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Excerpt from Hope Church, Mount Hope The foundations were laid in the summer of 1848. The building was delayed owing to a misunderstanding between builder and work men, and, for awhile, the bare walls alone were standing. The roof was added later. The following year the structure was completed. October 9, 1849, the Right Rev. Dr. Alonzo Potter, bishop of the diocese of Pennsylvania, consecrated Hope church to the worship of Almighty God. According to the rites of the Protestant Episcopal church in the United States of America. An attempt was made to call the building Christ church, but Mrs. Grubb insisted that it be known as Hope church, and this name it has retained to the present. The first vestry consisted of Edward B. Grubb, Clement B. Grubb, Alfred B. Grubb, Edward Shippen, 'm. Brooke Buckley and Arms. Mr. Arms dying shortly after, William Boyd was elected to his place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.