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whetherthe elders shall not with the min- isters or either of them be a committee to examine all candidates for church member- ship which was unanimously agreed to "- from which it may be inferred that they were either examined by the pastor alone as in some Presbyterian churches-or that the examination was conducted before and by the members of the churches-according to the opinion of Mr. Barnes. I prefer the former opinion because there is no hint or trace that the congregation ever participat- ed in this matter, and also from the heading of the list of those thus received, which is as follows, "The names and number of the persons admitted to full communion by myself, since my ordination with the time of their admission." This same practice prevailed in the First Church of Newark till 1790.
The strength of the church in numbers and wealth at its first organization cannot now be learned. Rev. Samuel L. Tuttle in his history of the Madison Presbyterian church, another off-shoot of Hanover, a few years later, says, "In or about 1740 a small and very feeble church was organized and estab- lished in Morristown." But it would seem from the action of the Committee of Synod as well as from the whole course of pro- cedure of this section of the church that they were able from the beginning to sup- port the gospel. There were 99 in full com- munion when Mr. Johnes was installed pas- tor, by no means "a very feeble church," yet small in comparison with the power it has since attained, but by no means to be ranked in those days among the feeble churches in the land. As the records of the old Presbytery of New York are lost we. cannot tell who were present to take part in the ordination and installation services of the first pastor of this flock, but it was at that time composed of the following minis- ters and churches, Dickinson of Elizabeth Town, Pierson of Woodbridge, Aaron Burr of Newark, Nutman of Hanover, Hubbel of Westfield, Horton of Connecticut Farms, Pemberton of New York City, Wilmot of Jamaica, Leonard of Goshen, Pomeroy of Newtown, and F. Horton missionary among the Indians on Long Island, covering ter- ritory now occupied by eight Presbyteries
1743. Was agreed that the minister's ex- penses in the service of the churches should be defrayed from church fund." The next entry gives the list of the elders-as constituting the session with the minister (1747.) viz .: Joseph Prudden, Matthew Lum, John Lindsly, Joseph Coe and Jacob Ford, and in 1745 at the first meeting of the synod of New York we find among its members the names of Timothy Johnes, minister, and Joseph Prudden, elder. Yet here we dis- cover that whilst the session transacted all judicial business of which there is a full re- cord, no allusion is made in their meetings to the reception of persons to full com- munion until 1791 when we have the follow- ing decision : "The question was then put and three Synods. The church at Mend-
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ham, organized in 1735, received its first pas- tor a few months after the induction of Mr. Johnes. The only other church in this re- gion was that of Baskingridge, organized in 1733, and at that time supplied by its second pastor. This was however in an- other county and belonged to another Presbytery. It thus appears that our church was the second in the county that had a settled minister though the third in age. Hanover the mother, born in 1718, and Mendham in 1735.
Among those who welcomed their young pastor to their hearts and homes, and whose descendants are still found on the roll of this church were Prudden, Pierson, Free- man, Condit, Cutler, Mills, Stiles, Johnson and one of the first received into con- munion with the church was Elizabeth Johnes, wife of the pastor. . But the parish of to-day is vastly different from the one that became the home of Timothy Johnes. The village if it might be so named was centred mainly in Water street. In or near it were found the store, the mill, the blacksmith's shop and forge, though Morris street might boast of an occasional hut, and perhaps two or three might be found amidst the clearings of the Green. The forest trees were stand- ing where we now are and what is now the Park could boast of the giant oak, the chestnut and other noble specimens of growth, with which its present shade trees are not to be named. The woods around were visited by the panther and the bear, while wolves in great numbers answered each other from the neighboring hills. The sheep and cattle were brought into pens for the night. Roads were scarcely known. The bridle path or Indian trail was all that conducted the occasional traveler to Mend- ham, who saw on his way thither a mill, a blacksmith's shop and two dwellings-in three separate clearings. There was scarcely a better path to Baskingridge. There were no postal routes, no newspa- pers and but few books to instruct and amuse .* Life was then a reality. In the
*In 1743 the year that Mr. Johnes was installed, Franklin advertised that as the post between Philadelphia and New York had gone once a fortnight that it would from April 13 set out for New York on Thursdays at 3 o'clock in the after- noon till Christmas, and the southern post would be sent every fortnight during the summer. The first periodical published in New Jersey was at Woodbridge in 1758 called the New American Magazine.
