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Centennial Celebration
OF THE
DEDICATION
OF THE
First Presbyterian Church
NEWARK, N. J.
January Fourth and Fifth
1891
NEWARK, N. J. : THE HOLBROOK PRINTING COMPANY, PRINTERS. 1891.
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
OF THE
DEDICATION
OF THE
First Presbyterian Church
NEWARK, N. J.
JANUARY FOURTH AND FIFTH 1891
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Allen County Public Library 900 Webster Street PO Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270
716 -4791
668-1716
1791-1891
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH of NEWARK. V. In
REV. DAVID R.FRAZER. D.D.
ALEXANDER MCWHORTER. D.D. 1759-1807. EDWARD D.GRIFFIN, D.D. 1801 - 1809. JAMES RICHARDS, D.D. 1809 - 1823 WILLIAM T.HAMILTON, D.D. 1824 -1834
ANSEL D. EDDY, D.D. 1835-1848 JONATHAN F. STEARNS, D.D. 1849-1883.
DAVID R.FRAZER, D.D. 1883.
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
At a meeting of the Joint Boards held November 30th, 1890, it was resolved to observe the centennial of the dedication of our church building, and the following named gentlemen were appointed :
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Rev. D. R. FRAZER, D.D., Pastor
Mr. F. W. BALDWIN, Clerk of Session
Mr. A. P. WHITEHEAD, President of Board of Deacons
Mr. W. S. NICHOLS, President of Board of Trustees
The Executive Committee held a meeting on Dec- ember Ist, at the house of Mr. A. P. Whitehead and resolved that the Centennial Exercises should be held on January 4th and 5th, 1891, and should consist of :
(1) A sermon, presenting the history of the building of the church, by the Pastor.
(2) An address on " Centennial Times and Men," by Mr. Walter S. Nichols, President of the Board of Trustees.
(3) A social gathering on Monday evening, Jan. 5th, under the direction of the ladies of the church.
The following committees were appointed :
ON INVITATION
Mr. Jeremiah D. Poinier
" Wm. A. Righter
" John B. Lunger
" O. H. Wheeler
" Jno. L. Robb
" Frank C. Watts
Mr. John E. Currier
Wilmer A. Baldwin
" James C. McDonald
" George Beattie
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ON RECEPTION
Hon. George A. Halsey
" Alex. H. Johnson Mr. Robt. H. McCarter
John Remer
Chas. K. Nichols
A. M. Woodruff
H. G. Canfield
" Wm. C. Mason
Miss J. H. Nichols
Geo. H. Davis
" Cornelia Halsey
Wm. T. Carter .
Mrs. C. D. Beach " Wm. Riker
H. A. Cozzens
" E. P. Hainski
Miss Mary Camp
Geo. P. Hoerner
" Matilda Coe
A. V. Hamburg
F. L. Smith
" H. G. Lefort
" M. B. McIlvaine
" S. J. Storch
Mrs. C. S. Macknet
" Jno. Huebel
Miss E. Nichols
Mrs. M. R. Dennis
Anna E. Congar
S. H. Pennington
Mrs. B. Stites
Mrs. C. R. Waugh
SPECIAL, RECEPTION COMMITTEE
Rev. and Mrs. D. R. Frazer
Mrs. Nelson Todd
Mr. A. S. Hubbell
A. S. Day
S. H. Pennington, M.D.
John Miller
ON DECORATION
Mr. E. B. Williamson
" Geo. T. Baldwin
" Jas. P. Dusenberry
" Wm. A. Wendover
" Wesley C. Miller
" Wm. L. Smith
' John Poinier
" Wm. G. Hainski
" Bruen H. Camp
" Jno. N. Newman
Charles S. Colton
" Chester R. Hoag
" Wm. S. Gregory
ON ENTERTAINMENT
Mrs. Wesley C. Miller
Mrs. J. E. Currier
F. C. Watts
" A. J. Hedges
Wm. T. Carter
" Phineas Jones
E. B. Williamson
" M. P. Butler
Wm. A. Wendover
" T. W. Loweree
W. S. Nichols
Wilmer A. Baldwin
" Wm. C. Mason
J. N. Newman
John Poinier
Mrs. J. D. Poinier
M. E. Kilburn
F. H. Smith
Mary Dusenberry
S. G. Crowell
" Chandler Riker
Mr. James H. Fletcher
Geo. J. Hagar
" W. S. Baker
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The matter of music was referred to the Music Com- mittee of the Session, Mr. John Sealy, Mr. William S. Hartshorne and Mr. William T. Carter, who secured a large and efficient chorus to assist our quartette in singing the songs of the olden time.
