A history of the Harriet Hollond Memorial Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pa. . WilliamW. Porter, secretaries; Charles J. Cooke andRobert Briggs, librarians. At the dedication of the chapel the keyswere placed in the hands of Mr, James , who was one of the early Moyamen-sing scholars and whose active interest in thework still continues. Perhaps no member ofour church has ever been at heart more trulydevoted to its service or more closely identifiedwith it. To many of us his name and Hollondare almost synonymous terms. Beginning lifewith but few advantages he deserves specialcredit
A history of the Harriet Hollond Memorial Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pa. . WilliamW. Porter, secretaries; Charles J. Cooke andRobert Briggs, librarians. At the dedication of the chapel the keyswere placed in the hands of Mr, James , who was one of the early Moyamen-sing scholars and whose active interest in thework still continues. Perhaps no member ofour church has ever been at heart more trulydevoted to its service or more closely identifiedwith it. To many of us his name and Hollondare almost synonymous terms. Beginning lifewith but few advantages he deserves specialcredit for having won his way to the frontranks of our citys painters. As a practicalbusiness man, his experience and advice havebeen of great value to our board of trustees,of which body he is a member. He was oneof the loyal men who went to the front at theircountrys call during the war of the rebellionand he is justly proud of his record as a sol-dier. The chapel is of Gothic architecture, and isbuilt of Trenton brown stone. It has a front-age of sixty-two feet on Federal street and. THE HOLLOND CHAPEL THE HOLLOND CHAPEL 41 ninety on Clarion, Two vestibules on Federalstreet, ten feet square, give entrance to themain room and to the galleries. The northgallery was erected with the chapel; the twoside galleries were added in 1882. The library,superintendents room, secretaries room, andwash room, are at the north end of the build-ing; four Bible class rooms are on the westside and two on the east side, and the Primaryand Junior rooms are at the south end, backof the pulpit platform. By means of slid-ing glass partitions, all of these class roomscan be at will opened on or separated from themain audience room. The building is seatedwith chairs, which can be arranged into class-forms for Sunday-school purposes or placed inrows for other services. The pulpit was thegift of a Sunday-school class in Bethany, andthe organ, made and bought in Paris, was pre-sented by a member of the Tenth C
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