new settlement every one had to be busy in order to procure such comforts and ne- cessaries as were required. Frugal habits and simple manners distinguished their every day life ; and their domestic relations partook more of the patriarchal and less of the commercial, for worldly prosperity had not been sufficient to create that jealous dis- tinction of rank with which we are so often charged as a community. Religion had a moulding influence upon the household, and which from dearth of news often formed the principal topic of converse between neigh- bors. The Sabbath was rigidly kept; the church was regularly frequented and the minister was highly revered and loved. Into a parish bearing largely the type of New England and with which the new pas- tor was well acquainted-both on Long Island and Connecticut-did he enter, which he further moulded by his influence, regulated by sound principles and which was blessed more than half of a century by his presence and instructions.
We can only conjecture as to the religious condition of the church at the commence- ment of his labors. The troubles and con- test preceding the organization were in no way congenial to a healthy growth of piety, and after the church was established it was without a settled minister for years-a state of things by no means favorable to the graces of the flock and to their steady in- crease. Religion throughout the country was at low ebb. This deeply affected many of God's faithful servants and was a subject of lamentation in the church courts, but now better days had arrived. The minis- trations of the Tennents and Whitfield were attended with the most remarkable results ; a knowledge of which was wafted to the place, and perhaps Mr. Johnes brought with him the spirit of the awakening which might have been deepened at his induction into the pastorate by those who . greatly sympathized in that wonderful movement. At the first communion he was privileged to admit to sealing ordinances, Benjamin Hathaway, Samuel Bailey, John Perkis, Mary Perkis, Hannah Lindly and Elizabeth Johnes-an earnest of what God had in store for this people.
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( Continued from page 108.) MEMBERS.
[The third column on this page is the work of the RECORD. Information which will lead to the correction of any mistake, or the filling of any blank, will be thankfully re- ceived .- ED.]
Names.
When Received. When Dismissed or Died.
Jedidiah Gregory,
Oct.
1776. Jan. 7, 1783, aet. 53.
Rhoda Gregory (Jedidiah,)
Nov. 3, 1779, aet. 42.
Elizabeth Odell,
Elizabeth Lewis (Abraham), . Dec. 4,
Loruhamah Wines,
Jan. 1, 1778.
Jonathan Pierson.
Feb. I.
Sarah Pierson (Jonathan),
Eunice Ford (Jonathan,)
March 1, July 24, 1830, aet. 88 y. 4 m. and 20 d.
Eleanor or Anna Stiles (Timo.)
June 18, May 10, 1778, aet. 27.
Brister, negro,
July 3
"
Silve, his wf., (bap. by Mr. Lewis), Ruth Youngs, (James),
= May 2, 1779.
· Susanna Steward (Lewis), Benjamin Halsey, Esq., .
July 4,
" Moved."
Feb. 19, 1788, aet. 66. " Moved."®
Mary Hallock (Jonathan),
Anna Ogden, widow, . Nov. 5.
Ebenezer Stiles,
May
6, 1781. Nov. 22, 1814, act. 88.
Samuel Ludlum, Jr., .
Aug. 31,
Kezia, Bayles (Capt. Angus),
Sarah Wilkerson (James),
Sarah Conner (Michael),
Sept. 18."
· MEMORABLE
Joseph Thornton,
Jan. 4, 1782.
Jacob Symson,
..
..
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Elizabeth Brown,
Abner Wade,
" Moved."
Ruth Tompkins,
Providence Godden,
Jeremiah Stone,
Benjamin Holloway,
Silas Ayers, Feb.
