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of the first Cong. Church, Pittsfield, till called in 1841 to the pastor- ate of the Third Presbyterian Church, Newark, N. J., where he re- mained twelve years; left on account of his wife's ill health, in October, 1853, for Beloit, Wis., where he was Pastor of the First Cong. Church for seven years ; also, for three or four years of the time, teacher of Physiology and of Intellectual and Moral Philoso- phy in the College ; in 1864 he returned to Newark, N. J., where he now lives, and has gathered a Church, composed in part of mem- bers of his former Church. For more than forty-four years he has labored almost exclusively in the Ministry, not having been inter- rupted by ill health or any other cause, except a visit of several months in Europe in 1846. He has experienced unbroken harmony and happy results with those he has been connected with. For sev- enteen years he was Trustee of Williams College, and for ten years of Beloit College ; has published several S. S. books, and assisted S. G. Goodrich in preparing school books. He received the degree of D.D. from Union College in 1842.
After the resignation of Dr. Brinsmade, the pulpit remained vacant for more than a year. During this period the South Park Church was organized ; to which an elder and some twenty-four members were dismissed.
On Tuesday, December 23d, 1853, a unanimous call .was made upon the Rev. Abraham Gosman, of Law- renceville, to become Pastor. After due consideration Mr. Gosman declined the call, assigning as a reason feeble health.
On March 28th, 1854, a call was made upon the Rev. Samuel Beach Jones, D.D., of Bridgeton, N. J., which was also declined.
On Monday, October 2d, 1854, the present incum- bent, the Rev. E. R. Craven, then Pastor of the Sec- ond Reformed Church of Somerville, N. J., was elected.
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Having been received by the Presbytery of Passaic, he was duly installed on the evening of October 30th, 1854. The sermon was preached by the Rev. William C. Hornblower, of Paterson ; the charge to the Pastor was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Magie, of Elizabeth ; and the charge to the congregation by Professor Hope, of Princeton.
The pastorate thus commenced has continued to the present time : a period of nearly twenty years. The whole number received during this pastorate has been Six hundred and twenty-one : Three hundred and fifty-three on confession, Two hundred and sixty-eight on certificate. The average per year on confession has been eighteen. The number on certificate has been proportionately less than during preceding pastorates. This is, in measure, to be explained by the new condi- tion of affairs in Newark. Previous to 1853 the only Protestant Churches, besides the Third Presbyterian, south of the First Church, were the Franklin Street Methodist, the South Baptist, and Grace Episcopal. The only ecclesiastical homes for Presbyterian and other affiliated denominations, were the First and Third Churches. Since that time, the South Park, Calvary, and Clinton Avenue Reformed Churches have been built ; and also St. Paul's and Clinton Avenue Methodist Episcopal, the Hill Street Metho- dist Protestant, the Clinton Avenue Episcopal, and the Sherman Avenue Baptist. And, at the same time, the influx of the Presbyterian population into this sec- tion of the city has diminished. That class of the
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population naturally falling to our denomination has materially diminished.
The number received on confession has been above any preceding average, with the exception of that of the pastorate of Mr. Russell.
The period of greatest ingathering was after the revival of 1857 and 1858. During 1858 one hundred and twenty were received on confession. In Feb- ruary, twenty-two ; in April, sixty-six (the largest number ever received at one time) ; in July, twenty- five ; in October, seven.
Besides this revival there have been periods of blessed refreshing. In July, 1864, twenty-two were received on confession ; in April, 1866, twenty-seven ; in April and July, 1867, twelve; in February and May, 1870, fifteen ; in March and June, 1873, fifteen ; in March and June, 1874, seventeen.
The subject of Church extension early engaged the attention of the Pastor and session ; and it was de- termined to erect a mission chapel and employ a mis- sionary. After various locations had been considered, it was resolved to build at the corner of South Orange Avenue and Wickliffe Street, on a lot given by William Rankin, Sr., Esq., for that purpose. The corner stone was laid by the Pastor of this Church in 1856. The Chapel was dedicated to the service of Almighty God, also by the same person, on Sunday, January 25th, 1857. The entire cost of the building, the erection of which was kindly superintended by Mr. Rankin, amounted to five thous- and dollars.
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A mission school, that had previously been estab- lished in the neighborhood of Wickliffe Street, was received under the care of the session of this Church, and invited to occupy the Chapel.
