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WOMAN'S HOME MISSION.
The meeting of the Home Missionary So- ciety, held on June 8th, was well attended, and an increasing interest in the cause of missions was manifested.
The question of assuming the support of a teacher was freely discussed, and finally decided by the selection of Mrs. R. W. D. Bryan, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, as our teacher.
It was considered advisable to appropri- ate the remainder of the funds to mission work among the Mormons.
SUPPLEMENT.
Publication of the Minutes will be discon- tinued for a few months. In the meantime the " Combined Registers, 1742 to 1885," of which the first eight pages were published in Feb., will be continued ; the Supplement for this month beginning with "Phebe. daughter of Nathaniel and Rachel Arm- strong," and extending to "Anne Ayres, dis- missed 19 April, 1815 to N. Y."
This list in the Combined Registers is in- tended to contain all the names, with all the facts of record opposite each name, from all the Registers of the Church, arranged in al- phabetical order. Great pains have been taken to make the list complete and accu- rate, but it is beyond hope that the list is free from errors ; corrections will be thank- fully received.
Requests from any persons who prefer not to have dates of birth, baptism, &c., printed after their own names or those of their ancestors, will be cheerfully complied. with.
EVERY WEEK.
Sunday : Church Services, 10:30 A. M. and' 7:30 P. M. School of the Church, 3 P. M. Young People's prayer meeting, 6:45 P. M.
Tuesday : Pastor at home afternoon and evening.
Thursday: Church Mid-week service of Prayer, 7:45 P. M.
CALENDAR FOR JULY.
2. Thursday : Good Counsel and Bad, "E Kings, xii. 6-17.
5. Sunday : 10:30 A. M .; ' Collection for debt of Foreign Missions ; 6:45 P. M. ; Joy, Ps. cxxvi.
9. Thursday : An easy Religion and its.
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Motive, I Kings xii. 25-33 ; Missions : Ameri- can Indians.
12. Sunday : 6:45 P. M .; Praise, Ps. cxlvili ..
16. Thursday : A Father's bad Influence extending to his Children and his grand- children, I Kings xvi. 23-34.
19. Sunday : 6:45 P. M. ; Watching, Matt. 24, 42, 51.
22. Wednesday : 4 P. M .; Session Meet- ing.
23. Thursday : The Riches of Poverty, I Kings xvii. 1-16.
26. Sunday : 6:45 P. M .; Confessing Christ, Rom. x. 6-10.
30. Thursday : A Time for Boldness, I Kings xviii. 1- 18.
31. Friday : 3:30 P. M. ; Preparatory Lec- ture ; Baptism of Infants.
THE SCHOOL OF THE CHURCH --- REPORT FOR THE 69th YEAR.
Number of Officers, 7 ; of Teachers, 48; of Scholars in Primary Class, 90; of Schol- ars in Main room, 267 ; total .membership, 412.
Changes : New scholars, 40; scholars withdrawn or moved away, 36; died, I.
Contributions : For School window in Manse, $190. ; for Missions, $569.89.
Church-members : 7 officers ; 48 teachers ; 86 scholars ; total, 141 ; scholars received to Communion during the year, 7.
Attendance : Present at every service ; I officer, 9 scholars. Average attendance, 245; largest, 273; smallest, 108 ; of officers, 7; of teachers, 38; of scholars, 200. The follow- ing are the names of those who have been present at every service during the year : Sadie Whitehead and Nettie Pierson, of Miss C. J. Pierson's class; John Berry, of Mr. Wm. B. Conklin's class ; Eva Powelson, of Mr. Geo. E. Voorhees' class ; Fred.Guerin, of Mr. Geo. A. Drake's class ; Ella Potts, of Miss Lizzie VanPelt's class ; Lizzie Struble, of Miss Rosa Crane's class ; Eugene Stru- ble, of Mr. A. W. Conklin's class; Mr. Ed- ward Fleury and Mr. Frank Whitehead.
. Volumes in Library, 485.
Appropriated by the Parish for the ex- penses of the school, $200.