28,
Abigail Byram,
David Dalglish,
- Henry Lane,
Elizabeth Evolt,
Theophilus Hathaway,
.€
Sarah Bayles, .
Moses Lindsly
May 3
=
Irany Lindsly (Moses)
John Garrigas,
Cornelius Locy, Jr.,
Stephen Turner,
Elizabeth Arnold (Capt.)
Mary Ayers (Silas),
-
Nancy Arnold.
Elizabeth Watcuk,
" Moved." Died May - 1819. "Moved." 1782." " Moved."
Sept. 16, 1846, aet. 87. " Excluded Oct. 3, 1797, died Dec. 29. " Moved." [1826, aet. 77.
Nov. 18, 1815, aet. 82.
1828 or 1830, aet. 75. Apr. 22, 1789, aet. 80. May 7, 1793, aet. 59. May 28, 1821, aet. 82. " Moved." Jan. 17, 1846, aet. 84. [1, 1822, aet. 73. " Excluded " May 22, 1796, died Aug. May 9, 1803, aet. 50. Oct. 30, 1819, aet. 64. " Moved."
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. Sept. 3,
Jonathan Hallock,
" Moved." Sept. 8, 1783, aet. 32.
" Moved."
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( Continued from page 109.) BAPTISMS.
1767.
Oct. 25. Jacob Ford & wf., ch. Elizabeth.
David Woodruff & wf., son, I think ye name Asa.
Peter Norris & wf., ch. Nicolas.
Nov. 1. Moses Johnson & wf., ch. Seth.
" John Allen & wf., ch. Aaron.
Dec. 6. Malcolm McCourry & wf., ch. Phebe, born Oct. 18, 1767.
" Mattaniah Lyon & wf., ch. Harvey. ..
" 13. Henry Gardiner & wf., ch. Silas. 1768.
Jan. 24. Wilby Clark on wf.'s acc., ch. Anne.
.
Feb. 7. Ichabod Carmichael & wf., ch. Re- becca.
Mar. 9. Sam'l Stevens Johnes & wf., ch. bap. at his own house ; Phebe, born Dec. 26, 1767.
" 27. Eliphalet Clark on wf.'s acc., ch. Elizabeth.
" " Sam'l Ward on wf.'s acc., ch. Silas, born Oct. 19, 1767.
Nathaniel Condict & wt., ch. Hiram. Apr. 3. Joseph Lindsly & wf., ch. Squire.
" 10. Robert Arnold & wf., ch. Hannah, born Dec. 24th, 1767.
" Jonas Phillips & wf., ch. George.
Thomas Tuttle & wf., ch. Timothy.
" 17. Philip Hathaway & wf., ch. Han- nah.
May I. Jedidiah Gregory & wf., ch. Lois.
" Ebenezer Condict & wf., ch. Phebe.
Nathan Turner & wf., ch. Jacob.
" Robert Hains & wf., ch. Noah.
June II. David Ogden on wf.'s acc., ch. Sarah.
July 10. Doc. Sam. Tuthill & wf., ch. Han- nah.
.
" Peter Prudden & wf., ch. Joanna. John Mitchel & wf., ch. Solomon, born April 15, 1768.
Jabish Bears & wf., ch. David.
" Jonathan Wood on wf.'s acc., ch. Abraham.
July 24. Jonathan Ford on wf.'s acc., ch. Charlotte.
" Sam'l Hains on wf.'s acc., ch. Ste- phen.
Jedidiah Mills & wf., ch. Abigail. .. ... James Shadwick on wf:'s acc., ch, Bethanah.
May 15. John Lyon on his own acc., ch. Sarah.
Lieu Ben. Hathaway & wf., ch. Isaac.
Gilbard Ludlum & wf., ch. Samuel.
" Alexander Carmichael & wf., ch. Huldah.
June 5. David Gauden & wf., ch. David.
.€ Joshua Guering & wf., ch. Phebe.
Gilbard Allen & wf., ch. Phebe.
