Cedarville United Presbyterian Church: Centennial of the Sanctuary, 1889-1989

,.,;, ' ,-"~· ... - . ~~- ......... ,· .,Ji.;,_,• ,.~.?~r··~';~ .. .· ....•.. .·t,~ ,i time, send the congregation another such pastor "whose labors would be in like man– ner blessed among them, and who would long feed the■ with knowledge and understand– ing. How well his prayer was answered was evident to those who were ■embers of the congregation during the forty years of the next pastorate. The Rev. J. F. Morton was called to the pastorate here in 1863. Dr. Morton served until his death in 1903. Two of the most notable events of his pastorate were the founding of Cedarville College in 1887 and the building of the fifth church edi– fice at North Main and Cedar Streets in 1902. Cedarville College was chartered in 1887 and opened its doors in 1894 in Dr. - 6 -