The following scholars have committed
to memory the Shorter Catechism during the year : Anna Hall and Alice Hall, of Miss Abby Pierson's class ; Edgar Martin, of Miss Emma VanPelt's class ; Charles Smith, of Mr. A. W. Conklin's class ; Hat- tie A. Boyd, of Miss Cornie Stone's class ; and Anna G. Bonnell, of Mrs. VanDoren's class.
Banner Classes. To be a Banner Class all the members must be present and all must contribute to the mission cause. The classes of Miss Augusta Stone and Mr. E. T. Caskey have fulfilled these requirements 23 Sun- days, and therefore divide the honor of Banner Class for the year. Other classes have fulfilled the conditions and been Ban- ner Classes, as follows :
Miss Minnie Mills' class, for 18 Sundays.
Mrs. Sadie Johnson's 17
Mr. Wm. B. Conklin's 17
Miss Lucy Johnson's 15
= Fanny Easton's 12
Willis'
" C. Stone's II
" Lizzie VanPelt's " IO
Mr. Geo. E. Voorhees' " "
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New Classes : Three have been formed in the Main room from the Primary ; and two important Bible Classes have been formed, during the year.
Officers for the ensuing year : Charles D. Platt, Superintendent ; Phil. B, Pierson, Secretary and Treasurer ; and Charles Bird, Librarian.
CHILDREN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY ...
Report of the Treasurer of the Children's Missionary Society of the First Presby- terian Church of Morristown, N. J., from March 29th, 1885, to June 28th, 1885 :
RECEIPTS.
Balance cash in bank, $66.51
March 29, Collection, 10.93
Collections taken in April,
46.61
.€ May, 54.48
.6 " June, 30.35 --- $208.88
DISBURSEMENTS.
April 7. Printing Treasurer's Cards, $ 1.50
April 26. Board of Foreign Mis-
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May 29. Lincoln University. for
balf support of James P. Adams, 75.00
Blance cash in bank, 57.38
$208.88
WILL. C. VAN DOREN, Treasurer.
Appropriations made by the Society at the commencement of the year, amounting to 8585.70, have been paid in full.
Mr. James P. Adams, toward whose sup- port we contribute annually, finished his course in the Collegiate Department of Lincoln University, June 4th, 1885, and will immediately enter the Theological Depart- ment.
ELDER LEBBEUS B. WARD.
Lebbeus B. Ward, who died on Monday, June 15th, at the house of his son, No. 605 Madison avenue, New York, was born in Chatham, N. J., on April 7, 1801. His father was a farmer and manufacturer and his mother was from the Dod family of Newark. His grandfather was a captain in the Revo- lutionary Army. After receiving a common school education Mr. Ward went at the age of nineteen to Montreal, where his brothers John and Samuel had already started one of the first machine shops in Canada. He re- mained in business with them until 1839, when he went to England to study heavy iron forgings. Later he established the Hammersley Forge Works at Fifty-ninth street and the North River, New York city, which were then the only works in the city capable of handling large forgings. He also built a large stone house in the English style near the works and there his sons were born and reared. He remained in this business until 1851, when he retired, becom- ing director in the Broadway Bank, and later one of the founders of the Importers' and Traders' Bank and a stockholder in many other financial enterprises. In the same year he was elected a member of the New York Assembly, where he was Chair- man of the Committee on Banking and Education. While there he secured a char- ter for the New York Juvenile Asylum, of which he was a corporator. He was also a member of the Presbyterian Board of
Foreign Missions and gave largely to other charities. In the early years of the present Metropolitan Police Board he was one of the Commissioners.
Mr. Ward was married three times. His first wife, Miss Diminis Dickinson, of Mon- treal, lived only one year after her mar- riage. By his second wife, Mrs. Abby Par- tridge Pratt, of Hatfield, Mass., he had three sons, one of whom died in his infancy, the other two being Dr. Samuel B. Ward, of Al- bany, and Willard P. Ward, of New York City. In 1848, three years after the death of his second wife he married Miss Eliza- beth Starr, of New York City, who died a year ago.