" Joshua Whitehead & wf., ch. Jemima.
Aug. 4, 1768, bap. 1,168, majority of females, 10.
Aug. 7. John Metonge & wf., ch. Peter Bruer.
" " Jacob Frase & wf., ch. Elizabeth.
13. Paul Fervor & wf., ch. Anna.
" Hezekiah Stebbins on wf.'s acc., ch. Sarah.
' 21. Widow Anne Pierson, relict of Moses, ch. Kezia.
Willm. Halbard & wf., ch. Joshua.
" John Lose on wf.'s acc., ch. Mary.
28. Silas Howell & wf., ch. Hannah.
"
Sept. 11. James Wilkerson & Sarah his wf., ch. Willm. Burnet.
" Cornelius Woodruff & wf.,ch. John.
Oct. 9. Dan'l Howard & wf., ch. Abner.
.. " John Rogers on wf.'s acc,, ch. Hannah.
" 16. James Brookfield & wf., ch. Silas, born Sept. 16, 1768.
" 20. Benj. Lindsly & wf., ch. Jane., born Sept. 15, 1768.
James Miller & wf., ch. Samuel.
27. Daniel Carmichael & wf., ch. Daniel, born Sept. 14, 1768.
Nov.13. Ephraim Burrel's wf. on her acc., ch. Phebe.
Dec. 14. John Pool & wf., ch. Ezra.
Dec. 25. Lieu. John Lindsly & wf.,ch. Henry.
« " Christopher Wood & wf., ch. John, born Oct, 4, 1768.
1769.
Jan. I. Ezek. Day & wf., ch. Elizabeth.
15. Nathan Turner & wf., ch. Lydia.
22. Phineas Fairchild & wf., ch. Char- lotte, born Oct. 10, 1768.
" Zenas Condict & wf., ch. Abigail.
Feb. 19. David Woodruff & wf., ch. Demas.
" David Fairchild & wf., ch. Silas.
" Jerzel Turner & wf., ch. Daniel. 1
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Mar. 5. Jabish Condit & wf,, ch. Jonas. .. 19. Abraham Canfield & wf., ch. Abner.
John Pierson & wf., ch. Ruth.
John Hathaway & wf., ch. Gershom.
25. Moses Munson & wf., ch. John.
Seth Crowell, jun., & wf., ch. Mary. Apr. 2. William Verguson & wf., ch. Eliza- beth.
Nathaniel Armstrong and wf., ch. Nathaniel.
" 23. Nathaniel Peck & wf., ch. Ruth.
May 14. Benj. Pierson, jun. & wf., ch. Paul.
" 21. Robard McCalvey, twins on wf's acc., Sarah & Abigail.
.. Timo. Johnes & wf., negro child Juba, born March 30, 1769.
June 4. Sam Allwood & wf., ch. Jonas.
" 25. Moses Prudden & wf., ch. Elizabeth born May 17, 1769. Daniel Tichenor & wf., ch. Jane, born May 4, 1769.
" " Jonathan Tichenor & wf., ch. Han- nah.
" 29. Joshua Winget & wf., ch. Huldah. July 16. Phil. Lindsly & wf,, ch. Sarah, born June 15, 1769.
" 23. Stephen Conkling & wf., ch. De- borah, born April 17, 1769.
Joseph Condict & wf., ch. Jeduthan, born April 28, 1769.
.. .. Moses Lindsly & wf., ch. Elizabeth, born June 25, 1769.
July 30. Peter Hill & wf., ch. Abigail, born April 8, 1769.
Aug. 6. Eleazar Lindsly & wf., ch. Eleazar, Stephen Norris & wf., ch. Phebe, born July 1, 1769.
" 13. Ichabod Carmichael & wf., ch. Anna, born June 30, 1769.
" 26. Dea. Matthias Burnet & wf., negro ch. Dol, born May, 1769.
Sept. 3. Elizabeth Easton, ch. Aaron Davis, born March 17, 1769.
