East Liberty Presbyterian Church : with historical setting & a narrative of the centennial celebration, April 12-20, 1919, Part 13

Author: Negley, Georgina G., comp; East Liberty Presbyterian Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Publication date: 1919
Publisher: Pittsburgh : Murdoch, Kerr
Number of Pages: 360


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Finance


A CENTURY OF FINANCE BY MRS. J. H. RUNNETTE


Congregational General


Women's Societies, Expenses* Benevolencest Bands, Etc.#


Total Receipts


1818-1828


$ 1,561.621/2


$ 1,561.621/2


1828-1829


378.00


378.00


1829-1830


560.89


560.89


1830-1831


411.25


411.25


1831-1832


305.35


305.35


1832-1833


292.41


292.41


1833-1834


779.961/2


779.961/2


1834-1835


483.25


483.25


1835-1836


671.871/2


671.8772


1836-1839


1,414.091/4


1,414.091/4


1839-1841


685.90


685.90


1841-1842


546.00


546.00


1843-1844


380.08


380.08


1845


516.21


516.21


1846


551.61


551.61


1847


3,113.44


3,113.44


1848


545.41


545.41


1849


2,820.60


2,820.60


1850


2,337.53


2,337.53


1851


1,068.04


1,068.04


1852


539.99


539.99


1853


593.64


593.64


1854


677.97


677.97


1855


557.90


557.90


1856


768.87


768.87


1857


596.60


596.60


1858


930.48


930.48


1859


886.19


886.19


1860


750.00


750.00


1861


631.92


631.92


1862


13,174.60


13,174.60


1863


666.24


666.24


1864


1,109.00


1,109.00


1865


6,394.91


6,394.91


1866


5,000.00


5,000.00


1867


5,594.63


5,594.63


1868


3,925.07


3,925.07


1869


5,034.89


5,034.89


1870


9,349.56


9,349.56


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CENTENNIAL EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH


A CENTURY OF FINANCE-Continued


Congregational General


Women's Societies,


Expenses* Benevolencest Bands, Etc.#


Total Receipts


1871


4,420.63


4,420.63


1872


7,782.94


7,782.94


1873


5,364.00


5,364.00


1874-1875


9,113.01


9,113.01


1876


5,523.00


5,523.00


1878


4,787.12


4,787.12


1879


12,575.41


2,990.26


510.00


16,075.67


1880


7,935.42


5,987.12


601.51


14,524.05


1881


5,334.31


7,980.11


632.37


13,946.79


1882


7,300.89


4,932.15


813.70


13,046.74


1883


5,604.70


4,140.67


1,083.94


10,829.31


1884


7,692.51


7.089.68


1,069.78


15,851.97


1885


6,495.09


11,570.00


1,232.23


19,297.32


1886


6,415.74


4,847.73


1,575.69


12,839.16


1887


120,154.00


13,129.55


1,809.71


135,093.26


1888


126,096.17


7,759.58


2,20.5.67


136,071.42


1889


34,875.67


7,781.96


2,282.80


45,040.43


1890


26,062.88


10,787.91


2,317.68


39,168.47


1891


17,137.88


9,047.42


2,794.04


28,979.34


1892


14,005.38


9,411.05


2,665.58


26,082.01


1893


21,441.34


9,893.02


3,326.66


34,661.02


1894


14,427.03


14,685.74


3,427.80


32,540.57


1895


22,359.16


8,749.27


3,683.57


34,792.00


1896


17,743.10


17,990.39


4,1.15.97


39,849.46


1897


17,381.98


12,026.44


3,819.34


33,227.76


1898


16,345.95


11,936.83


3,796.69


32,079.47


1899


15,509.83


10,905.42


3,796.28


30,211.53


1900


17,102.70


13,673.20


4,305.31


35,081.21


1901


15,709.29


10,457.37


4,118.07


30,284.73


1902


26,827.23


11,330.80


3,853.18


42,011.21


1903


35,182.42


19,319.21


4,550.48


59,052.11


1904


19,557.30


16,477.52


3,647.01


39,681.83


1905


22,789.91


24,183.54


3,715.78


50,689.23


1906


26,223.81


26,779.40


3,638.70


56,641.91


1907


23,349.71


24,719.64


4,214.98


52,284.33


1908


20,541.34


24,689.29


3,288.81


48,519.44


1909


20,768.43


16,455.35


3,285.02


40,508.80


1910


29,232.71


19,578.59


3,781.31


52,592.61


1911


23,374.40


19,377.61


4,711.23


47,463.24


1912


21,725.44


20,646.64


3,893.39


46,265.47


1913


21,035.08


39,610.40


5,395.29


66,040.77


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1877


4,480.00


4,480.00


FINANCE


A CENTURY OF FINANCE-Continued


Congregational General Expenses* Benevolencest


Women's Societies, Bands,


Total Receipts


Etc.#


1914


22,976.36


79,224.04


4,387.55


106,587.95


1915


24,593.05


31,721.58


4,174.87


60,489.50


1916


28,228.75


34,662.74


5,2,53.93


68,145.42


1917


23,013.34


28,271.80


6,903.05


58,188.19


1918


23,342.24


21,715.28


6,102.32


51,159.84


1919


20,595.33


15,987.79


6,700.07


43,283.19


1919 Centennial Endowment Fund


$ 100,789.83


$2,038,045.3534 Grand total


*Under this head are all amounts received for other than benevolent objects.


TIn this column are grouped regular and special collections or the church and Sabbath school, Kemerer scholarship fund, Christian Endeavor Societies and special offerings.


#Women's Societies, Bands, etc., indicate all offerings received from these sources, including the Ladies' Aid Society.


The exceptionally large amounts in certain years in the Congrega- tional Expense column include sums raised for the erection of new buildings.


The early records being incomplete, the above is presented as an approximately correct statement.


After almost a century's experience with the pew rent and other systems, the East Liberty Presbyterian Church finally, after careful investigation and study of the entire plan of raising money, both for expenses of the church and for the various benevolences thereof, on July 1, 1909, adopted the voluntary pledge system. Pledge cards were given to each member on which they were asked to state the amounts they were willing to contribute for congregational expenses and benevolent funds, and envelopes were furnished to contain the amounts. At that time approximately two-thirds of the membership contributed their quota, thus manifesting general approval of the plan.


We have now had ten years' experience with the voluntary pledge system, and believe that if the system is energetically handled, it is superior to the old idea of pew-renting and more democratic, and gives every member an opportunity to do his share in the support of the church and its work, and thus distributes the burden more equally among all the congregation, instead of allowing a few mem- bers to carry the greater portion of the load.


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Organizations


ORGANIZATIONS


LIST OF PASTORS


Name


Began Stated Service


Installed


REV. WM. B. MCILVAINE, D. D. - June, 1829


REV. JOHN GILLESPIE, D. D. - -


April 26, 1865


April 26, 1865


REV. BENJ. L. AGNEW, D.D., 'LL.D Dec. 3, 1882 Dec. 17, 1882


REV. J. P. E. KUMLER, D.D., LL.D. Sept. 26, 1884 Oct. 9, 1884


REV. FRANK W. SNEED, D.D. - - March 29, 1902


April 22, 1902


Name


REV. WM. B. MCILVAINE, D. D. -


April 21, 1870


REV. JOHN GILLESPIE, D. D.


As Co-Pastor until 1870 Dissolved Jan. 9, 1882


REV. BENJ. L. AGNEW, D.D., LL.D. April 23, 1884 REV. J. P. E. KUMLER, D.D., LL.D. April 1, 1901 REV. FRANK W. SNEED, D.D. -


LIST OF ELDERS


1


Robert Bailey, Sr. Francis B. McConnell James Dickson


James Backhouse


Thos. C. Lazear


Hon. Wm. P. Potter


Francis G. Bailey John Barr Wm. C. Stewart


George S. Graham


Graham C. Wells


Henry W. Lang Wm. N. Burchfield


Thos. D. Davis, M.D. H. W. Fulton, M.D. James Boyle


Joseph R. Paull John Updegraff Harry E. Thompson


George A. Berry W. C. Reiter, M.D. Thomas Aiken James B. Lyon


Chas. H. Riggs M. D. Shields


Joseph J. Mathews


Robert C. Totten


Henry C. Ayers


Hon. J. McF. Carpenter Wm. M. Robinson


Lemuel Spahr


James I. Buchanan


Robert Dickey


George A. Kelly


Geo. S. Cunningham, M.D.