The quartette consisted of :
Miss Lucy F. Nelson, Soprano Mr. H. M. Mason, T'enor
Mrs. Wm. S. Canon, Alto Mr. Richard Stringer, Bass
Miss Conradt presiding at the organ
Assisted by : Sopranos
Miss Anna E. Baldwin
" Jessie M. Folkes
" Augusta H. Gleim
" H. J. Rudd
" Henry Westwood
Mrs. Stewart Roper
" Cordelia Shackelton
Miss Emma Ward
Lulu Westwood
Basses
Mr. Edmont P. Hainski
" Alexander P. Holbrook
Chas. H. Russ
Miss Jenny Foxcroft
" John Sealy
Thomas Shaw
The following invitation, handsomely engraved on stiff card board was sent to every member of the church and congregation, also to the members of the Newark Presbytery and to the pastors of the churches in the city :
Organized 1667.
1791.
1891.
You are respectfully invited to attend the Centennial Celebration of the Dedication of the First Presbyterian Church of Newark, N. J. on January 4th and 5th, 1891. Centennial Sermon by the Pastor on Sabbath Morning at 10.30. A Paper by Mr. Walter S. Nichols, President of the Board of Trustees, on Sabbath Evening at 7.30. Reception on Monday Evening from 7.30 to 10.
Altos
Miss Hulda Clark
Mrs. Wm. Diefenthaeler
Sarah Smith
T'enors
Mr. Frank Hodson
" John Poinier
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The decoration of the church consisted of the por- traits of the old members, arranged in groups around the galleries. The spaces intervening between the groups were filled with plants in pots.
The endeavor of the committee was, as far as possi- ble, to arrange the pictures. in a chronological order, starting with the east end of the north gallery :
Group I Mrs. Nathaniel and Nathaniel Camp Governor Tichenor
Group 2 Mrs. Jabez Pierson, Samuel and Mrs. Samuel Pennington and Mrs. Mary Stiles Baldwin Mrs. Benton M. Harris
Group 3 Levi Holden, Mrs. Hannah Plympton Holden and Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson Poinier Benton M. Harris
Group 4 Mrs. James and James Tichenor, Isaac Nichols Mr. Whittemore
Group 5 Aaron Nichols, Mrs Aaron Nichols, Chief Justice Hornblower and Gov. W. S. Pennington Mrs. Whittemore
Group 6 Gov. William Pennington, Mrs. Tryphenia B. Ross
South gallery, starting with the east end : Group 7 Sayres and Mrs. Sayres Coe Mrs. Hannah B. Kinney
Group 8 Moses and Mrs. M. Roberts, Henry L. Parkhurst John P. Davis
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Group 9 Wm. and Mrs. Wallace, Samuel P. Brown Mrs. J. Woodhull
Group 10 Demas Colton, Mrs. Benjamin Cleveland, Caleb Carter and Benjamin Olds Mrs. C. A. Vanderhoof
Group II Mrs. H. C. and H. C. Jones, Chas. T. Pierson James Wheeler
Group 12 William Rankin
West gallery :
From south end to centre
Wm. B. Kinney, Wm. Slugard, Luther Goble, I., Geo. H. Peters Mrs. John Caldwell
Centre F. P. Ilsley, Dr. L. A. Smith, Alex. Nichols and Mrs. L. A. Smith Jotham M. Hager
From centre to north end
Mr. and Mrs. John Morton, Mrs. and Luther Goble Mrs. James Vanderpool
The pulpit was banked with potted plants. Over it hung a life size crayon of Dr. MacWhorter ; his study chair was on the platform; the figures 1791 and 1891 appeared in gas jets ; the original " agreement " and plan of the church, both on parchment, were suspended from the gas standards.
