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100th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE ORGANIZATION OF
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, PITTSBURGH, PA.
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
Sunday, April 13-SERVICES, 10.30 A. M. and 3 and 7.30 P. M.
Monday, April 14-ANNIVERSARY MEETING, 3 P. M.
Tuesday, April 15-REMINISCENCES, 3 P. M. RECEPTION, 7.30 P. M.
The following persons will participate in the exercises : REV. S. F. SCOVEL, REV. WM. SPEER, REV. WM. M. PAXTON, REV. RICHARD LEA, REV. JAS. ALLISON, and others.
- SUNDAY SCHOOL CENTENNIAL SERVICES,
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, PITTSBURGH,
APRIL 13, 1884.
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of OUR GOD, in the mountain of HIS HOLINESS.
1784.
PLEDGES OF BLESSING TO OUR FATHERS. " Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth."
1884.
BESTOWMENTS OF BLESSING UPON OURSELVES. "As we have heard so have we seen in the city of The Lord of Hosts."
1984.
PROMISES OF BLESSING TO OUR CHILDREN. "Tell it to the generation following."
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DR. HERRON'S TESTIMONY.
The following extract from the Presbyterian Banner, preserves an ex- tract from a special sermon by Dr. Herron, and is peculiarly valuable as an example of his fervor and of the positiveness of his convictions. The sermon itself was destroyed by fire, after having been carefully kept by the Doctor's family for years.
" The house of worship belonging to the First Presbyterian Church of this city, which preceded the present large, substantial and commanding edifice, was erected in 1804. The late Rev. Francis Herron, D. D., had begun his labors here in 1811. It was, therefore, with great propriety that he was invited to preach the last sermon in the old house, which he did with much force and deep feeling, although nearly eighty years old. At the close of the sermon he made this declaration :
'And now I wish to say, in conclusion, my career in the gospel ministry is drawing very near to a close. And having, in my feeble manner, preached 'the glorious gospel of the blessed God,' for more than half a century, to my fellow-sinners, both here and elsewhere, I wish it to be recorded and remembercd, that I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. And would to God that it was written as 'with a pen of iron and with a point of a diamond,' on every heart, both of saint and sinner, that this gospel is the only remedy for the ruined creature, man. And, my fellow-sinners, if yon are ever saved from the ruins of your apostacy, you must be saved by this gospel, according to God's plan of salvation through CHRIST, to whom be glory for ever. Amen.'
Such a testimony from such a man, when his work was about completed and his long life nearly ended, is of great weight. He had been a close observer of men and things, and had wielded an influence in this commu- nity such as no other man possessed. He had seen the utter worthlessness of everything else as a substitute for the gospel of CHRIST, and had often witnessed the mighty power of God in the salvation of sinners."
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AN ADDRESS AT THE COMMUNION.
READ BY THE REV. DR. RICHARD LEA,
In the First Presbyterian Church, on the Fourth of July, 1880, more than FIFTY-SEVEN years after his first communion in 1823.
[NOTE. A copy of this unique and invaluable address was made and placed in the corner-stone of the new lecture room. The original will be preserved in the church archives.]
In the year 1823, there stood where this building now stands, a large brick building with three aisles, and a heavy gallery around three sides. At night, candles were in the pulpit and on the pillars of the gallery, also blazed over the centre aisle from a glass chandelier, at that time the largest in the city. Three large stoves, one at each front door, just inside the aisles, warmed the spacious building sufficiently for the hardy worship- ers, while warm bricks could be procured from the sexton, at a reasonable rate, for those whose health or frame was more delicate. At that time there was one very small weekly meeting, every Wednesday night, with so few men to lead in prayer, that sometimes a pious old lady was called upon to pray. [Mrs. Mary Wilkins, who died January, 1879 .- S. F. S.]