Wm. G. Johnston


John M. Pardee


Chas. A. Fisher


LIST OF DEACONS


George G. Negley William L. Denison John Gilchrist Stewart McKee Joseph Torrens


John Lusk


Isaiah K. Becker Louis A. Denison


Geo. B. Roessing


George Hubbard


Lacy S. Mckeever


Wm. J. McMannis


Thos. D. Patterson Jacob Negley John Allen


Harry C. Lucas Walter Armitage William J. Ward Jacob P. Young S. A. Dickie


E. C. Merrill


Wm. T. Lantz


Thomas McCleary


Wm. A. Edeburn


Frederic S. Kellogg, M.D.


Samuel E. Gill


Wm. H. Goehring


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William M. Alrich John Russell Ross


Albert A. Gettys


Pastoral Relations Dissolved


April 20, 1830


CENTENNIAL EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH


LIST OF TRUSTEES


Jacob Negley, Sr. David Eakin


Thomas Aiken


George W. Hailman


Wm. McLane


Phinias Reynolds


Robert Baxter


George Singer, Jr.


Hugh Himbelright


James R. Mellon


George Bingham


David Irwin Ephraim Jordan


Muses Phillips


Capt. J. W. Batchelor


George Wolf


Jacob Negley, Jr.


B. L. Spahr George McWilliams Washington Kaugh- man Aaron Howell


H. P. Krebs John F. Scott O. J. Parker J. I. Buchanan


John Ferree


Jaines Wilson


A. M. Thorne


John Gibson


Joseph Mitchell


H. T. Morris


Daniel Negley


R. C. Beatty


Henry H. Negley


Abraham Reimer John Dahlem A. F. Gore


Lemuel Spahr Luke B. Davison


C. B. McLean D. C. Shaw


Francis G. Bailey


David R. Coon


Thomas L. Owen


Joseph Backhouse


Wm. McLane


Hon. W. P. Potter


Robert Bailey


George A. Berry


D. H. Wallace Geo. B. Roessing Columbus J. Wilson


Sol Berlin John Patterson John McClintock Nicholas Dahlem John Barr B. A. Fahnestock


G. W. Williams


Joseph R. Paull


Wm. H. Goehring


Thomas McCleary A. Mitchell


Hon. J. P. Sterrett Joseph Graham Robert Orr


W. J. Spahr Chas. H. West


Henry W. Lang


Springer Harbaugh


Hervey Schumacher


W. N. Burchfield


George A. Endly


Lewis W. Hicks


William Joyce


Wm. G. Johnston


Thomas Evans


LIST OF SABBATH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS


John Roup


Wm. G. Johnston S. E. Gill


Jacob Negley, Sr.


George W. Hailman


W. A. Edeburn


Luke Loomis


A. C. Montgomery Dr. T. D. Davis


Rev. Jno. C. Sharpe


Isaac Harris


Francis G. Bailey


M. E. Cozad


S. E. Gill Jas. B. Hainer


W. N. Burchfield


A. A. Gettys


Graham C. Wells


George A. Berry Robert C. Totten


James Dickson Dr. T. D. Davis


Rev. Geo. A. Frantz


S. E. Gill


Chas. H. Riggs


Dr. D. W. Lewis John C. Alrich


Casper Negley John Fluck Wm. B. Foster Samuel Peebles John Kennedy


James M. Burchfield


George G. Negley


John H. McKelvy


Lafayette Winebiddle


Dr. H. W. Fulton


Samuel Dickey


Fred Fluck Baptist McCombs


John Roup


G. M. Bacon


Win. B. Negley Robert Dickey


Dr. A. H. Gross James B. Lyon


George L. Hailman


Thomas Seabrook


R. E. Logan John G. Lyon


Thomas Davison Dr. Robert Wilson


C. H. Paulson


W. N. Frew


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ORGANIZATIONS


Josiah Crawford Wm. Woolslair Conrad Eiceler Robert Logan


LIST OF SEXTONS


Johnston Mayhue


George Krebs


John Martin


Charles Small


S. S. Woolslair


John Grounds, Sr.


Joseph Borland


John Grounds, Jr.


Tobias Briggle


PRESENT ORGANIZATION THE REV. FRANK WOOLFORD SNEED, D.D., Minister. THE REV. HARRY ALONZO GEARHART, Assistant Minister.