On the north side were hung pictures of Dr. Griffin, Judge Boudinot, Mr. and Mrs. Mulford, while on the south side were pictures of Dr. Stearns, Dr. Eddy and Mr. William Tuttle.
The following was the programme of the Sunday services ; at the close of which, both morning and even- ing, the bell was struck one hundred times :
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ORDER OF MORNING SERVICE
ORGAN VOLUNTARY AND ANTHEM
I. HYMN
Denmark
Before Jehovah's awful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy ;
Know that the Lord is God alone ; He can create, and he destroy.
We are his people, we his care- Our souls, and all our mortal frame : What lasting honors shall we rear, · Almighty Maker, to thy name ?
His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men ;
We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs; High, as the heaven, our voices raise ;
And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed, And earth, with all her thousand tongues,
He brought us to His fold again. Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.
Wide as the world is thy command ; Vast as eternity thy love ; Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand, When rolling years shall cease to move.
II. INVOCATION
III. HYMN
Lenox
Blow ye the trumpet, blow ; The gladly solemn sound,
Extol the Lamb of God The sin atoning Lamb,
Redemption by his blood
Let all the nations know, To earth's remotest bound . Throughout the world proclaim.
The year of jubilee is come ;
The year of jubilee is come ;
Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.
The gospel trumpet hear, The news of heavenly grace ; And, saved from earth, appear Before your Saviour's face : The year of jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.
IV. PSALM cxxii.
V. HYMN
Victory
The Lord of glory is my light, And my salvation, too ;
God is my strength,-nor will I fear What all my foes can do. .
There shall I offer my requests, And see thy beauty still ; Shall hear thy messages of love, And there inquire thy will.
One privilege my heart desires, Oh ! grant me an abode
Among the churches of thy saints, The temples of my God.
Now shall my head be lifted high Above my foes around ; And songs of joy and victory Within thy temple sound.
VI. COMMANDMENTS AND RESPONSES
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VII. SCRIPTURE LESSON, II. Chron. v. : 1 ; vi. : 1, 2, 12-21, 40-42 ; vii. : 1-3
VIII. ANTHEM-Quartette
" Oh pray for the peace of Jerusalem."-y. C. Knox
IX. PRAYER
X. HYMN
Montgomery
Early, my God, without delay, I haste to seek thy face ;
My thirsty spirit faints away, Without thy cheering grace.
I've seen thy glory and thy power Through all thy temple shine : My God, repeat that heavenly hour, That vision so divine.
So Pilgrims on the scorching sand Beneath a burning sky,
Long for a cooling stream at hand; And they must drink or die.
Thus, till my last expiring day, I'll bless my God and King ; Thus will I lift my hands to pray, And tune my lips to sing.
XI. CENTENNIAL SERMON
XII. HYMN
Centennial Hymn Words and music composed for the occasion Within thy walls, oh sacred shrine, Oh Holy House-Time honored now,
Gift of the Past to Present time, A century has marked thy brow,
We come, with reverential tread, Yet classic Fane-though wondrous fair, As in the presence of the dead, Cannot, in grace, with thee compare.
To hear that sweet and tender tone The Fathers' knell was long since rung,
Which, bursting now from every stone, Their solemn dirge was long since sung, Speaks forth, with fresh and ardent glow, Yet, while they sleep beneath the sod,
Work wrought-one hundred years ago. We worship where they built for God.
To thee, O Lord, we joyful raise Our glad Centennial song of praise As now, within this holy place Thy tenderness and love we trace. Help us to guard, with sacred care, The Treasure Thou hast given us here. Here may she stand to speak for thee, Till years and time shall cease to be. Amen.
XIII. PRAYER
XIV. DOXOLOGY
To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, three in one, Be honor, praise and glory given, By all on earth and all in heaven.
XV. BENEDICTION
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ORDER OF EVENING SERVICE
I. ORGAN VOLUNTARY AND ANTHEM
" Praise God from whom all blessings flow." Hallelujah
II. INVOCATION
III. HYMN
Northfield
" The God of glory, down to men, Removes his blest abode ;-
Men, the dear objects of his grace, And he their living God :-
" His own soft hands shall wipe the tears From every weeping eye ;
And pain, and groans, and griefs, and fears, And death itself shall die !"
