• '^- ik 3? % 5^ T ■'-¥■' m ;■ - sigiiV-^mi ^f^^f'v :i*«ii,; «?3^^ ?f/^f^ .."fe: -.^^ ■'^/ ^■^iJ^^^^ >0^'^l#^^s^^ '^>^iW^ LIBRARY OF THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY PRINCETON, N. J. BX 8949 .N6 .S69 1903 South Park Presbyterian Church (Newark, N.J.) Semi-centennial of the Sout Park Presbyterian Church o ''^^^sj^'^^'^e^ • -w m^''^^^-^^' -vk^i^^f ^^^^¥ v.. « V '.'■"^^-^)5ii/ >^^'--%^^ "'^^-^^ '^^W t^v-*>. 1853-1903 Semt«Centenntal o( tbe ©outb H^atft K^resb^tedan Cburcb «f y ■Reward, IRcw 3cr9ci?. ©ctober 25tb'29tb, 1903. SOUTH PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Corner-Stone TjAiD October 29, 1853. Dedicated February ]5. 18SS. REV. JAMES PATRIOT WILSON, D. D. Installed Pastor October 25, 1853. REV. LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN. I), I>. Installed Pastor Octobek 17, 1889. Sun^a1?, ©ctober 25tb. /IRocniiift Service at 10.30 o'clocft. Okgan Prklude — "Grand Chorus," - - Dubois Anthem — Quartet with Solos, "Jubilee Ascriptions," //'. //'. Gihiirisi doxoloc.y. Invocation. The Lokd's Pkavek. Gi.OKiA Paiki — Plain Chant. The Psalter. Response — Quartet with Solos, "Golden Thanksgiving's," Shclh'y- Councni Hymn 1004 — "The Church's One Foundation." SCRiPTi-KK Lesson — Rev. Stuart Nv-e Hutchison Prayer. Hymn 918— "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord." Golden Jubilee Oeeering. Oefertory — Quartet with Solos, "Sing Alleluia," Dudley-Buck Historical Sermon — By the Pastor, Rev. Lyman Whitney Allen, D. D. Prayer. Hymn 714 — "How Firm a Foundation." Benediction. Organ Postlude: — "Marche Religeuse. " Handcl-Guilinaiit afternoon Service at 3.30 o'clock. Cbe Celebration of the Sacrament of tbe loriJ'B Supper. Sun^a^, ©ctobev 25tb. fivenlng Service at 7.43 o'clock. 'i^ iflftietb anntvcreatB Celebration ot tbe Sun&ag Scbools. Elder GEORGE S. CLAl'P, Presidiiiff. Organ Pkim.idi-: — "Entre ilu Procession," - Perifield PkocI';ssioxai. — No. 5, "He.ir the Captain Calling-." IxvoCATiox — - - Ke\ . Stuart Nye Hutcliison Thk Lord's Pravkr. Gloria Pairi— Plain Chant. Scripture Rkading — - Elder C. Edwin Young- Pravkr— - - Elder Daniel Halsey Singing — No. 2, "Rejoice, the Lord is King-." ExKRCiSES— By the Children of the Chapel School. Historical Audricss — "The Parish School," Dr. Joseph S Vinson, Superintendent Historical Address — "The Chapel School," Mr. Oscar E. Day, President Teachers' Association Exercises — By the Children of the Parish School. Sixging— No. 8, "Lilies of the Valley." Closing Words— By the Pastor, Rev. Lyman Whitney Allen, D. D. Solo — " Creation's Hymn," (lieethovcn), - Mr. Keller Jubilee Oiti-:rix(',. Singing— No. 14, "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name." Bexedictiox— - Rev. Josiah J. Brown ^Don^a\), ©ctobcr 26tb. Ibistorical Service at Eifibt o'clock in tbe evening. Elder F. WOLCOTT JACKSON, Chairman Historical Committee. Presiding. Organ Pkhudk- j ;;Golden Wedding Music," iVagner ( ' fc-ntre du Lorteg'e, /'uoois Invocation— The Pastor. Rev. Lyman Whitney Allen, D. D. ScKiPTi'Hi': KicAiiiNG — The P.istor's Assistant, Rev. Stuart Nye HutchLson Soi.o — "We Praise Thee," {Ciordaiii), - Miss MacCall Intkodcctokv — - - Elder F. Wolcott Jackson HiSTOKiCAi. Adukkss — - Elder Arthur R. Denman HvMN— No. 941, "Blest be the Tie that Binds " Addrf.ss — - - Rev. William Aikinan, D. D. Solo- "Stanzas of Praise, " (Flegii-r), - Mrs. Taylor Addrkss — Rev. David R. Frazer, D. D., Pastor First Presb. Church Solo— "The Lord is My Lig^ht," {Allc/seii), Dr. Wallhauser Prayer— Rev. Robert Scott Ing^lis, Pastor Third Presb. Church DoxoLOGV — "Praise (iod from Whom all Blessings Flow." Benediction — Rev. Isaiah B. Hopuood, D. D., Pastor Calvary Presb. Church. PosTLCDE — "Marche Triomphale," - - Collat-rts Note — Rev. Dr. William Aikman was present at the installation of Rev. Dr. James P. Wilson, Oct. 25, 18S3, and took part in the2Sth Anniversary, 1878. Rev. Dr. David R. Frazer moderated the congregational meetinjr which extended the call to the present pastor. Dr. Allen, and took part in his installation, Oct 17, 1889. Suc0^a^, ©ctobcr 27tb. IReception anC> Social. Chairman of Reception Committee, Chairman of Social Committee, Elder ARTHUR R. DENMAN. Elder SAMUEL CLARK. With these Committees are associated the Pastor, the wives of officers, and the widows of deceased officers, now members of the church. — 6 — Mulberry Street Chapel, 1S51-19CI0 South Park Memorial Chape], Corner-stone Laid Mar. 6, 1900. Dedicated Nov. 25, 1900. G:blu•6^a^, ©ctobev 29tb. XIi3e Celebration ot tbe dbapel USlorl?, at tbe Cbapel, at eigbt o'clock in tbc evening. Elder CHARLES M. RUSSELL. Presidini:. Prelude — Piano and Violin Selections, Mrs. Vinson antl Mr. Addis Singing — Congregation, Prayer — Reading of Sckiptuke- SoPRANO Solo — Salutation — Recollections— Miss Freeman, Accompanist Mr. Jardine Wallace Mr. George C. Sleeth Mrs. Taylor Rev. Stuart Nye Hutchison Mr. Alexander T. Looker Mr. Oscar E. Day Mr. Samuel Beaman Mrs. Taylor and Miss MacCall Mr. Roy Foster Anthony Duet — Soprano and Alto, Review of Halk a Century — Singing— Congregation. Address — Prayer — Duet — Piano and Violin, Closing Words by the Pastok— Rev. Lyman Whitney Allen, D. D. Singing — Congregation. Benediction— - Rev. Stuart Nye Hutchison — 7 — Elder Arthur R. Denman Elder H. Monroe De Long Mrs. Vinson and Mr. Addis Officers of tbe Cburcb. Cbc pastor TRcv. Ignian ■QClbltncB alien, ®. 2). Archibald Parkhurst F. Wolcott Jackson Daniel Halsev George W. Howell George S. Clapp Charles M. Russell Samuel Clark James S. Higbie Arthur R. Denman C. Edwin Young H. Monroe De Long Dr. Joseph C. Young Dr. Joseph S. Vinson William F. Rj-erson Deacons. Clarence T. Piatt Sj'lvanus D. Sheppard Frederick W. Paull S. Prescott Lazarus James Prentice Henry T. Freeman Schuyler B. Jackson P. Sanford Ross tErustees. Samuel Clark Oscar E. Day C. Edwin Young Frank H. Vinson Charles F. Kilburn Hnniversars Commtttees. Chairman Executive Committee, Chairman Historical Committee, Chairman Reception Committee, Chairman Social Committee, Chairman Decoration Committee, Chairman Printing Committee, Chairman Entertainment Committee, Chairman Music Committee, Chairman Finance Committee, Elder James S. Higbie - Elder F. Wolcott Jackson Elder Arthur R. Denman Elder Samuel Clark Elder Charles M. Russell Elder H. Monroe De Long Deacon Sylvanus D. Sheppard Deacon Dr. Joseph S. Vinson Trustee P. Sanford Ross Organist anS Cboic l.ea(ec, Miss Elizabeth H. Maksh. The Committees consist of all the Officers of the Church. With them is associated The Ladies' Aid Society. •8 — Spite ffinlal prcsetreO from Aulberre Cbapel. I o n I o z < UJ > CD (0 UJ CC Q. ^ CC < Q. Z3 o CO THIS VOLUME, CONTAINING A REPORT OF THE ADDRESSES, EXERCISES AND PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THE Semi-Centennial Anniversary OP SOUTH PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, IS COMPILED by virtue of a resolution unanimously adopted at a meeting of the Session held January 26. rj04, to the tollowing: effect : •■Resolved: That the proceedings of the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the organization of this Church, observed October 25, 20, 27 and 20, 1903, be printed and published in b<:ioI< form suitable for convenient distribution, and that Mr, Arthur R, Denman he requested to prepare and supervise the same with the assistance of our Pastor, Rev. Lyman Whitney Allen, D. D." Whose conjoint efforts have been most cheerfully and as they hope acceptably, rendered to its readers. BAKER PRINTING CO. NEW*RK,N.J. INTRODUCTION. Nineteen hundred and three being the fiftieth anniver- sary year of South Park Presbyterian Church, it was deemed by the Session most fitting that the event should be appropriately celebrated, and consequently a meeting of that body was held April 9, 1903, to take cognizance of these facts. After full}' considering the subject it was decided to observe such Semi-Centennial Celebration as should best comport with the work of the past and its future out- look, and by a resolution the clerk of the Session, Mr. Samuel Clark, was requested to convene a meeting of all of the officers of the church as a Committee on a Fiftieth Anniversary Observance, which was, on his invitation, held on the 17th of April at his residence. At that meeting the time for the celebration was set for some day in October corresponding to the date of celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary in 1878, and the Officers' Committee was constituted a General Commit- tee of Arrangements and the results of its deliberations appear in the Official Programme used at the anniver- sary with which this volume begins. In the General Committee as well as all of the various sub-committees afterwards appointed were apparent great unanimity and enthusiasm, and throughout the church membership and services there were an earnest religious spirit, a warm and harmonious fellowship, a deep sense of gratitude to God and enthusiastic hopeful- ness for the future. The following constitute the personnel of the various committees : Executive Committee — Messrs. James S. Higbie, George S. Clapp, Schuyler B. Jackson, C. Edwin Young, William F. Rj^erson and Frederick W. Paul. Historical Committee — Messrs. F. Wolcott Jackson, Arch- ibald Parkhurst. Daniel Halsey and Joseph C. Young. Reception Committee — ^Messrs. Arthur R. Denman, George W. Howell, Schuyler B. Jackson and C. Edwin Young. Social Committee — Messrs. Samuel Clark, James S. Higbie and Frederick W. Paul. Decoration Committee — Messrs. Charles M. Russell, Frank H. Vinson, Clarence T. Piatt and S. Prescott Lazarus. Printing Committee — Messrs. H. Monroe DeLong, James Prentice and Henry T. Freeman. Entertainment Committee — ?ilessrs. Sylvanus D. Shep- pard, Joseph S. Vinson and George S. Clapp. Music Committee — Messrs. Joseph S. Vinson, George S. Clapp, Charles M. Russell and P. Sanford Ross. Finance Committee — Messrs. P. Sanford Ross, Oscar E. Day and Charles F. Kilburn. A very large number of congratulatory letters were received from various churches, ministers and other friends, among whom were Hon. Henry M. Doremus, Mayor of the City of Newark, and others in ofificial public life' SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2^th. The opening service of the celebration was held Sun- day morning, October 25th. The day was perfect and a large congregation filled the church, there being many visitors from various parts as well from other churches ; all seeming to enter into the anniversary spirit with zeal and fervency. The pastor preached a sermon appropriate to the occa- sion in reviewing the spiritual life and growth of the church, referring especially to the late Rev. Dr. James P. Wilson and his work here, stating the exalted principles for which he stood and lucidly defining the lofty ideals for which it continues to stand with a look ahead into a glorious future. The sermon of the daj' was as follows: SERMON. Text, Psalm 46: 5. — "God is in the midst of her: She sliall not be nimied." To-day is a festal day, golden-hued and set to the rythmic tread of fifty golden years. What a sacred procession — white-robed and jubilant! A half-century! Fifty years of a spot of earth on which the Almighty Architect has set the pillars of majesty! Fifty years of an earthly tabernacle under the hovering cloud of (lod and filled with God's She- chinah glorv ' Fifty years of adoration and of sweet incense- burning! Fifty years of faith and of glad achieving! Fifty years of buoyant waiting and of triumphant passing — out of the shadow into the blue ! .\. storied procession ! A gloried processional ! We would be ingrates did we not honor the past — and God through the past. We would be cravens did we not point our children to the stones of memorial which our fathers erected. They came forth out of their Jordan, victors, because Cod was with them. We are in the prom- ised land for further victory, beyond the monuments they builded, because God is with us. This 25th day of October is an historic day. It is a semi- centennial anniversary. It is a composite, a combination of forces, a union of remembrances. It is the last date in a golden chain of dates ; but the first in a new golden cable be- twixt our hearts, and the anchor of our hope sunk deep into the heart of the living Christ. It is the fifth golden link in a golden chain. The other four, forged likewise in the fires of noble consecration, were all preliminary — the first, April 19. 1852, being the first formal action taken in the direction of this organization ; the second, January 17th, 1853, being the second formal action; the third, January 28th, 1853, being the Church's organization ; the fourth, March 20th, 1853, be- ing the formal constitution of this church by Presbytery ; and the fifth. October 25th, 1853, being the installation of the first pastor. All was preliminary until that great, noble man of God came. His coming was the fire from above upon the sacrifice. His coming was the trumpet-voice of God's leader, for the advance movement of Israel. Leadership, how ma- jestic! Responsiveness, how complete! Loyalty, how gen- erous ! Courage, how unflinching ! Achievement, how sub- lime ! This scene to-day is a fulfillment of prophecy. A quarter of a century ago one honored and beloved, the leader of God's host here, with burning eloquence — Elijah-like — gave vent to this prophetic utterance: "Time is short, and when another season like this past twenty-five years of history comes around, may those who then survive, set up another Ebenezer to a long- suffering, most kind and most merciful God. I look for- ward from this point where we all now stand. I roll back the curtain of a few fleeting years and I see another con- gregation gathered in this place, all unknown to us. I hear another voice speaking from this sacred desk, plead- ing with dying men. I see these pews filled with devout and pious worshippers, and God will meet them here and bless them." Beloved brother in heaven, thy prophecy is fulfilled ! Here, to-day, we raise our Ebenezer, another twenty-five years of history having rolled around to a season of jubilee. Yes, the prophecy is fulfilled. God meets us here to-day to bless. But are we unknown to thee and to them? Nay. Are we not under the shadow and the cheer of the clouds of witnesses ? O sainted preach- er ! O rewarded fellow servants ! O beloved Redeemer ! We are under the shadows of the forms glorified, the eyes luminous, the hands that wave us blessings. God is in the midst of you. God is in the midst of us. We shall not be moved except to join you on the heights. Fifty years of sacred history ! They divide like the two Horns of Hattin into a double mountain of beatitudes. God is in the midst of them. And the message to us gathered before Him who hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our iniquities, is