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

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

Epis- copal church, Lancaster, on Friday, March 27th, 1931. The tablet was erected by St. James's church school, with money obtained at Christmas, 1929, and represents the school's birthday gift to the King of kings. The tablet was designed by the James H. Matthews Company, Pittsburgh, Pa.; and the

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

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

generally known that Stephen Chambers, Esq., who helped to organize Lodge No. 43, and who served as its first Worshipful Master, lies buried in the graveyard adjoining St. James's Protestant Episcopal church, this city. Mr. Chambers was a prominent attorney in Lancaster, although only 36 years of age at the

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

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

, D.D., noted botanist and pastor of Trinity, Lancaster; Rev. Dr. Clarkson. rector of St. James' Episcopal, Lancaster, and the Rev. John Plitt. The building was not completed until ten years later. At the dedication of the church on August 15, 1816, the fol- lowing clergy were present: Rev. Pr. Endress