There was no instrument of music ; an organ, or choir, would by many have been esteemed an abomination. One man, with a scarcely tolerated pitchpipe, sat at the front of the pulpit, a small Englishman, a professional musician, who almost invariably slept through the other services, and was not unfrequently awakened by those depositing the collection bags to per- form his duty at the close. Interments were then made in the yard, which embraced the ground now occupied by Trinity Church. The green sward, fine trees, and elevated position, with its multitude of tombstones, made it a quiet, beautiful and spacious spot, where hundreds walked, wept, and prayed. The congregation was then by far the most influential in the city, presided over by its dignified and earnest pastor, Rev. Dr. Herron, in the prime of useful life. The Sabbath School (before infant schools were known here,) was taught in the lecture room, and in the rear
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of the church there was a small room where the elders not only convened for business, but met every Sabbatlı morning for prayer, inviting, on com- munion morning, all who wished to come and worship with them. That little room was a sacred place. There the elders so long prayed. There the young men commenced their prayer meeting, and laid their plans for the formation of the Third Church. There the Western Theological Seminary first convened; it contained the library and the first class ; and there, perhaps more than anywhere else, was formed the Western Foreign Missionary Society. But we are now speaking of 1823, and must not anticipate. Then the Second Presbyterian Church was in Diamond alley. It was customary on communion Sabbaths, for one of the pastors to shorten the services in his church, to enable him and others wishing to do so, to attend the other church in time to commune with them. This fraternal intercourse was very precious to the few who par- ticipated. The first communion I ever witnessed in Pittsburgh, was in this church, I am almost certain, in 1823. On that morning Dr. Swift entered in his solemn, stately way, and was warmly greeted by Dr. Herron. Behind him came one or two of his elders, who walked up to the elders of this church and received tokens for a few of the members of the Second ·Church who wished to commune. Communion services commenced. The senior elder, Mr. Cooper, was slightly paralyzed, his hands shaking with great violence when much excited. IIe was very particular in everything connected with the tokens and insisted upon every young applicant being well posted in the shorter catechism, and being perfectly free from Hop- kinsianism, the error feared in that day. Judge Snowden was exceedingly polite and gentlemanly in all his actions. Mr. Blair was calm, but prompt, sterner, and perhaps feared more than the others, while Mr. HIannen appeared to be either praying, or doing something to promote the comfort of somebody else all the time. Blessed men ! a noble line of elders followed you, but they too would be pleased with the veneration and love with which my soul goes out to you this day. While the hymn was sung :
"'Twas on that dark, that doleful night,"
(a hymn which Dr. Herron always sang at communion, and I always after him, until it was dropped from the Hymnal, to my great regret,) the people rose from all parts of the house. to occupy the first table, prin- cipally family by family rising and going forward together, leaving behind the non-communicants-who pretty generally remained. Some- times this separation of families produced powerful impressions. All seated, and the tokens lifted by the elders, a chair was taken from the altar and placed at the head of the table for old father Patterson. He was too old to stand, and sitting like a patriarch at the head of his family, he commenced his prayer of consecration, "Oh, God, we thank Thee for the light of this blessed day. We deserve Egyptian darkness ! We thank Thee for the air we breathe, given by Thy goodness ; for the water we drink. . Oh! for the water of life." Concluding with special
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mention the elements before him. "This is the Lord's table," he con- tinued, "only believers have a right here, but all believers are welcome. Some of the under shepherds, without any right to do so, have built fences across the fold, thus debarring brethren from communing one with another. Lord, come down speedily and destroy these crooked, unsightly, illegal fences, that there may be but one fold, one shepherd. Say what you will of church order, no man has a right to debar his brother from the Lord's table." Dr. Herron explained the ordinance, in a clear and lengthy manner. Dr. Swift made an impassioned appeal to the com- municants. Three tables were leisurely filled, one after the other. Father Patterson, after he had served the third table, looked around upon the non- communicants, saying in his tremulous way : " I have a request to make of you. Go home and write in your diary : This day I deliberately rejected the Lord Jesus Christ, staid in my pew, while dear friends arose and left me. It may be, that you may be left behind when they enter into His kingdom." Those solemn words made a deep impression upon many hearts that day.
