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CHURCH INFORMATION
• Introductory Page
• Bible Presbyterian Church I
• Bible Presbyterian Church II
• Dedication of our New Church Auditorium (October-November, 1957)
• Installation Service Program, 1933
• Introducing Our Sunday School
• Our Church – March 3, 1946
• Services of Dedication
• The Story of Bible Presbyterian Church, by Dr. Allan A. MacRae
• The Tabernacle
COMMEMORATIVE ITEMS
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SERMON TRANSCRIPTS
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SPEECHES
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
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OBITUARIES
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OTHER ITEMS
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MURDER OF ATHEIST O’HAIR
A collection of newspaper articles surrounding the disappearance, search and murder of Madalyn Murray O’Hair.
Sunday School Dedication
Here is the program booklet for the Services of Dedication of the Bible Presbyterian Sunday School between September 24-30, 1951.
Front Cover and Title Page
SERVICES OF DEDICATION
BIBLE PRESBYTERIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
HADDON AVENUE AND CUTHBERT BOULEVARD
COLLINGSWOOD, NEW JERSEY
SEPTEMBER 24-28, 30, 1951
“For the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ
“Let your light so shine before men, that they
may see your good works, and glorify your
Father which is in heaven” (MATTHEW 5:16)
BIBLE PRESBYTERIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
HADDON AVENUE AND CUTHBERT BOULEVARD
COLLINGSWOOD, NEW JERSEY
Page One
BRIEF HISTORY OF PROGRESS, 1903-1951
Our first Sunday school was organized on March 29, 1903, with a membership of 35.
Officers. . . . . . . . 4
Teachers. . . . . . . . 6
Scholars. . . . . . . .25
Offering. . . . . . $1.68
This little group met in Tatem’s Hall, which stood on the corner of Haddon and Irving Avenues.
On August 16, 1905, ground was broken for the first church and Sunday school building at Haddon and Frazer Avenues.
The first service was held in this building on December 17, 1905. The building was dedicated on Sunday morning, April 8, 1906. The total cost of the building, with all equipment and furnishing~, was approximately $6,000.
In 1913 the membership of the Sunday school had increased so rapidly that it became necessary to secure other quarters for several departments. For this purpose the second floor of the Collingswood National Bank (now The Citizens National Bank), known as the Bank Hall; was rented for the use of the Primary Department, and a dwelling house on the corner of Frazer and Haddon Avenues, directly across the street from the church (now where the Christian Beacon Building is located), was rented for the Intermediate Department.
In 1915 a lot was purchased at the corner of Fern and Maple Avenues at a cost of $5,550. This lot has an area of approximately 29,000 square feet.
On October 2, 1916, ground was broken for a new structure. The first service was held on Sunday, September 2, 1917. This new building was erected at a cost of $35,000.
The membership of the Sunday school increased rapidly; so, on May 22, 1928, it was decided to build the most modern and best equipped Sunday school building for the needs of the Sunday school.
Pages Two and Three
Ground for a new building facing on Fern Avenue was broken on Sunday afternoon, December 2, 1928. The first Sunday school service was held in this new building on Sunday morning, November 17, 1929, at 9:45.
From November 17, 1929, until March 27, 1938, the whole Sunday school increased not only in numbers, but also in “wisdom and stature, and in favour with God.”
On Sunday evening, March 27, 1938, the congregation of the church of approximately 1200 people left the church building at the corner of Fern and Maple Avenues. The contributing cause for this was a complete separation from the parent organization, the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A., because of recent official and judicial actions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., in upholding the modernism which has become more and more entrenched in the churches and Sunday schools of the denomination, and the suspension from the ministry of those who refused to obey certain mandates issued clearly in violation of the established constitution of the church, and contrary to the supreme authority of the Bible as the infallible Word of God. Our Pastor, the Rev. Carl McIntire, was one of the members of the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions who was disciplined, forbidden to preach the Gospel and to take the Holy Communion.
On Sunday morning, April 3, 1938, part of the Sunday school met in a tent erected at the corner of Haddon Avenue and Cuthbert Boulevard. Some departments of the school met in the Masonic Hall in Collingswood.
