with  the  Society  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ,
and  soon  after  the  change  was  effected.  Since
this  date  the  congregation  has  greatly  increased  in
number,  and  fifty  children  have  been  added  to  the
Sunday-school,  which  is  now  under  the  care  of  the
pastor.  Early  in  1886  Eev.  William  0.  Shimp
started  a  mission  for  services  and  Sunday-school
in  the  frame  church  on  Eighth  Street,  above  Ferry
Avenue,  lately  vacated  by  the  Scott  Methodist
Episcopal  Church.  The  Sunday-school  connected
with  the  mission  has  twenty-nine  members,  and
is  superintended  by  William  Stephenson.
ZiON  Church,  on  the  corner  of  Berkley  and
William  Street,  is  a  branch  of  the  Evangelical
Association  of  North  America.  The  Camden  con-
gregation originated  in  1854,  when  the  Rev.  An-
drew Ziegenfus,  a  minister  of  the  Evangelical  As-
sociation of  Southwark  Mission,  Philadelphia,
came  to  Camden  to  oiBciate  at  the  first  meeting  of
this  denomination  held  in  this  city,  at  the  house
of  Mrs.  Louise  Mousche,  and  for  a  number  of
years  services  were  held  in  her  house,  and  in  the
little  church  on  Line  Street,  above  Fourth.  During
these  years  a  number  of  ministers  served  the  con-
gregation, among  whom  were  the  Eev.  Adam
Hinkle,  Christian  Meyers,  Mr.  Shimer,  R.  Dey-
shur,  Henry  Stetzel,  Daniel  Yengst,  Henry  Earley,
Nicholas  Gabal,  A.  S.  Steltz,  Joseph  Steltzer  and
C.  Philibar.  Under  the  ministration  of  the  last
two  pastors  the  present  church  was  built  during
the  year  1878.  It  is  a  one-story  brick  building,
forty  by  sixty-five  feet,  with  a  large  auditorium
and  a  gallery.  The  dedicatory  services  were  per-
formed by  Bishop  Reuben  Dubs,  of  Cleveland,  O.
The  pastors  who  have  since  served  the  congrega-
gation  were  C.  Philibar,  Antony  Straub,  C.  B.
