History of the Presbytery of Redstone : organized by the Synod of New York and Philadelphia, Sept10, 1781, and under its care till 1788 : a part of the Synod of Virginia, 1788-1802 : of the Synod of Pittsburg, 1802-1881 : and now of the Synod of Pennsylvania, 1881-1889 . uary 30th, 1888), numbers 134 mem-bers. A Sabbath School connected with the church has an at-tendance of about 100, including teachers, and is under the effi-cient superintendency of Mr. William Parkhill. The churchcontributes quite liberally to all the Boards as recommended byour General Assembly. CONNELLSVILLE. BY REV. W. A.
History of the Presbytery of Redstone : organized by the Synod of New York and Philadelphia, Sept10, 1781, and under its care till 1788 : a part of the Synod of Virginia, 1788-1802 : of the Synod of Pittsburg, 1802-1881 : and now of the Synod of Pennsylvania, 1881-1889 . uary 30th, 1888), numbers 134 mem-bers. A Sabbath School connected with the church has an at-tendance of about 100, including teachers, and is under the effi-cient superintendency of Mr. William Parkhill. The churchcontributes quite liberally to all the Boards as recommended byour General Assembly. CONNELLSVILLE. BY REV. W. A. EDIE. Within a few years after its incorporation as a borough in1806, Connellsville became the home of several Presbyterian fam-ilies. Religious services were held at frequent intervals, con-ducted, in part, by the Rev. James Guthrie, pastor of the Ty-rone Church and, in part, by the Rev. William Wylie, pastor atUniontown. These families were connected, however, with theTyrone Church until the year 1831, when, on the 4th day of Oc-tober, the Presbytery of Redstone, in accordance with their ownrequest, organized them as a cchurch. Twenty-two nameswere enrolled, viz.: Mr. Alexander Johnston, Mrs. AlexanderJohnston, Miss Nancy C. Johnston (now Mrs. Blackstone), ?^^ Samua Sari^^^
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