SESSION


Wm. M. Robinson, Graham C. Wells


Wm. H. Goehring


Clerk Joseph R. Paull J. J. Matthews


Samuel E. Gill


. John Updegraff


J. McF. Carpenter


M. D. Shields


Harry E. Thompson


G. S. Cunningham


J. I. Buchanan F. S. Kellogg


Chas. A. Fisher


BOARD OF DEACONS


Geo. B. Roessing, Pres. Lacy S. Mckeever,


E. C. Merrill, Sec'y.


W. J. Ward Treas. Wm. M. Alrich


W. J. McMannis


BOARD OF TRUSTEES


Jas. R. Mellon, Pres. H. W. Prentis, Jr., Thomas Evans


R. E. Logan Sec'y Lewis W. Hicks


Chas. H. West


Treas. and Gen'l Sec'y (Office in Church), J. H. Runnette


SEXTON John Grounds, Jr.


USHERS R. E. Logan, Chief Usher L. S. Mckeever, Chief Usher R. G. Bruning, Assistant Chief Usher


Wm. M. Alrich


Cecil E. Joseph Austin Lee George


A. W. Hepler


Frank Gardner S. A. Armstrong


J. R. Park


Chas. M. Corbit W. T. Grey


R. R. M. Thorne


William Gates Alexander H. Hunter


J. A. Tucker, M.D.


V. A. Kirschler


Errol E. Deemer


Geo. S. Cunningham, M.D.


CHOIR Mrs. James Stephen Martin, Director Mrs. Emma Albert Dean, Soprano Mr. Chester C. Humphrey, Tenor Mrs. Elsa Staud Denton, Contralto Mr. James C. Baird, Basso Miss Marian Deuel, Organist NUMBER OF COMMUNICANTS, 1,575.


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CENTENNIAL EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH


DIRECTOR OF MUSIC IN SABBATH SCHOOL AND PRAYER MEETING Robert J. McDowell


PIANIST FOR PRAYER MEETING Miss Josephine S. Babst


CHURCH VISITOR Miss H. J. McCay


OFFICERS AND TEACHERS OF THE SABBATH SCHOOL


Pastor


-


Assistant Pastor


General Superintendent


Associate Superintendent


Associate Superintendent


Associate Superintendent


The Rev. F. W. Sneed, D.D. The Rev. H. A. Gearhart Mr. Samuel E. Gill Mr. Harry E. Thompson Mr. Wm. Gates


Secretary


Treasurer


- Mr. J. Ralph Park Mr. W. H. Normecutt Mr. Geo. A. Danner Mr. Robert J. McDowell


Director of Music


Pianist


Miss Marian Deuel


Beginners Department and Cradle Roll


Superintendent


Mrs. Jennie Hull


Assistant Superintendent


Mrs. L. Velte


Secretary


Mrs. P. M. Lloyd


Secretary


Mrs. D. L. Zacharias Miss Annie E. McCune


Primary Department


Superintendent


Miss Louise Browne


Secretary


Miss Josephine S. Babst


Teachers


Miss Ruth Armstrong Miss May Moorhead


Miss Grace Merrill


Miss Dorothy DeLay Miss Elizabeth Browne Miss Margaret Tucker Miss Elizabeth Voigt


Junior Department


Superintendent


Mr. Louis V. Sattele


Assistant Superintendent


Mr. John P. Lafferty


Secretary


Mr. M. Elwood Augustine


Teachers


Miss Gertrude D. Miss Mary McClel- Miss Elsie Keisling


Adams land Mr. John P. Lafferty


Miss Edith Bane Mrs. G. C. Wells


Miss Harriet Morgan


Mr. Richard Hilleman Mrs. S. H. Augustine Miss Martha Reed,


Miss Anna L. Lafferty Miss Maud Hainer Substitute


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Pianist


ORGANIZATIONS


Intermediate and Senior Department


Superintendent


-


Mr. Chas. A. Fisher


Assistant Superintendent


- Mr. Wm. M. Robinson


Secretary 1


Mr. Lacy Scott McKeever, Jr.


