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[TRUSTEES, 31 Aug., 1808.] At a meeting of Trustees, at the house of Grover Coe, Mr. Person absent. Mr. Mills and Mr. John- son, a committee appointed to meet a com- mittee from the board of chosen Freehold- ers of the County of Morris, respecting the building erected by Moses Estey. Esq'r, Reported that they had met with Said Com- mittee, who disagreed to the proposal made by the Trustees.
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Mr. Mills, from the Committe for Selling rfited Seats in the Meeting house, Report- et that they had Sold at publick vendue, at entish meeting which was duly Advertised & publick notice given, which vendue be- Kin on the 24th day of march, 1808, and a part of the Sales adjourned to the 13th Apriel: the Seats Sold were as follow. : § No. 7 ;. below. of Jehabod Coopers, Sold to Da- vid Cooper for $14.20. g of No. 58, below, [ Jabez Condicts, Sold to Abner Whitehead for $15.00. § of No. 50, in Gal'y, of Jabez Condicts, Sold to Jacob Tingler for $7.00. Fot No. Jo, in Gal'y, of John Coplins, Sold to Thomas Gering for $6.85. } of No. 69, below, of Philip Eastens, Sold to George Emmel for $11.oo. ¿ of No. 62, below, of Timothy Fairchilds, Sold to Jacob Smith for $30.05. J No. 45, in Gal'y, of Silas Hath- way, Sold to Isaac Lewis for $1.50. 4 No. 57. in Gal'y, of Jeptha Wades, Sold to Moses Sayr for $1.30.
How the amount of the above Sales were Setled may be Seen in the Sallery book and the Trustees book of Accounts.
[PARISH, 15 Sept. 1808.] 15th Sept'r., ISos. A parish Meeting was this day held, agreeable to publick notice from the pulpit last Sabbath, when Deacon Gilbert Allen was chosen Moderator, and Lewis Condict, Clerk.
John Mills, one of the Trustees, present- ed a Subscription, circulated by order of the last parish meeting, the object of which was to purchase a new Town Clock. Ordered to lie on the table, & that the Trustees cir- culate it at their discretion in future.
Voted that Mr. Richards be paid Ninety dollars instead of firewood for this year.
John Mills, in behalf of the Trustees, re- ported a Statement in writing of the funds of the Congregation, to which is Subjoined a Statement of the Ministers Sallary, the amount of the assessments on the Seats in the meeting house, & a deficiency of the Same to defray the annual Sallary. Mooved & seconded that the annuities on pews and Seats be encreased, for the ensuing year, at the rate of Resolved that the further Consideration of the matter be pos- poned to the next parish meeting, to be held at this place three weeks from this day.
[PARISH, 6 Oct., 1808.] 6th Oct'r., 1808.
At a parish held this day, ageceable to pub- lick notice & adjournment, Deacon Gilbert Allen was chosen Moderator, & Peter A. Johnson, Clerk.
A motion that was made at last parish meeting wether the annuities on the pews & Seats be raised or not, was carried in the negative.
Moovd & voted that a Subscription be opened, and circulated by Joseph Lewis. for raising money to make up a deficiency which now appears on our Ministers Sallery, and report at next parish meeting.
Moovd & Seconded whether Mr. Richards Sallary Shall be raised or not; &, if raised, how much, and in what way. Resolved that this motion lie over untill next parish meet- ing.
Adjourned to this day two weeks.
|PARISHI, 20 Oct. 1808.] 20 Octr., 1808. At a parish meeting held this day by adjourn- ment & publick notice ; Henry Vail, Moder- ator, and Silas Condit, Clerk : when the Trustees Sold at vendue one half of Seat No. 30, below in the meetinghouse, former- ly the property of Ezra Halsey, to Peter A Johnson for 35 dollars; and Seat No. 46, formerly Benoni Hathaways, to Edward Mills for 56 dollars ; the meeting then ad- journed to thursday the roth day of Novem- ber next at 2 oclock, P. M.
