Civil, political, professional and ecclesiastical history, and commercial and industrial record of the County of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, N. Y., Part 107

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909.
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York : Munsell
Number of Pages: 1360

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Rev. SAMUEL WILLIAMS, born in Cornellsville, Pa., 1502; grad. West Theo. Sem., Allegheny (Pa.), 1830; located Pitts- burgh; Akron, O .; Springfield, O .; was School Director, Pitts- burgh, Pa .; author of Mormonism Exposed, On Baptism, and other works: cd. Christian Witness, Pittsburgh.

Rev. JEREMIAH B. TAYLOR, born in New York; grad. N. Y. Univ. 1848; was engaged in Mission Work in Kansas, 1860-'7; Author of Berean Articles, 1875-'83.

Rev. FRANCIS ARTHUR DOUGLASS was born in Ticonderoga. N. Y., 1824; grad. Amherst Coll. 1851, and Newton Theol. Sem. 1854 ; Sec. Amer. & Foreign Bible Soc., 1879-83; previous locations, Nellore, India, 1855-'65; Champlain, N. Y., 1865-9; Piqua, O., 1869-'73; Lebanon, O., 1873-'5; Cincinnati, 1875-'9; came to Brooklyn 1879.

Rev. JOSEPH B. BREED, born in Salem, Mass., 1807; grad Newton Theol. Sem. 1839; located Virginia, New York, New Hampshire, Rhode Island ; came to Brooklyn 1877.

Rev. IlENRY L. MOREHOUSE, born in Stanford, N. Y., 1534; grad. Univ. Rochester, 1858; Rochester Theol. Sem., 1564; Trustee of Kalamazoo Coll., 1870; Cor. Sec. N. Y. Bapt. Union for Ministerial Education, 1877-'9; Cor. Sec. Amer. Bapt. Home Mission Soc., 1879; located E. Saginaw, Mich., 1561 73; Rochester, 1873-'9; Brooklyn, 1879-'84; author Baptist Home Missions in America.

Rev. HALSEY W. KNAPP, D. D., born in New York: grad. Conn. Lit. Inst., Suffickl; was trustee of Madison Univ .. 1559- '68; located at West Farms, 1858; Jersey City, 1859-'65; New York, 1865-'70; Brooklyn, 1875-'83.

Rev. HENRY BROMLEY, born in Norwich, Ct., 1812; grad. Hamilton Lit. and Theol. Inst., 1838; located in Conn, 15

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ears; 30 years in New York, Philadelphia and Brooklyn; ngaged in Church extension and Sunday-school work.

Rev. C. G. ROBERTS, born in Savannah, Ga., 1842; grad. iberia Coll., 1862; located at Sinoe, Liberia, 1878-'80; came to 'klyn, 1880; pastor, 1880-'4.

Rev. JOHN FLAVEL BIGELOW, A. M., (Roch. Univ., 1856), ). D. (Vermont Univ. 1864); was born in Paxton, Mass., 1818; tudied Brown Univ., Columbia College, and Univ. Berlin, rermany ; located Bristol, R. I., 1848 ; Middleboro, Mass., 855; Keeseville, N. Y., 1860; St. Albans, Vt., 1866; was

Pres. Trustees, Pierce Acad., Mass., and other institutions; Assistant Prin. Athenæum Sem. for Young Ladies, B'klyn, 1868-'80; author of pub. sermons and Synthetic Method of Study.

Rev. J. D. BENGLESS, born Del. Co., Pa., 1836; grad. Lewis- burg (Pa.) Univ., 1860; Pres. New York Cremation Society, 1881-'3; located Pawtuxet, R. I .; Chaplain 2d R. I. Vol. Inf .. 1864. Chaplain U. S. Navy, 1864-'84; author of Islam and Ottoman Empire, 1876, Incineration, 1883; located Brooklyn, Sept., 1877.

EVANGELICAL AND LUTHERAN CHURCHES.

The German Evangelical Church, Schermerhorn Street .- n 1843 a few German residents of Brooklyn began religious ervices in their own language at the Brooklyn Institute. 'rom this beginning sprang the first German church in the ity, which was org. in 1845, under the above name; the members being from the Lutheran and German Reformed enominations. During their occupancy of the Brooklyn nstitute, a house of worship was erected on Schermerhorn treet, near Court, of brick, and seating 300. In 1863 the building was enlarged to 45 by 80 feet, increasing the sittings o 500.

