. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. in thespring of 1871. He entered upon hisduties the l£t of May and was dulyinstalled as jiastor, on the 24th ofAugust, for a part of his time. Heentered upon his work here, underau£] circumstances, and hadthe cordial support of his people,The session was strengthened onthe ITth of March. 1873, by the ordi-nation of Thomas A. Appleby andDr. Wm. A. Hunter, to the office ofruling elder. Rev. Pomercy resided inXewton Hamilton, until the sjjring of1878. when his relation to that action of Presbytery. Thenhe removed
. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. in thespring of 1871. He entered upon hisduties the l£t of May and was dulyinstalled as jiastor, on the 24th ofAugust, for a part of his time. Heentered upon his work here, underau£] circumstances, and hadthe cordial support of his people,The session was strengthened onthe ITth of March. 1873, by the ordi-nation of Thomas A. Appleby andDr. Wm. A. Hunter, to the office ofruling elder. Rev. Pomercy resided inXewton Hamilton, until the sjjring of1878. when his relation to that action of Presbytery. Thenhe removed to Mount Union and oc-cui)ied the i)arsonage, which was amast .generous gift of Mrs. MaryBrewster, by will, at death on March19, 1876, to the Mount Union Presby-terian church and congregation, tobe a home for their pastor. In the year 1878 a connectionwith the Shirleysburg church wasagain effected. The church buildingwas repaired and remodeled in theyea;s. 1882-83, at a cost cf aboutSSOflO and re-dedicated, July 9, Pomeroy continued pastor until. The old Presbyterian Church. Dedicated 1867. Vacated 1908. 264 April, 1884, a period of 13 years. Inthat time 170 new memebers were ad-ded to the church, which increasedthe membership from 25 to 111; theSabbath school roll was increasedfrom 75 to 166; and the contribu-tiojis amounted to $10,236. The years1872, 1875, 1878 and 1883 were espec-ially marked as revival years, andwitnessed large additions to the-membership. Rev. Pomeroy did an^excellent work here, but was compel-led to resign on account of illhealth. The later histrry of the church istc a great extent known to most ofthe people of our town. It was as suc-cessor to Rev. S. W. Pomeroy, thatRev. D. H. Ciimpbell, D. D., came,the man who was near and dear tohis people and who gave his life inthe service of this pastorate. died .Jan. 31, 1901. During-his pastorate many were added tothe church and an able work was ef-fected. Then this church was in con-nectio
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