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Article Ninth. The Board of Trustees shall hold stated meetings upon the Thursday after the third Monday of January and on the third Thurday of April, July and October, for the transaction of business. Special Meetings of the Board may be called at any time by the President, and it shall be his duty to call a
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special meeting upon the request in writing of at least three of the Trustees. Five Trustees shall form a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time.
Article Tenth. The board of Trustees, shall take charge of, and hold all the real and , personal estate of this corporation-and shall receive rents, and dues of the Corporation, and the public Collections, keeping the house of Worship, and other property of the Church in repair-providing for the payment of the debts of the Church, and paying the salary of the Pastor, and employing and paying the salaries of the Chorister and Sexton-and pay- ing current expenses necessary in maintaining public worship. The board of Trustees shall keep two correct and regular minutes of all their meetings, whether stated or special, and full true and correct accounts of all monies received and expended by them, which said minutes, and accounts, shall at all times be open to the inspection, of any three members of the Corporation, at the time entitled to vote for Trustees. They shall also produce a full statement of their accounts, receipts and vouchers, to be open to the inspection of all whom it may concern, on the day of the election of Trustees, one hour before the time specified for said election to commence.
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Article Eleventh. The Board of Trustees shall have power to make all such ByLaws, Rules and Regulations from time to time as may be found necessary for their government and the support and management of the secular concerns and affairs of this Corpor- ation. Provided that the said ByLaws, Rules and Regulations, or any of them, be not repug- nant to the Constitution and Laws of the United States, to the Constitution and Laws of this Commonwealth, or to the Provisions of this Charter.
Article Twelfth. It shall be lawful for the Board of Trustees to agree upon and adopt a Seal with a suitable device for this Corpor- ation, and the same to alter, break and renew at their pleasure.
Article Thirteenth. The Pastor of the Church shall be called according to the Consti- tution of the Presbyterian Church as afore- said. He shall be elected by ballot and a majority of the whole number of votes cast shall be necessary to his election. Provided always, that notice of the time and place of holding such election whenever it shall be necessary, shall be given out in the Church on each of the two Sabbaths immediately preceding the day of election by the minister officiating, or a person delegated for that purpose by the Board of Trustees. All the qualified voters for
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Trustees and all communicants in connection with the Church, who are in good and regular standing, shall be entitled to vote in the election of Pastor.
Article Fourteenth. The salary of the Pastor shall be fixed by a majority of the qualified voters for Pastor present at the meeting for his election, and immediately preceding there- to : and it shall not be altered unless by the consent of a majority of the qualified voters as aforesaid present at an annual or special meet- ing of the Congregation. Said salary shall be paid monthly in advance.
Article Fifteenth. The Elders and Deacons of the Church shall be elected by ballot, by the communicants in connection with the Church, who are in good and regular standing exclusively, and a majority of the whole num- ber of votes cast shall be necessary to a choice.
Article Sixteenth. The Session of this Church shall have the superintendence and control of the singing, and should it be desirable at any time to engage professional services in connection with the Church music, the contract for the same may be made by the Board of Trustees but shall not be considered as valid without the duly recorded approval of the Session. They shall have control of all funds contributed for missionary and benev- olent purposes and of all such spiritual matters
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as appertain to the office of the eldership by the form of government of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. The Deacons shall have charge and distribution of any funds which may be collected or appro- priated for the relief of the poor of the Church ; and the Trustees shall pay over to them all funds which may be collected or received by the Trustees for such purposes.
Article Seventeenth. The Annual Meeting of the Congregation shall be held on the third Monday in January in each and every year, when any matters of business shall be in order. Special Meetings of the Congregation may be held at any time upon the call of the Board of Trustees, and it shall be the duty of the Presi- dent upon the request in writing of three members of the Corporation to call a special meeting at any time. But, no business shall be considered in order at any special meeting unless such business has been distinctly speci- fied in the notice hereinafter provided for. No person other than the qualified voters for Trustees shall be allowed to vote at any annual or special meeting of the Congregation except as herein otherwise expressly provided. Notice of every annual or special meeting shall be given out in the Church on each of the two Sabbaths, immediately preceding such meeting, by the Minister officiating or a person delegated
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for that purpose by the Board of Trustees.
