Jubilee, the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the 34th Street Reformed Church of New York City, Dec. 14-21, 1873, Part 3

Author: Riley, Isaac. Historical discourse; Stryker, Peter. Jubilee; Riley, Isaac. Thanksgiving
Publication date: 1874
Publisher: New York, : The Consistory
Number of Pages: 126


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April 3, 1856, Rev. Peter Stryker, of Rhinebeck, was called as pastor on a salary of $3,000. He entered on his duties here the second Sab- bath in May, and on Sunday evening, June ist, was installed. Rev. H. B. Stryker, his father, preached the sermon. Rev. Dr. Vermilye gave the charge to the pastor and Rev. Jeremiah S. Lord the charge to the people.


January 4, 1857. Mr. Wm. Woram, whom many remember for his


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twenty-one years service as Superintendent of the Sunday School, and his perseverance in leading the singing of the social meeting:,, died an hour or two before the time he was to be reinstalled as elder.


May 1857, the number of elders and deacons was reduced to the old standard, making five of each instead of six.


In January 1859, notwithstanding the financial embarrassment of the Church, $450 was appropriated to the education of three young men for the ministry.


February 1859, appears the first notice of consultation on the subject of union with the Livingston Church, then under the efficient ministry of Rev. F. N. Zabriskie.


May 1859, the plan was adopted, and the Livingston members were transferred.


September 1859, a committee (Mandeville, Slauson, Howell, Baker, Raven. Freeman) was appointed to look for lots, for a building up town.


January 1860, a committee was appointed to sell the old Church. . (Kip, Howell and Camerden.)


A plan had been proposed by which Dr. Bethune and Rev. Mr. Van Nest, in the 21st Street Church, should continue the service in the Broome Street Church, but this fell through.


Just before the end of Dr. Brodhead's pastorate, the Church began to feel the influence of the changes in the population of the city which have had so marked an effect on the subsequent history of the Church. The year before his resignation, that is in 1836, the Collegiate Church, under the influence of this change and because so many of its people were moving toward the upper part of the city, and in " order not merely to preserve the strength and influence of the Church, but event- ually its very vitality, purchased the house of worship in Ninth Street," east of Broadway, where part of A. T. Stewart's store now stands ; and in November 9th, 1836, founded, and in May 19, 1839 dedicated, the Church corner of Lafayette Place and 4th Street.


In 1836, the Reformed Church in 2Ist Street was organized. In 1837 the Church where Dr. Hutton is pastor, was established on Wash- ington Square. These things show the northward tendency of popula- tion at that date.


The Broome Street Church felt the changes in population. The flood


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of fashion swept away the nourishing earth from its roots. The cur- rents of commerce brought in the sterile sand and gravel about them. Strong branches were rent off by the storms of financial disaster, death did its unceasing work, and the shoots, which in earlier years would have been grafted on to make up for loss, were being joined to new Churches to the north and in the growing parts of the city. The mark of debt was on the trunk, and though watered with tears and cultivated with prayers and earnest labor, and though the branches never ceased in a single season to bear fruit, it was evident that it must sooner or later come to its fall. Varied appliances were used to bind up the riven trunk, kind hands were extended from without. But at last under the furious financial storm of 1857-8, and the movements which fol- lowed, it was evident that the time had come to decide the question : Shall the tree be transplanted or die? The first was chosen. But what a work it was! An old stock nearly forty years old, roots deep in the earth taking hold upon the rocks, but in its later years weakened and shattered. Could it be taken up? Could it be set in the earth again ? Could it grow? Would it flourish ? The very weakness which made removal a necessity made the experiment a doubtful one. It is very rare for a Church to make such a move till forced to it by neces- sity, and it is this necessity which makes the work so hard. But the work was undertaken. Many of you know better than any words of mine can tell what that labor cost. The ground here was prepared with diligent care, under the direction of the united Broome Street and Liv- ingston Churches.


On the 15th of April, 1860, the last service was held in the old Broome Street Church.


Rev. Dr. Van Vranken preached in the morning from Ex. 40 : 34-38 ; at 2 P. M., the funeral services of Thomas F. Peeney, were held in the Church. At 3.30 Dr. Fisher preached from Psalms 63: 2, and at 7.30 Dr. Stryker preached a discourse on the history of the Church, which was afterward published.