At that communion, or some time after, a poor lady lost her token; it became mixed with her handkerchief in her reticule. Father Cooper did not notice her confusion, and still held out his hand to receive it. She arose from the table. Dr. Herron led her back with assuring words, but her agony hardly ever abated ; she took it as an evil omen. Afterwards, in a debate in the Synod of Pittsburgh on tokens, the Doctor gave this instance as the reason why he abandoned in this church their further use.
At that communion table sat many private members, who were soon afterwards to be prominent in and out of the Session : my Sabbath School teachers, James Wilson and Alexander Laughlin ; John Herron, Robert Beer, so lately deceased ; his brother Thomas, and likely Rev. Wells Bush- uell ; Francis Bailey, prominent in establishing the church at East Liberty ; Thomas Plummer, who by will endowed the Mission School which became the germ of the Sixth Church ; Judge Porter, who patronized the same church so liberally ; Eliza Mowry and her sister Jane, so useful in Lawrence- ville, and perhaps the majority of that noble colony which went down to the Point among the, destitute, with their pastor's co-operation, and founded the Third Church, which from the beginning came to the front in activity. Indeed it was at that time said, that no church could be built in or near Pittsburgh, without the iron and glass, the men and women of the First Church. It has a noble set of helpers now, but not one of the newer organizations is envious of the ancient glory of the mother church.
What occurred before 1823, a child thirteen years old can hardly be expected to tell, but the forty-eight communions whichi, as a member, I enjoyed, are precious memories. One night Dr. Herron preached a sermon upon the text, "Lord, revive Thy work." He had given it out in the morning and an unusual attendance was present. Soon after com- mencing his sermon, some one rose in the audience and made for the door; the Doctor stopped, and looked at him without speaking until
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he was fairly out, and then proceeded. Soon another restive one arose ; the Doctor waited until he was gone, and then said, "If any more wish to go, I will wait, as I do not wish to be disturbed." After awhile another rude one arose in the gallery and began clattering down stairs. The Doctor paused, making the steps more audible, until the man, evidently angry, closed the door with a bang. " It appears," said the Doctor, "that the devil is determined to annoy us to-night ; if any more wish to go, go ! I shall not stop, but finish my discourse amidst any confusion." At the elose, he informed the people that the lecture room was lighted, and after the benediction was pronounced, he hoped that the careless would go home, and those who were desirous of a revival, would meet him there, to pray for half an hour for the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the church. The lecture room was crowded to its utmost capacity. Dr. Campbell was wonderfully stirred up. The two, aided occasionally by Mr. Joice and other ministers, held meetings every night during a dark, rainy winter, the people coming with lanterns and umbrellas, through unlighted streets, for an hour of singing, prayer and exhorta- tion ; that was all. Sometimes the anxious were called to stand up, or wait after the dismissal for private conversation, but no striving for novelty. Quietly, steadily, mightily the work progressed. But Oh ! what communions we then had. Accessions every time, of praying youth. Men of thought and power, who joined to labor and to love. Then began the practice of receiving the accessions at the front of the pulpit.
Then, too, [after the revivals of 1824 and 1825.] eame an era of Sabbath Schools, infant schools, prayer meetings and monthly concerts- a vast amount of work done with holy quietness and power. New elders also succeeded the old ones, chosen now for their ability to feed the flock and lead them in works of benevolence. Some of these in- stallations were peculiarly impressive. John Wright, perhaps the oldest elder of this church now alive, is perhaps the main pillar of the church at Black Liek, Pa. We hope father Willson will commune to-day.