On September 16th, 1857, the Rev. Samuel Hutch- ings was invited by the session to take charge of the enterprise-which office he accepted, and continued to perform the duties of a missionary in that section of the city with great profit and acceptance for many years. The Mission School connected with that en- terprise was one of the most flourishing in our city, and was an exceedingly profitable training school for the young Christians of our Church.
On the 5th of December, 1864, the session request- ed the Pastor to correspond with Dr. Brinsmade, rela- tive to taking charge of the Wickliffe Chapel. He consented to do so, and shortly after commenced his labors with us. The following April, it was resolved to organize a Church. On the 13th of May, Elders Rankin and Davis, and eighteen others, were dis- missed for the purpose of being so organized. The organization was duly effected May 14th, 1865, by a committee of the Presbytery of Passaic, of which the Pastor of this Church was chairman.
Shortly after the organization of Wickliffe Church, another mission school enterprise was commenced by a lady of this congregation, Miss Adelaide Burnet, whose memory is still fragrant, subsequently the wife of the Rev. Walter Condict, which resulted in the erection of Calvary chapel and the organization of Calvary Church. The corner stone of the chapel was
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laid Sept. 14th, 1867, by the Pastor of this Church. The dedication sermon was preached by the same per- son, early in 1868. On the 21st of June, 1868, the new Church was organized by a committee of the Presbytery of Passaic, of which the speaker was chairman. Twenty-one persons were dismissed from this Church for the purpose of being so organized. The whole amount contributed for the erection of the edifice and the support of the enterprise, by this con- gregation, was about fourteen thousand dollars.
At the annual meeting of the congregation in 1869, it was determined to repair the church edifice. In the summer of that year the repairs were commenced, and on the 18th of September, 1870, the church was re-opened for worship. During the intervening thir- teen months, religious services were conducted, at first in the Lecture Room, and afterwards in connec- tion with the First Church, in their edifice. On the occasion of the re-opening, September 18th, 1870, a sermon was preached, in the morning, by the Pastor, from 2 Chronicles, vi. 41-"Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou and the ark of thy strength ; let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness." In the afternoon, there were religious services in which the Rev. Dr. Stearns of the First Church, the Rev. Mr. Condict of Calvary, and the Rev. Dr. Findley of the Central, participated.
In September 1872, the New Lecture Room, Sun- day School Rooms and Church Parlor, were dedicated.
The entire cost of repairing the old church edifice
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was about Forty-six thousand dollars, ($45,941.81), and of the additional building, including furniture, Twenty-seven thousand dollars ($27,297.36),-in all about Seventy-three thousand dollars ($73,239.17.)
The whole number of names on the Church Record amounts to Nineteen hundred and seven Of these One hundred and ninety-five were upon certificate to organize the Church, and before the first communion. Including the number then received, Seventeen hundred and two have been added : Eight hundred and forty- three on confession and Eight hundred and fifty-nine on certificate.
There are now on the Church roll, the names of Five hundred and twenty-one communicants. Of these Forty-one are on what is known as the appendix roll ( ¿. e. nothing is known concerning them.) leaving Four hundred and eighty in good and regular standing.
The whole number reported to the Presbytery, April 1860, was Five hundred and forty-seven which, I believe, was the largest number ever reported. This was shortly after the accession of 1858, and before the organization of Wickliffe and Calvary Churches.
BRETHREN-Truly the Lord hath been with us. We have often transgressed; often been chastised ; but as often delivered. The Shekinah has ever shone amongst us-the fiery cloudy pillar has been our guide and guard.
Here the pure gospel has, for half a century, been proclaimed-a free and full salvation has been offered. Here our children have been sealed with the seal of the covenant. Here souls have been born into Zion.
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Here we and our loved ones have confessed Christ. Here have we been nourished and strengthened and comforted. Hence have gone forth streams of the waters of life into the waste places of our own and other lands; God hath blessed us, in making us an instrument of blessing. The branch here planted has grown over the wall; this infant of fifty years ago has become the Mother of Churches.
A new era dawns upon us. The village of eight thousand inhabitants, who were gathered around the three old Churches, has expanded into a City of one hundred and twenty thousand. A new population of an entirely different type, largely foreign, has flowed in where the fathers dwelt. We must recognize the fact that ours is now in great measure a mission work. God has given us the position and the means to ac- complish this work. Would we be faithful to Him, and to the souls He has placed within the reach of our influence, whose incoming has made our property valuable, we must gird ourselves to our task.
