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statutes now in force prove unavailing, then pass other acts ; but until this be done do not change the present status. And
still another plan is proposed .- Throw open the traffic to all; abolish the license system : but impose a very heavy tax on the seller ; oblige those who sell liquor to place their saloons in public places where they will be open to all, and be strictly under the surveillance of the po- lice. And still another says: Trust alone to the teachings of the church; this is a great moral evil not to be reached by laws, but only by an enlightened Christian senti- ment which the church of Christ can alone inculcate.
These various plans show the divergence of opinion on this most important subject. This evil is to be treated like all others in some practical method. Which method is the proper one is the question now before the Christian public and must be met.
EASTER
Sunday, March 25, 1883, was celebrated in most Christian churches as an anniversary of the day on which the Resurrection of the Savior took place. In many churches there were service of song and praise and gorgeous ritual. Flowers, rich and rare, decked pulpit and chancel ; while, with cer- emonies, grand and imposing, pious priest and devout worshipper marked their ap- preciation of the occasion.
The Resurrection of Christ was a grand event and worthy of our highest reverence. Without it the Christian system would be worthless and our hope of salvation vain. But there is no historical proof that the day, or even any day in the period, usually se- lected to commemorate the event, is an anniversary of the one on which it actually occurred, nor is there any his- torical evidence that the very early Chris- tians ever celebrated any day in remem- brance of the Resurrection. On the contrary, such testimony as may be gained from history is against the assumption that there was any such custom. In fact, some writers derive Easter from a festival, cele- brated in the month of April by the Teu- tonic race, in honor of Eostre or Ostara, the Goddess of Spring. Easter, as a name, undoubtedly, is taken from the title of this
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Divinity. Bede gives this derivation of the word and says that April was called the Eostre-monath. The French give to the fes- tival the name of Pasque ; the Greek church call it Pascha ; and several branches of the Latin church know it by a similar appella- tion. Neither of these names is derived directly, either from the Greek or Latin language, but from the Hebrew in its Ara- maic form, where it was used to denote the Passover. A difference of opinion arose very early in the Christian church on this subject among the learned Fathers ; some insisting that the word was derived from the Greek verb, Paschein, to suffer, while others asserted that it was from the Hebrew. The knowledge of this latter tongue among the Anti-Nicene Fathers, was very limited. The controversy is now at an end by the as- sent of all scholars to the Hebrew deriva- tion.
Socrates, the Greek church historian, who continued the history of Eusebius, writing in the 5th century, uses this language with reference to this festival. "The Savior and His Apostles have enjoined us, by no law, to keep this feast, nor in the New Testa- ment are we threatened with any penalty, punishment, or curse for the neglect of it, as the Mosaic law does the Jews. * The Apostles had no thought of appoint- ing festival days, but of promoting a life of blamelessness and piety, and it seems to me that the feast of Easter has been introduced into the Church from some old usage, just as many other customs have been establish- ed."
These quotations are taken from Book V., chapter 22d of the history of Socrates, where he enters quite largely into his own views respecting the celebration of Easter.
Discussions arose, certainly as early as the 3d century, as to the proper time of Easter feasts. These discussions soon de- generated into controversies, which were characterized by great vehemence and acri- mony, and assumed such importance that Constantine, the Great, in A. D. 325 sub- mitted this vexed question, as well as some doctrinal disputes, which had divided the church, to the great council, known as the Nicene.
It certainly is a fair argument against the idea that the Easter festival is derived from
Eostre or Ostara, the Teutonic Goddess ; to say that if Socrates be right, and the holy day had an existence in the Christian church at the period about which he wrote ; since the German had not then embraced Christianity, it is more probable that the Easter festival originated from the Jewish observance of the Passover. This conclu- sion is also confirmed by the Hebraic origin of the word. It may be added in this con- nection that the word Pascha is to be found in the Septuagint translation of Exodus, 12, 27, where it denotes the Passover. This translation was probably made 300 years B. C. It must not be forgotten that the Res- urrection actually took place at the time of the Passover.