A peculiarity of that revival was, that neither of the speakers presented much variety. Dr. Herron's prayer meeting addresses were often monot- onous. He never could tell an anecdote, or declaim. Dr. Camp- bell's addresses nearly always ended in the same way. "Young man in the midst of pride and power, beware how you spend your talents. Old man with white locks waving in the winds of death, the great white throne and the judgment bar is just at hand. Thoughtless young girls, prepare to meet God in judgment." Mr. Hugh MeClelland, in old-fash- ioned style, led the singing, almost always beginning as we assem- bled, with "Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove." Undoubtedly the Holy Spirit was there, and gave efficacy to the simplest means. About that time began the Young Men's Saturday night prayer meeting, and Young Men's Education Society, with ladies' sewing circles, and City Traet Distribution, monthly ; one Fair and Festival was tried, but Professor Nevin, Miss Mary
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Herron and a few others so opposed it, Mr. Nevin powerfully through the press, that for a time this modern growth was checked. He also wrote a pamphlet against the anxious seats, and delivered, on Sabbath after- noons, a solid course of lectures on "the Analogies of Religion" with truth, science, etc. Here was one source of Dr. Herron's power-he could set others to work ! In his church then, emphatically, General Assemblies, and Synods, and Presbyteries and Conventions, met and prayed and con- muned together. His membership were the elite of the city, bringing to the First Church visiting Presidents and traveling great men. He gath- ered into his pulpit great preachers of every denomination. Henry Bascom one night preached nearly three hours, poor Archie relighting the candles so sparingly, that the darkness appeared to add to the solemnity. Everything great and good he brought to his church as a centre. He aided every good cause mightily, but that kind of liberality which leaves its own church prayer meetings to languish, and lends its best efforts to novel schemes, he was too far behind ? or before ? this age to understand, i. c., he held the high place of Zion, and was equal to the position. At that time, too, some of Pittsburgh's wisest and best (outside of the communion,) lent their influence to the cause. His trustees were often conspicuous as editors, doctors, and lawyers. It will be long before the names of Craig, Ross, Agnew and others, are forgotten.
An infidel lecturer once said : " Free thought and liberal action can have no chance in Pittsburgh until Drs. Herron, Black and Bruce die." Infidel- ity has lately said, that the churches would die, if unsupported by the women ! We thank them for thus complimenting our worthies, how- ever unintentionally, but assure them that when all our present communi- cants have joined the past, others here will be pressing on to the "mar- riage supper of the Lamb." Woman gave the human Saviour birth ; wise men presented to His infancy gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh. The truly wise and good have followed Him ever since. The future is as sure as the past. The God-man is now upon the throne. All opposing voices will be unheard amidst the hallelujahs of heaven.
The "Gallagher Revival" which followed, extended over the city. He had more churches and preachers to help him. Music, under Billings and Gilbert, awoke. Temperance and missions enlisted, more than ever, all classes.
Another old mortality will some day retouch these inscriptions.
I close by saying, between 1830 and 1836, Rev. Alex. Brown went from this church and founded the church at Birminghain. Joseph Reed became pastor at Highland. Thos. Beer selected as his helpmeet one of your best Sabbath School workers, and went to Mount Hope, Ohio. Young Comingo persuaded Miss Craig to Stenbenville. Aaron Williams, with Jane Herron and another family of same name, established the church at Minersville. Following their examples, Fallured another of your daughters to Lawrenceville, often coming back on the Saturday before communion, until one day-the old elders of 1823 all gone, the
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old house gone, hosts of communicants gone-they told me, that my old pastor was gone! From this pulpit, heavily draped, I looked there into his coffin, and amidst his mourning congregation saw his venerable form for the last time. Never mind ; some day soon, with fourteen hundred of my own communicants, I will find him among his people, around the Master they so faithfully served, and will give and receive a welcome so warm that eternity cannot cool it. The Lamb who is in the midst of the throne, shall lead us unto fountains of living waters, and God himself " shall wipe away all tears from our eyes." Speaking of tears, I never saw the Doctor cry but once. After the funeral services of one of his elders were closed, he being quite old, approached the coffin, looked at the face of the dead sorrowfully for a while, then said, with all his frame con- vulsed, "Good bye, Harmar !" and passed on.