the message of the living Christ. A quarter of a century ago our fathers honored and exalted in this place the Christ. To-day, we also will exalt and glorify our atoning Re- deemer whose church this is, whose bond-slaves we are, washed from our sins in His cleansing blood, saved by grace, and grace alone. That quarto-centennial ! What fragrance it sheds upon this semi-centennial celebration ! Those silver bells of yore' How their music echoes commingling with our golden chimes to-day! That was a bright and beautiful Sabbath! The skies wore their amethystine hues. Enthusiasm rose from the audience assembled here like a cloud of frankin- cense. Above this pulpit shimmered, light through bloom, a signal motto for the years to be, "Rejoicing in Hope." Be- hind this pulpit stood God's "angel with the everlasting gos- 8 pel." The message was in accordance with the divinest dreams and the suWimest expectations of the worshipping throng. We read it to-day. We hear the rhythmic note of thanksgiving. We feel the under-surge of faith. We are environed b}' the temple-walls of the Spirit. We are en- compassed by white battalions. And across the golden chimes we hear the antiphons of rejoicing betwixt the battling hosts of the church militant, and the victor hosts of the church triumphant. "In the beginning, God." So we write the first sentence of this church's Book of Genesis. God the fountain-head of all these myriad streams. God in the midst of her ; the secret of all the rest and glory of her history. In enthusiam for God. in passion for souls, in zeal for generous service, in abandon of resources for the Master's joy, in these deep wells of inspired faith and potence, began this church be- loved. The growth of a great institution for a great com- munity, out of tender service for the soul of a child ! On the wheel of youth the invisible Potter shaped this alabaster - vase for his love's expensive ointment. On the whirring loom of a Sunday-school, the unseen Weaver fashioned the fabric of love's seamless robe. Human need ! Divine bounty ! These are the comple- ments of history. In the beginning God: In the beginning necessity. And God proclaimed the necessity. God is an impressionist. The consecrated heart is his sensitive canvas. The proclaimer of necessity claimed the consecrated heart. In the midst of 50,000 people, eight Presbyterian churches, endeavoring to cope with rapidly increasing population, and rapidly complicating problems ! In divine history aggres- siveness always accompanies necessity — two doughty and vehement warriors on the field of life ! Our beloved sister, the Third Church, bound to us by so many cords of mutual faith and fellowship in pulpit and pews.thesouthern^nostout- post of Presbyterianism ! But what widening limits ! What enlarging horizons ! Most appropriately did Dr. Fewsmith at the organization of this church in 1853, read from Holy Scriptures this symbolic sentence, "Abraham journeyed, go- ing on toward the South." The fatliers of this church were the Abrahams of those days ; men of faith ; friends of God. They answered God's call. They went forward unwaver- ingly. They were later Pizarros, who, like the immortal dis- coverer, suddenly stepped forth into the midst of God's em- battled host, traced with their gleaming swords of faith a line from east to west and turning to their companions cried ; "Friends and Comrades! On this side are ease and quiet; on that side are toil and struggle. But yonder lie new fields of the kingdom, with their unexplored borders : and we go to the South." That was in 1833. It was the fulfillment of prophecy, the first of whose fiery uncials were writ in the far-awa}- year of 1809. What wise fore-bears we had — they of the historic First Church, the kind and generous mother of us all, ever beloved, ever honored ! In their wisdom they began the construction of the Third Church upon the site that is now the northern corner of Lincoln Park. Here on this central and popular spot in 1809 were laid and carried to a respectable height the foundations of the Third Church, as the expression of the original conception and purpose of our First Church fathers. Why the structure was not completed we know not. But for fifteen years those foundation stones were here at the intersection of Broad street and Clinton avenue, prophecies of what was afterward to be. At length they were removed to become integral parts of the present Third Church structure. In 1853, however, the primal dream of our fathers was realized, when upon virtually the same site arose this South Park structure, a church u])on the spot where the Third Church was originally intended to exist. What might have been ! To touch the sacred spring of memory ! To awaken the slumbering forces of the soul's innermost chambers! What mighty trees from God's mountain slopes have fed the fires of this church's history! What entrances of de- votion ! What issuances of power ! Fifty years of Praver ! Our fathers were Puritans. Puritanism ! lO Prayer! Macauley said glowingly of the Puritan: "He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker." All divine things on earth begin with prayer, are saturated with prayer. All great lives are punctuated with prayer. In prayer the soul climbs God's heights and sees the patterns in the mount for earthly temples. Those fathers climbed and had the vision ; therefore, into this tabernacle fell the fire from heaven. Fifty years a praying church. Fifty years of strength, progress, victory— because of prayer. Fifty years of Life ! Prayer achieves life. It is the soul's compulsion with the great Life-Bestower. Into this church earnest, vig- orous, consecrated life had abundant entering from Him, who came that men might have life, and life abundant. Souls of our founders ! Souls penetrated and permeated by the dynamic energy of the Holy Spirit ! Fifty years a living church, because built up a spiritual house of living stones upon the one living Stone of God, elect, precious, Jesus Christ ! Life the achievement of Prayer ! Work the expres- sion of life. A praying church, a living church, a working church. Such is our history in epigram. Fifty years of mu- nificent beneficence ! Walk about Zion ! Here she stands a monument. of consecrated wealth. For half a century into every channel of this church's life and influence have poured streams of gold. Gold, come by inheritance? No. Gold, come by endowment? No. But gold, come by generous and heartsome offerings upon God's altar. With the sound of a trumpet? Nay! Never has our church thus bestowed her gifts ; but with quietness and humbleness have these children of the King offered in the King's temple as the King's needs required. We glorify the Giver of every good and perfect gift by proclaiming this His church to have been ever a giv- ing church. We honor God to-day by proclaiming that never in fifty years has an appeal been made to the intelligence and heart of this congregation, without a loyal and generous response. A praying church, a living church, a working church, a giving church. Such is our history in epigram. But all forces move toward power. Prayer, life, vv^ork, giving! What the result? Power. Through these open channels always flows the power of the Holy Ghost. God is able to do exceeding abundantly above all we can ask or think according to the power that worketh in us. Have we grasped the secret of the Almighty's working? Through responsiveness, power ; through power, divine achievement. Such is this church's history — history under the palladium of the Holy Ghost. The first time the present pastor of this church stood in this pulpit he felt, in waves of power, the presence of the Holy .Spirit. Here was a sorrowing multitude ; here was God's bannered host, in the front of which the great leader had fallen. But God's great Comforter was here. The waves of divine power surged back and forth from heart to heart. Transfigured faces and illumined eyes proclaimed the manifest presence of God. That beautify- ing presence has never lifted from this church. Too many prayers on earth are rising from the midst of this people for the Holy Spirit to depart. Too many of the invisible members of this church are in Heaven before the throne for this church to be bereft of the presence and might of the Spirit of God. Oh, what precious forces have entered into the constituent integral life of this church through half a century ! What love, sympathy, fellow- ship ! What obedience to the King ! What faithfulness to His covenants! What sacred vows! What holy prom- ises! What remembering of ordinances! What celebra- tions of sacraments ! What sown wheat of God ! What living stones set in place for God's habitation ! What battling and victories ! What hearkenings and rushings of mighty winds ! What strainings of eyes, and visions of glory, tongues of mystic flame ! What sorrows have been brought into this church to make it holy ! What fugues of lamentations, what diapasons of rejoicing have beaten back and forth betwixt these sacred walls ! What tears have been shed here, watering many precious seed ! O sacred, beloved church ! \Vhat has not entered into 12 thee of all that is pure and sacred on earth ! What little children have been brought here for baptism, lifting up multitudes of hearts on the wings of innocence ! What golden bands have been forged before this altar in the fires of holy love, and happy faces turned toward rejoicing throngs amid the rhythms of wedding marches ! What beloved forms have been brought down this aisle and laid before this altar for the last tender words, for the final unction of love and for the rifted heavens to pour out the sweet tides of infinite peace ! Oh church beloved ! Thou art a holy place, dear to us : thou art the house of God ; thou art the gate of heaven ; thou art our Bethel ! We have seen the heavenly ladder ; we have heard the rustling robes of angels ; we have beheld the living God. The constituency of this church has most sacred and illustrious representation in one august form, one sub- lime life My first sight of this church was a vision of a house of mourning. It was a church draped in black ; columns wrapped in black ; galleries festooned with black ; behind the pulpit masses of plaited black ; before the pulpit a casket of black. An atmosphere of sorrow! An oppressiveness of grief ! And yet. in that hour were felt the unseen presences of the victor hosts. Behind that black drapery rustled the white robes of encompassing angels. Upon the black casket lay "the white flower of a blameless life." His life — sweet, pure, beautiful ! The shepherd had fallen in the midst of his flock, but it was in green pastures and beside still waters. Everywhere were notes of victory, waifs of the higher paeans, echoes of the abundant choral welcome beyond the gates. Not death, but life — life triumphant, life superlative. This was the strain of psalm, anthem, prayer, sermon on that historic Saturday, the day of his funeral. There was a procession from the church. I beheld it, and stood, bow- ing in reverence. A few months passed. Again this house was thronged. A white mural tablet to the first pastor's memory was unveiled. It bore the epitome 13 of his great and useful service of six and thirty years — "I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God." In a presentation address of singular beauty and appropriatness the late Noah Brooks, whose richly- stored mind and facile pen found multitudes of admirers, gave utterance to these memorable words: "After all, this church with its fructifying and vitalizing influences in the community, with its home in this edifice built dur- ing his pastorate, is Dr. Wilson's best monument. That intangible organization which we call the South Park Church shall endure long after brass and marble shall have crumbled." I am not attempting to pay a tribute to this great and good man. It is not necessary. I am only touching into music the chords of many heart- chambers of memory, life-chords which he stretched in the deep sacred moments of life and which can never be broken. Yes — no pastor was ever more beloved ; no one was ever more worthy of the loving. It was this mutual love all through those six and thirty years that shaped the inner life of this church. What evidences memory brings up to-day out of the past. One that loved him deeply, year after year, placed each Sabbath, upon this desk, beside his Bible, a bouquet of fragrant flowers. And after he passed away, for seven consecutive years the same devoted friend every Sabbath morning placed in his widow's home, in front of his picture, a similar offering, until his life-companion joined him in Heaven. This is how his people loved him. Such love cemented souls, enriched and made sacred his influence, his abound- ing comfort. On that Saturday of his funeral I gazed upon this house of sorrow and the ebon symbols of grief. Behind that cas- ket sat a semi-circle of ten men, officers of this church, be- loved of pastor and people. They were strangers to me then. They were ere long friends and co-workers. To-day of that beloved and honored semi-circle, his pall-bearers, one- 14 half or five have followed him and stand with him in the glory of the triumph, amid the ranks of the clouds of witness- es. I give their names — names inscribed upon the walls of this temple, names never to die out of this people's memories : Ira M. Harrison, John Y. Foster, John C. Downing, Reu- ben M. Sutphen, Andrew LeMassena, Jr. Beside the form of each of these it has been my sad privilege to stand and speak the last word and utter the last prayer and lay away the remains of a dear friend. Many others there are beloved, triumphant, outside of that little semi- circle of pall-bearers. We call them our blessed dead. They are rather, our blessed living. Only they, of our church, know what the rich, full life is. They were ours here. They are ours there and forever. The church of the living Christ is one. There is no dividing line be- tween the church on earth and the church in Heaven. Their love has deepened with the clearer knowledge. Their co-operation has greatened with the fuller vision. They finished their hither work as a part of the church visible ; but they continue their thither work as a part of the church invisible. They are hidden from us, but not separated. They form the forward ranks in our jubilee procession. The inner ear may hear the holy cadence of their triumphant tread. The inner eye may catch the outlines of their trailing garments. They rejoice with us to-day in the mercy and goodness of God which we cele- brate. They honor with us the Christ who has led them and us together about in triumph. The sainted multi- tudes on their lofty seats who can number? But we know that amid that vast circling sea of luminous faces turned toward earth four hundred blessed