Pastors : Walzer, Dr. Winklemann, 1845 ; Revs. filler, 1846 ; Herman Garbechs, 1847-'65 ; J. Bank, 1866-"71 ; J. F. Hausmann, 1871-'75 ; and the present Pastor, Theodore Dresel, 1875-'84.

The basement is occupied by an English Sunday-school, on Sunday morning, with 300 scholars, and by a German Sunday- chool in the afternoon, with 200 scholars. A private German nd English day-school is kept by L. Goebel, with 50 to 60 cholars.

St. Johannes' Evangelical Lutheran Church, cor. Graham venue and Ten Eyck street, org. 1843, by the Rev. Mr. Delke. At first the congregation worshiped in the Pastor's house, No. 128 Scholes street. In 1844 they met in a wooden building, at the corner of Graham avenue and Remsen street. n 1846 funds were raised for a new church, mostly from the ongregation itself, and the building completed in 1847.

In 1883 the corner-stone of a new church on Maujer street, lear Humboldt, was laid, which is of Philadelphia brick, in ure Gothic style, 60 by 100 feet, with belfry and spire 165 eet high. The interior is severely Gothic, with hardwood inish. The cost was $50,000.

Ministry : Revs. Delke, 1843 ; Schwarz, 1843-'50 ; Beisel, Iengat, 1850 ; Pole, 1850-'54 ; Christian J. Weisel, 1854-'76 ; fucker, 1876-'78 ; P. Beyer, 1880-'84.

Rev. C. J. Weisel was a man of deep piety who had felt it is duty to go out into the world and preach the gospel to very creature, and went as a missionary among the Jews of New York. In 1854 he was called as Assistant Pastor to St. Johannes' Church; misunderstandings arose, so that Rev. Pole, with a portion of the congregation, withdrew in 1855, ind formed a new church on the corner of Scholes street and Union avenue, leaving Rev. Mr. Weisel Pastor of the old church. He served with great acceptance for 24 years, and lied April 12, 1876, universally mourned.

A large school is connected with the church, of which G. Dexle, Wm. Grietzmacher, C. Lenne and Mr. Ilse, have been the teachers.

The St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Congregation was organized in 1867. Some of the more active members were :

Christian Koch, Henry H. Lettmann, Henry Feis, James L. Jensen, David Plath and Henry Gundlachı. They at first held divine services in Union Hall, on Manhattan avenue ; then in a small church on Leonard street. In 1869 the foundation of their church was laid; material, wood; cost, $16,000; seating capacity, 350; church membership, about 600 communicant members; Sunday-school, 300.

Ministry : Rev. O. Kaselitz, 1867-'76 ; Rev. Theo. Heisch- mann, 1876-83; Rev. F. W. Oswald, 1883.

There is also a parochial school, having 60 scholars and 2 teachers. Since April, 1883, services are held in the English language on Sunday evenings. A Ladies' Missionary Society is also connected with the church.

The Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Henry street, near Clark, resulted from the efforts of Rev. Frederic William Tobias Steimle, aided by Jacob Goedel. A room for worship was first hired in Franklin Building, cor. Nassau and Fulton streets, in 1855; when in 1856 more ample quarters in the Juvenile High School on Washington street, and then Concert Hall on Henry street, was purchased, and dedicated November 30, 1856. The cost of this building was $14,000; and about $12,000 were expended on repairing and refitting it. Mr. Steimle was Pastor till his death, Feb., 1879. In the following June the present Pastor, Rev. J. F. C. Hennicke, was called. A school lias been maintained (both in German and English) in connection with this church.

St. Matthew's English Lutheran Church, corner of Clin- ton and Amity sts., was organized in 1858, and first wor- shiped in a hall; then in the church building on Atlantic ave .; then in State st. Having purchased, in 1879, the build- ing corner of Clinton and Amity sts., from the South Pres- byterian Church, they now hold regular services. The fol- lowing have been its Pastors : Revs. William Hull, 1858-'61 ; John Kuhns, 1861-'3; I. K. Funk, D. D., 1863-'72; A. Stewart Hartman, 1872-'4; J. I. Burrell, 1874-'6; M. W. Hamma, D.D., 1877-'82 ; J. C. Zimmerman, since December, 1882. Seating capacity, 800. Present membership, about 200. The Sunday- school numbers over 200. This church has English services, and belongs to the General Synod of the United States. The American Lutheran Church accepts the Augsburg Confession as a correct exhibition of its creed. This church, though conservative, is evangelical and progressive, being identified with the cause of Home and Foreign Missions, and taking an active part in questions of moral reform. Its present Pastor, Rev. J. C. ZIMMERMAN, was born in Ohio, 1851 ; grad. Mt. Union (O.) Coll., 1874, and Wittenberg Sem., 1876 ; previous location, Osborne, O., 1876-'82; came to Brooklyn in 1882.