Article Eighteenth. The Board of Trustees shall keep a book in which shall be registered the subscriptions to the support of this Church of all the subscribing members of the Congre- gation and such record shall be the only evidence required as a qualification for voting $ as provided for in Article Seventh of this Charter. The book of the Session, certified by the Moderator or Clerk, shall be conclusive evidence of the good and regular standing, as a communicant, of any person, in all cases where, by the terms of this Charter, such stand- ing is required as a qualification for voting.
Article Nineteenth. The clear yearly value or income of the real and personal estate held by the said Corporation shall not exceed at any time the sum of Ten thousand Dollars.
Article Twentieth. All property real and personal which shall be bequeathed, or devised, or conveyed to said Corporation, for the use of said Church, for religious worship or sepulture, or the maintenance of either, shall be taken held and inure, subject to the control and dis- position of the lay members of said Church, or such constituted officers or representatives thereof as shall be composed of a majority of lay members, citizens of Pennsylvania, having a controlling power according to the rules, regula- tions, usages or corporate requirements thereof.
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Article Twenty-first. Any amendment or amendments to this Charter shall be proposed at any annual or special meeting of the Cor- poration, and if agreed to by a majority of the qualified voters, then present in person, shall be entered upon the minutes of said meeting, with the number of voters given in favor and against the same, and the said amendment or amendments, shall again be laid before the next annual or special meeting of the said Corporation, and if the same shall then be adopted by three-fourths of the qualified voters, then present in person, such amend- ments or amendment shall be considered as finally agreed to, and it shall be the duty of the Trustees or any one of them to procure the ratification and sanction thereof by the proper authority. Provided always neverthe- less that the foregoing provision is not to be construed, as authorizing any amendment or change in the second Article of this Charter, and it is hereby expressly agreed and declared that the second Article, or any part thereof shall not be subject to any alteration change or Amendment whatsoever.
ROBERT C. OGDEN, WILLIAM L. COOKE THEODORE H. LODER JOHN K. FINDLAY JAMES C. TAYLOR.
THE OLD TENTH CHURCH
In a sermon delivered November 7, 1858- the twenty-fifth anniversary of his pastorate over the Tenth Church-Dr. Henry A. Board- man thus spoke of the beginnings of that important organization:
"The merit of proposing the erection of a church on this spot [North-east corner of 12th and Walnut streets] is due to the late Furman Leaming. He associated with himself five other gentlemen, namely, John Stille, of the Second Church, George Ralston and James Kerr, of the First Church, and William Brown and Solomon Allen, of the Sixth Church. Through the liberality and energy of these six Christian men the work was accomplished. The corner-stone was laid with appropriate ceremonies by the late venerable Ashbel Green, D.D., on the 8th of August, 1828 .*
"On the 24th of May, following, the first sermon was preached in the lecture-room by Dr. C. C. Lansing. The building was com-
* In a manuscript found in the corner-stone when the church was demolished in 1894, the date is given as July 14th, 1828, and "The Philadelphian," of July 18, 1828, gives the same date. H. P. F.
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pleted on the 7th of December, 1829, and was opened for worship on the ensuing Sabbath, the 13th."
Its pastors were : Thomas McAuley, D.D, LL.D., installed December 17th, 1829 ; Henry A. Boardman, D.D., ordained and installed November 8th, 1833 ; John DeWitt, D.D., in- stalled October 12th, 1876; William Brenton Greene, Jr., D.D., the last pastor, installed May 14th, 1883. Dr. Greene's pastoral relation was, at his own request, dissolved by Presbytery December 5th, 1892, in order that he might accept the Stuart Professorship of the Relations of Philosophy and Science to the Christian Religion, in Princeton Theolog- ical Seminary. The church also had two associate pastors-Rev. Louis R. Fox, elected December 11th, 1871, and the Rev. J. Henry Sharpe, D.D., elected November 9th, 1874. Three of these pastors are still living : Drs. DeWitt and Greene, who are Professors in Princeton Theological Seminary ; and Dr. Sharpe, who is the pastor of the West Park Church, Philadelphia.