[PARISH, 10 Nov. 1808.] to Novr, 1808. At a parish meeting held this day, Simeon Broadwell, Moderator, & Peter A. Johnson, Clerk. Voted that three Seats each Side of the meetinghouse, in the corner where the negroes now Set, be converted in two pews, and be done in 2 weeks from this day, and the Trustees to fix a Sallary to the same. The Trustees Sold at vendue one half Seat No. 91, that was Moses Shipmans, to Joseph Johnson for seven dollars. The meeting then adjourned to 24th this month. [There is no record of a meeting on the 24th Nov. 1808; that of 12 April, 1809, follows im- mediately below the entry just given.]
[PARISH, 12 April, 1809.] 12th April, 1809. At a parish meeting held this day, at the meetinghouse ; Edward Condit, Moderator, Nathl Bull, Clerk.
On motion, Shall Mr. Richards Sallary be raised to a Sum Sufficient to Support him- self & family ? was carried unanimously.
On motion that there should be an ad- [Supplement to THE RECORD for Derem' er, 1883 -- To be bound with Vol. I and II.
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dition to Mr. Richards's Sallary Annually the Sum of three hundred & thirty five dollars, from the 12th of September last : which was carried unanimously, Except 2 votes ; and a Committee apointed to wate on Mr. Richards immediately and inform him of the above proceedings, viz. Jonas Philips, Jon'n Ford, Henry Vail & Jno. Mills.
Voted that the Trustees, instead of raising the Sallery on the Seats & pews in the meet- inghouse, do Circulate a Supscription through the parish, for raising the addition made to Mr. Richardss Sallary, provided he continue with us.
{ PARISH, 24 April 1809.] 24th April 1809, at a parish meeting, held at the request of !
chosen Moderator, & Timothy Lewis, Clerk ; when the following resolutions were passed unanimously.
Resolved that a Committee of three per- sons be appointed as Commissioners to re- present this Congregation at the Ensuing meeting of presbytery, at Elizabethtown; & that they be instructed not to oppose Mr. Richards's Removal; & that they lay be- fore Presbytery the proceeding of the last parish meeting, at which time Mr. Richards intention to leave us was not known ; & that the Committee be instructed to make and lay before Presbytery, Such extracts from the proceedings of this parish as they may deem necessary.
Voted that John Mills, Henry Vail and Mr. Richards & in pursuance of publick no- Lewis Condict be the Committee for that tice, the Revd. Matthew L. Perine was
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PROSPECTUS OF SUPPLEMENT FOR 1884.
Beginning with the next number, for Jan. 1884, the Supplement will be enlarged from four to eight pages each month. It is pro- posed thus to print all the salient facts of record from the books of the Church, in a form suitable for binding in a separate vol- ume. The January number will begin the publication of extracts from Dr. Johnes' Ses- sion Book, which dates back to 1742. Lists of baptisms, communicants, marriages and burials will appear in the order of the pas- torates under which they occurred, as dur- ing the past year ; but Supplements contain- ing these lists will be paged to be bound with Vols. I and II of THE RECORD. Ex- tracts from the Session and Trustees' books will be paged continuously for the separate volume ; and, should the proposal meet with sufficient encouragement, an alphabet- ical list of all the names which appear on the Registers of baptisms, communicants, marriages and burials, will be prepared, and arranged in family groups, to close the vol- ume. For this new volume, a reprint will be made of the more interesting portions of the Trustees' Book, which have already ap- peared in THE RECORD. This reprint will not be issued as a regular part of the publi- cation, but as an extra ; and it will be sup- plied gratuitously to subscribers.
CORRECTIONS.
A few errors have been discovered in pre- vious numbers of THE RECORD, for the cor- rection of which the present offers a favor- able opportunity.
LIST OF RULING ELDERS.
Pages 34 and 35.
John Lindsley met with Session 29 June, 1752 Is there not an error in the date of his death as there given ?
Abner Beach, the sixth name on this list and also on that of Mr. Barnes, should probably be erased. The only reason now apparent for calling him an Elder is the fact that in the minute recording his suspension, (the only place where he is mentioned,) he is styled "a member of our Body." But, as Dr. Johnes elsewhere uses the word Body to designate the Church membership, it seems insufficient evidence for the conclusion that he here includes Abner Beach in the Ses- sion by this term.
Joseph Prudden, Jr. is first mentioned as an Elder in 1783, not 1785. Isaac Prudden, Samuel Freeman, Jesse Cutler, and Mat- thias Crane. do not appear till 1795; Mr. Barnes' Manual says they were " first in of- fice between 1792 and 1795."