Mr. Ward removed to Morristown, N. J., in 1867, and was installed Elder in our Church on the 17th of Dec., 1871. The Ses- sion adopted the following minute, June 18th : " In view of the death of Mr. Leb- beus B. Ward, on the 15th inst., in the 85th year of his age, Session would record their sincere appreciation of his Christian char- acter, and of the faithful discharge of his duties, as a member of Session for many years past, and until incapacitated by his advanced age and increasing infirmities."
" A LIST OF CAPT. JOSEPH HALSEY'S COMPANY MILITIA.
Morristown, 7 June 1791."
(Contributed by E. D. Halsey, Esq.)
Cap't. Jos. Halsey, : Sirus Condict, Lieut. William Johnes, David Humphrevil,
Ens'n. Dan'l Lindsly, Ebenezer Humphrevil,
SERJ'TS.
Jesse Cutler,
Seth Gregory, Abijah Sherman, Zenas Lindsly. :
CORP'LS.
John Kirkpatrick, Isaac Hathaway, Timothy Fairchild.
Silas D. Hayward, William Marsh, Timothy Force ..
Samuel Ford, George F. Fenery,
. Silvanus Tuttle, Josiah Hathaway,
Silas Baldwin, Samuel Ayres, Absalom Trowbridge, John Hathaway,
David Trowbridge, Abraham Beers, John (?) Hathaway, Joseph Trowbridge,
John Woodruff, Daniel Mills, Jobe Mills,
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Jacob Meeker,
Trune Goble,
Isaac Walker,
William Marshel,
Shadrach Hayward, Ilezekiah Mitchel,
Timothy Extill,
David Y. Wheeler,
Daniel Coleman,
Daniel Spenser,
David Mills,
John Bollen,
Jabez Guiness,
Elijah Holleway,
Dave D. Budd,
Henry Feter, Joshua Gorden,
Thadeus Mills,
James Vance,
John McDannels,
William Burnet,
George Mills,
Matthias Crane,
Michael Conner,
Uzal Pierson,
Silas Hathaway,
Joseph Coleman,
Ichabod Crane,
Isaac Woolley,
John Still,
Abraham Rutan,
George Marsh,
George Oharrow,
Thomas Jean.
NOTES OF THE PAST.
CONTRIBUTED BY WILLIAM KELBY, ESQ., OF THE NEW YORK HIST. SOC.
To be sold by John Budd, of the County of Morris, and Township of Hanover in New Jersey.
The present Farm whereon he is now seated, consisting of near Three Hundred Acres of Up Land, about 600 Acres of Meadow and good Swamp; with a good Dwelling House, orchard and every kind of Fruit Trees ; a large Piece of the Meadow drained, and in English Grass, fit for Hemp, Flax, or Planting ; and the same may be divided and sold in Three Parts; the Meadow and Swamp hath a suitable Fall, and may be all drained and be made as good as Maiden-Head Meadow. Also to be sold, The Place called Pine Hammock, in the same Township, consisting of about 600 Acres, on which is a good Orchard ; about 150 Acres of which is Up-Land, and 450 Acres of good Meadow and Swamp, ten Acres of which is cleared and brought to English grass ; with other Improvements ; and may be sold in two Parts, with Up-Land Meadow and Swamp joining to each Part. The title is indisputable.
-N. Y. Gazette, revived in the Weekly Post-Boy, Aug. 28, 1749.
TO BE SOLD. A Tract of good Land, divi- ded by Whippany River, containing Twelve Hundred and Eighty Acres, besides Allow . ances for Highways, bounded S. E. with | way.
John Kay's Land and N. W. with William Biddles ; it is a square Tract and good Crip- ple on both Sides the River for Meadow and lies within half a mile of the Iron-works: Those that incline to purchase may apply to Peter Sonmans near Amboy, or to Hannak Hodges, of Philadelphia, for Condition of Sail, with an indisputable Title.
- The New York Gazette, April 26, 1734.
This is to give Notice, That on Thursday last was brought to Cornelius Vanhorne, Esq. : A Negro Man who calls himself Bris- tow, was taken up at or near King's Bridge, and says he belongs to Thomas Freeman of Whippany : The Owner by applying may have him on Demand, paying the charges. -N. Y. Gazette, revived in the Weekly Post-Boy, April 16, 1750.
