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REV. JAMES M. LUDLOW, D. D.,
ONE OF THE PASTORS OF THE COLLEGIATE REFORMED (DUTCHI) CHURCHI, NEW YORK.
EV. DR. JAMES M. LUDLOW was born at Elizabeth, New Jersey, March 15th, 1841. His carly studies were in different schools of Elizabeth. He was graduated at Princeton College, in 1861, and at the Theological Semin- ary in 1864. He was licensed as a Presbyterian minister, April 21st, 1863, by the Old School Presbytery, of Passaic, New Jersey. From May until October, 1864, he officiated as assistant to the Rev. Dr. Magee, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church of Elizabeth. In the autumn of this year he accepted a call to the First Presbyterian church of Albany, where he was ordained and installed July 19th, 1565. He remained in this work about four years, when he felt it his duty to accept a call to the junior pastorship of the Col- legiate Reformed (Dutch) Church, New York, which had been left vacant by the resignation of the talented and distinguished Rev. Dr. Joseph T. Duryea. Hc accepted the position in New York in No- vember, 1868, and on the last Sunday in December, 1868, he was in- stalled as one of the ministers of the Collegiate Church, holding special relations as pastor to the congregation worshiping in Fifth avenue, corner of Forty-eighth street. He received the degree of D. D. from Williams College in 1872.
The Collegiate Church in New York began its services in 1626, in the loft of a horse-mill. Subsequently, various wooden and stone edifices were erected in the lower part of the city, of which there are remaining at this time the building now used as the post-office, which was erected in 1729, and the "Old North, " on the corner of William and Fulton streets, which was erected in 1769.
Another church is on the corner of Lafayette Place and Fourth street, and some years since a fine marble structure was erected on the corner of Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street. Before there was much improvement in upper Fifth avenue, the Collegiate Church
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became the owner of the entire front of the westerly block bounded by Forty- ighth and Forty-ninth streets, and two lots on Forty-eighth street. A few years since a mission chapel was erected on Forty- eighth street, which was soon attended by a large congregation. Half of the property on Fifth avenue was sold at a greatly increased price, so that the portion retained cost nothing. In May, 1869, the corner- stone for a magnificent brown-stone church was laid on this site, with imposing ceremonies, conducted by the Rev. Dr. De Witt. This building was dedicated in 1873, and is one of the most imposing church edifices in the city. It cost about four hundred thousand dollars. The principal spire is upward of 250 feet high, and another is 100 feet. There are about fifteen hundred children in the different Sunday schools maintained by the Collegiate Church. Beside these it sup- ports a large day school and various Industrial schools. The day school has been in existence since the year 1633, a period of two hundred and thirty-six years, when a schoolmaster came out from Holland to take charge of it. In 1786, the number of pupils was limited to twelve, but their number was gradually increased, until, in 1850, it had become one hundred and fifty. A restriction requir- ing the pupils to be those attending the Dutch Church has been re- moved, and it is now free to all. For more than a hundred years the school was kept at various places in the vicinity of Bowling Green. It is now held in a building in Twenty-ninth street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues.
Dr. Ludlow is of about the medium height and erect. While he does not look robust he has a great deal of vitality and energy, and both in study and labor can accomplish the utmost task. His feat- ures are regular and delicate. The upper portion of his head is full, with a noticeable intellectual developement, and all the characteristics of his face show natural refinement and amiability. Indeed his face is very winning. It is pale and youthful, but it has a particular brightness and goodness about it which impress you. You see the keenest intellectual perception, firmness to principle, and sublime moral courage. The soft sympathetic eyes and the meek expression tell much of his character, but not the whole of it, for the same eyes kindle into resolution, and the same expression, grows into one of self-reliance and force, when principles are to be defended, and a moral example maintained. If gentleness and modesty are to be found so vivid in his countenance, it is truth, and courage for it,. which are strong in his soul, and these are undoubtedly the forces
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which govern his life. His manners are quiet, affable, and polished. He meets you with a winning smile, a warm pressure of the hand, and pleasant words. With a stranger or an intimate friend it is all the same. There is no restraint, no formality, and iro assumption. He converses fluently and well, and with such cheerfulness and ani- mation, and with an observation so extended and accurate, that he is always entertaining.