CHILDREN OF THE CHURCH, you who bear the seal of the Covenant, but are unmindful of its duties and its promises, I would speak to you. I would preach to you the same gospel that you have heard from in- fancy ; the gospel in which your fathers trusted and rejoiced, that has been preached within these walls for half a century. You are sinners, but God loved you ; He gave His Son to save you ; He has caused the promise of His grace to be sealed to you. God so loved the world-He so loved you-that He gave
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His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Believe ; give yourself to Him who gave Himself for you. Self-interest calls you to this-away from Jesus you must perish ; only through Him can you tread the streets of the New Jerusalem, and meet again in blessedness, the dear ones who have gone before. A regard for the right, demands that you should give yourselves to Jesus, for only by His Spirit can you be purified and strengthened for the right. Gratitude demands it ; He died for you. A few short years only remain to you in this land of gracious opportunity-how few, how short, who can tell ? Of the two hundred and forty-one, who fifty years ago constituted this Church, only eight remain. As in the past, so will it be in the future. Methinks I see you falling, as the departed have fallen, like grain before the reaper, like leaves before the Au- tumn wind. To-day is yours-O seize the opportu- nity for life, for holiness, for gratitude.
BRETHREN ALL, the first stadium of our course is ended. As we review the past, how many memories of the departed come over us-of the fathers who founded this Church; of companions, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, children, who here confessed Christ, and with whom we walked to the house of God in company ; of children, whom we have here dedicated to the Lord, and over whose dead bodies we mourned as they were taken from our arms. We now think of those who filled their days and were
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gathered as shocks of corn, fully ripe ; of those who fell in the strength of manhood and womanhood ; of those who were cut down in youth-the bride in her beauty and the bridegroom in his strength; of those who died in our arms; of those who passed away in other lands ; of those who perished in the shipwreck, and the battle. For each one, this house is crowded with the spirit forms of the departed .- Each beholds faces that others cannot see-Each hears voices that others cannot hear-Each looks upon beckoning hands invisible to others. The past ! the past comes over us-the past is present. Our feelings can best be expressed in the language of a poet, who describes his emotions, on returning to his home, when ferried over the stream he had crossed long years before :-
" Many a year is in its grave 'Since I crossed this restless wave ; And the evening, fair as ever, Shines on ruin, rock and river.
" Then, in this same boat, beside, Sat two comrades, true and tried ; One with all a father's truth, One with all the fire of youth.
" One on earth in silence wrought, And his grave in silence sought; But the younger, brighter form, Passed in battle and in storm.
·' So whene'er I turn my eye Back upon the days gone by ; Saddening thoughts of friends come o'er me, Friends that closed their course before me.
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But what binds us friend to friend But that soul with soul can blend ? Soul-like were those days of yore ; Let us walk in soul once more.
Take, O boatman, thrice thy fee; Take,-I give it willingly : For, invisible to thee, Spirits twain have crossed with me "
But brighter visions come over us than were vouch- safed to the poet. Our dear ones live, not only in imagination ; they are not lost ; they are gone be- fore. They, each one in Christ, heard the voice of the Beloved gently calling, " Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away." They have gone to the mountain of myrrh, and the hill of frankincense, where the day breaks, whence the darkness is fled away forever. There, clothed in white raiment, with all tears wiped forever from their eyes, and with the song of praise and gladness on their lips, with joy they await our coming.
Let us so walk that when the summons comes to us, we may depart to the place where they are,-the place where Jesus is-Jesus, the best beloved.
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APPENDIX I.
The Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the organization of the Third Church, occurred on Monday, the 8th of June ; the religious exercises commemorative of that event took place on the following Sunday. On the morning of that day, the preceding Historical Discourse was preached by the Pastor, the Rev. E. R. Craven, D.D .; the Rev. H. N. Brinsmade, D.D., the immediately preceding Pastor, being present and taking part in the devotional services.
The anniversary exercises of the Sunday School took place in the afternoon. Addresses were delivered by the Pastor and the Rev. Dr. Brinsmade. The Annual Report of the School was read by the Superintendent, Mr. J. H. Huntington; and also the following Historical sketch by Mr. Charles A. Carter, the senior teacher, who had prepared it by request. A letter from the Rev. S. Irenæus Prime, D.D., Editor of the New York Observer, one of the former Superintendents, was also read, expressing regrets at his necessary absence, and giving several interesting reminiscences of the school.