Secretary -


Mr. Chas. W. Price


Teachers


Mrs. H. C. Ayers Miss Jennie L. Negley Miss Marion Fleeson


Mr. Frank Dixon Mrs. J. M. Pardee Mr. A. W. Hepler


Mr. A. L. George


Mr. H. W. Prentis, Jr. Mrs. R. H. Negley


Mr. J. B. McCandless


Miss H. J. McCay Mr. J. R. Park


Mrs. W. M. McKelvy


Miss Alice Negley


Miss Genevieve Sloan


Mr. Jno. G. Buchanan


Substitutes


Mr. N. K. Delavan Mrs. Wm. T. Larimer Mr. Jas. R. Hainer Mr. W. H. Goehring Miss Marguerite Elder Mrs. John G. Lyon


Adult Department


Superintendent and Teacher


-


Mr. J. I. Buchanan


Secretary


- Mr. Jos. P. Pricer


Brotherhood Department


President


Vice-President


Secretary


Treasurer


Teacher


Mr. R. R. M. Thorne - Dr. A. Mckibben Mr. E. E. Deemer Mr. Harry Huber Mr. J. C. Mace


Chinese Department


Superintendent Assistant Superintendent


Secretary


- Miss S. Annette Wade Miss Anna M. Richards Mr. Robert Rodgers


Teachers


Miss Clara Ewing Mr. Alex K. Steven- Miss Mary Junkin Miss Eleanor Junkin son, Jr. Mrs. M. J. Lakey, Mr. Jos. A. Guinyon Substitute


Home Department


Superintendent


Assistant Superintendent


Miss H. J. McCay


- Mrs. R. H. Negley


Visitors


Miss Agnes Aiken Mrs. Sarah E. Starr Miss Elmira Spahr


Mrs. W. J. Hampton Mrs. Harris Crawford Miss Fannie Werde-


Miss Mary Ortman Miss Eleanor Hanna baugh


Miss Anna Richards Mrs. George Paull Mrs. C. J. Wilson


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CENTENNIAL EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH


THE WOMEN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY "Beginning at Jerusalem"


Meetings the first Friday of each month at 3 P. M. in the Church Parlor.


Officers


Honorary President: Mrs. John H. McKelvy


Mrs. Alexander J. Negley


President


Mrs. Frank W. Sneed


Mrs. James I. Buchanan


Vice-Presidents


Mrs. Horace McGinnity -


Mrs. E. A. Nisbet


Recording Secretary


Mrs. M. J. Lakey


Assistant Secretary


Miss Emma B. Lantz


Treasurer


In Charge of Prayer Meetings


Miss H. J. McCay Temperance Secretary Miss Anna M. Richards


THE WOMEN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY "Unto the uttermost part of the earth."


Meetings the third Friday of each month at 3 P. M., in the Church Parlor.


Officers


Honorary President: Mrs. John H. McKelvy


Mrs. Lacy S. Mckeever


President


Mrs. T. M. Dickie


Mrs. Wm. M. McKelvy


Vice-Presidents


Mrs. Charles L. Morgan


Mrs. Wm. M. Robinson


Recording Secretary


Mrs. Alfred B. Hine


Assistant Secretary


Mrs. John G. Lyon Treasurer


Mrs. Charles A. Fisher


Assistant Treasurer


r


Leaders of Music


Mrs. W. J. Black Mrs. T. B. Wilcox Mrs. H. W. Prentis


LADIES' AID SOCIETY


Meetings the first Friday of each month from October until May, at 2 P. M.


Sewings the second Friday of each month from 10:00 A. M. to 3:00 P. M.


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ORGANIZATIONS


Officers


Mrs. W. N. Frew


President


Mrs. Charles S. Curry


First Vice-President


Miss Sallie M. Negley Mrs. Richard B. Mellon


Mrs. Frank W. Sneed


Mrs. William S. Flower


Mrs. Albert E. Duckham


Secretary


Miss Alice M. Negley


Treasurer


Reception Committee


Mrs. W. N. Frew Miss Alice M. Negley Mrs. Jas. I. Buchanan Mrs. W. M. McKelvy Mrs. F. W. Sneed


Flower Committee


Mrs. W. H. Norme- Mrs. Thruston Wright Mrs. John G. Lyon


cutt Miss Georgina G.


