than authentic history that tells us of a place of wor- ship somewhere west of Bartville, Lancaster county, Pa.; and, at a later date, of services held in a house situated near the present "Mars' Hill Reservoir." Who ministered to these people prior to 1753, I have been unable to learn. In that year

at the home of D. Witmer, Jr., on Saturday, December 18th, 1830. Whether or not the meeting was held as announced, is not known, as sub- sequent issues of local papers contain no references to it. Clerk in Presbyterian Church, Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IT is not generally known that at

established in other congregations.2 In July, 1821, shortly after the formation of the school in Saint James's parish, the Presbyterian Sabbath-school society was organized in Lancaster, under the direction of the Rev. William Ashmead, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. A constitution and by-laws were