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TWO BLOCKS BELOW BOROUGH HALL Special Inducements for the Holidays NO BRANCH STUDIO Established 1860 Telephone Connection "THE FIRM WHO BUILT OUR ORGAN" REUBEN MIDMER & SON BUILDERS OF CHURCH and CHAPEL ORGANS Electric and Tubular Pneumatic Organs GERMANIA SAVINGS BANK BUILDING 375-379 FULTOX STREET BROOKLYN— NEW YORK The following pages deal with the John Street Methodist Society prior and up to the time of the dedication of the Chapel (known in that period as Wesley Chapel) which occurred on October 30, 1768. From the first word to the last the view is taken that Philip Embury and the members of his Class, whose names are given, and who arrived together in New York, August 10, 1760, were Methodists of the Church of England, as were practically all the Methodists in England and Ireland prior to that period and for many years later. And that the Methodist activities of these persons, and of others who later participated in their Methodist fellowship, were consciously and purposely directed with respect to their relation to the Church of England, in accord with Mr. Wesley's interpretation of that relation. In a surviving document relating to these persons, dated February 1, 1763, it will appear in the following pages that over their own signatures they affirmed that they were "all of the Established Church of England." In another surviving document, written in 1767, an imprint of which appears on one of the following pages, these persons affirmed, respecting their Methodist activities, that they were "under the direction of the Rev. John Wesley." Based on these surviving documentary affirmations, supported and illus- trated by many corroborating circumstantial facts, some of which are cited in the following pages, it is believed that the inferences deduced therefrom are fully warranted. If it be true of the early days, covered by the following pages, that Metho- dism in one or two places took on an independent and sectarian form it was not true of New York. Nor was it true of a majority of other places. Therefore, any manner of historic approach proceeding on the assumption that early Metho- dism in New York was a movement outside and independent of the Church of England is untrue to the facts and, consequently, leads to false inferences respect- ing the conscious motives, attitudes and aims of the persons concerned therein. PRESENT CHURCH John Street Trust Fund Society's building to the left F. W. DEVOE & C. T. RAYNOLDS CO. 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Edoerton, Secretary ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS Two Sundays SEVEN DAYS SESQ UI- CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION SERVICES Five Week-Days OF THE 01* 3 ofm Street Jttettjobtet Cptecopal Cfjurcf) NEW YORK (First Methodist Society in America) 1766-1916 TO BEGIN SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29th, 1916 Sermons and Fraternal Addresses by the Following Distinguished Persons Bishop Samuel D wight Chown, Canada Bishop David H. Greer, New York Bishop Luther B. Wilson, New York Bishop Eugene R. Hendrix, Kansas City Bishop Earl Cranston, Washington, D. C. Bishop John W. Hamilton, Washington, D. C Bishop William F. McDowell, Washington, D. C. Rev. S. Parkes Cadman, D.D., Brooklyn Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis, D.D., Brooklyn Rev. William V. Kelley, D.D., New York Rev. David G. Downey, D.D., New York. Rev. David James Burrell, D. D., New York. Rev. F. Watson Hannan, D. D., Madison, New Jersey. Dr. Henry K. Carroll, Washington, D. C. In filial and greatful recognition of the material claims of this Mother Church you are most cordially invited and urged to personally participate in her Sesqui- Centennial Celebration. She wishes your presence, the pleasure of your recog- nition, the gratification of your veneration and she, in return, pledges you her benediction. She awaits your coming. It will occur to you that during the past one hundred and fifty years five gener- ations of the descendants of this Mother Church have "crossed the flood," and that by your attendance you will be permitted the joy of standing in their invisi- ble presence as you join the congregation in singing, The occasion ought to be, and will be, one of joyous acclaim, renewals of loyalty, and happy memory! All persons receiving this Program are kindly requested to make known to others its contents and extend to them the above invitation. Rev. Lewis R. Streeter, D.D., Pastor. INVITATION Faith of our fathers! Holy faith! 