shining ones are those of our beloved — four hundred aureoled forms leaning ten- derly across the gold bars of Heaven are our own, wait- ing, with ever-deepening love and ever-widening solici- tation, for our ascensions. The church of Christ is an institution. She has a mission in the world, holy, divine. She is the embodiment of great 15 forces. She is the representative of great principles. She stands for God-inspired truths, Heaven-shaped ideals. For fifty years this church has stood here in the midst of men, a living voice, a far-reaching influence. What has she stood for? For fifty years this church has stood for Puritanism. Who founded this city? Puritans. Theirs was the last effort in this western world "to realize the Puritan ideal." Behold our early fathers, their hearts burning with a desire for a Biblical commonwealth ! Behold our early city, its history church history ! Behold its beginnings, its foundations, un- der the shadows of a Christian Church and according to the norm of an inspired Bible! All Puritan foundations have been strong foundations. These of our fathers were laid deep and strong. What is best in our country to-day is be- cause of the Puritanism of our fathers. In our civil, social and religious life we are constantly touching these deep-laid foundations and are realizing that they cannot be moved. This church was organized early enough to be constructed immediately upon these foundations of Puritanism. And while for half a century she has stood for tolerance and liber- ality in thought and opinion, she has always represented the best and truest of the past. She has been a Puritan Church, without being puritanical. She has stood for great ideals, but with a vast sympathy for human weakness in the striv- ing. For fifty years this church has stood for Calvinism. Who is the Calvinist? He is the one "who altogether lives and moves and has all his being in the immanent Jehovah." "Speak to Him thou for He hears, and spirit with spirit can meet — Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet." God is in the midst of her ; she shall not be moved. That is Calvinism ! This church has stood for a moderate Calvin- ism, even as she has stood for a moderate Puritanism. Wc believe in the five points of Calvinism. We believe in elec- i6 tion — that whom God foreknew them He did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. We beHeve in definite redemption — that God designs complete redemption for every believer through the atonement of Jesus Christ. We believe in total inability — that fallen man is of himself incapable of true faith and repentance. We believe in efficacious grace — that God's grace is efficacious for the salvation of believers. We believe in final persever ance — that a soul once regen- erated, once converted is never ultimately lost. This is our belief as a church. We have tenaciously held to it for 50 years. God helping us, we shall be true to it ever. This church for 50 years has stood for these truths, and stands for them unflinchingly in this great golden year of rejoicing. The Fatherhood of God ; the Divinity of Jesus Christ ; the personality and work of the Holy Spirit ; salvation only through the finished work of an atoning Saviour, man's vi- carious substitute ; the Holy Scriptures as the absolutely in- spired Word of God from beginning to end, and as the infal- lible rule of faith and practice. Here she stands to-day. God help her. Amen. In London is the house which Oliver Cromwell built for his son-in-law, Ireton. that courageous soldier who led the Ironsides in the battle of Naseby. The grand stairway of the house is of conspicuous suggestiveness. Every baluster is the carved figure of an Ironside soldier. And as you pass up the stairs to the floor above you feel as if you were passing between living lines of England's Puri- tan warriors — heroes who overthrew monarchy and estab- lished the commonwealth. I feel somehow as if we march to-day, Puritans and Calvinists, upward betwixt lines of our church's Ironside heroes, upward to-day to loftier heights of being in touch with five hundred of historic victors up the stairways of God. This church for fifty years has stood for Evangelism. She has from the very beginning been an evangelistic church. Her evangelism has ever been the response to her Lord's command, "Go into all the world, and preach my gospel to every creature, and lo, I am with you 17 always, even unto the end." The church's evangelism means God is in the midst of her. Her evangelism has ever been the tenderer side of her Puritanism and of her Calvinism. Evangelism is to-day the watchword of the forward movement of Presbyterianism. Such was the emphatic declaration of our last General Assembly. For half a century this church has stood for an aggressive evangelism. For half a century Christ has been preached from this pulpit as the loving Saviour dying in the sin- ner's stead, rising for his justification and sitting at God's right hand making intercession. For fifty years from this pulpit and through the various agencies of this organization, souls have been urged and pleaded with to accept Christ. For fifty years this church, through her Sunday Schools, through her missionary societies, through the boards of the church, through multitudinous individual and institutional agencies has endeavored to extend the Gospel of Christ, both throughout this coun- try and the world She has sent two of her young men into ihe ministry For many years she has supported a missionary in foreign lands She has ever had her mis- sionaries in the field of our own country. She has ever given of her forces to institutions — her two pastors to Mission Boards. She has in every year of her history assisted in the education of young men for the ministry, the erection of churches in missionary fields, the promul- gation of the Gospel among the colored population of our country, the relief of the aged aiul infirm ministers of the church, the circulation of the Scriptures at the hands of the .\merican Bible Society, the planting and main- tenance of Sunday Schools all over our country. Her ag- gressive evangelistic spirit has expressed itself in these fifty years in the giving of nearly $200,000 to missions. The growth of the aggressive evangelism of this church is evidenced in the fact that in the second twenty-five years of her history her contributions for Home Missions and for Foreign .Missions have been twice what they i8 were during the first twenty-five years, while her general benevolence and the amount contributed for church sup- port, have largely increased. Her evangelistic spirit has manifested itself during fifty years, in the contribution of $700,000 in round numbers for the spread of the Gospel of Christ. That this church has been an evangelistic church is evidenced in the increase in membership. At the organ- ization of this church there were 62 charter members. To this original number have been added in fifty years on profession of faith 887, by certificate from other churches 857. It is worthy of notice that during the first twenty-five years those added by letter were 634, while during the second twenty-five years those added by letter were 223. There has been therefore a decrease during the second twenty-five years in the number coming frpm other churches. But it is also worthy of notice that dur- ing the first twenty-five years the number added on pro- fession of faith was 372, while during the second twenty- five years those added on profession of faith were 515. There has been therefore an increase during the second twenty-five years in the number of those uniting on pro- fession of faith. This is a fact of importance. It indi- cates a growing evangelism, an increasing evangelistic spirit. There has been an average addition to the mem- bership each year of thirty-five. There have been en- grossed during fifty years upon the book of church mem- bership the names of 1,806 persons. Of these, some 400 of whom we have definite information have died', some 700 have removed to other places. We have a present member- ship of over 700 persons who are living in touch with this church. South Park evangelism ! Its supreme issuance in its own chapel field ! Has this church ever forgotten that she is a city church with a duty to the city as such ? Yonder chapel is the answer. Has she been unmindful of the perils of immi- gration, the perils of the saloon, the perils of pauperism, the 19 perils of anarchism? Yonder chape! is the response. Has she been unmindful of the fact that the only permanent cor- rective of evil lies in the gospel of Jesus Christ and in the church as the faithful promulgator of Christ's religion ? The gospel preached in yonder chapel tells the story. And what has resulted ? It is a golden anthem of this golden year. Habits changed, ideals exalted, homes recreated, social life purified, righteousness uplifted, hope enlarged, all things adorned and rendered sacred. A golden privilege for this church to have had fifty golden years of mission work ! Behold its blessings! The waters of our church's life kept stirred and fresh ; the evangelism in the hearts of a devout people given magnificent vent; spiritual life, gospel enthu- siasm, constant and immeasurable. How sacred is the his- tory of that Mulberry Street Chapel, the cradle of this great church. Within it the sainted Dr. Wilson preached his first sermon as the pastor. From out it issued the prayers and the gifts that bore up this institution into existence and potence. Within it what a band of noble, self-sacrificing workers gath- ered from \'ear to year ! They, for Christ's sake, counted loss gain. Through all weathers, amid all circumstances, unwav- ering, unfaltering, bound together by the golden bonds of a divine fellowship with each other and a passion for souls, that company of chapel officers and teachers pushed forward that blessed work from year to year. One of the great joys of eternity will be the recounting to one another of their labors and triumphs. Many will arise in that great day of rejoicing and coronation and call them blessed. Five decades ! And instead of the little frame chap- el, behold vonder large connnodious l)rick structure east of the Pennsylvania Railroad, erected by this people at a cost of $15,000, without debt, and serving for a com- pletelv and beautifully equipped institutional work. For five decades this church, out of the oil of earnest consecra- tion and tireless energy has fed constantly that missionary beacon-dame which is now a great incandescent light of spiritual power illuminating that entire district. That bea- 20 con is to shine on, and on, and behind it are to be the praver, the love, the wealth and the energ'y of this church of God. In 1853 this church stood on the outer rim of a circle of 50,000 people. To-day she stands well-nigh in the center of a circle of 300,000 people. Far beyond her have arisen other churches. But she stands in a strong vital center of our city's life, her mission more extensive and more important than ever before Within herself, by the grace of God, she has all the elements and forces for the making of spiritual history. In membership she stands third among the Presbyterian churches of Newark. In intellectual culture, in spiritual life, and in wealth of her constituency she is unsurpassed in our city. The loyalty of her people, and their generous responsiveness have never failed. It is ni}' high privilege to bear testimony, on this memorable occasion, to the absolute and unvarying sympathy, co-operation and fidelity which this church, her official boards and congregation have for fifty years, in most affectionate manner, given to their two ministers — two in half a century. Throughout these past fifty years God has signally guided this church in the selection of its officers. The Eldership has ever been a deep spiritual factor. Elected for life, as they have gone year after year before this people, our elders have been more and more beloved and honored both for character and service. To-day, as this church rounds out a half-century of history, her Session stands forth as a band of noble, self-sacrificing and beloved under-shepherds of the living Christ. May this church in the coming fifty years be as wisely and as spiritually rep- resented in her eldership as she has in the past half century.* Throughout these fifty years God has signally guided this church in her temporal afifairs. By means of her Board of Trustees she has been steered through many a threatening financial sea and has steadily weathered * Since writing the above our Church has suiTered the loss by death of three of its Elders, viz.: Messrs Georg"e W. Howell. F.WoIcott Jackson and Charles M. Rus-sell, See "In Memoriam," adopted at the Annual Meeting, at end of this report. 21 every gale, sailing to-day into port in triumph. The Trustees of this church have been from the beginning wise, strong men, chosen and kept in this important board because of ability, experience and economic wisdom. During this present year, in order to meet the growing needs and expanding opportunities of our church, a r>i)ard of Deacons was elected which has manifested most remarkable aptitude. This past century has been called "Woman's Century." It has recorded most marvelousl}' woman's enfreedomment. Nowhere more than in the church has woman found a more free, ideal iield for service. This has been remarkably so in this church. What have the women of our church not done? What cheer and encouragement have they not given ! What missionary efiforts they have wrought ! What financial aid they have rendered ! Golden chrysanthemums ! The golden chrysanthemum is the symbol of slighted love. With 5,000 of these emblems, our women have decorated this church. We have taken the love of Christ, slighted by the world, and we have surrounded ourselves with it, and through these flowers all about us we declare to-day: "O Love of Christ! Thou hast been slighted by the world. Thou wert scorned on the cross, where Thou wert poured out as a sacrifice. O sacrificial Love ! Through fifty years there has stood here a company of God's children that have exalted that love, be- lieved in it, trusted it. anchored to it, and to-day they honor it before the world. ' To-day, as ever, this church is one. There has never been a cloud upon her sky. Love has pervaded her life. Loyalty has marked her every step. To-day her people are one peo- ple, earnest, generous, faithful, desiring to do the will of God, and bound together by the unbreakable ties of love. The beauty of Zion, the church of the living God, is not in her splendid edifices, nor her social prestige, nor her immense endowments, nor her gorgeous ritual, nor her eloquent min- istry, but her beauty is in the presence of God in the midst of her, manifest in holy living and in self-denying service, re- vealed in the sublime victories of f.