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Wilmington Presbytery requested the Session of each of its churches to prepare an historical sketch of that church, to be read to the congregation, and a copy filed with the archives of Presbytery. In the Memorial Volume of 1892 such a sketch of this church, prepared by Dr. P. H. Hoge, largely from material gathered by Ruling Elder John McLaurin, has been preserved. To bring the history of the church down to the present the Session appointed a committee, consisting of Ruling Elders B. F. Hall, James Sprunt and C. H. Robinson, to prepare a supplementary sketch.
The Session also appointed a committee consisting of Dr. J. M. Wells, Rev. A. J. Howell and Ruling Elder A. M. Hall, to prepare a handbook of the church, in which the sketch referred to should be published, with rolls of officers and members, sketches of the mission stations supported by the church, and pictures of our various buildings.
The Memorial Volume prepared by Dr. Hoge in 1892, contains a complete roll of all the pastors of the church from its foundation to the present time, except the present pastor, Rev. J. M. Wells, D.D. But there have been many changes in the two official bodies of the church, the Session and the Board of Deacons. In this volume will be found complete rolls of all the Ruling Elders and Deacons who have served the church during its entire history.
We thank God for His blessing that has rested richly upon our church in the past. Inspired by His promises we look forward with hope to the future, and we pray that our people may be more and more consecrated to His service. With larger faith and richer love may He lead us forward into nobler service and greater usefulness.
The seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the First Presbyterian Church of Wilmington, N. C., was celebrated with appropriate services December 9th to 11th, 1892.
The pastor, Rev. Peyton H. Hoge, D.D., issued a Memorial Volume, containing an historical sketch of the church, prepared by himself, the sermons and addresses delivered on that occasion, together with a roll of all the pastors and officers of the church from its foundation, and a roll of the members then living. This volume is in the hands of many of the present members of the congregation, and the following sketch takes up the history of the church from that date.
Early in his pastorate, Dr. Hoge introduced the custom of Quarterly Congregational Meetings. The first Quarterly Meeting of 1893 was held on January 12th, and at this meeting the congregation resolved to build a larger Sunday School room in connection with the Abbie Chadbourn Memorial Hall, provided for in the will of Ruling Elder George Chadbourn, who died July 8, 1891.
Individual subscriptions, payable in quarterly installments, having already been secured for building and loan stock to cover the cost of the Sunday School building, the congregation authorized the Trustees to execute a mortgage in the sum of $5,000 on the Manse on the eastern end of the church lot, and appointed the necessary committees to secure plans and erect the building. This mortgage was subsequently executed for $4,500, but on account of the suspension of the bank in which the Chadbourn Memorial Fund had been deposited, the congregation, on June 26, 1893, authorized
the Trustees to increase the mortgage to $6,000, and to borrow from $4,000 to $5,000 more, as might be required, on the indorsement of certain members of the congregation, with the bank certificate of the memorial fund as collateral.
This building was completed early in 1894. The second floor, the Abbie Chadbourn Memorial Hall, was formally opened, for the social life of the church, with appropriate services February 9, 1894, and the first floor, the Anniversary Hall, for the Sunday School, was dedicated February 11, 1894. This building has served well the purpose for which it was intended, and has greatly aided in the social life and Sunday School work of the church.
A memorial tablet in the wall of Anniversary Hall contains the following inscription, fitly expressing the sentiments of the church towards the life and work of its past and its hopes for the future:
From March 18th to 24th, 1893, Evangelist D. L. Moody held a series of afternoon and evening services in the Champion Compress warehouse. Mr. Moody was accompanied by Miss Tyson, who held services for children in the First Baptist Church. The pastors of the Protestant churches of the city followed these services by a series of meetings of their own congregations, and there were many additions to the membership of the different churches. From March 24th to April 2d this church received fifty-three on examination and profession of faith and three by letter.
In the spring of 1894 the pastor, Dr. Hoge, was assisted by Rev. Dr. John A. Preston, of Charlotte, in the early morning prayer meetings held annually at this season, another
valuable custom instituted under Dr. Hoge's pastorate and still continued with much interest and benefit to the church. These meetings were followed by the addition of twenty-one members on examination and profession of faith and one by certificate.
In 1895 this church gave its first missionaries to the foreign field—Dr. George C. Worth and his wife, Mrs. Emma Chadbourn Worth. They were married in the church July 31, 1895. A farewell reception was tendered them August 1st, and on Friday, August 2d, they left for their station at Wuseh, China, moving later to Kiang-Yin. As will appear later in this sketch, this church now conducts a successful mission in this field, employing a large number of workers and covering a large territory.
On June 26, 1895, Mr. Barzillai G. Worth, the oldest Ruling Elder in the church, and his wife, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage—their golden wedding. With the exception of a brief residence in New York, Mr. Worth had been a member of the Session since 1858. The Session on this occasion presented him and his wife with an address of greeting and congratulations on their long and happy union and the useful lives of their descendants, constituting a large family, without a single removal by death up to the date of this celebration. Mrs. Worth died in December of the next year, and Mr. Worth continued in faithful service as a member of the Session till his death, November 19, 1910. As a token of his affection for the church he loved and to which he had given faithful service as an Elder for more than fifty years, he made in his will a bequest of $1,000 to be used in the benevolent work of the church.
For several years the church had been conducting with varying success a mission in the southern part of the city, and had erected a neat and comfortable building, which was called Immanuel Chapel. On November 8, 1895, the Session, acting as a commission under appointment of Presbytery, organized this congregation into a separate church, with a membership of one hundred and fifteen communicants and
thirty-four noncommunicants, all transferred from the rolls of the First Church. Later in the same month eight other communicants were added to the membership, two Elders and two Deacons were elected, and the Rev. B. E. Wallace, then serving as an Evangelist, was called to the pastorate at a salary of $1,000, the Session of this church having agreed to raise $900 or so much thereof as might be needed for the expenses of the new church.
A review of the work of the ten years of his pastorate was given by the pastor, Dr. Hoge, on Sunday, December 8, 1895, showing the following results:
Additions to membership:
On examination and profession of faith, 375.
On certificate, 133.
By death, 78.
By certificate and otherwise, 246.
Contributions to the church for all causes during the ten years, $145,342.67, a little more than half of this having been for benevolent causes outside of the congregation.
Papers on the following subjects were read at the evening service:
"The Church and the Children," by Ruling Elder C. H. Robinson; "The Church and the Young People," by Mr. A. J. Howell, Jr.; "The Church and the Poor," by Rev. B. E. Wallace, of Immanuel Church; "The Church in Its Missionary Operations," by Ruling Elder John McLaurin; "The Growth of the Church in Material Improvement," by Ruling Elder Samuel Northrop; "The Growth of the Church in Membership and Spiritual Life," by Ruling Elder B. G. Worth.
On Tuesday, December 10th, a reception was tendered the pastor and his wife in Memorial Hall. The congregation presented them with a handsome candelabra and two beautiful pieces of silver, accompanying the same with many expressions of love and confidence and appreciation of their faithful work.
This church had undertaken mission work in Brunswick County, just across the river from the city, in which there had not been an organized Presbyterian Church. This work had assumed a hopeful aspect at a point called Winnabow, about twelve miles from the city. A building had been erected and a congregation organized under the name of New Hope Church. On Friday, October 30, 1896, the Rev. John Wakefield was ordained the first pastor of this church, which was the first Presbyterian Church in Brunswick Country, and chiefly a colony from the First Church of Wilmington.
In the early part of 1897, because of local conditions, at a called meeting of Presbytery, held in the First Church, June 2, 1897, the pastoral relation between Rev. B. E. Wallace and Immanuel Church was dissolved, and the church was placed under the care of the Home Mission Committee of Presbytery.
The General Assembly, in session at Charlotte, N. C., during May, 1897, celebrated the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Westminster Assembly by appropriate exercises and addresses. This church extended an invitation to the Commissioners of the Assembly to visit Wilmington and the seashore as its guests, on the adjournment of the Assembly. A large number accepted the invitation, but the Assembly having continued its session a day longer than was expected only about fifteen of those who accepted were able to come. Among these was the Hon. W. M. Cox, a Ruling Elder from the Synod of Mississippi, who repeated in this church an address which he had delivered before the General Assembly, and which excited much interest, on the subject, "The Influence of the Westminster System of Doctrine, Worship and Polity on Civil Liberty and Representative Government."
A long cherished desire of the pastor to visit the Holy Land was made possible by the action of the congregation October 17, 1897, in giving him leave of absence for four and a half months, from January to June, 1898. During the pastor's absence on this trip the pulpit was supplied by the Rev. J. R. Wilson, D.D., a former beloved pastor of this church, who
always maintained a loving interest in the church. Between him and the Session the closest sympathy existed, and a friendly correspondence continued after he left the pastorate. The Session wrote him a letter of sympathy on the death of his wife, and a letter of congratulation on the election of his son, Woodrow, to the presidency of Princeton University, in June, 1902, for both of which he expressed the highest appreciation.