The Broome Street Church property was sold for $47, 500, to Mr. Aaron Arnold. The liabilities on the same amounted to $22,055; leaving $25,445 for the new Church. The three lots on which the Church now stands were selected by the committee, and bought for $22,500, leav-


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ing after all was paid $2,717 with which to begin a Church. At a meeting of the Great Consistory, February 17, 1860, this sale and purchase were confirmed, and a committee appointed to look at Churches for models. February 29th the building committee was ap- pointed, Messrs Rogers, Camerden, Mandeville.


March 9, 1860, Mr. Kip resigned the office of treasurer, which he had acceptably and efficiently filled for thirty-four years, and on the roth of May a gold medal was presented to him.


March 19, the plan of Mr. Renwick, the architect, was approved, and on April 25 contracts were made.


On May 20th Leonard W. Kip, Jr., a child of this church, was or- dained as a Missionary. The service took place in the Collegiate Church.


The corner stone was laid Thursday, June 2 Ist, 1860, at 5 P.M., by Dr. Stryker. Drs. Strong, Zabriskie, Hatfield, H. B. Stryker, and De Witt taking part in the exercises.


September 10, the committee reported the building enclosed and roofed.


On the first Sabbath of November, 1860, the first service was held in the basement, and worship was continued there until this room was entered.


On Sunday, March 3, 1861, the church was dedicated to the worship of Almighty God. Dr. Stryker preached in the morning on the Joyful Dedication, Ezra 6: 16. Dr. Ferris followed the sermon with an address. Dr. Hutton preached in the afternoon, and Dr. Bethune in the evening. The church at all the services was filled.


June 10, 1861, the treasurer's account was presented to the congre- gation, showing the final cost of the church to be $60,433.07. The report of June 24th, 1861, showed the debt of the church to be $33.989.95.


September 9. 1861, the name was adopted, "The Minister, Elders and Deacons of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in 34th street, in the city of New York."


February 10, 1862, $6, 000 was received from the Consistory of the Colle- giate Church, to help pay off the floating debt, which was then cancelled.


October 19 is a report of $10,000. raised on the debt, a work which was continued with unceasing devotion for years afterward.


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January 20, 1863, an additional $3,000 was received from the Colle- giate Church.


March 9, 1863, the Mission Sunday School was taken charge of by the Church.


May 9, 1864, the salary was raised from $3, 000 to $4,000, June 19, 1865, to $4, 500, July 8, 1867, to $5,000.


May 18, 1865, the pew rents were raised 25 per cent.


The first official notice of the Bible Reader occurs April 2, 1865.


June 6, 1866, General Synod met in the church.


May 10, 1867, the plan of Systematic Beneficence was adopted by the congregation, which resulted in raising between 1300 and 1400 dol- lars.


May 13, 1867, a Mission Sunday School was established in 29th Street.


November, 1867, the Consistory, moved by the poor condition of the organ then in the church, purchased the one we now have.


March 25, 1868, Rev. Dr. Stryker resigned his pastorate, to accept the call of the North Broad Street Protestant Church, Philadelphia.


Dr. Stryker was graduated at Rutgers College 1845, New Brunswick Seminary 1848. His pastorates have been Raritan, 3rd, 1848-51, Rhine- beck 1851-56, Broome Street 1856, Thirty-Fourth Street 1860-68, North Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 1868-70, Rome, N. Y., Ist Presbyterian Church 1870.


Of course I cannot now speak of his pastorate as I might, and gladly would, if he were not here. "There were received in this period to church membership 416 persons on confession of faith, and 442 on certi- ficate ; in all 858, an average of over 71 a year. There did not occur in all this time a communion season without additions to the church, both by letter and profession of faith."


I may say here that I find this to be the case through almost the whole of the history of this church for fifty years, and the same continues to be the fact to this day. And permit me to add one word more, that through all the record of the transfer of this church, and the building of this edifice, and the payment of the debt, there is evidence of the presence and force of one strong and ever-honored hand ; and that throughout this congregation there is affectiontte remembrance of one beloved


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name. Absence has not obliterated the remembrance of those days.