I have confined my history to the pastorate of Dr. Herron, because he was the only pastor I ever had. His predecessor, Mr. Steele, had finished his work long before 1823. Both of his successors received a rich legacy from the one which preceded him. Both sowed and reaped plentifully ; with them seed time and harvest followed each other swiftly. The blessing of God still rests upon both. Long may their useful lives be preserved ! This church does not shine comparatively as conspicuously as it did of yore, for the blessed reason that so many bright lights burn all around it. Positively it has constantly increased in power. It is no ancient ruin, like Castle Dudley or Kenilworth, but a mighty fortress, such as Stirling or Warwick. Peace has been within these walls, pros- perity within the palaces. It has sent forth, on every hand, streams to make glad the city of our God, but has maintained its own fullness. Silently, but steadily, its communicants have marched heavenward, some of them grandly and some of them very humbly, but all surely. They never halted, except to gather new power. Never seriously mutinied. Never fired upon each other. Kept right on, even in the great schism. And now, with undiminished numbers, inseribe upon their banner, "Good will to all. Love to each other. Loyalty to the king."
[NOTE. I have really striven to give names sparingly. lest the paper should weary you. Should you wish to know the names of all the good, and true, and well beloved who have gone from this church, you must eall the roll. Were we to call it, how solemn the silence would be ! No answer ever comes from the departed ! "But we which are alive shall not prevent them which are asleep, for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout ! with the voice of the archangel ! and with the trump of God ! and the dead in Christ shall rise first ! Then we which are alive, and remain, shall be caught up together with them, to meet the Lord in the air ! and so shall we ever be with the Lord."]
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COPY OF THE ORIGINAL GRANT OF PROPERTY BY THE HEIRS OF WILLIAM PENN.
[NOTE .- The original parchment is still in possession of the church and in excellent preservation.]
THIS INDENTURE, made the twenty-fourth Day of September, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, Between The Honorable John Penn, Junior, and John Penn, of the City of Phila- delphia, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Esquires, late Proprieta- ries of Pennsylvania, of the one Part, And The Trustees of the Presby- terian Congregation of Pittsburg and the vicinity thereof, in the County of Westmoreland, in Pennsylvania aforesaid, of the other part, Witnesseth : That the said John Penn, Junior, and John Penn, as well for and in Con- sideration of the laudable Inclination which they have for encouraging and promoting Morality, Piety and Religion in general, and more espe- cially in the town Pittsburg as of the sum of Five Shillings, Current Money of Pennsylvania, unto them in hand paid by the said Trustees of the Presbyterian Congregation of Pittsburg and the Vicinity thereof, at and before the Sealing and Delivery hereof, the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, HAVE given, granted, bargained, sold, released and con- firmed, And by these Presents Do give, grant, bargain, sell, release and confirm unto the said Trustees of the Presbyterian Congregation at Pittsburg and the vicinity thereof, in the County of Westmoreland, their Successors and Assigns, Two Certain whole Lots or pieces of Ground and the one full equal half part of a Lot or piece of Ground, lying contiguous to each other, situate in the Town of Pittsburg, containing in Breadth, on the whole, One Hundred and Fifty Feet and in Length or Depth -feet (The said two whole Lots marked in Colonel Wood's Plan of the said Town, Nos. 439 and 438, and the said half Lot is part of No. 437.) Bounded southeastward by the remainder of said Lot 437, conveyed for the Use of the Episcopal Church; northeastward, by Sixth street; northwestward, by vacant Lot No. 440 ; and southwestward, by Virgin alley, TOGETHER with all and singular the Right, Members and Appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any way apper- taining ; TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said two whole Lots and the said
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half Lot or pieces of Ground, Hereditaments and Premises hereby granted or mentioned, to be granted with the Appurtenances unto the said Trustees of Presbyterian Congregation of Pittsburg and the vicinity thereof, in the County of Westmoreland, their Successors and Assigns, To the only proper Use, Benefit and Behoof of the said Trustees of the Presbyterian Congregation at Pittsburg and the vicinity thereof, their Successors and Assigns forever, according to the true Intent and Meaning of an Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- vania aforesaid, enaeted into a Law the twentieth day of September, instant, entitled "An Aet to Incorporate the Presbyterian Congregation at Pittsburg and the vicinity thereof, at this Time under the Pastoral Care of the Reverend Samuel Barr;" and to and for no other Use, Intent or Purpose whatsoever.