On the following evening there was a largely attended social re- union of the present and former members of the congregation, of which the ensuing account appeared in the columns of the Newark Daily Advertiser :
" THE THIRD CHURCH REUNION."
" The reunion sociable at the Third Presbyterian Church last evening, in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Church and Sunday School, drew to- gether a large number of the present and former members of the congregation and school. The spacious Lecture and Sunday School rooms were brilliantly lighted, and the guests began to assemble about 8 o'clock. The Pastor, Rev. Dr. Craven, extended a cordial greeting to all, which made them feel entirely at home. There were also a number of clergymen present from other churches, including Rev. Dr. Few-Smith of the Second Presbyterian Church, Rev. Wm.
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B. Brown of the Congregational Church, and Rev. Mr. Hopwood of Calvary Presbyterian Church. After spending an hour or so in social conversation, and relating many reminiscences, the people were invited to the Sunday School room on the second floor, where were spread large tables loaded with cream, strawberries and cake, and which were handsomely decorated with flowers After a brief and impressive prayer by Dr. Craven, in which he earnestly in- voked the Divine blessing upon all present, a bountiful supply of the delicacies was served out. Dr. Craven was then called upon for a speech, but, as he said he had preached for an hour and a half on the day previous, and also delivered an address of welcome in the afternoon, he thought it hardly the thing for him to do, but nevertheless he extended a most hearty welcome to all the present and former members and their friends, and spoke in feeling terms of the good fellowship which existed between the sister churches in the city, who were working together heart and hand, and shoulder to shoulder, for the advance- ment of the Master's kingdom. Remarks were also made by Rev. Dr. Few- Smith and Rev. Mr. Brown, who warmly congratulated the Third Church on the success which had attended it thus far, and invoked the richest blessings on all connected with it."
SEMI-CENTENNIAL HISTORY
OF THE
Third Presbyterian Church
SABBATH SCHOOL,
OF NEWARK, N. J.
BY C. A. CARTER.
The earliest record of the Third Church Sabbath School, is Dec. 12th, 1824. The school was opened with prayer. Scholars present, 20, teachers, 6, formed into six classes ; now, as the record was of male teachers and boys only, while female teachers and girls, always preponderated some 25 to 30 per cent., there would have been at the first opening of the school an aggregate of 46 scholars and 15 teachers. The first Superintendent was Mr. Ellison Conger, an Elder of the Church, a very zealous and active Christian; the 6 male teachers were E. B. Morehouse, James McDougall, W.W. Day, Samuel Baldwin, G. Cook and Wm. A. Cann ; it is greatly regretted that the names of the first female teachers could not be found. One of the names earliest recorded as a scholar is that of Theodore Lee, son of John Lee, the latter venerable man yet survives and attended the semi-centennial of the Church this day; the son subsequently became an active and useful member of the Church but was called early to his heavenly home in 1843. On Dec. 19th, 1824, the second session of the school, there was an attendance of 92 scholars and 22 teachers. On Jan. 16th, 1825, 175 scholars and and 28 teachers, and on Feb. 20th, 1825, 188 scholars and 30 teachers. From this time up to 1827 the record varied but slightly. On the 30th of Dec., 1827, is the following record : School opened with prayer by Rev. John Chandler, Superintendent. Pastor present. Classification of .
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9 male teachers, 20 female teachers 29,
97¿ boys and 120 girls, 217.
