. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. es of hisnoble character. He was a man of phenomenal en-durance. This is manifest in his entire career. Theredoes not ever seem to have been a time when his heartfailed him. He was prepared for every event. Calam-ity never broke his spirit. We are to remember thatwhile performing these arduous services in the field hewas cognizant of the events taking place at home, whenthe British entered Philadelphia. We can imagine howhis heart bled for the members of his congregation,scattered a
. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. es of hisnoble character. He was a man of phenomenal en-durance. This is manifest in his entire career. Theredoes not ever seem to have been a time when his heartfailed him. He was prepared for every event. Calam-ity never broke his spirit. We are to remember thatwhile performing these arduous services in the field hewas cognizant of the events taking place at home, whenthe British entered Philadelphia. We can imagine howhis heart bled for the members of his congregation,scattered as sheep without a shepherd, robbed of allearthly possessions. The dear church where they hadworshiped was in possession of the enemy. The fol-lowing from a letter to The Honourable the Senateand House of Representatives of the Commonwealth ofPennsylvania, indicates the extent of this distress:During the time the British troops were in Philadel-phia they used the church as an Hospital destroyedthe pews and buried upwards of one hundred HessianSoldiers in the Church Burying Ground. 2 1 Ibid. 2 See Appendix VAULT OF CAPTAIN DAWSONOf Tarletoris Dragoons South Walk.
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