On April 24, 1938, ground was broken for the erection of a frame tabernacle in which Sunday school classes of each department could meet. On Sunday, May 29, 1938, just one month and five days after ground had been broken, the building was completed, and the entire Sunday school met in the Tabernacle. It was in the Tabernacle of the Bible Presbyterian Church that the first and second General Synods of the Bible Presbyterian denomination were held and the Constitution of the Church, representing itself as a true spiritual successor of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A., was adopted. The congregation (now numbering 1645) had a part in the formation of the American Council of Christian Churches in 1941, and of the International Council of Christian Churches in 1948.
We thank the Lord for the group which has been faithful all these years; and how much we thank and praise our blessed Lord for this, the finest Sunday school building we have ever had in our history, 1903-1951.
May it be the real desire of each member of our Sunday school to bring at least one new member. Let us increase our membership to 1000 before January, 1952, so that our record may read:
1903 – 35 members
1952 – Exceeds 1000 members.
“But that which ye have already hold fast till I come. And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations” (Revelation 2:25, 26).
“Be strong . . . and work: for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts” (Haggai 2:4).
FIRST BUILDING (Library)
1904-1917
Pages Four and Five
REV. CARL McINTIRE, D.D.
Pastor 1933-
REV. CHARLES E. RICHTER
Assistant Pastor, 1949-
ALBERT F. MILLER
Superintendent Emeritus
McGREGOR SCOTT
General Superintendent
MATTHEW N. JOHNSON
Associate Superintendent
DAVID W. STEELE
Assistant Superintendent
ROBERT E. McLAUGHLIN
Financial Secretary and Treasurer
OFFICERS AND TEACHERS OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Superintendent Emeritus. . . .Mr. Albert F. Miller
General Superintendent. . .Mr. McGregor Scott
Associate Superintendent. . .Mr. Matthew N. Johnson
Assistant Superintendent. . .Mr. David. W. Steele
Financial Secretary and Treasury, . . .Robert E. McLaughlin
Recording Secretary. . .Mr. Samuel P. Finlay
Chorister. . .Mr. Charles F. Wiggins
Pianists. . .Mrs. Walter O. Loose, Miss Marianna McIntire
Organist. . .Mr. Taylor Pidgeon
Assistant Organist. . .Mrs. Walter O. Loose
NURSERY DEPARTMENT
Mrs. Walter B. Stevenson, Supt.
Mrs. John F. Matzko, Asst. Supt.
Mrs. McGregor Scott
CRADLE ROLL DEPARTMENT
Mrs. Joseph R. Whitney, Supt.
Mrs. Walter S. Bull, Asst. Supt.
Miss Reba Garwood
Mrs. William R. Manning
Mrs. Walter K. Platt
BEGINNERS DEPARTMENT
Mrs. James S. Mattson, Supt.
Mrs. Samuel P. Finlay, Asst. Supt.
Miss Jeanne Mattson, Pianist
Miss Barbara Bull
Miss Jean Hautz
Miss Peggy Inkster
Miss Catherine McCurdy
Mrs. Herbert F. Morton
Miss Helen Peterson
Mrs. Harold G. Stigers
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT
Mrs. Everett P. Cranmer, Supt.
Mrs. Ernst Riegel, Asst. Supt.
Mrs. A. Donald Pidgeon
Mrs. Albert B. Elwell
Mrs. C. Wilbur Hautz
Mrs. Alonzo B. Hughes
Mrs. Walter W. Jungclaus
Mrs. Clarence L. MacNelly
Miss Mary Ann Whitney
JUNIOR DEPARTMENT
Mr. Walter F. Thompson, Supt.
Mr. David W. Steele, Asst. Supt.
Mrs. Merritt C. Curran
Mrs. Anna Ferris
Mr. Robert E. Hall
Mr. Robert W. Henry
Mr. Robert T. Lore, Jr.
Mrs. George L. Pinner
Mr. Reed Radebaugh
Mrs. Charles A. Rowan
Mr. Donald E. Wigfield
Mrs. Charles F. Wiggins
INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT
Mr. William J. Bonner, Supt.
Miss Helen M. Lord, Asst. Supt.
Mr. Robert L. Boertzel
Mr. Charles L. Clark
Mr. William K. Dickey
Mr. Albert B. Elwell, Jr.
Miss E. Dorothy Mewha
Mr. Walter K. Platt
Dr. James J. Riviello
Mrs. David W. Steele
Mr. Reginald S. Wigfield
SENIOR AND YOUNG PEOPLES’ DEPARTMENT
Mr. William J. Bonner, Acting Supt.
Mrs. Weidner Titzck, Asst. Supt.