John S. Hart, LL.D., the distinguished author and educator, and the principal of the Philadelphia Boys' High School from 1842 to 1859, was, for a time, the superintendent of the Sunday-school. Richard H. Wallace was the last superintendent.
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It is interesting to note that the first night school in this city, for the gratuitous instruc- tion of young men, was established by mem- bers of the Tenth Church-an innovation "which was afterwards adopted by the munici- pal authorities.
During Dr. Boardman's pastorate the church became very popular. The services were crowded, and it was often impossible to pro- cure sittings. Special attention was given to visitors, medical students, and young ladies attending the seminaries. The church was also distinguished for its noble generosity. Not infrequently as much as $25,000 a year was contributed to benevolent objects. Be- tween the years 1844 and 1873, 250 boxes filled with clothing, valued at $60,000, were sent out to missionaries.
The church was interested at various times in local mission enterprises, the most important of which was the one known as the Moya- mensing Mission, and which developed into the Hollond Memorial Church. In 1856 a colony from the Tenth Church established the West Spruce Street Church.
In view of the encroachment of business houses, the consequent removal to a distance of many families of the congregation, and sev- eral other causes, the strength of the church gradually declined until finally at a congrega-
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tional meeting held on the 3d of May, 1893, it was
" Resolved, That the work of this church be discontinued at this place, and that the church property at 12th and Walnut streets be sold at the earliest date that a good price can be obtained for it."
At a meeting of the congregation held on the 24th of May, of the same year, the follow- ing action was taken:
Resolved, That we offer the corporate title of the Tenth Presbyterian Church to the West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church.
Resolved, That when the property at Twelfth and Walnut streets be sold, $75,000 of the money be appropriated to the Hollond Presby- terian Church-$35,000 of the same to be ap- plied to the payment of the church indebted- ness, and $40,000 to be held as an endowment, protected by the language of the deed of the Tenth Presbyterian Church, which is as fol- lows: "Provided always, that they shall ad- here to and maintain the mode of faith and church discipline as set forth in the Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America."
Resolved, That the residue be given to the West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church as an endowment fund, protected by the language of the deed of the Tenth Presbyterian Church and to be held by trustees to be elected by the session and trustees of this church.
At its meeting on the 5th of June, 1893, the Presbytery recommended the Tenth Church
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to retain its corporate existence until the sale of the property; approved of the proposed ec- clesiastical union between the Tenth Church and the West Spruce Street Church; and also approved of the arrangements adopted by the congregation for the disposal of the proceeds of the sale of the old church property.
On the 3d of June, 1895, Presbytery took the following final action:
Resolved, That the Tenth Presbyterian Church and the West Spruce Street Presby- terian Church be and the same are hereby united and merged into each other, and con- solidated into one church to be known here- after as the Tenth Presbyterian Church.
In the spring of 1894 the old church was sold for $150,000, of which amount Hollond, in accordance with the second of the above resolutions, received $75,000 and the West Spruce Street Church about $70,000.
The Sunday-school of the old Tenth held its sixty-fourth and last anniversary on Sunday afternoon, May 7, 1893. An interesting pro- gramme was prepared, which consisted of re- sponsive reading and singing, and addresses by Mr. Richard H. Wallace, superintendent; Professor Robert Ellis Thompson, D.D., and Dr. Wm. M. Paden.
In introducing Dr. Paden, Mr. Wallace said: " The Tenth Church and Hollond have been linked together by the most intimate and
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closest of ties-that of mother and child. With pardonable pride we have watched and rejoiced over the marvellous progress Hollond has made in the past, and which we believe it is destined to make in the years to come; it is therefore with peculiar pleasure that we wel- come Dr. Paden, who has done so much to make that progress possible."
