Chronicles of the Cape Fear River

IMMANUEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Immanuel Presbyterian Church is an outgrowth of the mis-
sionary spirit of the First Presbyterian Church. For many
years the latter had maintained a mission Sunday-school and
industrial classes in the southern part of the city, making use
of different locations for the purpose. The work had a very
substantial growth, so that in May, 1890, it was decided to
erect a new building on the site which had been used, near the
corner of Front and Queen Streets, the building to be called
Immanuel Chapel. Ground was broken on May 26, and the
structure was completed before the end of 1890. A very mate-
rial subscription towards the new building was obtained from
a legacy left by Mrs. E. E. Burruss. The remainder of the
cost was met by subscriptions from members of the First Pres;
byterian Church.

The first service was held in the new chapel on January 4,
1891, and on February 1, 1891, it was dedicated to the wor-
ship of God, Rev. Dr. Peyton H. Hoge preaching the sermon
from texts illuminated on the walls of the building.

Mr. J. M. W. Elder, who later became an ordained minister,
took charge of the work of the mission as a lay missionary on
January 1, 1888. He was succéeded by Rev. William McC.
Miller, of Virginia, in October of that year. Later, the pulpit
of the chapel was supplied in turn by Revs. George H. Cornehl-
son, jr., B. E. Wallace, P. C. Morton, E. E. Lane, J. C. Story,
and ©. W. Trawick, until March 1, 1904. On May 16 of that
year Rey. J. S. Crowley, who had served as a missionary in the
Congo region of Africa, became stated supply, and continues
to fill the pulpit at the present time.

Immanuel Church is now a separate organization, although
its support and the personnel of its workers are to a large extent
obtained from the First Presbyterian Church.

It has had a large and abiding influence in the moral and
religious uplift of the people living in the southern part of
Wilmington; and the long pastorate of Mr. Crowley has
brought a large growth to the membership of the church, which
now numbers two hundred and thirty-three.

In connection with Immanuel Church, Immanuel kinder-
garten is maintained, and has proved to be a great blessing to
the children of that section of the city. Also, as an outgrowth

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of the work of the church, the Boys’ Brigade came into exist-
ence.

Immanuel Building, standing on the corner of Front and
Queen Streets, was erected a few years ago through the benefi-
cence of Mr. James Sprunt, to be used for religious, educa-
fional, and social purposes in connection with Immanuel

Church. Mr. Sprunt also gave the two residences adjoining for
the use of the church.

Orner PrespyTerIAN Cuurcues In New Hanover Counry.

There are other Presbyterian Churches in New Hanover
County, some established at a very early date.

Mention has been made of the Pearsall Memorial Church, in
East Wilmington, in connection with the sketch of St. Andrew’s
Church. ,

The Winter Park Presbyterian Church is an outgrowth of
the mission work conducted by the First Presbyterian Church
in the Chadbourn Memorial Chapel at Winter Park Gardens.
This chapel was built by Mr. James H. Chadbourn, jr., as a
memorial to his children, George and Blanche. Services were
first conducted there by Rev. J. M. Wells, D.D., and Rev. J. M.
Plowden. Later, the work fell into the hands of Rev. Andrew
J - Howell, laboring under the direction of the session of the
First Presbyterian Church. There is a present membership
of eighty-two, and the prospects are bright for a large growth
Im the near future. The congregation was duly organized as a
Separate church on December 14, 1913, with Mr. Howell as
Stated supply. With consent of the Chadbourn family, the
Memorial Chapel has been moved to another location on the
Same lot, and a new church of brick, of colonial style of archi-
tecture, has just been completed and handsomely furnished.
The modern arrangement and complete furnishings of this
church building afford conveniences unsurpassed, and its great
usefulness as a house of the Lord is clearly foreseen. Its
srounds have been tastefully laid out and beautified, and the
Opinion expressed by many is that no more attractive and sub-
Stantial church edifice and grounds are to be found in the Cape
Fear section. The whole is the gift of Mr. James Sprunt, who
erected the church as a memorial to his sister, Mrs. Margaret
Tannahill Hall. Mrs. Hall was a devoted member of the First

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