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 CENTENNIAL DISCOURSE, 
 
 DBLIVEBED IN THE MEETING-HOTISE 
 
 PEMBERTON BAPTIST CHURCH, N. J., 
 
 On Thursday, June 23d, 1864. 
 
 '!By LEYI G. beck, Pastoe. 
 
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 i'tjbijISiieid JBir laEQTrEso?. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA: 
 
 J. A. WAGENSELLEK, PEilNTER & PUBLISHEK, 
 
 No. 23 North Sixth Street, above Market. 
 
 1864. 
 
LIST OF OFFICEU-S. 
 
 Pastoe, 
 LEVI G. BECK 
 
 Deacons, 
 
 JOHN CHAMBEES, THOMAS E D M A If , 
 
 THOMAS S. LOGAN. 
 
 Cleek, 
 SAMUEL H. CHAMBEES 
 
 Teeasueeb, 
 THOMAS EDMAN. 
 
 BOAED OF TeTJSTEES, 
 
 JOHN CHAMBEES, Pm%t JOHN S. LOGAN, 
 JOSEPH JOHNSON, JACOB LEE, 
 
 JOHN G. SMALLET, Clerk. 
 
SERMON. 
 
 " I WILL REMEMBER THE WORKS OP THE LoRD ; STTKELT I WILL REMEMBER 
 THY WONDERS OF OLD; I WILL MEDITATE ALSO OE ALL THY WORK, AND TALK 
 
 OF THY DOINGS." — Psalm Ixxvii : 11, 12. 
 
 The "writer of this psalm had been the subject of great depres- 
 sion, — had passed through deep waters. In his distress he cried 
 unto Grod ; in the day of his trouble he sought the Lord. In this 
 time of depression, thoughts of God did not, as at Other times, af- 
 ford him consolation. "I remembered God and was troubled." 
 Perhaps he thought of the holiness and justice of God, in contrast 
 with his own vilpness and sin, and his " spirit was overwhelmed." 
 So deep was his distress that he could not sleep, and utterance 
 could not be given to the anguish of his soul. " Thou boldest mine 
 eyes waking. I am so troubled that I cannot speak." He seems 
 *to have remembered bis former experience, the time his soul tri- 
 umphed in God, his " song in the night ;" but even this did not lift 
 the cloud from his spirit, and he was led to the very borders of 
 despair, and cried, "Will the Lord cast off forever? "Will he be 
 favorable no more ? Is his mercy clean gone forever ? Doth his 
 promises fail forevermore ? Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? 
 Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies ?" And then, as though 
 he felt reproved for these thoughts, these expressions of despon- 
 dency, he seems to pause, and says, " This is my infirmity," this is 
 my weakness. I will rise above it. " I will remember the works 
 of the Lord, surely I will remember thy wonders of old; I will 
 meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings." The re- 
 memberance of the power, wisdom, and love of God, as displayed 
 in the history of his people, is one of the best possible antidotes of 
 despondency. "Who, of all his saints, have ever reviewed the 
 wonders he has performed in behalf of those who have put their 
 trust in Him, without having had their faith strenglhened, their con- 
 fidence in him increased, and their depression removed ? 
 
We propose to-day to review our history, as a Church of Christ ; 
 not to gratify an idle curiosity, but for the purpose, and with the 
 hope, that our faith in God may be increased, and our love to him 
 may abound more and more. It is a pleasant and profitable em- 
 ployment to remember the way in which we have been led — to 
 trace the finger of God in the dispensations of his providence and 
 grace, and record the mercies of which we have been the recipients. 
 In attempting this review, however, we have labored under some 
 considerable difficulty, arising from the fact that in 1837 our church 
 records were destroyed by fire, and all that we have been able to 
 learn of our history previous to that period, has been gathered 
 from the Minutes of Associations and neighboring churches, a brief 
 sketch in '• Edwards' Materials for a History of the Baptists in 
 Kew Jersey," published in 1790, seventy-four years ago, and from 
 correspondence with aged and other brethren. In this connection, 
 we feel called upon to acknowledge the Jiindness of our friend and 
 brother, Eev. J. M. Carpenter, in allowing us the use of his library, 
 and rendering us other important help. 
 
 We should have been pleased, could we have presented you with 
 an outline history of. the early settlement of the Township in which 
 we are located ; but though some effort has been made in this direc- 
 tion no reliable information could be gathered. 
 
 Our own history extends as far back as 1750, during which year 
 a man named Francis Briggs settled in the neighborhood. Ed- 
 wards, the Historian, says that he was a member of the Baptist 
 Church in Salem, N. J., but in this he must be mistaken, as the 
 Church in Salem was not organized until 1755, five years after 
 Francis Briggs came to this place. He was in all probability, a 
 member of the Cohansey Baptist Church, but a resident in Salem. 
 It would appear that the old churches of our denomination in this 
 State, had out-stations, in every direction from their place of wor- 
 ship, where the gospel was preached by their pastor. Salem was 
 one of the out-stations of the Cohansey Church, and here, we sup- 
 pose Francis Briggs heard the gospel, gave his heart to the Saviour, 
 and followed him in the ordinance of baptism. The causes that 
 led him to leave his home in Salem we are not able to determine. 
 Perhaps a desire to improve his temporal condition had more or 
 less, influence upon him. He was a farmer, and land at that time, 
 we presume, could be had much cheaper here than in the vicinity 
 of Salem. We love to think, however, that he was influenced in 
 some degree, by a desire to promote the glory of God. It is not an 
 
uncommon thing to hear the remark made of many who emigrate, 
 that they " leave theirTeligionhehindithem." Separated from these 
 associations, and -beyond the influence of their former homes, they 
 too often iforget their vows to G-od, sink into a state of deplorable 
 worldliness, from which it is difficult, if not impossible, to arouse 
 :them. Ifot so, however, with Francis Briggs. He seems to have 
 remembered the happy days spent in Salem, when he took sweet 
 icounsel with his brethren, and in their company went into the house 
 of Grod, and he longed to enjoy similar advantages in his new home; 
 but their was no house of worship within reach, and no minister to 
 break unto him and his friends the bread of life, and so he deter--, 
 mined to make his own house the place of meeting, and to invite 
 themiaisters of Christ to visit the place and preach to those who 
 were willing to hear. To secure the services of ministers in that 
 day, when there were so few of them, and when facilities for trav- 
 ' eling were so limited, must have been attended with considerable 
 effort and expense. The effort, however, was made, and the ex- 
 pense no doubt met by this good man. The occasional visits of 
 these ministers were blest, and a few persons were brought to the 
 Saviour's feet, and followed Him in the ordinance of baptism, name- 
 ly : John Estill, Elizabeth Estill, and Eachel Briggs. Up to this 
 iperiod, 1752, it appears the prospect of organizing a church was 
 not very bright, but this accession to the Baptist strength awakened 
 the hope that a church might be gathered. Animated by this 
 prospect, this small band of Christians set about building a house 
 of worship. This house was erected near the south-western corner 
 of our present cemetery, on a piece of land given by Michael 
 Woolston to Francis Briggs, Trustee of the Baptist Society ; so says 
 the old deed, which bears date April 6, 1752. An impression for 
 years has prevailed, that our graveyard is " free," that it belongs to 
 everybody in general and nobody in particular; and the conse- 
 quence has been that a large part of the original lot has been filled 
 up by persons in no way connected with the church or congregation. 
 To correct this impression, let me call your attention to the clause 
 in, the deed which,;jl suppose, gave rise to it: After describing the 
 lot, giving boundaries, and stating its size, which was an acre and 
 a half, the deed says: "One perch on the east side, the whole 
 length of' said land, to bury strangers." That is all that, is said 
 about a "free grave-yard;" and immediately after this clause is the 
 following : — " The rest for the sole use of a congregation of people 
 called Anabaptists, and no other." Anabaptist was considered a 
 
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 term of reproach by the Baptists ; and how it came to pass that 
 Michael "Woolston, in this deed, calls them so; or that Francis 
 Briggs accepted it, we cannot determine, but so it is. 
 
 The meeting-house was built in 1752, and was thirty feet square. 
 The pulpit was in one corner of the house, and in the opposite 
 angles were the galleries, which, says Edwards, "relieved the in- 
 convenience of galleries in small places of worship." The house 
 was furnished in the usual style of the times in which it was buUt. 
 "We cannot but admire the zeal and devotion of this small band of 
 brethren and sisters, four in number, in commencing and completing 
 this House of God. It stood for eighty-five years, a monument of 
 their liberality, and was then consumed by fire. After the house 
 was built, application was made to the Philadelphia Association for 
 ministerial help, which was afforded them; and during the next 
 twelve years — that is, up to 1764 — ^four other persons were baptized, 
 namely: Susan Ellis, Euth Ellison, SamuelJones and Lydia Powell. 
 The Samuel Jones here mentioned was the father of Deacon Samuel 
 Jones, with whom many of you were personally acquainted, and 
 the grandfather of our sisters, Abigail Warner and Susan Kelley. 
 In 1763 Eev. Peter P. Vanhorn, with his family, moved into the 
 neighborhood, which increased the number of Baptists to nine souls ; 
 and on the 23d day of June, 1764, they were recognized as a regular 
 Baptist Church. 
 
 The name of Francis Briggs is not found among the constituent 
 members of the church. He was called away from his earthly toils 
 to join the church above, on the first day of June, 1763, a little more 
 than one year previous to the organization. When Moses had led 
 the children of Israel to the borders of the promised land, he was 
 permitted to look upon, but not to enter it. On Pisgah's top he 
 stood and gazed, and then his soul was caught up to a far more 
 bright and glorious inheritance. So Francis Briggs, after years of 
 toil and labor, was suffered to stand upon the threshold of the con- 
 summation of his hopes, but not to see with his mortal eyes their 
 fulfillment. His remains, together with three of his family, lie bu- 
 ried in our cemetery. To you, my brethren, his resting place should 
 be a hallowed spot. How intense must have been his desires, and 
 how fervent his prayers, that salvation might be poured out upon 
 the people I and how glad must his spirit have been, When, in an- 
 swer to prayer, and as the result of ardent toil, one and another 
 yielded to the power of truth, and bowed in obedience to the voice 
 of Christ 1 He httle knew how glorious were to be the results of 
 
his toil. But iwe, who now live, can look over the history of the last 
 hundred years, and know that agencies which he set in motion have 
 been blessed of God to the conversion of several hundred souls, many 
 of whom are now with him before the throne of God. 
 
 We have already stated that Eev. Peter P. Vanhorn was a con- 
 stituent naember of the church ; he was also its first Pastor. He 
 was born in Middletown, Bucks County, Pa., August 24th, 1719. 
 He was educated a Lutheran, but embraced the principles of the 
 Baptists, and was baptized September, 1741. He was ordained as 
 pastor of the Baptist Church at Pennepeck, (now Lower Dublin,) 
 June 18th, 1747. He continued in this relation until 1762, a period 
 of fifteen years, when he resigned. He came to this place, as before 
 stated, in 1763, and on the second day of April, 1768, he resigned 
 the charge of the church and returned to Lower Dublin'. On the 
 7th day of April, 1770, he became pastor of the Cape May Baptist 
 Church, and so continued until 1775, when he resigned, and in all 
 probability returned to Lower Dublin again. In the Spring of 1779 
 he became the pastor of the church at Dividing Creek, where he re- 
 mained until 1783. In 1785 he became the pastor of the Baptist 
 Church in Salem, and remained until September 10th, 1789, when 
 he died, in the 71st year of his age. 
 
 It is highly probable that his oldest son, William, came with him 
 to this place, and was a constituent member of the church. He be- 
 came an eminent minister of the gospel. He was born at Pennepeck 
 in 1764. We cannot learn where he was licensed to preach. He 
 was ordained at Southampton, Pa.', May 29th, 1772, where he con- 
 tinued to labor for thirteen years. On the 15th of December, 1785, 
 he settled at Scotch Plains, N. J., where he remained until 1807, 
 when he resigned the charge of the church, and set out with his 
 family on a journey to the State of Ohio, for the purpose of settling 
 on a plantation he had purchased near the town of Lebanon. Pre- 
 vious to commencing the journey, he had been suffering from a drop- 
 sical complaint, which, on reaching Pittsburg, confined him to his 
 bed ; a mortification of the parts ensued, and he died October 13th, 
 1807. This event was peculiarly distressing to his widow, only son, 
 and six daughters, who were witnesses of his sufferings and his 
 death. The attention paid them by the inhabitants of the town 
 was generally kind and sympathetic. The family, after a few days, 
 pursued their journey, and arrived at the place of their destination. 
 Mr. Vanhorn received his education at Dr. Samuel Jones' Academy 
 at Pennepeck, and afterwards received the honorary degree of A. M. 
 
