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THE RECORD
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
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MORRISTOWN, N. J.,
Pt. 2º
CONTAINING
FIRST:
Volumes I and II, Jan., 1880-Dec., 1881.
CONDUCTED BY REV. RUFUS S. GREEN.
Pages 1-240. WITH Supplement, pages 145, 152 (241-248) being
Report of the Church and Roll of Members, 1884.
SECOND:
Volumes III, IV and V, Jan., 1883-Dec., 1885. CONDUCTED BY REV. WILLIAM DURANT. Pages 1-192.
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MORRISTOWN, N. J. " THIS SHALL BE WRITTEN FOR THE GENERATION TO COME."-Psalms 102 : 18.
VOLUME V.
APRIL, 1885. NUMBER 28.
[Printed with the Approval of the Session. ]
THE RECORD
Is published monthly ; terms $1.00 a year, in advance. Single numbers for any month, 10 cents each.
Subscriptions should be made to Mr. James R. Voorhees.
Matters pertaining to the publication should be addressed 10 the
EDITOR OF THE RECORD.
Entered at the Post Office at Morristown, N. J., as second class matter.
CALENDAR FOR APRIL.
2. Thursday : Preparatory prayer meet- ing.
3. Friday: Preparatory Lecture, 3.30 P. M., Baptism of Infants.
5. Sunday : Communion. Collection for Sustentation. S. S. Lesson : Paul's Voy- age, Acts. xxvii. 1, 2, 14-26.
9. Thursday : "Test of Love to Christ," I Jno. iii. 14 ; and India.
12. Sunday : S. S. Lesson. Paul's Ship- wreck, Acts. xxvii. 27-44.
16. Thursday : "Symmetry of Christian Character," Ps. cxix, 6
19. Sunday : S. S. Lesson. Paul going to Rome, Acts xxviii, 1-15.
22. Wednesday : 7.30 P. M., Session meet- ing.
23. Thursday : "The Two Ways," Matt. vii. 13, 14.
26. Sunday: S. S. Lesson : Paul at Rome, Acts xxviii. 16-31.
30. Thursday: "The Blessedness of Giving." Acts xx. 35.
EVERY WEEK.
Sunday : Church Services, 10.30 A. M., and 7.30 P. M.
Sunday : Sunday-school, 3 P. M.
Young People's prayer meet- ing, 6.45 P. M.
Thursday : Young Men's prayer meeting, 7:00 P. M.
Thursday : Church Service of Prayer,. 7.45 P. M .; preceded by a Song Service at. 7.30 P. M.
Friday : Young Ladies' Missionary So- ciety, from 3 to 5 P. M.
Saturday: Bible-class and Teachers',. meeting, led by the Rev. Dr. Erdman, 4. P. M.
SUPPLEMENT.
The. Supplement for this month com- pletes the Minutes of the Session for the pastorate of Mr. French ; and brings the Minutes of the Trustees and Parish down to March 25, 1872.
PARISH MEETING. REPORT ON THE MANSE.
The Annual Parish Meeting was held on the 17th of March, at 3.30 P. M. : Mr. John Whitehead, Chairman. The Trustees re- ported an unusually good condition of the finances, and recommended an appropriation of $6,750. for the coming year. The following. were elected :- Trustees : Isaac N. White- head, H. C. Pitney, A. B. Hull, J. H. Van- Doren, Henry Cory, James R. Voorhees, Edward Pierson; Treasurer, Henry Cory ;. Parish Clerk, James R. Voorhees.
The Committee appointed to build a Par- sonage reported as follows : " Having been. appointed, at an adjourned meeting held May 13th, 1884, to erect a stone building for a Parsonage, at a cost not to exceed $15,000. ; your Committee accepted the plans offered by Mr. Louis R. Hazeltine, Architect.
"We were assured that the cost of con- struction would not exceed $15,000., but when the bids were opened, it was found that the cost of the building as planned would not be far from $18,000. The season was already well advanced when the bids. were received, and as it was evident a smal-
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ler building would be unsuitable for our needs, we concluded not to call for new plans, which would delay the commence- ment of work a full month. We proceeded at once to cut off all ornamental work, in- side and outside, which was not absolutely necessary to the safety and security of the 'building. By abandoning all the Ohio stone trimmings, the bay window in the dining- room, the laundry conveniences, various other bits of ornamental work outside, all the hard-wood flooring and trim inside, excepting in the hall and stair case where we left the cherry floor and stairs, all the double floors, &c., &c., leaving the finish throughout of white pine; we found that we could construct the building for about $15,000., or a few dollars less. We adopted this plan with great reluctance. It left us with a commodious and substantial, but very plain and unornamental building. Nev- ertheless it would be of stone, and would not cost more than $15,000. ; and so we separated with saddened hearts.