IN WITNESS whereof, the said Parties have interchangeably set their Hands and Seals hereunto. Dated the Day and Year above written.
Sealed and delivered by the said
John Penn, Junior, in presence of PETER MILLER, JOHN SPOONER.
} JOHN PENN, JUN. [1. >.]
Sealed and delivered by the said John Penn, in presence of JOHN T. MIFFLIN, PETER MILLER.
JOHN PENN. [1. x.]
Be it remembered, That on the twenty-fourth Day of September, A. D. 1787, Before me, George Bryan, being one of the Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania, came Peter Miller, of the City of Philadelphia, Gent, and upon his solemn affirmation according to Law, did say that he was present and did see the above named John Penn, Junior, and John Penn, Esqs., seal and as their act and Deed deliver the above written Indenture, And that he did also see John Spooner and John T. Mifflin subscribe their names as witnesses to the Execution thereof ; And that the name Peter Miller, thereunto also subscribed as witness to the Execution thereof, is his own Ilandwriting.
Witness my Hand and Seal, the Day and Year aforesaid.
GEO. BRYAN. [L. S.]
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FIRST CHURCH ORGANIZATION.
Pastor,
ELDERS.
Robert S. Davis, ordained 1862. Charles Holmes, ordained 1879.
David Robinson, ordained 1862. John A. Caughey, ordained 1873. A. M. Marshall, ordained 1873. Jas. Laughlin, Jr., ordained 1873.
James L. Marshall, ordained 1879.
Samuel A. Espy, ordained 1879.
John T. Daniel, ordained 1879.
DEACONS.
David W. Bell, Charles Holmes, Frederick Disque,
William R. Newell, O. M. Hartzell, Thos. P. Day.
TRUSTEES.
Robert Dalzell, President,
Jas. T. Wood,
John W. Chalfant, David W. Bell,
William Means,
Chas. E. Speer,
Jacob Painter,
David Robinson,
James Laughlin, Jr.,
R. C. Miller.
Robert S. Davis, Treasurer. J. F. McConnell, Janitor.
April 1st, 1884.
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SABBATH SCHOOL.
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OFFICERS AND TEACHERS, 1884.
Superintendent. James Laughlin, Jr.
Associate Superintendent. Fred. Disque.
Primary Department-Sup't. .Mrs. W. R. Murphy.
Primary Department-Ass't .. Miss Nannie McClure.
Recording Secretary. Jno. T. Daniel.
General Secretary.
Frank W. Gill.
Treasurer.
R. C. Miller.
Assistant Sceretary.
Thos. C. Pears.
Alexander MeClure,
Librarians.
Harry F. Davis,
Oscar Bingham.
Miss Maggie MeKnight, Organist,
Miss Sadie E. Smythe,
Choir
Miss Florence Huggins,
Mr. C. C. McCord,
Mr. J. M. McFrederick.
TEACHERS.
Mr. David Robinson,
Mrs. Matthew Bigger,
Mr. S. A. Espy,
Mrs. J. I. Logan,
Mr. J. L. Marshall,
Mrs. J. T. Daniel,
Mr. W. C. Lilley,
Mrs. Mary Poindexter,
Mr. Charles Holmes,
Mrs. J. M. Taylor,
Mr. R. C. Miller,
Mrs. F. A. Smith,
Mr. John Thompson,
Mrs. A. W. Bell,
Mr. T. C. Pears,
Mrs. T. C. Pears,
Mr. Matthew Bigger,
Miss A. W. Miller,
Mr. T. S. Brown,
Miss M. L. Chalfant,
Mr. W. G. Stewart,
Miss Nellie McKnight,
Mr. J. L. Moore,
Miss Maggie MeKnight,
Mr. C. F. Perkins,
Miss Luella Rees,
Miss Ettie M. Speer,
Miss Douglass,
Miss Nellie Richards,
Miss Craig,
Miss Mollie Armstrong,
Mrs. Bessie Horne,
Miss Florence Pickersgill,
Miss Nannie Patrick,
Miss M. D. Lecky,
Miss Josephine Scott,
Miss Kate M. Reifsnyder,
Miss J. H. Lecky.
