its change of name to the American Sunday-School Union, were as follows : Number of Name of School Schools Officers and Teachers Number of Scholars Presbyterian S. S. S., Lancaster county, 1 20 215 Female, St. James's church, Lancaster county, 1 15 100 Male, St. James's church, Lancaster county 1 15

avoided. The Dispensary of St. James's Church, Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Sunday evening, September 18th, 1825, after divine service, a number of ladies and gentlemen met in Saint James's Prot- estant Episcopal church, Lancaster, and formed an organiza- tion for the laudable purpose of

Infant School Society of Lancaster / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Infant School Society of Lancaster (Lancaster, Pa.) Nursery schools--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--History. Education, Preschool--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--History. Church schools--Pennsylvania--Lancaster

entitled, "The Female Sunday-School Society of Saint James's church, Lancaster," was published in Vol. XXXI, pp. 134-139 of the Proceed- ings of The Lancaster County Historical Society. 2 The Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser of Saturday, August 25th, 1821, stated that there were four Sunday schools

Chestnut and Walnut. No one to-day seems to know exactly where the spring was located, although it is mentioned in the early deeds to the property. See Proceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. 5, pp. 132-3. 23 Saint John's Episcopal church was founded in 1852-3. Dr. Bowman being in New

hope of heaven! Among the sweet sounds from church spires of Lancaster that each recurring Sunday fill the air with calls to worship, none, per- haps, possesses the distinctively musical quality to a greater degree than those which fall from the ancient bell in the tower of old Saint James. Its softly

The Saint Patrick Benevolent Society of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N Thursday evening, August 22nd, 1816, a number of Irish- men, and descendants of Irishmen, met at the tavern of Arch- ibald McLenegan on East King street, in the borough of Lan- caster, and formed an association

The Female Benevolent Society of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN the Proceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society for December, 1907, Vol. XI, pp. 363-421, appears an interest- ing article, prepared by the late Mrs. James D. Landis, on the Female Benevolent Society of Lancaster

records of the "Female Sunday-School Society of St. James's Church." The book contains the constitution and minutes of the first parochial Sunday school in Lancaster, and is in the writing of the secretary, Miss Letitia Montgomery. Each time she referred to the name of the church, she wrote it, "St

ORIG- INAL BUILDING OF ST. JAMES'S CHURCH By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE Rev. Richard Locke, a missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, with headquar- ters in London, England, came to Lancaster early in October, 1744. Episcopalians living in this vicinity, held a