To be Sold, A small Plantation in the Township of Mendum in Morris County. West New- Jersey, containing 95 Acres of choice Land, well water'd, timber'd, and meadow'd : There is on it, a good new Dwelling House, also a Saw Mill and a Grist Mill, both under one Roof, on a good Stream, which falls into the North Branch of Raritan. Any Person inclining to pur- chase, may apply to David Allen, jun, living on the Premises; who will give an indis- putable Title to the same.
-N. Y. Gazette, revived in the Weekly Post-Boy Aug. 6, 1750.
RUNAWAY on the 5th Day of August in- stant from Jacob Ford, of Morris- Town and County, East New- Jersey, a Negro Boy, named Ishmael, aged about 16 years, short and thick, full Faced, has a very large Foot, born in the Country, and has a sly Look ; Had on when he went away, a Flannel Jack- et, dyed with Logwood of a purple Colour, two woollen Shirts, one Tow Shirt, and a Dowlas Shirt, a new Felt Hat, Leather Breeches, and Oznabrigs Trowsers.
Whoever takes up and secures the said Boy, so that his Master may have him again, shall have Three Pounds Reward, and all reasonable charges paid by me.
JACOB FORD. !
N. B .- He went away with a Negro Fel- low already advertised by Shadrech Hathe.
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MORRISTOWN, N. J. " THIS SHALL BE WRITTEN FOR THE GENERATION TO COME." -- Psalms 102 : 18.
VOLUME V.
AUGUST, 1885. NUMBER 32.
[Printed with the Approval of the Session. ]
THE RECORD
Is published monthly ; terms $1.oo a year, in advance. : Single numbers for any month, ro cents' each.
Subscriptions should be made to Mr. James R. Voorhees.
Matters pertaining to the publication should be addressed to the
EDITOR OF THE RECORD.
Entered at the Post Office at Morristown, N. J., as second class matter.
SUPPLEMENT.
The Supplement for this month contin. ues the publication of the Combined Reg- isters, beginning with, Capt. Jabez Beach, and extending to Lindsly, son of Nathan- iel Broadwell.
CALENDAR FOR AUGUST.
2. Sunday ; ' 10.30 A. M., Communion. 6.45 P. M., Brevity of Life, Ps. 39 ; 4-7.
6. Thursday : The Prophets of Baal, I Kings 18 . 19-29.
9. Sunday : 6.45 P. M., No Other Name, 1 Tim. 5: 6; Acts 4 : 12.
13. Thursday : The Prophet of the Lord, I Kings 18 : 30-46.
16. Sunday : 6.45 P. M., Responsibility for Others, Ezek. 33 : 1-1I.
20. Thursday : Elijah at Horeb, I Kings 19: 1-18.
23. Sunday : 6.45 P. M., Liberty, Rom. 8 : 8-22.
27. Thursday : The Story of Naboth, I Kings 21 : 4-19.
30, Sunday : 6.45 P. M., From Darkness to Light, John 9.
EVERY WEEK.
Sunday : Church Services, 10:30 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. School of the Church, 3 P. M. Young People's prayer meeting, 6.45 P. M.
Thursday : Church Mid-week service of Prayer, 7.45 P. M.
Friday : Pastor at home afternoon and evening.
THE OLD CEMETERY.
BY LU LIGHT.
[The following sketch is reprinted from a newspaper clipping found among the pa- pers of the late Mrs. J. F. Voorhees. On the scrap there is no mark to determine its. source or author .- EDITOR.]
Long ago, in my childhood days, when I first began to listen to the stories of the American Revolution, and hung enchanted upon the lips of my loved grand-mother as she talked of the days of '76, and when I read for the first time the history, familiar to every American, of the lofty courage and heroic endurance of Washington and his little armny, at that early period a wish arose in my heart to visit the places and view the scenes consecrated by their valor or their sufferings, and, as a pilgrim approaches with a reverential joy and holy boldness the shrine endeared to him by the recollec- tions of the past, thus I hoped to wander among those old battle-fields and camping- grounds, where the hand of Time has al- most obliterated the black and heavy marks: that War, the stern historian, writes with iron pen upon the tablet of the earth.