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YOUNG MEN'S UNION.
Matthew Bigger,
President.
J. F. McConnell.
Vice President.
T. S. Brown,
Vice President.
Thos. C. Pears,
Secretary.
Thos. P. Day,
Treasurer.
Wm. R. Newell,
Librarian.
Prayer Meeting, Monday Evening. Business Meeting, Monthly.
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WOMAN'S WORK.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Mrs. Richard Waring,
President.
Mrs. Anna Logan,
- Viee President.
Mrs. D. W. Bell, -
Secretary.
Mrs. Win. R. Murphy,
- Treasurer.
HOME MISSIONS.
Mrs. Samuel Rea,
President.
Mrs. II. A. Collier,
Vice President.
Mrs. Thomas Pears,
Secretary.
Mrs. Matt. Bigger,
- Treasurer.
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
Mrs. Anna Logan,
President.
Miss M. Denny,
Vice President.
Mrs. Samuel Rea,
Vice President.
Miss Emma Bailey, -
Miss A. Arthurs, - -
- Secretary. Treasurer.
WOMEN'S MEETINGS.
FOREIGN MISSIONS, First Friday of the month, 23 P. M.
HOME MISSIONS, . Second Friday of the month, 23 P. M.
PRAYER MEETING, . Third Friday of the month, 23 P. M.
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, Last Friday of the month, 23 P. M.
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CHURCH CHOIR.
Professor Amos Whiting, Mr. Chas. C. Mellor,
Director.
Organist.
SOPRANOS-Mrs. C. II. Kloman,
Miss Sadie E. Smythe,
TENOR-C. H. Siedle, N. Cotlin,
Miss Mamie Markle,
J. B. McMillan,
Miss Lizzie Orth,
Minor Scovel,
Miss Mary Canghey,
C. C. McCord,
Miss Saide Bailey,
S. P. Kennedy.
Miss M. Cunningham,
R. H. L. Naylor,
Miss Clara Lambert.
J. M. McFrederick,
Miss Carrie S. Whiting,
J. Hanson Rose.
Miss Georgie Taylor,
Miss Florence. Huggins,
Miss Emma Crawford.
Abstract from Annual Report to Presbytery, April 1st, 1884.
Church Membership, - 706 Deacons, - 7
Elders, 9 Sabbath School Membership, 467 Amount contributions for all purposes during the year, - $24,412 Property Valuation :
Ilouse of Worship, - - $140,000
Chapel and Sunday School Room, -
25,000
Parsonage, -
18,000 -
Miss Mattie Taylor,
BASSO-J. N. Bebont,
ALTOS-Miss Lizzie McIlwaine,
J. M. Jones,
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION.
The following are sources of information for any who may desire to trace more fully the history of the "elder days," and will be found full of interest :
1. The contemporary journals of the city, especially the Pittsburgh Ga- zette and the Mercury.
2. The works of Messrs. Brackenridge and Craig, mentioned in "The Church and the City."
3. The printed records of Redstone Presbytery.
4. The minutes of the Synod of Pittsburgh from 1802-1832. [Edited by Mr. L. Loomis.]
5. "Old Redstone," by the Rev. Joseph Smith.
6. "The Centenary Memorial of Presbyterianism in Western Pennsyl- vania," especially Mr. Wm. Darlington's paper therein (1876).
7. " Black Robes," Robert Nevin.
8. Dr. Paxton's " Memorial of Dr. Herron."
9. David McKnight's Sabbath School History of the First Presbyterian Church.
10. Dr. John Douglass's Sabbath School Pamphlet.
11. Craighead's "Scotch and Irish Seeds in American Soil."
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