" 24. Jonathan Hathaway & wf., ch. Phebe, born Aug. 18, 1769.
Onesimus Whitehead & wf., ch. Huldah, born July 30, 1769.
". .. John Allen & wf .. ch. Jehosheba, born Aug. 31, 1769.
Oct. 15. Malcom McCoury & wf., ch. Jane, born Sept. 8, 1769.
" 22. Eleazar Hathaway & wf., ch. Mary, born Sept. 12, 1769.
Oct. 29. Alexander Johnson, on wife's ac- count, ch. Timothy, born Aug. 20, 1769.
Dec. 17. Joseph Lindsley & wf., ch. Jemima, born Nov. 15, 1769.
1770.
Jan. 14. Moses Johnson & wf., ch. Ebenezar, born Nov. 14, 1769.
.. .. Nathaniel Condict & wf., ch. Isaiah, born Nov. 26, 1769.
21. Junia Lindsly & wf., ch. Nehemiah, born Dec. 3, 1769.
Perkins Byram & wf., ch. Eliab, born Dec. 1, 1769.
Feb. II. Peter Condict & wf., ch. Edward, born Nov. 15, 1769.
25. John Mills & wf., ch. Silas, born Jan. 23, 1770.
Mar. 4. Joshua Guerin & wf., ch. Thomas, born Jan. 11, 1770.
25. Isaac Pierson & wf., ch. Eunice, born Feb. 10, 1770.
" James Keen & wf., ch. Eunice, born Feb. 25, 1770.
Silas Howell & wf., ch. Silas White, born Feb, 22., 1770.
April 1. Eliphalet Clark, on wife's account, ch. Elisha.
Peter Norris & wf., ch. Aaron.
Ezekiel Brown & wf., ch. Sarah.
8. John Lyon, on his own account, ch. Isaac, born Feb. 24, 1770.
" Gilbard Allen & wf., ch. Silas, born Feb. 5, 1770.
Sam'l Ward, on wife's account, ch. Hannah, born Dec. 29, 1769.
" 22. Abraham Campfield & wife, ch. Phebe, born Jan. 5, 1770.
" Thomas Miller & wf., ch. Moses, born Feb. 28, 1770.
" 26. Jonathan Ford, on wife's account, ch. John Odell, b. Mar. 13. 1770.
May 4. Lindsly Burnet & wf .. ch. Joseph Lindsly, born Nov. 26, 1769.
6. Ichabod Cooper & wf., ch. Moses, born Feb. 15, 1770.
16 Richard Johnson & wf., ch. David, born Feb, 3, 1770.
.4 Phebe, wf., of Jacob Palmer, on her acc., ch. Samuel, b. Nov. 20, 1769. Phebe, wf. of Jacob Palmer, on her . acc., ch. Samuel, born Nov. 20, 1769.
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( Continued from page 111.) BILL OF MORTALITY.
1784.
June II. Anne, widow of Jacob Johnson, aet. 31, consumption.
* 12. Jacob Allen,t aet. 22, kick from a horse.
July 22. George Phillips,* aet. 52.
" 25. Elizabeth, wife of Moses Allen, aet. 29, billous fever.
Aug. I. Phæbe, daughter of George Mills, aet. I, quinsy.
" Child of Joseph Prudden, Jun.
.. 9. Rachael, wife of John Stevenson,* aet. 31, consumption.
" 11. Judith, daughter of Aaron Pierson, aet. 16, consumption.
" " John, son of Caleb Russell, aet. 2, remitting fever.
16. Sarah, wife of Capt. Jedidiah Mills,* aet. 35, remitting fever.
" 24. Daniel Brady, aet. 40, inflammatory fever.
" 28. Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Woodruff, aet. 3, sore throat.
Sept. 2. Sarah, wife of Joseph Lindsly, Jun., aet. 22, consumption.
Elizabeth Johnes, daughter of Jos. Lewis, Esq., teething and worms.
.. Daphne, servant of Rev. Timothy Johnes, aet. 55, inflammatory fever.