Among those places most intimately con- nected with our Revolutionary history, Morristown, a beautiful and flourishing vit- lage in the northern part of New Jersey, occupies an important position. Twice dur- ing our war for independence Washington chose Morristown as the winter-quarters of his weary little band of heroes, and his troops were encamped here during the mem- orable winter of 1779-80, which was the coldest ever known in this locality, and which became somewhat celebrated in the
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historical records of the time under the mame of the " hard winter."
As a body of troops were frequently sta- (tioned at Morristown, it seems to have been 'considered an important strategic position by our commanders; and although the British sent out several expeditions to cap- ture it, they were never successful in their endeavors.
Here sat the court-martial that condemn- ed the subsequent traitor Arnold to be reprimanded by the commander-in-chief for this excesses. Here Lafayette-the heroic youth who left his native land and beauti- ful bride and crossed the ocean to battle for freedom-hastened to meet his beloved Washington, on his second arrival from France, where he had exerted his powerful influence to procure aid of men and money for the young Republic.
Many of the buildings that were built be- Ifore or during the time of the Revolution still remain standing, and some have chang- ed but little in appearance since they were occupied by Washington and his compatri- ots. Of the latter class is the old " Ford "Mansion," better known as " Washington's Thead-quarters," where may be seen many relics of "ye ancient time."
At a short distance from the village, and wupon an eminence commanding the town, are the remains of an old fort erected dur- iing the Revolution ; and as the visitor ·walks along upon the sunken ramparts, or climbs the broken wall that formed a part of the enclosure, he can almost imagine Ahat he sees
" The old Continentals In their ragged regimentals,"
throwing up dirt for the entrenchments, or rolling along the stones that are to strength- en the fortifications.
But it is in the old cemetery that we find ithe most interesting mementoes of the past 'and the clearest proofs of the antiquity of the town, for there we can find tombstones, ¡green with the moss of age, with inscrip- tions worn away by the storms of years till they are almost illegible-which were plac- ed there early in the eighteenth century, or over one hundred and fifty years ago, When my long-cherished desire to visit the ancient burial-place had been gratified, and I found myself wandering among the marble
monuments and hoary headstones rich with the history of the past, I could not resist the temptation to linger for a time in a spot consecrated by so many sacred memories, and pencil in hand, to note a few of the in- scriptions that I found there, and that are interesting or instructive to the student or curiosity-seeker.
Upon the rough notes thus hurriedly taken the sketch before you has its origin.
A complete history of all the extraordi- nary events that have happened in a neigh- borhood may frequently be gathered from a diligent study of its tombstones, and there- fore this burial place at Morristown acquires new and stronger interest as it grows older, and will ever continue to be a favorite re- sort with the antiquary and the student of history.
The old Cemetery occupies a central po- sition in the village of Morristown, immedi- ately in the rear of the Presbyterian Church. This Church is built upon the spot where the meeting-house in which Washington worshipped and engaged in communion service once stood, and has lately been re- paired and greatly improved in its appear- ance.
After entering the burial-ground I took the path to the right, and my attention was soon arrested by a large, flat tombstone in- scribed as follows :-
" In memory of Peter Dickinson, member of the first Provincial Congress of New Jersey in 1775, afterwards captain of the sec- ond Company, third Regiment of the New Jersey Brigade of the Revolutionary army of 1776. Died 1785. Came to Morris Co. with his family 1724."
Then the path led me to the grave of the Rev. Dr. Johnes, who was pastor of the Presbyterian Church during the Revolution and concerning whom I find the following anecdote in Lossing's " Illustrated Field Book of the Revolution."
" It is related that he (Washington) called upon the Rev. Dr. Jones, the pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Morristown, on learning that the communion service was to be observed in his Church on the follow- ing Sabbath, and inquired whether com- municants of another denomination were permitted to join with them. The doctor replied :-
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"Most certainly. Ours is not the Presby- terian's table, General, but the Lord's ; and hence we give the Lord's invitation to all his followers of whatever name."
