PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF FRANKFORD CELEBRATES 185th YEAR

Special Services This Sunday To Mark Event.

The Presbyterian Church of Frankford will celebrate Anniversary Sunday" on May 1st. The occasion will mark 185 years of uninterrupted proclamation of the Christian Gospel in one of the city's oldest churches. Dr. Carlton J. Seiber, minister of the Church, announced that his sermon topic for the 11.00 a. m. Service will be "The Challenge of the Past in the Light of God's Will." The Evening Service will be in the :form of an historical pageant written and directed by Mr. Philip Nolte, whiah will set in focus some of the :pivotal events and interesting facts in the church's long history. The laying of the cornerstone for .thp original building on Max 4. 1770, preaates me American Revolution. An interesting fact which is to be part of the pageant will be a scene recalling the use of the building as a prison for Hessian soldiers who were taken captive during the battle of Trenton in the surprise attack by General Washington's army. The Church has also always been obedient to the injunction of the risen Lord" - - that repentance and remission of sins should be Preached in His name among all nations begin' ning at Jerusalem." Luke 24:47. Seven Presbyterian Churches were I organized by her while at the same time she has always had great interest elsewhere . rjr-sgutjTcaf lagn "Misgiohs hoards. j Men who were spiritual giants and !pioneers in the history of American I P;esbyterianism often preached from 'her pulpit. Such voices as those of the Rev. Drs. William M. Tennant, Jacob L. Janeway and George C. Potts echoed from the sacred desk. Famous men of Princeton, such as the Rev. Drs. Archibald Alexander. Chas Hodge and James McCosh proclaimed the Gospel Message to the saints who gathered to worship within the hallowed walls of Frankford's Presbyterian Church standing on the same ,arcm-oi 1..tiu wan fTie oftt burial !round where rest the mortal remains of 8 Revolutionary War veteans and four of the church's founders. Notable in the church's history are two long, happy and fruAful pastorates. The first of these is that of the ' Rev. Thomas Murphy, .,p. D., (18491895) an able scholar who celebrated ; the 100th anniversary in 1871T and ' complied the record of that occasitan in a bound volume of 16'T pages. The I second is the Rev. John B. Laird, D. D., (1895-1946), a man of gmarka- 1 ble talent, keenly interested in higher education, and in community welfare services. To his memory, fragrant in the hearts of thousands of Frankfordians, is dedicated a memorial window the theme of which is Christ delivering the Sermon on the Mount. I "Anniversary Sulddar" is tradition:ally a great day in the life of the 'Church. Many of her sons and her daughters now living at a distance, come home to worship the Lord in this historic place on that day and thank Him that His Church never grows too old to 'live. They thank Him that the Church partakes of the eternal life of her Lord.