Bi-centennial history of Albany. History of the county of Albany, N. Y., from 1609 to 1886. With portraits, biographies and illustrations, Part 171

Author: Howell, George Rogers, 1833-1899; Tenney, Jonathan, 1817-1888
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co.
Number of Pages: 1452

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After the erection of the Hudson street Church, two others by the Presbyterians and the Baptists were erected in the immediate vicinity. As time rolled on and business establishments crowded them, both the Methodists and Presbyterians began to think of a change of location. At length the latter decided to remove, and began the erection of a house at the northeast corner of the Park. To outsiders it was obvious now that the Methodists ought to continue in that vicinity. Their own building was seriously defective; at the same time the location was far better for business. Wisely the Methodists accepted the offer to purchase the Pres- byterian's house, and offered their own for sale. The edifice is uncommonly well built; the auditor- ium large and commodious. A parsonage is erected beside the church.

The Ferry street Church relieved from its embar- rassments, enjoyed a steady, healthy growth. In 1863 it was thought a change of location and a better House of Worship would conduce to greater usefulness. Accordingly, the present Ash Grove Church was erected upon the corner of Westerlo and Grand streets. It is beautifully situated, with a commodious parsonage beside it. The open space between the edifice and the corner of the streets has a very pleasant effect, adding to the beauty of the situation.

Table showing the numbers of members and pro- bationers for thirty-seven years, from 1849 to 1885:

1849.

1,055

1868.

.1,923

1850

896

1869.

. 1,843

1851.

915

1870.

.2,085

1852.

.1,17I

1871.

.1,834

1853.

.1,095

1872. 1,986

1854.

.1,112

1873

.1,951

1855.

.1,513

1874.

1,735

1856.

1,408

1875.

1,886

1857.

.1,464

1876.

.1,855

1858.

. 1,456

1877

1,998

1859. .

.1,574

1878.

.2,058

1860.

1,692

1879.

.1,891

1861.

.1,857

1880.

1,932

1862.

1,702

1881.

1,771

1863.

. 1,538

1882.

.1,886

1864.

.1,605

1883.

1,796

1865.

.1,530

1884.

.1,691

1866.

.1,708

1885-

.1,710

1867.

1,708

While the membership has not increased in the last twelve years, but really decreased, it will be very safe to say they have not depreciated in quality.

The Methodists have five churches, well distrib- uted over the city. They have many debts that tax their financial ability and skill. But this may be a valuable discipline. They are liberal in the sup- port of their Pastors, and are not unmindful of the calls of benevolence for the support of missions for the foreign field, and for the destitute in our own land.

PRESBYTERIAN.

THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. - The first ec- clesiastical organization in Albany was the First Reformed (Dutch) Church. This church was largely maintained from the public revenues until the British occupation in 1664, and was slow to recognize the rights of other Christian denomi-

nations. The second church organization in the city was the Lutheran. The people of this belief at first were barely tolerated here. They were com- pelled to have their children baptized in the Dutch Church, and declare their belief in the doctrines of the Synod of Dort, contrary to their convictions. They were permitted to worship in their own houses, although denied the privilege of assembling in a public way. Some time within the period 1664-69, a church was erected. The third church society was that of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, founded, after several years of missionary work, in 1727. The fourth was Presbyterian, and was organized in 1762, although from June, 1760, there was preaching by supplies which had been sent by the Synod of New York and Philadelphia, to minister to the people of this faith, who from time to time had come in and taken up their residence here. The names of the supplies were the Revs. Hector Alison, Andrew Bay, William Tennant, Abraham Kettletas, -Woodruff, John Smith, and Aaron Richards. A lot for a church edifice was purchased in 1762 or 1763, and the society was incorporated in 1763 by a deed from the city to the Trustees, being virtually an official incorporation by the city. It was first connected with the Dutchess County Presbytery, organized in October, 1762. In 1775, the church relation was transferred to the Pres- bytery of New York.