How long, dear Saviour ! oh, how long Shall this bright hour delay ? Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time ! And bring the welcome day.
IV. SCRIPTURES, Psalm lxxxvii., Ixxxix.
(After which, by request, " Montgomery " was repeated)
V. ANTHEM-Quartette
" Glorious things of thee are spoken."-Holden
VI. PRAYER
VII. HYMN
Come, we who love the Lord, And let our joys be known ;
Join in a song of sweet accord, And thus surround the throne.
The men of grace have found Glory begun below ;
Celestial fruits on earthly ground From faith and hope may grow.
Concord
The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets Before we reach the heavenly fields, Or walk the golden streets.
Then let our songs abound, And every tear be dry ; We 're marching thro' Immanuel's ground, To fairer worlds on high.
VIII. " CENTENNIAL TIMES AND MEN " By WALTER S. NICHOLS, President of the Board of Trustees
IX. CENTENNIAL HYMN
X. PRAYER
XI. HYMN-Lenox
(By Request)
XII. BENEDICTION
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The offerings at the services, amounting to over $2,000, were on behalf of the New Tabernacle in the Twelfth Ward.
At the close of the Sunday School Session, the pastor delivered an address on the life and work of Dr. MacWhorter, after which the entire school marched through the church to see the decorations and thence to the tomb in the church yard, decorating the grave with flowers brought for that purpose by the scholars.
The Reception was held, as appointed, on Monday evening, from 7.30 to 10, and the rooms, both in the church and the chapel were thronged ; the rooms were handsomely decorated with plants ; an orchestra supplied the music in the chapel, and the organ was played in the church.
The Reception Committee conducted the guests to the sub-committee assisting the pastor and his wife in welcoming the many friends who came to share in the joy of the occasion.
This sub-committee consisted of Mr. A. S. Hubbell, who is probably the oldest member of the church in point of years ; S. H. Pennington, M.D., the senior elder of the church; Mrs. Nelson Todd, the oldest member of the church, her name standing first on the roll ; Mrs. A. S. Day, whose name stands second, and Mrs. John Miller, whose name stands third.
Eight handsomely decorated tables were spread in the rooms of the chapel from which refreshments were served, and were presided over as follows :
No. I-Mrs. W. C. Miller and Mrs. Dr. W. S. Baker.
No. 2-Mrs. A. J. Hedges and Mrs. Phineas Jones.
No. 3-Mrs. Wilmer A. Baldwin and Mrs. Wm. A. Wendover.
No. 4-Mrs. Dr. T. W. Loweree and Mrs. M. P. Butler.
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No. 5-Mrs. Wm. T. Carter and Mrs. H. M. Keasbey. No. 6-Mrs. John Poinier and Mrs. F. C. Watts. No. 7-Mrs. W. C. Mason and Mrs. J. E. Currier. No. 8-Mrs. W. S. Nichols and Miss Anna E. Baldwin.
The following ladies served as waitresses upon the several tables : Miss Mary Remer Miss Helen Abeel
66 Maggie Conover
66 Sarah Butler
66 Mary Beck
66 Katie White
Amie Nichols
Mary Groshong
Jessie Baldwin
66 Agnes Woodruff
66 Lulu Jones
66 Hattie Conover
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Virginia Woodruff
Eunice Hopkins
Katharine Woodruff
66 Russie Dusenberry
66 Matilda Vail
Phoebe Frazer
Ella Vail
66 Evelyn Watts
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Belle Halsey
66 Helen Nichols
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Lida Macknet
Jessie Wendover
" Frances Titsworth
Emma Righter
Caroline Condict
66 Anna Fields
Miss Mary Waugh
In the course of the evening the Hon. Geo. A. Halsey called the company to order, whereupon Dr. Pennington, the senior elder, in a very happily expressed address, pre- sented the pastor with a handsome pulpit gown, the gift of the ladies of the church, and by them imported from Scotland. After putting on the new robe the pastor made his acknowledgments, and returned thanks to the kind friends and donors for their beautiful gift.
