rvtm ■*“*■■■ ... . , y tf!|||[ fnrij, ■■ yfrMlw-.ftwariViiinrtiint'rr-y _ L . a . j f ~ ;oid consumed, and the ashes will j be caught in an urn. Mrs. J, H. L. Missillier. one of the four eldest liv ing members of the church, now a ■ -.-mi-invalirV. will be brought from j Maria Parham hospital in a rolling; chair to participate in the burning of the mortgage. j The chuch was erected shortly! after the World War, and the Sunday Kho 1 department wa* occupied In j 1921. It was five years later, in 1926, when the main auditorium was com pleted and put into use. The present membership of the church is 575, it was stated today by the pastor. Rev. Albert S. Hale. Mr. Hale is in charge of the pro gram for the services Sunday, and will preside at both meetings. In the ; evening he will read a brief history of 1 the church. Former members of the church who I will be l ack for the services are to be I recognized at one point during tlioj servic. Fince it was organized in 3856, the! church has had 34 pastors. There have 1 teen three church buildings. The first; was a frame structure, which was lo cavd on North William street on a part of the site now occupied by the Henderson high school. In ISBS a new brick building was completed and was ns. 1 for the first time in December of that year. It also was located on the same spot now occupied by the high school. The frame building was pu hed back and was used for Sun day school quarters until the entire property was abandoned for the transfer of the congregation to the! present large quarters at the corner of Winder and W.vche streets. The first formal service in the pre sei.i church was on June 19, 1921, and it was in September, 1926, that the pit ent church auditorium was used for the first time. The congregation began planning for a new church as early a? 1919, and l from time to time from then on va-{ lious stages were passed. Property was bought, and sold at a profit and furnished much of the funds for the werk to proceed. When the new auditorium was com pleted, a debt of $30,000 was incurred, payable in installments annually un til liquidated. Some $29,000 was paid in the ten-year period, and when a few weeks ago it was decided to pay