David Lindsley appears for last time at meeting of Session, 23 May, 1733, not 11 Dec., 1832; and was dismissed May, 1833, to New Vernon, where he died 15 Nov., 1858.
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James Stevenson should be recorded as appearing last at Session meeting 28 Oct., 1307 ; he is not mentioned even among the absentees after 3 May, 1809.
Stephen Young was dismissed to the 2d Church 26 Jan., 1841, and Lewis Mills at the same time, but the latter returned 24 Feb., 1848.
The name of Francis Johnes should be in- serted after that of Peter A. Johnson, as he was elected an Elder at the same time with the four whose names precede, 14 May, 1812 ; although not ordained with them, " being on a journey at the time," according to the record, but ordained 4 Mar., 1814. and pres- ent at one meeting of Session, that of 22 April, 1814. The fact that he met once with the Session gives his name a right to a place in the list along with the name of George K. Drake, since the latter never attended even one Session meeting.
Jonathan Oliver met last with Session II Dec., 1832, not 23 May, 1833.
Jonathan Thompson and John B. Johnes, M. D., resigned 7 April, not 30 March, 1836. John W. Cortelyou met last with Session 22 May, instead of 20 Feb., 1834.
MEMBERS.
Rebecca, Matt. (not Zach.) Fairchild's wife, page 20.
Hannah Lindley, page 68, wife of Junia, received 19 Aug., 1759, is recorded as having died 8 Dec., 1779, but this death was that of Hannah, wife of Joseph Lindsley.
Zophar Freeman, received 1 Nov., 1764. was an Elder and dismissed to Chatham, 26 Aug., 1825.
Benoni Hathaway and Damaris, his wife; should be added to the roll under date of 9 Nov., 1766 ; Damaris died 24 Feb., 1829.
Martha Emmell, wife of George, should be added to roll under date of 1 Sept., 1786, she died 23 Feb., 1845.
Nathanael Beers should be added, 6 May 1787 ; died 1825.
The following 8 names, which appear on rolls prepared by Mr. Fisher and Mr. Barnes, have not been identified with any hitherto published.
Prucia (Meeker), widow of Wm. Woodruff, wrongly given as Jerusha in Mr. Barnes' . Manual, received on certificate, 1798,
Jane Meeker, wife of Matthias, received. ; d. I Mar., 1815.
Sarah Post, wife of Wm., received on conf. 3 June, 1792.
Phebe Burnet, wife of John, received on cert. 5 March, 1795 ; died 1861.
Rachel Enslee, wife of Wm., conf. I Jan.,. 1797 ; d. 4 Aug., 1843, aet. 46.
Mary Williams, wife of Matthias, conf: 24: Sept., 1797.
Elizabeth Fairchild, wife of Joseph, conf. 3 July, 1808 ; dismissed Jan., 1848.
Mary Day, wife of David, conf. 4 Sept.,. 1 808.
Page 149. Phebe Kinney, died Feb., 1820. Anna Phoenix, died 12 March,. 1854.
Martha Lindsly, dismissed.
66 Rhoda Lindsly, died April, 1857, aet. 92.
Abigail Charlot, married Robert Gillespie, 11 May, 1801.
Polly Ayres, appears on Mr. Fisher's roll as Polly King, wife of John Day.
16 Patty Shipman, dismissed into Sussex, 1809.
Ruth Pierson, on Mr. McDow- ell's roll is marked "died 16 Sept., 1814."
.. Anna Byram, died 1818.
.. Sally Ball, married George Tem- pleton, 18 Dec., 1802, died 1839.
= Abigail Condit Whitehead, dis- missed May, 1816.
Nancy Bowen, married Wm. Hyer, 22 July, 1805, and dis- missed to Meth. Church.
Nancy Douglass, married Joseph Wheeler, 17 Feb., 1808.
Page 157. Huldah Byram, married Loammi Moore, dismissed. to East Bloomfield, I Mar., 1842.
Abner Pierson, dismissed to Baskingridge.
= Abraham Ball, dismissed to 2d Ch., 26 Jan., 1841.
Eunice Casterline, dismissed to Chatham.
Sarah Peck, dismissed to 2d Ch., 26 Jan., 1841.