A touching incident occurred during the closing exercises. It was plainly evident that the older members felt the impressiveness of the hour; hallowed thoughts of other days were crowding thick and fast upon them; much that they loved and reverenced was in the clasp of the dead years; and the old church building, so dear to their hearts and about which clustered so many thronging and haunt- ing associations, would soon be but a slowly fading memory. As if in sympathy with the solemn hour, the sun had gone behind a cloud, and a softened and subdued light came through the dim, time-stained windows, which seemed, like the weary eyes of an old man, to look down wonderingly and full of retrospective melancholy upon the assembled worshippers. But just as the congregation joined in the hymn, "Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me," with an earnestness which plainly indicated that it was sung as a heartfelt prayer for future help and guidance, a flood of sunlight broke through
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the cloud and fell like a benediction upon the flower-wreathed pulpit, the bright faces of the children, and the bowed heads of the old. Coming as it did with the lines-
"May I hear Thee say to me, Fear not, I will pilot thee,"
it seemed prophetic of answered prayer and of continued blessings for the dear old church, for the boys and girls, and for those who were
"Only waiting till the angels Open wide the mystic gates."
The old building was torn down in the summer of 1894 to make way for the erection of the Episcopal Diocesan House. When the corner-stone was removed in August of that year, the following interesting paper was found in a glass jar hermetically sealed:
"The corner-stone of the Tenth Presby- terian Church was laid July 14, 1828, in the city of Philadelphia, by Ashbel Green, a min- ister of the gospel of said city, John Quincy Adams being President of the United States, John Andrew Shultz, governor of the State of Pennsylvania, and Joseph Watson, mayor of Philadelphia.
"The enterprise of building this house for the public worship of Almighty God was con- ceived, undertaken, and the funds for the erec- tion of the same were principally furnished by
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the following gentlemen, who acted as a build- ing committee, viz: John Stille, Furman Leam- ing, James Kerr, Solomon Allen, George Ral- ston, William Brown. In the erection of this edifice the architect was William Strickland; the carpenter and builder, James Leslie; the bricklayers, A. & E. Robbins. When the stone was laid the inhabitants of the United States were enjoying perfect peace, and zealously en- gaged in promoting agricultural, mechanical, and industrial improvements, associations, and enterprises. Steamboat navigation was much in use. Of our canals and railroads some were completed and many more were planned and commenced. For the promotion of good morals and Christian piety infant Sunday-schools and Bible classes had been instituted, the Bible and tract societies formed; missions, both domestic and foreign, commenced and successfully pros- ecuted.
"The Presbyterian Church in the United States, under the care of the General Assem- bly, consisted of 16 Synods, 90 Presbyteries, 1,285 ministers, 1,968 congregations, and 146,308 communicants. The house of which this is the corner-stone, is ever to be con- sidered as dedicated to the worship of the one only living and true God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost. In it no doctrine ought ever to be taught, no worship ever attempted, not
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consistent with a belief of the unity and per- sonality of the Godhead, the natural and deep depravity of man, the atonement and inter- cession of the Lord Jesus Christ, the indis- pensable necessity of the renewing and sancti- fying influences of the Holy Spirit in life, sincere obedience to all the commands of God, and a future state of endless rewards and punishments. A | may many souls be won to God in this His temple on earth that shall be translated to the glorious worship and eter- nal bliss of 'the house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.' "
THE PRESENT TENTH CHURCH (Formerly the West Spruce Street Church)
BY REV. MARCUS A. BRO SON, D. D.
The present Tenth Church is the result of a union of the Tenth Presbyterian Church and the West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church. This union was consummated as follows : By vote of the Tenth Church, May 24, 1893 ; by vote of the West Spruce Street Church, June 7, 1893 ; by vote of the Presbytery of Phila- delphia, June 3, 1895 ; by action of the Court of Common Pleas, September 16, 1895.
The purpose of this chapter is to give a brief sketch of the West Spruce Street Church from its organization to the time of the consolidation with the Tenth Church; and of the united church since that date. Sketches heretofore published have been used freely in the prepar- ation of this chapter.
On the 20th of January, 1852, a number of gentlemen connected with the Tenth Presby- terian Church met at the house of the pastor, Rev. Henry A. Boardman, D. D., to confer
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upon the duty of establishing a new Presby- terian church in the city.