After Dr. Stryker's departure, unsuccessful efforts were made to secure the services of Rev. John Gaston, of Saugerties, elected April 21, 1868 ; Rev. Dr. G. H. Mandeville, of Newburgh, now of Harlem, elected May 3d ; and Rev. Erskine N. White, of the Presbyterian Church of New Rochelle, now of Buffalo, elected June 13. Your present Pastor was installed September 27th, 1868. My record is as follows :


I graduated at Yale College 1858, Union Seminary, New York, 1861. Pastorates: Forest Presbyterian Church, Middletown, Del., 1861- 64; Ist Presbyterian Church, Pottsville, Pa., 1864-67 ; Park Presby- terian Church, Newark, N. J., colleague with Rev. Dr. Joel Parker 1867- 68; Thirty-Fourth Street 1868.


October 10th, 1869, this excellent-hymn book was adopted for con- gregational use.


November 19, 1869, the long-needed work of painting, and so finishing the church was undertaken. We worshipped in the basement during the time the work was prosecuted, from December 12, 1869, till February 20th, 1870.


In November 1870, Mr. G. C. Hall, one of the deacons of the church, died.


Sunday, March 12, 1871, the 10th Anniversary of the Dedication of this Church was celebrated. The Pastor preached an historical sermon in the morning. Dr. Zabriskie offered prayer. A Sunday School Reunion was held at 3 P. M. Dr. Stryker and the Pastor, and Mr. J. R. Smith, the oldest member of the Broome Street Sunday School present, made addresses. Rev. Dr. Stryker preached in the evening.


December 6th, 1871, a plan for raising centennial offerings was adopted, which secured $2,6co.30.


February 5, 1873, the excellent system of offerings which we use now was adopted. the result in the past 10 months shows that it produces a yearly amount of about $1600, against about $300 on the old arrange- ment.


During my pastorate there have been received to the church 80 on con- fession, 74 by letter-154 : making a total during the 50 years of 1972, an average of 393.


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It is like seeking to picture to you a tree by giving you the girth of the trunk, the length of its branches, the number of its leaves, and the measure of its fruit. That does not show you what the tree is. You need to know by sight the golden green of its foliage, as the sunset glorifies it, to see the quivering leaves whiten as the south wind sweeps through. You must rest beneath its shade, and eat its lucious fruit, and hear the birds sing among its sheltering branches. You need to see it wrestle naked with the winter wind, to see the buds burgeon and burst, and the green veil of the spring-mist over it all, to see its summer richness and its radiant autumn glory. So with this church, to speak of so many years and so many dollars, and so many members, is not telling that which is mosi noble and lovely. That true history never has been, never can be written in words. It is in our hearts. It is made of precious memories, of the sweet fellowships of those who have departed, of words of cheerful Christian sympathy, of toils and sufferings endured together, victories and defeats, the solemn influences of prayer, and the workings of the divine Spirit-God's presence with His people. To me, my friends, the history of this dear Church is made up of words of hearty welcome, of thanks for services which I wish had been a thousand times more fruit- ful for your delight and advantage, of anxious thoughts for your souls, of pain at your sorrows, memories of sick rooms and dying beds, delight in your prosperity, and that which makes up my thoughts of this people present with me every day. Thank God for great privileges, and for the power of memory which can hold the record of great delights !


That is the true history to be remembered for ever.


Brethren, in such days as these, we who are the keepers of these trees of the Lord's planting and love must be equal to the work. We must meet all demands with lofty courage and pure heavenly-mindedness. We must be more ready with earnest self-denial. In this age we cannot live letting things take their own course. We must lay hold of them by faith and holy zeal. We must dig deep the sluice-way in which refreshing waters can find their way to these roots. We must bring down the dews of heaven by our prayers. We must prune every fatal excrescence, bind up every marring wound. See that no foulness of dissolute lives poisons the air, that no passion scorches even the tenderest leaf, that no meanness or narrowness chokes the flow of life. We must watch the hand of the


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divine Husbandman, and see how he trains the plants of the heavenly Father's planting. Then this church shall continue a plant of renown. It shall give grateful shade to many a wanderer burnt by the glare of the wild- erness, shelter to many a soul faint from facing the pitiless storm. It shall delight the eyes of those who love to look on the glory of the Redeemer's kingdom. Their ears shall be gladdened with the sound of eolian music and the songs of joy. A needy world shall be refreshed with its fruit.