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 from Ehode Island College, now Brown University. During the 
 Eevolutionary war, he was Chaplain to one of the brigadeB of the 
 •State Of Massachusetts. He was also a member of the Convention 
 that met in Philadelphia for the ^purpose of framing the first civil 
 constitution of the State. He married Lavinia Budd, who was an 
 aunt of the wife of Dr. S. E. Smalley. 
 
 During the pastorate of Eev. Peter P. Vanhorn, the church in- 
 creased to forty-two members, twenty-nine of whom he baptized. 
 For nearly three years after his resignation the church was left 
 without a pastor, when Eev. David Branson was invited to takethe 
 oversight of the flock. He was born, (so says the old history,) at 
 Bamestown in 1747, but where Eamestown is we have not been able 
 to ascertain. He came to this place from Middletown, and was or- 
 dained here December 22d, 1770. For some cause, the church was 
 obliged to exclude him June 27th, 1772, about eighteen months after 
 his ordination. This must have been a most painful event to the 
 infant church. To lose a faithful, earnest pastor by death, may 
 clothe the church in mourning and sadness, but how much more 
 painful and sad to be called upon to exclude one from her fellowship 
 and communion who once occupied the place of a watchman upon 
 Zion's walls I Edwards says, in 1772 a grievous disturbance took 
 place, which occasioned one party to exclude the other, and this un- 
 happy state of things continued until the fall of 1778, a period of 
 six years, when the breach was made up. How far Mr. Branson 
 was responsible for this breach, we have no means of determining. 
 One thing, however, is certain : the Philadelphia Association sus- 
 tained the action of the church in his exclusion, and as he was dis- 
 posed to palm himself off as a regular Baptist minister in good stand- 
 ing, in 1781 cautioned the churches against him. We think the his- 
 tory of our churches will bear us out in the assertion, that most, if 
 not all, the serious troubles with which they have been afflicted, ori- 
 ginated directly or indirectly with the ministry, and our observation 
 has proven, that difficulties with the ministry are of such a nature 
 as not to be easily reconciled. Tears pass away before wounds are 
 healed and harmony restored. This appears to have been the case 
 in this instance. Six years passed away before peace was proclaim- 
 ed, but for nearly nine years after the church was -without a pastor. 
 It is to be supposed that the state of things was such that no man 
 wished to settle with them, or that they were so much reduced in 
 strength as not to be able to encourage any one to do so. 
 
 Eev. David Loughborough was ordained pastor of the church by 
 
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 Dr. Samuel Jones, .March 25th, 1781. He was born at Eingwood, 
 but was licensed to preach the gospel at Schooley's Mountain. He 
 remained but a short time ; the ol(i troubles may have had some- 
 thing to do with, his short pa,storate. In 1782 he became pastor of 
 the Montgomery Baptist Church, Pa., and continued until 1785, and 
 then removed to Fayette County, Pa., where he resided in 1792. In 
 1794 he became the pastor of the church at Upper Freehold, where 
 he remained but a short time. His wife was Amy Gaskill, of this 
 place. From the time Mr. Loughborough left until 1798 — a period 
 of about sixteen years — the church had no pastor. During the first 
 six or eight years of this period it was supplied by Eev. Peter WU- 
 son, of Hightstown. We suppose there are few men who, in their 
 day, were more widely known, or more extensively useful, than 
 Peter "Wilson. He was born in the township of Windsor, May 14th 
 1753, and ordained May 13th, 1782, at which time he took charge of 
 the church at. Hightstown. The church at the time was nearly ex- 
 tinct. Shortly after his settlement, a revival took place, and during 
 the first nine years of his pastorate he baptized into its fellowship 
 203 persons. During the time he supplied this church he baptized 
 fifty-five persons. 
 
 Eev. Joseph Stevens supplied the church, in connection with 
 that of Upper Freehold, of which Eev. Charles M. Deitz is now 
 pastor, perhaps from 1789 until 1793. He was born in Bristol, 
 England, October 22, 1762; was brought up an Episcopalian, but 
 was baptized and united ;with a Baptist Church in North Carolina 
 in 1783. He was ordained in Virginia by Eev. Henry Bess, March 
 29, 1785. He seems to have been a popular preacher . and a very 
 hard student. During the time he labored here twenty persons 
 were added to the church. 
 
 From 1793 to 1798, a period of five years, the church had no 
 stated supply, but in all probability were encouraged and helped by 
 Benjamin Hedger and Isaac Carlisle, both of whom we suppose 
 were licentiates of the church. 
 
 Benjamin Hedger appears to have been licensed in 1792, he was 
 never ordained. ITothing positive can be learned respecting the 
 time or place of his birth. Neither do we know when, or where 
 he was baptized. It is probable, that he was born and educated at 
 Princeton, N. J., and likely brought up in the faith of the Presby- 
 terian Church. Those who were personally acquainted with him, 
 speak of him as a man considerably under size, very near sighted, 
 and not very prepossessing in his personal appearance. He was a 
 
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 man of books, and, at tLe time of his death, had quite an extensive 
 library of theological and other works, which, as we are informed, he 
 left to the church. Some few of them still remain, but the most of 
 them, and those of the most value, have been widely scattered. One 
 who was born in our village, and now occupies a prominent place 
 among the brethren, and competent to give an opinion. In speaking 
 of him some time ago, pronounced him "a remarkable man." He 
 taught school in this place and preached the gospel as opportunities 
 presented themselves. About 1802 he removed to Manahawkin, 
 where he taught school and supplied the church until the time of 
 his death, in 1814. I have in my possession a copy of some verse* 
 written by him at Princeton, September 1775, entitled, 
 
 \ THE ATITHOE'S EXFERIENCE. 
 
 Ye friends of Christ, renewed by sovereign grace. 
 
 Bought with a dying Saviour's blood, 
 Attention give, while I relate my case, 
 
 And join to praise our pardoning God. 
 
 My parents taught me in my early youth, 
 
 My state by nature all unclean, 
 And showed me from the sacred word of truth , 
 
 My gmlt, and sad effects of sin. 
 
 They pointed out a dying Saviour's love, — 
 
 That only hope of fallen man, — 
 To cleanse his conscience, and his guilt remove, 
 
 And bring lost souls to God again. 
 
 Faith and repentance, love to God and man, 
 
 And other graces they did shew, 
 How useful, in salvation's wondrous plan, 
 
 To make us blest and blessings too. 
 
 But I, a foolish youth, to sin inclined, 
 
 Offended God with open eyes, 
 And Satan's slave became, with willing mind. 
 
 That parent of deceit and lies. 
 
 •He told me I was young, too young to bear 
 
 The Saviour's painful, heavy cross : 
 Repent hereafter, God is not severe, — 
 
 Religious youth will suffer loss. 
 
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 Hell is a dreadful, heaven a liappy place ; 
 
 But you have many days to live ; 
 Then ta»ke your ease, Grod is a Go4 of grace : 
 
 The late repentant he'll forgive. 
 
 The gilded bait with pleasure I received, 
 
 And sin indulged.without control ; 
 My friends were troubled, and my mother grieved, — 
 
 Oh, how the thought still wounds my soul ! 
 
 But conscious guilt brought ^wful scenes to view, 
 
 A dreadful judgment drawing nigh. 
 Which often made me weep and tremble, too. 
 
 And loud to God for mercy cry. 
 
 I prayed, and promised if the Lord would spare 
 
 A wretch — a sinner vile indeed, — 
 Beligion from that hour should be my care ; 
 
 Henceforth a better life I'd lead. 
 
 My prayer was heard, and God removed the stroke, 
 
 And did at times my sin restrain ; 
 But, Israel like, my vows I always broke, 
 
 And to my wallow turned again. 
 
 At length methought I felt a conscience seared — 
 A slighted Saviour quite withdrawn, — 
 
 My day of grace, alas ! was past, I feared. 
 Which made me cry, " Undone, undone." 
 
 One day I wandered in the fields alone. 
 
 Lamenting my unhappy case ; 
 Ah ! guilty wretch, I cried, what have I done. 
 
 How shall I meet God's frowning face ? 
 
 A water, deep and clear, appeared in view ; 
 
 I paused, and thought — " All hopes are fled, 
 Here let me drown myself;" but horrors new 
 
 Seized on me — from the place I sped. 
 
 What ! drown myself, and plunge at once to heU ! 
 
 My present griefs I scarce can bear ; 
 Why then in haste with fiercer pains to dwell, — 
 
 Eternal burnings, black despair ! 
 
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 Then through an orchard strait I took my way, 
 "Where feathered warblers tuned their throaits 
 
 On flowery boughs, ('twas in the month of May',) 
 Each praising God in different notes. 
 
 O Lord, I cried, in mercy pafdon me ! 
 
 Then will I tell the world thy ways, 
 And vile transgressors shall be turned to thee,- 
 
 And learn thy grace and sing thy praise. 
 
 As near a spacious, blooming tree I passed. 
 
 Beneath its shade I cast me down ; 
 Eeflections crowded on my mihd so fast, 
 
 My memory fails to make theni known. 
 
 But lo! a gleam of light, the Saviour's Word, 
 
 " I came to call not righteous men, 
 But sinners to repentance," — sinners. Lord ? 
 
 " Yes, sinners tinged mith scarlet stain." 
 
 What ! sinners vile as I, how can this be ? 
 
 "Yes, I the chief of sinners save, 
 Poor, guilty, feeble, halt and blind, like thee ; 
 
 For such my precious life I gaVe." 
 
 wondrous change ! the Scrip tiires new appear, 
 
 Their threats no longer fright my soul, 
 Their promises my fainting spirit cheer, 
 
 For Jesus Christ has made me whole. 
 
 The chief of sinners saved I how shall I praise 
 
 My Saviour's unexampled love ? 
 Oh may I in his service spend my days,' 
 
 TUl I shall dwell with him above ! 
 
 We presume no Christian can read these lines without concluding 
 that the author was a child of God, and it is a pleasant thought, 
 that while we are celebrating this anniversary his redeemed spirit is 
 hefore the throne of God and the Lamb.' 
 
 There is a circumstance connected with his history that may, we 
 think, without impropriety be recorded in this sketch; A certain 
 popular preacher made an attack on the Baptists, in the neighbor- 
 hood of Jacobstown, N. J. He obtaiiied the Baptist Confession of 
 Faith, and also a pamphlet called the " Confession of the Synod of 
 
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 Dort ;" these were stitched together, and in a crowded assembly^ 
 he thus addressed the peoplie, "I will now," said he, " show you 
 what a wicked people these Baptists are, and what dreadful doc- 
 trines they hold. See, 1 have in my hand the Baptist Conteasioa 
 of Paith, and to convince you that I do not charge them wrong- 
 fully, shall read you a paragraph." Instead, however, of reading a 
 passage' from the Baptis* Confession, he selected one from the 
 other to the following purport : " Grod by an eternal and irreversi- 
 ble decree^ hath predestinated a certain number to eternal salvation, 
 without regard to faith or good worksj and by the same eternal 
 and irreversible decree, he hath predestinated the rest to eternal 
 damnation!, without respect to unbelief or evil work's;" " This," 
 added he^ " is the creed of the people denominated Baptists." This 
 man afterward visited Manahawkin, at which place Benjamin 
 Bedger was at. the time preaching, who, having heard of the imposi^ 
 tion practiced upon the people of Jacobstown, and fearing that at- 
 tempts would be made to deceive the people^ at this place also, pub- 
 licly mentioned the circumstance, and' declared that if the preacher 
 had announced the above as the Baptist Confession of Faith, he 
 was either mistaken or worse. An interview was had between 
 them, when during a conversation respecting the above affair, and 
 from the circumstance of Mr. Hedger being very near sighted, the 
 preacher probably supposing he would not be. detected, opened a 
 book and put it into his hand, sayimg, " Is not that your Confession 
 of Faith f Mr. Hedger having examined it, said, " Tes, this is." 
 The preacher then made an attempt to take back the book ; but 
 much to his mortification the other retained it, and continued to 
 turn over leaf by leaf, until he came to the Confession of the Synod 
 of Dort, and then said, " This is not ours, sir," and asked, " Did you 
 not know, Mr. Totten, this is not the Baptist Confession ?" To 
 which Mr. Totten replied, "Yes." He then said, "Did you then 
 mean, sir, to make me acknowledge the whole of this book and then 
 make use of my acknowledgment to deceive the people ?" To 
 which Mr. T. made no reply. It seem almost incredible, that one 
 professing to be a minister of Jesus Christ, should be guilty of con- 
 duct so outrageous, so infamous, but the story is well authenticated, 
 and to some that hear us by no means new. We need hardly add 
 that this exposure effectually silenced the man and no further trouble 
 was experienced. The church in 1797 numbered ninety- one mem- 
 bers. 
 In 1798 Eev,. Alexander Magowan became pastor. He was an 
 
