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486 here, and devoted himself to the work, and before the close of the year, succeeded in securing the erection and completion of a plain brick building, on Frederick street extended. In 1871, the house was rebuilt and enlarged, and in 1876, was again enlarged, to accommodate the increasing member- ship. The pastors who have served in this church, from the date of its organization, are as follows, beginning, in 1848, with Father Golden: His successors were Rev. Thomas Henry, Dr. Watts, D. A. Ridout, James Sterricks, Mr. Russell, R. A. Hall, John F. Lane. William Smith, C. Sampson, Wm. H. Waters, Joseph Thompson, Jas. H. A. Johnson, J. B. Ham- ilton, and J. M. Cargill, the latter having been appointed to this charge early in 1877, and being still the pastor of the church, which is quite pros- perous. EBENEZER BA.PTIST CHURCH. Ebenezer, African, Baptist church, was organized in the spring of 1875, by the Revs. H. J. Chandler, of Bedford street Baptist church, in Cumberland, and James Nelson, then of Georgetown, D. C, now. of Farmville, Va. The first congregational worship of this body was in the third story of the west end of Reynolds's Block, on Baltimore, between Liberty and Mechanic, streets. The number of members enrolled at the time of organization was about twenty, and Rev. Lewis Hicks, the present pastor, was then installed. This church continued to worship in Reynolds's Block until their new church edifice was built, on