-iith and hope and love, in 22 unfaltering loyalty to her Lord and King. In the records of our 25th anniversary this God-speed is given to the genera- tion to come. "When the semi-centenary shall arrive may the record of the next 25 years be still brighter and the work and zeal and piety of the new generation far exceed that of their fathers and abound in richer fruits for the life ever- lasting." We have lived, as a church, under the benign in- spiration of this salutation. We can only say, "We have tried to do our duty. We have endeavored to fight a good fight ; we have striven to keep the faith. And by the grace of God we are what we are." The same God has been in the midst of us, who was in the midst of our fathers. We know not what shall be. We stand here to-day, in the middle of a century and lifting our souls to God can only say as we face the future, "O God, God with us ! Thy will : nothing more : nothing less: nothing else." In this attitude of surrender to the divine will and the divine working, we close one-half century to begin another. God in the midst of us is a cove- nant keeping God. God with us is a God mighty to save. "Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that worketh in us. Unto Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus, unto all generations forever and ever. Amen SACRAMENTAL SERVICE. In the afternoon of the day the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was celebrated, the house was filled with com- municants, many former members from a distance being present. It was by the session deemed fitting that, at the begin- ning of this celebration, a Communion Service should be thus observed through the medium of which the mem- bership of the church might be brought into closer fel- lowship with our Saviour and with each other. The service was indeed most impressive and tender, the church covenants being read, the pastor in his re- 23 marks referring especially to those who in times past so often were associated m this service but. departed, were now participating in the more glorious and eternal com- munion of the saints with their Lord in glory. The presence of the Holy Spirit was manifestly felt by everyone and the influence of the service extended throughout the entire celebration. A most gratifying feature was the participation in the service by the entire Eldership, as well all of the other officers of the church, none being absent. ANNIVERSARY OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. In the evening of this delightful day the Semi-Centen- nial of the Sunday Schools occurred. In the unavoidable absence of Elder George S. Clapp, who was appointed to preside. Elder James S. Higbie conducted the service. The youth of the Parish and Chapel Schools, number- ing nearly six hundred, with their teachers and officers, singing a processional hymn, "Hear the Captain clearly calling," marched from the parlors into the auditorium where seated in a body they formed a most beautiful and charming spectacle. The children presented entertaining exercises and the historical addresses were delivered by the Superintendent of the Parish School and President of the Teachers' Asso- ciation of the Chapel School. In the absence of Elder Daniel Halsey. Mr. David C. Dodd, for seventeen years Superintendent of the Parish School and a former elder, offered prayer and later made interesting reminiscent remarks. There was also a large public attendance many stand- ing while others were unable to obtain admittance. After the service a great concourse of visitors from other con- gregations entered the church and admiring the decora- tions were very congratulatory in expressing their appre- ciation of their arrangement and beauty. 24 ADDRESS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE PARISH SUNDAY SCHOOL. Dr. Joseph S. Vinson. A half-century of the life of a Sunday School creates an epoch in the history of a church. It is the training school of the church, and from it go forces which ramify every department of its life and service. The church receives an unchangeable impression from its Sunday Schools. It is therefore a matter of profound interest to recount, in even the briefest way, the history of our Parish School during fifty eventful years. For the history of the school through its first quarter of a century, we are indebted to the comprehensive and inspiring address delivered in 1878, by Mr. Frank C. Willcox, the secretary. For the historical facts of the past twenty-five years, we are debtors to our present secretary, ]\Iiss Cordelia O. Ross, who has carefully compiled them from the records, ten years thereof having been kept by her own hand. In 1853 the Parish Sunday School was started in the Mulberry Street Chapel. Mrs. J. P. Wilson was superin- tendent of the primary department. In 1854 the school was transferred to the church lec- ture room, Mr. Ralph Pierson Long, superintendent, and Mrs. Eliza Armstrong, assistant superintendent. About this time Mr. Asa Whitehead was induced to become the teacher of a Young Ladies' Bible class, which proved a great advantage to the church. During the years 1855, 1856 and 1857 the same officers were in charge of the school, and in the latter year Miss Mary H. Gill, sister of Mrs. Wilson, was placed over the Primary Department and Mrs. Wilson was given a Young Ladies' Bible Class, sessions of which were held previous to the morning service. Mrs. Wilson continued to be its instructor for eleven years, when she retired on account of ill health. 25 In 1858 and 1859 Mr. Ralph Pierson was re-elected superintendent, Mrs. Eliza Armstrong, assistant superin- tendent and Dr. A. W. Woodhull secretary. At this time Mr. John Whitehead had a flourishing Bible class for men. During this year (1859) thirty-nine Bibles were jiresented to scholars committing to memory the entire Cate- chism. This plan is now being pursued (1903). In 1858 was also instituted a house to house visitation in this section of the city by the teachers of the Parish School. In 1859 John P. Jackson was elected superintendent, and in i860 was re-elected. A notable fact was the election in this latter year of his son, Gen. Joseph C. Jackson, to the like office in the Chapel Sunday School of this church. The following year (1861) the school sustained a serious loss in the death of its superintendent, John P. Jackson. At the annual election in 1861 Ira M. Harrison was unanimously chosen to fill the vacancy. F. Wolcott Jackson was elected treasurer in 1865, which office he fills at the present time, having performed continuous and faithful service for thirty-eight years. In 1869 Ira M. Harrison declining a re-election, Augus- tus I. Gillette was chosen to fill the place. In 1872 David C. Dodd, Jr., was called to the head of the school, which office he accepted and filled with great ability until 1891, covering a period of nearly twenty years. In 1887 .Allan L. Bassett was elected assistant superin- tendent, and remained in office until 1891. In this same year (1887) Mrs. Allan L. Bassett was elected principal of the Primary Department, which office she held until 1894. From 1872 to 1876 the officers were mainly the same. In this latter year the school was called to mourn the loss of its secretary, Dr. A. W. Woodhull. High tributes were paid to his memory in the minutes, and as recorded by 26 Dr. Wilson ; his was "a great and most afflictive bereave- ment, deepest loss." In 1878 the late Frank C. Wilcox was elected secretary, and served in this capacity until 1880. From 1880 until 1891 there were but few changes made in the officers of the Sunday School. In 1889 the church suflfered the loss of its beloved leader, Rev. James P. Wilson, D. D., who during his pastorate of thirty-six years, always took a great interest in the school. At the annual election in 1891 an entirely new body of officers was chosen, with the exception of the treasurer. They were as follows : L. D. Howard Gilmour, superintend- ent ; Anson A. Carter, assistant superintendent ; F. Wolcott Jackson, treasurer. These officers were continued until 1900. In the fall of 1894 Mrs. P. Sanford Ross was elected principal of the Primary Department. In 1895 Mrs. Lyman Whitney Allen was elected prin- cipal of this department, which office she held until 1898. In the fall of 1898 Mrs. Samuel Clark was elected prin- cipal of this department, which office she holds at the present time. From 1900 to 1902 the only change was in the office of superintendent, Anson A. Carter, the assistant superin- tendent, being made superintendent. In the fall of this year (1902) at the annual meeting. Dr. Joseph S. Vinson was elected superintendent. The membership of this school through these fifty years has maintained the expected proportion to the number of children and young people related to the church. The number of scholars uniting with the church from year to year has fulfilled very largely the expectation of the teachers, nearly all of them coming in due time and making a profes- sion of their faith, thus confirming our belief in the power of the covenant and the privilege of the rite of baptism. The scholars of the Parish School have become 27 teachers in Parish and Chapel Schools and have gone forth from it to become generally identified with the various departments of church work, two having been ordained as ministers of the gospel ; others have gone forth into the world trained in the knowledge of handling the word of God, conversant with the doctrines of the church as expressed in the Catechism, tempered in disposition, devel- oped in character by the truths of the Gospel and made Christian forces for righteousness in their various vocations. A large part of the Christian men and women of this church, who for well-nigh two generations have had an influence and shaping power in the community for God and the higher life of humanity, have come from the Parish School of this church. The school has given a training and an education for mature Christian thought and service, has helped to beautify and strengthen the homes connected with it, and the social and business world with which its graduates have come into touch. The gifts of the school have steadily increased from year to year, and the total contributions for fifty years have been $14,000. This total includes the moneys for the maintenance of the school in all its branches, it being entirely self-supporting. The missionary contributions have been equally divided between the Home and Foreign Missionary Boards of the Church. Through all these years we have had a spiritual and able corps of teachers, wloo have faithfully endeavored to sow the seeds of divine truth in the hearts of the children. We have had also the cordial sympathy of our Session and of the parents of the children. And now as we enter upon the future, after these fifty years of sacred and immortal history, we do so knowing that the God of our fathers will be our God and if we are faithful will bless our efforts. 28 We ask of our church with earnest, heartfelt expec- tation, the continued prayers and encouragement for our blessed work, and we know that by the help of the Holy Spirit the children of this church will grow up to be as olive plants in the house of the Lord, or as fruitful trees by rivers of living water. ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION OF THE CHAPEL SUNDAY SCHOOL Osc.\R E. Day. From the published report of the twenty-fifth anni- versary of the South Park Mission Sunday School, which has developed into our present Chapel School, we have obtained the history of the earlier years of our school, no other record being in existence. In the year 185 1 John P. Jackson, Samuel P. Smith and several others opened a Sunday School in the Chestnut street depot. This school was under the superintendency of ]Mr. Jackson and his sister, Mrs. Eliza Armstrong. The school was continued until the opening of the Mul- berry Street Chapel, a little more than a year later. An attempt was made to take the school to the chapel. This, however, was unsuccessful In 1853 the Rev. Robert B. Campfield, assisted by David Joline, again started the school in the Chestnut street depot, holding sessions a portion of the time in a railroad car, the use of which was given them by John P. Jack- son, at that time superintendent of the New Jersey Rail- road and Transportation Company. The sessions of the 29 school have been held regularly from that time to the present. In 1854 the school was transferred to the Mulberry Street Chapel and since then has been an integral part of our church. Air. Joline continued as superintendent until 1856, when Archibald Parkhurst was elected to the office and served until Alay. i860. General Joseph C. Jackson was then elected superintendent to succeed .\Ir. Park- hurst and served one year. He was succeeded by Hum- phrey R. F"uller. Francis N. Torrey was elected in 1863 and served continuously for five years. Joseph G. Doty served until 1875, Daniel Halsey serving during the year 1874 as assistant superintendent. In May, 1875. John Y. Foster was elected superinten- dent and served until the year of his death, 1896, with an interval of one year, May i, 1892, to May i, 1893, when he declined a re-election. But during that time he taught a Bible class of adults in the school. It was during this period that the school entered upon an era of prosperity- far beyond the most sanguine expectations of its founders. .