amos Layman, A. D. Rodgers, H. A. Lanman, and John L. Gill; Charles Summers is president of the board of trustees ; Amos Layman, secretary, and H. A. Lanman, treasurer; Elders- W. M. Awl, James S. Abbott, Isaac Dalton, and Alfred Thomas.
THE SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
This church was organized in 1839, on the first Sunday in March. It consisted at first of thirty-one persons, the greater part of whom had been connected with the First Presbyterian Church. For some time prior to the organization of the church, the members held their meetings for public worship in a room near the corner of Rich and High streets. They were incorpo- rated in April, 1839, by an act of the legislature, and measures were taken for the erection of a house of worship. The congre- gation, early in the following year, assembled for worship in the basement of the church edifice, then in the course of erection, on the west side of Third street, between Rich and Friend streets. This structure was completed during the ensuing fall.
From the time of their organization, in March, 1839, until the next October, the congregation had the services of Rev. Mr. Topliff. Rev. George L. Boardman then supplied the pulpit till May, 1840. It was at this time that the Rev. Henry L. Hitch- cock, D. D., having received a unanimous call to the pastorate, began his ministrations in the church. He was regularly in- stalled as pastor on the 24th of November, 1841, and continued
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in this relation to the church until August 1, 1855, when he be- came president of the Western Reserve College.
Rev. Edward D. Morris, of Auburn, N. Y., accepted a unani- mous call to the pastorate left vacant by the retirement of Dr. Hitchcock. Mr. Morris began his ministerial labors with the congregation on the first Sunday in December, 1855, and on the 2d of January following, was duly installed pastor. Owing to the increasing size of the congregation after the old church building had been enlarged, a new one was erected in 1860.
D. T. Woodbury, one of the leading merchants of the city in 1856, presented to the congregation for the site of a church edi- fice, a lot 62} feet front by 145 deep, estimated at that time to be worth four thousand dollars, and situated on the east side of 'Third street, between State and Town streets, about half a square south of the First Presbyterian Church, but on the opposite side of Third street.
On this lot a fine house of worship was erected in 1860, which is still occupied by the congregation. It is Norman in its archi- tecture. The building is 146 feet in length, by 76 in width ; the height of the gables is 76 feet; the height of the northwest tower, including the spire, is 200 feet; the height of the south- west tower is 109 feet, and the height of the four pinnacles of the transept is 65 feet.
The interior is divided into audience-room, chapel, conference- room, a session-room, pastor's study, vestibules, and basement. The audience-room is 97 feet by 60, and 48 feet high. There are 158 pews on the main floor, 36 in the side galleries, and accom- modations in the orchestra for the organ and forty singers. The aisles are spacious, and the pews are without doors, and uni- formly upholstered. The pulpit is finely carved, and finished in imitation of rosewood.
Rev. John F. Kendall succeeded Mr. Morris in 1868, and in April, 1872, the present pastor, Rev. Wm. E. Moore, was duly installed.
The church has a membership numbering 280. The Sabbath- school pupils number 225 ; superintendent, E. H. Cook. Value of the church property at present, $75,000.
ELDERS .- Ebenezer McDonald, Chauncey N. Olds, Raymond
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Burr, G. L. Smead, John J. Ferson, Alfred Ritson, and David E. Putnam.
TRUSTEES .- Charles Baker, Nathan B. Marple, Alexander Houston, Alfred Ritson, and L. S. Ayres.
WESTMINSTER CHURCH.
This church was organized June 1, 1854, by a colony from the First Presbyterian Church. The congregation for about three years, and during the time of the erection of their church edi- fice, held services in the lecture-room of Starling Medical Col- lege. The church edifice was dedicated August 23, 1857. It cost, with the exception of the tower, $16,000. The architect of the building was Mr. Hamilton, of Cincinnati ; the stone-work was done by John Stoddard, and the carpenter work by John Clark. The building is calculated to seat about five hundred persons.
Rev. Josiah D. Smith, D. D., was installed August5, 1854, as the first pastor of the church. He died May 29, 1863. Revs. Henry McCracken and H. M. Robertson were after that event succes- sive pastors. The present pastor is the Rev. Rob Roy McNulty.
The first elders of the church were William Blynn and John Y. Cowhick, installed June 14, 1854. Since then, the following elders have been installed : R. N. Barr, May 5, 1855 ; J. R. Paul, September 5, 1857; Samuel Galloway, February 5, 1859 ; David Taylor, May 5, 1860 ; William Jamison, April 15, 1866, and Gor- don Moodie, April 15, 1866.
Of these elders two, William Blynn and Samuel Galloway, have died ; and three, John Y. Cowhick, R. N. Barr, and J: R. Paul, have removed from the city. The present elders are David Taylor, William Jamison, and Gordon Moodie.
The trustees of the congregation at present are: W. H. H. Shinn, Alfred Kelly, George J. Atkinson, L. Backus, Noah Bowen, and John Stothert: The number of church-members is thirty. There is a Sabbath-school connected with the church, with about one hundred pupils. Gordon Moodie is the super- intendent. It meets at half-past nine o'clock every Sunday morning.
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THE HOGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
This mission church, the youngest offspring of the oldest among the sisterhood of Presbyterian churches in Columbus, commenced its career on the 22d of January, 1870, with twenty members. The congregation is fast increasing in a rapidly growing part of the city. The pleasant church building on Park street, in the northwest part of the city, is generally known as " Hoge Chapel." Rev. J. C. Tidball had charge of the church for about a year after its organization, when he resigned on account of ill-health. Rev. D. Kingery succeeded him for about another year, when the present pastor, Rev. J. M. Rich- mond, was called to fill the office.