Phebe Freeman, married John Burnet, d. 1861.
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* Page 157. Eunice Fairchild, dismissed Oct., 1815.
Phebe Condnor, was Phebe Chitester before marriage.
Hannah Sutton, married Wm. Bedell, and died 12 Sept., 1812. John Smith, dis. to 2d Ch., 26 Jan., 1841.
" Polly Phillips, died 2 July, 1811.
Page 165. Abraham Hedges, dis. to Bottle Hill, 1 Sept., 1825.
Phebe Hedges, dis. to Bottle Hill, I Sept., 1825.
Sally Johnson, died 17 April, 1837.
Eunice Johnson, mar. Silas Mills, joined Bap. Ch.
Add name of Mehitable Tunis, wf. of Stephen, rec'd 20 June, 1803.
Phebe Turner, dis. to 2d Ch., 26 Jan., 1841.
Sally Ferris, wid, of Archibald; d. 13 April, 1841.
1771, Jan. 4, ch. Jacob born 19 March, not Nov. 11, 1770.
1771, May 5, Samuel Pierson.
1773, June 27, John Gwinnup not Winnup. 1776, July 28, Lydia, not Mary, wid. of.
1778, Aug. 2, Mary, wf. of.' &c. born' Feb. 17, 1757, not 1775.
1781, Nov. 19, to children of Nicholas Carter add Phebe, born 17 Feb., 1775.
1782, Jan. 4, add 3 adults, Jacob Simson, Elizabeth Brown and Ruth Tompkins. '
64 Rebecca Willis, dis. to 2d Ch., Newark, 2 June, 1830.
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.. Mary Munson, died 1820.
Mary Campfield, died Feb., 1833 HALFWAY MEMBERS.
1747, Nov. 8, Capt. Benj. Hathaway's son and son's wife.
1752, July 7, Junia Lindsley.
1764, July 1, Dan'l Carmichael and Bath- sheba his wf.
1771, July 21, Rachael, wf. of Jabish Rodg- ers ; see Baptisms of July 5.
1775, Jan. 10. Ezek. Crane, Bap. and Eu- nice his wf. renewed cov.
1786, Sept. 1, not July 31, Martha, George Emmel's wf.
1791, Oct. 6, Gabriel Ford and Frances Gwaldo, his wf.
BAPTISMS.
1745, Dec. 8, Bathiah, wf. of Nat. Wheler. 1748, July 31, Stephen Mahurin, ch. Sam- uel, not Sarah.
1749, Aug. 6, Joseph Moore, not Mears. 1754, April 1, Shadrack Howard, not Hal- ward.
1754, Dec. 30, Joseph Pierson, not Josiah. 1757, April 17, John Robard (or Roberts) not Robond.
1758, Mar. 12, Stephen Hedges, not Hod- ges.
1763, Mar. 5, Joseph Stiles, not Stites, Jun. and wf., ch. John, not Benjamin.
1763, Mar. 5, add. Christopher Wood and wf., ch. Benjamin, born 9 Jan., 1763.
1763, July 29, Caleb Munson, not Manson. 1766, Mar. 10, Nathaniel Condict and wf., ch. Sarah, not David.
1767, Aug. 16, Moses Pierson, not Prudden, 1767, Aug. 23, Ebenezar Stiles, not Stites. 1770, May 27, Daniel, not David, Carmi- chael.
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66 Matsy Condit, died 22 Oct., 1820. Susan Byram, dis. to Carmine St. Ch., N. Y. City, 17 Aug. 1839. Lydia Guerin, dis. to 2d Ch., 30 Oct., 1841.
Jared D. Filer, "from ye Cong. of Pleasant Valley," "ordain- ed ;' later Prof. in Princeton Col.
1782, April 21, add Lindsly Burnet and wf., ch. Benajah, born 2 Jan., 1782.
1783, Aug. I, add Caleb Munson and wf's grandch. Phebe Goodwin, born 26 Nov., 1782.
1784, May 9, Dea. Joseph, not John, Prud- den' ch. Stephen Ayrs, born 5 April, 1784.
1784, add, May 13, David Hoppen and wf., ch. Gideon, born 24 Feb., 1784.
1786, June 18, add Silas Gildersleeve' and wf., ch. Sarah, born 5 May, 1786.