After retiring from active service, Dr. Wilson chose this city as the most congenial place in which to spend the winter months of his declining years, and his visits were a source of continued pleasure both to him and the people whom he loved. Dr. Wilson died January 21, 1903, at the home of his son, in Princeton, N. J., and on January 30, 1903, the Session adopted and read to the congregation a memorial of his life. On October 22, 1905, a tablet was unveiled in the church in grateful memory of his faithful and loving pastorate from 1874 to 1885, and as a tribute to his honored and useful life. The sermon on the occasion was preached by the Rev. Alexander Sprunt, D.D., of Charleston, S. C., a son of this church. The tablet bears the following inscription:
Another tablet in the church is to the honored memory of the Rev. M. B. Greer, D.D., of Philadelphia, who was the highly esteemed pastor of the church from 1852 to 1861, and who died January 23, 1899. Dr. Greer's last visit to the city was on the occasion of the celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the church. He contributed very much to the pleasure of the exercises by reminiscences of the church and people in the days of his pastorate.
On July 11, 1899, Dr. Hoge tendered his resignation as pastor of the church to accept the pastorate of the Warren
Memorial Church, of Louisville, Ky. His resignation, at his earnest request, was accepted, with sincere regret, thus closing a most fruitful pastorate of fourteen years, during which close ties of friendship and love had been established between pastor and people. On his departure the congregation, as a token of love and esteem, presented him and Mrs. Hoge with a beautiful silver tea service.
In the following October the Session's Committee on Pulpit Supply engaged the Rev. Hay Watson Smith, of Greensboro, N. C., as temporary supply. His services proved highly acceptable to the congregation, and on Sunday, February 20, 1900, he was tendered a unanimous call to the pastorate, which he declined.
On June 14, 1900, the Rev. J. H. Patton, of Marietta, Ga., was called to the pastorate, and he also declined.
During the summer and fall the pulpit was supplied by different ministers secured by the Committee on Pulpit Supply, but the need of a regular pastor was manifest in the failing interest of the congregation, both in church services and in the support of the church's benevolent causes.
On December 16, 1900, the congregation extended a unanimous call to the Rev. J. M. Wells, Ph.D., of Staunton, Va. This call was accepted, and on February 23, 1901, Dr. Wells entered upon the duties of pastor. The congregation proved responsive to Dr. Wells' ministrations, as shown in the increased attendance, both on church services and Sabbath School, and in the larger contributions to benevolent causes.
The report to Presbytery in the spring of 1902 showed a gratifying increase over the previous annual report, both in membership and cash contributions. And it is worthy of note that each succeeding annual report during this pastorate has shown substantial growth both in membership and contributions, notably the reports for the last four years, which have shown the largest increase.
During the spring of 1902 the Deacons, under the advice of an architect whom they had employed to examine the heavy plastered ceiling of the church, recommended that it
be taken down and replaced with wooden ceiling. The congregation adopted this recommendation, and on August 7th, in a congregational meeting, ordered the change, as well as other minor repairs to the building and new cushions for the pews. At the same time the ladies of the church provided a handsome new velvet carpet for the church. These repairs and improvements were completed during the year 1902 at a cost of about $3,000, and a legacy of $250 left by Miss Henry Rothwell in 1903 was used to buy a new carpet for the Sunday School room.
In the early morning prayer meetings held, according to custom, in the spring of 1903, the pastor was assisted by the Rev. W. McC. White, of Petersburg, Va., and at the conclusion of the meetings there were twenty members added to the church on examination and profession of faith.
It had always been the custom to hold the midweek prayer meeting on Thursday evening, but on May 24, 1903, the Session changed the date from Thursday to Wednesday, to conform to the custom of the other churches in the city.
On June 3, 1903, at a congregational meeting, Rev. and Mrs. R. A. Haden, already located at Kiang-Yin, were elected as missionaries of the church, and their support assumed by the congregation.
On October 4, 1903, Dr. Geo. C. Worth, the church's medical missionary at Kiang-Yin, was ordained a Ruling Elder, just before returning to his station after a visit to his home.
On November 29, 1903, the congregation had the pleasure of hearing the Rev. Dr. H. L. Singleton, of New York, who was pastor of this church from 1866 to 1871, and who, on this occasion, was spending some time with friends in the city.
In the latter part of 1903, the heating of the church being found unsatisfactory, the Deacons were authorized to install a better heating plant, and this was accomplished in the early part of 1904 at a cost of about $550.
On August 1, 1904, the Session accepted from Mr. James H. Chadbourn, then a Deacon in the church, a gift of $600, to be used as a memorial to his two children, George and
Blanche King, who died in November, 1901. This was called the Elders' Fund, and the interest was used in benevolent work as the Session directed from time to time until 1910. Mr. Chadbourn, then a Ruling Elder in the Church, having become much interested in the mission established by the church at Winter Park Gardens, one of the growing suburbs of the city, proposed to increase this fund and to build a chapel at that point as a memorial to his children. This offer was accepted by the Session, and the chapel was built at a cost of about $1,800, and dedicated February 5, 1911, and is now used for the Sunday School and preaching services of the church at that point.
In the early part of 1905 the congregation decided to remove the old wooden manse on the eastern end of the church lot, and to erect a new and better building. This called for earnest effort and much sacrifice on the part of the congregation, and, as many of the members had left the city for the summer before the plans were perfected, the work was deferred till the fall. On November 10, 1905, the congregation authorized the expenditure of $7,500 in the building of a comfortable manse. The building, a very creditable one, was completed in the following year, and has not only added to the comfort of the pastor's family, but greatly improved the appearance of the church property.
Early in 1905 a Sunday School was opened in the chapel, built chiefly by contributions from this congregation, in the mill village of Delgado, about one mile from the city limits, and the Session appointed Mr. A. J. Howell, Jr., as Superintendent. There was much interest in the school and marked success has attended this work, which has developed into a successful mission. Later a kindergarten and industrial school and children's playgrounds were opened and supported by a Ruling Elder of the church, Mr. James Sprunt, and his wife, who erected a building for the school and young people's meetings, and equipped the playgrounds as a memorial to their daughter, Marion Sprunt, who died in 1902. The building and grounds were formally dedicated as The Marion Mission in December, 1907.
A similar memorial playground, provided by them for the children of Immanuel Church, in the southern part of the city, was formally opened on February 19, 1908, and the benefits of these benefactions were soon manifest in the improved health and habits of the children for whom they were provided.
In 1907 the Executive Committee of Foreign Missions of the Southern Presbyterian Church accepted Miss Jessie Dalziel Hall, a member of this church (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hall), as a foreign missionary, the third from this church. Dr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Worth were then at home on furlough, and preparing to return to the field. On July 1st a farewell reception was tendered to them and Miss Hall before their departure. Miss Hall is supported by the Jane Dalziel Sprunt Missionary Society, consisting of the direct descendants and the husbands and wives of the descendants of Mrs. Jane Dalziel Sprunt. It was organized April 25, 1907, in honor of her memory and for the advancement of the cause of Christ in missionary work, and undertook to assume the support of any of Mrs. Sprunt's descendants who should offer themselves for missionary service.
Miss Hall left the summer home of her family in the western part of the State on August 26, 1907, and about a week later sailed from Seattle for China in company with Mr. and Mrs. James R. Graham, then returning from furlough to their field of work, Tsing-Kiang-Pu. Miss Hall was assigned to the same station, thus giving the church representatives at two different stations in China.
In the spring of 1907 the Session invited Rev. Henry W. Stough, of Chicago, to conduct a series of evangelistic services. He began to preach on Sunday, May 5, 1907, and continued to present the Gospel with great power and earnestness for two weeks. Many of our most faithful young workers in the church made profession of their faith on that occasion. These services were preceded by preparatory meetings conducted at St. Andrews Church by Dr. J. M. Wells and at Immanuel Church by Rev. Henry Miller, of Virginia. All the Presbyterian
congregations of the city united in attendance upon Mr. Stough's preaching, and the union meeting was a great blessing to the Presbyterians of Wilmington.
The pastor, Dr. Wells, and three Ruling Elders of this church attended the convention of the Laymen's Missionary Movement in Philadelphia in February, 1908, the first great laymen's convention held in this country. The delegates from this church were deeply impressed with the possibilities of the movement towards the evangelization of the world and communicated much of their enthusiasm to the congregation on their return. Steps were taken for a Laymen's Convention in this city, which was held May 16th to 18th, 1908, all the Protestant churches in the city taking part in it. One of the Ruling Elders of the church, Mr. H. W. Malloy, conducted an active canvass, and made addresses in the country churches of the Presbytery during the summer and fall in the interest of the general movement, and with special reference to the Laymen's Convention to be held the following spring in Birmingham, Ala.