My dear friends, shall we seek this? As we close the leaves of the past, written all over with the record of the goodness of our covenant God, and open the new page of the future, let us read them with courage and holy devotion. Then shall we sooner see the glory of the heaven and be glad, and rejoice forever in that which the Lord creates. Then shall we learn the fullnes sof this promise, that as the days of a tree, so are the days of My people. We shall be blessed, and glory shall be to Father, Son and Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen.


CHURCHES OF NEW YORK IN 1823.


DUTCH REFORMED.


SOUTH, No. 8 Garden St., now 50 and 52 Exchange Place, Rev. James M. Matthews, pastor, built 1693, rebuilt 1807, burned 1835, one of the Col- legiate Churches until 1813. Now the South Church, Fifth Ave. and 2 Ist St., E. P. Rogers,. D.D., pastor.


The COLLEGIATE CHURCHES were:


MIDDLE, corner Nassau and Cedar Sts., built 1727, now used by the Post Office, (the Post Office in 1823 was at the corner of William and Garden Streets).


NORTH CHAPEL, Fulton and William Streets, built in 1767-9.


The Collegiate Pastors were Drs. Kuypers, Milledoler, Knox and Strong. NORTH-EAST, in Market St., Dr. Wm. McMurray pastor, built 1819, (called in the Directory "Dutch Presbyterian."


NORTH-WEST, organized 1807, built 1808 at 17 Franklin St., Rev. Christian Bork pastor, now Madison Ave. Church at 57th St., Rev. H. D. Ganse pastor.


GERMAN, in Nassau St., Rev. Krouse pastor.


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GREENWICH, organized 1803, built 1807 at the corner of Herring and Amos, now Bleecker and 10th, Rev. I. N. Marselus pastor.


BLOOMINGDALE, 1805, Rev. Alex. Gunn pastor.


HARLEM, organized 1660, built 1825, Rev. Cornelius C. Vermule pastor. In 1823 two Churches were organized on Greene Street, one at Broome the other at Houston.


There was also a " Seceders" Church, organized in the same year under the title of the True Dutch Reformed Church.


BAPTIST.


Gold St., built 1769


Rev. Mr. Parkinson.


Nassau St., 1803 . .


Sommers.


Mulberry St., 1817


66 Maclay.


Oliver St., 1795


66


Williams.


Anthony St ..


Delancey St., 1819


66 Chase.


Vandam St., 1810.


66 Perkins.


Broome, 1806.


Van Velser.


Abyssinian, 1805.


Paul.


York St., (colored) 1818


EPISCOPAL.


Trinity


St. Paul's 1 Rectors, Rt. Rev. Bishop Hobart, Drs. Berrian, Onderdonk, Upfold and Doane.


St. John's


St. George's, Beekman and Cliff Sts


Dr. Milnor.


St. Stephen's


Feltus.


St. Mark's.


" Creighton.


St. Phillip's, 24 Collect


" Williams.


St. Luke's, Hudson St.


" Upfold.


St. Michael's 2


" Penevryn.


St. James'


Zion.


" Brintnal.


Grace.


" Wainwright.


Christ's, 49 Ann St.


Lyell.


St. Ann's.


" Sellon.


St. Thomas' Church was organized at the corner of Broome Street and Broad-


. way on Christmas day, 1823, fifteen days after the Broome Street Re- formed Church.


METHODIST.


John Street, Allen Street, Bowery, Duane Street, Church Street, Cor- laer's Hook, Chrystie Street, Elizabeth Street, Bedford Street, Forsyth Street. Crosby Street.


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PRESBYTERIAN.


Brick Church Dr. Spring


Bowery.


Stafford


Cedar Street


Romeyn


Vandewater Street.


Cummings


Christopher Street


Rowan


Sheriff Street.


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Baldwin


Fourteenth, at 15 Provost Street.