On Nov. 10, 1883, the 400th Anniversary of Martin Luther's Birthday was celebrated in this church, in which many Protestant clergymen of Brooklyn participated. The call

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was signed by 300 ministers. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Drs. Thomas, l'eck, and Behrends made the principal ad- dresses on the life and work of the great Reformer. The church was too small for the large audience, and many were turned away.

St. John's German Evangelical Lutheran Church was or- ganized in 1866. The congregation worshiped in a Methodist church in Third ave., till 1867, when their present house of worship was completed and dedicated. This is in Prospect ave., between Fifth and Sixth aves. It is a wooden struc- ture, with a brick basement, which is used for a parochial school. The church has a seating capacity of 350.

The first Pastor was Rev. A. Reidenbach, followed, in 1868, by Rev. E. J. Geise, and he, in 1873, by the present Pastor, Rev. J. Hehnuth Sommer.

The parochial school was established in 1866. Instruction is given in both the German and English languages, and it is both religious and seenlar in character. The average attend- ance is 125.

St. Peter's German Lutheran, Walworth st. and DeKalb nve., was organized in 1865. Services were first held in a small chapel in Skilhnan st., ucar Park ave. In 1868, the church removed to Park Avenue Chapel. The present church edifice was bought in May, 1870, from the Puritan Congrega- tional Society. It is a frame structure, 50 by 110 feet. in- cluding the school building in the rear, and has a seating capacity of 600. The number of communicants is about 900. There are two Sunday-schools of over 500 children. In 1879, a gallery and organ-loft were added, and a new organ pur- chased. In 1850, the auditorium was frescoed and decorated.

In 1668, a parochial school was established ; and, in 1878, a new school building erected, adjoining the church. This school, in English and German has 3 teachers and 100 scholars.

Ministry : Rev . John Zapf, 1865 .S; Dr. Schubert, Jan. - Oct., 1864; Robert C. Beer, 1568 9 ; C'has. Gochling, 1869-78 ; John J. Hejschmann, 1878-84.

Rev. JOHN J. HEISCHMANN, born in Lyons, N. Y., 1858; grad. Bloomfield (N. J.) Coll., 1876, and Phila. Theol. Sen., 1879 ; is Sec'y of Home Mission Soc. of Luth. Ch., of N. Y .; editor of B'klyn Luth. Ch. News, 1878-'83; European Letters, 1882; located in B'klyn, 1878.

St. Luke's German Evangelical Lutheran Church was or- ganized in 1870. The first place of worship was a hall in Cumberland st., betwen DeKalb and Lafayette aves. During the year 1870, the congregation purchased from the Simpson M. E. Church, for $14,000, the church building on Carlton ave., near Myrtle. This buikling was repaired and renovated at an expense of about $3,500, and an organ was purchased at a cost of $2,000. In 1879, $1,000 were expended on the Sunday-school rooms.

A parochial school was commenced in 1870; and, in 1578. a school-house, adjoining the church, was built, at a cost of $5,000. In this school, instruction is given in German and English. The school has four teachers and seventy scholars. Rev. J. H. Baden has been the Pastor from the organization of the churchi.

St. Paul's Lutheran Church was organized in 1872. 1ts first place of worship was a hall in Columbia street, near Woodhull. In 1876. a church edifice was erected at the corner of Henry street and Third place. It is a brick structure with a seating capacity of 600. Its cost, including site, was $15,000.

The first Pastor was Rev. Robert Nemann, who was sue- ceeded in 1878 by the present Pastor, Rev. John Huppen- bauer.

The Norwegian Seamen's (Lutheran) Church was organ- ized in July, 1878. The first place of worship was a hall on the corner of Van Brunt and President streets. In February, 1879, the church property of the William street M. E. Church, between Richard and Van Brunt streets, was purchased for about $11,000.

In addition to the church services a reading-room is main . tained here for such Norwegian sailors and others as may, from time to time, be in the port. Here they are kept from the evil influences that so generally surround that class of people.

Rev. O. Asperhem was the first Pastor, succeeded August, 1880, by the present Pastor, Rev. A. Mortensen.

