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In September Mr. Badger was again in Lew- isburgh, and preached in the newly-finished house of worship. At this time there were fifty-nine active members of the church. That the church might not be without leaders, he advised them to appoint two men as elders. The persons chosen were Andrew Wolfe and John Donachy. August 1, 1825, Rev. Joseph Marsh and Rev. G. W. Richmond visited the town, and on the 27th of the same month Mr. Richmond was chosen the first pastor, and served to November 12, 1828. From this date until January, 1833, there was no regular preaching. Rev. Seth
Marvin was chosen the next pastor February 1, 1833. About thirty united with the church, among whom was Samuel Slifer, whose consist- ent Christian life, loyalty to the principles of the denomination, constant and religion- labor through more than half a century, and liberal financial support of the church are worthy of special mention.
February 7, 1834, Mr. Marvin was engaged a second time, for a term of one year. After the close of Mr. Marvin's services two young preachers, John Sutton and John Ellis, served the church. Rev. E. G. Holland was engaged for six months, from August 1, 1837, under whose efforts the first Sunday-school was organ- ized. March 20, 1841, Rev. D. Rote commenced preaching once in four weeks.
About this time Rev. William Lane visited this people a second time, during which one hundred persons were baptized. April 1st, 1813, Rev. John Sutton took charge of the church and continued till the close of 18-19. During the year 1850 Rev. John Ellis preached about once in four weeks. In May, 1851, Rev. William Lane, an evangelist, became pastor and served them four years. Under his energetic labors the new church on Third Street was built. It was dedicated at the time of the an- nual session of the Pennsylvania Christian Con- ference, in August, 1855. Professor Docherty, of Antioch College, preached the dedicatory sermon. Rev. John Walworth became pastor Angust 15, 1856. In April, 1857, he re- signed on account of ill health. October 14, 1858, Rev. S. W. MeDaniels took charge and continued until April 19, 1862. Three months of this period, from April 19, 1861, to July 15th, he was in the United States army. Rev. Al- bert B. Vorse, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Vorse, a very worthy member of the church, served from July 1, 1862, to April. 1863. James P. Ross, a very worthy and prominent member of the church, died July 31, 1860. He was a mem- ber twenty-eight years, and acted as clerk twenty-three years.
Jacob Rodenbangh was the next pastor. April 2, 1864, Rev. Aaron Porter was called as pastor and remained only seven months. Rev. Mr. Rodenbaugh was again
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pastor till April 1, 1869. From this date till December 22, 1869, Rev. 1. Ford had charge of the pastoral office. Once more Mr. Roden- bangh was called to serve and continued till April, 1877. Previons to August, 1872, the church had been connected with what was known as the Pennsylvania Christian Confer- ence. A large part of this association of churches, through the influence of Rev. William Lane and others, had gradually adopted the principles and theology of Alexander Campbell, by which immersion is made a test of church fellowship and is essential to salvation. This is completely at variance with the leading prin- ciple of the Christians, whose organization began twenty-five years before that of the " Disciples," and who hold that Christian char- acter is the only test of church fellowship, and that forms and doctrines are subordinate to Christian character in importance. With these facts, it is evident that union between the two bodies where the " Disciples " have the control is impossible, for the Christians recognize fellow Christians among people who do not practice immersion and hold that Christian character has its seat back of mechanical acts, and even back of intellectual belief ; so that while people may differ in forms and doctrines, they may be alike in character. It is not surprising, therefore, to find the Lewisburgh Church, which had adopted the principles of the Christians, under the lead- ership of Bacon and Badger and Millard many years before, becoming dissatisfied with the po- sition of many of the churches in the Confer- ence. The matter at length reached a crisis August 3, 1872, when the church took a vote to ask dismission from the Conference, which was to meet that same month. After separation from this Conference the next step was to unite with some other. This they did in May, 1875, by sending delegates to the New Jersey Chris- tian Conference, which convened at Harper, N. J., and by being formally received by that body. Mr. Rodenbangh was followed by Rev. James W. Bethune, whose labors terminated October 10, 1878. An interval of five months of no preaching follows this date. Rev. E. C. Abbott was the next pastor, and was succeeded by his father, Rev. HI. J. Abbott, January 1,
1881, who preached for the church till March, 1882. On the 1st of June, of the same year, the writer commenced the present pastor- ate.
THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH !!- Previous to 1818 there was occasional preaching by Baptist ministers in Lewisburgh. James Moore, Jr., and wife, and Rebecca V. Ludwig were the only Baptists in the neighborhood.