\s a result of the indefatigable efforts of the superin- tentlent, supplemented by the faithful work of the Bible reader and the hearty co-operation of all the teachers and officers, our school so increased in numbers that it be- came apparent to all that our old chapel, which had at diiiferent times been enlarged, could not much longer accommodate the school. Mr. Foster was impressed with the necessity of a chapel east of the Pennsylvania Railroad and continually urged upon the teachers the great need in that section nt the city of a place for worship and religious instruction. In 1 89 1 a Home Class was organized composed of those whose duties were such that they could not attend the Sunday session of the school but wished to engage in Bible study at home. This class studies the same lessons that are taught at the regular session of the school, and 30 is divided into smaller classes under competent teachers who visit them at their homes for the purpose of study and explanation of God's word. The class is gathered quarterly at the chapel when the pastor or his assistant reviews the lessons of the quarter with them. The class numbers fifty members and enjoys all the privileges ac- corded to the regular attendants at the Sunday sessions. About the same time a number of young ladies organ- ized a society for the purpose of aiding in the chapel work and lending assistance wherever it might be needed. The society chose to be known as the "Faithful Work- ers." The generous contributions made by them have been given for various purposes, including moneys not only for school support but for church and other benevo- lent objects, thus demonstrating that the name adopted by them is not a misnomer. One of the developments of the society has been the formation of a Junior Faithful Workers' Society, composed of the younger girls of the school. In November, 1896, Oscar E. Day was elected superin- tendent and served until ATay, 1902, when he relin- quished the active duties of the office and accepted the position of president of the Teachers' Society and as- sumed the direction of the executive department of the school. The active superintendency was then given to the pastor's assistant. Rev. Henry S. Brown, who has been succeeded by Rev. Frank E. Simmons and Rev. Stuart Nye Hutchison. Upon the revival of the business interests of the coun- try in 1899, the new chapel enterprise began again, through the exertions of the pastor, to assume a decided tendency toward the accomplishment of securing the long desired new building. Various sums of money were contributed by members of the congregation and the school. After a thorough investigation of that locality a plot of ground was purchased on the corner of South 31 and Dawson streets. It may be truly said that Provi- dence guided us in the selection of this site. In April, 1900, the erection of the new building was begun. The corner stone was laid with appropriate cere- monies in May. The work progressed rapidly, and as soon as the walls were erected, the roof completed and the rough floor laid, services were held Sunday evenings in the unfinished structure. Beginning in August, 1900, they have been continued regularly until the present. The chapel will, we firmly believe, fill a place in its neigh- borhood that will be of lasting benefit. It is used not only for religious purposes but is open during the evenings as well. There is a reading room, gymnasium, and through the liberality of several gentlemen of the church and congregation, bowling alleys are connected with it. On Sunday evenings a class of children is gathered in the chapel by Mr. Chas. W. Edwards. We have to thank Almighty God for the results of the past fifty \ears, the mercies that He has shown and the blessings bestowed upon us. In His all-wise Providence he has permitted death to enter and at different times take from us some of our associates. This sketch of our school would be incomplete did we not especially mention him who was beloved by this en- tire church and by none more than the Mission School. We can only say that when Dr. Wilson died a good man was taken from us. We who knew him well remember his visits and kindly greetings at the old chapel. One of the saddest occasions was when we were called upon to mourn the loss of him who had been our leader for twenty-one years. John Y. Foster was an ideal Sun- day School superintendent, bringing to the office which sought him a well-trained mind, a positive conviction of right and wrong, an unswerving devotion to principle, a con- scientious discharge of the duties incumbent upon him and requiring of his teachers their best and that the first duty of 32 Sunday School teachers was to bring- those committed to their care to a saving knowledge of their Saviour. Under such a leader it would be strange if as a school we were not prospered. What the history of the Chapel School will be during the fifty years to come depends upon the fidelity with which we discharge our duties, our devotion to the church, and loyalty to pastor and ofificers. 33 MONDAY, OCTOBER 26th. On the evening of Monday, October 26th, was observed the Historical exercises presided over by Elder F. Wol- cott Jackson, Chairman of the Historical Committee. After the organ prelude, Dr. Allen offered the invoca- tion and Rev. S. N. Hutchison read from the Scripture. Miss MacCall sang the solo, "We Praise Thee," Giordani. Mr. Jackson's remarks, containing most happy allusions to our church unity, harmony and oneness in Christ, were received with highest appreciation in coming from one whose recollections arose from most intimate associa- tions as member and elder through nearly its whole being. ADDRESS. F. WoLcoTT Jackson. This is a notable epoch in the history of our church. It is the fiftieth anniversary of its organization. It is not my intention to review the history of the church. This was begun most beautifully b}- our pastor in his historical sermon of yesterday morning. At the anni- versary celebration of the Sunday Schools last evening the historical addresses of the superintendent of the Parish School and the president of the Teachers' Asso- ciation of the Chapel School continued this history, to be completed this evening for the first fifty years by the liistorical and other addresses here to be made. These make it unnecessary for me to say anything more in connection with the history of our church. 34 I may be permitted to say a few words before enter- ing upon the exercises over which I am called to preside this evening. There were some whose names do not ap- pear in the organization of the church, who nevertheless were a part of it. They were non-professors of religion at the time, and young people. Many of these made a public profession of their faith in Christ in this church soon after, some of whom are still living. The attach- ment to their old churches, to the pastors and members of the congregations was strong on the part of both adults and young people, and I know that many left their old church homes with the deepest regret. Such pas- tors as the Rev. Dr. Stearns, of the First Presbyterian Church ; the Rev. Dr. Craven, of the Third Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. Dr. Aikman, of the Sixth Presby- terian Church, were loved by their congregations, and South Park Church was largely made up of those who left these pastors and these churches. The affection that was entertained for their pastors by those who founded this church was lifelong, and the churches they attended before they came here were looked upon as their old homes. I loved Dr. Stearns to the day of his death, and considered him one of my dearest friends, and even now I feel almost as much at home in the old First Church as I do in the South Park Church. I do not feel that I am speaking for myself alone when I express these feelings — and yet we left. Duty may be said to have originated the South Park Presbyterian Church. Duty to the Lord and Master, in locating a church where the needs of our growing city required it. Never have I heard any regret expressed by those who came to this church in 1853. The Lord blessed us. The tributes of our pastor in his sermon yesterday morning to dear Dr. Wilson, which he must have gathered from the congregation, for I believe he never saw Dr. Wilson, go to prove that God was with those who founded this church, and that He blessed them with 35 happiness such as He kindly gives those who go out from their own loved homes to found another, as childhood be- comes manhood or womanhood. This church has always been a united church. No differences have ever existed among pastors, session and people, but from the beginning to this day with our two pastors, a period of fifty years, the work God in His providence has placed to our charge has been carried on together in perfect harmony, with one aim — the glory of our Heavenly Father and of our Lord Jesus Christ, and in dependence on the Holy Spirit. Elder Arthur R. Denman delivered the address of the evening, presenting, comprehensively, the history and development of the church and the various departments of its work during the latter twenty-five years, prefacing with a resume of its former quarter century. The address being deduced from records and memories as Sunday School .'scholar and teacher, church member and officer, will, as stating facts, probably prove of some historical value to the inquirer. The congregation seemed to be much gratified to have thus spread before them a panoramic and bird's-eye view of the evolution of the church entity, its steadily progres- sive movement and wide expansion along evangelistic lines and its natural promise of probable further develop- ment. ADDRESS. /\jnimit- tees. Ranged in front and extending on either side of the pulpit back into the church parlors, our pastor in the center with his daughter. Miss June T. Allen, on his right, were these- committees with who!ii were associated all of the officers of the church, their wives and such of the widows of deceased officers as have retained membership with this church, the arrangement being as follow : Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Parkhurst, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Halsey, Mr. George W. Howell, Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Russell, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Clapp, Mr. and Mrs. Sam- uel Clark, Mr. and Mrs. James S. Higbie, Mr. and Mrs. H. Monroe De Long, Mr. and Mrs. C. Edwin Young and Mr. Arthur R. Denman, of the eldership : Dr. Joseph C. Young, Mr. William F. Ryerson, Dr. and' Mrs. Joseph S. Vinson, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence T. Piatt, Mr. and Mrs. Sylvanus D. Sheppard, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. S. Prescott Lazarus, Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Freeman and Mr. and Mrs'. James Prentice, of the- deacons : Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler B. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. P. San- ford Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Kilburn, Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Vinson and Mr. Oscar E. Day, of the Board of" Trustees : And Mrs, Francis N. Torrey, Mrs. John Y. Foster, Mrs.. Reuben M. Sutphen, Mrs. Andrew Le Massena, Jr., Mrs., John C. Downing and Mrs. George Pj. Swain. 78 Throughout the entire series of anniversary observances the organ was presided over by the church organist, Miss EHzabeth H. Marsh, who was ably assisted on this occas- ion by Mr. Clarence E. Le IMassena and Mr. J. Henry Hunt- ington, Jr. The attendance, approximating i,ooo in number, was ush- ered by the younger men of the church, many former mem- bers residing at a distance from the city being present to- gether with those from other congregations, who, with their ministers, came with congratulatory messages of good will and fellowship both hearty and enthusiastic. The refreshments were served in the parlors by some of the younger ladies, and there the people lingered long in social chat and intercourse. A splendid collection of portraits of deceased members was arranged on the walls of the lecture room which elicited many tender memories conducive to anecdote and conversa- tion concerning the former days. The decorations, pre-eminently the work of the women of our church in co-operation with the Decoration Committee, comprised some 5,000 and upwards of golden yellow paper chrysanthemums, of their own manufacture, most artistically disposed on the pulpit, gallery and choir-loft fronts and the wall behind the pulpit, and intertwined with hundreds of electric lights festooned between the columns above and under the galleries. The columns were entwined with spirals of rich golden cloth. Behind and above the pulpit in glow- ing electricity was a center-piece reading, "God With Us," on its one side the figures "1853" and on the other "1903." These were but some of the main effects however, for it is impossible to here detail the many other features of laurel and palm, bud and flower interspersed throughout by deft hands guided by artistic talent that together made up the gorgeous whole. Beautiful though it was when illuminated by the sunshine and daylight streaming through the win- dows and reflected by the brightness of a freshly painted and newlv renovated building interior, it was vastlv more CO o I o I O a. UJ I- > CO CO ui a: a. X a: < a. I H D O 05 en O c > 7; ■D 30 m CO CD < H m > z o I c 3; o I to o 79 effective when flooded with the splendor made hy the com- bined blaze of the hundreds of incandescent lamps twinkling and sparkling- on every hand. Making; of the dear old church a veritable bower of fairyland as if reflecting materially in her own bosom the earnest of that divine light v/ith which she has ever sought to illumine the hearts and minds of her sons and daughters wliose loving efforts for her Master's glory and her own were thus evidenced. 8o THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29th. At the South Park Memorial Chapel on Thursday eve- ning, October 29th, was observed the concluding exercises of our Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration. The building v^^as- tastefully decorated with portraits and bunting and filled to- its utmost capacity with a highly appreciative audience. The services were of a very tender character, there being much in the chapel work calculated to call forth sacred mem- ories that touched many hearts most deeply. On the platform were gathered a number of the church officers and others who are now or formerly were more or less intimately associated with the work there and in Mul- berry Chapel. The salutation by Rev. Stuart Nye Hutchison was follow- ed by the addresses of the evening dealing chiefly with the history of Mulberry Chapel, its life and incident, deliv- ered by Alexander T. Looker, Oscar E. Day, Samuel Bea- man, Roy Foster Anthony, George W. Howell and Isaac N. Doty. Arthur R. Denman added a few words in re- viewing the South Park Memorial Chapel building enter- prise, laying particular emphasis on the development of the chapel work and its culmination here growing out of the Sunday school and reading room work, the latter of which was so largely conserved by the munificence of the late Andrew Le Massena, Jr., so long president of the Board of Trustees, who at his private expense maintained it for years in purchasing and fitting up a convenient build- ing on South street for the sole purpose, and the former- through the highly efficient and self-sacrificing efforts of the late John Y. Foster, for many years superintendent of Mul- berry Chapel and a beloved elder, besides the many others. 8i whose lives were and still arc tlevotcd to these as well also the missionary and Bible-reading- branches of our Lord's work. A letter, received from Rev. George W. Lloyd of Branch- ville, N. J., who was identified with the organization of the Chapel School, was read by Samuel Clark. A collation and social hour then closed the period of our Semi-Centennial .