The present number of members is ninety, and the Sunday- school attendance averages one hundred and sixty-five; William Sackett, superintendent.
ELDERS .- Dr. G. F. Guerin, Samuel Garwood, J. A. F. Cellar, and William Sackett.
TRUSTEES .- William Sackett, William D. Barnett, John L. Vincent, Samuel Garwood, J. A. F. Cellar, and James Mickel.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
On the 29th of September, 1852, the Third Presbyterian Church was organized, composed of forty-two members, sent out from the Second Presbyterian Church for that purpose. The new church adopted rules of government, partly Presbyterian and partly Congregational, identical with those of the church from which they came. It continued under that name and style, enjoying the services, as pastor, of Rev. William H. Marble, over three years, and of Rev. Anson Smyth, as stated supply, about eight months. The officers were :
ELDERS .- Warren Jenkins, M. B. Bateham, J. W. Hamilton, L. L. Rice.
TRUSTEES OF THE SOCIETY .- T. S. Baldwin, L. L. Rice, F. C. Sessions.
On the 3d day of November, 1856, by unanimous vote of the
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members, the name of the church was changed to that of First Congregational Church of Columbus, and the polity of that de- nomination was adopted altogether. Rev. J. M. Steele, from New Hampshire, was installed as pastor, November 7, 1856. The very acceptable labors of Mr. Steele were of short duration.
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FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Located on Broad, between High and State streets.
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Visiting the city of New York, on business, he was seized with small-pox, and died there, April 5, 1857.
Rev. N. A. Hyde, of New York, officiated as stated supply, from December, 1857, to June 1, 1858.
The church edifice, on Broad street, facing the State-house Square, was dedicated December 21, 1857.
Rev. Henry B. Elliott, from Connecticut, was installed as pas- tor November 9, 1858. His labors continued until May 11, 1860, when he resigned the pastorate, and the resignation was accepted.
Rev. Edward P. Goodwin, from Vermont, accepted a call as pastor, and was installed February 26, 1861. Mr. Goodwin con . tinued as pastor until December 15, 1867, when he resigned to accept a call to Chicago.
Rev. George W. Phillips, from Massachusetts, was installed as Mr. Goodwin's successor, May 12, 1868. Mr. Phillips resigned his pastorate September 24, 1871, and returned to Massachusetts.
A call was extended to Rev. Robert G. Hutchins, of Brooklyn, New York, to become pastor, as the successor of Mr. Phillips. The call was accepted, and Mr. Hutchins entered upon his labors here, Sunday, October 27, 1872.
Marked prosperity has attended the labors of the foregoing pastors, and revivals have occured under several of them, especially those of Mr. Marble, Mr. Hyde, and Mr. Goodwin. Six hundred and fifty-one members were received into the church up to the close of the labors of Mr. Phillips. Many of these have been dismissed to other localities, and not a few have died. The present active membership (December, 1872) is about three hundred.
The church building on Broad street has just been remodeled and enlarged, and a building for Sunday-school and social pur- poses, adjoining the church, erected at an expense of about twenty-five thousand dollars.
The present officers of the church and society are : Pastor- Rev. Robert G. Hutchins; Deacons-M. P. Ford, F. C. Sessions, L. L. Rice, E. D. Phillips, D. G. Smith, and B. D. Hills ; Clerk and Treasurer-M. P. Ford; Trustees-G. W. Wakefield, F. C. Sessions, B. F. Reese, Rufus Main, H. S. Babbitt, and C. L. Clark ; Clerk-B. D. Hills ; Treasurer-J. A. Jeffrey.
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HIGH STREET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Located on the northwest corner of High and Russell streets.
The corner-stone of this new church edifice, to be erected on the west side of High street, north of Capital University, was laid on Monday afternoon, September 9, 1872, in the presence of a large assembly of people. A prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Kelsey, of the First or Broad Street Congregational Church, and an address was delivered by Rev. A. Hastings Ross, pastor of the Springfield Congregational Church. L. L. Rice, superin- tendent of public printing, gave a brief sketch of the rise and progress of Congregationalism in this city.
The corner-stone was then laid in its proper position, Rev. Mr. Merrill placing in the aperture prepared a tin box, containing a brief history of the organization ; names of officers, of teachers, and Sabbath-school pupils; names of the building committee ; minutes of the State Conference held at Marietta in June, 1872 ; names of all the ministers of the denomination in the State; a copy of the Advance, printed at Chicago, and a copy of each of the papers printed in this city. The exercises were closed with the usual ceremonies.
This church was organized March 9, 1872, twenty-seven mem- bers from the First Church having been dismissed at their own request, for the purpose, and eleven from other churches, uniting in the organization. They have a fine church building, located in the north part of the city, in the midst of an intelligent and fast increasing population. Rev. S. M. Merrill has, until re- cently, supplied their pulpit, in a temporary chapel erected for the purpose, until the new church is completed. Mr. Merrill closed his services the 1st of November, and was succeeded by the Rev. A. H. Ross, in February, 1873. The demand for a church in that locality, and the enterprising character of the members engaged in the enterprise, give assurance of great prosperity and usefulness. The new church building occupied by the congregation, including the ground, cost about twenty thousand dollars. Mr. Drach was the architect. The building is 54 by 85 feet in size, two stories, built of brick, with trim-
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