As a preacher, Dr. Ludlow fully meets the standard required in the Reformed denomination. They require ability in scholarship and soundness in doctrine, with eloquence and power in the pulpit, without personal ostentation and sensationalism. For a man of his years, he is an excellent scholar, and time and experience will make him one of the most learned and comprehensive theological minds of the church. He is animated by a high ambition and by the incentive of the distinguished position to which he has already attained. There can be no doubt either of his unwearying energy in the field of scholarship, or in the actual toil of daily ministerial duty.
His sermons are excellent productions. In the first place, they are well-written, and, in the next, they show a reflection and logie which are very striking. There are composure and dignity in his delivery, but still warmth of feeling is always apparent in both words and actions. Ilis voice is not powerful, but it is clear, and altogether under his command.
Fidelity to his work, and success in it, have been characteristic of his ministry in all places. In the wide and important field in which he is now engaged, he will undoubtedly prove an instrumentality of great usefulness to his denomination and the community at large.
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REV. JOHN P. LUNDY, D. D.,
RECTOR OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY APOSTLES (EPISCOPAL), NEW YORK.
EV. DR. JOHN P. LUNDY was born at Danville, Mon- tour county, Pennsylvania, February 3d, 1823. He was graduated at Princeton College in 1846, and then took a course of two years at the Theological Seminary of that place. In 1849 he was ordained and installed as pastor of the Presbyterian church at Sing Sing, New York, where he re- mained until 1854. Having now determined to take holy orders in the Episcopal Church, he was made a deacon in the same year by Bishop Upfold, of Indiana, at Sing Sing, and October 28th, 1855, he was admitted to the priesthood at All Saints Church, Philadel- phia, by Bishop Alonzo Potter. He was rector of All Saints Church for almost three years, and then went to Emanuel Church, Holmes- burg, where he labored until 1863. From 1863 to 1867 he was in Philadelphia, and passed a year cach at St. Mark's and St. Stephen's Churches. After this he was rector one year of a church at Read- ing, Pennsylvania, and was next called to the Church of the Holy Apostles, New York, where he commeneed to officiate in April, 1869.
A Sunday School, established in an upper room in West Twenty- Seventh street, was the origin of the Church of the Holy Apostles. The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Howland was called as the first rector in 1847, when there were twenty communicants. A wealthy citizen, Robert Ray, Esq., made a donation of five lots on the corner of Ninth avenue and Twenty-eighth street, where a church edifice was erected. The conseeration of the edifice took place in February, 1847, and subsequently it was twice enlarged to meet the increasing wants of the congregation. A Mission House for schools and benev. olent purposes was erected on a lot purchased at a cost of twelve 331
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thousand dollars. In 1867 the entire property of the church was estimated to be worth at least seventy-five thousand dollars, and the only debt had been removed some years before. Dr. Howland remained the rector until 1868, over twenty years, and gathered a large and powerful congregation. Under Dr. Lundy's ministrations the attendance continues numerous, and the whole work of the par- ish is carried on most energetically.
During 1859 and 1860 Dr. Lundy visited Europe and the East, extending his travels to Greece, Egypt, Constantinople, and the Holy Land. In Rome he gave much attention to the study of the anti- quities in the Catacombs, and at other points engaged in the same investigations. The results are to be given in an elaborate work, ·with illustrations, which he has been preparing for some years under the title of " Ancient Christianity Illustrated by its Monuments." In the winter of 1872, and again in 1873, he delivered before his congregation an extensive series of lectures on the same subject. He received his degree of D. D. from Andalusia College, Pennsylva- nia, some years since.
Dr. Lundy is of the medium height, with a full person, though he is not stout. His head is large, with regular and intelligent fea- tures. He has extremely social manners, and a hearty frankness of speech, which are always very much appreciated by all who come in contact with him. While a man of a great deal of strength of character, and of positive opinions, he is so genial and friendly that this does not so much appear on first acquaintance. But those who become intimately acquainted with him, or have occasion to test his judgment and energy in action, find that he is clear in the one, and most active and resolute in the other. Hence he is a highly efficient pastor, fully understanding all his duties and obligations, and having the full capacity and activity to meet all their requirements. He is a preacher of pleasing characteristics. He carefully avoids all dis- play in matter and manner, but at the same time uses such com- prehensive and eloquent language that he receives the undivided attention of his audience. Seeking to do his work in the ministry faithfully and successfully, its results have been of a nature to give prosperity to the church, and crown him with honor.