"Shortly afterwards word was sent to us, that an aged member of the Parish, who had already contributed very liberally, was so much interested in the project, and so desirous that we ! should have a beautiful building according to the original design, that he was willing to make a special con- tribution of $500. towards the $1,000. needed to restore the original exterior. The re- maining $500. necessary was at once made up, as a special gift for this purpose, by three other gentlemen who also had previ- ously contributed liberally." With this en- couragement, the work of construction was immediately begun.
" As already stated, the reductions found to be necessary, left us with a pine finish inside, except the main staircase and hall floor. When the outside was completed, we felt that to trim a stone-building, of its pretensions, in these times, with pine, would be an offence against good taste, for which the Parish would not excuse us ; and, after careful deliberation, we concluded to restore the hard-wood trim on the first story. We 'were at once met with the liberal offer, from another member of the Parish, to fit up the dining-room in oak at his own expense, in accordance with designs to be approved by the Pastor. "This offer reduced the expense
to the Committee by $350., as it 'was in- tended to be a special contribution for that purpose, The double floors were also re- stored, and yellow pine floors laid in the second story at very little additional ex- pense.
"The requisite amount of stained glass had been included in the Committee's estimates,' but the Sunday-school, in response to a suggestion from us, have offered to erect the triple window in the hall at a cost of $160., to be their special contribution. The design, by Miss M. Van Pelt, is heartily approved by Slack & Co., of Orange, who are to do the work.
" The whole estimated cost of the build-' ing is $16,743.64, and deducting from this amount $1,510. of special contributions, the net cost to the Parish is $15,233.64. Of this amount there remains to be raised but $4,679.07.
" Your Committee have labored together cheerfully and harmoniously from the be- ginning of the work until the present day ; but by far the major portion of the work has been done by two members, Messrs. Voorhees and Whitehead. These gentle- men have urgently requested that this re -. port should not particularly refer to them, but the remaining members of the Commit- tee insist that the Parish shall hereby learn a little of what it owes to them, By request of the Committee, Mr. Whitehead assumed special charge of the construction of the building, in addition to the overseeing to be done by the Architect. He has been present at the building almost every day ; and it is safe to say that his labors have saved the Parish a great many dollars, and secured a building well and faithfully con- structed from cellar to roof. Mr. Voor- hees, as Chairman and Treasurer, has had entire charge of the financial part of the work, has attended to all the correspon- dence, kept the accounts, paid the bills, &c., &c., in addition to his other work as a member of the Committee. And we, the three remaining members, H. C. Pitney, W. D. Johnson and Stephen Pierson, desire to place upon record here our testimony con- cerning the faithful and efficient labors of the two gentlemen above named.
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Wilding be designated formally, as the | of Moses Estey's bilding adjoining the Court .Manse.' house.
"ad, That the necessary funds to com- plete the building be obtained by the Board of Trustees, by temporary loans upon the credit of the Parish, and not by a mortgage spon the property.
."3d, That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is possible as well as desirable to pay off the whole of the debt during the year ; and that the Building Committee be instructed to make an appeal to this effect to the con- gregation."
The report, with its recommendations, was adopted, after remarks in approval of the old Meeting house and in this, and the work ; and the Committee was contin- ued to complete the Manse, a vote of thanks to them being carried unanimously and beartily.
A SUNDAY IN THE FIRST CHURCH. BETWEEN 1800 AND 1825. HISTORICAL SERMON BY THE PASTOR, PREACHED 13TH APRIL 1884. (Continued.)
