been claimed, and pos- sibly with truth, that a Sunday school was conducted by the monks of the Cloister at Ephrata, Lancaster county, Pa., as early as 1739,—forty-one years before the printer at Gloucester, England, gathered the waifs of his town into a similar school. It is also stated in the report

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

inscription until 1858, when it cracked while being rung for a service. Sub- sequently, it was recast, and to-day bears the following inscrip- tion: "Pack & Chapman of London. Fecit. St. James's Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania." The Lancaster County Historical Society has in its collections �the original

of those who insist that the present generation would not like to have its parish referred to as "St. James's" church, when, as has been clearly shown, it has been so-called and described by devout and intelli- gent members of the parish for more than a century and a half. ARCHITECT'S DRAWING OF THE

, / daughter of / Walter and Anne / Franklin. / Born Jan. 15th, 1824. / Died Dec. 13th, 1865. / "Blessed are the pure in heart, / for they shall see God." 5. Sacred / to the memory of the / Honorable Walter Franklin. / He was born at New York on the 7th day / of May, A. D., 1773; and died at Lancaster / on the

Allegheny ceme- tery. Mr. Danner was survived by his widow, one daughter, and three sons. Mr. Danner was born in Lancaster county, Pa., and when quite a young man enlisted in the First Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps. Shortly after the close of the Civil War, he entered the Theological Seminary at

INSCRIPTION ON STEPHEN CHAMBERS'S TOMESTONE IN ST. JAMES'S CHURCHYARD By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER In Vol. 34, p. 104, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society, is a biographical sketch of Stephen Chambers, who in his day was a leading member of the Lancaster bar and an

. The original invoice for the bell is in possession of The His- torical Society of Pennsylvania, and was obtained in the following manner : The late George M. Steinman, president of The Lancaster County Historical Society from its reorganization in 1896 to 1917, was an antiquarian of note, and it is