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REV. ALBERT J. LYMAN,
PASTOR OF THE SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, BROOKLYN.
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EV. ALBERT J. LYMAN is the son of Josiah Lyman, a professor of mechanics and civil engineer, and was born at Williston, Vermont, December 24th, 1845. It is proper to state that Mr. Lyman was born during the temporary sojourn of his parents in Vermont, they hav- ing come from Massachusetts, where he was soon taken, and passed all his earlier life. IIe was prepared for college at the Seminary at East Hampton, Massachusetts, and subsequently pur- sued his studies in Chicago, New York City, and at Yale College, New Haven. In 1868 he was graduated at the Union Theological Sem- inary, New York, and was licensed in the ministry by the South Berkshire Congregational Association. His first settlement was as pastor of the Congregational Church at Milford, Connecticut, in 1870, where he remained until November, 1873, having accepted a call to the South Congregational Church, Brooklyn, where he be- came pastor January 1st, 1874.
In 1851 an edifice, for a lecture-room, Sunday School-room, and pastor's study, was erected on a portion of several lots at the corner of Court and President streets, Brooklyn, and, in February of the same year, was opened for public worship. On the 31st of March the South Congregational Church was organized, over which the Rev. William Marsh became settled. The Rev. Daniel March was called in 1854, and he was succeeded by the Rev. Rufus W. Clark in 1857. Mr. Clark was installed in a large new church edifice, which had been erected on the corner of Court and President streets, fronting on the former street. The structure is of fine brick, with stone trimmings, and, occupying an elevated position, its grace- ful spire towers above every other. The church portion will seat
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nine hundred persons, and is fitted with admirable taste, and the arrangement of the lecture-room, Sunday School-room, and pastor's study is one of much convenience. At one period twenty-five thousand dollars were expended in alterations of the church build- ing. On the 4th of December, 1863, a call was extended to the Rev. Edward Taylor, then of Kalamazoo, Michigan, which he accepted, and labored with the congregation for several years. The Rev. Mr. Storrs was the next pastor, who resigned after some length of time, and this vacancy was filled by the acceptance of a call by Mr. Ly- man.
In appearance Mr. Lyman is tall and erect, with a head of con- siderable size, and a pleasant, cheerful-looking face. His manners are cordial, and in some respects peculiar. He does not regard any professional conventionalities, but has an impulsiveness and freedom of action which are original to himself. In his conversation he is the same, showing an inclination for humor and a style of language, which rather border on the excentric than otherwise. Of his sin- cerity, of his sympathy with all that is noble and good, and of his desire to pass for simply a plain young minister, but one seeking to do a faithful part in life,-of all these there cannot be the slightest doubt in the mind of any person who comes in contact with him. In the pulpit he is also original and peculiar. He arrests the un- divided attention of an audience, and is alike argumentative and pathetic. The whole work of the ministry in his hands is efficiently discharged, and his influence is constantly extending.
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REV. ROBERT STUART MACARTIIUR, PASTOR OF CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, NEW YORK.
EV. ROBERT STUART MACARTHUR was born at Dalesville, Quebec, Canada, July 31st, 1841. His parents emigrated from the Highlands of Scotland to Canada, and to this day speak the Gaelic language of their native sec- tion, as well as the English. While his father holds to the Presbyterian faith, his mother and all the other members of the family are Baptists. He was converted at the age of thirteen, and joined the Baptist church at Dalesville. Three years later he removed to St. Andrews, Quebec, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits ; but at length felt called upon to preach. At eighteen he was in the habit of holding religious meetings in school- houses and private houses, where he addressed interested audiences. He then went to the Canadian Literary Institute at Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, where he passed nearly three years in preparation for college. He also distributed tracts, and held religious meetings. IIe entered the University at Rochester, New York, when he was graduated in 1867, taking during his course two of the highest prizes in the gift of the University. One of these was a Sophomore prize for declamation, and the other a gold medal for the best written and delivered oration at graduation. He was licensed to preach Septem- ber 25th, 1868.