Behind the Meeting house a litl group listens while John Mills, President of the Trustees, points out where the Session house ouht to stand, with its corners to the points of the compass and its entrance fac- ing the northwest angl of the Meeting house. He declares that it should be bilt of brik and at once, offering, in his generous enthusiasm, to advance the money, if the subscriptions ar not sufficient to begin work with the opening of spring .* Near by, an- other group is discussing the recent action of the Parish in conveying the Green to the town for a perpetual comon, in consid- eration of $1,600., most of which was given by members of the Church. ; Edward Con- dict reminds them of the attemt to defraud the Parish of its rihts in the property, and of his jurney, not long since, to Amboy for the purpose of securing the titl in the Green from the Board of Proprietors. And Rich- ard Johnson explains: the connection be -: tween that attemted fraud and the remons- trance of the Trustees agenst the erection
An excited crowd surrounds the doors, talking loudly about the stoves . that wer put in the Meeting house last week for the first, and ar now to do away with the hot bricks and litl foot-stoves which sum of the wimen hav bin accustomd to bring. One venerabl old man, with emfatic ges- tures, says : "It is sacrelegious to desecrate the house of God with the devices and in- ventions of man. Providence has kept us and our fathers warm enuf without stoves in the coldest winters, for eighty years in : Providence wil keep us warm in the fu- ture, if we wil only put our trust in it. But that is just the trubl ; this generation has n't any faith. Mark my words : before the year is out, on sum tedious day like this, you'l find that Providence has let your stoves burn the Meeting house to the ground, as a punishment for your sin. It is all of a peece with this new-fangld pro- posal of an assurance on the Meeting house, another invention of Satan to tempt the Lord. But no wonder ; for when you lose faith in Providence to keep you warm in his worship, of course you must get the devil's help to protect you from fire. I praise the Lord that the Parish has de-' feated this last ' device of the grand Adver- sary' to ensnare us. But can we expect the word to profit us withal, when, in the very house of God, we put our confidence in the sinful devices of man ?" Then elder M .----- speaks up. " I quite agree with you, brother Benoni, and let me tel these youngsters,! ther is another very practical objection agenst their hot stoves. It wil be simply impossibl to keep the fires low enuf, and their heat, aded to that generated from the the bodies of the great congregation, wil suffocate us.", With that, he goes to the porch, takes the big bar, used on the inside to hold the door shut, and with it braces the door wide open ; determind that ther shal be as much circulation of air in the Meeting house as he can secure on this windy day. Miss O., in passing, thanks elder M. and remarks on the "dredful hot blast" he has let out ; saying that she fears, even with the doors open, she "cannot stand the heat thru all the meeting time."
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In order to view the interior we enter early by the commanding porch that opens thru the front of the steepl, facing the Green. Ther ar no steps from the porch up to the floor of the Church, and a glance within shows the archt ceiling rising to a majestic hight .* Here in the porch a man is "affixt," who receivs six-pence a Sab- bath for keeping dogs out of the Meeting house. He explains to us a paper takt to the door : saying that it is an old notice of a vendue by the Trustees, which was held last week to dispose of two sadls and sum other property takn for pew rent ; and that one of the sadls sold for ten dollars and ten cents, while the other broht ten dollars and four cents, the purchasers giving their notes payabl with interest in three months. As we pass the gallery stairs, we observ the stalwart forms of Jeduthan and Usual Con- dict, who stand as sentinels, one on each side, " to take charge of, and prevent as much as may be, disorderly and ill behav- ed boys siting on the stares, from playing and making disturbance in time of public service."
Now stand for a moment in the shadow of the gallery, and catch the pleasing effect of color and arrangement. The interior is painted a " light sky blue." Tall, substan- tial pillars of oak support the lofty gallery that sweeps around the house except at the end opposit to the entrance, where the pul- pit towers alone. At that end, on either side of the pulpit, ar three square pews ; ten similar pews line each side wall, separated by ampl iles from two bloks of slip-pews that ar themselvs separated by a broad ile down the midl of the Meeting house. All of the pews ar partitiond by high baks, reaching wel up the shoulders of those who sit in them. They sold originally at from $600. down to $100. and now pay a rent equal to seven and a half per cent of their valuation, or from $50. down to $7., accord- ing to location, those nearest the pulpit being most valuabl. In No. I, the square pew next the pulpit, on the riht as we look from the entrance, sits the pastor's family, in plain siht of the congregation. Dr. Wm. Campfield occupies the square pew in the
corner, whose high floor, which give him commanding view of the house, has bin i bone of contention for sixteen years: st last the Parish has orderd the Trustees to remove it at their expense. In another cor- ner ar benches, where sit the negroe slaves of consequential families. In the gallery ar benches for the volunteer choir, a band of singers wel traind by Mr. Dunham, "the chorrister," who receives $40. a year for his services : all ar under the direction of the singing. comitee, Lewis Condict, Joseph Cutler, Loammi Moore, Ezekiel Whitehead and Zophar Freeman, who "ar authorized to appoint chorristers, point out proper tunes to be sung, and generally do all things necessary for the promotion of har- mony in the singing and with the singers.". No " ritualistic organ " has yet bin intro- duced to despoil the praise of God with its " bag o' whustles. ' The Sabbath School is up here in the gallery, holding its session before meeting begins. No men ar to be seen, the superintendent and the half dozn teachers are all wimen ; for the scool is an innovation, introduced only a few years ago (1816), and thot by many to bode more harm than good : quiet horse-talk and gos- sip, about the Meeting house door, ar bet- ter for both men and wimen, elders and deacons, their wives and dauhters. Conse- quently only a score or so of very litl chil- dren ar on the benches to-day, studying A. B. C. Primers, reciting Scripture verses and the Shorter Catechism. Among them is a golden-haird descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullens, sitting between the first Fanny and the first George Washing- ton in the community, whose names sound very stranj mingld with the many Naomi's and Phebe's, the Ebenezer's and Timo thy's and other good old patriarchs and saints who hav stept out of the Pulpit Bible to becum agen restiv litl ones on these benches.