Our Saviour's (Danish) Evan. Luth. Church, for Brooklyn, New York and vicinity. The Danish Evan. Luth. Mission had its beginning in July, 1872, when the Rev. A. L. J. Söholm, from Denmark, org. a congregation at Perth Amboy. N. J. His labors, though extended to various places in the States of N. Y., N. J. and Mass., were yet mostly devoted to this Perth Amboy enterprise, and to the Danish emigrants arriving at Castle Garden. In Perth Amboy, a little frame church (St. Stephen's Danish Luth.) was erected; and Mr. S. labored there until May, 1878, when he removed to Wau- paca, Wis .. to take charge of the Danish Luth, Church there, He was succeeded at Perth Amboy by Rev. R. Andersen; but as the congregation had mostly gone to the West, the church there was broken up. Mr. Andersen, therefore, turned his attention to Brooklyn, where he held his first mission ser- vice to his countrymen, July 10, 1878, in a house (previously used as a Ger. Bap. Church), No. 137 Twenty-second st., near 3d ave. Sept. 15, he opened a mission in Harmonia llall, Van Cott avenne, Greenpoint, E. D .. preaching also in N. Y. to emigrants and seamen. Subsequently the Greenpoint meetings were held in St. Johannes' Ger. Evan. Luth. Church, in Leonard street, between Greenpoint avenue and Colyer st. In the Spring of 1879, he commenced mission meetings in 22d street, Brooklyn, in a hall called " Augsburg Chapel," occu- pied by the Mission S. S. of the Eng. Luth. St. Matthew'

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hurch in Amity street. Mr. Andersen went to Denmark in an., 1881, returning in May to the care of the " Augsburg hapel" mission (which was afterwards transferred to the Dutch Ref. denomination in connection with the 12th St. Ref. 'hurch) and the Greenpoint Mission. In 1882, a regular mis- on was begun in Jersey city, and in the same year the Augsburg Chapel " enterprise became established in its own uilding (a two-story brick house), No. 193 Ninth strect, the rst floor being converted into a neat little church, and the econd floor occupied as a parsonage. This new home was edicated under its present name, on Sunday, Feb., 1883; and t the first confirmation held within its walls, April 15, four ersons were confirmed. Two days later the mission was duly rg. as a congregation, which was incorporated June 6th, and ow numbers about 40 families and some single persons. Its membership extends over New York, Brooklyn, Greenpoint, Ioboken, &c., and its affairs are managed by nine trustees. The church seats 100 persons, and though plainly furnished, ossesses (by gift of a friend) a fine altar-piece ctc. There is, Iso, a prosperous Sunday-school.

This church stands in connection with the Danish Lutlı. church, both in Denmark and America, and with the Luth. Church in general. Its work is primarily among the Danish nd Swedish churches, and those who remain about the ports f New York, Brooklyn and Jersey city for awhile, before oing West.

Rev. RASMUŞ ANDERSEN, born 1848, at Vedelshave, Den- uark; grad. High school in Ryslinge, 1871; came to this and in June, 1871, as the missionary of "the Society for 'reaching the Gospel to Danes in America," and a similar ociety for preaching to Danish sailors; completed his theol. ducation at the Augsburg Sem. at Marshall, Wis .; was ordained June 26, 1872; was one of the founders of Danish Evang. Luth. Church in America, 1872; and Secretary of Synod for some years ; author of History of Evang. Church; orinerly in Waupaca and Three Rivers, Wis., 1872-'78; ettled in Brooklyn September, 1878.

Grace English Evangelical Lutheran Church, at present worshiping in a hall on the N. E. cor. Broadway and 4th t., was org. March 17, 1881. It is the only English Luth. Church in Eastern Dist., and the second in Brooklyn; St. Matthew's being the other. The communicant-members number about 50, although a much larger congregation is in regular attendance. Sunday-school has about 50 scholars, and is growing. The church is connected with the Synod of N. Y. and N. J., and is supported by the Home Mission Board of the Gen. Synod of the Evan. Duth. Ch. OFFICERS : Rev. G. F. Behringer, Pastor; John Brissell, J. Fred. Van- lenfauge, Elders; Geo. Meier, Jacob Moller, Geo. Tonjes, Charles Niemeyer, Deacons; L. R. Stegman, C. R. Henry, J. H. Fahrenholz, J. A. Beyer, G. Tonjes, H. Dick, Trustecs. Sunday-school : Supt., G. F. Behringer; Asst. Supt., C. R. Henry; Sec., Geo. Meier; Treas., Chas. Niemeyer.