The record continues only to May, 183], showing the attendance to average from 30 to 40 teachers and 175 to 200 scholars. The first female Superintendent was Miss Mary Hayes, then well known and beloved, and remembered by the affectionate few who are yet with us. The most noticeable feature of our early school was a Sabbath School association of Church and Congregation for the support of the school by annual subscriptions, thus not only affording material aid for expenses, but the keeping alive and active, an earnest interest in this nursery of the Church by the Church ; beside this regard for the school there was a regular visiting committee of this association who visited and examined the school at intervals ; the first record of this kind I find Feb. 6, 1825, "Visited by committee of the associa. tion." Under date of Aug 20, 1825, is introduced the name of one still living, and long engaged in the hallowed Sabbath School enter- prise. " School opened with prayer by the Rev. R. B. Campfield, followed by a solemn address, to which the children were very at- tentive, also prayer by Rev. Mr. Paterson, of Philadelphia." Sept. 18, 1825, " Prayer by Rev. Mr. McFarland, of Kentucky, and an address by Professor Wells ;" Sept. 25, 1825, "An affecting address by Rev. Mr. Cox, of New York." Such records were frequent, con- tinuing so far as 1831, the termination unfortunately of the record, showing the important fact, that, in addition to teaching the lesson, prayers and addresses by ministers and laymen were deemed effec- tive. Among the few with us now, then boys in the school, are John C. Mandeville, admitted March 12th, 1826 (aged 9), and Isaac A. Alling, admitted Nov. 12th, 1826 (aged 11). “ Annual exami- nation Dec. 4, 1825, prayer by Professor Wells ; after reports were made, and examination closed, a hymn was sung appropriate to the death of a scholar, George Spinning, who entered the school at its commencement and was buried to-day." There is no memorandum of any examination in 1826. Dec. 23, 1827, the first regular anni- versary (so called) is noticed by the statement that the Rev. Job F. Halsey made an address. "On the 21st Dec., 1828, yearly exami- nation, the scholars repeated the lessons in scripture and answered questions on the same, also in the shorter catechism, with a good de-
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gree of satisfaction to the visitors." " Dec. 13, 1829, yearly ex- amination took place in the presence of a goodly number of visitors. The subject on which the school was examined was the history of Our Lord from his birth to betrayal. Col. Andruss, in behalf of the association, expressed the great satisfaction and pleasure they had enjoyed during the exercises." Mr. Chandler was succeeded in 1832, by Mr. Timothy B.Crowell, as Superintendent, an Elder of the Church, and previously assistant, who, by his methodical and faithful manner continued to guide and conduct the school in a prosperous way. Mr. Chandler is yet living in the winter of his days, cared for by a loving daughter. Mr. Crowell died many years since, truly revered and lamented. His successor was Elder Frederick S. Thomas. Bright indeed are all our remembrances of this venerated man ; it is doubt- ful if there was any man ever connected with our school so well qualified to talk plainly and persuasively to boys; it is related of him that many years after his superintendency, when so afflicted by disease as to be wandering in mind, he imagined himself at the head of his school, and addressed his supposed audience of boys with peculiar earnestness, plainness, and power. At the expiration of Miss Hayes' term of service, Mrs. Conrad Teese gave honor to the office, having for assistant Mrs. Dr. Goble. The laudable efforts of both of these ladies were successful in the highest degree. Mrs. Teese still lives in the city, loved and reverenced. Mrs. Goble was taken to her happy rest several years since, mourned as a friend and mother. Miss Eliza Earl, a most lovely and thorough Christian, believing and practical, took position after Mrs. Teese, having for her assistant Miss Elizabeth Tunis, who gave particular attention to the Infant Department of the School. A Garment Society was formed in the school in its earliest days, and the number of indigent families and children aided, and supplied with substantial garments, would, if known, excite some surprise in our modern Church sewing circles We sadly need a Garment Society at this day. Mr. Daniel Price was the successor of Mr. Thomas ; the latter, however, continuing in the school many subsequent years, having a Bible class and per- forming other duties-long, long shall we remember his faithful work. An earnest desire being manifested for the appointment of Rev. S. Irenæus Prime as Superintendent, Mr. Price courteously resigned in
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his favor, and then followed many years of healthy, happy progress. Mrs. Aaron Burnett was at this time female Superintendent, and by her efficient aid was indeed a help-meet in advancing the school to the height it attained. Dr. Prime is a prolific writer and compiler, an industrious, able and erudite editor, a learned and travelled · clergyman, esteemed, honored and beloved, but he never will attain to a higher position in this lower sphere, than when he was Superin- tendent of the Third Church Sabbath School. Almost worshipped without being idolized, honored without servility, and always obeyed with a cheerful alacrity, he assumed at once, and kept the assumption, of a gentle kingly power, and received a kingly reverence that led to great prosperity in the school.