In 1870 he was graduated at the Theological Seminary at Ro- chester. While at the Seminary he preached every Sunday evening for a year and a half at the Lake Avenue Baptist chapel, where a large number of persons were converted. The movement led to the estab- lishment of a church, which is now numerous and flourishing.
Later he preached as a supply in the village of Canandaigua, N.Y .. and received calls to churches at Canandaigua, Titusville, Pa., and
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St. Louis, Mo. He finally accepted a call to the Calvary Baptis. Church, in West Twenty-third street, New York, where he was in- stalled June 16th, 1870.
This church was formerly known as the Broadway Baptist Church, and then, as Calvary church, grew to importance under the ministry of the Rev. Dr. A. D. Gillette, who was its pastor for a number of years. During the ministry of Mr. MacArthur the congregation has been much strengthened. Many conversions have taken place, and more than two hundred members have been added to the church.
Mr. MacArthur is of the medium height, compactly made, erect, and active. His head is large and round, with intelligent and ex- pressive features. His appearance gives you the idea that in point of both the physical and mental powers, he is capable of all that he may undertake. He is composed and dignified in his manners ; at the same time that a natural geniality of spirits always asserts itself, and makes companionship with him execedingly agrecable. A man of deep reflection in all things, and of well-balanced judgment, he has in his speech and action everything to show self-reliance and ex- perience on his own part, and also that which obtains the greatest in. fluence with others. Hence, in his private relations and as a public speaker, he exerts an influence of the most positive nature over individuals and the multitude. All who come in contact with him are impressed with his deeply religious character, and his earnest efforts to do good.
He went into the ministry from no motive of ambition, but be- cause he felt called to it. His preparation was patient, thorough, and devout. It was not only to acquire that scholarly knowledge which was necessary for the expounding of the Scriptures, but it was to gain more and more the inestimable truths of his own faith, and the purity of the renewed heart. Girding himself to stretch out his aid to those struggling with sin, he was careful to see that he stood in no peril himself.
His preaching has the force mingled with tenderness always noticeable in a person of these characteristics. He is bold and pro- nounced in his opinions; he is animated and inspired in announcing the message of grace, and he is wonderfully and beautifully touching when he deals with the suffering spirit of his fellows. He has a good voice, and his whole manner in the pulpit is very attractive. It can- not be doubted that his career will redound to his own honor and the increase of the fold of Christ.
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Respectfully yours Lohn In Closkey
JOIN MCCLOSKEY, D. D.,
ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK.
HE name of the Most Rev. Archbishop John Mc- Closkey, D. D., is one revered and illustrious in the annals of the Roman Catholic Church of the United States. His entire life has been marked by gentle qualities of character, sincere piety, and great devotion to duty. Rising to his present exalted ecclesiastical posi- tion by the force of his talents and the significance of his virtues, as shown in every grade and labor of the priestly office, he has awakened the admiration of every sect and class, not less by the consistency than the modesty of his career.
Most Rev. Dr. John McCloskey, Archbishop of the Arch- Diocese of New York, was born in the City of Brooklyn, March 20th, 1810, and is, therefore, sixty-one years old. Being a youth of more than ordinary promise, his mother, who became a widow when he was only ten years old, gave him a liberal education, and he finally prepared for the priesthood. He concluded his collegiate course at the institution of Mount St. Mary's, Emmets- burg, Md., in 1827, and pursued his first course of theology at the same place. He received the degree of A. M. about 1830. He was ordained Priest by Bishop Dubois, in January, 1834, at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, where he celebrated his first Mass; and in the following November, left for Rome, where he passed two years in the schools of the Roman College. On his return to New York, he was placed in charge of St. Joseph's Church, where he remained for seven years, with the exception of nine months. Dur- ing this interval, he was President of St. John's College, Fordham, N. Y., then just going into operation. He was consecrated Bishop of Axicre by Bishop Hughes, March 10th, 1844, and became Coad- jutor of the officiating prelate.