\nniversarv Observances. SALUTATION. Re\'. Stu.nrt Nye Hutchison. We are gathered here to-night upon a very unusual occasion. Many things unite to proclaim it an unusual occasion. These men here upon this platform ! This large audience! These beautiful decorations! It is our church's fiftieth anniversary. We have reached one of the mile-stones of our history and before we go on to another we are just pausing a moment to thank God and take courage. It seems particularly fitting that this, the last great day of the feast, should be set apart for the anniversary of the chapel work. The chapel, as we shall see later on, was the nursery of the church. It was here that our church had its beginnings. It was here that those de- voted spirits of a half century ago toiled and prayed and left the result with God. It was here that they cast their bread upon the waters, knowing that they would find it after many days. And don't you think that they have found it? Don't you believe that to-night and all during this week their blessed spirits have been hovering near us sharing with us the blessing as we enter into the fraits of their labors? In Scott's "Lay of the Last Minstrel," he tells us of a gallant knight fighting in a foreign land whose 82 thoughts ever turned to the woman he loved far away across the sea. Very anxious was he to know if she still loved and still thought of him ; so one day he consulted a famed magician. The wizard led him into a darkened room and told him to gaze intently into a mirror. He did so and soon, shadowy and indistinct at first, but every moment becoming clearer, he could make out the form of the Lady Geraldine. She was reading over and over again a letter he had written her and Surrey knew that she still loved and thought of him. It needs no magician's power to bring back to you to- night the scenes upon which your minds linger, th^ scenes of fifty years, that this anniversary commemor- ates. Many of you have but to close your eyes upon this festal night and they seem to open upon other scenes. You hear the patter of little feet in the Chapel School of years gone by — boys and girls who through its influence have become noble men and women. You see again that bright array of workers and teachers that toiled for the Master here. You hear the murmur of their voices — music that now is sounding on the farther shore. Some of those who for years have been connected with this work will by and by tell you something of it, but when they shall have finished there will still be many things left untold. Mr. Anthony is to present to us the history of the half century since its organization, but there are stories connected with this chapel which no historian's pen can ever picture. The manhood and womanhood that here have been quickened into life ; the grief-stricken hearts that have been comforted here ; the wandering sheep that have been brought back within the fold here. These are stories the record of which is only kept in God's book of eternal remembrance. But it is not alone of the past that we think to-night. If we had naught but memories upon which to feast, our joy would be not unmixed with sorrow. But this anni- 83 versary is more than a recollection. It is a prophecy. As we recall the blessings of the past years, we look with joy upon the promise of the coming years. Many things combine to argue well for the future of our chapel work. Our splendid location, the rapidly growing population and business in this neighborhood, and the near proximity of the new Pennsylvania Rail- road station — these are conditions we cannot well over- look as we gaze into the future. But these are, after all, only superficial things. It is deeper down that we seek for and find the surest warrant of our hopes. It is in the flourishing condition of our Sunday School, the manifest and growing interest in our religious meetings and the deep spirit of devoted self-sacrifice and piety, that per- vades those who gather here from week to week. It is in these things that we read the signs of our times, and the rainbow in the heavens and the promise that goes with it of brighter days to come. Yonder upon the wall is our memorial tablet to the memory of the Mulberry Street Chapel, with its ancient weather-beaten finial, placed there by the good taste and gen- erosity of Mr. Denman, "An open Bible and a finger pointing the way to Heaven." In that sentence may be summed up all the precious years of history of that old Chapel. In it too to-day may be expressed the full measure of service of our new chapel. Our future and the fulfillment of the prophesy of this anniversary depend not only upon our zeal and self- sacrifice but also upon the steadfastness with which we adhere to the legend for which that cherished relic stands. "An open Bible and a finger pointing the way to Heaven." 84 ADDRESS. Alexander T. Looker. In looking: back over the history of the chapel for half a century, so many recollections rise before me that I can only give a faint outline of the principal events which have taken place. Few of the early teachers are living to-day and the schol- ars have grown up and become scattered, many of them with children and grandchildren of their own. Occasionally we meet one who can tell of those early days of attending Sun- day School in the railroad car. In the year 1853 the New Jersey Railroad Co. threatened to close its station at Chestnut street unless something was done to prevent the destruction of its property by the unruly children of the neighborhood. At that time this portion of the city was considered the outskirts as much as the ex- treme end of Clinton Hill is to-day. There was no police protection in this section and it was suggested by some one. whose identity is unknown to me, that a Sabbath School should be attempted in that locality. Arrangements were made with Mr. John P. Jackson, then superintendent of the railroad company, to have the use of one of its cars and to have this car run up alongside of the platform. Mr. Joline was ticket agent at the time and upon the organ- ization of the school acted as superintendent. •The car soon filled, and in the same year it was found nec- essary to have larger accommodations and the company al- lowed the use of the two waiting rooms of the station. In June, 1854, upon the invitation of Mr. Theodore Brown, whose sister is stil! one of our number, I entered the chapel as a teacher. How different was that school from the one we are en- joying to-day. The backless benches were stored in the baggage room during the week and were brought out on 85 Sunday and put in the two rooms, the boys occupying one side and the girls the other. There were no attractions for the children such as we now enjoy. No Sunday school books, no music, except what was made by their own voices, and no Easter or Children's Day services. It was simply owing to the prayerful, personal work of that little handful of teachers that the scholars were won and kept in the school. ■ At this time it was under no particular denomination ; Bap- tists, Methodists and Presbyterians worked side by side, although in later years the city was divided into districts by the Presbytery and this work came under the management of South Park Church. The work prospered and in May, 1856, Mr. Joline was succeeded by Mr. .Archibald Parkhurst, who was succeeded four years later by Gen. Joseph C. Jackson. The breaking out of the Civil War called Gen. Jackson to the front and Mr. Humphrey Fuller was chosen to take his place. The school continued to grow and it again became neces- sary to seek better accommodations. A committee was ap- pointed to call upon the trustees to get their consent to use the chapel on Mulberry street. The building was being occupied for other purposes at this time and it was only after much consideration that per- mission was obtained. The school was opened in the year 1862 or 1863 with a large attendance. An infant class was formed in the basement, of which Miss Elizabeth Baldwin took charge. It may be interesting to know in this connection that the building was originally intended for a Seaman's Chapel and the wooden girders extending across the room, which are probably still there, represented the backbone of a whale. I remember as a boy, standing in the street while the chapel was being erected and watching the minister. Rev. Mr. 86 Goodenow, hand up boards to the carpenters. Those who had charge of the first services there did not realize their ex- pected results and later the building passed into other hands and was used, as we know, for the organization of South Park Church. Just before leaving the school at the station, the first pic- nic was held. Mr. Jackson placed a car at our disposal and in this way we were taken to a grove near ]\ahway. Since then the school has never missed its annual outing and I have had the pleasure of being present on every occasion but one. When the school entered its new quarters, a library was added, and I left the ranks of teachers to assist in this work and in the forty years I remained there I learned how much the books contributed to the happiness of the children. Mr. Francis N. Torrey succeeded ]\Ir. Fuller as superin- tendent and was re-elected the four following years, until ill health compelled him to resign. Mr. Joseph Doty was elected in 1871 and served three years. It was found at this time that the building was be- coming very dilapidated and unfit for use, and it was thought best to transfer the school to the Sunday school room of the church. The session began at 2 o'clock, followed by the parish school at 3 o'clock. The limited time given for the service and the difficulty in getting the children to attend, reduced the numbers and it was decided that something else must be done. A committee was appointed to consult with the trustees and obtain their permission to raise money to repair the chapel. The people responded very liberally and $1,800 was raised and the whole building was remodeled. Again we moved back to our old quarters and the infant class enjoyed a more comfortable location. During the year 1874 Mr. Doty was often obliged to be away from home on business and it was decided to have an assistant superintendent and Mr. Daniel Halsey was elected. 87 Mr. Doty finally removed from the city, and at the annual meeting held at Airs. Linsley's residence in May we were at a loss to find anyone who would take the place which he had so ably filled. Mr. John Y. Foster's name being mentioned, a committee was appointed to wait on him that night and invite him to the meeting, and when they returned successful, the request was put to him that- he would fill the vacancy, which he consented to do. For twenty years, with the intermission of but a single year, when he still remained as a teacher of a Bible class, Mr. Foster faithfully stood at our head, endearing himself to teachers and scholars alike, and his labors still bear fruit in our chapel of to-day. During his administration the school entered its most successful period, many of the scholars growing up in the school and some of them entering its ranks as teachers ; many others reaching maturity are to-day living in Christian homes of their own and their children are attending our Sunday school. About 1893 Miss Baldwin resigned and Miss Lavinia Morehouse, who had been associated with her for some time, was elected superintendent of the infant department and is still with us in that capacity. In 1896 Mr. Foster was called from earth and Mr. Oscar E. Day, the assistant, was elected superintendent and occu- pied the position for a number of years and is at the pres- ent time acting as president of the Teachers' Association, the pastor's assistant being superintendent. Mr. Foster had been hopeful, during the latter years of his life, of seeing the chapel work e.xtend to a larger field and often spoke with the teachers of his desire for its future use- fulness. It was at a meeting held in the home of Mr. William Pier- son on Clinton avenue, that it was found that after the then recent purchase of a piano there still remained $9.00 over. It was proposed 'that this be used to start a fund for a new chapel, and on being put to vote, was unanimously carried. Then a society of young girls of the church donated $25.00, and a short time afterwards a class of little girls in the chapel suggested holding a fair. And so the fund grew, first in small amounts and later aided by the generous gifts of those interested in the chapel and its work and the tireless efforts of our pastor Dr. Allen. In the year 1899 a plot of ground was purchased on the corner of South and Dawson streets, and in May, 1900, the laying of the corner stone was witnessed by a large gath- ering. During the latter part of the month of November, 1900, we met at the Mulberry street chapel for the last time and marched in procession to take possession of the new building. Although it was with rejoicing that we felt our hopes of years were realized at last, we could not help a feeling of sadness on turning our backs on the dear old chapel where so many .scenes of joy and sorrow had been experienced; but the Master had called us to a new field and we were ready to go. I remember distinctly that Sunday some years ago, when in company with Mr. Foster we took a walk in the neighbor- hood of the present building and Mr. Foster with prophetic earnestness said, pointing to this spot, "That is where a chapel should stand." And there to-day it stands — a fitting memorial to our for- mer beloved pastor. Dr. Wilson, whose interest in the wel- fare of our school was always so deep ; to Mr. Foster, who heart and soul were devoted to the work ; and to the officers, teachers, and others whose years of patient, willing service helped those under their care to know the Way of Life. 89 ADDRESS. Samuel Beaman. I have been asked to say a few words to-night and I take great pleasure in adding my testimony; not only a pleasure, but a privilege and a duty. I was born and have lived all m)' life in the neighbor- hood of this chapel. I can remember when it was not safe for a woman or even a man to pass through many of these streets even in the daylight. I remember attend- ing a Sunday School anniversarj' about 1868 and was lost coming home on McWhorter street. I met some young men and asked them where South Prospect street was and was repulsed by rough and profane language. Comparing the past with the present, surely there has been a great influence for good from this chapel. The children being in and about the chapel have been taught how God would have them live and they grow up to be use- ful men and women. I know men who were away down in sin, who came in touch with the chapel and were converted and are now living Christian lives. In speaking of men being away down in sin, I am reminded of one of the Thursday night prayer meetings held in the Mulberry Street Chapel. John Y. Foster said: "Did you ever look at a baby in its mother's arms, so innocent and