This church had for many years taken much interest in foreign missionary work, and from this time may be dated the beginning of its greatly enlarged activity in worldwide evangelization. The plan proposed by the Laymen's Movement of apportioning the unevangelized lands among the different denominations and branches of the church met with cordial approval, and this was the first church in the Southern Assembly to make application for a definite territory for its field. In answer to this appeal to the Assembly, the church was given the Kiang-Yin field in China, in which it was already supporting several missionaries, and which was estimated to embrace a population of at least 450,000 souls. An Elder of this church, Mr. James Sprunt, already a liberal contributor to the cause, assumed the support of Mr. J. Campbell White, secretary of the Laymen's Movement, and at the Birmingham Laymen's Convention, February 16th to 18th, 1909, gave $10,000 for the erection of two school buildings, one each for boys and girls, at Kiang-Yin. Another Elder of the church, Mr. Philander
Pearsall, assumed the support of one of the lady missionaries in this mission, and also of one of the General Assembly's home missionaries in Oklahoma.
In 1911 Ruling Elder A. J. Howell, feeling called to the gospel ministry, took the position of Lay Assistant to the pastor, and began his preparation for the ministry. His course was completed by a term at Union Seminary. In October, 1912, he was, after a creditable examination, ordained to the full work of the ministry as an evangelist working under the Session of this church. He was the second to enter the ministry from this church during the period covered by this sketch, Rev. William E. Hill having been ordained in 1905, and having at once entered upon a large and useful ministry.
The activities of this church are broad and far reaching. At the station at Kiang-Yin, China, the work is carried on by the following missionaries of this church: Dr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Worth, Rev. and Mrs. Lacy L. Little, Miss Ryda Jourolman, Mrs. Anna McG. Sykes, Miss Ida McK. Albaugh, Rev. and Mrs. Lacy I. Moffett, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Allison and Miss Carrie Moffett. These are aided by twenty-five native workers. The expense of the mission there is $12,000 per annum.
In the Assembly's Home Mission work, the evangelist at Altus, Oklahoma, Rev. T. W. Griffiths, is the representative of this church. He is having a successful ministry.
In the Synod's Home Missions this church supports the work in Brunswick County, where churches have been organized at Winnabow, Southport, Shallotte, and Phoenix. In the Presbytery's Local Home Mission work the church supports the pastor, Rev. J. S. Crowley, and supplies the workers at Immanuel. The other mission points of the church are Delgado, Winter Park Gardens, and Bethany. Regular preaching is furnished at these points by Rev. A. J. Howell, and active Sunday Schools are kept up by workers from the First Church. In 1910 a mission for the colored people was begun by Dr. J. G. Murphy and a corps of faithful workers. An excellent building has been provided at
Twelfth and Queen Streets, and a good work is being done. The Rev. W. M. Baker (a volunteer for our work in Africa), has been secured to take charge of this mission.
One of the best departments of the work of this church is the Boys Brigade, carried on with great success by Col. Walker Taylor, one of the Deacons of the church. Beginning as a part of the mission work at Immanuel, it has become undenominational in its scope, and accomplishes great good. A splendid building has been provided as a memorial of Ruling Elder W. R. Kenan, by his daughter, Mrs. H. M. Flagler.
During the present pastorate at the season of services conducted each May and at other times, our people have been privileged to hear many of the ablest ministers of our own Southern Church and others. Doctors G. B. Strickler, W. W. Moore, T. C. Johnson and Theron H. Rice, of Union Seminary; W. M. McPheeters, R. C. Reed and H. A. White, of Columbia Seminary; James Orr, of Scotland, Merle d'Aubigne, of France; and from the pulpits of our church, Doctors A. M. Fraser, Alexander Sprunt, W. McC. White, A. A. McGeachy, R. O. Flinn and others, have preached for us. Many notable missionaries and missionary speakers have spoken here. Besides our own splendid men, Geo. C. Worth, Lacy L. Little, Lacy I. Moffett and A. Allison, we have heard P. F. Price, H. M. Woods, J. W. Paxton, C. N. Caldwell, the veteran G. W. Painter, and others from China. Drs. W. D. Reynolds and J. F. Preston, of Korea, and representatives of other stations have been with us.
Messrs. W. T. Ellis, J. Campbell White and Drs. S. H. Chester, J. O. Reavis and H. F. Williams have aided in developing the great missionary interest of the church.
The following table, compiled from annual reports to Presbytery for the past twelve years, gives gratifying evidences of the growth and activity of the church under the present pastorate, which in many respects has been the most successful in its history.
When the sketch of Immanuel Chapel found in the Memorial Volume was written, the Rev. W. McC. Miller was in charge as Evangelist. Mr. Miller gave up the work in 1893. Rev. Geo. H. Cornelson, Jr., supplied the mission during the summer of 1894.
Rev. B. E. Wallace came as supply in the summer of 1895. The work had so grown that on November 8, 1895, the mission was organized into a church by a Commission of Presbytery. There were one hundred and twenty-three members in the new church, dismissed to same from the First Church.
Rev. B. E. Wallace was chosen as Pastor, Messrs. C. W. Dahlgren and A. B. Cook as Ruling Elders, and Messrs. P. Heinsberger, Jno. S. Barnes, A. N. Biggs and A. L. Rice as Deacons. Unfortunate dissensions having arisen, Messrs. Dahlgren and Cook resigned in April, 1897, and Deacons Heinsberger and Biggs were elected Elders.
Rev. B. E. Wallace resigned as Pastor in May, 1897. Ruling Elder Heinsberger was dismissed to St. Andrews Church in June, 1897. Rev. P. C. Morton came as stated supply in August, 1897.
No records of the church are available from 1897 to 1901, and the time of Mr. Morton's giving up the work is not known. During this interval Rev. E. E. Lane served the congregation very faithfully for more than a year.
In 1901 Presbytery appointed a commission, consisting of Ruling Elders B. F. Hall, Samuel Northrop and John McLaurin, to serve in place of a Session for Immanuel Church. During the summer of 1901 Rev. J. C. Story, of Union Seminary,
supplied the church. On June 1, 1902, Rev. C. W. Trawick came as stated supply, and faithfully supplied the church until March 1, 1904.
May 16, 1904, Rev. J. S. Crowley came as stated supply. He continues in this position, much beloved both by his own congregation and all those residing in the southern part of the city.
The Immanuel Mission House was presented by Mr. James Sprunt in 1913, and is a great help in the work.
In January, 1912, at a congregational meeting, Messrs. H. C. Walton and E. Register were elected Elders and Messrs. S. A. Matthews and B. F. Brittain, Deacons. The government of the church was duly transferred from the Commission of Presbytery to the Session. The church now numbers two hundred and ten members, and is progressing.
In December, 1895, Col. Walker Taylor, one of the Deacons of the First Church, took a Sunday School class in our Immanuel Presbyterian Mission, beginning his class with three boys. During December and January the need of an organization among the boys was most forcibly impressed upon his heart and mind. This resulted in the organization of the Boys' Brigade, on February 14, 1896, in a room of the Immanuel Presbyterian Church. The organization started at this time with fifteen boys. From this small beginning has grown, under his wise and tactful guidance, the present splendid organization. The organization is in its scope and influence largely undenominational. One of the main requirements for membership is membership in some Sunday School, and regular attendance there is rigidly required.
During the first ten years of the existence of this organization regular weekly meetings were held in a room in the Immanuel Presbyterian Church. As a result of this ten years' work the splendid armory now occupied by the Brigade was erected by Mrs. Henry M. Flagler, in memory of her father, Ruling Elder William Rand Kenan, who had been a sympathetic friend and wise counselor of the organization. It was built in 1905 and was dedicated on June 22, 1905. On this occasion the main address was delivered by Governor R. B. Glenn. The splendid library was the gift of Ruling Elder James Sprunt. Beginning with a little handful of boys, with meagre equipment, the organization has grown until now it numbers one hundred and thirty members, and has an equipment second to none.
Colonel Taylor has given of his time, energy, and sympathy, without stint, to this great work. His weekly talks have very largely molded the characters of the members, in the formative time of their character building. His personal interest and advice have been constantly given to his boys in their solving the problems of life, and his work has been richly blessed. The entire city has felt the good effects of the organization. From the early membership have come some of the most useful and respected citizens of our city, and the Brigade is still improving the physical, mental, and spiritual condition of the boys and young men of our city.
Our mission at Delgado began its work formally on January 8, 1905, with the beginning of the Presbyterian Sunday School there. Previously a Union Sunday School had been conducted in the mill chapel, with workers from different denominations, but largely Baptists.
Before the opening of the Sunday School preaching services were held in the chapel by Revs. Paul C. Morton and J. S. Crowley. To the latter, particularly, in the early years of our mission at Delgado, is due much of the success of the work.