In 1793, the relative strength of all the churches in Albany was : Dutch, 4 ; 10 ; Presbyterian, 3% Episcopalians, %; Lutherans, German Calvinists and Methodists combined, -1

Ministers : William Hanna, two years; Andrew Bay, 5 years, 1768-73; John McDonald, 10 years Pastor, November, 1785, to September, 1795; David S. Bogart, Pastor, January to August, 1797; Eliphalet Nott, 6 years Pastor, October, 1798-93; John B. Romeyn, D. D., 4 years Pastor, Decem- ber 5, 1804-8; William Neill, D. D., 7 years Pastor, September, 1809-16; Arthur J. Stansbury, 42 years Pastor, September, 1817, to February, 1821; Henry R. Weed, D. D., 73 years Pastor, May, 1822, to November, 1829 ; John N. Campbell, D. D., 34 years Pastor, June, 1830, to March, 1864; James M. Ludlow, D. D., 3 years Pastor, January, 1865, to November, 1868; J. McClusky Blayney, D. D., 10 years Pastor, May, 1869, to Febru- ary, 1880; Walter D. Nicholas, Pastor, September 5, 1880.

Church Edifices .- The first church edifice was erected in 1764, on a lot bounded on the north by Beaver street, on the south by Hudson street, on the east by William street, and on the west by Grand street. It was on a locality know as Gallows hill, reached by a stairway winding around the hill, and was a wooden structure with a tower and spire, the tower containing a bell. It was painted red, fronted the east, and cost somewhat over $7,000.

The second edifice was erected in 1795-96, and cost about $13,000. It was on South Pearl street; the site is now known as Beaver Block. It was sold to the Congregationalists in 1850, when the congregation removed to their third church edifice on the corner of Hudson avenue and Philip street.

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This church was erected during the years 1849 and 1850, on a lot purchased in September, 1847. It was first opened for service March 10, 1850, and was a model church for the time of its erection, costing about $115,000. In 1856, a lecture-room was erected adjoining the church, which was also used for Sunday-school purposes. In the year 1884, this church was sold to the First Methodist Society for $25,000. The old bell and organs in the church and session-house were reserved from sale, and transferred to the new edifice.

The fourth church edifice was erected during the years 1883 and 1884, on the corner of State street, fronting Washington park. With a session-house attached, it cost the society about $110,000, and is a very fine specimen of architecture. The first ser- vice in this church was held on May 17, 1884.

SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH .- On the third Monday in July, 1813, the subscribers to a new church edifice met and appointed Messrs. James Kane, John L. Winne, Joseph Russell, Nathaniel Davis and Roderick Sedgwick their Trustees, of whom Mr. Kane was made President and Mr. Russell, Treasurer. The work of building was immediately commenced and the house was open- ed for worship in September, 1815, on which occa- sion the Rev. Dr. William Neill (Pastor of the First Church) preached. In the same month Rev. John Chester was called to the pastoral office and in- stalled on the following 8th of November, by the Presbytery of Albany. On the 3d of December the congregation elected Messrs. John L. Winne, John Boardman, Chester Bulkley and Uriah Marvin, their ruling elders. The first meeting of the session was held at No. 8 Water street, December 11, 1815, at the lodgings of the Pastor. On the first Sunday of February, 1816, the church was formally gath- ered, and the first annual report in the same month showed a membership of 45, of which 10 were ad- mitted on examination and 35 on certificate from other churches, mostly from the First Presbyterian. The church rapidly increased, so that at the death of Dr. Chester, January 12, 1829, the membership was 365. A session-house of ample dimensions for prayer meetings, lectures and Sunday-schools is attached to the church.

Dr. John Chester was the eldest son of Colonel John Chester, of Wethersfield, Conn., and was born in August, 1785. He was graduated at Yale College, ordained at Cooperstown, N. Y., installed Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Hudson, N. Y., in 1810, and of the Second Presbyterian Church of Albany, November 8, 1815.

Rev. Edward N. Kirk, D.D., preached for a short time as supply, but a radical sermon on tem- perance having given offense to some members of the church, he left and became Pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, which was greatly prospered under his labors.

The second Pastor was the Rev. William Buell Sprague, D.D., who was installed in 1829, resigned in 1869, and died on Long Island, May 7, 1876, aged eighty years. He achieved a world-wide fame by his able and long ministry, and his great literary work, "The Annals of the American

Pulpit," in nine large octavo volumes, and other writings.