Ogilvie


Centre, at Broome and Elm Streets


Patton


Wall Street.


Whelpley


Orange Street.


" McCarter


Spring Street.


" Cox


Rutgers.


" McAuley


Banker Street


Rose Street


" Cornish


ASSOCIATE REFORMED.


Cedar Street, No. 33 .


Dr. McLeod


Murray Street, No. 37 .


Chambers St ..


Mcleod


Pearl Street, No. 550


Philips


Nassau, No. 46


Stark


OTHER DENOMINATIONS.


Two Roman Catholic Churches, St. Peter's and St. Patrick's.


St. Matthew's, Lutheran, cor. of Walker Street and Broadway.


Schaeffer


The Swamp Church.


Geissenheimer


Moravian, 104 Fulton Street


Mortimer


Universalist, one in the city


Mitchell


Another in Greenwich


King


New Jerusalem


" Doughty


Mariner's, 75 Roosevelt Street


Truair


Welsh.


Independent, Thompson Street


Harrison


Mulberry Street.


(called Episcopal).


Mott


State Prison Chapel. " Stanford


Scotch Baptist


Synagogue, . " Peixotto


Unitarian, organized 1821, in Chambers Street, built cor. Prince and Mercer Street 1826, Dr. Ware pastor.


Bethel Chapel, an African Baptist Church, cor. Delancey and Chrystie Sts. Three Friends' Meeting Houses, in Liberty, Pearl and Hester Streets.


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STATISTICS.


PASTORS.


Rev. Robert McLean, from 1824 to


1826


Rev. Jacob Brodhead, D.D.,


1826


1837


Rev. Sam'l A. Van Vranken, D.D.,


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1837


1841


Rev. George H. Fisher, D.D.,


1841 1854


Rev. Henry V. Voorhees,


1855 1855


Rev. Peter Stryker, D.D.,


1856


1868


Rev. Isaac Riley,


1868


TREASURERS.


Leonard W. Kip, Esq.,


from


1823 to 1835


William Hardenbrook, Jr.,


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1838


Leonard W. Kip, Esq.,


1838 " 1860


Albert Slauson,


IS60


1863


Henry Camerden, Jr.,


1863


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CLERKS.


James Smith,


from 1823 to 1826


Anthony Woodward,


1826


1831


David M. Moore,


1831


1833


Bauman Lowe,


IS33 1840


Eder V. Haughwout,


1840 1846


Henry Paterson,


1846


1847


John S. Woodward,


1847


1849


Solomon S. Kimball,


1849


1852


Oscar Schenck,


1852 1853


Henry Camerden, Jr.,


66


1853


I854


James V. Freeman,


1854 66


1857


Richard Stout, Jr.,


1857


1858


Archibald Wight,


1858 66 I859


Abm. C. Stryker,


IS59 " 1863


J. D. Hunter,


1863


1866


P. W. Bedford,


1866 6 1868


J. D. Hunter,


1868


1870


G. C. Hall,


66


1870


" 1870


E. Vanderbilt,


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Members of Consistory are chosen in the first week of December and installed on the last Sunday, to serve two years.


ELDERS,


With the dates of election and service.


Luke Hinchcliff 1823


Stephen Hasbrouck, M. D. 1823, '4, '7, 8


James Ackerman 1824, '5, '8, '33, '4


Abraham Van Cleef. 1824, '5, '6, '7


Robert Buchan 1825


John Atwood 1826


John Ganse. [826, '7, '8, '9, '30, '2, '3


William Keily 1826,'7


Aaron Brinckerhoff. 1827,'8


William Poe. 1827, '8, '36, '7


Joseph Martin. 1828, '9, '31, '2 Anthony Woodward 1828, '9, '30, '1, '2, '3 Joseph Concklin 1829, '30 Edward Meeks 1829, '30, '3, '9


Lewis Thornel. 1829, '30, 'I


Sylvester Earle. .IS30


Caleb D. Haviland. 1831,'2


William Woram, 1831, '2, 4, '5, '7, 'S, '9, '40, '1, '2, '4, '5, '6 '7, '8, 9, '51, '2, '3