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He had now reached, at thirty-four, a very prominent position in the Church. His superior, and all others associated with him in the religious work, were deeply impressed with his ability and zeal. In 1847, when the Diocese of Albany was established, he was . transferred to that one. He found the diocese, which included all of the State of New York lying north of forty-two degrees north and east of the eastern line of Cayuga, Tompkins, and Tioga counties, very feeble, having only forty churches, some of them without clergymen. The Catholic population was scattered over a large territory, and was, for the most part, poor, and had to strug- gle against the prejudice of the surrounding people.
Bishop McCloskey lost no time in pressing forward in the great task now before him. He made St. Mary's, one of the few Cath- olic churches of Albany, his Cathedral; but in July, 1848, laid the corner-stone for a new edifice. The large and fine structure, now known as the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, was com- pleted in the fall of 1853, at a cost, with the Episcopal residence, of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The year 1851 was marked by the opening of the Academy of St. Joseph, in Troy, under the care of the Christian Brothers, and the establishment of a hospital by the Sisters of Charity, which has, in a single year, received seven hundred and eighty-nine patients. In 1852, a Fe- male Seminary was founded in Albany, by a colony of Sisters of the Sacred Heart; and in 1855 an Academy for boys was opened at Utica at a cost of more than seventeen thousand dollars.
His term of service in the Diocese of Albany extended over a period of seventeen years, and during the whole time his labors were characterized by unceasing earnestness, and everywhere crowned with more than the usual success. He left in the Diocese one hun- dred and thirteen churches, eight chapels, fifty-four minor stations, eighty-five missionaries, three academies for boys, and one for girls, sis orphan asylumas, and fifteen parochial schools.
Bishop McCloskey was held very dearly by the late Archbishop Hughes; and from certain acts immediately before his death, aud the testamentary papers which he left behind him, the inference was that he desired to be succeeded by his former Coadjutor. At all events, he was most favorably indicated for the position by the votes of his Episcopal brethren, and became the selection of the Pope. Before his departure from Albany, he was entertained by his clergy, when an address was presented to him, with gifts, pro- 338
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cured at an expense of four thousand dollars, consisting of his por- trait, and an Archepiscopal cross and ring. Says the address :
" It is, Right Reverend Father, in the recollection of nearly all of us, that when you took possession of this See there were but few churches, and fewer priests. How great the change! Ever since you have been all to us-our Bishop, our father, our counselor, our best friend ! Your noble Cathedral, with its surrounding religious and literary institutions; the grand and beautiful churches erected under your patronage, and with your assistance; the religious com- munities introduced and fostered by your care, and all now flour- ishing with academies and schools; your clergy, numbering nearly one hundred, and, by their union and zeal, reflecting some of your own spirit,-all tell of your Apostolic work here, and how difficult it is for us to say-farewell."
The Governor of the State aud a number of the leading citizens of Albany invited the Bishop to a public dinner, which, however, his engagements would not allow him to accept. Says the letter of invitation :
" Permit us to say that your residence of seventeen years with us has taught us to appreciate a character elevated by noble senti- ments, and inspired by Christian charity. It is for others to bear witness to the results of your Episcopal labors, the reflected light of which we see in the elevated condition of your people. It is for us to recognize the successful mission of one who has united in his person the character of a learned prelate and a Christian gentie- man, and whose influence in society has been exerted to soothe and tranquilize, to elevate and instruct."
No higher or more beautiful tributes were ever paid to any individual in a like position. Touching and beautiful as were the sentiments conveyed, they were the expression of all classes of every faith in the diocese.
The installation of Bishop McCloskey as the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York, took place on Sunday, August 21st, 1864, at St. Patrick's Cathedral, his appointment bearing date of May, 1864, before a vast audience. There was one of the grandest Episcopal and sacerdotal processions ever seen in this country. Bishops of the Church were present from all parts of the State, aud some from abroad. The Archbishop elect, escorted by two priests. walked under a canopy of elaborately-worked satin and gold, and borne by four persons. When the Archbishop came in front of
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