Mrs. Joseph C. Chapman
Mrs. Clarence Laman
Mr. Frank J. Seider
Miss Ruth E. Trato
ADULT DEPARTMENT
Mr. Herbert F. Morton, Supt.
Mr. Robert E. Baker
Mrs. Burchelle J. Bashaw
Mrs. Mary J. Brown
Mrs. Florence H. Davidson
Mr. Robert L. Isaacs
Mrs. James P. Ransom
Mrs. Arthur L. Stephenson
Rev. Harold G. Stigers
Mrs. Eleanor Thomson
Dr. Ralph S. Wright
HOME DEPARTMENT
Mrs. H. Burton Oakley, Supt.
SIDE VIEW OF NEW BUILDING
Looking East
BUILDING COMMITTEE
The members of the Building Committee whom God has used in the erection of this building are:
Matthew N. Johnson, Chairman
John M. Kay
James L. McCurdy
William H. Pole, Jr.
Harry C. Rainey
McGregor Scott
Frank J. Seider
The total cost of the new building including the furnishings amounting to $208,850, has all been paid.
“Through wisdom in an house builded: and by understanding it is established: and by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches” (PROVERBS 24:3,4).
FIGURES FOR THE NEW BUILDING
Total area. . .15,580 sq. ft.
” ” Auditorium…2,590 sq. ft. Max. Capacity 350
” ” Platform. . .814 ” ” 100
” ” Class Rooms, 2nd Floor. . .2,610 ” ” ” ” 430
” ” ” ” 1st Floor. . .1,100 ” ” ” ” 146
” ” Intermediate Dept.. . .608 ” ” ” “60
” ” Junior ” . . .608″ ” ” ” 60
” ” Primary “. . .1,056 ” ” ” ” 85
” ” Beginners “. . .852 ” ” ” “70
” ” Cradle Roll “. . .852 ” ” ” “70
” ” Available for Classes. . . 11,490 ” ” ” “1,331
STATISTICS – BIBLE PRESBYTERIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
1903
4 Departments
4 Officers
6 Teachers
Enrollment – 25
September, 1951
10 Departments
20 Officers
55 Teachers
Enrollment-947
Average Attendance-530
SIDE VIEW OF NEW BUILDING
Cuthbert Boulevard
Pages Eight and Nine
FRONT VIEW OF NEW BUILDING
Facing on Haddon Avenue
“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”
(I CORINTHIANS 3:11)
Pages Ten and Eleven
WEEK OF DEDICATION
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1951
SUNDAY SCHOOL NIGHT IN THE NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL BUILDING
TIME: 6:30 O’CLOCK
CHAIRMAN – MR. CHARLES CLARK
PRAYER. . . Rev. Charles E. Richter
MUSIC. . .Excelsior Class Chorus
HISTORICAL REPORTS OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Mrs. William A. Chamberlin – 1903-1904, Tatem Hall
Mrs. Florence H. Davidson- 1904-1917, Library
Mr. Walter F. Thompson – 1917-1938, Fern and Maple Avenues
Mr. Weidner Titzck-1938-1951, Tabernacle
Mr. McGregor Scott-1951, New Sunday School Building
MESSAGE-“Presenting the Word of God”. . .Rev. Carl McIntire, D.D., Pastor
HYMN 352-“All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”
CLOSING PRAYER. . . Mr. Matthew N. Johnson
“But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus” (II TIMOTHY 3:14, 15).
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.” (PROVERBS 9: 10).
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1951
COMMUNITY NIGHT IN THE NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL BUILDING
TIME: 8:00 O’CLOCK
WELCOME to all visitors and inspection of the new building. Music and special selections in charge of Hyland W. Shepherd. Refreshments served by the J.O.Y. Class.
The personnel of the Sunday school welcome all visitors on Community Night and cordially invites all to our Sunday school every Sunday morning at 9:45. There is a class for every age. The Bible is believed and taught as the infallible Word of God.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1951
FAMILY NIGHT IN THE TABERNACLE
TIME: 8:00 O’Clock
CHAIRMAN – MR. McGREGOR SCOTT
SONG SERVICE. . . Led by Mr. Charles F. Wiggins
PRAYER. . .Rev. Carl McIntire, D.D.