David Gulick. . 1832, '3


Peter Morris . 1833, '4, '5, '6, '7, '8. '42, '3


Edmund Arrowsmith, 1834, '5, '6, '7, '8, '9, '40, '1, '2, '3, '5, '6, '9, '50


William Hardenbrook, Jr., 1834, '5, '8, '9, '40, '1, '2, '4, '5, '6, 7, '8, 9


Abraham D. Stephens. 1835, '6, '7


William P. Stoutenburgh .1835, '6


Joseph Frear. 1836, '7, '8


Richard Wight 1838, '9, '40, '1


Cornelius C. Jacobus, 1839, '40, '1, '2, '3, '4, '5 '6, '7, 'S, '9, '50 Bauman Lowe 1840, '1, '3, 4 Samuel Eells. .IS41 John M. Ryer 1842,'3


Thomas Bord, M. D. 1843, '4, '5, '6, '7, '8, '9. '50, '2, '4 Louis J. Belloni 1844, '5, '6, '7, 'S, '9


Theophilus L. Houghton


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John S. Woodward 1850, '1


William Kirby 1852, '1, '3. '4, '6,'7


John Woolsey 1850, '1, '2


Leonard W. Kip 1851,'2, 6, '7,8, 9


Benjamin Wood 1851, 2, '3, 4, '5


George Mather 1852, '3, '4


Daniel Howell 185.7, '4, '5,'6, 7,8,'9


John S. Hoagland


1853


Lawrence Wiseburn


1855,'6


James Dailey.


1855, '6, '7,8


Thomas Riley.


.1855


Harvey Miner


1857,'S


Albert Slauson


1858, '9, '61,'2


John C. Barkley 1859, '61, '2, '5, '6, '8, '9, '70, 'I


Nicholas Rogers. .1859, '61


Henry Camerden, Jr., 1859, '60, 1, '2, '3, '4, 5, '6, 7, 8, '9, '70, '1, '2, 3


Hiram B. Jackson . 1859


Samuel V. S. Mandeville 1860, 'I,'2,'3


James Demarest. 1861, '2, 3,'4


John A. Van Voorhis : .IS61, '2


Garrett Van Nostrand


1852,'3, '4, '5, '7, '9, '70


Henry Coleman. 1863, '4


John A. Van Santvoord . 1865


Abraham A. Stager 1864,'5


David T. Blauvelt.


IS65, '6, '7, '8, '9, '73


Roland S. Doty 1865, '6, '7, '8, '9, '70, '1


Edward Anthony 1866,'7


Paul M. Drake. 1870, '1, '2, 3,


Harvey Miner 1870, '1,'2,'3


N. Hill Fowler IS72,'3


Joseph Goetschius . 1872, '3


DEACONS,


With dates of election and service.


John Butler. IS23, '4 -


James Smith IS23, '4, '5, '6


William Keily, . 1824, '5


John J. Ruton, M.D IS25, '6, '8


Sylvester Earle. 1826, '7, 8, 9


Anthony Woodward . 1826, 7


William Woram


IS26, '7, '8, '9


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Jacob Bogert. 1827,'8


Joseph Concklin 1827, '8


Caleb D. Haviland 1827, '8


David C. Buchan 1829 Edwin A. Dodge. 1829


Leonard W. Kip. 1829, '30, '8, '9


Elnathan H. Sears. 1829, '30


Henry V. Garretson .


1830, '1, '2, '3, '4, '5, '6, '7


Henry Lippincott 1832, '1, '2,'3


Abraham Lott 1830, '1


David M. Moore 1830, 'I


James Anderson, M.D . . 1831,' 2, '3, '4, '5, '6, 7, 8, '40, '1, '2, '3


Peter Morris.


1831,'2


William W. Cowan


1832, '3


Bauman Lowe.