The third Pastor was Anson Judd Upson, D. D., who was installed October 23, 1870, and resigned May 26, 1880. Before coming to this charge he had been Professor of Logic, Rhetoric and Elocu- tion at Hamilton College. Upon his resignation he accepted a call to a professorship in the Theolog- ical Seminary in Auburn, N. Y.

The fourth and present Pastor is James H. Ecob, D.D., called from the Congregational Church in Augusta, Me., who was installed March 15, 1881.

THIRD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. - This congrega- tion was organized in 1817 by a union of a number of the members of the First Presbyterian Church and of those of the Associate Reformed Church. The first meeting-house was on Montgomery street until 1844, when it was sold to the Bethel Society. The present church edifice stood on Clinton avenue and North Pearl street, was dedicated December 3, 1845. Pastors: Hooper Cumming, 1817-23; Joseph Hulbert, 1823-24; John Alburtiss, 1825-28; Will- iam H. Williams, 1828-30; William Lochead, 1831-33; William James, 1834-35; Ezra A. Hunt- ington, 1837-55; Ebenezer Halley, 1855-75; Hor- ace C. Stanton, 1877 to present time.

THE FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH was incor- porated December 1, 1828. The church on north side of Broadway was erected in 1829 and dedi- cated May 20, 1830. It was taken down in 1865, and the present edifice erected in 1866. Pastors: Edward N. Kirk, 1829-35; Edward D. Allen, 1838-42; Samuel W. Fisher, 1843-46; Benjamin N. Martin, 1848-49; H. Mandeville, 1850-54; Sam- uel T. Seelye, 1855-63; Henry Darling, 1864-81; Charles Wood, 1881-86.

FIFTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, organized in 1831. First meetings held in City Hall. Pastor, Alonzo Welton, 1832.

SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. - This church had its origin in a prayer meeting in December, 1855, in a small room in No. 276 Lumber street, now called Livingston avenue. In October of the following year a Sunday-school was organized. With the aid of individuals of the Fourth Pres- byterian Church in the spring of 1868, Rev. John R. Young was employed as a missionary to form a church organization. He resigned, and Rev. Amos Hammond Dean began his labors in May, 1869. In November, 1869, steps were taken to enter into a formal church organization and erect a House of Worship. On December 8th the organ- ization was completed, with 65 names upon the roll of membership. The first communion service was held December 12, 1869, and at a meeting of the congregation, February 25, 1870, the organ- ization adopted the name of the Sixth Presbyterian Church of Albany. The church edifice on Second street was completed in the fall of 1871 and dedi- cated on November 16th of that year. Pastors : The Rev. Amos H. Dean was the first Pastor. He was installed May 5, 1870, and after a successful pastorate resigned in June, 1873, and has since been settled in churches in Joliet and Monmouth, Illinois.

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The second Pastor, Rev. William Durant, was elected in October, 1873, and ordained and in- stalled on the 9th of the following December. He resigned April 30, 1882, when the church had a membership of 464.

The third Pastor, now in charge, is the Rev. J. D. Countermine, who was installed December 20, 1882.

STATE STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH was organ- ized in 1860. The present church edifice, on State street, was dedicated October 12, 1862. It is per- pendicular Gothic in architecture, 111 by 69 feet. Pastors: Alexander S. Tombley, 1862-66; George C. Heckman, 1867-70; John James, 1872-76; John McC. Holmes, 1877 to present time. Church membership, about 800.

THE WEST END PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, corner of New York Central avenue and Third street, was dedicated in 1877. Pastors: Robert Ennis, 1878; Oliver Hemstreet, 1883.

THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH .- The organ- ization of this congregation may be dated October, 1800, although there is no record of any formal organization having taken place. It was at that time that regular services were begun. The society, as well as the Pastor, was nominally in connection with the Presbytery of Montreal.

The first Pastor was Rev. John McDonald, father of the late Mrs. Archibald McIntyre. He had formerly been Pastor of the first Presbyterian Church of this city. His pastorate continued from January, 1801, until March, 1819. He died in Albany, September 1, 1821.

In the year 1820 a change of ecclesiastical rela- tion took place in the transfer of the congregation from the Presbytery of Montreal to the Associate Presbytery of Cambridge.

In this new connection, Rev. James Martin was the first Pastor, in which relation he continued from May, 1824, until July, 1842. He then re- moved from the city, having been appointed to a professorship in the Theological Seminary, Canons- burgh, Pa. He died June 15, 1846.