Let all this be as it may, no Christian, who loves his Savior, should hesitate to celebrate the Resurrection of that Savior, an event so full to him of hope and promise, even if there be doubt as to the day. Days and times are of no account. Events, such as the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, mark eras in the history of man which are not bounded by time, or divisions of time, but extend over Eternity.
Father ! in thy mercy, spare ! On the children of thy care, Worthy only of thy frown, Look in tender pity down ! Miserere, Domine !
All the pleasures of the past, Dead-Sea apples, in our grasp ; Subject, by our passions base, To the hidings of thy face, Miserere, Domine !
All our idols, made of clay,
Ever crumble, day by day ; ()ne by one, they all depart, Soothe each sorrow-stricken heart ! Miserere, Domine !
Joy, to every human soul ! Earth, rejoice from pole to pole ! Herald angels, on the wing, Tell us of our risen king. Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day !
Weary mortal ! Sin-sick heart !
Jesus bids your fears depart. Only keep your armor bright ; He will make your burden light. Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day !
Cast your idols all away ! Lean on Him from day to day. Mountain high your sins have seemed ; Now, by precious blood redeemed ! Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day !
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MORRISTOWN, N. J. " THIS SHALL BE WRITTEN FOR THE GENERATION TO COME."-Psalms 102 : 18.
VOLUME III. MAY, 1883. NUMBER 5.
[Printed with the Approval of the Session. ]
THE RECORD
Will be published monthly at Morristown. N. J. Terms $1.00 per annum, in advance: Subscriptions may be made at the book- stores of Messrs. Runyon and Emmell, or to Messrs. James R. Voorhees and William D. Johnson, or by letter addressed to the
EDITOR OF THE RECORD, Morristown, N. J.
Entered at the Post Office at Morristown, N. J., as second class matter.
MEMORANDA
OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MORRISTOWN, N. J., For the Year ending 31 March, 1883.
MEMBERSHIP.
Number of Communicants, 381
Added during year by Baptisnı, 4
. " Confirmation, 6
..
.. on Examination,
..
" Certificate,
Adult Baptisms, 4. Infant Baptisms, 3
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Number of Officers, 9 Number rec'd, into church, 6.
" Teachers, . 47 Am't given to our Boards,$340
" Scholars, 348 " other objects,280 .. -
Total Membership,
404 Total contributions, $620
Average Attendance, 250 Number of Books in Li- brary, 540
BENEFICENCE .- THE HOME FIELD. HOME MISSIONS :
Annual Collection, . $134.96
for Church Exten-
sion Com. of Synod, 63.28
Woman's Home Mission Soc. Boxes, 400.00 Individual gifts, officially acknowledged, 336.50 Children's Mis. Society, various objects, 115.00 Stevenson Band, 11.00
$1,060.74
EDUCATION OF CANDIDATES FOR MINISTRY.
Annual Collection, . 50.45
Appropriated from Session Fund,for Ger- man Sem. at Bloomfield, 50.00 Children's Mis. Soc. for Lincoln Univ., 75.00 Stevenson Band, for Sitka School, 25.00
200.00
PUBLICATION, or PRESBYTERIAN COLPORTAGE : Annual Collection, 58.00
CHURCH ERECTION :
58.00
Annual Collection, 81.45
Appropriated from Session Fund, for Lakewood Church, 50.00 Appro'd from Session Fund, for Building Fund of Synod's Com., 50.00
RELIEF OF AGED AND INVALID MINISTERS :
Annual Collection,
76.45
Special
35.00
MISSIONS TO FREEDMEN :
Annual Collection, 73.00
Individual gifts, officially acknowledged,55.00
123.00
SUSTENTATION OF FEEBLE CHURCHES :
Annual Collection,
45.59
45.59
MISCELLANEOUS :
Annual Collection for Bible Society, 59.14 Contributions to Tract Society, 230.00
.. " Chn's Home, Parsip-
pany,
774.00
Woman's Home Mis. Soc., for sufferers by Cyclone in lowa, 300.00 Chn's Mis.Soc.for Seaman's Friend Soc.,50.00
1,413.14
Total for " The Home Field," $3,198.82
THE FOREIGN LAND.