S &M NY.
CENTENNIAL SERMON
BY THE PASTOR
REV. D. R. FRAZER, D.D.
THE BUILDING OF THE OLD CHURCH.
ISAIAH xlix : 16 .- " Thy walls are continually before me."
Although inspiration most signally rebukes that ten- dency which exalts the past by the depression of the present and pronounces as "not wise " the oft-repeated inquiry, " What is the cause that the former days were better than these ?", yet there are occasions, frequently occurring in the lives of individuals and of institutions, which justify the wisdom of the backward glance, and warrant us in " re- membering the days of old," and in "considering the years of many generations."
Such an occasion is the present, when, gathering within this house, now venerable with age, we come, not only to commemorate the fact that one hundred years have elapsed since our Fathers, receiving them fresh from the workman's hands, solemnly dedicated these walls to the ser- vice and worship of Almighty God, but also to render our hearty thanks for that divine goodness which for a century has preserved from fire and flood, from lightning and tem- pest, from violence and earthquake, the house which the Fathers built, and in which three generations have been nurtured in the faith, and " made meet for the inheritance of the saints in light."
Restricting our glance retrospective to our own coun- try, just think how far this century carries us back in our national history and what marvellous changes it has wrought in this land. One hundred years ago, although the Federal Constitution had been formulated, it had not
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been ratified by all of the original thirteen States. George Washington was then serving his first term as President, but his jurisdiction extended only to the States bordering on the Atlantic. Beyond this narrow confine the land lay in its primeval wildness. The Genesee river was the extreme western boundary. The Mississippi, traversing the heart of this continent, was more inaccessible than is today the Congo which traverses the heart of the Dark Continent. Where now great thriving cities stand, or the granaries of the world flourish, then only the Indian trail or war-path could be found. No diviner's rod had discov- ered, and no miner's hand had brought forth the inex- haustible treasures of mineral wealth which the soil con- cealed. The application of steam to mechanical, commer- cial or locomotive purposes was almost unknown; the conception that the electric spark could be made to speak with the accuracy of typography, or could be used for illumination and propulsion, had not yet entered into the thought of the wildest dreamer ; the public press was a pigmy, rather than a giant; the common school system was unborn ; even the old locofoco match had not made its appearance or emitted its sulphurous fumes. The daily living of the period was of the most primitive char- acter, utterly destitute of those many appliances which are now regarded as absolutely essential to comfort, and are so common that they fail to elicit our notice.
When we take into consideration these facts, which might be indefinitely expanded; when we recall the char- acter of the Fathers' surroundings, we may well be astounded as we note the work of their hands. While we heartily accord the fullest meed of honor to the men of today, who, standing in the van of human progress, have transformed the marvellous into the ordinary ; while we have no sympathy with that sentiment which makes those early days the model for all time, and have no desire to
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return to the narrow life of the Fathers, in which only one side of their natures found expression ; while we rejoice in the fact that the Puritan, in his rigid mood and tense, has had his day, and cannot and ought not to come back, yet we may not forget that the foundations of the present are in the past, and we should reckon the Fathers worthy of double honor in that they laid, despite the imperfect appli- ances of their times, foundations deep and broad and strong and lasting. The simple study of this structure, which is all we now attempt, clearly discloses the fact, that, no matter how narrow they may have been in other respects, they were men of large views so far as the Church of God was concerned, otherwise they would never have reared this building for the use of a village, whose entire population at the time of the dedication could not have exceeded twelve hundred souls.
As the growth of the community compelled the abandonment of the original frame house which for a half century had served as the place of worship and as the general rendezvous of the people, so, by the operation of the same cause, the Fathers were confronted with the necessity of erecting a new and larger house of worship in place of the stone church which supplied the frame. This subject was very warmly discussed in town meetings from 1755-1774, when it was resolved to erect a new building on School house hill, near the spot where the Boys' Home now stands on Market street, provided a subscription of £2,000 could be secured. Respecting this movement, Dr. Mac- Whorter says : " The subscription was instantly filled, some materials collected and trenches dug for the new building early in 1775, but the war breaking out and other circumstances put a stop to our proceedings and the materials were lost." Notwithstanding this positive asser- tion of the Pastor, there is a tradition to the effect that Deacons Caleb Wheeler and Ebenezer Baldwin buried
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some of the materials thus gathered in a swamp on Elm street about one mile east of Mulberry, and that " the good deacons disinterred the concealed treasure, brought it to town again, and probably used it for the benefit of the new edifice."