The Tenth Church, as stated in the preced- ing chapter, had been the result of a small colonization from the First, Second and Sixth churches. Originating in the foresight of only six persons, it had become a large and prosper- ous congregation, with a communicant mem- bership of more than 500 and a Sabbath-school numbering nearly 700 teachers and scholars. The feeling became strong that the church ought to establish another church by sending off a colony of members. Accordingly the above-mentioned conference was held, and a committee appointed to carry this purpose into effect. The committee consisted of the follow- ing-named gentlemen : James B. Ross, Single- ton A. Mercer, Morris Patterson, James Mur- phy, Thomas Hoge and James Imbrie, Jr. This committee, in due time, decided to locate the church in what was then the southwest- ern section of the city, and accordingly, in June, 1852, a suitable lot was secured on the southwest corner of Spruce and Seventeenth streets.
On the 26th of April, 1855, the corner-stone of a church edifice was laid by the Rev. Dr. Boardman, assisted by clergymen of various evangelical denominations. In due time the present edifice was completed. The architect
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was John McArthur, Jr., and the contractor John McArthur.
Before the completion of the church or chapel building, the organization of "the West Spruce Street Church " had been effected. Application having been made to the Presbytery of Phila- delphia for the organization of the church, the purpose was accomplished by a committee of the Presbytery consisting of Rev. Drs. Board- man, Engles, and Rev. Mr. Shields, together with Messrs. Paul T. Jones and James Dixon, who, in the name of the Presbytery, constituted the new church of thirty-four members of the Tenth Presbyterian Church, who had requested the Presbytery so to do. The meeting for or- ganization was held in the lecture-room of the Tenth Church, April 3, 1856. James Imbrie, Jr., John S. Hart and Morris Patterson were elected elders ; John McArthur, Jr., was elected a deacon ; and the Rev. William Pratt Breed, then of Steubenville, Ohio, was chosen, by vote of the congregation, as the pastor. The charter of the congregation having provided that the pastor should be chosen by the per- sons subscribing to the application for the act of incorporation, a meeting of the said sub- scribers had been held on February 14, 1856, at which time it was unanimously resolved to call Mr. Breed to the pastorate of the church when it should be organized.
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On the 29th of March, 1856, a charter was obtained, in which the following gentlemen were named as trustees : Moses Johnson, Morris Patterson, Singleton A. Mercer, John R. Vodges, James B. Ross, James Murphy, William Brown, William Goodrich, Theodore Cuyler, James Imbrie, Jr., Maurice A. Wurts, J. Engle Negus, John McArthur, Jr., John S. Hart and Anthony J. Olmstead.
The lecture-room of the West Spruce Street Church was opened for public worship on May 18, 1856; Rev. William P. Breed, the pastor- elect, preached the sermon. Rev. Dr. Board- man preached in the evening. One of the con- ditions upon which the thirty-four members of the Tenth Church consented to form the new organization was that the pastors of the two churches should exchange pulpit services once each Sabbath. This arrangement was contin- ued for a number of years and until a protracted illness of Dr. Boardman brought it to a close.
The installation of Rev. William P. Breed as pastor of the church took place June 4, 1856, in the Tenth Church, the moderator of the Presbytery, the Rev. George W. Musgrave, D. D., presiding. Rev. Dr. Coleman gave the charge to the pastor ; the charge to the people was delivered by Dr. Boardman.
In the month of June of the same year, a Sabbath-school was organized, consisting of
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exactly the same number of persons as origin- ally composed the church, namely, thirty-four. By appointment of the session, John S. Hart, one of the elders, was made superintendent. Professor Hart was an accomplished instructor, being the principal of the Central High School of Philadelphia. His character and work gave a tone to the school which has continued ever since.
The church edifice was dedicated to the wor- ship of Almighty God on the first Sabbath of January, 1857. The pastor preached, morning and evening. At the afternoon service the preacher was the Rev. John M. Krebs, D. D., of New York, of whose church at one time Mr. Breed had been a member.
The church building is rectangular in form, constructed of brick, with brown stone trim- mings, and has the tallest spire of any church in the city. A chapel and Sabbath-school building are in the rear.
For more than thirty years the pastorate of Dr. Breed continued, until, at his own request, he became pastor emeritus, November 7, 1887. His death occurred February 14, 1889. The funeral service in the church was attended by a large concourse of ministers and prominent laymen of the city. The members of the con- gregation, to whose needs he had ministered so long and so faithfully, were present in full
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numbers to testify, by reverent silence and with tears, their devoted love to his character, life and labors in the Gospel.