The next Pastor was Rev. R. J. Hammond. He was installed November, 1843, and resigned Sep- tember, 1844.

The next Pastor was the Rev. Samuel F. Morrow. He was ordained and installed in July, 1846, and resigned in 1886.

The first church edifice stood on the corner of Chapel and Canal streets. It was a plain, but sub- stantial, brick building, 60 by 50 feet, with a pro- jection of fifteen feet for a vestibule. It was opened for public worship on the first Sabbath in January, 1802.

A new House of Worship was erected in 1860, and opened for public service on the first Sabbath of January, 1861. It is built of brick, of the Romanesque style of architecture, 81 by 58 feet. It fronts on Lancaster street, near Eagle.

In May, 1858, by a union of two kindred. branches of the Presbyterian family-the Associate and Associate Reformed Churches-a new denom- ination was formed, taking the name of the United Presbyterian Church of North America. And since that time the ecclesiastical name of this congrega-

tion came to be identical with the corporate name assumed in January, 1801, the United Presbyterian Congregation of Albany.

QUAKERS.

QUAKERS, Or FRIENDS, have but one society in Albany. Their meeting-house, on Plain street, is a modest building, standing back from the street. It was erected in 1835; is 36 by 42 feet in dimen- sions, and will seat about four hundred persons. There are six families and twenty-two parts of fam- ilies of Friends in the city. Meetings are held, with an average attendance of about forty. Samuel Cary, of Rhode Island, came to Albany County early in this century, and was largely influential in establishing the meetings of this sect here.

REFORMED.

FIRST REFORMED CHURCH .- The organization now worshiping in the First Reformed Church, corner of North Pearl and Orange streets, famil- iarly known as the two-steepled church, is one of the two oldest in America, the other being the Col- legiate Reformed Church of New York.

HOFFMAN-PEASE -TOLLEY AL

Old Pulpit and Steps as used in the First Dutch Reformed Church for 150 years. It was sent over from Holland in 1656.

The first Pastor was Rev. Johannes Megapolen- sis, who was sent over by the Patroon, at his own expense, in 1642. The church was for some time sustained by the public revenue, and in 1686 one hundred and fifty acres of land were granted it. Children of the colony were not allowed to be bap- tized elsewhere. For more than one hundred and forty years (till 1782) services were conducted in Dutch. The first edifice was near Fort Orange, on what is now Steamboat square-Church street,

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in that vicinity, receiving its name for proximity thereto. This building was 34 X 19, and cost $32. In 1656, a new edifice was erected at the intersec- tion of what is now State street and Broadway. The dead were buried under this church, and as late as 1852-53 coffins were exhumed. In 1715 a new building was erected over this one, and stood for ninety-one years, when the site was sold to the city for $5,000, and the materials worked into the Second Church on Beaver street. The present edifice was dedicated in 1799, but its in- terior has been modified three times-in 1820, 1850, and 1860. It will seat 1, 200. The organ, with 3,000 pipes, is the largest in the city, and cost $ 12,000. The bell, key D flat, weighs 3, 656 pounds. The ministerial succession has been as follows: Johannes Megapolensis, 1642 to 1649; Gid- eon Schaets, 1652-74; Wm. Niewenhuysen, 1675; Godfriedus Dellius, 1683-99; Johannes Petrus Nu- cella, 1699-1702; Johannes Lydius, 1703-9; Gual- terus Du Bois, 1710; Petrus Van Driessen, 1712-39; Cornelius Van Schie, 1733-44; Theodorus Fre- linghuysen, 1746-60; Eilardus Westerlo, 1760-90; John H. Livingston, 1776; John Bassett, 1787- 1805; John B. Johnson, 1796-1802; John M. Bradford, 1805-20; William Linn, 1808; John De Witt, 1813-15; John Ludlow, 1823-33; Thomas E. Vermilye, 1835-39; Duncan Kennedy, 1841- 55; Ebenezer P. Rogers, 1856-62; Rufus W. Clark, 1862-83; J. Wilbur Chapman, 1885.