1787, June 10, John Pool not Paul.
MARRIAGES.
1747, Sept. 17, Preserve Primrose.
1748, May 25, Catharine Muir, instead of Catheront Mace.
1760, Jan. 31, Phebe Armstrong, not Ann Strong.
1769, Aug. 29, Usual, not Ursula, Coe.
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MORRISTOWN. N. J. " THIS SHALL BE WRITTEN FOR THE GENERATION TO COME."-Psalms 102 : 18.
VOLUME III.
JANUARY, 1883. NUMBER I.
[Printed with the Approval of the Session.]
Entered at the Post Office at Morristown, N. J. as second clase matter.
PROSPECTUS.
The publication of the RECORD was sus- pended in December, 1881. The issue for that month closed the second volume ; this month's number begins the third volume. The former, indefatigable editor, the Rev. R. S. Green, through whose almost unaided efforts the paper had, theretofore, been pre- pared, removed from Morristown to Buffalo in October, 1881. But, though transferred to a very extended field of labor, involving new efforts, and therefore demanding his al- most undivided time, his interest in the pub- lication did not cease, and he continued his care over it until the close of the year. It would not have been possible for his succes- sor, coming here as he did, an entire stran- ger, to have taken up the work and contin- ued it. It has been in his mind, however,and means have been taken, by which it is ex- pected that the paper will now be regularly issued. It was thought proper, for many reasons, that the first number of the new series should appear in January, 1883.
It will be perceived that the RECORD as- sumes somewhat a different form. This dif- ference consists in the number of pages, being twelve, instead of eight-which, if proper support be afforded, will be contin- ued hereafter-in the character of the paper upon which it is printed, and in the method of presenting the records of the church. The number issued in December, 1881, com- pleted the records of the members, bap- tisms, marriages and deaths in the pastorate of the Rev. Dr. Timothy Johnes. The ex- tracts from the Book of the Trustees also reached the same date in that number. Hereafter, the separate records will be be- It was also deemed eminently proper, at this time, to give a biographical sketch of gun and carried through succeeding issues, until completed for the several pastorates, | the Rev. Mr. Green, the former editor of the
instead of presenting parts of the different records in the same number. The paging of all matter taken, hereafter, from the re- cords, including the Book of the Trustees, will follow that of the second volume, but the other part of this series will begin with a new paging. This plan is adopted so that the records may appear consecutively, in- stead of being scattered through the dif- ferent issues, and may be bound together, when sufficient is furnished for binding in one volume.
The Rev. Mr. Collins was associated with Dr. Johnes, and was dismissed during the life time of his senior ; so that there will not any records appear as distinctively be- longing to his ministry.
This number begins the record of mem- bers received into the church during the time of Dr. James Richards, beginning with January, 1804. All the other records in Dr. Richards's time will be taken up and finished seriatim, before those of another pastorate are begun.
It is hoped to continue, from time to time, as material may be obtained, another feat- ure of this number. Short, biographical no- tices will be given of prominent individ- uals, who appear in the annals of the church, or, who were so connected with it that they may be claimed as members of the Congregation. These notices must neces- sarily be short. The one given this month is that of a man of Revolutionary fame, whose name and that of his wife, one of the moth- ers in Israel, are household treasures in many families. His name appears quite early in the Book of the Trustees and he seemed to have taken a very lively interest in the affairs of the church and congregation.
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RECORD. His great exertions in preparing its pages for publication, his unwearied ef- forts in sustaining it, his interest abiding in it, even after he left Morristown, as well as his untiring service for the church as its pastor, present great claims for gratitude upon those who read the RECORD, and upon the members of the congregation.
The object in the publication of the paper is to give those, who are interested in the subject, information about the church, its pastors, its officers and members, and, gen- erally, to present such a monthly paper as will interest and instruct. It is not expect- ed, it is not even hoped, that it can be made more than self-sustaining. Whatever edi- torial, or other labor, is performed in its pre- paration is a free will offering to the church.
The price of subscription will be increased from fifty cents to one dollar, in advance.
Perhaps some apology is required for this increase. It is found in two or three facts. The RECORD has not been self-sustaining, but has been a source of expense to the church. The present number will, it is hoped, show such improvement in paper and type, and such an amount of new mat- ter as will warrant the increase.