Mrs. Chas. S. Curry


Negley


Mrs. Louis Lorch Miss Sallie Murdoch Mrs. Alfred B. Hine


Sewing Committee


Mrs. R. H. Negley


Mrs. D. P. Corwin


Mrs. Sarah E. Starr


Mrs. Geo. F. Brown


Mrs. J. R. Paull


Miss Mary Ortman


Mrs. Will McLain


Purchasing Committee Miss Alice M. Negley


Hostess Committee


Mrs. E. M. Gerst Mrs. L. W. Hicks Mrs. L. W. Sattele


Mrs. T. M. Jenkins


Mrs. C. J. Wilson


Miss Josephine Babst


Mrs. Helen R. Carroll


Mis. J. J. Mathews Mrs. Cordelia Orwig


Mrs. Eliz. Holmes


Miss Jane Chandler Mrs. Chas. West


Mrs. E. M. Bigelow


Miss Agnes Aiken


Mrs. Wm. C. King Mrs. Alex J. Negley


Presbyterian Hospital Committee


Mrs. William Gates Mrs. C. J. Wilson


Coraopolis Training School Committee Mrs. Charles A. Fisher Garden Committee


Mrs. Sarah E. Starr Miss Sallie Murdoch


Mothers' Meetings


Miss H. J. McCay, Leader


Meetings, first and third Thursdays of each month at 8 P. M., in the Church Parlor.


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Second Vice-President Third Vice-President Fourth Vice-President Fifth Vice-President


Mrs. R. B. Mellon


Mrs. W. S. Flower


Miss Fannie Werde- baugh Miss Isabel Wallace


Mrs. J. H. Runnette


CENTENNIAL EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH


WOMEN'S LEAGUE Officers


Mrs. William M. McKelvy


- President


Mrs. A. E. Duckham


Mrs. J. M. Pardee


Vice-Presidents


Mrs. Will McLain


Mrs. Chas M. Corbit


Secretary and Treasurer


Captains


Section 1-Mrs. C. L. Kemery


Section 10-Mrs. C. L. Hamilton


Section 2-Mrs. H. W. Prentis Section 11-Mrs. Joseph R. Paull


Section 3-Mrs. Ira Brainard Section 12-Mrs. T. B. Wilcox


Section 4-Miss Alice Carpenter Section 13-Mrs. Wm. M. Robinson


Section 5-Mrs. Charles A. FisherSection 14-Mrs. George Roessing


Section 6-Mrs. H. E. ThompsonSection 15-Mrs. H. McGinnity


Section 7-Mrs. John A. FergusonSection 16-Mrs. J. Russell Ross


Section 8-Mrs. William Gates Section 17-Mrs. William Rau


Section 9-Mrs. Wm. C. DewsonSection 18-Mrs. A. B. Hine


WOMEN'S MONDAY EVENING MISSIONARY SOCIETY


Meetings, first Monday of each month at 7:30 P. M., in the Church Parlor.


Officers


Mrs. Harry Snively President


Mrs. John P. Lafferty


Vice-President


Miss Eleanor Dyer


Recording Secretary


Miss Josephine Babst


Corresponding Secretary


Mrs. Harry W. Fulton


Treasurer


Miss Mary Reed


Temperance Secretary


Miss Annie Lafferty


Mission Study Leader


FIDELIS SOCIETY


Meetings, the second Friday of each month at 2:30 P. M., in the homes of members.


Officers


Mrs. L. Clyde Bixler


President


Mrs. H. W. Prentis


Vice-Presidents


Mrs. Charles A. Fisher


Mrs. Simon R. Huss


Secretary


Mrs. C. R. Miller, Jr.


Assistant Secretary


Miss Alice Carpenter


Treasurer


Mrs. T. Raymond Evans


Literature Secretary


Mrs. George Paull


Temperance Secretary


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ORGANIZATIONS


WESTMINSTER GUILD Katherine McCune Chapter


Officers


Miss Ruth Satterfield


President


Miss Daisy Grindle


Vice-President


Miss Lena Massalsky


Secretary


Miss Clara Patterson


Treasurer


Meetings at the homes of members, the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 8 P. M.


CHEERFUL GIVERS


Officers


Miss Sarah C. Mellon


President


Miss Harriet Morgan


Vice-President


Miss Martha Lobingier


Corresponding Secretary


Miss Gertrude Adams Recording Secretary


Miss Dorothy Neale Treasurer


Miss Helen Brown Temperance Secretary


Miss Elizabeth Voigt Chairman Social Committee


Miss Rebecca Negley Gerst Study Class Leader


Meetings at homes of members, the second Thursday of each month at 4 P. M.