SECOND REFORMED CHURCH .-- Until 1816, this church, together with the First, constituted the one Collegiate Dutch Church of the City of Albany. At the time of division into two separate bodies, there were two Houses of Worship, the one in North Pearl street, occupied by the First Church, the other in Beaver street, which was sold and turned into a market, and replaced, in 1881, by the elegant edifice on Madison avenue, corner of Swan street. The Beaver street building was at first styled the South Church, but afterward the Middle Dutch Church, when an additional structure had been erected in Ferry street for a third organization. The Pastors in collegiate charge at the time of sepa- ration were Rev. Drs. John M. Bradford and John De Witt, of whom the latter became the first sole Pastor of the new, or second, congregation. The following has been the order of ministerial suc- cession, viz. : John De Witt, D. D., 1816-23; Isaac N. Ferris, D. D., 1824-36; Isaac N. Wyckoff, D. D., 1836-65; Joachim Elmendorf, D. D., 1865- 72; Dwight K. Bartlett, D. D., 1874-81; Wesley R. Davis, 1882.

THIRD REFORMED CHURCH. - The Third Re- formed Church was organized December 19, 1834, mainly through the instrumentality of Rev. Isaac Ferris, D. D., Pastor of the Second Reformed Church, then worshiping in Beaver street. An edi- fice was immediately erected at the corner of Green and South Ferry streets, in which the congregation still worships, and which remains unchanged, with the exception of such repairs as have been made necessary by the ravages of fire. The first Pastor was the Rev. Edwin Holmes, the father of the pres- ent Pastor of the State street Presbyterian Church

of Albany. Among its other Pastors have been Rev. William H. Campbell, D. D., LL. D., later Principal of the Albany Academy, and still later Professor in the Theological Seminary in New Brunswick, N. J., and President of Rutgers Col- lege. Rev. D. Evert Van Slyke, D.D. now of Syracuse, and Rev. Jeremiah Searle, now of New- burgh.

Amid the movements of other churches to the growing parts of the city, the Third Reformed Church has stood its ground, and is now one of the very few English-speaking Protestant Churches in the southern part of the city. It has seen many hardships and struggles in later years, and many changes in membership, owing to the surging away from it of the tide of population, and the influx of new comers. Still it main- tains a successful existence. One hundred and fifty families are represented in its congregation. It has an enrollment of over two hundred mem- bers, and a Sunday-school with an attendance of two hundred and fifty scholars. Its contribu- tions to religious and benevolent purposes outside of its own requirements are not inconsiderable. The list of its Pastors, with the dates of their min- istry, is as follows:

Edwin Holmes, 1835-40; W. H. Miller, 1861- 62; Andrew Yates, 1840-41; William Bailey, 1863-68; William H. Campbell, 1841-48; Jere- miah Searle, 1868-71; Rutgers Van Brunt, 1848- 49; Evert Van Slyke, 1871-72; W. W. Holloway, 1849-53; D. K. Van Doren, 1873-75; Alexander Dickson, 1853-60; J. B. Campbell, 1876-83; Edwin F. See, 1883.

THE FOURTH REFORMED CHURCH (GERMAN) on Schuyler street, below South Pearl, was organized in 1855. The first Pastor was Rev. H. F. Schnel- lendrussler, who remained until 1864. In 1865, the present Pastor, Jacob F. Neef, was installed.

THE HOLLAND REFORMED CHURCH is located at 153 Jay street. Rev. H. K. Boer is Pastor.

SPIRITUALISTS.

The spritualists of the City of Albany have no formal organization, such as is found in most of the large cities of the United States, neither have they any public hall for holding their meetings.

Of late when, lecturers on spirit philosophy and phenomena have visited this city, arrangements have been made with the Liberals for the use of their hall.

Some years ago, during the War of the Rebel- lion, regular lectures were given each Sunday, in the old hall in Blount's Building, now the Globe Hotel, and Nettie Colburn, a trance speaker, oc- cupied the platform for some time.

Without formulated creed or organized head, its converts are mainly those who are convinced by the.evidence of their senses that man lives beyond the grave, and sometimes returns to the earth and holds sensible intercourse with mortals. Many may be found in all the organized churches, and in every class of society, who are convinced of the truths of modern spiritualism, and cherish its com-

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forting doctrines, who are not outspoken in their belief.

UNITARIAN.