pure, and then look at a man away down in sin and think for a moment that that man was once an innocent baby, and how much easier it is for a man to go away down in sin than it is to be redeemed from sin ?"' Through the Godly influence of the chapel there have been many redeemed, I being one of the many, having had a faithful teacher who labored with me for years. Her labor was not in vain. God only can tell how many lives have been changed, how many souls have been saved, how many homes have been benefitted and hearts made glad. 90 ADDRESS. Roy Anthony. In olden times one noted by the roadside the mile- stones, whose inscriptions told the journey's length from one end, and on the reverse side the distance to the desti- nation. They were counted slowly. To-day the travel- ler on the "Limited Express" scarce heeds the swiftly passing posts which mark the way, nor can he catch the figures, so quickly are they gone. Events which mark the years are caught in the drift of time and soon carried on the swift tide almost beyond the vision's range. To- night we would pause beside the mile-stone with the in- scription of "50." Retrospective are the fancies, and our hearts yearn a bit to hold the vanishing years with all their precious memories. The mile-stones mark the flight of years, but they tell no tale of the way which lies between — they record no story of struggle and triumph ; they tell us not of what has been, and of what might have been. Heart and memory alone hold these. Brave and true, loyal and loving were the workers in these years. They knew the pastor and they knew the needs of men. It was not time and circumstance that were interwoven to make the history of this half century, but Christianity, consecration and personality. The work with its many branches is known. Our Sun- day School, directed by its corps of 38 earnest and efficient ofificers and teachers, has on its roll 325 scholars. Our contributions for missions have been large, we hav- ing sent for many years an annual gift of $100 to the American Sunday School Union to aid the work of the Rev. Mr. Fisher in establishing Sunday Schools in the Western States, and also contributions to the Sunday School work of the Presbyterian Church in that section of the country. The primary department sends yearly $15 to Miss Frances Ufiford, for her work among the 91 mountain whites of North Carolina, and also contributes to the support of Miss Cunningham in China. Our Home Department, organized for the systematic study of the Bible along the lines of the International Sunday School lessons, has a membership of 40, and contributed $70 to the general chapel and mission work last year. In connection with the chapel work we have numerous societies — the Faithful Workers, a young ladies' mis- sionary society, with 28 members; the Junior Faithful Workers, recently organized, composed of the younger girls, 8 members ; the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip, a society of the men of the chapel, meeting Sunday after- noons, having a membership of 16; the Junior Brother- hood, formed of the younger boys, numbering 25 mem- bers. Nor are the social features of our work neglected. The Sunday School has a well-selected library of 800 volumes, to which additions are constantly made ; there is a reading room conducted by the Brotherhood. In the basement we have a gymnasium and a bowling alley, both of which furnish healthful amusement to many per- sons nightly. The former workers one cannot name entire — they and the leaders we can but cherish in memory. Call we the roll, and only silence. Almost all have passed to their rest. Despite the thought of silent lips and hands cold and at rest for- ever, despite the sad thought of loss, we know that the labor of their hearts is secure. Out of the railroad car have grown, through God's help and blessing, church and chapel. From a score there are going forth hundreds, scattered far and near. Mr. Foster, than whom no man braver or more loyal ever was identified with the work, once on a journey to the far south met a man, a man dusky-hued from his African descent. It was at a great exposition, and the man, tall, well-dressed, was in charge of the exhibit of Pullman cars. Approaching Mr. Foster he said, "Aren't you Mr. Foster? When I was a little boy I used to go to Sunday School in the Mulberry 92 Street Chapel, and I shall never forget what- my teacher taught me there." Just one instance of a little lad taught simply of Christ's love. Can we ever measure the work, can we ever know how far it permeated the world's history, or ever enumerate the souls won? It was not perfunctory explanation of the Bible, it was a consecrated personality that marked the history of our church, chapel and reading room. Men were sought, friendless, hopeless, Godless. The touch of a hand in the dark, a comprehending sympathy, an understanding of their dire needs. Our church books record members admitted — they do not show the great number of sinning, friendless ones to whom the story of Christ's love has been the opening of Heaven's gate. Personal consecration, a close touch of hand and heart, have identified the workers of old South Park Church in every department. And the debt is due in great meas- ure to our pastors. They have known men and their needs, and have ever been zealous to win men. Fifty years — half a century — out of the nineteenth into the twentieth with all its promise. The old mile-stones used to read "lo miles to the starting point." Retrospec- tion allures us. We like to scan the way we have traversed, to study the failures and the victories. We catch the glow of happy, successful hours, and we see the shadows that lurk about some of the way. But what inscription bears the stone on the other side? Is there no promise there? For the individual it may be one year to Heaven — it may be more ; for the church collectively, what? Let us pass beyond the mile-stone, and gather our inspiration and incentive from the index pointing Heavenward. Let us gather wisdom from the past, in- spiration from its army of loyal ones, consecration from the Cross. 93 LETTER OF REV. GEORGE W. LLOYD Branchville, N. J., Oct. 27, 1903. Dear Bro. Allen The story of my work in connection with the foimdation of things relating to the South Park Presbyterian Church is soon told, as it lasted only a few months, ending with sick- ness and death in my family and removal to a distant part of the city. I arrived in New York from England, May, 1850, and about two weeks later went to Newark by com- mission of the American Tract Society, to do work of a col- porteur, there for one year, and, seeing that there was room for evangelistic work in the neighborhood of the Chestnut Street R. R. depot, I conferred with several members of the First Presbyterian Church and with their devoted pastor, the late Dr. Stearns, who at once favored the idea and also offer- ed their personal help. This was followed by the timely of- fer by the late John P. Jackson of the waiting room of the Chestnut street depot. He did more than this, for he offered himself as a teacher in the Sunday school. Several other Christian men and women also tendered their services, among whom I remember the names of Messrs. A. S. Hubbell, Joseph N. Tuttle, P. H. Porter and Dr. J. Henry Clark, and a number of ladies of whom I can only recall the names of Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs. Sayre. These not only gave their services but contributed liberally of their money. So the mission was started under the brightest auspices and thenceforward, every Sabbath afternoon, the Sunday school and preaching services following were held. It was not long before the building of a chapel was suggested and a site on Mulberry street selected, and, if I remember rightly, it was built the following year. But before this my connection with the enterprise was providentially brought to a close by my removal to a distant part of the city as before stated. Your telegram to me has called up some very pleasant recollections of the noble band of men and women who aided me in my work in those days. Their Christian characters 94 seemed to me to be absolutely complete. They were not only hearers of the word but doers also. The countenances of some of them have remained vividly in my memory, and the Christ-like life seemed to shine out in every feature. My frequent calls upon them for aid to some necessitous per- son or object was promptly responded to by the open pocket- book, and the production of it was accompanied by a radiant smile that I could never forget. I believe they are all gone home to their reward, and I have no doubt that each one of them has received the Master's welcome, "Well done, good and faithful servant.'' This estimate of their character is not founded on a few months' experience merely, but on a succession of years until the autumn of 1857, when I left Newark to accept the pastorate of the Presbyterian church of the place in which I now live the life of a retired pastor. T sincerely hope and pray that the young people of the South Park Presbyterian Church may all become just such fruitful, shining Christians, their pastor's joy here and his crown of rejoicing at the last great day. Thank you for your kind in- vitation which has just come to hand and which I regret I cannot accept on account of the infirmities of age and the loss of sight. May the Lord bless you in your present fes- tivities and your future church work. Fraternally yours, G. W. LLOYD. IFn fIDemoriam. Inasmuch as God in His inscrutable Providence has taken from us by death, during the past year, three of our Elders, greatly beloved and honored — George W. Howell, F. Wol- coTT Jackson and Charles M. Russell — the members of the South Park Presbyterian Church, in Annual Parish Meeting assembled, would place on record their deep sense of the loss which our Church sustains, and their sincere ap- preciation of the characters and lives of these Godly men. For many vears, through manifold vicissitudes they ren- dered lo\al and faithful service to our Church. By their wise counsel, generous sympathy, fervent faith and earn- est co-operation they were of invaluable assistance in the administration of its spiritual and temporal affairs. Their singularly pure and earnest lives, their love for their Saviour, their convictions of right and duty, and their devotion to our Church and to the Kingdom of God every- where leave behind them as our inheritance inviolate mem- ories and imperishable inspirations. Newark, New Jersey, January i6th, 1905. 97 NAMES OF Members of South Park Presbyterian Church, CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED. Abbreviations- P denotes Received on Profession of Faith C denotes Received on Certificate. MEMBERS AT ORGANIZATION, March 20, 1853- Armstrong, Eliza J. Bailey, Jonathan. Bailey, Abbey. Bradley, Elizabeth A. Brown, Samuel B. Burnet, James H. Burnet, Zilphia M. Caldwell, Mary Ann. Carter, Aaron, Jr. Crane, William A. Crane, Janei T. Ford, Silas. Ford, Susan W. Harris, Walter. Harris, Serena. Harrison, Ira M. Harrison, Mary G. Hastings, Joseph. Hastings, Phebe. Jackson, John P. Jack.son, Elizabeth W. Jackson, Joseph C. Jackson. Hetty. Jackson, Julia H. Johnson, Aaron C. Johnson, Catharine M. Johnson, Matilda. Joline, David C. Joline, Lucetta Kent, Isaac. Kent. Mary W. Lockhart, George. Lockhart, l\Iaria. Lum, Amos. Jr. Luni, Amanda. Magie. Seth W. Magie. Harriet. Marsh, Lewis. Marsh, Ann Rebecca. Mattoon, Charles. Mattoon, Phebe. McDermit, Peter. Pierson, Ralph H. Pierson, Sarah A. 98 Pierson, William. Pierson, Hannah M. Reeves, Ezra. Reeves, Nancy M. Sayre, Ezra M. Sayre, Sarah M. Smith, Samuel P. Smith, Sarah W. Smith, James P. Smith, Philo W. Smith, Amy W. Thatcher, John. Thatcher, Eliza. Trotter, Laura. Tucker. Joseph S. Tucker, Elizabeth Tuttle, Amelia. W. Whitehead, Mary Ann G. MEMBERS RECEIVED SINCE ORGANIZATION. Sarali C. Dillingham May jNlrs. Matilda Gardner Elizabeth Walker May Elizabeth Lum Aug. Mrs. Mary A. S. Darling Peter Jackson Mrs. Elizabeth Tunis Mrs. Joanna Muzzy Ann King Nov. Laura B. Smith Nov. Emily Thomas William Taylor Nov. Mary B. Osborne Dec. Mrs. May Pierson Mrs. Catherine Burnet Elizabeth H. Burnet John A. Johnson Dec. Mary Jane Marsh Feb. Mrs. Margaret H. LeMassena Feb. Susan Wilco.x Elizabeth L. Tichenor Mrs. Phebe Baldwin Andrew LeSlassena Mrs. Antoinette Parkhurst Samuel S. Darling Mrs. Anna R. Wilson Mary E. Wilson Julia A. Pennington May i6, 1853- 18, 2S, 29, I, 4, 17, 24. 1853. 1853. 1853- 1853- C. C. c. c. c. p. c. c. p. p. p. 1853. p. 1853. c. c. c. c. c. p. p. p. c. c. c. c. c. c. c. p. 1853. 1854. i8S4- 19. 1854. 99 Airs. Elizabeth Brown May Mrs. Elizabeth M. Walker James McBoiney June Mrs. Mary E. Grannis Mrs. Elizabeth B. Gruet Mrs. Mary Bond Aug. Mrs. Catherine Lewis David Bond Harriet S. Campfield Aug. Elizabeth U. Campfield Mrs. Elizabeth Beam Henry Solomon Sept. Mrs. Eliza Solomon Mrs. Phebe Dohlbeer Mrs. Maria Louisa Beam Mrs. Maria S. Looker Nov. Samuel Clark, Sr.- Nov. Mrs. Mary N. Clark Thomas Linnett Dec. Geo. D. Schonher , Mrs. Charlotte Wilbur Abbie L. Woodruff Airs. Phebfi Durand Airs. Phebe A. Emerson Dec. Airs. Sarah Traver Feb. Anna J. Traver Abbie H. Traver Anna M. Atchinson .\nthony C. Beam John P. Atchison Airs. Parmelia Atchison Mrs. Elizabeth Alenagh June Airs. Nancy Guerin Stephen Babbitt Airs. AI. Van Winkle June Joel Alead June Mrs. A'lary Ann Alead Julia Pierson Anna G. Wilson Aug, Mrs. Susan J. Dodd Jane E. Le Alassena Aug. Airs. Alary Paul Nov. Airs. Julia A. Tillinghast Airs. Susan E. Scott 29. 1854- C. c. 4. I8S4- c. c. c. 28, i8S4- c. p. c. 31. 1854- c. c. p. 3. 1854. c. c. c. c. 7, 1854- c. 17. 1854- p. c. I, 1854. c. p. c. c. c. 3, 1854. c. 23> 1855. c. c. c. p. c. c. c. 15, 1855- c. c. c. 22. 1855- c. 29. 1855. c. c. p. 25. 1855. c. c. 31. 1855- p. 23, 1855- p. c. c. lOO Maline B. Grossman Nov. 23, 1855. C. Mrs. Sarah A. Grossman " C. Mrs. Alex. Ball Dec. 4, 1855. C. John B. Ackernian " C. Mrs. Eliza Ackerman " G. R. H. Crane • •' C. Mrs. Gharlotte Crane " C. Mrs. Fanny Gannon Dec. 7, 1855. G. Mrs. Amelia P. Ashley " C. Mrs. Rosaline Lyon " C. John Whitehead " G. Hannah Jackson Feb. 15, 1856. P. Theodore J. Brown " P. James A. Arnold " P. Isaac N. Doty Feb. 22, 1856. P. Alex. F. Cobb " G. Mrs. Clara D. Cobb " C. Mrs. Susan E. Dwight " G. Humphrey R. Fuller " C. Mrs. Isabella M. Fuller " G. J. Emmons Ball " C. Mrs. Eliza Ball " C. John Young " , C. Mrs. Catherine Young " C. Mrs. Susan E. Dwight " C. Mrs. Susan C. Thomas " C. Mrs. Mary E. Arnold Feb. 29, 1856. C. Silas Halsey " G. Mrs. Frances S. Halsey " C. Mrs. Mary Ann Bruen " C. Mrs. Harriet N. Zabeler " C. Mrs. James L. Halsey " G. Mrs. Margaret W. Schmidt " P. Archibald Parkhurst May 16, 1856. G. Mrs. Phebe O. Parkhurst " C. Edwin R. Dillingham May 23. 