1832, 3, 4, 5, '6, '7, '8


William Fordham


. 1823, '4


Cornelius C. Jacobus


1834, '5, '6, '7


Andrew Wight


IS34, '5,'6


Theophilus L. Houghton . 1835, '6


John M. Ryer


1837, '8,'9


Lawrence Proudfoot, M. D. 1837, '8


Louis J. Belloni . 1838, '9, 40, '1, '2, '3


Nicholas D. Herder 1839, '40, '2, '3, '50, '1


Eder V. Haughwout. 1839, '40, '1, '2


Abraham D. Weeks 1839, '40, '1, '2, '3, '4


John Gray. 1840, 'I


John N. Genin 1841, '2, '3, '4,'5,'6


John S. Woodward 1843,'4,'6,'7


David Beach 1844, '5 Robert Smith 1844, 5 William Becker


1844, '5, 6,'7,'8,'9


Henry Patterson 1845, '6, '7, '8


John M. Roome 1845, '6


Richard Voorhis


1846, '7, '8, '9


John Williamson.


1847, '8, '9


Solomon S. Kimball


1847, '8, '9, '50


A. A. MeWithey 1848 Thomas Barty 1849,'50


Peter Duryce. 1849, '50


Horatio J. Ware 1850, 'I


John C. Barkley 1850, '1, '2, '3, '4, '5


Gideon Jennings 1851,72


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Oscar Schenck . 1851


Henry Camerden, Jr. 1851,'2


John A. Van Buskirk 1852, '3, '4, '5


James V. Freeman 1852, '3, '4, '5


Harvey Miner 1853, '4, '5, '6


John S. Martin 1853, '4, '6, '7


Richard Stout. 1853, '4, '5


Thomas Little. 1855,'6


Myron K. Moore 1856, '7


Archibald Wight. . 1857


James W. Purdy, M. D 1857,'8, '9


John D. Watson. 1857,'8, '9,'60


Abraham C. Stryker 1858, '9, '60, '1


Ira H. Tompkins 1858, '9


Henry C. Halsey 1858, '9


Samuel V. S. Mandeville .1859


Abraham A. Stager 1859, '60, '2, '3


A. W. Overbaugh 1860,'1


Garrett Van Nostrand. 1860,'1


Edward Anthony 1861,'2,'3,'4


Joel D. Hunter


1861,'2, 3, '4, '7,'8


Charles H. Simons .1861,'2,'6 David T. Peek. 1862, '3, '4, '5


Roland S. Doty 1863, '4 D. B. Van Houten 1864 James Beck. I865


Haskell A. Searle 1865, 6, '7, '8, 9, 70, '1, '2


P. W. Bedford 1865, '6,'7


Eben Peek.


1866,'7


J. G. Demarest 1866 Isaac S. Miller 1867,'8


S. P. Burdick


1868, '9, '70, '1


Wm. Carr 1868, 9 George C. Hall


.1869


Alexander Stuart 1869


N. Hill Fowler. 1870, 'I E. A. Overton . .1870 Edgar Vanderbilt


1870, '1, '2, '3


W. H. Roome. 1871, '2,'3 James D. Secor. 1872, '3


D. W. Meeker 1872, '3


D. D. Osterhoudt


1873


J. J. Crygier


1873


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EXTRACTS FROM THE


HISTORY OF THE LIVING- STON CHURCH."


By REV. F. N. ZABRISKIE, D.D.


The Livingston Church was a child of the City Missionary Society of the Reformed Dutch Church, an organization for extending that denomi- nation in New York. In the year 1850, they received through their Secretary a communication from Rev. W. H. Van Doren, expressing a willingness to preach under the Society's auspices, and offering his ser- vices gratuitously for one year. The overture was accepted. A commit- tee of the Society's Board was appointed, who with Mr. Van Doren selected a room known as Broadway Hall, at the Junction of Broadway and Sixth Avenue, a little above 32d Street. The room was already used for Sunday School purposes by some members of the Mercer Street Pres- byterian Church. It had been sustained nearly five years. On learning the intention of the Board to maintain preaching services in the Hall, these gentlemen cheerfully transferred their School to them. This gave them a nucleus of about 75 scholars (average attendance.) But in order to provide teachers, it was necessary for members of the Board to leave for a time their own places of worship and conduct classes. But they soon withdrew, leaving the whole care and responsibility upon the Secre- tary. Rev. Mr. Van Doren also withdrawing after one or two Sabbaths, the enterprise would have been strangled in its birth but for the presence and labors of this one man.




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