Descending to the floor, we notice the disturbing element of the day, the two' stoves ; plain affairs, iron boxes to burn long stiks of wood ; together they cost but $37. . Their long pipes, however, ar for- midabl, and cost nearly $80. Another inno- vation broht in along with the stoves, ar elevn lamps, each costing $6.25 ; great evils, according to sum, sure to drip oil, and (To be continued.)
*In 1849, the floor was raised to its present level, and a flat ceiling thrown under the old arch.
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MORRISTOWN, N. J. " THIS SHALL BE WRITTEN FOR THE GENERATION TO COME."-Psalms 102 : 18.
VOLUME V.
MAY, 1885. NUMBER 29.
[Printed with the Approval of the Session.]
THE RECORD
Is published monthly ; terms $1,oo a year, in advance. Single numbers for any month, ro cents each.
Subscriptions should be made to Mr. James R. Voorhees. Matters pertaining to the publication should be addressed to the
EDITOR OF THE RCORD.
Entered at the Post Office at Morristown, N. J., as second class matter.
SUPPLEMENT.
The Supplement for this month continues the Minutes of the Trustees and Parish thru the Pastorate of Mr. French, from March 25th, 1872 to March 17, 1874.
CALENDAR FOR MAY.
3. Sunday: Collection for Bible Society.
S. S. Lesson : Obedience, Eph. vi. 1-13.
7. Thursday: Religion in Business. Rom. xii. 11.
10. Sunday:' S. S. Lesson : Christ our Example, Phil. ii. 5-16.
II. Monday: Woman's Foreign Mission Society.
14. Thursday: Compelling them to come in, Luke xiv. 32. Missions in Siam.
17. Sunday: S. S. Lesson : Christian Contentment, Phil iv. 4-13.
21. Thursday: Free Salvation, Rev. xxii. 17. .
24. Sunday: S. S. Lesson : The Faithful Saying, I. Tim. i. 15-ii. 6.
27. Wednesday: 4 P. M. Session meets to receive candidates for the Communion.
28. Thursday; Final Separation, Matt. xiii. 40-50.
31. Sunday: S. S. Lesson : Paul's Charge to Timothy, II. Tim, ili. 14-iv. 8.
EVERY WEEK.
Sunday: Church Services, 10.30 A. M. and 7.30 P. M.
Sunday: Sunday-school, 3 P. M.
Young People's prayer meeting, 6.45 P. M.
Thursday: Young Men's prayer meeting, 7:00 P. M.
Thursday: Church Mid-week Service of "' Prayer, 8 P. M.
Friday: Young Ladies' Missionary Society, from 3 to 5 P. M.
Saturday: Bible-class and Teacher's meet- ing, led by the Rev. Dr. Erdman, 4 P. M. Strangers are cordially welcomed to all of these services.
IN MEMORIAM.
At a special meeting of the Woman's For- eign Missionary Society of the First Pres- byterian Church, held on March 25th, 1885, the following resolutions were adopted in relation to the death of its late President, which occurred March 18th, 1885 :
WHEREAS. It has pleased the Heavenly Father to take to Himself so unexpectedly our beloved President and Pastor's wife, Mrs. Elisabeth S. Durant, thus giving to our Society, in its infancy, a baptism of sor- row ; therefore,
Resolved, That while we bow submissively .' beneath the hand thus heavily laid upon us, believing that it is in love and not in wrath, we keenly feel our loss and deeply
. 1 1 .. mourn that we shall have the cheering light of her sunny smile and helpful pres- ence no more among us ; yet rejoice that the grief is ours alone- for her there is only joy.
Resolved, That we cherish 'most tenderly the memory of her pure and lovely Chris- tian character, her sweet resignation under trial, her ready obedience to'every call of duty, her devotion to the Master's work as". shown particularly by her earnest interest in the purpose and aim of this Society ; and '; that we strive to emulate her example, praying that the inspiration of her beauti-
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ful life and peaceful death among us may lift each of us to a higher plane of conse- cration to the cause she so dearly loved.