In 1813, Rev. C. A. Hewitt, then pastor of the Milton Church, James Moore, Jr., and Wil- liam Grant, an evangelist from the State of New York, held a series of meetings in the school-honse. The meetings continued seven weeks, and twenty-five persons were converted and united with the Milton Church in consti- tuting the Lewisburgh Church, Jamary 3, 1844. The council which recognized the new church met the next day, being composed of delegates from seven churches of the Northi- umberland Association, Rev. E. Kincaid being moderator. In August the church reported to the association, Rev. C. A. Hewitt, pastor, and James Moore, Jr., and Samuel Wolfe, deacons, and thirty members, of whom there remain with us to-day Catharine Wolfe, Hannah Barton, Eliza Shamp and Norman Ball.
December 15, 1844, the Sabbath-school was organized with forty-two pupils; on the 1tith of Jannary, 1845, covenant meetings were estab- lished.
Rev. Joel E. Bradley beeame pastor April 1, 1845, and contimed until April, 1849. On September 28, 1845, the basement of house of worship, on the site of the present Music Hall, was opened for preaching and Sunday-school, and on the 15th of November following the house was dedicated.
The early members of the church took an important part in the establishment of our uni- versity, giving freely of their money and effort to this end. Thus in those early days there arose a peculiar relation and affection between the university and the church, which has ever since continued, and has been productive of marked benefit to both.
Following Brother Bradley's pastorate, and
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during two years and four months, the church was without the care of a pastor whose whole time and energy could be given to the work, but was -upplied for a year and a half of that time by Professor George R. Bliss.
On the 27th of July, 1851, Rev. E. W. Dickinson became pastor, and continued until April 15, 1858. Near the close of his pastorate there was a great iu-gathering of converts.
After an interval of seven months, Rev. Isaac W. Hayhurst became pastor, and continued until the Ist of May, 1857, both purifying and strengthening the church. Professor George R. Bliss again came to our help, acting pastor until the settlement of Rev. S. II. Mirick, in February, 1859.
Early in Brother Mirick's pastorate the sub- jeet of erecting a new house of worship began to be agitated, but not much progress was made till the year 1866. On the 6th of March, Dr. J. R. Loomis offered in church meeting the following : " Resolved, That the time has now fidly arrived when it becomes us to make an effort to build a new house of worship." A building committee was appointed, and instruct- ed to make all necessary arrangements, taking charge alike of collection and disbursement of funds, to report progress at cach stated meeting of the church. Brother Merrick resigned the pastorate on April 1, 1866, and entered upon the work of collecting funds for building, in which he was engaged for about six months. The
brethren connected with the university gener- onsly supplied the pulpit, Dr. Bliss acted as pas- tor and the nsnal pastor's salary was applied to the building fund. With the aid received from abroad, a fine stone building was erected at a cost of abont sixty thousand dollars. The chapel was completed and dedicated on Febru- ary 28, 1869, the day of prayer for colleges. On June 26, 1870, the main audience-room was dedicated, the sermon being preached by Rev. J. II. Castle, D.D., and the prayer of dedication being offered by Rev. J. R. Loomis, LL. D., who, as chairman of the building committee, had been indefatigable in his labors. The church was incorporated with its present name March 30, 1868, with George R. Bliss, II. Gerhart, C. S. James, J. R. Loomis, G. F.
Miller, G. M. Spratt and F. W. Tustin as trustees. The steeple of the church contains the town clock, first placed in the old steeple in 1846. For two years and a half the church, having sold the meeting-house, was without any place of worship, sometimes meeting in the conrt-honse and sometimes in the university hall and chapel.
On September 12, 1869, Rev. Robert Lowry entered upon the duties of pastor, and church work progressed successfully during his stay. On September 11, 1870, the chapel at Montan- don was dedicated, having cost about four thou- sand five hundred dollars. Pastor Robert Lowry closed his term of faithful service on June 27, 1875, and on the following Lord's day Rev. Geo. Frear, D. D., became pastor, remaining in charge until April 1, 1879, accomplishing a needed work of discipline and training.
After the church had been served acceptably a few months by Dr. A. K. Bell, then treasurer of the university, as supply, Rev. A. E. Waffle took charge as pa-tor on September 3, 1880. In the spring of 1882 thirty-eight members were dismissed by letter to form the Montandon Church. In 1883, Brother HI. Gerhart resigned the office of church clerk, having faithfully kept the records for twenty-five years. Pastor Waffle . resigned January 1, 1884, and after a few months, during which Rev. G. P. Watrons served the church as supply, the present pastor, Rev. J. T. Judd, took charge June 1, 188 1.