Succeeding Dr. Prime, came Mr. John R. Davison, an Elder of the Church. During his executive the school diminished in num- bers, from causes, however, beyond the control of any Superinten- dent. though its high character was kept inviolate. About this period the Sixth, High Street, Wickliffe and South Park Schools were es- tablished and drew numbers from our crowded ranks. Through other Superintendencies, many scholars were, from time to time, ad- mitted to the Church. The largest number received at one communion was in April, 1858, during Mr. Davison's administration, when 66 presented themselves, the majority being of and from the school. Who of us then present can be forgetful of the blessed scene ? Then was sung,
" Lo ! from the nursery of the Church, Spring tender buds and flowers ; Those " Corner Stones" and " Olive Plants," Are Christ's as well as ours."
Mr. Wm. Rankin, Jr., became the eighth Superintendent. His reign was 8 years-a good and gentle reign : at its close a valued testi- monial was presented him by the teachers, in the reception of which he uttered the following characteristic words : " Whatever may have been my failings, I have always been punctual, never, never late." Mrs. Samuel Coes was the last female Superintendent, but held the position only a short time, the office being abolished together with that of female assistant, filled by Miss Elizabeth Tunis for twenty- seven years. She is yet with us in active life, blessed by the love
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of many hearts, and though her innate modesty may take offence at the application, truly may the saying of the wisest of men apply to her, " Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all."
A Youths' Missionary Society was formed in the Church in 1834, to which most if not all of the scholars and teachers became con- tributing members ; their meetings were held regularly, monthly; and strict, persistent and successful efforts made to foster a missionary spirit so much neglected now. Under the kindly care and govern- ment of Mrs. E. Dorrance, and the beloved and lamented Miss Adelaide Burnet, the Infant Department of the school was revived, remodelled and improved, so as to become thenceforward the most distinguished feature of the school. M r. E. F. Dorrance and others, established, after great labor, a thriving Mission school, which soon became a blessed success, being superintended by Mr. Dorrance for several years, assisted by Mr. Horace Alling, and subsequently by Mr. E. M. Douglas and Mr. J. H. Huntington. This school, on the 12th of Sept., 1872, was consolidated with the Parish school.
Mr. Charles V. Harrison was the unanimous choice as ninth Superintendent, and being a superior singer, and gifted with order and administrative qualities, was very popular during his period of office. Teachers' meetings with other meetings for prayer, received a new impetus, from which flowed good results. It was during his official career that our school set the example of paying the debt of the Foreign Board of Missions, by the Sabbath Schools of the land, -- an effort successfully accomplished.
Mr. Wm. H. Jackson was the last Superintendent before the schools were consolidated, and no former occupant of the office ex- celled, if they equalled him, in his earnest desire and regard for the spiritual welfare of teachers and scholars. This is brief encomium, but just. Mr. J. Henry Huntington, asssisted by Mr. E. M. Douglas, our present efficient guide and director, is in his second year as Superintendent of the consolidated schools, and will be retained during good behavior.
After the removal of Mrs. Dorrance and Miss Adelaide Burnet to another Church, Miss Theresa Burnet held the charge of the In- fant School. Since the union of all the schools the Infant De-
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partment is ably conducted by Mrs. R. M. Grummon, and Mrs. J. Henry Huntington. I omitted, in the proper place, to mention that Mr. Edwin Dawson, assisted by Miss Damaris Foster (from our Parish School), conducted very successfully, for some time, an in- fant department of the Mission School-a noble enterprise. There are some, aye, many other efforts which for the school merits credit -among them, the help to Wickliffe and Calvary Schools, in the morning of their existence, by our teachers ; the teaching of colored classes in our own school in early days; and in other directions. But further occupancy of time is forbidden.
The want of correct records prevents the presentation of the two most vital interests of any Sabbath School, viz .: The amount of its Missionary contributions, and the number of children entering the. Church from the school. In the absence of records, the estimate of contributions, from the best sources, is $20,000 for the past fifty years; and the number of scholars estimated to have become Church members of our own communion, within the half Century just closed, is 500, more than equal to the active membership of the Church at the present date.
May God, for His Son's sake, for His own Honor and Glory, and , for the good of this community, continue to bless our school.
The dawn and night of fifty years, Historic record bears ; The present turns a backward page, While mem'ry bright appears.
The limned portrait of the past, Is drawn for modern sight ; Though darken'd tints the canvass shades, Truth gives a mellow light.
We think of those who held our place, 'Half Century ago; - Now lying 'neath the Church Yard mold, - Of those before us now.