Resolved, That in gratitude to God for the blessed hope of eternal life, through Jesus Christ His Son, and as a memorial of her who has entered into that life, we will make a special offering to the cause of Foreign Missions, devoting it to some object here- after to be designated.
Resolved, That we tender to our bereaved pastor our heartfelt sympathy, commending him and his motherless little ones to the gracious care and comfort of Him who is infinite compassion, and whose loving pres- ence alone can fill the vacant place in his heart and home.
HAVE YOUR ANSWER READY.
If you have hope in Christ, extraordinary talents and opportunities are not required in order " to give an answer to every one that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you." (1 Peter iii, 15). The Bible itself supplies you with nearly every one of these reasons. It says, over and over again, what the Christian hope is, how it rests on Christ and his work, how it looks for divine support in this life and eternal blessedness in heaven.
If a man never studies for himself, or thru the law, a will which puts him in possession of a large property, so as to dis- cover his title, and be able to defend it ; you would say that he deserves to lose the property. But the Bible is God's will and testament, bequeathing to the believer the priceless legacy of salvation and eternal life ; therefore, search the Scriptures.
Then, as to the influence of the Christian hope upon your own life, which must al- ways be a large part of your answer to those who ask a reason "concerning the hope that is in you ;" your daily experience gives material for a ready answer. Surely you can tell some troubled soul that is seeking peace, how, your Christian hope is helping you to overcome sin and the world, to bear disappointment and sorrow, to strive after more purity, and love both to God and to man ; and how it gives you a peace and joy which the world cannot take away, and more sweet than any it can give.
Some persons act as if this answer could be ready only after long Christian experi- ence, and superlative Christian attainments. It ought, indeed, to grow fuller and clearer as you get nearer to the grave and nearer to the throne. But you do not need to wait till noon in order to give a convincing '| reason for believing that day has followed the night. He is worse than blind, who cannot tell why he hopes the day will come, just as soon as the first glow of dawn ap- pears in the east. So the Christian is able to give this answer upon the first glimmer of gospel hope in his soul : he has no ex- cuse for not being ready always after that.
REPORT TO PRESBYTERY, FOR YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1885.
OFFICERS.
No. Elders, of whom 8 are active,
No. Deacons, 2
No. Trustees,
7
COMMUNICANTS.
Added on examination,
7
Added on certificates,
12
Total number on roll 31st March, 1885, 473 BAPTISMS.
Adults Baptized,
5
Infants Baptized, .
10
Baptized Infants added to Roll on Cert.,
6
Total No. Infants on Roll,
92
SUNDAY-SCHOOL.
No. Officers,
II
No. Teachers, 61
No. Scholars, . 388
Total Membership,
460
Average Attendance,
290
No. received to Communion, 5
No. Books in Library,
428
Am't of Gifts to Boards of Church, . $305
Am't of Gifts to other objects, $451
Total Gifts of Sunday-school,
$756
Westminster Helps are used; Catechism is taught ; and Teachers' meetings are held. . BENEFICENCE.
Home Field : Home Missions, . $1,668
Education, 1 36
Publication of Christian Literature, 513
Church Erection,
116
Relief of Disabled Ministers, .
128
Missions to Freedmen, 760
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163
Sustentation of Feeble Churches, 48
- Aid for Colleges,
100
Miscellaneous Objects, 3,482
Total for Home Field, 6,951
Foreign Field :
Total for Foreign Field, . 4,830
Total Beneficence,
$11,781
CONGREGATIONAL.
Assessment for General Assembly, &c., $52 Support of Church services and pay- ments on Manse, 18,010
Total Contributions and Support,
$29,843
A SUNDAY IN THE FIRST CHURCH. BETWEEN 1800 AND 1825. HISTORICAL SERMON BY THE PASTOR, PREACHED 13TH APRIL 1884. (Continued.)
likely to explode,-nobody knows when. But the old " two-branch candle sticks " ar stil in place, at "each window below, two for the desk in front of the pulpit, and one for each pillar." Last and best of all the objects in the Meeting house, take a real- izing view of the pulpit ; the pride of the congregation and the "great admiration of travelers from abroad." This, too, is new ; the old one, probably broht from the original Meeting house, having bin uzd in this til 1818, and then givn to the neighbor- ing Church at New Foundland. The splen- did work of art upon which we now gaze was bilt by Joseph Cutler, at a cost of $224.74. It is a box with high sides, having three mahogany panels archt outward in front, and is reacht by winding stairs, for the platform rests on the top of pillars nine or ten feet abov the Meeting house floor. Overhed hangs the larj and shel-like sound- ing board .*
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