As an evidence of the efficiency of the Sabbath- school, it may be stated that a large proportion of the conversions that have occurred in the various revivals have been from among its scholars. During the forty years of history in- cluded in this sketch seven hundred and twenty- seven have been baptized and ten hundred and seventy-eight names have been enrolled. The present number of members is two hundred and twenty-six.
With a comfortable house of worship, free from the burden of debt, with the university prospering as never before, with consecrated officers, a flourishing Sabbath-school, Young People's Society and Missionary Circles, and with all the rich store of experience and wealth of precious memories from four decades of grace,
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we enter npon the fifth with renewed conse- cration to Christ, steadfast loyalty to the truth, and love for the souls of men, praying always to be led, kept and blessed by our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever.
(When CLERKS, -- 1. B. Christ, 1841-48; O. N. Worden, 1849-52; Jos. P. Tustin, 1853-56; Thomas Chamberlin, 1857-58; 11. Gerhart, 1858-83; William E. Martin, 1881.
DEACONS .-- James Moore, Jr., 1814-59; Samuel Wolfe, 1811-50; George R. Bliss, 1852 53; Charles S. James, 1852-81 ; John Chalfant, 1853-67 ; Norman Ball, 1859; Henry Gerhart, 1863-81 ; F. W. Tustin, 1873; A. E. Bower, 1877 ; Joseph A. Kremer, 1877; Jonathan Jones, 1881-82; John A. Owens, 1881; William T. Grier, 1882 84; Robert A. Lawshe, 1884.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH (of the Evangelical As- sociation). - Notwithstanding some of the first churches of the association were erected in the Buffalo Valley near the beginning of the pres- ent century, services were not permanently es- tablished at Lewisburgh until abont 1860. That year some members belonging to the Salem Church, in East Buffalo township, asked the Central Conference to supply them with preach- ing in the borough, where they had recently made their homes. In response, the Rev. George Hunter was assigned to this place and formed the families of John Zeller, Cyrus Brown, Mary Dreisbach, John Roland and Abraham Wolfe into a class, which was the nucleus of the present church. Soon after Dr. I. Brugger removed to this place from New Berlin and proved a valuable accession to the membership. After preaching a year the Rev. Hunter was sneceeded by the Rev. Simon Wolfe, and soon after, in 1861, the building of a church was begun on Fourth Street, which was completed the following year. It is a brick edifice, with basement and andience-room; accommodation, about four hundred persons. The congregation flourishing, a brick parsonage was erected during the pastorate of the Rev. J. Bowersox, in 1867, and in 1876-77 the church was remodeled and greatly improved, so that it is at this time as inviting as any other place of worship in the borough. All the property of the church is free from debt and the two hun- dred members of the association at this place constitute a vigorous, growing body. An excel-
lent Sunday-school of two hundred and sixty members is maintained, under the superinten- dency of Rev. W. B. Thomas.
The trustees of the church in 1885 were E. Kohr, J. G. Wolfe, G. Pontins, W. II. Thomas, William Wertz, A. K. Nagle and Daniel Hei- ser. The pastors of the church and the years of their appointment have been as follows :
1860, Rev. George Hunter ; 1861-62, Rev. Simon Wolfe ; 1863, Rev. C. F. Deninger; 1861, Rev. J. Hartzler; 1865-66, Rev. A. 11. Irvine; 1867-68, Rev. 1. Bowersox ; 1869, Rev. A. 11. Irvine; 1870-71, Rev. 1. M. Pines; 1872-78, Rev. G. E. Zehner; 1874, Rev. W. E. Detwiler ; 1875-76, Rev. J. G. M. Swingel; 1877, Rev. 2. Ilorpberger; 1878-80, Rev. W. M. Cro- man; 1881-82, Rev. B. Hengst; 1883-84, Rev. E. Swingel; 1885, Rev. J. Young.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF LEWISBURGH has a history extending through three organizations. The first was formed May 17, 1858, with a large and active mem- bership, and flourished until the War of the Rebellion made it inadvisable to continue its meetings. Its first officers were the following : President, John Randolph ; Vice-Presidents, T. II. Wilson, M.D., A. P. Meylert, M.D., John P. Miller, George Eichholtz, Thomas Reber ; Recording Secretary, Henry W. Crot- zer; Corresponding Secretary, Francis W. Tus- tin ; Treasurer, Solomon Ritter ; Managers, E. A. Evans, S. Dieffenderfor, S. Geddes, J. D. Dieffenderfer, Joseph Gibson, George MeNair, W. I. Linn, II. P. Alexander, W. B. Lahr, J. W. Shriner.