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 humble, devoted Christian, and a man of more than ordinary native 
 talent; his preaching is said to have been truly evangelical. We 
 are of the opinion that he was baptized by Peter "Wilson, at Hights- 
 town, as his name appeared on the Minutes of the Philadelphia 
 Association, as a delegate from the church in that place for the 
 first time in 1788. It appears he was licensed to preach in 1789- 
 His first field of labor was Penn's Manor, in Falls Township, Pa. 
 Falls Township lies just below the city of Trenton, on the opposite 
 side of the river. Penn's Manor is a district in the township, and 
 was once the home of William Penn, and hence the name. The 
 Baptist Church in this place was a small body, gathered through 
 the labors of Peter Wilson. Bro. Magowan appears to have been 
 its first and was perhaps its only Pastor. He remained and labored 
 here about seven years, and shortly after his removal the church 
 was disbanded, its name disappears from the minutes, and we hear 
 nothing more of it. It is possible that it was absorbed by the 
 Trenton and Lamberton, now the First Baptist Church in Trenton, 
 which was organized in 1805, the same year that Bro. Magowan 
 closed his labors in this place. He became pastor of this church, as 
 before stated, in 1798, and was, in all probability, introduced to the 
 people by Peter Wilson, his former pastor, who, as we have already 
 seen, supplied the pulpit several years. Bro. Magowan remained 
 here about seven years, and was very successful in his work. Du- 
 ring these years he baptized into the fellowship of the church one 
 hundred and ten persons. In 1805 he removed from this place and 
 took charge of the church at Evesham, now Marlton, where he re- 
 mained ten years. If success .is to be measured (as we do not be- 
 lieve) by the number of persons a minister baptizes, then his 
 ministry was not as successful at Marlton as here ; for during the 
 ten years he spent there he baptised but forty persons. 
 
 At the meeting of the New Jersey Baptist Association, in 1814, 
 he was appointed to write the Corresponding Letter. In the 
 minutes of 1815 we find the following note prefixed to the letter by 
 the Clerk : " It has been our custom to appoint a person at one 
 "session to write the Corresponding Letter for the succeeding Asso- 
 " ciation. Agreeably to this practice, we last year appointed Bro. 
 " Magowan to this duty. Subsequently, he came to the resolution 
 " of removing out of this Slate to that of Ohio ; but as a faithful 
 " servant he was unwilling to leave the duty unaccomplished. He 
 " therefore wrote the letter, and left it with a brother to present to 
 "the Association in his name. Agreeably to his design, in the 
 
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 " month of May he departed with his family for Ohio. Everything 
 " promised a prosperous journey ; but alas ! how sad the reverse. 
 " When within about one hundred miles of the place of their destina- 
 "tion, the wagon was overturned; by which Bro. Magowan was so 
 "much injured that after twenty-eight hours of anguish, on the 8th 
 " of June he expired, leaving hjs disconsolate widow and four chil- 
 "dren strangers in a wilderness. Mysterious are the ways of 
 " Providence, but it becomes short-sighted mortals to submit, 
 " knowing that all his dispensations are just and righteous." 
 
 It must have been a solemn and impressive hour to the brethren 
 of the Association when the letter was read. The hand that 
 traced the lines that met the eyes of the reader had been palsied by 
 the stroke of death, and the soul that breathed the sentiments ex- 
 pressed had passed to its home in heaven. We have thought it 
 would interest you to liear this letter read, as the only production 
 of his pen that we have in our possession, and as furnishing us 
 with some idea of the character of his piety and the cast of his 
 mind ; — 
 
 "Dear Brethren: — Sy the pleasure of our God we have been indulged 
 to meet in an associated capacity, to deliberate on the concerns of the 
 kingdom of our Lord, and the interests of Zion. For the state of our 
 churches and the result of our councils we refer you to our minutes ; and 
 proceed to drop a few thoughts upon mental religion or true devotion to 
 God. This, simply considered in itself, is an intercourse between God 
 and us ; between that Incomprehensible Spirit which created and preserves 
 the universe and that particular spirit with which he has furnished the 
 bodies of all his saints. It is an act in which the soul divests itself as much 
 as possible of external objects, enters into the mansions of its God, and 
 pours forth all its wants, wishes, hopes, fears, guilt or pleasure into the 
 bosom of its Almighty Friend. It is that plant which owes not its origin to 
 the gross soil of eartn, but descends from God and returns to him again ; 
 perhaps ' resembling the immortal flower which once in paradise grew, by 
 the tree of Hfe ; but for man's offence to heaven it fled, where first it grew 
 there grows.' We hear but little of this celestial plant, as it makes no noise 
 in the circles of the learned or of the opulent, nor will many of its lofty 
 professors suffer it to breathe, under a pressure of worldly care, and the 
 still more ponderous weight of vanity, ambition, pleasure and avarice, which 
 tend to extinguish the divine flame, and which constitutes but too much 
 the God of mortals. Writers have been for ages amusing us only with the 
 shadow of this piety, instead of giving us its soul and substance. Supersti- 
 tion has placed it in opinions, ceremonies, austerities, pilgrimages, august 
 temples and splendid imagery. Enthusiasm has swelled with unnatural 
 conceptions, and imposed a spurious brood upon the world, instead of this 
 
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 offspring of reason and truth ; whilst the lukewarm have rested in a few 
 outward ceremonies, destitute of vigor, and as thfey spring not from the 
 heart never enter the temple of the Most High. Beal piety is of a different 
 and more animated nature. It looks up to God ; sees, hears, feels him in 
 every event, in every vicissitude, in all places, at all seasons, and upon all 
 occasions. It is heaven transplanted into the human breast. That man is 
 capable of such an intercourse with his Maker there are living witnesses to 
 prove, without having recourse to the visions of fanatics or the dreams of 
 enthusiasts ; for God communicates himself in a manner as invisible to the 
 human eye as the falling of the morning dews ; though no less refreshing to 
 the powers of the mind than the former is to vegetation. David felt the 
 regaling influence when he ' longed for God as the hart panteth after the 
 water brooks ;' Paul when he gloried in tribulations ; Stephen, when he 
 prayed for his murderers. Martyrs were supported by it when sawn asunder 
 and when in the flames. Brethren, we suggest these thoughts, not to instruct 
 you, but to put you in mind ; for we are persuaded ye know these things. 
 But as this subject is too disproportionate to the limits of a corresponding 
 address, we close, wishing you every blessing in the Lord, and remain your 
 brethren in the faith and fellowship of the gospel." 
 
 Such is the letter, and to us it is a cheering thought that our pre- 
 decessors in the pastoral oflace breathed such sentiments. In 1802 
 fifty-two members were dismissed to constitute the Baptist Church 
 at Mount Holly. 
 
 About the time Bro. Magowan closed his labors here, Bro. Thomas 
 Swaim moved into the neighborhood. He was born in 1783, and 
 when but sixteen years of age made a public profession of his 
 faith in Christ. He was baptized at Connelsville, Pa., by Eev. "Wil- 
 liam Parkinson, D. D., of New York, who was at the time on a 
 missionary tour through the West. He was but twenty-two years 
 of age when he came here to reside, but shortly after was chosen 
 and ordained a deacon, which ofice he filled until the time of his 
 death ; though for some years previous to that event, owing to in- 
 firmities, he was not able to perform its active duties. In his 
 earlier days he labored in the Sabbath School, and was among 
 the number who, for years, sustained our meetings for prayer. He 
 was a warm friend to the cause of missions, at home and abroad, 
 and was in the habit of contributing liberally for their support. 
 His "house was always open to the ministers of Christ, and but few 
 visited our village without partaking of bis hospitalities. In the 
 welfare of the church he manifested a deep and abiding interest. 
 He died in the triumphs of the Christian faith September 16, 1861, 
 aged 78 years. H* left six children, two of whom are sons and 
 
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 ministers of the gospel. The four daughters are professed followers 
 of Christ, one of whom is the ■^ife of our esteemed brother Eev. 
 Andrew Armstrong, pastor of the Baptist Church at Baptist Town, 
 Hunterdon county, N. J. 
 
 The name of Isaac Carlisle, appears in the list of delegates from 
 this church to the Philadelphia Association, with David Gaskill 
 and Joseph Barber, for the first time in 1792. In 1794 he appears 
 as a licentiate, and the inference is that he was here licensed to 
 preach. We have already referred to the fact, that from. 1793 to 
 1798 the church was destitute of a pastor or stated supply, and 
 that in all probability it was aided by Brethren Hedger and Csbrlisle. 
 For five years the name of Isaac Carlisle appears on the minutes of 
 the Philadelphia Association as a delegate from the First Baptist 
 Church, Philadelphia, that is from 1796 until 1801. In 1805, the 
 year Bro. Magowan left, he appears on the minutes as an ordained 
 minister, and in 18ll as the pastor of this church. It would seem, 
 that though he supplied the pulpit for a number of years, he was 
 pastor only a short time, that is from 1811 until 1814. During his 
 ministry fifty-one persons were added to the church. He died Feb- 
 ruary 20, 1815. His remains are buried in our cemetery. In 1812 
 the church became a constituent member of the New Jersey, now 
 the "West New Jersey Baptist Association, and was represented 
 by Eev. Isaac Carlisle, Deacon Samuel Jones and brother Abel 
 Watkinson. There has not been a meeting of the Association since 
 its organization, now more than fifty years, in which the church 
 has not been represented. 
 
 Eev. Isaiah Stratton succeeded Bro. Carlisle in the pastoral office. 
 He was born September 30, 1782, and baptized into the fellowship 
 of the Second Baptist Church, Philadelphia, by Eev. William White, 
 August 14, 1808, and by them licensed to preach the gospel Febru- 
 ary 21, 1812, and dismissed to this church January 9, 1814. Thai 
 following notice of his ordination is taken frofii the Baptist Maga- 
 zine for June, 1814 : ^ 
 
 " On Lord's-day, February 20, 1814, at New liills, Burlington County, 
 N. J., Eev. Isaiah Stratton, of Philadelphia, was solemnly set apart as 
 pastor of the Baptist Church in that village. The exercises were introduced 
 with appropriate hymns, a prayer, and an introductory discourse by the 
 Eev. Dr. Holcombe, of Philadelphia, from 1 Cor. i : 22, 2S, 24. The neces- 
 sary questions were proposed to the church and candidate, preceded by a 
 prayer by. the Eev. Dr. Eogers, of Philadelphia, to the whole of which sat- 
 isfactory answers were given, in regard to the doctrines, institutions, and 
 discipline of the church, as connected with the oracles of God. The or- 
 
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 daining prayer was oflPered up, during the laying on of hands of the pres- 
 bytery, by the Eev. Mr. Magowan, of Evesham, N. J., who also, followed 
 by the brethren, gave the right hand of fellowship. The charge to the 
 candidate ordained, and to the church, with a devotional hymn by Eev. 
 Mr. White, of Philadelphia, closed the solemn services of the day. The 
 assembly was numerous, apparently much engaged and impressively af- 
 fected. ' The harvest is plenteous.' May the Lord of the harvest send 
 forth thousands of faithful laborers into the same, for the gathering in of 
 precious and immortal souls, to the praise of his rich and sovereign grace. 
 
 From all we can learn of Bro. Stratton, he was a young man of 
 considerable promise, and in his early death the church and denomi- 
 nation sustained no ordinary loss. He, too, was buried in our 
 cemetery, and on his tombstone is the following inscription : 
 
 In Memory 
 
 of the 
 
 Rev. Isaiah Stratton, 
 
 Pastor of the Baptist Church at New Mills, 
 
 N. J. 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 June 7, 1816, 
 
 aged 33 years, 8 months, and 7 days. 
 