Rev. GEORGE F. BEHRINGER, born in New York, Oct., 1846; grad. Cornell Univ., 1869, and Univ. Leipzig, 1873; was Ass't Prof. German, etc., at Cornell, 1869-'70, and Prof. Rhetoric at Howard Univ., 1874-75; previous locations, Indianapolis, 1877-'78; Des Moines, 1879-'81; author of Life of Luther; came to Brooklyn, 1881.

Harrison Ave. Church of the Evangelical Association of North America was org. January 10, 1876, through the labors of Rev. E. Glaesen, Missionary, who preached at first in Winter's Hall in Harrison ave. Messrs. G. A. Sebohner, Philip Stark, Ernest Boehm, F. Boyen and Ulrich Barth were its founders and first trustees. Three lots were secured in IIarrison avenue, between Gwinnett and Middleton streets, March 1, 1876; and the crection of the present parsonage com-

menced (cost $3,500), in the second floor of which church- services were held. These accommodations soon proving too small, a church edifice, 90 by 42 feet, frame, in a partly Gothic style, was erected. The corner-stone was laid July 8, 1877, and the church ded. Sept. 12, 1878. It has a scat- ing capacity of 500, and cost about $12,000. The first Pastor, Mr. E. Glaesen, was succeeded by Rev. J. I'. Schnatz, May 1, 1879. He remained two years, during which the church prospered; and was followed by Rev. F. Kurtz, the present Pastor; the congregation having increased, in two years, from 120 to 170 members. The church sustains a Sunday- school of over 400 children. The services are all in the German language.

St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Evergreen ave., op. Jefferson, org. 1868. The church is a wooden structure. seating 500 persons, with a parsonage; is worth about $20,000, and is free from debt. Rev. G. A. Schmith, Pastor, from 1868 to March, 1871; Rev. August E. Frey, from March, 1871, to 1884. The church has prospered, and numbers now 1,000 communicants; 500 Sunday-school scholars; sustaining St. Mark's parochial school of six teachers and 300 scholars.

Mr. FREY, a native of Germany, born in 1844; educated in Basse, Switzerland. He was first located in Ghent, Columbia Co., N. Y., 1868-'71. He is the author of Chrstl. Volks- Bibliothek and Missions Bibliothek, History of the Reforma- tion, also Editor of the Evang. Luth. Mission Blatt for 8 years, and of Vergissmeinnicht.

Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Church was founded in January, 1875, by Rev. F. T. Koerner, with twenty members. Services were first held in Tuttle's building; afterwards the church on South Eighth and First streets was purchased. It is a brick structure, 35 by 50 feet, and had been first a Presbyterian and next a Jewish church.

The cdifice was refitted, and the congregation now numbers six hundred; while the Sunday-school has two hundred and fifty members, and the day school has a hundred pupils. The congregation helps support the German Home for the Destitute and Hospital, at East New York, and Mr. Koerner is a member of the Board of both Institutions. The church belongs to the Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and other States, which includes about a thousand ministers.

German Evangelical Mission Church in Hopkins St .- The first attempt for the gathering of a German mission in the 21st Ward in Brooklyn was made in the year 1868. In Throop ave., between Hopkins and Ellery sts., the Englishi brethren have a Mission Chapel (Sunday-school building) which they offered to the Germans for their services, Mis- sionary Hones was called to the work, but he was not suc- cessful. The second attempt was made on the 5th of July, 1868, when Rev. Henry Loesch was called as a minister; but he had to resign in a short time (Feb. 10, 1870), for want of hearers and success.

On the 15th of July the present Pastor, Rev. John Meury, accepted the call. He is a man of uncommon energy, pow- erful oratorical talent, and high cultivation, together with personal cheerfulness and piety. He went to work with zeal and courage. The meetings and services were attended with growing interest, and soon the locality was too small to hok the hearers. On Jan. 6th, 1871, the session resolved to build a church edifice. In May, 1871, the congregation was incor- porated under its present name. Three lots in Hopkins st., be- tween Throop and Sumner aves., were purchased, and the building commenced. On the 23d of Feb., 1872, the new church was consecrated and occupied. The building is constructed in the most solid manner, thoroughly, of brick, 50 x 85. The spacious main hall lias wide galleries all around and can accommodate 14,000 persons. The basement consists

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of large lecture-room, and two school-rooms for 160 scholars of the parochial school. The congregation also owns a par- sonage. 20x50; brick building with French roof. The church and parsonage were erected at the cost of $40,800. The con- gregation numbers at the present time about 675 members. The Sunday-school is regularly attended by 700-800 children. The parochial school, with a German and an English teacher, has 180 scholars now. The church is connected with the Presbytery of Brooklyn; is in a flourishing condition, and fully self-sustaining.