The second association was organized March 4, 1876, and elected as its officers G. S. Mat- lock, president ; F. M. Fury and S. Townsend, vice-presidents; G. N. Le Fever, secretary ; and G. S. Matlack, treasurer. Its meetings were continued nearly three years, when it was decided to disband. The articles donated to the association were returned to the donors, and the remaining effects sold and the proceeds dis- tributed among the poor of the town. The of- ficers at this time were W. L. Wilson, presi- dent; W. E. Yoder and E. L. Angstadt, vice-presidents ; C. W. Longley, secretary ; and R. A. Lawshe, treasurer.
The third and present association dates its organization from March 17, 1884, when W. D.
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Hviser was chosen president ; R. A. Lawshe, vice-president ; 1. 1. Angstadt, secretary ; and C. C. Brown, treasurer. The membership in February, 1886, was forty, and regular meet- ings were held as follows: For boys, every Tuesday evening ; men's prayer-meeting, every Friday evening ; gospel meeting, every Sab- bath afternoon; business and social meetings, the third Tuesday evening of every month. The association maintains a well-ordered read- ing-room, and through its several auxiliaries has done effective work in its chosen field. A boys' branch of the association was formed Feb- ruary 9, 1886, with fifteen members, which was increased to thirty-nine in the course of a few weeks. Oscar Lindig is the president, and R. Brown the secretary. Its meetings are statedly held with good results.
The officers of the Young Men's Christian Association in February, 1886, were William Hayes, president ; Geo. Young, vice-president ; E. L. Angstadt, secretary; C. C. Brown, treas- urer ; J. P. Brook, J. T. Hate, George Tresher, C. S. Wolfe, W. II. Thomas, C. F. Lindig and W. F. Brown, directors.
THE SCHOOLS .- Before 1800 Mrs. Jane Mc- Clellan, Flavel Roan and others taught pub- lie schools. The Log Cabin Academy was built on the site of the parsonage of the Presby- terian Church in 1805.
A school-house was erected on the site of the laitheran parsonage in 1812, by subscribers to stock, and kept in repair by subscription. In 1823 the stockholders met, elected Henry Hersh, Charles Beyers and John Martin trustees, and decided that the trustees should select the teachers. This was called the German school- house. A two-story building, called the town hall, stood where the North Ward school- house is, the lower part a school-house, the upper the town hall. A third was the " Nor- thern Liberties," on corner of Third and St. Anthony. In 1860 the lots of the South Ward school-house were purchased, and the next year the house built, followed by the re- building of the old town hall and the Third Ward school-house.
Since the erection of these buildings the schools have been carefully graded, and have
been very satisfactorily conducted. From 1805 to 1813 Joseph Stillwell, Flavel Ron, Jonas Butterfield and others taught school in two buildings, one on Market Street, called the English School, the other, on the site of the Lutheran parsonage, called the German School. AAmong the teachers in the English house from 1813 to 181 1 was dames B. Forrest ; 1816 to 1817, Joseph Kerr; 1818 to 1824, Daniel C. Ambler, James Aiken and John Dunlap. The grammarian, Samuel Kirkham, was a pupil of James Aiken. Mr. Kirkham began teaching in Lewisburgh in 1820, and taught several years, mostly in private houses. Daniel Brey- fogle, Jolm Reese, Dr. S. L. Beck and John Dunlap taught at various times in the German honse from 1813 to 1823. The school law of 1834 was adopted by Lewisburgh by a vote of seventy-one in favor and fifty-five against. Two schools began on November 9, 1835, and one on November 23d, with two hundred and fifty pupils; received of State appropriation $520.12. First president of school board was James Kelly ; first secretary, John Houghton. Among the teachers under the free-school sys- tem were Jolin Porter, A. S. Goddard, Captain Owens, C. V. Gundy, Emma Pardoe, Anna Reish and Wesley Cramer; the last taught the Boys' Grammar School thirteen years. Among the names of carly school directors were Ilon. John Walls, James F. Lin, Hon. Eli Slifer, John B. Linn, Prof. C. S. James, Rev. Henry Dill, Wm. Jones, Esq., Weidler Roland and J. P. Miller.