 " The gospel bears my spirit up, 
 A faithful and unchanging Grod 
 Lays the foundation of my hope. 
 In oaths and promises and blood." 
 
 During his brief ministry in this place he baptized eight disciples, 
 and at the time of his death the church numbered one hundred 
 and sixty-four members. 
 
 We have now reached a period in our history within the recol- 
 lection of many that listen to us this morning. In 1816 the beloved 
 John Eogers became the pastor. He was the son of John Eogers, 
 a branch of the family of the good old martyr, of whom we used to 
 ^ read in our spelling books, when we were school children. His 
 mother was also of English descent. He was born near Dungannon, 
 in the north of Ireland, in 1783. Losing his father at a very early 
 age, he was carefully trained by his pious mother, committing to 
 memory at her request, the Assembly's Catechism, and many por- 
 tions of the word of God. When about seventeen years of age, 
 he listened to a sermon, which deeply convinced him of the sinful- 
 ness of his own heart ; and soon after to another, which was the 
 means of leading him to rejoice in Christ. 
 
 He shortly afterward united with the Presbyterian Church, of 
 which his mother was a member, and commenced speaking in the 
 
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 t 
 
 Sabbath School with so much acceptance, that his mother was ad- 
 vised to educate him with a view to the ministry. After complet- 
 ing his preparatory studies he went to Edinburgh, Scotland, for the 
 purpose of studying Theology. While in Edinburgh he went to hear 
 a sermon on the subject of baptism by an Baglish Baptist Mission- 
 ary. This discourse made him feel very uneasy, as abundant proof 
 from scripture seemed to be on the side of the missionary, but he 
 deferred an examination of the subject until a time of more leisure. 
 In 1810, after his settlement over a church in his native village, 
 he was married to Miss Jane Wilson. Shortly after the subject of 
 baptism was forced upon his consideration. Deeply conscientious, 
 and firm in his adheranoe to the word of G-od, a prayerful study of 
 that word convinced him that in adhering to infant baptism, he was 
 following an ordinance of man's devising-^believers in Christ Jesus 
 being the only subjects, and immersion in the name of the adorable 
 Trinity the only baptism. But now came the trying ordeal. There 
 were then no Baptists in that part of Ireland. Could he stand 
 alone ? Was it his duty to isolate himself from his brethren ? To 
 sunder the associations formed in childhood and in mature years ? 
 And if he should, would it not destroy his usefulness ? He could 
 not decide, but made known to the church the change in his views. 
 They retained him as their pastor, permitting him to exchange 
 with other ministers on their ordinance days. A baptist minister 
 from Scotland visiting the neighborhood afforded him an opportu- 
 nity of being baptized. A number of the members of the church 
 sympathized with the pastor and embraced his views, and he was 
 accused of sowing discord. This circumstatice, in connection with 
 the fact of hearing of the destitution of preachers in this country, 
 niade him resolve to come hither. He dissolved his connection 
 with the church, but the war of 1812 prevented him leaving the 
 country until three years after. During this period he supplied 
 various destitute churches, more or less of whose members became 
 Baptists, and afterwards emigrated to the Southern States. In 
 1816 he landed in New York. Leaving his family in the city, he 
 went to visit a minister in !N"ew Jersey, who had also left Ireland 
 for conscience sake, to whom he had messages from friends at 
 home. The New Jersey Association convening while there, he was 
 induced to attend, and there met a delegation from this church 
 looking for a pastor, he was prevailed upon to visit and finally 
 settle here. His labors in this place resulted rather in a prepara- 
 tion of the soil, and a faithful sowing of the seed for the future 
 
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 harvest, than in any large accessions to the memhership of the 
 church. 
 
 In 1829, after having served the church for twelve years, he re- 
 signed, and became the pastor of the church at Scotch Plains, 
 where he labored successfully another twelve years. Two precious 
 revivals, in which one hundred and thirteen were added by baptism, 
 and the church greatly increased in efficiency, were among the fruits 
 of his labors in that place. 
 
 In 1841, he became the pastor of the church at Perth Amboy, 
 where he remained for more than three years. In April, 1845, he 
 located in Paterson, N. J., subsequent to which time he did not 
 sustain the pastoral relation, but labored considerably in supplying 
 destitute churches. He died in Paterson August 30, 1849, of 
 bUious dysentery, in the 66th year of his age. 
 
 Bro. Eogers was very kind and affectionate in his domestic rela- 
 tions, liberal to a proverb ; very hospitable in his habits ; an excel- 
 lent pastor, having much sympathy with the aflicted, a good and 
 instructive preacher, — ^his sermons, if not remarkable for fluency 
 of utterance, were richly stored with Bible truth. He was an able 
 divine. We have heard him pronounced by those competent to 
 give an opinion, as one of the most sound theologians of our de- 
 nomination in the State. 
 
 He was identified with all our benevolent movements for the 
 last thirty years of his life. Our State Convention, the Home and 
 Foreign Missions, the Bible and Publication Societies, and our Edu- 
 cation Society, all found in him a warm advocate and constant sup- 
 porter. At the time he came to this country our denomination 
 seems not to have fully understood its obligations to give the gospel 
 of our Lord Jesus to a perishing world. Some of our brethren 
 looked upon missionary efforts as an innovation, and inconsistent 
 with the teachings of the gospel. Bro. Eogers was most prominent 
 among those who comprehended the harmony between the doc- 
 trines of grace and the employment of human agencies to evangel- 
 ize the world, and devoted his intellect and superior powers in 
 giving a right direction to the theological views of his brethren. 
 Coming to this country as he did, about the time the great mis- 
 sionary enterprise was engaging the attention of our brethren 
 across the water, his heart was full of the subject, and publicly and 
 privately he sought to interest the people in the work. His influence 
 in moulding the missionary character of our denomination in the 
 State was very great Few ministers in the State were more 
 
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 generally known and universally esteemed. He always maintained 
 the dignity of a man, a Christian, and minister of the gospel. 
 Christian sincerity and integrity were, perhaps, his most prominent 
 traits of character. All those who might differ from him on any 
 point, could not but be sensible that in the purity of his motives he 
 was an " Israelite indeed," in whom there was no guile. He spent 
 his last Lord's-day on earth, where every devoted Christian would 
 desire to spend it, in the services of the sanctuary, having preached 
 twice on that day. When the master called him he had nothing to 
 do but to die, and after calling his family around him and giving 
 them his last blessing he sweetly fell asleep in Jesus. 
 
 We knew Bro. Rogers well, having often met with him at our 
 Anniversary and other meetings, and we do not know that we need 
 apologize for introducing here a conversation we had with him 
 only a few weeks before he entered into rest. He was at my house, 
 in the city of Trenton, and we were talking, among other things, 
 about ministerial support. Several of our most prominent minister- 
 ing brethren about that time, after having served the churches 
 faithfully for a number of years, had been compelled to retire from 
 the active duties of the ministry, enfeebled and broken in health, 
 and, as is very common with the ministers of our denominai^on, 
 they were poor. This circumstance gave rise to the conversation. 
 I said to him, " Bro. Eogers, suppose, in the providence of God, a 
 way should be opened for a minister to improve his temporal cir- 
 cumstances by attending to some secular business that would not 
 materially interfere with his work, would it be right for him to 
 take advantage of it ?" " Eight," said he, " Eight, my brother ? 
 Why he would be criminal in the sight of God if he did not." 
 " Look at me," he continued, " I have served the churches in New 
 Jersey to the best of my ability for more than twenty-five years ; 
 I am growing old, and they do not want me now, though I can preach 
 as well as ever. They are afraid I shall become burthensome. I 
 never received more than three hundred and fifty dollars a year 
 for my support, and on that sum I made out to live and give my 
 children a pretty good education. And now," (and the good man's 
 voice trembled while he said it) " I am in a great measure depen- 
 dent upon my son in Paterson for the bread I eat." Eemember, 
 brethren, it was the good, the kind hearted, the devoted John 
 Eogers that said this, a man who had given nearly his entire life to 
 the service of Christ and his churches, and tell us ought such things 
 to be? Can Jesus oar Lord and living Head, be pleased when his 
 ministers are so overlooked, forgotten and neglected ? 
 
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 About the time of Bro. Eogers' settlement, Bro. Jacob Woolston 
 was appointed deacon. He was born May 27, 1775, and died De- 
 cember 29, 1834, in the sixtieth year of his age. He was the 
 father of our beloved Sister Eliza Woolston, who left us for a home 
 in heaven about two years ago. 
 
 In 1821, " John Irick, and Achsah his wife, Joseph Deacon, and 
 Beulah his wife," for the goodwill and affection they had for the 
 church and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to them in 
 hand paid, " conveyed by deed bearing date May 8th, to Henry 
 Chambers, Thomas Swaim, Samuel Port, Joseph Willetts, and Abel 
 Watkinson, Trustees in and for the Baptist Society, near the village 
 of New Mills, for their only proper benefit and behoof," about an 
 acre of land, " more or less." This land was bounded in part by 
 that deeded to Francis Briggs by Michael Woolston. On this piece 
 of land, the church erected its second house of worship in 1823. 
 The brethren and friends were considerably divided in opinion as 
 to the most suitable location for the house. Many were anxious it 
 should be erected in the village proper, other counsels prevailed, 
 however, and the site it now occupies was selected. The house is 
 forty-four feet deep and thirty-eight feet wide, built in a good 
 substantial manner, but exceedingly plain, being entirely destitute 
 of ornament, internally or externally. The church occupied it 
 about forty years, during which period many a gospel sermon was 
 delivered and many a fervent prayer offered in it. It was the 
 birth place of many precious souls, and though we are now much 
 better accommodated, have a much more convenient and pleasant 
 place of worship, many of you remeniber with interest " the old 
 house on the hill." It was sold in 1862 to Mr. Job H. Gaskill, and 
 is now occupied for school purposes. 
 
 All the trustees of this period (1821) are dead, but their children 
 or some of them, are present with us to-day. Deacon John Cham- 
 bers is the son of Henry Chambers. We have already spoken of 
 the children of Thomas Swaim. Bro. Abraham Fort is the son of 
 Samuel Port. Miriam Gandy, the wife of George Gandj', is the 
 daughter of Joseph Willets. Abel Watkinson left ten children, all 
 of whom are still living, and members of Baptist churches. Two 
 of them are ministers of the gospel, — William E. is pastor of the 
 Baptist Church at Hamilton Square, N. J., and Mark E. was re- 
 cently pastor of the Eidley Baptist Church, Pa. The average age 
 of these children is fifty years. 
 
 In 1824, the parties who deeded the land on which the old meet- 
 
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 ing house stands, i. e. " John Irick, and Achsah his wife, and Joseph 
 Deacon, and Beulah his wifo," conveyed by deed, bearing date 
 March 12th, to " Jacob "Woolston, Thomas "Woolston, Joseph Willets, 
 Aaron Stiles, and Abel Watkinson," a lot of land " containing one 
 acre, one rod, and twenty-five perches, be the same more or less," 
 for " the only proper use, benefit, and behoof" of the church. Upon 
 this lot the church moved the original meeting house, and convert- 
 ed it into a dwelling, where the pastors, for several years, made 
 their home. It was consumed, as before mentioned, by fire in 
 1837. The loss of the building may have been considered a calamity, 
 but the loss of our church records by the fire at the same time a 
 far greater one ; their loss was irreparable. 
 
 From the time Bro. Rogers resigned until 1830 the pulpit was 
 supplied by Samuel Harvey, a licentiate of the church. His name 
 appears on the minutes for the first time in 1829, and for the last 
 time in 1831. Those who knew him, speak of him as an humble 
 unassuming Christian man. Some years ago he removed to the 
 West, where he is still living. 
 
 Eev. Clarence W. Mulford succeeded Bro. Eogers in the pastoral 
 office. He was born at Salem, N. J., June 8, 1805. His parents 
 were pious, devoted Christians, and members of the Salem Baptist 
 Church. He was brought to a saving acquaintance with Christ 
 under the ministry of the venerated Joseph Sheppard, and baptized 
 by him into the fellowship of the Salem Church in 1825. Shortly 
 after his baptism his mind became exercised with reference to the 
 ministry, and giving pleasing evidence that God had called him to 
 this great work, l!he church gave him a license to preach in 1829. 
 For some months he supplied with great acceptance, the pulpits of 
 the Woodstown and Allowaystown Baptist Churches. On the 19th 
 of October, 1820, he commenced his labors in this place. INot long 
 since we found among some old books, a sheet of paper, discolored 
 by age, and upon examining it found it was the letter of dismission 
 brought by Bro. Mulford from the Salem Church when he came 
 here to live. It was written by one that many of you knew well, 
 and for this reason, and because from it we may learn the esteem 
 in which Bro. Mulford and his excellent wife were held by those 
 who knew them best, we have transcribed it: 
 
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 " The Baptist Church of Christ in Salem, to her sister, the Baptist 
 
 Church of Christ in Pemherton, sendeth Christian Salutation. 
 