FOREIGN MISSIONS :
Annual Collection, $743.71
Zenana Society, 350.00
Individual gifts, officially acknowl- edged, 80 00 Children's Mis. Soc., for work in
France,
50.00
Do.
do.
do.
do. Gould Home, 150.00 Do. do. do. do. Foreign Board, 200.00 Total for "The Foreign Field," 1.553.71
14 "The Home Field," 3.198.82
Total beneficence,
4,752.53
CONGREGATIONAL EXPENSES.
Assessment for Presbytery and General Assembly, 39.50 CONGREGATIONAL :
Current expenses of Church,
6,766.84
:
" Sunday school,
200.00
Care of Poor by Deacons,
133.04
Miscellaneous (mainly for additions
to Chapel),
1, 147.77
8,247.65
Total contributions,
$13.059.68
181.45
111.45
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PASTORAL.
From ist May, 1882, to 31 March, 1883.
Sermons preached,
Prayer Meetings addressed. . 39
Special Addresses, 18 Meetings with Catechism Class, 16
Missionary Sermons and Addresses, 7
Preparatory Lectures, 6
Communion Services, 6
Marriages solemnized. 5
Funeral Services, 19
Calls made, 523
No. of Families on list of Congregation 245
SOME EVENTS OF THE YEAR.
1882.
May 11. Pastor installed : the Rev. Dr. A. Erdman pre- siding, assisted by Dr. T. F. White and Dr. R. Aikman ; sermon by the Rev. T. B. McLeod, charge to Pastor by the Rev. J. H. Mcllvaine, and charge to people by Dr. H. F. Hickok.
" 13. Fair in Lyceum for addition to Chapel and Gould Home.
. ..
28. Union service in evening, at the South Street Church, for Torbert Post, G. A. R.
June 1. Anniversary of Sunday School, with address by Mr. Ralph Wells.
13. Delegates present at Anniversary of Bible Soc., Boonton.
" 15. First use of appointment cards for prayer service.
Sept. 22. Steeple struck by lightning, damage slight.
29. Adoption of new blanks for dismissal and recom- mendation of members.
Oct. 3. Delegates present at County Sunday School Conven- tion.
" 13. Anniversary of the Children's Missionary Society, in Church ; followed by sociable in Chapel.
" 15. Union service in evening, at South Street Church, addressed by Rev. Dr. R. Aikman, on Growth of the Church in South Jersey.
' 16. Death of Rev. Gavin Langmuir, at Florence, Italy : Pastor from July, 1866, to Sept. 1868.
22. Union service in evening, at First Church, addressed by the Rev. Dr. H. H. Jessup, " Bearing of recent Egyptian war on missions to Mahome- tans."
Nov 12. Infant Class occupied its new room, for first time. 12. Union service in evening at South Street Church, for V. M. C. A.
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30. Union Thanksgiving service at Baptist Church, sermon by Rev. Mr. Pannell.
Dec. 8. Fair and supper in Chapel, for furnishing addition.
= 24. Christmas service of School held Sunday evening.
29. Christmas festival of Sunday School.
1883. Jan. 8-13. Week of Prayer ; Union meetings held in South St. Church. at 11 A. M. on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, and at 7:30 P. M. on Tuesday and Friday.
13. The Record resumed publication under editorial charge of Mr. John Whitehead.
16. Afternoon and evening meeting in chapel, with ad- dresses on Home Missions, at invitation of Stevenson Band, by Mrs. Walker and the Rev. Dr. T. Hill.