Mr. Andrew J. Howell, then an Elder of the First Presbyterian Church, was the first Superintendent of the Presbyterian Sunday School, which numbered thirty-six at its opening session. Several young ladies and young men of our church became interested in the new school and began work as teachers. Their earnest efforts resulted in a large growth in the school from the start. The largest attendance noted to date is one hundred and ninety-seven. The other Superintendents of the school have been Messrs. G. L. Allen and W. C. Scoggins.
The school has been a great blessing to the community, making its influence felt in many ways. For several years the leading class has been the Men's Bible Class, which is always largely attended. Its teachers have been Messrs. A. J. Howell, M. S. Willard, G. L. Allen and D. M. McIntosh.
The Sunday School has been a great feeder of the church, and has furnished nearly all of the two hundred members received into its membership to this time.
The mission has been blessed with several seasons of revival under the earnest preaching of Evangelists R. Murphy
Williams, J. M. Plowden and William Black, each occasion resulting in a large increase of membership. Mr. Plowden was called from his work as Evangelist of Wilmington Presbytery to take charge of the Delgado Mission, and began his labors there on December 1, 1908. Since January 1, 1911, when Mr. Howell became a candidate for the Gospel ministry, he has also worked among the Delgado people as preacher and pastor. The Delgado work is as yet conducted as a mission of the First Presbyterian Church, and its members are enrolled on its register.
In the fall of 1912 the church building, which is the property of the mill company, was repaired at considerable expense with funds furnished by Mr. James Sprunt, an Elder of the First Church.
In connection with our church and Sunday School at Delgado, the Marion Mission has done a great work in the mill village. For it the mill company donated nearly an acre of land as a playground, and Mr. James Sprunt erected thereon a handsome mission building for the use of the kindergarten supported by him, which had already been established. The building was completed for occupancy in December, 1907. Later a larger demand for the use of the building was observed, and a library was donated by Mrs. Kate W. Murchison, a reading room fitted up, and arrangements made for social gatherings. An additional room was afterwards erected, in response to a pressing need for same. The kindergarten was established in 1907, the teachers being successively Misses Mary Duffy, Nan J. Huggins, Olive P. Thompson, Nell M. Thompson, Reba Plowden, and Robbie McIntire. This work for the children, which is supported entirely by Mr. and Mrs. Sprunt, has been very successful and pleasing in its results.
The Chapel at Winter Park was built by Mr. and Mrs. James H. Chadbourn in loving memory of their children, George and Blanche, who died on the threshold of manhood and womanhood. The funds were in large part amounts which had been given to the two young people and by their parents wisely applied toward the building of this Chapel. The building was dedicated by services held on Sunday afternoon, February 5, 1911.
The Sunday School, which had for some time been conducted in the residence of Mr. G. C. McIntire, moved to the new building, Dr. Geo. C. Worth, who was on furlough from his mission work in China, becoming Superintendent. He was succeeded by Mr. E. T. Huggins, who continues as the efficient head of the school.
Regular preaching services were held in the Chapel by Dr. J. M. Wells and Rev. J. M. Plowden until October 1, 1913, when Rev. Andrew J. Howell, by direction of the Session, took charge of the work. By reason of special attention given by Mr. Howell the membership was largely increased during the following two months, so that it was considered advisable to petition the Presbytery to take steps for the organization of a separate church there.
The organization took place on Sunday afternoon, December 14, 1913. At that time the following officers were elected: Elders, Messrs. L. D. Latta, Earl W. Jones and G. C. McIntire; and Deacons, Messrs. A. B. Sandlin, R. T. Sinclair and C. M. Robinson. There were thirty-five charter members of the new church, and the prospects are good for a considerable growth of the church from the Presbyterians locating at Winter Park and neighbouring suburbs.
For several years the Yokefellows' Band of the Young Men's Christian Association of Wilmington held services on Sunday evenings in the schoolhouse near Wrightsboro Station, belonging to Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lineker. From time to time certain officers and young men of the First Presbyterian Church conducted these services, Mr. Andrew J. Howell, then an Elder, having a regular appointment there monthly. Later the demand for a Presbyterian Church was felt, and the Yokefellows expressed a willingness to withdraw and turn the work over to the Presbyterians if they would assume responsibility for it.
The opportunity for establishing a church at this point appealed to Mr. James Sprunt, an honored Elder of our church and he generously donated funds sufficient to provide a suitable church building. The old school site was acquired and the building standing upon it removed to another lot. The erection of the new structure was placed in charge of a committee consisting of Rev. A. J. Howell, chairman, and Messrs. J. A. Springer, J. L. Sprunt, D. R. Foster, and Dr. John Thames, and on November 10, 1912, the committee turned the building over to the Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church. Dedicatory services were held on the afternoon of that date. By action of the Session the name of Bethany Chapel was given to the building.
The work at the Chapel is conducted as a mission of the First Presbyterian Church of Wilmington, and the members received there are enrolled on its register.
The Sunday School has been an important part of the mission's work. Dr. John Thames, a Deacon of the First Church, has been in charge of it as Superintendent for a year
or two and, under his wise guidance, the school is growing in numbers and influence. Its present enrollment numbers about fifty. This school succeeds the work done for many years in a Union Sunday School conducted by Mrs. W. A. Lineker, now a devoted member and worker of the Bethany Mission.
Probably the supreme Home Mission task of the South is the uplift of the Negro race. The zealous people of our church here, realizing this fact and awakened, in a measure, to their duty and privilege by a lecture of Rev. John Little on the work being done in Louisville, Ky., decided to undertake a similar work for the Negroes in Wilmington.
A committee was appointed to investigate conditions. After looking the field over and studying the needs, it decided to begin Sunday School work. An old dwelling at 609 South Ninth Street was rented and a Sunday School organized May 8, 1910, with thirty-three scholars present. Dr. J. G. Murphy was elected Superintendent, Mr. P. Heinsberger, Jr., Assistant Superintendent, and Mr. Robert Hunt, Secretary and Treasurer.
Soon after the work was started, Mr. P. Pearsall, an Elder of our church, who had for some time been conducting a Bible class for his colored porters and others every Sunday afternoon, in his office on Water Street, moved his class to the Sunday School, to give it his help and encouragement.
The school soon outgrew its cramped quarters and new ones were sought. The beautiful little church, shown in the accompanying cut, was purchased from the Episcopal Church, at the corner of Sixth and Queen Streets, and moved to Twelfth and Queen Streets, its present location. The first of November, 1911, the school moved into its new church and began plans for larger development and greater usefulness under Dr. Murphy and his devoted helpers.
The conviction that there was room for greater effort and larger activities grew to such an extent in the next twelve
months that our church invited the St. Andrews Presbyterian Church to unite with it in securing a man to give all of his time to the work among the Negroes, under both churches. The effort resulted in securing the services of Rev. Wm. M. Baker, who graduated at Union Theological Seminary in May, 1913. He came to us in June and entered upon his work at once, giving half of his time to the work under our church and half to a similar work under St. Andrews Church.
With Dr. Murphy still Superintendent our Sunday School has had a steady, conservative growth, till now we have about one hundred and sixty-five scholars enrolled and an average attendance of over one hundred. At present we have preaching services twice each month, and the results are very encouraging. It is our plan to begin some social and industrial work among the boys and girls of the Sunday School. The work grows slowly, but the results are very gratifying; so let us take courage from what has been accomplished, and double our efforts in the future, asking God for greater things in our work among the Negroes in our city.
The foreign mission efforts of this church are almost entirely given to the station at Kiang-Yin, China. This station was opened in 1895, at which time Rev. Lacy L. Little and wife began their evangelistic work there. Later Dr. George C. Worth and wife removed there from Wuseh, and other workers have been added from time to time.
The city of Kiang-Yin, which has a population of 60,000, is advantageously located for easily reaching the whole county, which bears the same name, with a population of 450,000, and this church requested the privilege of having the whole county as its field, and of supporting an adequate corps of workers, which was granted. The equipment of the station consists of a modern hospital, built principally through the efforts of the Ladies' Union of Wilmington Presbytery, the James Sprunt Male Academy and the Luola Murchison Sprunt Girls' Academy, both built from gifts of Mr. and Mrs. James Sprunt, of this church, amounting to more than $13,000, and several auxiliary buildings and chapels.
The corps of workers consists of George C. Worth, M.D., Mrs. George C. Worth, Rev. Lacy L. Little, Mrs. L. L. Little, Miss Ryda Jourolman, Mrs. Anna McG. Sykes, Miss Ida McK. Albaugh, Rev. Lacy I. Moffett, Mrs. L. I. Moffett, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Allison and Miss Carrie Moffett. Dr. Worth, assisted by Dr. Wang, a Chinese physician, is in charge of the hospital. Miss Albaugh is a trained nurse. The other missionaries are engaged in evangelistic and teaching work. There are twenty-five native helpers who assist them.
The missionary budget of the church has steadily increased from year to year until it amounts to about $12,000 at the present time. Dr. Frank R. Crawford, of Virginia, has been engaged to assist Dr. Worth at the hospital, his support to be furnished by the Wilmington Presbyterial. He is now enroute to his work.