 " Whereas, in the course of divine Providence our brother Clarance W. 
 Mulford, and our sister, Elizabeth T. Mulford, are about to remove into 
 your vicinity, this is to certify that their standing while vrith us has been 
 good. Our brother has continued from his first admission among us, to 
 adorn his Christian profession in a very exemplary manner. His holy 
 wallc, fervent prayers, and pious exhortations, previous to his entrance 
 upon the more public exercise of the ministry, were sensibly felt, and will 
 long be remembered with gratitude to the Great Giver of every good and 
 perfect gift. Several months have elapsed since the church (of which he 
 has been a consistent member) has given him a license to preach the ever- 
 lasting gospel, wherever the good providence of God should open a door 
 for him. We should have been happy in retaining the services of our 
 brother in our own more immediate vicinity, but as there is a prospect of 
 more extensive usefulness in your neighborhood, we submit the matter to 
 God ; and our fervent prayers shall follow our brother, that the Lord of 
 the harvest, who has raised up this laborer in his vineyard, may continue to 
 bless his labors, to the edification of the church over which he is now to 
 be placed, and to the bringing in of God's elect who yet remain in the 
 wilderness, and that he may at last be among the number of those who 
 shall turn many to righteousness, and shine as stars in the kingdom of 
 God forever. With our sister Elizabeth T. Mulford, the amiable partner 
 of our beloved brother, we part also with mingled emotions of pleasure 
 and pain. We feel grateful to God, that he has united these kindred spirits 
 as help-meets to each other, and led them to drink at the same fountain 
 head, the pure water of the river of life. To part with such brethren and 
 sisters always gives us pain ; but we hope you will find by happy experi- 
 ence that our loss is your abundant gain. May they both continue to walk 
 together as heirs of the grace of God, and may the Lord finally bring us 
 all to meet in our Father's house above. 
 
 " Done at a regular meeting for business this 18th day of September, 1830, 
 and signed in behalf of the whole, Charles J. Hopkins." 
 
 Bro. Mulford was ordained pastor of the church on the 27th day 
 of November, 1830. The sermon was preached by the Eev. Dr. 
 "W. T. Brantley, then pastor of the First Baptist Church, Philadel- 
 phia. He remained until 1835. During his ministry here he baptized 
 into the fellowship of the church one hundred and seventy-three 
 persons. Besides the ordinary duties of the pastorate, he was 
 abundant in labors in adjoining neighborhoods. He was mainly 
 instrumental in gathering the Baptist Church at Vincentown. The 
 Church at Columbus was not organized during his ministry in 
 this place, but he bbstowed much labor upon the field, laid the 
 
foundation of the church, and did much toward the erection of 
 its house of worship. 
 
 From this place he removed to Frankford, Pennsylvania, and 
 took charge of the church in that town, but remained only seven- 
 teen months. During this short pastorate he baptized seventeen 
 persons. The brethren at Frankford parted with him very reluc- 
 tantly ; but most of his life had been spent in New Jersey, and 
 when the providence of God opened the way, he returned to the 
 State he loved so well. In December, 1836, the Baptist Church at 
 Hightstown extended to him a most cordial invitation to become 
 its pastor, which he accepted, and continued with them until 1846, 
 a period of ten years, which, in this age of changes, was an unu- 
 sually long pastorate. Daring this time, he had the happiness of 
 baptizing two hundred and twenty-three persons. These were, 
 perhaps, the years of his strength. His health, for the most part, 
 was good, and his mind matured. Body and mind were devoted to 
 the work to which his life had been given. The Church at Hights- 
 town owes much of its present, efficiency to the unremitting and 
 faithful labors of this part of his Ufe. Toward the close of his 
 pastorate here he had some premonitions of the disease that finally 
 laid him aside from the work of the ministry. In October, 1846, 
 he took the oversight of the Church at Flemington, and remained 
 its pastor until July, 1849, when, his health failing, he was under 
 tbe necessity of resigning. During his ministry in this place, he 
 baptized seventy-five. He removed from Flemington, and for sev- 
 eral years cultivated a small farm near Spottswpod, N. J. In 1851, 
 at the earnest solicitation of the Church at Holmdel, he consented 
 to supply their pulpit once each Sabbath ; ' his feeble health not 
 suffering him to perform a greater amount of pulpit labor. After 
 remaining one year, he was obliged to abandon the work and return 
 to Spottswood. He subsequently removed to Flemington, where he 
 still lives and waits the call of the Master. He has preached but a 
 few times since he left Holmdel ; the last time he did so was at 
 the opening of this house of worship, nearly three years ago, at the 
 solicitation of your speaker. 
 
 He was a powerful and pungent preacher, a faithful pastor, 
 and a consistent Christian. Every organization that had for its 
 object the glory of God and the good of men found in him a warm 
 and earnest advocate. He was one of the earliest members of the 
 Board of our State Convention. For several years he was the very 
 
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 efficient Secretary of the Convention, and subsequently was elected 
 President, whicli office he filled for six years.* 
 
 I became acquainted with him in 1835, while he was pastor at 
 Prankford, Pa., twenty-nine years ago. I was his near neighbor 
 while he was at Hightstown, and succeeded him as pastor of the 
 Church at Flemington. I loved him from the first as an honest 
 Christian man and minister of Christ, and my regard for him has 
 only increased as years have passed away. May the kind hand of 
 our God make smooth the few days that yet remain to him upon 
 earth. 
 
 We have already referred to the Church at Yincentown. It was 
 organized September 19th, 1834. The council consisted of Brethren 
 J. M. Challiss, J. C. Harrison, M. J. Ehees, J. Sheppard, S. B. Swain 
 and C. W. Mulford. All the constituent members, twenty-nine in 
 number, were dismissed from us. Their names were as follows : 
 Eobert Taylor, James "Worrell, Andrew Morton, John Corless, John 
 Darwood, Eeuben Knowlton, Nicholas Brown, Job Cline, Benjamin 
 G. Lee, Ziba Shinn, William D. Haines, Sarah Taylor, Mary J. 
 Coates, Margaret Corless, Elizabeth Darwood, Amy Brown, Keziah 
 Woolston, Anna Shinn, Eebecca Gaskill, Sarah Shinn, Mary Wor- 
 rell, Mary Ann Morton, Mary Knowlton, Sarah Atkinson, Sarah 
 Haines, Keziah Lippincott, Samuel Gibson, Mary Gibson and Sabilla 
 Pippet. Some of these brethren still remain. Brother James Thorn 
 is their present pastor. 
 
 Brother Mulford was succeeded by Eev. Timothy Jackson, in 
 1836, who remained with the church two years, and baptized forty- 
 six persons. It was during his term that the parsonage was de- 
 stroyed by fire. The Church was destitute of a pastor about one 
 year, after he left. 
 
 In 1839 Eev. Jonathan G. CoUom became pastor. He was born 
 in Montgomery County, Pa., February 6, 1811. His father, Wm. 
 Collom, was one of the best men we ever knew. For many years 
 he was a member of the New Market Street, now the Fourth 
 Baptist Church, Philadelphia ; his last days were spent in this vil- 
 lage, and his remains, together with those of his wife, lie in our 
 graveyard. Brother J. G. Collom was baptized into the fellowship 
 of the church of which his father was a member, by Eev. John E. 
 Dodge, on the 9th day of May, 1830. Two years afterward, that is, 
 on the 16th day of May, 1832, he was licensed by the church to 
 
 * Since the delivery of this Sermon, Bra. Mulposs has passed away from earth. He died 
 June SOth, 1864. 
 
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 preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus. Aftej spending several 
 months in preaching in various places, he was invited to supply the 
 pulpit of the Baptist Church at Phcenixville, Chester County, Pa., 
 and on the 28th day of April, 1833, was ordained their pastor. The 
 brethren of our denomination about this time, in Philadelphia and 
 vicinity, became more or less divided, with reference to measures to 
 promote the cause of religion. ' Protracted meetings, so called, were 
 just becoming popular, and not a few looked upon them and their 
 results with suspicion, and not a little controversy was had concern- 
 ing them. This controversy extended from individuals to churches, 
 and from churches to associations, until, at length, one regarded the 
 other as having departed from the faith, and it was common to 
 speak of New and Old School Baptists. The Church at Phcenixville 
 became divided as to which of two Associations they should join, 
 and this division rendered the pastor unhappy, and at the end of 
 one year he resigned his place among them. 
 
 At Valley Forge, on the Schuylkill, about three miles below 
 Phcenixville, rendered memorable in the history of the Eevolutiona- 
 ry War, a little Church was organized, about this time with which. 
 Bro. Collom labored about one year. "We are not informed as to 
 whether he was considered its pastor. The arrangement appears 
 to have been temporary ; for, after aiding them in the erection of a 
 house of worship, and in securing a pastor, he left the field. He 
 then, for four months, supplied the Second Baptist Church in Wil- 
 mington, Delaware. 
 
 In April, 1836, he received and accepted an invitation to become 
 the pastor of the Baptist Church in Danbury, Conn ecticiit, where he 
 remained upwards of three years. In July, 1839, he removed to 
 this place and took charge of the church, and continued as pastor 
 until March 25th, 1846, a period of nearly seven years. This was 
 his longest pastorate. During the time he labored here he baptized 
 one hundred and four persons. He removed from here to Cohansey, 
 in Cumberland County, where he remained as pastor until August 
 1850, when he became pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Wil- 
 mington — the same church he had supplied fifteen years before. 
 His labors closed here in 1858, when he removed his family to Mt. 
 Holly, and entered the service of the American Baptist Home Mis- 
 sion Society, as its agent for Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and 
 so continued until his death, which took place at Mount Holly, De- 
 cember 27, 1856. 
 
 We were acquainted with Bro. Collom from his boyhood, lived in 
 
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 the same neighborhood, were baptized by the same administrator 
 into the fellowship of the same church, and were licensed by that 
 church about the same time ; the council that ordained us was com- 
 posed of nearly the same brethren. iHe enjoyed, what was con- 
 sidered in that day, superior advantages for mental culture, and 
 for a number of years assisted his father in teaching. He was ex- 
 ceedingly neat in his personal appearance, had a clear discriminating 
 mind, and was a solid and instructive preacher. He was of that class 
 of persons who must be known in order to be understood apd pro- 
 perly appreciated. He was a warm friend of the benevolent institu- 
 tions of the day, and as we have seen, spent the last eight or nine 
 years of his life in direct efforts to promote the cause of missions. 
 Prom the time he made a profession of faith in Christ until he Was 
 summoned away, his life gave evidence of sincere love to the Ee- 
 deemer. His remains also lie interred in our cemetery. His 
 widow, who is widely known and highly esteemed, together with 
 her children, still reside in Mount Holly. May the God of the 
 widow and the fatherless be their God and portion. 
 
 Several important events, in connection with the history of the 
 church, transpired during Bro. CoUom's pastorate. Many of the 
 brethren had long felt the need of some other place in which to 
 meet and worship God, than " the house on the hill," and the ques- 
 tion of erecting a house in the village was frequently agitated, but 
 while there was, so far as we know, no angry feelings awakened 
 concerning the matter, they could not agree to build a house in 
 town and abandon the old place. They did, however, agree to erect 
 a small building in which the Sabbath School and evening meetings 
 could be held. It is not for us to pass judgment upon this move- 
 ment ; it seemed at the time the very best thing that could be done. 
 One good brother, who loved the cause of Christ and prayed much 
 for its prosperity, was heard to say with a full heart, when the 
 room was completed, " Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart 
 in peace." Preparations were made to build in 1842, and in 1843 
 the room was opened. The building was erected on a lot of land 
 belonging to Deacon Thomas Swaim, and cost seven hundred dol- 
 lars. This lot, in 1862, Bro. Swaim gave to the church, and it was 
 sold by their order, including the building, for eight hundred and 
 fifty dollars, the proceeds were used to pay in part for our present 
 house of worship. 
 