21. Union service, at Methodist Church, addressed by the Rev. I. W. Brinkerhof, for Howard Mission.
Feb. 4. First use of order of evening service arranged on old Presbyterian models.
". 16. Supper of Zenana Society, in chapel.
Feb. 19. "l'emperance Voters' League," organized by dele- gates from all parts of the county, in Chapel. Mar. 11. _ Eleventh consecutive stormy Sunday.
13. Annual Parish Meeting : Mr. A. B. Hull declined re-election as Treasurer, after ten years of ser- vice.
HON. GEORGE K. DRAKE.
Col. Jacob Drake, the father of George K. Drake, was born at Piscataway, Middle- sex county, April 21, 1732, and while yet a young man removed to Morris county, lo- cating at Drakesville, then an unbroken wilderness. His nearest neighbor was Gen. Woodhull, who had made a settlement six miles distant in the direction of Chester. Indians were all about him. Here he built the hotel property, now owned by Jeremiah Baker and here he spent the most of his life. He was a very active and energetic man, of fine physique, six feet in height and very erect in his carriage, exceedingly neat in his person and habits, punctilious in meeting his engagements, generous and hospitable. In illustration of his character, it is said, he would discharge a workman who would strike a blow after the signal had sounded for dinner, and that when in his last sickness he noticed from the window some unsightly weeds growing by a fence, he sent word to his man "Jimmy" to cut them down at once. When told that Jimmy was away but that the work would be at- tended to in a few minutes, he replied, " I may be dead in a few minutes." When the difficulties between Great Britain and her colonies became serious, Capt. Jacob Drake, as he was then called, became at once one of the leaders in the popular movement. At the meeting of the Freeholders of Morris county, Jan. 9, 1775, presided over by Gen. Winds, and which approved " the associa- tion" of the Continental Congress, he was made one of the committee of correspond- ence. On Monday, May 1, 1775, the Free- holders of the county elected him one of the nine delegates who were "vested with the power of legislation" and directed " to raise men, money and arms for the common defence." These delegates in convention, Aug. 12, directed another election Sept. 21, for the choice of delegates to meet at Tren- ton, October 3, and Col. Drake was one of the five so chosen. Again in May, 1776, an-
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other general election was held by direction of the Provincial Congress to choose del- egates to a new convention, and Col. Drake was again chosen one of the five from this county, receiving 491 votes, a larger num- ber than was cast for any other of the can- didates. These frequent re-elections were necessary in a body, ruling not under any constitution but proceeding directly from the people and thus receiving frequent en- dorsements for their acts. This last con- vention which assembled at Burlington, June 10, approved July 2, the first constitu- tion of this State and directed the manner
in which the first State Legislature should be chosen. In this Legislature and in the two succeeding ones, Col. Drake was one of the representatives from Morris. Mean- time two battalions of Militia had been rais- ed and organized. The Eastern commanded by Col. Jacob Ford, the Western by Col. Drake, but the appointment of the latter to the Legislature obliged him to resign his colonelcy in 1776. Col. Drake was married twice. By his first wife, Miss Charity Young, he had one daughter, Mrs. Howell. His second wife was Esther, daughter of Capt. Peter Dickerson and the widow of Mr. George King, of Morristown. To her he was married Dec. 13, 1781, by Dr. Timo- thy Johnes. They had six children, viz .: Clarissa H., born Aug. 23, 1783, who mar- ried Dr. Ebenezer Woodruff; Jacob B. Drake, born May 5, 1786 ; Silas Drake, born April 10, 1790; George King Drake, born Sept. 16, 1788; Peter Drake, born April 9, 1792, and Eliza Drake, born April 4, 1794, who married Dr. Absalom Woodruff. After the war Col. Drake continued to re- side at Drakesville, until about 1811, when he sold the hotel to Henry Mooney and re- moved to a house he had built at Succa- sunna, afterwards occupied by Dr. Ebenezer Woodruff, where he died in September, 1823.