The Unitarians have no regular meeting-house in Albany. The First Unitarian Society was in- corporated in 1842. Services were first held in the Capitol in 1830; in 1843 in Blunt's Building, corner of State and South Pearl streets; afterwards in Rechabite Hall, on State street. The society purchased the Methodist Church on Division street, but sold it in 1869. The following Unitarian Pas- tors have been stationed here at the periods in- dicated: W. H. Lord, 1844; Henry F. Harrington, 1845-47; Orville Dewey, 1849; George F. Sim- mons, 1853-55; A. D. Mayo, 1856-63; Charles G. Ames, 1865; H. C. Leonard, 1866-68.

UNIVERSALIST.

The First Universalist Society held meetings in Masonic Lodge-rooms on Washington street, in 1824. Erected a church on Herkimer street in 1829, and another church on Green street in 1833. At a later date owned the present Law School Building. Pastors: W. S. Balch, 1830; Isaac D. Williamson, 1830-37; Stephen R. Smith, 1837- 42; S. B. Britton, 1842-43; L. B. Mason 1843- 45; S. B. Britton, 1846-47; R. P. Amber, 1847- 48; W. H. Waggoner, 1848-50; O. D. Miller, 1851; A. A. Thayer, 1852-54; J. E. Pomfret, 1858-59; DeForrest Porter, 1861; J. H. Hartwell and C. P. McCarty were acting Pastors still later. At present there is no regular pastor, no church edifice. Meetings are held occasionally in public halls.

REV. DR. HENRY NEWMAN POHLMAN

was born in Albany March 8, 1800, and died here, January 20, 1874. His ancestors were all German. His father, Mr. Daniel Pohlman, re- moved from Philadelphia in early life, married in Albany, and there lived with his wife, honored and respected, to an advanced age, both of them living and dying Christians and members of the Evangel- ical Lutheran Church, into which their infant son was inducted by baptism. The boy grew up amidst the surroundings of a happy Christian home, confirming his baptismal vows early in life. The influence of his sister, Mrs. McClure, a de- voted Christian woman, his own earnest desire to do good, with some peculiar circumstances con- nected with the Evangelical Lutheran Church at the time, induced him to devote his life to the gospel ministry. His Pastor, Rev. F. G. Mayer, had been one of the active agents in securing the property of the Hartwick Seminary, in 1816. The subject was one of much debate and no small ex- citement among the Lutherans of that day. The establishment of this institution was a great event in the infant church. The professor of the seminary was a frequent visitor at the Pohlman's. The con- versations there heard induced Henry, whilst com- paratively a lad, to place himself under the guid-

ance of Rev. Dr. Hazelius, thus becoming the first student in the first Lutheran Theological Seminary in the United States; and to his Alma Mater he clung through life. The new institution, with its fine academical department and the great reputation of the professor, attracted to it many young men of res- pectability preparing for different professions. This had a happy influence over the intellectual growth of the young theological student, who held an honorable position among his fellows for general erudition, and always occupied the front rank as a debater and public speaker, a distinction which he maintained through life. He graduated in August, 1820, before reaching his majority. His license was not conferred until the following March. The services took place in St. Peter's Church, Rhine- beck, being conducted by Rev. Drs. Quitman and Wackerhagen. In the following May he was ordained in Christ Church, New York. When licensed, he had a call to two small churches, at Saddle River and Ramapo, N. J., whither he immediately proceeded. But a more important position soon presented itself. Within a year he took charge of the churches in Hunterdon County, N. J., over which he presided with great accept- ance for twenty-one years. The pastorate was large, three churches many miles apart, isolated and much neglected, making many heavy demands on the young man's energies and robust health. He proved equal to the situation, and lived to see his labors productive' of such religious development that each of these congregations was able to have its own pastor and to give him a more liberal sup- port than was originally received from the united pastorate.

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Bi-centennial history of Albany. History of the county of Albany, N. Y., from 1609 to 1886. With portraits, biographies and illustrations, Part 171

Author: Howell, George Rogers, 1833-1899; Tenney, Jonathan, 1817-1888 Publication date: 1886 Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co. Number of Pages: 1452

Author: Howell, George Rogers, 1833-1899; Tenney, Jonathan, 1817-1888
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co.
Number of Pages: 1452