. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. by the divine protection, returned to the time it claimed the beloved pastor of Pine fell in the midst of the battle, in his forty-fourthyear, August 22, 1799. So young, but his life workwas done! We live in deeds, not years. So measured, n8 History of Old Pine Street. his was a full, noble, triumphant life. With breakinghearts, the people whom he had loved so dearly andserved so well laid his body to rest near the southernwall of the church. The inscription that
. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. by the divine protection, returned to the time it claimed the beloved pastor of Pine fell in the midst of the battle, in his forty-fourthyear, August 22, 1799. So young, but his life workwas done! We live in deeds, not years. So measured, n8 History of Old Pine Street. his was a full, noble, triumphant life. With breakinghearts, the people whom he had loved so dearly andserved so well laid his body to rest near the southernwall of the church. The inscription that marks hisgrave concludes with these words: Oh! the uncer-tainty of human hopes! Mysterious will of divine provi-dence! He was snatched from it and from earth onthe 22d of August in the same year by that pestilentialfever which so often hath scourged this afflicted people of the Third Presbyterian Church in theCity of Philadelphia, in testimony of his eminent serv-ices, and to express their affectionate and grateful re-membrance of a faithful and beloved pastor, haveerected to his memory this ITie Past, lol er PHILIP M1LLED0LER A. B. (Columbia); D. D. (Pennsylvania) Moderator of General Assembly; Founder of American Bible Society; President of Rutgers College; third Pastor of the church e chi From a poi trait in possession of the church.
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