Miss Jessie D. Hall, of this church, joined the mission workers of Tsing-Kiang-Pu in 1907, where she is still at work. Her support is provided by the Jean Dalziel Sprunt Missionary Society.
The Sunday School has filled an important place in the life of the church. It has trained the young people in the knowledge of the Bible and of the doctrinal teachings of the Presbyterian Church; and it is estimated that about nine-tenths of its scholars become members of the church. To this fact, in a large measure, is due the devoted and intelligent membership of our church. The school has been under the leadership of Mr. William M. Cumming as Superintendent since 1893, with the exception of about two years, and he has made a record for efficiency surpassed by no officer of the school in its long history. Mr. Cumming succeeded Mr. C. H. Robinson who was for many years the honored Superintendent of, the school.
The school is divided into three departments, viz: Primary, Intermediate, and Senior. It has a corps of intelligent and devoted teachers in each department. A distinction of the Sunday School is the fact that from its membership have largely gone forth those who have been officers and teachers in the several mission Sunday Schools established by this church. The Primary Department is under the superintendency of Miss M. E. Cook, whose long service in the interest of the beginners in the Sunday School has been a blessing in the lives of many of our congregation. The present enrollment of the school is about three hundred, and the number of teachers and officers about thirty-five.
A Home Department is also conducted in connection with the school, and for several years Mrs. P. Pearsall has been its efficient Superintendent.
The Brotherhood Bible Class of our Sunday School was organized in the fall of 1909. Its first officers were: Mr.
W. D. McCaig, President; Mr. John R. Adams, Secretary; Mr. P. Heinsberger, Treasurer; Mr. Andrew J. Howell, Teacher. During the years of its existence it has enrolled as members a large number of the men of the church, and met every Sunday for the study of the Sunday School lesson. Several times during each year the class has held social gatherings, featured by stereopticon exhibits, lectures and other forms of entertainment. Many of its members have gone forth into active Christian work in the various missions of the church. The present officers of the class are: Mr. J. F. Roache, President; Mr. T. F. Wood, Vice-President; Mr. Claude Murray, Secretary; Mr. E. N. Clark, Treasurer; Dr. J. M. Wells, Teacher. The class has supported for two or three years a Chinese native Evangelist at Kiang-Yin station.
The Young Ladies' Bible Class is an organized class whose sessions are held in connection with the Sunday School. It has been organized for several years, Miss Margaret Gibson having been its first teacher. Mr. G. A. P. Bowman is the present teacher, and the President of the class is now Miss Davie Duffy.
The school takes pride in the fact that Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, was a member of it during the pastorate of his father. Many other leading men in various departments of life have also been members of the school.
The First Presbyterian Church has under its care at the present time five mission Sunday Schools, which draw their officers and teachers almost entirely from the home church These schools are: Immanuel, Mr. S. A. Matthews, Superintendent; Delgado, Mr. Wm. C. Scoggins, Superintendent; Winter Park, Mr. E. T. Huggins, Superintendent; Bethany, Dr. John Thames, Superintendent; and Queen Street Mission (colored), Dr. J. G. Murphy, Superintendent. These schools form a large part of the home mission work of the church; and they are all meeting with much success.
A sketch of this church would be incomplete without some account of our various societies. One of the most effective ways in which the church has put forth its spiritual power in work for the Master has been through these organizations.Ladies' Foreign Missionary Society
This Society celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in April, 1913. Its present membership numbers about seventy, and throughout its history it has been the source of a great deal of missionary interest in the life of the church. For several years past the principal object to which its contributions have been applied is the part assumed of the salary of Miss Ida McK. Albaugh, a trained nurse in the Kiang-Yin, China, hospital, in charge of Dr. Geo. C. Worth. For this purpose the Society gives $350 a year. It also has a part in the Home Mission work of the church. For many years Mrs. B. F. Hall has been its earnest and devoted President. Miss Ellen D. Bellamy has been its faithful Treasurer since the beginning of the organization. The present Secretary is Mrs. Eugene Philyaw.Ladies' Home Missionary Society
Second in point of age, the Ladies' Home Missionary Society does an important work in the church. It was established by Mrs. David G. Worth more than twenty years ago; and, through all of its history, it has supported the kindergarten at Immanuel Church. Their contributions to this object amount to about $65 a month. In this object the Society
now receives aid from the Home Missionary Auxiliary. The present membership of the Society numbers about forty. The officers at present are: President, Mrs. Chas. W. Worth; Secretary, Mrs. C. F. Howell; Treasurer, Mrs. W. G. Whitehead.Home Missionary Auxiliary
This Society grew out of the Home Missionary Society, and has reached a membership of about thirty-five. It supports the sewing school conducted in connection with Immanuel Church, and also helps materially the Home Missionary Society in its work. In addition to this, the Society is paying the expenses of a girl student at Albemarle Normal and Industrial Institute. The officers of the Society are now Mrs. W. H. Pemberton, President; Miss Duralde Borden, Secretary; Miss Elizabeth Peck, Treasurer.Lucy Chadbourn Orphan Society
This Society has a special work that appeals to everyone in the congregation. For several years the ladies who are its members have been bearing the expenses for clothing, etc., of ten or twelve orphans each year at the Orphanage of the Presbyterian Church at Barium Springs. Besides this, general contributions are made to the Orphanage. Twice a year boxes of clothing are sent, and at Christmas a special box with presents and sweetmeats goes to the children. The Society estimates its contributions to the Orphanage at about $300 a year. Mrs. P. Heinsberger, Jr., is now President of the Society, and Mrs. E. T. Huggins, Secretary and Treasurer.Elizabeth MacRae Society
Eleven girls organized this Society in 1901 to help in the Foreign Mission work of the church. The name was given in honor of a saintly Christian who was earnestly devoted to
the cause of missions, which was the great burden of her thought and prayers during the last years of her life. The membership has now grown to twenty-two, and many of the original members are still connected with the Society. For some time the special object of its efforts has been to provide $75 a year toward the salary of Miss Albaugh, the trained nurse at Kiang-Yin, China. This amount is raised, and the Society also has pleasure in making a substantial yearly contribution to the General Foreign Mission fund of the church. The President is Miss Jane S. Hall, and the Secretary and Treasurer Miss Elizabeth Bell.Relief Committee
No organization of the church does a better work than this committee. Composed of devoted Christian ladies, it dispenses almost altogether the charity funds of this church. For many years it has had regular pensioners on the list, and it also meets a large number of calls made on it from time to time in special cases of need. The work of the committee requires a good deal of visiting among the poor, as well as attention to the giving of money and other necessary things. Mrs. F. H. Russell is Chairman, and Miss Jeannie M. Bell, Treasurer.Christian Endeavor Society
This has been a most fruitful means of developing the young people in the ability to take part in public services. It may well be considered an excellent training school for future officers and active Christian workers in the church. The membership and attendance has been large and active ever since the organization of the Society, five years ago. Monthly business and social meetings are held regularly on week day evenings, and add greatly to the social life of the congregation. The present officers of the Society are Mr. James L. Wells, President; Mr. W. M. Shaw, Jr., Secretary,
and Miss Nellie Durham, Treasurer. The Society numbers at present one hundred and thirty-five members, is growing finely, and does a splendid work.Children's Missionary Societies
There are three societies for the children of different ages, viz: Helping Hand Society, Miss Bessie Harriss, President, and Miss Elizabeth Thames, Treasurer; Willing Workers Society, Mrs. D. M. McIntosh and Mrs. W. M. Prall, leaders; and Gleaners' Missionary Society, Mrs. W. P. Sprunt and Mrs. John Hall, leaders. These societies jointly are paying the expenses of a girl student at the Luola Murchison Sprunt Girls' School at Kiang-Yin, China. Their meetings are made occasions to inform the children as to the mission fields of the world, and as to the privilege of Christians to give to the support of the work of the Gospel.
DR. J. G. MURPHYCommittees of Session
1. Delgado Mission: MESSRS. J. A. SPRINGER, JAMES SPRUNT, C. H. ROBINSON.
2. Bethany Mission: MESSRS. B. F. HALL, R. A. BRAND, J. A. SPRINGER.
3. Immanuel Church: MESSRS. W. M. CUMMING, H. C. MCQUEEN, A. M. HALL.
4. Queen Street Mission (Colored): MESSRS. P. PEARSALL, J. G. MURPHY, W. M. CUMMING.
5. Auditing Committee: MESSRS. W. M. CUMMING and C. W. WORTH.
The Session has divided our part of the city into districts and assigned one to each of our Elders for the more efficient conduct of our work.
These divisions are assigned as follows:
Between Castle and Church Streets, to Ruling Elder A. M. Hall.
Between Church and Nun Streets, from the river to Second Street, to Ruling Elder James Sprunt.
Between Church and Nun Streets, from Second to Ninth Street, to Ruling Elder W. M. Cumming.