Blest are the mem'ries of the just, Gone to the School above ; There Christ His verbal lessons gives, In soul transporting love,
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We greet the living here to-day, Disciples of our Lord; Who heat and burden faithful bore, To magnify His Word.
The dead-have gone to their reward ; The live-wait at the Gate; Bless'd Master, set on us Thy seal, Teach us to work and wait.
APPENDIX II.
LIST OF PASTORS.
JOSHUA T. RUSSELL, Installed July 13th, 1824, Dismissed June 22nd, 1829.
BAXTER DICKINSON,
66 Nov. 17th, 1829,
Nov. 17th, 1835.
SELAH B. TREAT,
March 22, 1836, 66 Jan. 24th, 1840.
HORATIO N. BRINSMADE,
Sep. 23rd, 1841, 66 Oct. 9th, 1853.
ELIJAH R. CRAVEN,
Oct. 30th, 1854.
LIST OF ELDERS.
*HUGH MCDOUGALL, Installed June 8, 1824, Removed Oct. 12, 1830.
*GEORGE CRANE,
66 June 8, 1824, 66 Feb. 14, 1829. *ELLISON CONGER,
66 June 8, 1824, 66 Feb. 14, 1829.
*DAVID D. CRANE,
Oct. 31, 1824, 66 Sep. - 1828.
*MOSES ROBERTS, 66 Oct. 31, 1824, Died July 6th, 1853.
*ROBERT B. CAMPFIELD, 66 March 27, 1825,
Aug. 18, 1861.
*DAVID NICHOLS, 66 March 27, 1825, Feb. 1, 1829,
April 2, 1843.
JOHN CHANDLER, - *JAMES N. HEDDEN, -
60 Feb. 1, 1829, Removed Feb. 7, 1837.
* ALEXANDER M. TAYLOR, 66 Feb. 1, 1829,
Died Nov. 16, 1829
*STEPHEN R. GROVER, *TIMOTHY B. CROWEL, -
Feb. 1, 1829, Removed June 14, 1839. Feb. 1, 1829, Died July 3, 1849.
*THOMASRICHARDS, -
66 Aug. 26, 1832,
March 30, 1853
66 Aug. 26, 1832,
April 9, 1868.
* AARON C. JOHNSON, 66 Aug. 26, 1832. Rem. Mar. 18, 1853.
*WILLIAM B. GUILD, 66 Nov .- 1837, 66 Oct. 21, 1861.
*JAMES B. PINNEO,
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Nov. - 1837,
Sep. 16, 1849.
*JOHN R. DAVISON,
66 Feb. 3, 1850, Died April 14, 1863.
LORENZO BOYDEN, 66 Feb. 3, 1850.
*WILLIAM RANKIN, JR.,
Dec. - 1852, Removed May 14, 1865.
*EDWARD INGLETON, 66
Dec. - 1852,
Jan. 5, 1859.
*JACOB D. VERMILYE, 66 Dec. - 1852, 66 Dec. 10. 1868·
*FREDERICK S. THOMAS, JOHN C. CRANE, 66 Aug. 26, 1832.
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ISAAC A. ALLING,
Installed Nov. 30,1862.
*TIMOTHY ANDRUSS,
Nov. 30, 1862, Died Nov. 22, 1867.
*WILLIAM M. BROWN, M.D., Nov. 30, 1862,
66 April 14, 1864.
*THOMAS C. DAVIS, Nov. 30, 1862, Removed May 14, 1865.
*CHARLES C. LATHROP,
Died Sep. 16, 1865.
DANIEL PRICE,
66
May 31, 1868.
*EDWIN F. DORRANCE, -
66 May 31, 1868, Removed Jan. 9, 1869.
ROBERT S. GRUMMON,
66 May 31, 1868.
LIST OF DEACONS.
For many years, the Elders acted as Deacons. In 1857 the first separate Board was elected.
*JABEZ G. GOBLE, M.D., - Installed Nov. 1857, Died Feb. 7th, 1859. - *WILLIAM M. BROWN, M.D.,
66 Nov. 1857, April 14, 1864. *CHARLES C. LATHROP, Nov. 1857,
Sep. 16th, 1865.
ALBERT G. WOODRUFF, - 66 May, 1872.
EDWIN M. DOUGLAS,
66
May, 1872.
JAMES B. BURNETT, M.D.,
May, 1872.
Nov. 30, 1862, May 31, 1868.
HORACE ALLING,
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