the design to serve the church and contribute all in their power �to make the house of God not only useful and convenient in its structure but also to add such decent ornaments to the same as becometh pious Christians." Apparently, the money received from the lottery in June, 1761, was not sufficient

of pews were erected by the parishioners. On page 8, of the minute book of the vestry, under date of February 1st, 1753, is a plan of the interior of the church, showing the arrangement of the communion table, and the pulpit,—with its top desk, from which the rector preached; its middle desk, from

contain the names of the officers who unanimously adopted and signed this address to the President. It seems somewhat sin- gular that a meeting held on the 21st of June, 1798, was not re- ported in a local paper_ until November 12th, 1803—five years and a half later ; and long after Adams had been

building belonged, return their grateful acknowledgments to the fire engine and hose companies, and to the citizens generally, for the prompt and vigorous efforts to save their Sunday-school house, from the fire of the 19th inst. All that was possible was done; and far more was saved than could have been

poor gratuitously." He was a delegate to the convention that ratified the Federal Constitution on the part of Pennsylvania. He was wounded �in a duel with Dr. Jacob Rieger on May 11th, 1789, and died five days later. His funeral service was attended by an unusually large concourse of citizens. On his

/ John Light. / Born December 29, 1763. / Died January 29, 1846. 17. Sacred / to the memory of / Major John Light, / a soldier in the army of the / Revolution, / in which he faithfully served / his country from 1776 till 1783; / he subsequently filled various / offices, civil and mili- tary, for / nearly