Dr. Breed's ministry in the church was one of strong and wide influence and ever-increas- ing power. He was held in honor for his liter- ary work, for his leadership in the courts of the Church, for his influential advocacy of matters of morals and of public interest appeal- ing to his judgment and conscience; but he was held in highest honor among his own peo- ple for his singularly pure character, his faith- ful preaching of the Gospel, and his tender, devoted pastoral work.
The West Spruce Street Church has been unusually fortunate in its eldership. Men of intellectual strength and of the highest moral character and spiritual excellence have held this office, and have guided the spiritual affairs of the church with the most efficient counsels and devoted labors, certain ones among them bestowing also most liberal gifts of money for the maintenance of the church and the exten- sion of the Redeemer's kingdom beyond the boundaries of their particular congregation. The Patterson Memorial Presbyterian Church, in West Philadelphia, is the result of a gift of $30,000 by the will of Morris Patterson, Esq., placed in the hands of the trustees of the West Spruce Street Church, to establish a church
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wherever they might think a Presbyterian church was required. The Church of the Evangel, at Eighteenth and Tasker streets, and the Presbyterian church at Fox Chase were established through the gifts of Gustavus S. Benson, Esq. Suitable mural memorials of these noble men of God are to be found in the Tenth Church-one on either side of the beau- tiful stone pulpit erected to the memory of Dr. Breed by his loving people.
After the death of Dr. Breed, a call was ex- tended to the Rev. James D. Paxton, of Sche- nectady, N. Y., and, having accepted the same, he was installed as pastor, January 14, 1891.
During Mr. Paxton's pastorate the church was remodeled and very beautifully ornamented in the interior. The decorations are of the Byzantine order of the period from the eighth to the tenth century. The whole effect is pleasing and worshipful.
It was during Mr. Paxton's pastorate that the union with the old Tenth Church was effected. In 1896 Mr. Paxton resigned the pastoral charge of the church, to become the pastor of the American students in the Latin Quarter of Paris, where he remained for two years. Dr. Paxton is now pastor of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, Minn.
The present officers of the church are :
PASTOR-Rev. Marcus A. Brownson, D. D.,
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$ called from the pastorate of the First Presby- terian Church in Detroit, Mich., and installed March 30, 1897.
ELDERS-George Junkin, LL.D., (1861); John D. McCord (1870); Frank K. Hipple (1883); Edward Smith Kelley (1891); Wm. W. Moorhead, M. D., (1891); Isaac Shipman Sharp (1891); Richard H. Wallace ( 1893).
DEACONS-James Johnston (1890); Gusta- vus S. Benson, Jr., (1890); J. Howard Breed (1890).
TRUSTEES-George Junkin, president ; Ed- ward Smith Kelley, secretary ; Frank K. Hip- ple, treasurer ; John D. McCord, R. Dale Ben- son, Edward P. Borden, Henry C. Fox, Henry Maule, Isaac Shipman Sharp, D. F. Woods, M. D., W. Atlee Burpee, Strickland L. Kneass, Kenneth M. Blakiston.
The membership of the church numbers 641; and there are enrolled 320 scholars in the Sab- bath-school, of which Mr. Frank K. Hipple is the superintendent.
The church has always been known as zeal- ous for the support of the Boards of the Church at large. The benevolent contributions during the Church year of 1898-99 were as follows : Home Missions, $5758 ; Foreign Missions, $4429; Education, $464; Sabbath-school Work, $429; Church Erection, $283; Ministerial Re- lief, $1877; Freedmen, $288; Synodical Aid,
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$263; Aid for Colleges, $339; General Assem- bly Expenses, $91; Bible Society, $110; Mis- cellaneous, $2641 ; total, $16,972.
It is thus apparent that the thirty-four mem- bers of the old Tenth Church builded, better than they knew when they established the West Spruce Street Church, and it seemed most appropriate that when, by reason of depletion (through the inevitable changes of her own neighborhood) removal became necessary, the Tenth Church should seek union with the church which had come out from her thirty- seven years before, and that mother and child should again live and labor together in one happy spiritual family.
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