. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. is that of Jacob G. de Turck,a trustee from 1868 until 1902, when he died afterthirty-six years of active service on the Board. WhenDr. Gibbons came to Old Pine Street, Mr. de Turckwas living in Tioga, then an inaccessible place, forthe Reading Station was at Ninth and Green Streets,and there were only horse cars to the church, a half-hours ride. Soon after, Mr. de Turck moved toChestnut Hill, twelve miles from the city. And yetthere was never a more faithful and regular attendantat
. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. is that of Jacob G. de Turck,a trustee from 1868 until 1902, when he died afterthirty-six years of active service on the Board. WhenDr. Gibbons came to Old Pine Street, Mr. de Turckwas living in Tioga, then an inaccessible place, forthe Reading Station was at Ninth and Green Streets,and there were only horse cars to the church, a half-hours ride. Soon after, Mr. de Turck moved toChestnut Hill, twelve miles from the city. And yetthere was never a more faithful and regular attendantat the services of the church. Sunday after Sundayfor over twenty years he was always in his place atdivine worship. His fidelity and loyalty were an in-spiration and encouragement to his pastor and to hisfellow-workers. During Dr. Gibbons pastorate there have been onlyseventeen new members elected into the Board, a re-markable record, unequalled in any previous pastorate, PHILIP H. STRUB1NG Treasurer of the churclt for more than twenty-five years; RalingElder and Trustee of the present Session and Board ?. Pastorate of Hughes Oliphant Gibbons. 267 which shows how Dr. Gibbons has been strengthenedby the love and constant service of the officers of thechurch. Most of these men have moved far away, sev-eral to suburbs, where they have to use both train andtrolley to come to church, but at the meetings of theBoard, and at the services of the church, they are theupholders of their pastors hands. What is true of the Session and of the trustees istrue of many who have no official position in thechurch, but who do not allow distances to come betweenthem and their love for Old Pine Street. One Sun-day last spring a faithful member, who had beena communicant for over forty years, and livessome seven miles from the church, said as she cameup the outside steps, This climb is a tiring endof an hours journey, but I could not worship else-where. My father and mother, my grandparents, mysisters
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