Although the war was practically ended by the sur- render at Yorktown, yet peace was not formally declared until April 19th, 1783. The moral declension, incident to a state of war, was very manifest in the village, but was arrested by a great revival which occurred in 1784, and this, in turn, led to the renewal of the project of building a new and larger church. It would be regarded as a great undertaking for us to replace this edifice today, but in the 850 members now enrolled we have at least seventeen twentieths of the entire population of the village at the time this project was revived, yet that little band of God- fearing men and women, although impoverished by an eight years' conflict, although their appliances for building were of the most crude character, addressed themselves to the work of rearing a structure, at a cost of £9,000 York, which at once bears witness to their generosity, their en- larged views and their public spirit.
The work assumed a practical form by the issuance of the following
AGREEMENT.
" The members of the First Presbyterian Church in Newark, finding that, by the blessing of Divine Provi- dence, they are so far increased that their present church is by far too small for the congregation to assemble in, so that members are prevented attending the public worship of God, and being impressed with a sense that it is the duty of all rational beings, especially Christians, to erect decent and proper houses for the worship of their Creator, and sensible how remarkably God has been pleased to
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favor this town ever since its first establishment, and the gratitude that is due to him ;
" Therefore, The subscribers have resolved, with de- pendence on His providence for the success of their honest endeavors, to attempt the raising of a new house to the honor of His name, do therefore severally promise to pay or cause to be paid unto the following gentlemen, for the purpose above mentioned, viz .: Joseph Davis, David John- son, Maj. Samuel Hays, William B. Smith and Joseph Banks, the sum of money annexed to their respective names, upon the following plan, viz .:
"(1) The money to be paid in the following propor- tions, i. e., the one-fifth part on or before the first day of January next (1787) ; the remaining four-fifths to be divid- ed into two equal parts, the first of which is to be paid on or before the first day of January, 1788, and the second and last payment on or before the first day of January, 1789. "(2) Any work or labor or any material proper for the building shall be taken in payment at a reasonable price, and also any kind of produce at the market rate.
"(3) As soon as the sum of £3,000 is subscribed, the subscribers to be called together and to choose a commit- tee to form a plan and appoint managers of the business.
"(4) The building to be erected on a lot to be pur- chased, opposite the present house, of the estate of Obadiah Crane, deceased.
"(5) The house to be properly seated and the pews to be sold in such a manner, under the discretion of said committee, so that each subscriber shall be credited with his subscription, and the pew shall then go to the highest bidder.
"(6) The subscription to be written on parchment, and kept among the papers of the church, that posterity may see what proportion each family has given towards said building.
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" For which payment, each for himself, and not one for the other, binds himself, his heirs, executors and ad- ministrators, firmly by these presents this first day of Sep- tember, 1786."
To this agreement, a long list of names in double rows is appended. That the work was begun and the pre- scribed amount of £3,000 was speedily pledged are attest- ed by the fact that the third condition of the agreement was soon carried into practical effect. " A meeting of the subscribers for the purpose of choosing a committee to form a plan and appoint managers " was held, as the result of which Caleb Wheeler, Caleb Camp, Nathaniel Camp, Joseph Banks, Isaac Alling, Wm. P. Smith, Samuel Hays, Benjamin Coe, Joseph Davis, Daniel Johnson, Moses Farrand, Isaac Plum, Abiel Camfield and Abraham Ward were constituted the building committee. We have no record of the date of this meeting, but it must have been prior to September 16th, since on that day Capt. Robert Nichols rendered a bill of 13 shillings " for going to New York two days, by order of the committee," so that, with- in a fortnight of their appointment, we find the committee busy at their work.
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