 Brethren Job Gaskill and Thomas Swaim, Jr., were licensed by 
 the church to preach the gospel, on the 22d day of April, 1843. 
 
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 The record of this important transaction is in the following words : 
 
 '^Brethren Swaim and Gaskill having retired, J. Chambers acted 
 as clerk, when the following preamble and resolution were pre- 
 sented by Bro. Collom, and were unanimously adopted : 
 
 " Whereas, Brethren Job G-askill and Thomas Swaim, Jr., have 
 been deeply impressed, for a long time, with a conviction that they 
 ought to devote themselves to the Christian ministry, should the 
 Lord in his providence open the way, and incline his people to call 
 them in his name, under his direction, to that solemn and re- 
 sponsible work ; and, Whereas, these brethren have fulfilled the aj)- 
 pointments of the church which were designed to exhibit their gifts 
 and qualifications, to general satisfaction ; Therefore, 
 
 " Eesolved, That having entire confidence in their piety, pru- 
 dence and sincere desire to occupy whatever place the Lord has 
 designed them for, and being satisfied that they have gifts and 
 qualifications that, under Divine guidance and help, will make them 
 both acceptable and useful in the Christian ministry. We hereby 
 give them our full approbation and license to devote themselves to 
 that high and holy calling as the Lord in his providence may open 
 the way before them." 
 
 Bro. Thomas Swaim, Jr., was the son of Deacon Thomas Swaim, 
 and was born March 30th, 1817. He was hopefully converted 
 during a revival in this church, while under the care of Bro. J. (x. 
 Collom, and baptized by him April 11th, 1841. He graduated from 
 the full course at Hamilton Theological Seminary in 1846, having 
 gone partly through college at Brown University previous to his 
 conversion. In October, 1846, he was ordained the pastor of the 
 Baptist Church in Washington, Pa. During his pastorate there 
 the church was favored with several precious revivals of religion, 
 and a goodly number were baptized by him into the fellowship of 
 the church. In October, 1850, he resigned the charge of the 
 church, to accept an agency of the American Baptist Missionary 
 Union, in Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In May, 1851, 
 he accepted an invitation from the Flemington Baptist Church to 
 become its pastor, where he still remains. During thirteen years 
 of pastoral labor the church has been favored with five extensive 
 revivals of religion and nearly three hundred have been baptized 
 by the pastor into its fellowship. The church has been greatly in- 
 creased in efficiency as well as numbers. 
 
 Bro. Job Gaskill was born in 1811, and was baptized by Eev. 
 C. W. Mulford February 23, 1834. He was among the first ac- 
 quaintances we formed after coming into the State. We knew him 
 well and intimately until the time of his death, which took place in 
 the spring of 1860. He was a constant and earnest worker in the 
 
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 vineyard of our Lord. In October, 1837, he was appointed clerk of 
 the church, and, judging from the manner in -which the records 
 were kept, he was a good and eflScient officer. In 1838 he was 
 elected Trustee, and in 1840 he was set apart to the office of deacon, 
 the duties of which he performed with great acceptance, until April, 
 1843, when, as before stated, he was licensed to preach the gospel. 
 Shortly afterward he removed to Norristown, Pa., and spent some 
 time in study under Eev. Samuel Aaron, the present esteemed 
 pastor of the Mount Holly Baptist Church. During his residence 
 at Norristown, Bro. Gaskill supplied the pulpit of the Baptist church 
 at Valley Forge. In April, 1846, he became the pastor of the Bap- 
 tist Church at Columbus, N. J., where he remained until September, 
 1850, when he removed to Middletown Point, in Monmouth county, 
 and took charge of the church in that place. He remained here 
 until the spring of 18^1, when, his health failing, he was obliged 
 to resign. Subsequently, be had no pastoral charge, but united 
 again with the church at Columbus, and until the time of his death 
 was unceasing in his efforts to promote the cause of Christ. 
 
 Bro. Thomas P. Campbell was baptized by Bro. Collom August 
 
 24. 1844, and preached for the first time before the church October 
 
 25. 1845, and February 21, 1846, we find the following resolution 
 in the minutes : 
 
 " Eesolved, That the knowledge we have of the Christian char- 
 acter, gifts, and doctrinal views of Bro. Thomas P. Campbell leads 
 us to conclude that the Great Head of the Church requires him to 
 devote himself to the gospel ministry, we therefore recommend 
 him to pursue such a course of study as will be adapted to fit him 
 for the more efficient performance of the duties of that important 
 office." 
 
 We can learn but little of this brother's history after he left this 
 place. We have been informed that after he graduated he settled 
 with a church in the State of New York, and subsequently re- 
 moved to the South. 
 
 Bro. Collom's successor in the pastoral office was Eev. D. P. Par- 
 malee. He was bom in Bristol, Addison County, Vermont, August 
 13th, 1813. The father, Daniel E., and the mother, Charlotte N". 
 Parmalee, were pious, humble Christians. They and their immedi- 
 ate family, together with their ancestors, were members of Congre- 
 gational Churches, and several of them were ministers in that 
 denomination. Bro. Parmalee was brought up strictly in the faith 
 of his fathers, but lived until he was eighteen years of age a stran- 
 ger to experimental piety. About that time a most precious revival 
 
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 of religion was experienced in his native town. It commenced in the 
 Congregational Church, but extended to all the churches in the 
 neighborhood. He was among the first fruits of the revival. Like 
 many others who enjoy the advantages of a religious education, he 
 was the subject of frequent religious impressions ; but up to this pe- 
 riod there was no abiding conviction of his guilt before God. He 
 soon found peace in believing in the Lord Jesus. After a careful 
 examination of the Scriptures, he came to the conclusion that he 
 must be buried with Christ in baptism, and renounce infant sprink- 
 ling. His strong prejudices, however, against what is called " close 
 communion," would not suffer him to unite with a Baptist church, 
 and ho was accordingly immersed by Eev. Mr. Morgan, pastor of 
 the Congregational Church. He remained in fellowship with the 
 Congregationalists three years, during which time he thoroughly 
 examined the relation of Baptism to the Lord's Supper. The result 
 of this examination led him to sever his connection with them, and 
 unite with the First Baptist Church in Half Moon, Saratoga County, 
 New York. He was licensed to preach by this church, April, 1837. 
 The following August the pastor, fiev, A. H. Palmer, died; and, at 
 the request of the church, he supplied the pulpit until the following 
 February, when he was ordained their pastor, and served them in 
 this relation nine years ; during which time he baptized over two 
 hundred persons. His health becoming impaired, his phy§ician 
 advised him to seek a home in a more southern latitude, and having 
 received an invitation to become pastor of this church, he accepted, 
 and commenced his labors July 1st, 1846, and remained until June, 
 1851 ; during which time he baptized seventy-nine persons. From 
 here he removed to the city of New York, and took charge of the 
 "Union Baptist Church in East Twenty-second Street, where he 
 remained five years ; after which he became the pastor of the 
 Lexington Avenue Baptist Church, with which he remained two 
 years, when the Gethsemane Baptist Church was organized, and 
 he became its pastor. He served this church four years. Luring 
 the time he labored in New York he baptized about two hundred 
 and twenty persons. He became the pastor of the Freehold 
 Church, Monmouth Co., N. J., July 1st, 1862, where he is stiU living 
 and laboring. He has been favored in this field with tokens of the 
 Divine goodness. He is affectionately remembered in this commu- 
 nity, for the kindness of his spirit, and earnest labors. 
 
 Samuel Jones, to whom we have already referred, was the young- 
 est child of the Samuel Jones who was among the number baptized 
 
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 before the church was organized. At an early age he obtained an 
 humble hope, through grace, of an interest in Christ, and was 
 baptized upon a profession of his faith, by the Eev. Peter Wilson, 
 in 1784, when he was about twenty-two years of age. He was 
 married in 1786, to Miss Elizabeth Woolston, daughter of Deacon 
 Jacob Woolston, Sen., by whom he had ten children — ^five sons and 
 five daughters — only four of whom are now living. We cannot 
 learn at what period he was chosen to the oflSce, but for more than 
 forty years he was senior deacon of the Church, and for sixty-five 
 years a consistent member. Of him it may be truly said, that he 
 used the office of a deacon well, and purchased to himself a good 
 degree and great boldness in the faith. He was regular and steady 
 in his pious habits, and gave himself to reading, meditation and 
 prayer. He loved the House of God, and all meetings for religious 
 purposes. Meetings for prayer he greatly encouraged, both by his 
 presence and the exercise of his gifts. Two of his daughters, as 
 before mentioned, and several of his grandchildren are members 
 with us. His end was peaceful, and his confidence in God his 
 Saviour was firm and unshaken to the last. He died September 
 28th, 1849, aged 88 years. A large concourse of people assembled 
 at his funeral, the following Lord's Day morning ; and after an 
 appropriate discourse by his pastor, Eev. D. S. Parmalee, from Acts 
 viii. 2, his remains were committed to the tomb. " Blessed are the 
 dead who die in the Lord." 
 
 Eev. L. C. Stevens, became pastor in 1851. He remained but a 
 short time. One reason for removing to this place was the feeble 
 health of his wife ; she dying shortly after, he returned to the State 
 of Maine. 
 
 January 16th, 1853, the church extended a call to Eev. Samuel M. 
 Shute, which he accepted, and on the 17th of the following month 
 he was ordained pastor. As a matter of history, we have tran- 
 scribed the minutes of the council that ordained him : 
 
 Pehbekton, February 17th, 1853. 
 
 Pursuant to a call from the Baptist Church in this place, a council con- 
 vened, composed of delegates from the churches, as follows : 
 
 Burlington. — W. H. Parmly, Pastor. 
 
 Vincentown. — J. S. Miller, Pastor, James "Worrell, Deacon. 
 
 Marlton. — C. E. Wilson, Pastor, J. Steward, Deacon. 
 
 Mount Holly.— W. M. CoUom, Pastor. 
 
 Columbus.— H. C. Putnam, Pastor, Job Graskill, Wm. Curtis, Deacons. 
 
 Bro. Wilson was chosen Moderator, and W. H. Parmly Clerk. Bro. John 
 8. Miller led in prayer. 
 
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 Voted, that brethren present, hot members of the council, be invited to 
 seats with US, and a participation in our deliberations. 
 
 After hearing from the church, through Brn. Swaim and Joseph W. Cox, 
 their call to Bro. Samuel M. Shute to become their pastor, and examining his 
 credentials from the Fifth Baptist Church, Philadelphia, which were satis- 
 factory, it was, on motion, 
 
 Resolved, That this council are fully satisfied with Bro. Shute's experience ; 
 and also, that we proceed to his ordination at one o'clock this afternoon, in 
 the foUomng order : 
 
 Eeading of Scriptures by H, C. Putnam. 
 
 Sermon by W. H. Parmly. 
 
 Charge to the candidate by C. E. Wilson. Ordaining prayer by J. S. 
 Miller. Hand of fellowship by J. Gaskill. Charge to the church by W. M, 
 Collom. Hymn and benediction by S. M. Shute. 
 
 Chakles E. Wilson, Moderator. 
 
 Wheelock H. Parmlt, Clerk. 
 
 Bro. Shute was born in Philadelphia, January 24th, 1823, and 
 graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia, 
 in 1845 ; took a course of Theology with the Eev. Samuel B. "Wyliei 
 D. D., Vice Provost of the University, during the years 1845^6 ; 
 was baptized into the fellowship of the Fifth Baptist Church, San- 
 som Street, Philadelphia, in 1845, by the Eev. Wm. Shadrach, D. 
 D., and was licensed to preach the gospel by said church the same 
 yeair. From the time he left college until he took charge of this 
 church, a period of eight years, he was engaged in teaching. He 
 remained here until November, 1856, when he left and took charge 
 of the First Baptist Church, Alexandria, Virginia. He remained in 
 charge here until the summer of 1859, when he left to fill the chair 
 of the Greek and Latin Languages in Columbian College, Washing- 
 ton, D. C, where he still remains. During his pastorate here he 
 was called upon to follow to the grave his youlig and amiable wife 
 This circumstance was the principal cause of his retirement from 
 this field. Deeply saddened by his bereavement, he felt a change 
 would be better for himself and the people. He is remembered with 
 affectionate interest by many in this community, and regards the 
 years he was permitted to labor here, as among the brightest and 
 most bappy of his life. 
 