Between Nun and Ann Streets to Ruling Elder P. Pearsall.
Between Orange and Ann Streets to Ruling Elder C. W. Worth.
Between Orange and Dock Streets to Ruling Elder H. C. McQueen.
Between Dock and Market Streets to Ruling Elder J. G. Murphy.
Between Market and Princess Streets to Ruling Elder J. A. Springer.
Between Princess and Chestnut Streets to Ruling Elder C. H. Robinson.
Between Chestnut and Grace Streets to Ruling Elder R. A. Brand.
Between Grace and Red Cross Streets to Ruling Elder B. F. Hall.
By keeping the Pastor advised of all cases of sickness, of the coming of strangers, and of any religious interest within their districts the Elders can be of the greatest help. It is planned that the Elders visit each family in their district once a year.Board of Deacons
Finance Committee: GEORGE R. FRENCH, WALKER TAYLOR, M. S. WILLARD. Church Buildings and Grounds:
(a) First Church, JOS. W. LITTLE.
(b) Manse, W. C. SMITH.
(c) Immanuel, WALKER TAYLOR.
(d) Delgado, J. O. CARR.
(e) Winter Park Chapel, GEO. L. MITCHELL.
(f) Bethany Chapel, DR. JOHN THAMES.
(g) Colored School, W. D. MCCAIG.
(h) Beach Chapel, C. N. EVANS.
Ushering, Strangers, and Sittings: W. C. SMITH, GEO. L. MITCHELL, R. W. HICKS, JOS. W. LITTLE. Committee on Collections:
North Aisle, C. W. WOODWARD; Alternate, JOS. W. LITTLE.
North Side Middle Aisle, R. M. SHEPPARD; Alternate, E. C. HOLT.
South Side Middle Aisle, DR. JOHN THAMES; Alternate, C. N. EVANS.
South Aisle, W. D. MCCAIG; Alternate, WALKER TAYLOR.
Gallery, W. C. SMITH.
Joint Committee on Music: M. S. WILLARD, E. C. HOLT. Insurance: WALKER TAYLOR, M. S. WILLARD. Light, Heat, and Sexton: GEO. R. FRENCH, M. S. WILLARD, J. O. CARR. Poor: J. O. CARR, R. W. HICKS, DR. JOHN THAMES. Calendar: R. M. SHEPPARD, C. N. EVANS.
Music: MESSRS. P. PEARSALL, R. A. BRAND, M. S. WILLARD, E. C. HOLT, W. E. WORTH. Synodical Home Missions: MESSRS. P. PEARSALL and GEO. R. FRENCH. Sunday School Extension and Publication: MESSRS. W. M. CUMMING and JOS. W. LITTLE. Ministerial Education and Relief: MR. R. A. BRAND, Chairman. Ministerial Education: MESSRS. H. C. MCQUEEN and R. W. HICKS. Ministerial Relief: MESSRS. C. W. WORTH and M. S. WILLARD. Foreign Missions: MR. JAMES SPRUNT, Chairman; MESSRS. J. A. SPRINGER, C. W. WORTH, W. M. CUMMING, GEO. C. WORTH, R. A. BRAND, J. G. MURPHY, P. PEARSALL, R. M. SHEPPARD, WALKER TAYLOR, W. J. CRAIG. Assembly's Home Missions: COL. WALKER TAYLOR, Chairman; MESSRS. P. PEARSALL, A. M. HALL, E. C. HOLT. Barium Springs Orphanage: MESSRS. M. S. WILLARD, J. G. MURPHY, GEO. L. MITCHELL. Bible Cause: MESSRS. C. H. ROBINSON and W. C. SMITH. Schools and Colleges: MESSRS. B. F. HALL and J. O. CARR.
The Chairmen of these committees are reminded that a report either written or verbal is desired at each monthly business meeting of the Session.Trustees
H. McL. GREEN,
Secretary and Treasurer
Assistant Superintendent
Assistant Superintendent
Principal Primary Department
Principal Intermediate Department
Superintendent Home Department
Superintendent Cradle Roll Department Brotherhood Bible Class: MR. J. F. ROACHE, President: REV. J. M. WELLS, D.D., Teacher. Young Ladies' Bible Class: MISS DAVIE DUFFY, President: MR. G. A. P. BOWMAN, Teacher. Immanuel School: MR. S. A. MATTHEWS, Superintendent Delgado School: MR. W. C. SCOGGINS, Superintendent Winter Park School: MR. E. T. HUGGINS, Superintendent Bethany School: DR. JOHN THAMES, Superintendent Queen Street School ( Colored): DR. J. G. MURPHY, Superintendent
Ladies' Foreign Missionary Society: MRS. B. F. HALL, President; MISS ELLEN BELLAMY, Treasurer. Ladies' Home Missionary Society: MRS. C. W. WORTH, President; MRS. W. G. WHITEHEAD, Treasurer. Home Missionary Auxiliary: MRS. W. H. PEMBERTON, President; MISS ELIZABETH PECK, Treasurer. Lucy Chadbourn Orphans' Society: MRS. P. HEINSBERGER, JR., President; MRS. E. T. HUGGINS, Treasurer. Elizabeth MacRae Society: MISS JANE S. HALL, President; MISS ELIZABETH K. BELL, Treasurer. Relief Committee: MRS. F. H. RUSSELL, Chairman; MISS JEANNIE M. BELL, Treasurer. Christian Endeavor Society: MR. JAMES L. WELLS, President; MR. W. M. SHAW, JR., Recording Secretary. Helping Hand Society: MISS BESSIE HARRISS, President; MISS ELIZABETH THAMES, Treasurer. Willing Workers' Society: MRS. D. M. MCINTOSH, MRS. W. M. PRALL, Leaders. The Gleaners' Missionary Society: MRS. WALTER P. SPRUNT, MRS. JOHN HALL, Leaders.


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|Elmwood Kildonans Pool temporarily closed: due to fouling. Sauna and weight room remain open until Saturday at 5 p.m.
Welcome to the exciting world of Aquatics!
The City of Winnipeg Community Services Department - Aquatic Services Division operates a number of indoor swimming pools.
Our purpose is to provide safe and enjoyable experiences in our Aquatics / Active Living facilities.
Swimming is a fun, educational and healthy lifestyle choice. Whether you are coming to enjoy some of the fun pool toys and equipment or enrolling in one of the many programs, we have something for everyone - infants to 55+!
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Another gorgeous Christmas card from Kim ....
Candy Cane Glitter Pad, which is fabulous!
Up close to see the finer details ...
Kim's attention to detail with the little flower in the centre of her ribbon bow.
Something I really love is when the inside of the card is decorated to match the front of the card.
Kim's Birdhouse Box of Chocs!
Focus on the front of the card ...
The details of the flowers ...
Kim's attention to detail is showing again, look at how she finished the edge of the box containing the chocolates ...
Amazing and I am sure that anyone would love to recieve a card like this, I know I would as they are my all time favourite chocolates!
Hope you have enjoyed a little highlight of Kim's creations and look forward to seeing more from Kim in 2013.
Welcome to the team.
Wednesday, 26 December 2012
More Inspiration from Kim Robertson ...
7 comments:
- Kim Robertson said...
Thanks Julie. I really loved Making the birdhouse and filling it after having a little pole of which sweeties would go best on the social sites. enjoy xxx
- Wednesday, December 26, 2012
- mags said...
How beautiful. So much detail and with the added bonus of some lovely chocolates. Anyone would be delighted to receive this. Thanks for sharing and the inspiration.
- Wednesday, December 26, 2012
- lyndaV said...
Yummy in all respects!
- Wednesday, December 26, 2012
- Karen said...
Beautiful. I love the bird house box
- Wednesday, December 26, 2012
- Maxcine said...
Wow I love it, what a fab idea.
- Wednesday, December 26, 2012
- Joy Smith said...
Absolutely stunning design. I will have to get going on those flowers.
- Thursday, December 27, 2012
- Ali Wiseman said...
Gorgeous ideas and love the birdhouse box - will be having a go at that in the new year - thanks! xx
- Thursday, December 27, 2012
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Ok, I'll explain why I ask this question. I begin to read Lift 2.2 source code these days. It's good if you happened to read lift source code before.
In Lift, I found that, define inner class and inner trait are very heavily used.
object Menu has 2 inner traits and 4 inner classes. object Loc has 18 inner classes, 5 inner traits, 7 inner objects.
There're tons of codes write like this. I wanna to know why the author write like this.
- Is it because it's the author's personal taste or a powerful use of language feature?
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Berry Banana Smoothies Recipe
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"I keep several bananas in the freezer so that I'm always ready to whip up this thick beverage for a quick breakfast or a tasty treat," relates Brenda Strohm, Omaha, Nebraska. "Frozen fruit gives it a great consistency...it's like drinking a berry milk shake!"
