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the city. iI clip the following from the Cleveland Leader of hn ■May 17th: “ An anniversary jubilee meeting was eveheld last evening in the Brooklyn Methodist Epis- i0U)copal Church, which is the oldest in this vicinity, thahaving been established in 1827. A few of the Qplt;original members were present. Before the regular ^services the ladies served supper in the parlors, to iB),which about three hundred people sat down at the me]same time. The meeting opened with a song by an(jthe quartet, consisting of Messrs. D. P. Fish, Miss djffIda Van Camp, Mr. J. C. Dix, and Mr. William fcuiSnowden. The pastor, Bev. A. Van Camp, read whjthe history of the Church since its beginning, after W01which remarks were made by three members of the iiblt;original Church who were present, Mr. Ebenezerlovely homes with which it abounds.OLIVER BURGESS.ished throughout in Georgia pine, ash, and walnut;the windows are of extra fi ne quality of stainedchurch cost $5,000. h. l. s.Adrian, Mich.—The First Methodist EpiscopalChurch, pf Adrian, Mich., Bev. C. H. Morgan pasFoster, Joseph Storer, and George Storer. Mr. CoiFoster said that the Brooklyn Church was the only wh:one in Brooklyn or Cleveland in 1827. Bev. Wm. eveBunnells, the pastor in charge in 1827, was present, witand made remarks, as did also the following gen- 0ftlemen, who have been pastors of the Church neflsince: Bev. T. J. Pope, Bev. J. B. Jewitt, Bev. E. a9g(H. Bush, and Bev. Samuel Mower. Short speeches thewere made by Mrs. W. A. Ingham, A. 8. De Vries, fr0Samuel Barker, W. J. Reckord, Clay Terrell, and ft fWilliam Ingham.” Brother Van Camp is enjoying cora successful pastorate. He and his excellent wife necand daughter, Miss Ida Van Camp, are earnest w0workers. Another quiet but persistent worker freis the pastor of Jennings Avenue Church, Bev. A. repD. Knapp, who, with his accomplished wife, has I thethe hearts of his people. NoThe writer and his wife spent May 10th to 14th wein Adrian, Michigan, one of his early parishes, theHere I would like to spend the evening of life, jand, as I am only one year beyond my “ threescore ^years and ten,” I may yet secure one of the many ^coitoolooMelmore, 0.—The Methodist Episcopal Church I ^of this place will be dedicated Sunday, June 3d. It ^is built after Plan No. 6, Church Extension, is fin-1 lt;jQadieglass; a good bell is in the tower. It is a monument I ^to the town, and is the pride of the people. The ^fidoddrlt;
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Western Christian Advocate
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Wed, May 23, 1888
Page 5
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Bursley M.
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