THE UNIVERSITY AT LEWISBURGH .- In 1845 some intelligent Baptists of the North- umberland Association saw the need of higher education for their sons and daughters under the religions auspices of their own denomination. Their perception of this need at first took form in a plan for a first-class academy. The nat- ural beauty, healthfulness and economic advan- tages of the borough of Lewisburgh determin- ed the location of the school here. Through the Rev. Eugenio Kincaid and the Rev. J. E. Bradley, Stephen W. Taylor, who had recently resigned his professorship in Madison Univer- sity, became enlisted in the new enterprise. Uu- der the principalship of Prof. Taylor, assisted
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by his son, Alfred Taylor, A.M., and I. N. Loomis, A.M., a school was opened in 1846 in the basement of the Baptist Church.
Professor Taylor combined prophetic insight with the powers of a rare teacher and saw in the new school the germ of a university. Others approved the project of founding at Lewis- burgh such an institution as would meet the higher educational demands of the whole State. A charter incorporating "The University at Lewisburgh, Pa.," was approved on the 5th day of February, 1846, with the following trustees : James Moore, James Moore, Jr., Joseph Meixell, William H. Ludwig, Samuel Wolfe, Levi B. Christ, Henry Funk, Joel E. Bradley, Eugenio Kincaid, Benjamin Bear, William W. Keen, William Bucknell, Thomas Wattson, James M. Linnard, Lewis Vastine, Oliver Blackburn, Caleb Lee, Daniel L. Moore.
It was provided in the charter that ground should be purchased and buildings erected when one hundred thon-and dollars had been raised, and that a fourth part should be permanently invested in a productive farm. It contained also other specifications, radically changed in 1882.
The subscription of one hundred thousand dollars was secured by the 17th day of July, 1849, through the efforts of Drs. Eugenio Kin- eaid and William Shadrach, who traversed the State soliciting funds. Previous to this, land to the south of the borough of Lewisburgh, in- cluding a fine hill of nearly a hundred feet ele- vation, covered with a beautiful natural grove, and commanding extended views over river and valley, had been sceured for the university. In 1848 an academy building was nearly completed. In January, 1849, the trustees felt justified in electing professors for the college, and in com- mencing a college building. Two graduates of Madison University,-the Rev. G. W. Anderson, A.M., editor of the Christian Chronicle, of Phil- adelphia, and the Rev. George R. Bliss, A.M., of New Brunswick, N. J.,-were appointed, re- spectively, to the chairs of Latin and Greek. Both soon afterwards began their labors, the students of the academy and the college, con- sisting of both sexes, reeiting together in the academy building, Professor Taylor still acting as principal.
In 1851 the west wing of the college building was completed, and the college students moved into dormitories and study-rooms, regarded at the time as "unsurpassed in pleasantness by those of any institution." In the spring of this year Professor Taylor resigned his position to accept the presidency of Madison University, but re- mained to preside at the first commencement, August 20, 1851, when a class of seven was graduated in the chapel of the academy.
The Rev. Howard Malcom, D.D., of Phila- delphia, an alumnus of Princeton and ex-presi- dent of Georgetown College, had been chosen president of the university and Charles S. James, A.M., a graduate of Brown, and Alfred Taylor, A.M., a graduate of Madison, were added to the faculty of the college, the former as professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, and the latter as professor of belles-lettres. With these additions began the collegiate year 1851-52. The college now became a distinct. department of the university, the academy became gradually a preparatory school for boys only, while, in 1852, the " University Female Institute" became a separate department. A theological depart- ment was added in 1855. From this point, therefore, we may consider the departments sep- arately.
The College .- The presidency of Dr. Malcom continued from 1851 to 1857, during which time the college building was completed.
In 1852 the sum of forty-five thousand dol- lars was added to the funds by a few friends without a general canvass. About twenty thou- sand dollars accrued from lands sold from the original campus, leaving finally about twenty- six aeres as university grounds.
Thus established, the college began a work of incalenlable value to the intellectual and spiritual progress of the denomination in Peun- sylvania. On the resignation of President Malcom, in 1857, the Rev. Justin R. Loomis, Ph.D., who had been called from Waterville, M .. , in 1x51, to fill the chair of natural sciences, succeeded him as president. During twenty-five years President Loomis devoted his best energies to the work of building up the college, and established the youth who came under his moulding hand in the principles of a
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deep Christian philosophy. The invasion of Pennsylvania by Lee's army, in 1863, caused the closing of the college during a campaign of six weeks, officers and students uniting to form Company A of the Twenty-eighth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. A memorial tablet in Commencement Hall commemorates the names of those who fell in the war for the Union. In 1864, President Loomis increased the funds of the university by collecting subscriptions amounting to one hundred thousand dollars. In 1876 an attempt was made to seenre addi- tional endowment, but owing to other interests in the field, the effort was abandoned after about twenty thousand dollars had been promised, mostly in private subscriptions offered by a few liberal friends.
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