George K. Drake was born at Drakesville and named after his mother's first husband, who was the brother of Henry King of Morristown and uncle of William L., Charles and Jacob King. In the absence of neigh- borhood schools he was placed by his father under the care of the celebrated Rev. Amzi Armstrong of Mendham. Here he un- doubtedly received the strong religious bias
which ever after manifested itself in his life. Under the tuition of Dr. Armstrong he fit- ted for Princeton college, from which he graduated in 1808, in the same class with the late Bishop Meade, of Va., George Wood and Judge Wayne of the U. S. Supreme Court. After graduation he begun at once the study of law in the office of Sylvester Russel, then one of the leading members of the Morris county bar. In 1812 he was licensed as attorney and began the practice of his profession at Morristown. In 1815 he was made Counselor and in 1834 Ser- geant-at-Law. October 4, 1815, he was united in marriage to Mary Alling Halsey, daughter of Jacob Halsey of New York city, and set up his house. In January, 1816, he purchased from Israel Canfield a lot adjoin- ing the Lewis Mills' property, where the Bates' stores are now in Washington street, and upon this he built his residence and had his office. He soon established himself in a fine practice, his well known integrity and ability securing for him the business of the leading men of the community. August 15, 1822, he united with the First Presbyterian Church, then under the pastoral care of Dr. McDowell, his wife having united in May previous, At a meet- ing of the church on Friday, the Ist of Sep- tember, 1826, Mr. Drake and five others were elected ruling elders, and on Sabbath, the first day of October following, they were solemnly set apart to the office by prayer.
In 1823 he was elected a member of the House of Assembly and re-elected the three following years. The last two years of his membership he was Speaker of the House. In 1824, and again in 1825, he was appointed Prosecutor of the Pleas for Morris County. In December, 1826, while a member of the House, he was appointed in joint meeting one of the Justices of the Supreme Court, to succeed Judge Rossel. To accommodate the people of the judicial district to which he was assigned, he left Morristown in 1828 and removed with his family to Burlington, where he resided for five years, and then to Trenton where he remained two years.
During the last years of his term the cel- ebrated case of Shotwell against Hendrick- son and Decow, growing out of the division which had taken place in the Society of Friends, was referred to Chief Justice Ew-
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ing and Justice Drake for decision, the Chancellor having been engaged as counsel in the case. Hendrickson, in 1821, as Treas- urer of the School Fund of the Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends of Ches- terfield, loaned $2,000 to Shotwell on mort- gage. At this time there was no division in the Society, and until after the yearly meeting, held in Arch street meeting house on the third Monday of April, 1827, there was but one yearly meeting. At this mem- orable meeting the presence of a disturbing element was very apparent. The meeting nevertheless adjourned "to meet in the next year at the usual time." The " Hick- site " party were very much dissatisfied with the proceedings, and a convention of their party was called in October, which resulted in forming a new yearly meeting which held its first session in Green street, in Philadel- phia, on the second Monday in April, 1828, the " Orthodox" party meeting on the third Monday of April in that year in Arch street meeting house as formerly. The division in the yearly meeting extended to all the branches of the Society. Each quarterly, monthly and preparative meeting separated into two. The Hicksite preparative meet- ing accounted to the Hicksite monthly meeting, that to the Hicksite quarterly meeting and that to the Green street yearly meèting. The Orthodox meetings were maintained as they had been. There were two Chesterfield preparative meetings and of these Decow was treasurer of that of the Hicksite party, while Hendrickson remain- ed treasurer of that of the Orthodox party. Both claimed the money from Shotwell who sympathized with the Hicksite party and compelled the parties to interplead. Hendrickson in his bill of complaint stated among other things that there were three prominent points of doctrine always deem- ed fundamental in the Society on which they differed. That the Orthodox Friends believed in the divinity of the Saviour, the Atonement and the inspiration and certainty of the Scriptures, but that the Hicksites re- jected these doctrines. Decow in his an- swer denied that these doctrines were fun- damental, and that every individual mem- ber of the society might believe in regard to them what he pleased.
