3ES. pas SEE LAC LOLOL NI Mak I I A [SS eee Sa ne gs an ROR ge ARE eS ¥ = nit it fl Ain | | ( iu Hh, ; 4 A ie } Hit Tih i a ; tn Ta im i i 4 i oe i] t i H hi U Ay i ie a 4 ii i An tie 4 H : z | i | i ae va ii ‘ Bt i ‘ah a} i ' : i ie ' a | i g ih } bi A Ii oe Bi 4 4 | $ it rf Bit | 614 Chronicles of the Cape Fear Rwer handsome brick veneer edifice, which was completed early in 1913. The following resolution was passed by the vestry: “That the cornerstone, or a suitable tablet in the new church bear the following or an equivalent inscription: ‘Church of the Good Shepherd, erected to the glory of God and in grateful memory of Dr. Armand J. DeRosset.’ ” The funds for this building were secured from offerings made by the members of the congregation, together with an Easter offering of $2,000 from St. James’s parish and $5,000 from the Armand J. DeRosset Memorial Fund—a fund secured mainly from the sale of the original site of the home. In 1914, Rev. Thomas P. Noe resigned to become archdeacon of the diocese, and was succeeded by his brother, Rev. W. R. Noe, under whose leadership the parish is continuing its work with enthusiasm and much success. The church has grown in numbers and influence until it now has a communicant membership of about 300, with more than 400 baptized persons, and a Sunday-school that numbers over 300 pupils, with 30 officers and teachers. The large number of organizations for girls and boys and adults attests the wide range of usefulness that touches every phase of community life. In 1912, the Good Shepherd established the Church of the Ascension, a very flourishing mission, at Third and Marsteller Streets, which now has a large Sunday-school and kindergarten and a growing congregation of adult communicants in a build- ing of their own. From its inception, the work of St. James’s Home, and later the Church of the Good Shepherd received the faithful support of the mother parish of St. James, whose devotion can not be too highly praised. Frrst PrespyTERIAN CHURCH. On the walls of the First Presbyterian Church in Wilmington there is hung a framed handbill, containing information with reference to the erection of a house of worship for the congre- gation of that church in 1818. It is circular in form, and around the outer edge there is the following: Names of Trustees and Building Committee of the first Presbyterian house of worship erected in the town of Wilmington, in the State of North Carolina. There is also an inner circle containing the following names Peace Restored 615 of citizens of Wilmington: Thomas Loring, Simeon Bald- win, Richard Parish, Archibald Taylor, John Cowan, James Hughes Draughon, Thomas Cowan, George Cameron, Gabriel Holmes, jr., John Macauslan, Archibald Maclaine Hooper, John Walker, Murdock MacKay, Talcott Burr, William Har- ris, William Edward Jury. Within the circle this information is given: Builders: James Marshall and Benjamin Jacobs. Forty-second year of American Independence. James Monroe, Presi- dent of the United States. Cornerstone laid: The 19th day of May, Anno Domini 1818. Building Committee: John Maccoll, Thomas Clayton Reston, William MacKay, James Dickson, Jacob Hartman, Richard Lloyd, and Robert Murphy. Printed at the office of the Cape Fear Recorder, By William Hollinshead, For Thomas Loring. The congregation was formally organized the year previous, worshiping in the Episcopal Church. The following memorandum furnished by Rev. J. K. Hall, stated clerk of Fayetteville Presbytery, refers to the organiza- tion. “Under date of April 4, 1817, presbytery being in session at Euphronia Church, there is the following record: “