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ginning April 9, 1916. The Chapman meetings were especially
remarkable, enlisting the interest of practically the whole city,
and awakening in our people generally a sense of the riches,
beauties, and privileges of the Christian life. As many as 5,000
men attended one service, and at another all the fraternal socie-
ties of the city attended in a body. More than 1,000 members
were added to the churches, and a vast number already com-
municants expressed renewed and deepened spiritual life.

The closing exercises were marked by a procession of 5,000
Sunday-school children, with banners flying, through the prin-
cipal streets to the Tabernacle, headed by Dr. Chapman and his
fellow-workers. It was an affecting and inspiring scene, and
will live for many years in the minds and hearts of those who
witnessed it.

Sr. AnDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

The Second Presbyterian Church, the name of which was
later changed to St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, was organ-
ized by the Presbytery of Fayetteville on November 21, 1858,
with fourteen members from the First Presbyterian Church,
who erected for the new church a building on Chestnut Street
between Seventh and Eighth. This still stands, but was sold to

the Presbyterian negroes of the city in 1867, for whom it has

had a useful career as a place of worship.

The congregation of the Second Church worshiped in Brook-
lyn Hall, in the northern part of the city, until 1873, when a
new house of worship was erected for its use on Campbell Street
near Fourth. It was dedicated on May 4 of that year. This
building served for the worship of the church for several years,
until the increasing membership demanded a larger structure.
Another building, therefore, on the corner of Fourth and Camp-
bell Streets, was erected, and dedicated on June 9, 1889. It
still stands, but additions have been made from time to time
to meet the growing requirements of the congregation. The
organization now numbers 589 members.

The original house of worship on Campbell Street has re-
cently given place to the handsome memorial building which is
attached to the church.

Rey. Martin McQueen was the first minister to supply the
pulpit of the Second Church. He began his work in January,
1850, and continued until December, 1863. Thereafter for

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seven years the church had no regular minister; but, beginning
in November, 1870, the pulpit was supplied for about three
years by Rev. H. B. Burr. Then, after an intermission of
several months, Rev. C. M. Payne, M.D., D.D., was called as
the first regular pastor. He began his ministry on June 1,
1874, and continued as pastor of the church for about ten years.
During his ministry the church had a large growth. Rev. J. W.
Primrose was installed pastor on January 11, 1885, and served
the church until December, 1890, when he was dismissed to
become an evangelist of the Synod of Missouri. The church was
without a pastor until July 1, 1891, when the Rev. Alexander
D. McClure began his labors as pastor of the congregation. For
twenty-four years he has been the wise and beloved leader of the
religious life of his people, and has been closely identified with
nearly every Christian and benevolent enterprise of the city.
Reference is frequently made to Dr. McClure now not as pastor
of St. Andrew’s, but as “pastor of Wilmington.”

The change of name from the Second Presbyterian Church
to St. Andrew’s was made on September 19, 1888, by vote of
the congregation. This was just prior to the building of the
more commodious structure.

The congregation of St. Andrew’s enjoys a large share of
religious leadership in Wilmington. They also maintain an
important missionary interest in foreign lands and at home,
supporting Rev. and Mrs. L. T. Newland, of Kwang-Ju, Korea,
and Mrs. J. McC. Sieg, of Congo Belge, Africa.

From St. Andrew’s Church grew the Pearsall Memorial Pres-
byterian Church, in East Wilmington, whose building was
erected through the beneficence of Mr. Oscar Pearsall, then an

elder of St. Andrew’s, but now of the Pearsall Memorial
Church.

A Layman’s RECOLLECTIONS.

(Remarks of the author on the fiftieth anniversary of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church,
Wilmington, N. C., November 22, 1908.)

In response to Dr. McClure’s kind request I have noted a few
memories of the days of my youth connected with the origin
of your church organization.

I shall refer briefly to the parent church, from which it
sprang, and to its beloved minister, whose sermons often lulled
me to sleep before I was old enough to understand the great
truths which he expounded. I recall the soothing, soporific effect