The request is renewed for information, for old pamphlets, papers, sermons and lec- tures, books, family histories and genealo- gies, old family records obtained from Bibles or otherwise.
Any corrections of errors will be most thankfully received. The record of mar- riages in the pastorate of the Rev. Dr. Mc- Dowell, from 1814 to 1825, is deficient. The records of the church do not, of course, contain the marriages of members of the congregation, solemnized by clergymen who were not pastors of the church. Infor- mation in these particulars is respectfully solicited.
THE RECORD will essentially be a church paper, in the main devoted to the interests of the First Presbyterian Church at Morris- town. It will, however, by no means, be confined, exclusively, to those interests, but will seek to extend its influence and sphere, embracing in its aims, all proper objects of interest connected with the county and town. Communications, therefore, relative to the carly history of Morristown, of the- county, the early settlers, and their descend-
ants, will be gladly received. These must necessarily be brief.
This number will be sent to all the former subscribers, and it is earnestly requested that they will not only renew their sub- scriptions but also induce others to sub- scribe.
Subscriptions for the RECORD may be made at the book stores of Messrs. Runyon and Emmell, or to Messrs. James R. Voor- hees and William D. Johnson, or through the mail, by letter, addressed to
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CONGRATULATIONS.
BY REV. WILLIAM DURANT.
The season is propitious. THE RECORD awakes from a long nap-not as long as Rip. Van Winkle's-to greet its readers with a Happy New Year.
But where is the suggestion of those gar- ments all tattered and torn? We mistake, It is not Rip Van Winkle, but the Sleeping Beauty who comes to us, by fairy enchant- ment, decked in the latest fashion. Sleep has given her growth and new attractions.
Happy we who may receive her visits with the changing moons, and scan her treasures, new and old. Her bright look shows a quick glance to catch flashes of present interest. And there is depth, too, a far-offness, about her glance. Its gleam of the present is the shimmer that lies on the surface of a deep well of memory. What stories she can tell us of the past ! Though so youthful her appearance, she romped with our grandmothers and made lint for the hospital and blankets for the camps, that winter Washington was here, when his bare-foot soldiers shivered in the snows on Mount Kemble or lay dying by scores in the old First Church. Yes, she was a girl of comely parts, albeit of temper to enjoy a tiff with her good mother of Hanover, when our city was a frontier settlement, full only of log cabins and primitive hardships in the struggle against wild nature.
For a maiden still, and one who has seen so many summers, marvelous is her cheery, youthful look. Ponce de Leon made the mistake of his life when he sought his en- chanted fountain in Florida instead of where Morristown was to be. It is not on
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From lips still ruddy with youth, is it not delicious to hear the gossip of olden time ! And our maiden knows it all, for she was present at all the baptisms, danced at all the weddings, thrilled with heavenly joy when our ancestors confessed the Son of Man before the high pulpit, and stood with tears in her eyes when one after another they were laid in the graves behind. Their names are still on her tongue's end, and it is with loving recollection that she tells off the long lists, like the one she brings this month.
But her gossip is not all of names. What she will tell of events and progress, of the unwritten history that has given character to families, to State or Nation, there is no need of predicting. We have only to wel- come her at our fireside and listen while she speaks.
Happy we who may hear these lips again ! And thrice happy he who has pushed through the tangled briars and scaled the castle walls and unravelled the labyrinth of halls and found the enchanted chamber and awakened the Memory Maiden. Yes, it is the hearty sentiment of all who listen to this voice that has been long silent : A Happy New Year to Mr. John Whitehead, the new editor of THE RECORD.
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Mr. Green was the sixteenth pastor of the church. He was born April 1, 1848, at Sid- ney Plains, Delaware Co., N. Y., and was prepared for college at the Gilbertsville Academy, in Otsego county of that State. When only fifteen years of age he entered the sophomore class in Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., where he graduated in 1867. He would have graduated earlier, but, like many other men who have made their mark, he was not provided largely with this world's goods. Soon after entering College he accepted a position as classical teacher in the Academy at Norwich, N. Y. Securing, in this manner, the means to' continue, he re-entered college and pursued his studies with great success, taking, at various times, prizes in English composition, mathematics and the classics. At the time of his graduation he took the
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