HYMN 302-“Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation”
MUSIC. . .Combined Choirs
Hyland W. Shepherd, Director
OFFERTORY PRAYER. . . Rev. Charles E. Richter
OFFERING
PICTURES. . .in charge of Mr. Oliver M. Love
TESTIMONIES
ANTHEM-“Hallelujah Chorus” from “The Messiah” by Handel
CLOSING PRAYER. . .Rev. Clarence Laman
“Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (II TIMOTHY 2:15).
Pages Twelve and Thirteen
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1951
CHURCH NIGHT IN THE TABERNACLE
TIME: 8:00 O’CLOCK
CHAIRMAN -MR. REGINALD S. WIGFIELD
PRELUDE
INVOCATION. . .Rev. Carl McIntire, D.D.
DOXOLOGY
HYMN 61-“Come, Thou Almighty King”
GREETINGS:
Rev. Elmer B. Smick, Ph.D., Moderator New Jersey Presbytery
Rev. Lynn Gray Gordon, Moderator Philadelphia Presbytery
Rev. Newton C. Conant, New Jersey Council of Christian Churches
Representatives of various churches
ANTHEM – Cantate Domino” by Dudley Buck. . . Senior Choir
SERMON–Building the Church of Christ”. . . Rev. J. Gordon Holdcroft, D.D.
President and General Secretary of the Independent
Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions
HYMN 157-“All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”
CLOSING PRAYER. . .Rev. Charles E. Richter
“But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus” (II TIMOTHY 3:14, 15).
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1951
DEDICATION SERVICE IN THE TABERNACLE
TIME: 8:00 O’CLOCK
CHAIRMAN – REV. CARL McINTIRE, D.D.
PRELUDE
INVOCATION. . .Dr. McIntire
HYMN 304-“The Church’s One Foundation”
SCRIPTURE READING. . .Rev. Charles E. Richter
ANTHEM-“Festival Te Deum” by Dudley Buck. . .Senior Choir
OFFERTORY PRAYER. . .Rev. Clarence Laman
OFFERING
DEDICATORY ADDRESS. . .Rev. John W. Sanderson, Jr.
Moderator of Bible Presbyterian Church
DEDICATORY PRAYER. . .Rev. A. L. Lathem, D.D.
Chester, Pa.
PRESENTATION AND RECEPTION OF KEYS-
Mr. Matthew N. Johnson, Chairman of the Building Committee, presenting keys to Mr. Joseph Robb, President of the Board of Trustees
Reception by Mr. Robb, and testimony
HYMN 671-“Thou, Whose Unmeasured Temple Stands”
CLOSING PRAYER. . .Dr. McIntire
“Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you” (MATTHEW 6:33).
TENT OF BLESSING
April 3, 1938
TABERNACLE OF TESTIMONY
May 29, 1938
Pages Sixteen and Seventeen
OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH
SESSION
Rev. Carl McIntire, D.D. Moderator
Rev. Charles E. Richter Assistant Pastor
Claud B. Annesley
Robert E. Baker
Clayton A. Bancroft
Burchelle J. Bashaw
Clyde M. Blazer
Robert L. Boertzel
Lawrence L. Dimmick
Edward M. Faubell
Samuel P. Finlay
John D. Henry
Robert L. Isaacs
Matthew N. Johnson
Ora W. Jordan
James L. Logue
Albert F. Miller
Conrad H. Miller
Robert J. Myers
McGregor Scott
Harry M. Stewart
Walter F. Thompson
Weidner Titzck
Reginald S. Wigfield
Robert P. Willits
Ralph S. Wright
MINISTRY OF MUSIC
Mr. Hyland W. Shepherd, Director of Music
Marion Post Ruviella, Organist
Mrs. Walter 0. Loose, Asst. Organist
TRUSTEES
Everett P. Cranmer
C. Wilbur Hautz
Clarence L. MacNelly
Merle F. McBurney
James L. McCurdy
A. Donald Pidgeon
Harry C. Rainey
Joseph Robb
Frank J. Seider
Edward R. Shane
David W. Steele
Charles F. Wiggins
William S. Woods
William S. Woods, Jr.
DEACONS
William J. Bonner
David Boone
Clair Y. Bowden
William B. Buchanan
Waldemar W. Diehl
George C. Eckert
Robert E. Hall
John L. Hibbard
John M. Kay
John C.Long
Robert T. Lore, Jr.
James S. Mattson
INTERIOR OF NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
This room will be used for assemblies, classes, banquets, and other church functions. The seating capacity is 600 including the platform and rear section.
“It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High” (PSALM 92:1).
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