8. Rachel, wife of Josiah Munson, aet. 18, fever. A child of Asa Beach.
" II. Capt. John Lindsley,* aet. 56, con- sumption.
13. Prudence, daughter of John Prud- den, aet. 14, fever.
Abraham Plum, aet. 14, dropsy.
19. A child of John Tuttle.
" 23. Dorcas Easton,* aet. 58, intermit- tent fever.
# " Philip, son of Abiel Fairchild, aet. Io, fever.
Sarah, daughter of John Harporee, aet. 3, intermittent fever.
29. A child of Moses Wilkinson.
- 30. Mary, wife of Philip Condict,* aet. 72, fever.
Experience, widow of Benjamin Conger,* aet. 73, old age.
Oct. 2. Mary, wife of Abraham Pierson,* aet. 72, remitting fever.
Oct. 2. Mary Pierson, taet.25, consumption.
8. Widow Seward, aet. 60.
10. Uzal Coe, aet, 37, putrid fever.
.. A child of Silas Casterline.
Nov.25. Nathan, son of Nathan Reeve, aet. 2, worms.
.. A child of Hubert Duburk, aet. 2, consumption.
1785.
Jan. 7. Patience, widow of Benjamin Pier- son,* aet. 77, old age.
9. An illegitimate child, casual.
15. Sarah, wife of Samuel Mills,* aet. 61, - pleurisy.
23. Bethiah, wife of Benjamin Hallsey, Esq.,* aet. 62, consumption.
Feb. 8. Bethia, wife of Thomas Miller, aet. 45, consumption.
' 21. Jacob, son of Isaac Pruden, putrid fever.
Mar. 3. Phœbe, daughter of Peter Norris, Jun., aet. I, meazles.
" 4. A child of Samuel Pangborn.
Apr. 10. A child of Jedidiah Osborn.
15. Joanna, wife of Daniel Smith, aet. 33, consumption.
20. Daniel Frost, aet. 79, diabetes.
23. A child of John Tuttle.
' 27. Hannah, wife Capt. Silas Howell,* aet. 36, child-bed.
A child of Joseph Byram.
May 1. Daniel Conger, aet. 57, dropsy.
9. Joseph Pierson, aet. 72, fever.
17. Rebeckah, wife of Gideon Riggs, aet. 68, fever.
18. Sarah, daughter of David Muir.
19. Twins of Amos Prudden.
20. A child of Ziba Ludlow.
25. A child of Silas Gildersleve.
" 28. A child of William Meeker.
June 1. Sarah, daughter of David Brown, t aet. I, plurisy.
5. Elder, Timothy Lindsley,* aet. 57, sudden.
13. A child of Silas Gildersleve.
14. James, son of Michael Conner, aet. 2, hives.
.. 17. Comfort, widow of Joseph Stiles, Esq.,* aet 77, consumption.
21. Elizabeth Phœbe, wife of James Cook, aet. 22, child-bed.
July 21. Elizabeth, daughter of Deacon Allen, 19, consumption.
" 23. A child of John Lindsley. (To be continued.)
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( Continued from page 112.) TRUSTEES' BOOK.
A request was made by Mr. Lewis to have a certain plot of ground appropriated for the purpose of making vaults for any fam- ilies who would chose that method of bury- ing their dead.
Voted, That Mr. Lindsley, Mr. Mills and Mr. Lewis be a committee to examine the ground and conveniences for it, and request the Sexton to dig no more graves within the space chosen by the committee for the said purpose, until he shall receive orders from this board, and that the committee report thereon.