The Chief Justice decided the case against the Hicksite party in a very elaborate opin- ion, arguing quite conclusively that the preparative meeting represented by Decow and accountable through its respective monthly and quarterly meetings to the Green street yearly meeting was not the one to whom the money was payable. That the Orthodox preparative meeting was the original institution, not destroyed or legally affected by the separation of a portion of its membership. He did not discuss the differ- ences of belief of the two parties.
Judge Drake, in his opinion, went further than the Chief Justice. To use his own phraseology the propriety as well as the legality of the courts noticing the doctrines of the preparative meeting, which was to superintend the expenditure of the fund in question, was too manifest to admit of doubt, and he declared that in his opinion the fund should be awarded to that meeting which had shown, at least to his satisfaction. that they agreed in doctrine with the socie- ty of Friends as it existed at the origin of the trust.
This decision gave great dissatisfaction to the losing party. They declared that while the Chief Justice took away their property Judge Drake had robbed them also of their religion. Accordingly their enmity to him was much deeper and took a practical form. By their votes the next fall they helped to elect a Democratic Legislature which ap- pointed Thos. C. Ryerson, Esq., of the same political faith to succeed him. Judge Elmer, in his reminiscences, remarks that this was the only case where the reappointment of a generally accepted judge had been defeated by a single obnoxious decision. Judge Ry- erson, with many other Democrats, stoutly opposed this unjustifiable proscription and warmly advocated his reappointment. His name was used to secure the votes of Sus- sex members, and " thus without his knowl- edge, he was made the instrument of defeat- ing an excellent and irreproachable judge, his own warm and personal friend." That this would be the probable result of his opinion Judge Drake foreknew, but believ- ing it to be his duty he did not hesitate to declare his convictions with the greatest freedom, and to put his decision on princi-
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ples which, not being necessarily required to be assured, others would have deemed it wiser to avoid.
In 1835, after the expiration of his term, he returned to Morristown and again re- sumed the active practice of his profession. But severe trials waited upon his remaining years. While still living in Trenton he was afflicted with rheumatism which confined him for months to his house and troubled him ever after. He became financially much embarrassed in the settlement of his father's estate and by the impairment of his practice from his long absence from Morristown. On the 26th of March, 1836, he lost his only son, Edmund Burke Drake, a youth of great promise, who died of ery- sipelas in his nineteenth year. In the spring of the following year he rode on horseback from Morristown to Succasunna without a buckskin vest he had been in the habit of wearing during the past winter. He was taken with pleurisy at the house of his brother-in-law, Dr. Ebenezer Woodruff, and after an illness of only one week died May 6th, in the forty-eighth year of his age. He was buried at Morristown in the old church yard, but his remains were afterwards re- moved to the Evergreen Cemetery. His widow survived him many years and died at the house of her son-in-law in Newark, April 18, 1872.
Judge Drake left four children. Eliza Halsey, who married George R. Howell : Annie Mckenzie, who married Henry G. Darcy ; Mary L., who is the wife of Justice Scudder of the Supreme Court, and Marion McLean, who died in childhood.
A gentleman who remembers Judge Drake very well prior to 1821, says of him, "He was my father's counsel. I conse- quently saw more of him than most boys of my age, having occasion to go to his office frequently on errands, and his appearance, voice and manners are very strongly im- pressed on my mind. He was rather tall and had a slight bend or scholarly stoop in walking. But his height, with rather a long neck, gave him a commanding appear- ance when on his feet. His most striking feature was his voice which was an uncom- monly deep bass, rich and sonorous. His utterance was slow and deliberate. It seem- ed as if not only every sentence but every
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