 In 1853, the church resolved to purchase a house for the use of 
 the pastor, and secured the present parsonage property for the sum 
 of $1600. It has been a pleasant home for the pastors who have 
 successively occupied it. 
 
 Bro. Shute was succeeded by Eev. Thomas Goodwin, who was 
 
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 born in London, England, October 7th, 1815. His parents and rela- 
 tions were members of the Episcopal Church, and he was, so he says, 
 " rantized into it when an unconscious babe, and, in the language of 
 its catechism, was thus made a child of God, and an inheritor of the 
 Kingdom of Heaven." This soul ruinous delusion he cherished 
 until he had attained his eighteenth year, when it pleased the Lord 
 to reveal to him his true condition, and the only way of salvation. 
 In the summer of 1832 his parents, with their six children, left 
 London for this country, and in September of the same year settled 
 in New Haven, Connecticut, the " beautiful city of elms." He was 
 brought to a saving knowledge of the truth in January, 1834, and 
 on the second Sabbath of the following May was "buried with Christ 
 in baptism," by Eev; EoUin H. Neale, and became a member of the 
 First Baptist Church in Kew Haven, of which Bro. Neale was then 
 pastor. 
 
 A careful and prayerful perusal of the New Testament induced 
 him to take this step. Previous to the day of his own baptism he 
 had never seen this ordinance administered. In the fall of 1837 he 
 left New Haven for Cincinnati, Ohio, and soon after united with 
 the First Baptist Church in that city by letter. In September, 
 1888, he was licensed by the church to preach the gospel, and on 
 Sabbath, April 5, 1840, was ordained as an evangelist. Since his 
 ordination he has labored in four different States, and been the 
 pastor of twelve churches, Oxford, Good Hope, and Washington in 
 Ohio; Eadnor, Eichmond, and Eidley in Pennsylvania; 2d Salem, 
 Camden, and Pemberton in New Jersey; Poughkeepsie, Courtland, 
 and Throopsville in New York. He is still the pastor of the church 
 at Throopsville. It is proper here to state, that with six of the 
 churches above mentioned he had no intention of remaining long 
 when he commenced his labors with them, his object being to do 
 them all the good he could during a brief pastorate. He com- 
 menced his labors here June 1st, 1856, and closed them June 30th, 
 1859, during which time he baptized into the fellowship of the 
 church thirty-six persons. Bro. Goodwin, by his consistent life, se- 
 cured to himself the confidence of the entire community and a 
 warm place in the affections of those who love the Saviour. 
 
 Your speaker became pastor September 1, 1859, and expects to 
 close his labors with the present month, and take charge of the 
 First Baptist Church in Chester, Pa. 
 
 For a number of years, as already intimated, the question of 
 erecting a new house of worship had been more or less agitated, 
 
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 but while nearly all interested in the welfare of Zion realized the 
 importance of the work, it was apprehended that nothing could he 
 accomplished because of the diversity of opinion respecting its 
 precise location. Some felt that the time to build had not come, 
 the old house was too good to be taken down and the material used 
 in the erection of another, and that we had better wait until it 
 became so much dilapidated as to need extensive repairs, and then 
 erect a house in the village. Others thought the time had come 
 and that we should build at once upon the old site, and they would 
 contribute freely for this purpose. Others there were who thought 
 we should build immediately in the village, on the site occupied by 
 the lecture room, and still others who thought we should build in 
 the village immediately, but that the lecture room lot was not the 
 most eligible. We do not wish to make the impression that this 
 diversity of opinion created alienation among the brethren, for it 
 did not; so far as we know, all seemed to be honest in their convic- 
 tions, and nearly all kindly expressed them. At a meeting of the 
 church held February 25, 1860, a Committee consisting of brethren 
 Thomas Edman, James Logan, John Chambers, Thomas S. Logan, 
 and Levi Gr. Beck, were appointed to consider the expediency of 
 erecting a new house of worship, and report at the next regular 
 meeting. The committee met shortly ^fter their appointment, and 
 after a long interview, and a full expression of opinion, no harmo- 
 nious action could be had, and they adjourned without arriving at 
 any definite conclusion. The prospect of a new meeting house 
 being erected was at this time exceedingly gloomy. There was, 
 no doubt, much earnest prayer offered that the Lord would under- 
 take for us. Several weeks passed away, and the impression pre- 
 vailed that the committee would be under the necessity of report- 
 ing adversely, and the enterprise be indefinitely postponed, but the 
 Lord had better things in store for us. Brethren were led to feel 
 more deeply the importance of the work, and how necessary it was 
 in order to maintain the visibility and secure the growth of the 
 church, that something should be done. Conversations in relation 
 to the matter became frequent and earnest, and the conviction that 
 a house should be built became deeper and wider, while a disposi- 
 tion to abandon preferences as to location became more and more 
 manifest. Such was the state of things, that at a meeting of the 
 committee, held a few days before the church meeting in April, 
 they agreed to present the following report : 
 
 " The committee appointed at the last meeting of the church to 
 
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 inquire into the expediency of erecting a new house of worship 
 beg leave to report : That after mature deliberation and consulta- 
 tion with brethren, they are of opinion that the cause of Christ 
 "would be greatly promoted by the erection of a suitable house of 
 worship in the village of Pemberton. They would therefore re- 
 commend that a committee be appointed to ascertain what amount 
 can be secured in cash and reliable subscriptions for said purpose, 
 and that when the sum of six thousand dollars shall have been ob- 
 tained, they secure a good location in the village of Pemberton, and 
 erect thereupon a suitable house of worship." 
 
 This report was presented at the April meeting, and unanimously 
 adopted. The committee in preparing and presenting their report, 
 had no intention whatever to prevent any further action on the 
 part of the church with reference to the house, but it will be seen 
 by glancing at it that no further action was needed. The question 
 of location was never discussed in church meeting, neither was the 
 character of the building, its dimensions or style, ever brought up 
 for consideration, by common consent these questions were left 
 with the committee appointed after the report was adopted. This 
 committee consisted of James Logan, John Gr. Smalley and Levi Gr. 
 Beck. 
 
 Eev. John Stephenson, at the time pastor of the Methodist Church 
 in Woodbury, N. J., and forfiierly pastor of the Methodist Church 
 in this place, very kindly furnished us with drawings for the build- 
 ing, after the plan had been submitted to him by the committee. 
 These drawings were seen by most of the brethren before the work 
 was commenced and the plan met with general approval. The 
 committee commenced their labors in earnest very shortly after 
 their appointment, and by the middle of June had secured on sub- 
 scription an amount sufficient to justify them in commencing opera- 
 tions. They first of all purchased the ground on which the house 
 stands. It embraced two lots, one owned by Mr. Thomas, of Phila- 
 delphia, and the other by the heirs of Mr. Pidler. These two lots 
 made a front of sixty-six feet, and cost one thousand seven hundred 
 and fifty dollars. On them at the time we purchased were two 
 dwelling houses, which increased the cost, while the buildings them- 
 selves were of very little value to the building committee. One of 
 them was torn down and the other sold for eighty dollars. It was 
 the intention to proceed at once in the erection of the house, and if 
 possible to have it enclosed and the lecture room completed by the 
 fall of the year, that we might have better accommodations for our 
 
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 Sabbath School and evening meetings during the winter season ; but 
 the occupant of one of the houses refused to leave, unless the commit- 
 tee paid him an extravagant sum for doing so. As much as the com- 
 mittee desired to see the building commenced they did not feel justi- 
 fied in so employing the money placed in their hands, and were 
 compelled to postpone building until the next spring. This at the 
 time was a sore disappointment, but we subsequently realized that 
 it was among the happy circumstances connected with the enter- 
 prise. It afforded us ample time to make contracts and get mate- 
 rials together, and the time was improved, for during the fall and 
 winter all the carpenter work that could be was done, all the stone, 
 brick, and lumber were brought on the ground. In April, 1861, the 
 ground was broken and the building commenced in earnest. 
 
 This month will be memorable in the history of our country as 
 the time in which the most unnatural and wicked rebellion the 
 world ever witnessed broke out. Sumter was bombarded and our 
 soldiers hastening to the defence of Washington were shot down 
 in the streets of Baltimore. Not a few anticipated a long and 
 bloody civil war. I need not say these anticipations are being re- 
 alized, and it seemed like a strange time to commence the erection 
 of a house of worship, and it was spoken of as a hazardous enter- 
 prise. To the committee it seemed quite as hazardous to pause as 
 to proceed. Contracts had been made, materials were all on hand. 
 If they should delay there might be difficulty with those engaged 
 to do the work and loss sustained in connection with materials 
 Subsequent events proved that the committee acted wisely. The 
 building was carried forward rapidly. The lecture room was finish- 
 ed and occupied in August, and in the early part of September the 
 entire edifice was completed, and on the nineteenth day of that 
 month the main audience room was opened for the worship of God. 
 Bro. C. W. Mulford preached in the morning and Bro. D. S. Parma- 
 lee in the evening. It was a time of rejoicing to many. The hope 
 and desire of years had been secured, and with grateful hearts we 
 bowed and acknowledged the hand of our God. But- with our re- 
 joicing there was some anxiety mingled. The entire cost of the 
 house, ground, sheds, fences, &c., was about nine thousand and 
 ninety dollars. Three thousand and three hundred of which re- 
 mained unpaid. To meet this demand the committee had six hun- 
 dred dollars in reliable subscriptions, and property which the church 
 had authorized them to sell, from which they could realize seven 
 hundred more, leaving some two thousand doHars for which no 
 
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 provision had been made. Days and weeks of anxiety and labor 
 passed away, when, through the liberality of a comparatively small 
 number of friends and brethren, the whole amount was secured, 
 our obligations were all met, and our minds relieved of a burthen 
 that was becoming too heavy for us. None but those who have 
 passed through similar circumstances can form an idea of the relief 
 we experienced, when the last dollar was paid. In the entire his- 
 tory of this enterprise we have seen the hand of the Lord. In 
 troublous times these walls were reared, but He has brought us 
 safely through, and with devout gratitude we would say, to His 
 name be all the praise. 
 
 After our meeting-house was completed, our thoughts and attention 
 were called to our cemetery, the place where our dead repose. The 
 ground, for some cause, had been very much neglected, overgrown 
 with briars, and the fences very much out of repair. In the spring 
 of 1863 the Trustees appointed John G-. Smalley and Levi G. Beck 
 a committee to make such improvements as in their judgment were 
 necessary. The Committee were enabled to commence work soon 
 after their appointment ; owing, in a great measure, to the efforts of 
 Dr. S. E. Smalley, who collected nearly all the contributions made 
 for the purpose. What used to be the shed yard, and a large lot 
 used for no purpose at all, together with the old ground, has been 
 enclosed with a good fence ; the new, and, as far as could be done, 
 the old part, has been laid off in lots of a suitable size, some of which 
 have been sold. The proceeds of these sales, when they shall all 
 have been paid, together with the contributions that have been 
 received, will meet the expense of the improvements, so far as they 
 have been made, and there will be left in the hands of the Trustees 
 over two hundred unoccupied burial lots. 
 
 If the plan proposed by the Committee is carried out, and the 
 improvements contemplated made, ours will be a pleasant cemetery. 
 
 During the first quarter of the century that has passed away 
 since our organization, that is, up to 1789, there were baptized, 
 including the constituent members, one hundred and fifteen persons ; 
 five were received by letter; twelve were dismissed ; seventeen 
 died, and three were excluded. For several years during this period, 
 that is, from 1776 until 1782, for some cause, no returns were 
 made to the Association. During the second quarter, from 1789 
 until 1814, there were baptized two hundred and eight ; thirty- two 
 were received by letter; one was restored; one hundred and 
 fourteen dismissed ; forty-five died, and fifteen were excluded. In 
 
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 the third quarter, two hundred and fifty-two were baptized ; fifty- 
 three were received by letter ; ten were restored ; one hundred and 
 fifteen were dismissed; sixty-six died, and forty were excluded. 
 Since 1839, there have been baptized two hundred and fifty-six : 
 ninety-four have been received by letter ; ten have been restored ; 
 one hundred and thirty-three have been dismissed ; ninety-one have 
 died, and seventy-four have been excluded. The whole' number 
 baptized from the beginning is eight hundred and thirty one; the 
 number received by letter is one hundred and eighty-four, twenty- 
 one have been restored ; three hundred and seventy-fouT have been 
 dismissed ; two hundred and nineteen have died, and one hundred 
 and thirty-two have been excluded. The whole number that have 
 been connected with the church is one thousand and fifteen. We 
 have dismissed by letter one hundred and ninety more than we have 
 received. A very small proportion of those excluded have been 
 restored. A statistical table has been prepared, and the totals 
 carried out correctly ; according to which, our present number of 
 members should be three hundred and twenty.; whUe, in fact, it is 
 but two hundred and thirty-four. This discrepancy cannot be 
 accounted, for, only upon the supposition that from time to time the 
 record was purged, the names of delinquents erased, and the fact 
 not reported to the Association. 
 