- 1 cup vanilla yogurt
- 1 medium ripe banana, peeled, cut into chunks and frozen
- 1/4 cup each frozen unsweetened strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries
- 1 cup fat-free milk
- In a blender, combine all the ingredients; cover and process until smooth. Pour into chilled glasses; serve immediately. Yield: 3 servings.
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text: TechRaptor - Ubisoft is claiming that Rocksmith is the fastest and easiest way to learn how to play the guitar. Their commercials proudly proclaim that numerous people have gained basic to advanced skills in a mere 60 days by playing Rocksmith for one hour a day. Their website even claims that existing players benefit, citing Toluna Consumer Survey as saying "95% of Players Improved At Guitar". They also claim that "Over 1 million people have played Rocksmith and improved their guitar skills".


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**I AM TRYING TO GO INTO HOME THROUGH MY UK ACCOUNT I CREATED** ill post what happends
OK I CANT GET ACCESS THORUGH MY OTHER ACCOUNT lol hmm thats sucks and very wierd!
**I AM TRYING TO GO INTO HOME THROUGH MY UK ACCOUNT I CREATED** ill post what happends
OK I CANT GET ACCESS THORUGH MY OTHER ACCOUNT lol hmm thats sucks and very wierd!
Well, if according to Sony you're not one... then it appears it's back to sorting how you're able to get IN.
As scary as it sounds, would it be possible to re-read the initial Tutorial here and retrace your steps... to see if something was left out and/or if it's SAVE file related as wicked insanity proposed earlier?
You're on PS3 Firmware 2.20 also correct?
Yeah, the question is.... What are you doing differently that allows you to get access?
I am speaking with CJPC now who is going to relay this to one of the resident PS3 Devs in a bit... hopefully we can finally go through it all and get to the bottom of the mystery.
If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say it has to be savedata-related assuming rda990 is on PS3 FW 2.20 like everyone else trying.
how did rda990 get home to be listed under the games section? maybe thats the missing link to how he got in.
I am trying downloading the home beta file the old way downloading it in place of a store demo see if that has any magical effect in theory tho its effects would be the same.
go here http://www.ps4news.com/forums/ps3-on...ead-64977.html
and go down to addons not working...and press home beta, it doesn't seem to be working for me here, has sony shut it down?
hmmm useing the old beta could work. but why would it work now but not back when the link was first found ? we only now how to use it ?
it doesnt work i already tried that... has no effect in getting HOME to work.
umm does this ps3 proxy thing work with windows vista because I dont think its running properly it goes to the box that tells me to do the proxy thing on my ps3 then says press ok after I done but after that nothing happens and I cant connect to internet on my ps3 when I do that. Can som1 confirm if they are using vista and it works?
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Hypocrisy in Writing
I've noticed something for a while now, a hypocrisy that at the same time amuses me and rather irritates me . I've said before how the game media loves to beat the drum about one issue or another. One issue that is coming up again and again lately is sex in video games, by which is meant the sexualization of women in video games. Whether or not I believe that video game writers even have a true concept of what is wrong in the industry in terms of that issue I am struck by the complete lack of recognition of the irony of the argument.
Video game writers love to get on the high horse and talk about the sexualization of women is killing the industry both as it regards to games and those who make games. Let me say again that I believe that this is a very real issue facing the game industry, there is a need for more women in game development and publishing from the top to the bottom. However, for all of the reality of the issue every year the same hypocrisy happens. Every time there is a big convention, E3 or Comic Con, or any number of the other big conventions we see pictures of scantily clad females. When we see images of video games, fighting games, action games, first person shooters, what do we see then but scantily clad females. While I disagree with the idea that clothing is the main issue in regards to the sexualization of women in the industry, the idocy of with one hand crying foul about the issue and then the other hand using imagery of women as nothing more than sex objects is not only arrogant but speaks to a complete lack of will power. Any way you cut it, the message is clear, we care about the issue except when it hits the wallets of ourselves or our companies. Consider the idea of a politician decrying another politician of having an affair while himself having one too; we'd burn them at the stake… figuratively at least. Somehow we have let video game writers get away with a complete lack of the fundamental skills of journalism because 'its only video games'. Until we hold them to a higher standard any real discourse of the issues facing the industry of which there are many will be impossible for them to moderate with any authority.
We all lose. There are serious issues facing the industry, women and minorities in gaming, the death and closure of many mid-level gaming studios, the advent of mobile gaming, legislation and censorship of video games; the industry faces real growing pains in the next decade. As we step forward then we need clear lines of communication with the least possible amount of chaff; we need video game writers to be the center of the web that connects us all and we cannot have them be that if they cannot be trusted. We need change people and we need it now more than ever.


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Battle of Mibamwu's Drift by ShabazikWatch
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The Ignacian-Khoya War was fought in 3151 a.a.H between the Gastronomic Empire (IG or Ignacian) and the Khoya Kingdom, along with an alliance of other Zarhuycan tribes and nations, within the context of the colonial wars in Zarhuy, that marked the imperialist expansion of Aelian powers in Zarhuy.
The Gastronomic Empire, projecting from their Protectorate of Uneghe decided that with combined and military campaigns they will succeed in annexing to the empire other Zarhuycan kingdoms and tribal areas in South Zarhuy.
In 3149, the High Commissioner for the Gastronomic Empire, Rogelio Gustav, was sent to Uneghe to bring such plans into being.
Gustav, with the secret approval of Emperor Ignacio I, advanced with the Colonial Ignacian Army, with the excuse the King Dingande of the Khoya failed to comply an ultimatum, which will trigger the war.
The war is notable for several particularly bloody battles in the Ignacian colonial wars in Zarhuy, including a stunning victory by the zarhuycan allies at Mibamwu's Rift, as well for being a landmark in the timeline of imperialism in the region. The war eventually resulted in a Ignacian victory and the end of the Khoya nation's independence.
Ignacian invasion and repulse: Battle of Mibamwu's Rift
The pretext for the war had its origins in border disputes between the Ignacian colony of Uneghe and the Khoya Kingdom.
Jean Rogel, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ignacian forces during the war, initially planned a three-pronged invasion of the Khoya Kingdom composed of over 12,000 troops in five columns and designed to encircle the Khoya army and force it to fight as he was concerned that the Khoya would avoid battle. In the event, Jean Rogel settled on two invading columns with the main center column, now consisting of some 6000 men (4000 ignacian soldiers and some 2000 Uneghe native auxiliary forcs). Three columns were to invade Khoya, from the Lower Unaga, Mibamwu's Drift and Roth respectively, their objective being Mbundi, the royal capital of Khoya.
King Digande's preparation meanwhile was to raise his army, and as well, to gather an alliance of several other tribes and kingdoms of southern Zarhuy, that feared more the Ignacian expansion that their traditional animosity toward the Khoya.
The main column, under Jean Rogel command, 6000 men strong, was camping near the Mibamwu's Drift, when the scouts reported the massing of the zarhuycan army in large numbers.
Jean Rogel, rather than to move to avoid the enemy to gather in such a force that outnumbered his own troopers on his own, he feared more to have to hunt in the bush the Khoya and Zarhuycan warriors in a guerrilla warfare than fighting a more numerous enemy, so his army remained at Mibamwu's Drift, leaving free hands to the Zarhuycan to mobilize and gather their armies.
With the Ignacian army at Mibamwu's Drifts, King Digande army –with a strength between 20.000 to 40.000 men- sent some of his forces to cut the supply lines –and possible retreat route- of the Ignacian, while he sent some of his regiments to launch some diversion attacks on the Ignacian position.
Finally, when the battle will be fought, in the drought river of Mibamwu, as Jean Rogel's forces where being encircled, Jean Rogel didn't do anything to avoid the enemy encirclement, or them from being cut from the routes to Uneghe.
According to the Ignacian officers, the zarhuycan simply couldn't do such complex tactics as a classical pincers movement, or encircle a whole ignacian army, so they rejected the increasingly worrying reports of the explorers.
And as the first skirmishes and battles where fought, with the Ignacian resisting the assault of several regiments of the Zarhuycan kingdoms, their officers failed to notice it was a diversion movement, while they where being cut from their supply lines and a retreat route.
And when they finally realized it, it was too late, and they where too deep in enemy territory, without supplies, and surrounded by a enemy several times more numerous than their own forces:
The battle of Mibamwu will last for seven days in total: the first two days, where the Ignacian resisted in their camps, too proud to realize the enemy movements, as they fought the diversion attacks of the Zarhuycan, and the next five days would be when the Ignacian realized the trap and tried to retreat fighting, burdened by their wounded, cut from supplies and with their movements clobbered by the numerically superior Zarhuycan forces, until the last forces of the proud Ignacian colonial army tried a desperate last stand, where they were finally annihilated.
Of the Colonial Ignacian army, barely only 1.000 men survived the battle, while the Zarhuycan casualties are unknown, but supposed high.