THE J. R. McKELVY WESTMINSTER CIRCLE


Oficers


Miss Elizabeth Lyle


President


Miss Mary McKenna


Vice-President


Miss Agnes Main


Secretary


Miss Laura Provost


Treasurer


Meetings in Church Parlor, the second Sunday of each month at 3 P. M.


THE BUDS OF PROMISE


Mrs. John H. McKelvy


Leader


Mrs. Charles Curry -


Assistant Leader


Meetings every Monday at 4 P. M., in the Church Parlor.


YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR


Officers


Zareh Yardum


President


Emily Kates -


Vice-President


Genevieve K. Sloan


Treasurer


Marian E. Fleeson


Recording Secretary


M. Elwood Augustine


Donald DeLia


Corresponding Secretary - Financial Secretary


Meetings every Sunday at 7 P. M. Song service, 6:50-7:00.


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CENTENNIAL EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH


JUNIOR CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR Officers


Mrs. S. H. Augustine


Mrs. Harry A. Gearhart


- Superintendent Assistant Superintendent


Marian E. Fleeson - Assistant Superintendent


:


TROOP NO. 9, BOY SCOUTS


Officers


R. C. Eckert


Scoutmaster


Donald Stienfirst


Troop Leader


Jack Tim


- Scribe


Milton Harris


Treasurer


W. Bloomberg


Troop Leader


Norman Stamm


William Cochran


Property Committee


S. Biggard


MISSIONARIES REPRESENTING THE CHURCH


The Rev. George W. Dunlap, D.D., and Mrs. Dunlap


The Presbyterian Mission, Cebu, Philippine Islands Mrs. Edwin Kagin


Chung Ju, Korea


Miss Jean Tracy Allahabad, India


Mrs. A. S. Clark and assistant teacher


- Cordele, Georgia


I68


Centennial Celebration


1.919


The honour of your presence is requested at the Gendenning Celebration of the founding of the Congregation of the Gast Liberty Presbyterian Church le be held at the Church! April the thirteenth to twentieth one thousand nine hundred and nineteen


Denn and Highland! hennes


FACSIMILE OF CENTENNIAL INVITATION The order for which was placed before the date for the Pageant of April twelfth was determined.


1819


1919


THE CENTENNIAL SERVICES


EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGATION


Penn and Highland Aves. Pittsburgh


April 12-20, 1919


REV. FRANK WOOLFORD SNEED, D.D., Minister REV. HARRY ALONZO GEARHART, Assistant Minister


1819


1919


MORNING WORSHIP II:00 o'clock, April 13


ORGAN-Festal Prelude - -


DOXOLOGY


-


- Pruyn-Hall


INVOCATION-(Closing with the Lord's Prayer) HYMN-82


PSALTER-Selection 8


ANTHEM-"Hallelujah Chorus"-(Messiah) - - Handel


Hallelujah! for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. The Kingdom of this world is become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and shall reign forever and ever, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Hallelujah.


SCRIPTURE LESSON-Matthew 16 PASTORAL PRAYER HYMN-America (1, 2 and 4)


UNVEILING OF MEMORIAL TABLET- Veil drawn by Miss Sarah Cordelia Mellon


TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF JACOB NEGLEY AUG. 28, 1766 MARCH 18, 1827


AND HIS WIFE


BARBARA ANNA NEGLEY


SEPT. 15, 1778


MAY 10, 1867


WHO WERE THE INITIAL FOUNDERS OF THE


EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH


AND DONORS OF THE PROPERTY


APRIL 12, 1819


"THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD, THE


PILLAR AND GROUND OF THE TRUTH."


I TIMOTHY 3:15


ERECTED BY' THEIR GRANDCHILDREN


APRIL 12, 1919


Hymn 422 (3rd verse)


REGULAR WEEKLY OFFERING OFFERTORY ANTHEM-"I Waited for the Lord" Soprano and Contralto -- Duet and Chorus I waited for the Lord. He inclined unto me and heard my complaint. they that hope and trust in the Lord. HISTORICAL SERMON PRAYER


-


Mendelssohn


O blest are


Dr. Sneed


-


THE CENTENNIAL HYMN-(Tune Alford, Hymnal 261)


O Church of Christ in service Think of Thy risen Head, Who died for thee on Calvary And for thy sins He bled.