"' I am glad of it,' said the general ; " that is as it ought to be ; but as I was not quite sure of the fact, I thought I would ascertain it from yourself, as I propose to join you on that occasion. Though a member of the Church of England, I have no exclusive partialties."
" Washington was at the communion ta- ble on the following Sabbath."
There appear to have been several clergy- men of the name of Johnes (Lossing and several other historians spell the name Jones, but I prefer to follow the ortho- graphy of the old headstone), and the pul- pit of this church may have been filled by the same family for several generations.
A little further on I saw the tombs of a number of the Ford family ; it was one of the most distinguished in the county in the days of '76. These tombs are surmounted by large stones raised some two feet from the ground, and supported by brickwork. The bricks, however, are crumbling rapidly, and in some places are tumbling down. One of the stones is inscribed as follows :-
"In memory of Colonel Chillion Ford, who departed this life on the nineteenth of October, 1800, aged forty-two years, nine months and twenty-three days. He early showed his attachment to his country by entering into her service at the commence- ment of her struggle with Great Britain, and continued during the war an able and active officer in the artillery. He was a warme friend, a tender husband, a kind father, and an honest man."
I will quote here two other inscriptions, the first of which shows that the Baptist Church of Morristown must have been es- tablished at a very early date in the history of our country.
" In memory of the Rev. John Walton, who was minister of the Baptist Church in Morristown, and who died October the first, 1770, aged thirty-five years."
" In memory of Captain Job Brookfield, an officer of the Revolution, who died in the year 1833, aged 83 years."
When the small pox was raging so fear- fully in the little army of patriots stationed
at Morristown, many of the soldiers who died of this loathsome disease-a more dreaded foe than the British rifle-were buried in this cemetery ; but although some of the inhabitants of the village know in what part of the ground they were interred, I could find no marks to indicate their final resting-place.
So after this war in which we are now en- gaged is concluded ; when relatives or friends search over the battle fields and grave yards to find some mark or trace of the dear ones who died in the service of their country, they will find as they wander upon the banks of the Potomac or Missis- sippi, or on the plains of Kentucky, that-
"No monument or lettered stone
Marks the lone resting of the brave." but far from the scenes of his childhood and the loved ones at home sleeps the brave volunteer, where no willow shall weep, no flower bloom, no mother or sister come to mourn over the little spot of earth that covers their lost soldier-boy.
Many of the inscriptions found in this old cemetery, especially those written upon the oldest stones, are very eccentric, and often excite a smile by the quaintness and even humor that they exhibit. The poetry-if it should be thus designated- is in an especial manner remarkable for the poetic license and the new and often startling similes and figures of rhetoric that are used by the epitaph writers. I copied several inscrip- tions of this character, and will give them to you, although the quaint carving with which the headstones are decorated, and the curious manner in which the letters are engraved upon them cannot be described by type.
"Come see ye place where I do ly As you are now so once was I As I Be now soon You will be PrePare for Death and Follow me."
Another :-
" Beauty and wit with virtue joined Did grace the Body here confined Weep not Kind reader but Rejoyce In Heaven is heard here tunefull voice Ilowever weep yt Faith has taken more Than Nature can to Friends Restore."
The following curious epitaph seems to
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be addressed pointedly and particularly to the wife of the deceased ---
" Farewell dear wife my life is past My love to you till death did last Now after me no sorrow take But love my orphans for my sake."
Most of those old epitaphs begin thus :- " Here lyes ye Body of-"
The annexed is another of these super- scriptions :-
" In memory of Benjamin Hathaway Esqr Aged 63 years Dec'd April 21 1762
"Here's ye Remains of him that was a Esqr may Rest with Kings & Princes In ye Dust
Until ye world Desolves In flaming Fire At ye Last Resurrection of ye Dust When ye arch Angels trump'h sound Arise ye Dead appear before ye Lord
When Christ will meet Ye Righteous in cloud."
The tombstone from which the above was copied had settled so much in the ground that I was unable, even after putting away the grass and leaves from its base, to make out the whole of the inscription. which ap- pears to have been quite lengthy. What I have given, however, will doubtless furnish an idea of the whole.
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