The battle of Mibamwu was one of the mayor defeats of the Gastronomic Empire during their Zarhuycan colonial wars, and after this defeat, outraged, the ignacian will become much more ruthless conquerors, sending a larger, bloodthirsty and ready for revenge army, who wished to avenge the defeat of Mibamwu.
Old, ooold drawing done from 2003 to the 2005. Here, Ignacian forces fight a regiment of the Zarhuycan coalition in one of the diversion attacks, in the first days of the battle.
rifles vs. spears... I've seen this before and it doesn't end well for the spear bearers! <X D
black guys should have attacked naked at night: for camouflage
XD I remember having seen a report of the last 2003-2007 war of the congo, where some guerrillas told the reporter they did that!
but mine has purpurian colonials lol
you stole the colonial war from my story! :0 if you ever read it
Didn't stole it, as these drawings are from about 2003 to 2005, so a bit less than 10 years old. However I posted them precisely because I thought they would be useful for your story. :3
[imply me goes to one side cheering]Go!....You guys! GO![and then runs to the other side and cheers them]Hang en up by they're entrails! XD
Yo cambiaría el nombre del imperio. "Gastronomical" viene de la palabra "Gastronomy". En español es gastronamia; el estudio de comida y cultura, con enfoce en la comida gourmet.
XD Era Imperio Gastronómico, por la gastronomía. Siendo el orígen del nombre un juego de niños, a un amigo que jugaba con el imperio ese le gustó esa palabra. XD
Yes, Zulus I would imagine?
Based on the pic, one would hardly suppose that the colonial troops were in trouble.
Gastronomic Empire? Representing the Dutch? With a name like that, images of modern Vanalose Orcs come to mind.
The modern Vanolosé state was Guaderia, ruled by the Gogdos. The Gogdos was a Vanolosé nation -the Gogdos name is play of word, from "gordo" -fat/tubby- but with the r changed into g. XD-
Zulu inspired the war, not the Khoya Kingdom. :3
The colonial troops don't look in trouble, as was one of the early divertion clashes, before they realized the trap!!
Zulu inspired the war, not the Khoya Kingdom. :3
The colonial troops don't look in trouble, as was one of the early divertion clashes, before they realized the trap!!
Would always hate the idea of being one the soldiers put into such a tactic!
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I'm looking for apps that are specifically designed for android tablets. So far I have only found 2 ways to do it:
- the Tablified market HD app, which is great, has lots of apps (but not all) but limited sorting features
- the website appsta.com filtered on android tablet (<span id="INSERTION_MARKER">http://www.appsta.com/android-tablet), which proposes interesting lists of apps, but is still in beta version and thus does not have many apps yet
Does someone know other good ways to find android tablet apps, with sorting/filtering features? (except googling and browsing google play of course...)


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FFF Fest day 1 recap: Mineral, Run the Jewels, Knapsack, Judas Priest, DFA 1979, Blood Brothers & more
words by Andrew Sacher / photos via @bvaustin
Mineral / Run the Jewels / King Diamond fans @ FFF Fest 11/7/2014
Austin's annual music festival Fun Fun Fun Fest kicked off on Friday and, apart from the line troubles stemming from its new location, featured a stacked lineup like always, spanning punk, metal, hip hop, dance and more, with plenty of the old as well as the new. On top of that you could walk by wrestling matches, BMX competitions, standup comedy and more fun.
Over at the Orange Stage early on, Knapsack and Mineral repped '90s emo. Knapsack had reunited in 2013 and initially said that was it but fortunately they still had more in them and came back for this, while Mineral have been on a reunion tour for a couple months. The two bands pulled from totally different sides of the spectrum. Knapsack's punky songs were the more "fun" of the two, and those guys looked like they were having a blast on stage too. Mineral on the other hand brought the delicate guitars and post-rock crescendos, giving the crowd something to zone out. Both bands played like the seasoned veterans they are, but they've still got that youthful spirit that music like this came from.
After that on the Blue Stage came two veterans who are pushing things forward, Run the Jewels, the collaborative project of Killer Mike and El-P that sounds entirely modern. They take the hardcore rap that both of them came up and revitalize it with futuristic beats that doesn't really sound like any of the other hip hop at FFF this weekend. Both Killer Mike and El-P have a fair share of serious songs, but they have fun with RTJ -- including some lighthearted Sun Kil Moon ribbing -- and got the crowd going harder than anyone else I saw that day.
The Blood Brothers
Then the Black Stage made it feel a little more like 2004 as post-hardcore maniacs The Blood Brothers came on, followed by dance-punk duo Death From Above 1979, both of whom expressed mutual admiration for the other from the stage. The Blood Brothers have been reunited this year, have only played less than 10 shows so far, and they're still the totally wild band that made Burn Piano Island, Burn. It only took seconds for the front of the crowd to turn into a crazed mosh pit which one of their singers spent about a third of the show in.
While Blood Brothers was all old favorites, DFA1979 put out their first new album since their 2004 debut this year and played a lot of that. It pretty much just sounds like their older material though, so the whole thing sounded like classic Death From Above. Plus by then the sun had set and their light show was killer, lightup elephant trunk faces included.
Going back further in time was the headlining set on the Black Stage from Judas Priest, who brought 40 years of metal to their hour and a half set that had zero dull moments. Priest gave classic after classic and even when they worked in stuff from their new album they ripped as hard as the old favorites. Rob Halford is still the amazing frontman you'd want him to be, and really the whole band was on fire -- even the new guy Richie Faulkner they have on guitar. I'm usually iffy when the young, recently-added member of a legendary band tries to show off at all, but that dude shreds.
We'll have a recap of the rest off FFF Fest 2014 (as well as full picture sets from all three days) soon. Meanwhile, you can check out lots more pics on the @BVAustin instagram.
Death from Above 1979 played a record release show at Rough Trade with Low Fat Getting High (pics, setlist)
photos Kenneth Bachor; words by Bill Pearis
DFA1979 @ Rough Trade 9/8/2014
Did somebody set the clock back 10 years? It kinda feels like it this week, with both Interpol and Death from Above 1979 releasing new albums. While the former gave us the back-to-basics El Pintor, DFA1979 hit with their first album since their 2004 and it finds them picking up right where they left off. Dancepunk isn't in fashion the way it was when Dubya was president, but you wouldn't have known from last night's record release show at Rough Trade. People were psyched for this very intimate evening, stomping for the band to come back for the encore and keeping a pretty healthy, if gentle, pit going for most of the show.
Sebastien Grainger and Jesse F. Keeler were in good spirits, with Grainger cracking jokes in between songs. They played every song from new LP The Physical World, plus about two thirds of the debut. No surprise: the craziest moment of the night was during the encore of "Romantic Rights." Setlist and pictures -- including ones of openers Low Fat Getting High (who have a new LP too) -- are in this post.
DFA1979 will play The Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday (9/10) return to NYC this fall when their tour hits Terminal 5 on November 28 with Biblical. Tickets are still available and you can also win a pair.
More pics and DFA1979 setlist from Rough Trade, below...
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2014 Voodoo Music Experience lineup (Outkast, Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, Slayer, DFA 1979 & more)
Arctic Monkeys @ Firefly Fest 2014 (more by Dana [distortion] Yavin)
The 2014 Voodoo Music Experience fest happens in New Orleans from October 31 - November 2 and the lineup includes Outkast, Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, Action Bronson, Slayer, DFA 1979, The Melvins, Gogol Bordello, Fishbone, Peelander Z and more. Tickets are on sale now.
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DFA 1979 finally releasing a second album in September, playing Riot Fest Toronto and Fun Fun Fun Fest
Death from Above 1979 have been semi-active again for a few years now, playing occasional shows. This year they've got the Riot Fest Toronto (September 6 - 7) and Fun Fun Fun Fest (November 7 - 9) on their 2014 schedule. When those dates come around, though, the band will have a new album out, The Physical World, their first in 10 years and only the second one they ever made (due out September 9 via Last Gang). Stay tuned for more details.
No new music to be heard yet, but flash back to 2004 with the video for "Romantic Rights" below...
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After teasing us with a series of 12" singles -- like this year's driving "Fall Back" -- UK electronic trio Factory Floor have finally announced details of their debut LP. The self-titled record will be out September 10 on DFA. You can check out the cover art and the tracklist below.
The band -- well, one of them -- were in NYC for DFA's 12th Anniversary Party at Grand Army Plaza (part of the Red Bull Music Academy) last month and while they have no North American dates at this time, they will be hitting the European festival circuit. So look for them in a sweaty disco tent over there this summer. Dates are listed below.
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Governors Ball 2013 lineup (Kanye West, Kings of Leon, Grizzly Bear, xx, Cut Copy, Kendrick, Anco, Beach House & MUCH MORE)
Governors Ball, which started as a small NYC festival on Governors Island and moved to the larger Randall's Island last year, keeps getting bigger and bigger. This year's fest takes place June 7th, 8th & 9th, and tickets go on sale Friday. Check out the full lineup, in list, video and flyer format - one unannounced headliner included, below...
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