Other Lutheran clergymen residing in Brooklyn are:

Rev. J. P. BEYER, born in Germany, 1832; grad. Concordia (Mo.) College, and St. Louis Theol. Sem., 1855; was Pres. of Eastern District Synod of Missouri; formerly at Memphis, Tenn., 1855-'58; Altenburgh, Mo., 1858-63; Chicago 1863-'70;

Pittsburgh, 1870-80; Brooklyn, April 8, 1880-'81; editor Lu- theran Child's Paper.

Rev. H. DAEGENER, born in Brunswick, Germany, 1822; grad. Holzminden, 1841; and in theol. at Univ. Göttingen, 1841; Memb. Exam. Com of Ministerium of New York. Pastor St. Mark's, N. Y., 1856-'82; in Brooklyn as Emeritus, Oct., 1882.

Rev. CARLSLEN HAUSLEEN, born in Norway, 1856; grad. Christiana Coll., 1874, and Christiana Univ., 1880; located Brooklyn, 1883.

Rev. ANDREAS MORTENSEN, born in Norway, 1849; grad. Giertsen's Coll., Christiana, 1872; in theol. at Royal Fredrik's Univ., 1877; teacher of Theol. Hist. and Lang., Christiana: Pastor Norweg. Luth. Seamen's Ch., in New York, 1880.

Rev. ALBERT RODELL, born at Grand Island, N. Y., 1-53; grad. Augustaua Coll. (Ill.), 1875, and Augustana Theol. Sem .. 1877; editor Augustana Observer, New York; located in Kan- sas City, Mo., 1877-'80; Brooklyn, 1880-'84.

UNITARIAN CHURCHES

CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR. (UNITATIAN.)

Smith, Win. II. Hale, Chas. Woodward, Henry Leeds. Thos. Woodward, Geo. Blackburn, Geo. S. Cary. P. t. Taylor, Rich. W. Dow, Jas. Walters, Joshua Jolford and Geo. B. Archer. The first public services were held Aug. 17, in Classical Hall, Washington st. Rev. David Hatch Barlow was installed Pastor Sept. 17, 1834. He was a graduate of Harvard; "a preacher and poet too, of no ordinary gifts. Able, cultured and graceful, he won sincere respect for his talents, as also affectionate esteem for his devotion to his parishioners." Ill health compelled him to resign in July, 1837. He was succceded by Rev. Frederick West Holland, from April 1, 1838, to April 1, 1812; who also was a graduate of Harvard and of Cambridge Divinity School, "and by excellent gifts, intellectual attainments, earnest piety and great energy, was well fitted for his work in life." Meanwhile, through some differences which had arisen, a Second Unitarian Society was formed Dec. 2, 1840, by twenty-two persons, in the Brooklyn Lyceum. Rev. F. A. Farley was installed Pastor of the new society Aug. 1, 1941 ; and it was incorporated Nov. 1, 1841, with these Trustees: Win. H. Cary, Chas. Woodward, Thos. . 1. Morrison, Geo. Collins, Ben. Blossom, Wm. K. Tucker, I .. W. Thomas, Joshua Atkins and Joseph L. Brigham. Mar. 22, 1842, the two churches were united under Dr. Farley as Pastor and worshiped in the lall of the Brooklyn Institute until April 2, 1844. The Trustees of the United First Unitarian Church were: Seth Low, President; William H. Cary, Peter G. Taylor, Davit Felt, Charles M. Olcott, L. W. Thomas, Joseph L. Lord, John Greenwood and George B. Granniss. A plot of land on Pierrepont st. and Monroe Place had been purchased, and a new and elegant church erected, which was consecrated April 24, 1841, as the Church of the Saviour. In Nov .. 1863, Dr. Farley preached his farewell sermon, after twenty years' pastorate. His suc- cessor, Rov. A. P. Putnam, the present incumbent, was installed Sept. 28, 1864. In 1865 the society established its Furman st. Mission School, and about the same time, sided

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Civil, political, professional and ecclesiastical history, and commercial and industrial record of the County of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, N. Y., Part 107

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909. Publication date: 1884 Publisher: New York : Munsell Number of Pages: 1360

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909.
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York : Munsell
Number of Pages: 1360