 Much more might be said, but we have, it may be, wearied your 
 patience, and will conclude with a few remarks. How much is to 
 be seen in our history to awaken our gratitude ! From the time 
 Francis Briggs came here to reside, one hundred and fourteen years 
 ago, until now, Grod has here had a people to praise Him. True, 
 their number has not been large, but still for successive years there 
 have been those who have loved His name, and delighted to join in 
 his worship. How many fervent prayers have here been offered, and 
 how much of gospel truth has been proclaimed! How many have 
 here been brought- to the Saviour's feet, and gone to other fields to 
 labor for Christ ; and how many, in the triumphs of faith, have 
 passed away to their home in the skies ! Many churches, organized 
 since we were, after struggling for a few years, have ceased to be^ 
 and are known no more ; but our strength, as years have passed 
 away, has increased ; and to-day we stand, in many respects, in ad- 
 vance of any former time. Our numerical strength may not be 
 quite so great, but our facilties for doing good are beyond those of 
 any former period. Our house of worship is well located and at- 
 tractive. Our congregations are good, and our Sabbath School was 
 never, perhaps, in a more prosperous condition. 
 
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 And how has it come to pass that we have increased and grown 
 while other churches have dwindled and died ? Not because we 
 were more worthy than they ; not because we have been more pious, 
 more holy. No ; we should be humbled in the dust as we call to 
 remembrance our unworthiness and want of devotion. All the suc- 
 cess we have experienced, the prosperity we have enjoyed, is to be 
 attributed to the boundless, the infinite goodness of God. Ought we 
 not here to-day, with hearts overflowing with grateful emotions, fall 
 upon our faces and cry, " Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto 
 thy name give glory, for thy mercy and thy truth's sake."— Ps. cxv. 1. 
 
 Then again, should not this review lead us to put our trust more 
 entirely in the Lord ? One object the inspired penman had in view, 
 in rehearsing the dealings of God with his people was to awaken 
 greater confidence in him ; to lead them to put their trust in the 
 arm upon which their fathers leaned. Circumstances may arise, as 
 months and years roll away, which may threaten our peace, nay, 
 our very existence. But have not similar events occurred in the 
 past? Have there not been seasons in which the hearts of the 
 fathers trembled for the cause of Christ ? when 
 
 "Trouble like a gloomy cloud, 
 Q-athered thick and thundered loud ?" 
 
 And yet our "covenant keeping God" so controlled, so overruled 
 events that the best interests of his people have been secured and 
 his glory promoted. And will not he still lead us ? Do not the 
 promises of his word, as well as the dealings of his hand, all call 
 .upon us to exercise unshaken confidence in Him ? The same hand 
 that led, and the same arm that supported our fathers, and has 
 hitherto led and supported us, will not be withdrawn, for has he 
 not said, " I will never leave thee nor forsake thee." Fathers and 
 brethren, let us trust in God, for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting 
 strength. 
 
 Then lastly, may we not from our past history draw incentives 
 to greater activity, greater consecration in the service of the Lord? 
 It is to us a solemn thought, that all or neai'ly all who were upon 
 earth at the time of our constitution, now sleep in the dust. Not 
 one of the constituent members, not one of the ministers who ofiici- , 
 ated on the occasion, not a man, woman or child present at the 
 time now lives, all, all have passed away, and the names only of 
 those who then covenanted to worship God are rescued from ob- 
 livion. A hundred years hence, and your speaker and all who hear 
 
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 him will be sleeping in the gra,ve, and our names perhaps be for- 
 gotten. 
 
 • " We all within our graves Bhall sleep 
 
 A hundred years to come ; 
 No living soul for us will weep 
 
 A hundred years to come ; 
 But other men our lands will till. 
 And others then our streets will fill, 
 While other birds will sing as gay, 
 And bright the sun shine as to-day, 
 
 A hundred years to come." 
 
 Impressive thought I Does it not invest the exhortation, " What- 
 soever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might" with especial 
 force and power ? Have we contributed of our substance to pro- 
 mote the cause of Christ in the world ? Let us contribute more 
 freely, deeply impressed with the fact that the gold and the silver 
 are the Lord's, and that we are but His stewards. Have we poured 
 out prayer for the salvation of men, and the promotion of the glory 
 of our Eedeemer? Let us pray more earnestly, remembering that 
 our last prayer will soon be offered up. Have the affections of our 
 hearts in any measure gathered around the Lord Jesus ? Let them 
 twine around Him more closely, seeing we are so soon to join in 
 the hallelujahs of the upper world. Dear brethren, let us be " stead- 
 fast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for- 
 asmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord," and 
 soon He will say to each, to all of us, " Well done good and faith- 
 ful servant, enter thou into the jpy of thy Lord." 
 
 :E3 12,12, JLTJ^. 
 
 Page 7, Second line from the top, for these read " their." 
 " 9, Seventeenth line from, the bottom, for 1764 read "1746 " 
 " 10, Thirteenth line from the top, for Eamestoum read " Earnesttown." 
 •' 11, Top line, for Singwood read " Kingwood." 
 
 " 28, Thirteenth line from the top, for S. B. Smain read " S. B. Swaim." 
 " 32, Ninth line from the bottom, for D. P. Parmlee read " D. S. Pannlee." 
 
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 ST-A.TISTIC-A.Xi TJLBIjB 
 
 PEMBERTON BAPTIST CHURCH, 
 
 From 1764 to 1864. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Baptized. 
 
 Becelved by Letter. 
 Eestored. 
 
 § 
 
 ill 3 
 
 19 
 
 ... 1... 29 
 
 37 
 
 ... 1... 41 
 
 41 
 
 1 40 
 
 43 
 
 63 
 
 56 
 
 ... 2 1 62 
 
 6 48 
 
 ... 2... 60 
 60 
 
 < 
 
 * 
 
 i 
 
 1.1 
 1 II 
 
 Restored. 
 
 Dismissed by Letter. 
 Deceased. 
 
 P4 
 
 '5 
 I 
 
 1764 10... 
 
 1815 6 . 
 
 i... 1 1 
 
 !... 4 8 
 
 i... 5 3 
 
 ... 2 3 
 
 ... 9 1 
 
 "; "3 '4 
 
 2 1 
 ... ." 1 
 
 2... 5 
 ... ... 1 
 
 ... 3... 
 ... 1 2 
 
 3 
 
 ... 2 4 
 
 1 2 1 
 ... 2... 
 
 1 4 1 
 
 1 1 6 
 ...36 3 
 
 1 3 4 
 
 16 3 
 ...11 6 
 ...14 4 
 ... 4 6 
 ... 5 2 
 
 1 4 3 
 ... 3 2 
 
 3 7 4 
 ... 4 4 
 
 ll5 1 
 ... 8 7 
 ... 7 7 
 ... 10 10 
 ... 4 3 
 
 1 4 4 
 ...14 2 
 116 3 
 '... 4 2 
 
 ... 8 2 
 
 2 5 6 
 ... 4... 
 ... 5 3 
 
 1 3 4 
 ... 6 6 
 ... 2 2 
 
 4 
 
 ... 3 4 
 ... 3 4 
 
 1 
 
 "2 
 2 
 
 "i 
 
 2 
 
 i 
 2 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 "i 
 
 "i 
 
 2 
 4 
 
 "3 
 
 4 
 5 
 3 
 
 1 
 4 
 4 
 
 6 
 6 
 4 
 7 
 1 
 3 
 9 
 1 
 1 
 4 
 1 
 2 
 3 
 
 "4 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 i 
 
 167 
 
 1766 11 .„ 
 
 1816 4 i 
 
 161 
 
 1766 8 
 
 1817 2 . 
 
 156 
 
 1767 6 ... 
 
 1818 1 
 
 I'lO 
 
 1768 
 
 1819 2 i 
 
 144 
 
 1769 
 
 1820 4 ] 
 
 149 
 
 1770 3 ... 
 
 1821 1 ] 
 
 114 
 
 1771 10 
 
 1822 5 .. 
 
 146 
 
 1772 2 ... 
 
 1823 
 
 1824 10 C 
 
 1^19 
 
 1773 
 
 16'^ 
 
 1774 2 ... 
 
 1825 3 S 
 
 ^Vl 
 
 1776 4 ... 
 
 
 1'i4 
 
 1776 ■■■ 
 
 18 7 1 .. 
 
 IM 
 
 1777 _ 
 
 1828 
 
 149 
 
 1778 
 
 1779 ■■■ 
 
 1829 
 
 1830 2 2 
 
 143 
 144 
 
 1780 
 
 1831 31 3 
 
 176 
 
 1781 "' 
 
 66 
 
 1 1... 67 
 ... 1 ... 68 
 
 2 74 
 
 77 
 
 2 3... 82 
 
 1 4 1 77 
 90 
 
 ... 2... 95 
 14 2... 84 
 
 2 1 ... 87 
 3 89 
 
 1 2 1 93 
 
 2 1 1 91 
 4 90 
 
 3 5 2 83 
 
 2 96 
 
 11 1106 
 .. 3 1113 
 2 3 ... 123 
 
 6 2 1138 
 )8 3 1 99 
 110 
 
 1 1... 121 
 .. 2... 126 
 
 7 4 2117 
 6 3 1114 
 .. 1...116 
 
 2 1 1121 
 1 2 1119 
 1 1 ... 121 
 1 1... 144 
 . 2... 169 
 . 4. ..1162 
 
 1832 28 4 
 
 •f.n^ 
 
 1782 2 1 " 
 
 1833 53 1 
 
 •"lO 
 
 1783 12... ■■" 
 
 
 ^17 
 
 1784 7 1 " 
 
 1836 7 
 
 ''18 
 
 1785 2 1 
 
 1836 . Ifi f^ 
 
 O^lj 
 
 1788 10... ■'■ 
 
 
 ?~~ 
 
 1787 ■ 
 
 1838 2 
 
 rt6 
 
 1788 18 ... 
 
 
 mn 
 
 17«9 7 ... 
 
 
 ?i7 
 
 1790 5 ... ■" 
 
 1841 25 5 
 
 9YT 
 
 1791 S 4 ■ 
 
 1842 2 6 
 
 275 
 
 1792 3 2 
 
 1843 48 3 
 
 -tl? 
 
 1793.... 6 3 
 
 1844 12 6 
 
 SI 6 
 
 1T94 2 ... '■' 
 
 
 Wl 
 
 1796 2 1 ' 
 
 1846 1 7 
 
 ?S9 
 
 1796 2 1 
 
 
 SI 3 
 
 1T97 18 1 
 
 1848 1 3 
 
 901 
 
 1798 IS 1 
 
 1849 6 
 
 ?R4 
 
 1799 1] ... 
 
 1860. . . 43 2 
 
 S91 
 
 1800 If 
 
 1851 1 4 
 
 S09 
 
 1801 2; ... i 
 
 1802 2; 1 
 
 1852 
 
 1853 1 2 
 
 298 
 '01 
 
 1803 10 1 . 
 
 
 ?,SR 
 
 180+ 10 3 
 
 1855 2 6 
 
 ^89 
 
 
 1866 6 
 
 ?R3 
 
 1806 4 
 
 1867.. 16 9 
 
 fm 
 
 1807 S 8... 
 
 
 Ml 
 
 180N 3 . . . 
 
 1859 ' 5 
 
 ws 
 
 1809 6 3 ... 
 
 
 ^tl6 
 
 1810 2 
 
 1861 3 "3 
 
 'OS 
 
 1811 4 
 
 1862 1 
 
 ffll 
 
 1812 24 1... 
 
 1863 1 5 
 
 ^^n 
 
 1813 16 2.... 
 
 
 VJ,i 
 
 1814 8 4... . 
 
 
 
 
 
 Discrepancy unaccounted for.. 
 Present Total 
 
 . 234 
 
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