O Church of Christ, now waiting,


The promised time draws near


When He who said I'll come again,


In glory shall appear.


O Church of Christ, in suffering Be faithful to thy Lord, Who promised to sustain thee In His own precious word.


O Church of Christ triumphant,


Thy toil, thy warfare o'er,


Glory and honor with thy Lord,


Is thine for ever more.


F. W. S.


BENEDICTION


ORGAN-Festal Postlude in C


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-


Demarest


ISI


199


ISIC


ORDER OF CENTENNIAL SERVICE EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:30 A.M., April 13


INVOCATION - - - - Rev. F. W. Sneed, D.D.


HYMN-"O Day of Rest" - - School


SCRIPTURE RECITATION-23rd Psalm and Beatitudes School


PRAYER


- Mr. J. R. Hainer


BEGINNERS DEPT. SERVICE - -


- Mrs. Hull


DUET-"The Lord Is My Shepherd" - - Smart -


Mrs. Dean and Mrs. Denton


PRIMARY DEPT. SERVICE


- - Miss Browne


JUNIOR DEPT. SERVICE - - - Mr. Sattele


GREETING BY A FORMER SCHOLAR


SUNDAY SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT


Mr. Gill


HYMN-"Onward, Christian Soldiers"


- School


ADDRESS - Mr. W. G. Landes, Gen. Sec., Penna. S. S. S. Ass'n BENEDICTION - -


School


THE CENTENNIAL SERVICE EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SOCIETY 6:30 P.M., April 13


ORCHESTRA SELECTION


HYMN-263


INVOCATION-


- Mr. J. B. Martin


SCRIPTURE LESSON-Exodus 20


GREETINGS-From Allegheny County Christian Endeavor Association VIOLIN SOLO - - - Zareh Yardum


- - - Rev. Wm. Ralph Hall ADDRESS -- -


HYMN-288 BENEDICTION


ORCHESTRA


1819


1919)


18I


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EVENING WORSHIP 8:00 o'clock, April 13


ORGAN-"Andante Religioso" - - OLD HUNDRED-(Congregation standing)


-


Mendelssohn


PRAYER


HYMN-117


PSALTER-Selection 48


SOPRANO SOLO-"Inflammatus"-(Stabat Mater)


-


Rossini


Mrs. Emma Albert Dean


When Thou comest to judgment, Lord remember Thou thy servant. None else can deliver us-Save and bring us to Thy Kingdom, there to worship with the faithful


SCRIPTURE LESSON-Romans IO HYMN-422


DEDICATION OF CHURCH FLAG - - Unveiled by Jane Shaw To the glory of God. This flag was designed by Mrs. J. H. Runnette and is presented by Mr. and Mrs. Runnette and family in loving mem- ory of Elizabeth Kerr Runnette.


Hymn-4II (Verses I and 6)


REGULAR WEEKLY OFFERING


OFFERTORY-Duet-"Now We Are Ambassadors" Chorus-"How Lovely Are the Messengers" -(St. Paul), Mendelssohn


And Paul came to the congregation and preached freely the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Then spake the Holy Ghost: "Set ye apart Barnabas and Paul for the work whereunto I have called them." And when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them they sent them away. Now we are ambassadors in the name of Christ, and God beseecheth you by us, in the name of Christ. How lovely are the messengers that preach to us the gospel of peace. To all the nations is gone forth the sound of their words, throughout all the lands their glad tidings.


Rev. John A. Marquis, D.D.


SERMON PRAYER HYMN-310 BENEDICTION ORGAN POSTLUDE-"Grand Chorus" - - - Faulkes


1819


18I


1919


Tuesday, April 15 MEN'S DAY


CENTENNIAL DINNER-Six o'clock (In charge of the women of the Church)


Address by


REV. JOHN TIMOTHY STONE, D.D.


OF


CHICAGO, ILL.


Subject: "'The Twentieth Century Man" Admission by Ticket


Greetings from Pittsburgh Presbytery, by Rev. George Taylor, Jr.,"Moderator




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