Author: Worner, William Frederic. Title: Old St. John's church yard, Pequea / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): St. John's Church (Pequea, Pa : Township)--History. Episcopal Church--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher

- fessor Herbert H. Beck, president of The Lancaster County His- torical Society. Following the invocation by the Rev. Robert S. Miller, pastor of the Unitarian Church of Our Father, Mayor James H. Ross introduced Mr. Garvin, the donor, who, in turn, presented Vernon K. Newswanger, of Lancaster and

Sunday-School Society of Saint James's Church, Lancaster / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Female Sunday-School Society of Saint James's Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Episcopal Church--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Women--Pennsylvania

THE PRESBYTERIAN SABBATH-SCHOOL SOCIETY By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N Vol. XXXIII, pp. 175-188, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster I County Historical Society, appears an article entitled "The Sun- day-School Society," which describes briefly the origin of the Sun- day-school movement in Lancaster

INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBSTONES IN THE GRAVEYARD ADJOINING ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, LANCASTER. * COPIED BY WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER 1. In memory of / James Bolger. / A native of the County / Kilkenny, Ire- land. / Died July 24, 1860. / Aged 52 years. / Be ye also ready, for in such / an hour as ye think not

least as late as 1816 the First 1 Presbyterian church of Lancaster, Pa., employed a clerk. The special duties of this official are not now known. In all probabil- ity, they corresponded to those of the parish clerk in the Church of England in America, which, after the Revolutionary War, be- came the

Thursday, March 19th, 1812, a concert of sacred music was held in the Upper Octorara Presbyterian church, under the direction of Mr. Nathaniel Coburn. An address, well adapted to the occasion, was delivered by the Rev. James Latta, imme- diately before the performance. The Lancaster Journal, of Saturday

The Columbia Race Riots By William Frederic Worner Homer, 3OOO years ago, said : " Most sons are inferior to their fathers, a few are equal, and fewer still are superior to them." The history of Columbia occupies a unique place in the annals of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. From an early period

foreign power or resort to arms for the defense of all that can be held dear to freemen, the officers of the militia of Lancaster county, —feeling themselves happy under the influence of a government of their own choice, mild and equal in its operation, and perfectly satisfied that it has been, and

The American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry. By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 28th, 1817, con- tained the following notice : "The citizens of the borough of Lancaster, and gentlemen from the country