1856. G. Mrs. Susan S. Dillingham " G. Mary P. Connett " P. Mrs. Jemima H. Achor May 30, 1856. C. Sidney Gill Aug. 30, i8,s6. C. Emily Gill " G. Margaretta P. Wilson " C. William Morehouse Sept. 6, 1856. C. Mrs. May Emily Morehouse " C. lOI David B. Alorehoiise Nov. Elizabeth L. Gregory Nov. M. C. DeB. Prince Lydia A. Doty Dec. Elizabeth H. Marsh Mrs. Ann McKechney Mrs. Agnes P. Mitchell Theodore Giles Feb. Mrs. Theodosia Giles Mrs. S. Ann Morehouse Mrs. E. F. Beardsley Nehemiah Perry Feb. Mrs. Emetine N. Perry Clara E. Perry Mrs. Rebecca Ward Mrs. Celia Doty Rodney At. Wilbur Rebecca Bates May Albert L. Giese Mrs. Catherine Whitehead June F. J. Ilsley Harriet Woolly Mrs. Helen Burton Mrs. Ann Renard Sept. George Barnes Ellen A. George J. A. Halleck Nov. Mary L. Halleck Mrs. Francis Young Stephen B. Young Mrs. Sara Ann Perry Nov. Asa Whitehead Dec. Mary H. Gill Dec. Addison W. Woodhull Feb. F. Wolcott Jackson Leonard P. Brown .Alex. T. Looker Wm. iM. Berry Andrew LeMassena, Jr Martin L. Lum Isabella Van Winkle Joel Harrison Feb. Phebe J. Harrison Mrs. Eunice Tichenor 21, 1856. C. 28, 1856. c. c. 5, 1856. p. p. c. c. 20, 1857- p. p. p. p. it I8S7- c. c. c. c. c. p. 29. 1857. p. p. s. 1857. p. c. c. c. 4. 1857. c. c. c. 20, 1857- c. c. c. c. 27. 1857. p. 4. 1857. p. 6. 1857. c. 19. (1 (1 11 l( 18.58. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. 26, 1858. c. c. p. I02 Mrs. Anna Maria Hyde Feb. 26, 1858. P. Anna Hyde " P. Mrs. Henrietta C. Harford " P, Louisa Baldwin " P. Ann E. Shooner " P. Mrs. Caroline Worne ' " P. Job. B. Brown " P. Eliza O. Johnson " P. Harriet W. Johnson " P. Susan S. Johnson " P. L. Eveline Lum " P. Abraham Baldwin " C. Sarah Baldwin " C. Helen R. Bonnell Mar. 5, 1858. C. James H. Winans " C. Mrs. Jane E. Winans " C. Mrs. Matilda M. Mattn.x " C. Airs. Fannie Fielding " C. Mrs. C. Black Fielding " C. Mrs. Harriet W. Ward " C. Eliza B. Brown " P. Sarah E. Harrison " P. I.avinia P. Lum " P. Huntington W. Freeman " P. John P. Jackson, Jr " P. Mrs. Rosanna M. Russell " P. Cynthia Strawn " P. Miss Worne " P. Silas B. Condit May 14, 1858. C. Mrs. Mary Condit " C. Jane E. Cantield " P. Nathan P. Canfield " P. John M. Baldwin " P. John Bryson " P. Robert R. Atchison " P. Joseph W. Mead " P. Mrs. Cornelia M. Foster May 21, 1858. C. Mary E. Thompson " C. Nannie J. Nye '" P. Alice B. Condit •' P. John Y. Foster " P. Mrs. Kate M. Giese " P. Mrs. Martha H. Thomson " P. Susan A. Ford " P. 103 Frederick Fielding May 21, Frances B. Fielding Mary E. Mead ' Mrs. Eliza B. Voorhees May 28, Amanda Riker Julia Curtis Ann Maria Curtis Mary E. Jeffries Matilda W. Baldwin Mrs. Fanny H. Ward M. P. Camfield Charlotte Ford Conrad IM. Teese Arthur B. Clark David H. Simpson Sarah I. Burdick Mrs. Hannah Ward June Henry C. Dodd Mrs. Sarah E. Dodd Mrs. Christine G. Brown Mrs. Mary F. Nye Caroline Mead Mrs. Eliza B. Voorhees Mary Tillinghast Mary Meeker Mrs. Lucy D. Conklin Mrs. Elizabeth Conklin David A. Ball, Jr Aug. Maria B. Ball : Edward L. Hamilton Mary C. Lum Samuel Clark. Jr Sept. George W. Howell Mrs. Lizzie W. Howell Mrs. M. L. Warren George S. Taylor Sept. Josephine Taylor " Mrs. Mary M. Crane Nov. 19, Nehemiah Perry, Jr Dec. 4, Mrs. Eliza Kane Nathaniel Cary Mrs. Matilda Cary Matilda Cary Theodore Coughlin 1858. P. P. P. 1858. C. c. c. c. P. p. P. p. p. p. p. p. p 1858. c. c. c. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. c. c. c. p. p. p. p. p. c. c. c. p. 27, 1858. 3, 1858. 30. 1858. 1858. 1858. I04 INlaria D. Stevens Feb. Luther G. Thomas Obadiah Woodruff Feb. Sarah F. Perry Mar. Isaiah Beam Mrs. Emma Beam Philip Ostrander Mar. Mrs. Emeline Ostrander Mrs. Maria Ostrander Mary Ostrander Mrs. Ann Walker May Mary A. Gardner James E. Harrison Emma Peters June Charlotte M. Kitchell Francis N. Torrey l\Irs. Julia M. Torrey John J. Ogden Mrs. Louisa V. Ogden William M. Blake Jilrs. Rebecca A. Blake James H, Hitchcock Mrs. Julia A. Hitchcock Benjamin Thomas Mrs. Mary Conger Robert C. Ribbans Mrs. Louise Colton Emma Colton Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson Mrs. Mary E. Pierson Mrs. Van Winkle Sept. Isabella Van Winkle Caroline Wilbur Sept. Almira Parkhurst James M. Thompson Mrs. Sarah A. Thompson Dec. Mrs. Harriet Thompson Mrs. Emma F. E. Woodhull Mrs. Martha Henry Dec. Mrs. Sarah C. Smith Feb. .\aron Baldwin Mar. Elizabeth Baldwin Jonathan Pierson Mar. Mrs. Hannah G. M. Johnson June 1 8, i859- C P 25, i859- P 4. i8S9. P c c 6, 1859. c c c c 27, 1859- p p p 3. 1859. p p p p p p c c c c p c c c c c c 9. i8S9- c c 1 6, 1859. p p c 2, 1859- p c c 8, 1859. p 24. i860. p 2, i860. c c 4. i860. c I, i860. c 105 Charles B. Smith June i, i860. P. Mrs. Hannah Trawcr " P. Samuel L. Perry " P. Samuel Murdock " C. Mrs. Phebe Wilson Sept. 14, i860. C. Louisa Conselyea " C. Caleb H. Ely Sept. 26, i860. C. Mrs. Sharline Ely " C. Frances E. Ely " C. Julia R, Ely " C. Emma A. Ely. " C. Amos Lum " C. Tilrs. Amos I.um " C. Eveline Lum " C. Lavinia Lum " C. r^lartin L. Lum " C. Mrs. Harriet McLaury Lee. 6, i860. C. IMrs. Lucy N. Rigelow Feb. 22, 1861. C. JMary Cornelia Brown " P. Mrs. Eliza E. Harrison Mar. i, 1861. P. Cornelia Bonnell " C. Isabel M. Randolph " C. Ada Lum " P. Aaron M. King May 31, 1861. C. Mrs. Emily G. King " C. Mrs. Sally W. Smith " P. Henry A. ParUhurst Sept. 6. 1861. P. Mrs. Sarah Adams " C. Margaret S. Ryerson Nov. 15. 1861. C. Stephen H. Wheeler Nov. 22, 1861. C. Mrs. Mary A. Wheeler " C. C. A. Randolph Nov. 29, 1861. C. Mrs. Emily Randolph " C. Everet B. Staats " C. Mrs. Margaret E. Staats " C. Samuel Crump Feb. 14, 1862. C. Mary Johnson " P. Isabella McKechney " P. Mary Lucette Grannis Feb. 28, 1862. P. Simeon Pierson " p. Samuel H. Tory May 30, 1862. P. Elizabeth Baldwin June 5, 1862. P. Joseph D. Doty " C. Mrs. ^fldie R. S. Doty " C. io6 ■ Huntington W. Jackson June Mrs. Mary M ;Martin Sept. Robert Heath Mrs. Sarah Heath Ann Eliza Heath Jane N. Clark Mrs. j\Iary A. Ryerson Georgia .'Vckerman S. A. Filter Mrs. Sarah A. Breath Nov. Mrs. Emily H. Connett Mrs. Anna E. Smith Dec. Mrs. Elizabeth Ward Eliza A. Goes Lizzie Reeves Anna Breath Feb. Lavinia Morehouse Edwin Riker May Mrs. Matilda Riker Mrs. Hannah R. Black Oct. Tmogene M. Randolph Dec. Julia Randolph Mrs. Delia E. Streit Philo W. Smith Mrs. Sarah G. Smith Fannie Alvord Feb. Mrs. Sarah E. Elston Mar. Fannie Thatcher Mrs. Gatherine Alvord Mrs. Jane L. Swain Anna M. Swain Ellis Bonnell Mrs. Gharlotte Bonnell Mrs. Joanna Northrop Jane E. Northrop Mrs. Catherine Woodland Randolph De Gamp April Mrs. Henrietta De Camp Elizabeth De Gamp Wm. B. Parkhurst May James Honeyman E. Pearson ]\Joore Louisa Hastings Henry Baird 5. 1862. p. 12, 1862. p. c. c. c. p. c. p c. 28, 1862. c. c. 5, 1862. G. G. G. P. 20, 186,3. P. P. 29, 1863. G. G. 2. 186.1. G. 4, tl it 1863. P. P c c. c. 26, 1864. P. 4. 1864. P. P. c. c. c. (( ft tl ft c. c. c. c. G. 21, 1864. C C G. 6. 1864. P P. St it P. P. P. I07 Mrs. Ann Baird May 1.3, 1864. P. Wm. Clinton King " P- Mrs. Mary A. King " P. Jcnnette De Camp " P. i-luldah N. Clark " P. Jennie Smith " P. Juliette Smith " P. John W. Smith " P. Mrs. Mary D. Harrison " P. j\hiy T. Harrison May 19. 1864. P. Anna C. Harrison " P. Kate Holloway Smith " P. Bessie P. Bonnell " P. Hannah B. Bonnell ■' P. Hattie E. Thatcher " P. George B. Cobb " P. Edward P. Reeves " P. J. Harvey Day " P. William V. Brokaw May 19, 1S64. C. Mrs. Elizabeth P. Brokavif " C. Julia N. Plnghes May 27, 1864. P. Fannie O. Meeker " P. Mrs. Mary H. Whitehead " P. William Jenkins " C. Mrs. Sally Jenkins " ' C. Isabella .-X. l.uni " P. Mrs. Susan E Winans " C. William J. Gardner " P. i\lrs. Henrietta F. Thatcher " C. Charles Yonn.g, Jr May 31 , 1S64. P. Sarah G. Lyon June 3. 1S64. P. Helen C. Duy - P. Laura Price " P. Eliza K. Ryerson " P. Mrs. Sarah Sandford " P. John J. Quackenbush Sept. 9, 1S64. P. ^Irs. Helena Quackenbush " P. .Ann W. West " C. Lizzie P. Tucker Sept. 16, 1864. P. Martha Johnson " P. Joseph B. Pierson " P. Klla Cordelia Soloman " P. Orine C. Benjamin " P. Mrs. Catlierine M. Benjamin " P. io8 William M. Blake Sept. Mrs. Rebecca B. Blake James Charters Mrs. Francis E. Charters A. E. Ballard Nov. Mrs. Louisa Ballard Milo Hine Nov. Mrs. Mary C. Hine Charles Ribbans Mrs. Anne E. Howe Dec. Sarah A. Gill Amelia C. Noyes Mrs. Emma Bond Mar. Jeanie Baird May Mrs. Mary De Camp May William R. Freeman Mrs. Mary A. D. Freeman Alfred E. .-Mien June Mrs. Louisa Allen Mrs. Catherine Stevenson Mrs. Mary Ann Dunham Mrs. Harriet Young Horatio N. Peters June Joseph C. Young Elizabeth H. Magie Mrs. Elizabeth D. Pierson Henrietta .\. Ackley Mrs. Susan Virtue Sept. Matthew Mann Sept. Richard Cudebeck Dec. Mrs. Margaret E. Cudebeck Mrs. Catherine Lindsley Anthony C. Beam Mrs. Elizabeth Beam Rebecca L. Beam >,Irs. Francis Simpson Mrs. Louisa Allen Feb. Abraham P. Buckbee Mrs. Cornelia F. Blauvelt George S. Clapp Feb. Delia Henry Mrs. Sarah J. W. Baker Mar. Mrs. Ann W. Baker Mar. i6, 1864. P P P P 19, 1864. C C 26, 1864. c c P 2, 1864. c c c 3, 1865, p 19, 1865. p 26, 1865. c c c 2, 1865. c c c c c 4, it 1865. p c c c c 15, 1865. p 29. 1865. c I. 1865. c c c. c c. c. c 16, 1866. p p c 23. 1866. p. p. 2, 1866. c. 25. 1866. c. 109 Mrs. Margaret Halsey May 2, 1866. C Julia S. Halsey " C. Clinton De Camp " C. Mrs. Lydia De Camp " C. Cornelia De Camp ••■•_> " C. Ella F. De Camp " C. Laura F. De Camp " C. Electa De Camp " C. Marietta King " P. Edward M. Corwin " P. Mrs. Rachel M. Sweezey April 14, 1866. P. Walter Stewart " P. Mrs. .A.nnie Stewart " P. Sarah A. Baldwin " P. Mrs. Catherine Stewart " C. Ida Stewart " C. Mrs. Catherine A. Lyon • " C. Mrs. Hannah M. Vinson May 18, 1866. P. Charles Newton Hine " P. Benton K. Hine " P. Randolph D. De Camp " C. Mrs. Randolph D. De Camp " C. Elizabeth De Camp " C. Jeanette De Camp " C. Mrs. Mary E. Whitehead May 25, 1866. C. Rev. Josiah J. Brown " C. Pauline Christie June 7, 1866. C. Alex. L. Runyon " C. Mrs. Lydia A. Runyon " C. Nora Runyon " C. Mary F. Runyon " C. Mrs. Mary C. Jacobus " C. Marj' C. Jacobus '' C. Mrs. Anna M. Smith " C. Anna M. Smith " P. Carrie Smith " P. Alex. Underwood " C. Mrs. Julia B. Underwood " C. Amos Lum, Jr Sept. 28, 1866. C. Mrs. Amanda Lum " C. Mrs. Addie Squire " C. Martin L. Lum " C. Eveline Lum " C Samuel Baldwin no Mrs. Sylvia A. Baldwin Sept. 28. 1866. C. Asa W. Taylor Oct. s, 1866. C. Mrs. J. F. Taylor " C. Mrs. Hannah B. Henderson " C. Adeline Hazen , Nov. 23. 1866. C. Mrs. Sarah Jerolemon " P. Mrs. Mary E. Streib Nov. 30, 1866. P. Mrs. Emily Wilson " P. Allen N. Leet " C. Mrs. Isabella S. Leet " C. William Plattner " C. Mrs. Emily C. Plattner '* C. Addie Plattner " C. Mary F. Plattner " C. William A. Howell " C. Mrs. Lucetta Howell " C. William H. Klapp Feb. 15. 1867. C. Mrs. Fanny B. Woodruff Feb. 22, 1867. C. Wilson H. Woodruff ■' C. Kate B. Woodruff " C. J. Bently Squire Mar. 1. 1867. P. James Warren " C. Mrs. Mary N. B. Warren " C. David Barnet " P. Mrs. Henrietta Barnet " P. Peter E. Lennox " P. .Mrs. Mary Lennox " P. Whitefield D"e Camp May 17, 1867. P. William H. Elston " P. .\nna Jacques " P. Stephen B. Young " C. Mrs. Mary P. Young " C. Heber Hughes May 24, 1867. P. Mrs. Martha Tucker " C. Edwin Harrison " C. Mrs. Sarah F. Harrison " C. S. Henry Crane " C. Mrs. Fannie W. E. Clapp May 31. 1867. P. Mrs. Caroline Hallock " C. Mrs. J. Irene Crane " C. Mary E. Tucker " C. William Russell " C. Nellie Russell " C. Willie Russell " C. Ill Mrs. Mary J. Swain May Charles A. Gould Mrs. May A. Gould Mary H. Earle Oct. Mrs. Phebe J. Grymes Halsey C. Camfield Joseph C. Young James Lindsley Nov. Charles N. Riker Nov. Mrs. Lizzie V. S. Ball Nov. Mrs. Susan E. Thompson Reuben M. Sutphen Mrs. Virginia Sutphen Theron Y. Sutphen Ella V. Sutphen .Mrs. Josephine O. Dalrymple Feb. E. M. Fitzgerald Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald Mary Rushton May Charlotte Zimmerman Emma J. Tuttle 1 .ewis Harris June .\nna Reeves Theodore F. Johnson Mrs. Anna V. Johnson Mrs. Joanna Hughes Mrs. Vail Sept. Joseph Aleredith Hattie Campfield Oct. Mrs. Caroline M. Titus Mrs. Mary Smith Cordelia O. Ross H. M. Bruce Nov. Mrs. H. M. Bruce Thomns Darlington Dec. Mrs. Hannah Darlington Mrs. Matilda Brown Mrs. Emily Perry, Jr Mrs. Abbie Smith Mrs. Abbie Earle Elihu B, Baker Augustus T. Gillette Mrs. Aletta Gillette John E. Somerset Feb. 31. 1867. C C c 4- 1867. c c p p 15, 1867. c 22, 1867. c 29, 1867. c c c " c p p 28, 1868. c c c 29. 1868. p p c 5. 1868. p p c c c 25. 1 868. p p •''■ T868, p c p. c. 20. 1868. c c. 4. 1868. c c p. p. p. p. p. p. p IQ, 1869. c II. Mrs. Henrietta Thatcher Feb. iVIrs. Eliza Somerset Joseph M. Ritner Feb. Mrs. Mary E. Hiitman Louise G. King ilar. Mrs. Annie Reynolds Ritner George B. Thompson Mrs. Harriet Thompson Sylvester T. Conant Mar. Mrs. Sylvester T. Conant Mrs. Susan C. Manderville May Virginia C. Manderville Ophelia Smith Schuyler B. Jackson June Mrs. Jeanie R. Thomas E. Livingston Hamilton June Mrs. Mary C. Hamilton Mrs. Margaret McKirgan Sept. Samuel Wilhelm Oct. Stewart H. Kelley Nov. Mrs. Martin C. Kelley Edward M. Pierson Dec. Mrs. Helen E. Pierson Allen N. Leet Mrs. Isabella Leet Monroe Porter Mrs. Caroline W. Porter Robert G. Tobey Mrs. Olive E. Tobey Mrs. Eleanor C. Goble Feb. Mrs. Martha Streit David P. Parkhurst John Soden Feb. Mrs. Ann Soden Thomas V. Johnson Mrs. Ale.xina Johnson Robert C. Ryerson Mrs. Kate Ryerson Mrs. Elizabeth Lee Conant James Reeves June Thomas Freeman John Earle Sept. Oscar E. Day 19. 1869. C c. 26, 1869. p. c 5. 1869. p c c " c 21, 1869. c c 28, 1869. c c it p 4. 1869. p c 6. T869. c c 24. 1869. c I. 1869. p 26, 1869. -P c 3, 1869. c c c c c c c c 18, 1870. c c p 25. 1870. c c c c c c c 3, 1870. p c 23, 1870. p "3 William Picrson Sept. .?o, 1870. P. Jacob K. Meade " C. iMrs. Julia Clarke Littell " C. Mrs. Catherine Remsen " C. William Pfyfe " C. Mrs. Anna Pfyfe " C. Anna Pfyfe " C. Mary Pfyfe " C. Isabella Pfyfe " C. Lillian Pfyfe • " C. Vincent M. Wright Nov. 25, 1870. C. Mrs. Kate Wright " C. Mrs. Sarah Meeker " C. John Brisbin Dec. 2, 1870. P. Mrs. Adelia Brisbin " i'. Mrs. Lavinia Rowland Feb. 24, 1871. P. Mrs. Phebe L. LeMassena " P. Theodore Le Massena " P. Mrs. Lillian Le Massena " P. Joanna L. Crane "' P. William E. Crane " P. Phebe C. Crane " P. Mrs. Meta Abeel Mar. 3. 1871. P. James H. Darlington < " P. Kate Wild '• P. Clara Sabine " P. Daniel Halsey " C. Mrs. Annie E. Halsey " C. William R. Weeks . ". " C. -Mrs. Irene L. Weeks " C. Mrs. Margaret Bless " C Mrs. Margaret Williams " C. May L. Norton June 2, 1871. P. Lizzie Slate " P. Isaac Kent June 3, 1871. C. Mrs. Mary Kent " C. Carrie Kent " C. Mrs. Lucy .\. Gray " C. Emma E. Gray " C. Mary L. Scott Sept. 22, 1871. P. Elizabeth F. Disbrow Sept. 29, 1871. C. George D. Whitehead " P. Mrs. .\manda C. Darling Nov. 17, 1871. C. 114 James C. Darling Dec. i, 1871. C. Mrs. Martha Darling " C. Hannah W. Woodhull " C. Peter J. Smith Feb. i. 1872. C. Mrs. Peter J. Smith '" C. Mrs. Mary A. 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