Voted, That Mr. Lindsley and Mr. Mills be a committee to rent a house for the pur- pose of accommodating the Rev. Mr. Collins. June 21, 1790 .- * * *
Mr. President proposed to have a Church Treasurer in the room of Mr. Smith who is absent-whereupon the Board appointed Mr. Mills to serve in that office. Mr. Mills was appointed to settle the accounts of the late Treasurer, and report to the Board. The Board appointed Mr. Cherry .to serve as Sexton, and that he be paid five pounds per year by the Treasurer, and be allowed to demand and receive from five shil- lings to a dollar for digging a grave and tolling the bell at each funeral ; and that the Sexton see that the meeting house is properly swept from time to time and be allowed three pounds five shillings to pay for that service with the reserve that Joseph Woodman be allowed to continue to do the business as heretofore.
Voted, That the Treasurer be directed to pay Nathan Howell the balance of his ac- count for services as sexton to this day.
Sept. 6, 1790, at the house of Joseph Lewis. The weekly contributions falling short of the current expenses of ringing the Bell, sweeping the meeting house, &c. Voted that Mr. Lewis wait on the Rev. Doctor Johnes and request him to address the people upon this occasion and request their future attention to this part of their duty and to be more liberal in contribu- ting, and the next succeeding Sabbath be appointed to make a collection for paying
arrears which now amount to about 5 or 6 pounds.
Voted that Jesse Cuttler and Samuel Day be appointed to carry about the collection box in the gallery when contributions are to be made.
Voted, That the Assessor be requested to assess twenty-two pounds ten shillings (in addition to the Rev. Mr. Collins' salary) for the purpose of paying the rent of a house hired for the use of Mr. Collins.
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Voted, That Messrs. Johnson and Lewis be a committee to superintend the repairs of the fence around the parsonage, make such part of it new as they may think neces- sary, and erect a fence around a plot of ground on the same sufficient for garden.
Oct. 8, 1790 .- At a meeting of the congre- gation pursuant to advertisements for that purpose.
Resolved, That Deacon Allen serve as Moderator. That Joseph Lewis serve as Clerk.
James Smith having removed and Joseph Lewis having resigned his office as a Trustee, the congregation elected Jonathan Ogden and Jacob Arnold, Esq., to serve as Trustees.
Resolved, That the committee of Direc- tion proceed to provide materials for the new meeting house as soon as convenient. That the house be built seventy feet long and fifty feet broad. That a committee of Council be appointed to give further instruc- tions to the Committee of Directors from time to time as they may think proper.
That Judge Condict, Doct. Johnes, Jr., Doct. Jab. Campfield, Squire Carmichael, Squire Lindsly, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Jonathan Dickerson, Major Lindsly, Deacon Allen, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Mills and Mr. Halsey be a committee for that purpose. That the said committee have leave to add to or take from the length or breadth of the said new meeting house any number of feet not exceeding five. That the said Committee have leave to apply to the Legislature for the privilege of a Lottery to raise a sum of money equal to the expense of building the new meeting house. That the Board of Trustees have leave to purchase a stove for the Rev. Mr. Collins.
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( Continued from page 115.) HISTORICAL SERMON,
No. I.
BY THE
REV. DAVID IRVING, D.D.,
The year previous to his coming to this place,the Presbyterian Church, then in its in- fancy in this land, had been rent in twain. It consisted at that time of 6 Presbyteries and one Synod, called the Synod of Philadelphia, Its ministry was gathered from different countries, whose early training and habits influenced their views, which, being diverse, interfered to some extent with the general harmony of the body. The points, which had elicited for years the warmest discussion. were strict adherence to Presbyterial order -the examination of candidates for the ministry, and their literary acquirements. Whilst there had been continued friction on these topics the visit of Whitefield brought matters to a crisis. In the great awakening which attended his labors, frequent scenes of fanaticismi and extravagance were wit- nessed, that awoke the displeasure of the more rigid in the Synod, who were not backward to pronounce the whole work a
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delusion. Those who warmly favored the revival, were as earnest in its approval. This, with the other matters mentioned, led to a division of the Synod in 1741-the "Old Side," as it was called constituting the Synod of Philadelphia, and the " New Side" the Synod of New York. This church naturally came into connection with the New Side, with many of whose views by reason of association and education Mr. Johnes warmly sympathized.
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