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Original lamps electrically fitted, special pottery, Chinese, Hawthorn, and other rare bases, with shades especially made in color to harmonize. Tea carts, book ends, clocks, smoking stands, magazine stands, ferneries, safe cabinets, pottery, mirrors, bud vases, trays. Choicest and best selected display of Christmas cards, boxes, calen- dars and novelties. The Store of Service" OLIVER A. OLSON COMPANY Broadway at 79th Street NEW YORK BE SURE IT IS A "LE BIHAN" Umbrellas for Xmas Gifts, in wonderful variety Folding Umbrellas Walking-Sticks Le Bihan, Inc. 178 Fulton St., bet. Broadway and Church St. BRANCH: HUDSON TERMINAL BUILDING, FULTON ST. ENTRANCE Regular i>ours; of H>erutce* CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL SUNDAY MORNING, 11:00 MORNING, 9:30 SUNDAY EVENING, 8:00 EPWORTH LEAGUE WEDNESDAY EVENING, 8 :00 SUNDAY EVENING, 7:00 Philip Embury Class Meeting Sunday Morning, 9:30. John Street Business Men's Noon-day Prayer Meeting From 12 to 1 Every Week-day, Excepting Legal Holidays. H>peauerg Cngageti for tfje i§>es;(jut= Centennial H>erutces: It should be noted as an impressive exhibit that five of the speakers announced conspicuously represent other Communions. This fraternal and beautiful recognition of the Sesqui-Centennial of American Methodism's Mother Church significantly betokens a growing spirit of Christian unity, regardless of denomi- national distinctions. ASSOCIATE SUPPORTERS OF THE MOTHER CHURCH All persons not members of John Street Church who subscribe one dollar or more per year are enrolled as "Associate Supporters of the Mother Church." These subscriptions when paid are duly acknowledged by the Pastor or the Financial Secretary. DEPENDABLE MERCHANDISE AT NUTTING'S CORNER Quality, rather than price, should govern your choice this season. The advance in the cost of all kinds of wearing apparel behooves the prudent buyer to depend on the reliability of the store he patronizes. For 37 years we have enjoyed the confidence of the people of Brooklyn. Are YOU a customer of ours? Clothiers for Men, Young Men and Boys, Women and Misses FULTON AND SMITH STREETS, BROOKLYN A. J. NUTTING & CO., Inc. HAMILTON TRUST COMPANY 189 and 191 MONTAGUE STREET CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND PROFITS, $1,616,000 Allows Interest on Accounts Subject to Check SPECIAL RATES ON TIME DEPOSITS Acts as Executor and Trustee OFFICERS Willard E. Edmister, President William Berri, 1st Vice-Pres. Walter C. Humstone, 2d Vice-Pres. Geo. Hadden, 3d Vice-Pres. and Sec. Robert S. Girling, Asst. Sec. Joseph C. Hecker, Jr., Asst. Sec. BOARD OF TRUSTEES John C. McGuire Henry N. Whitney John R. Hegeman John N. Partridge Ezra D. Bushnell William Berri Charles Cooper Walter C. Humstone David F. Butcher Frederick H. Pouch Eversley Childs Frederick H. Ecker Willard E. Edmister Julius B. Davenport Frank Sullivan Smith George Hadden Charles E. Keator John Anderson Edwin A. Ames Frederick H. Webster Daniel J. Creem H. C. Folger Charles J. McDermott is>e$(jtit= Centennial Celebration £>erbtce* program SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 29TH 9:30-LOVE FEAST Conducted by Rev. Charles R. Barnes, D.D. 1 his honored Minister is a Veteran of the Newark Conference, and in his youth was a member of the John Street Sunday School. On Anniversary Sunday, the Love Feast takes the place of the John Street Sunday Morning Philip Embury Class-Meeting, the oldest Class-Meeting in America. Present Leader, Charles H. Applegate. 10:45-Preaching Service. Prayer by Rev. Arthur B. Sanford, D.D., a former Pastor. SERMON By Bishop Samuel Dwight Chown, General Superintendent of the Methodist Church in Canada. Bishop Chown's high office gives him a large place in the great Dominion within which he exercises its functions. Since the war began the Military Department of the Canadian Government con- ferred upon him the honorary status of a Colonel of his Majesty's forces in Canada. He has two sons in the Canadian armies at the front. It may be expected his addresses will reflect something of the tragic experiences through which the Canadian people are passing, incident to their part in the great war. It may also be observed that the participation of Bishop Chown in the John Street Sesqui-Centennial Services is particularly opportune, for the reason that several of the first members of the John Street Society later removed to Canada, where they joined others in originating Methodist Societies in that territory of the New World. N. B. For a charge of twenty-five cents per meal, the Ladies' Aid Society of John Street Church will serve luncheon and supper in the lecture room to all who wish to remain for the afternoon and evening services of Sunday, October the 29th. PHONE 4692 BRYANT "CARPETS CLEANED CLEAN" JORDAN'S NEW YORK CARPET CLEANING WORKS 437-439 West 45th Street Rug Cleansing and Repairing OLDEST— LARGEST— MOST MODERN Blended and Roasted By PRIVATE ESTATE COFFEE CO. 21-25 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK CITY ^esqut= Centennial Celebration ^>erbices program -conttnueb SUNDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBER 29TH PLATFORM MEETING. 3:00— James W. Pearsall, Esq., Presiding, President John Street Boark of Trustees. Prayer by Allan MacRossie, District Superintendent, New York District. ADDRESSES The Contribution of Methodism To Church Unity— Rev. S. Parkes Cad- man, D.D., Pastor Central Congregational Church, Brooklyn. Fraternal Greetings — Bishop David H. Greer, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese, New York. Greetings From Canadian Methodism — Bishop Samuel Dwight Chown, General Superintendent of the Methodist Church in Canada. Response — Rev. William V. Kelley, D.D., New York, Editor Methodist Review. SUNDAY EVENING OCTOBER 29TH 6:45 — Prayer and Testimony Service Conducted by James S. Coward, Esq., — For many years an honored member of the John Street Board of Trustees. 8:00 — Preaching Service Prayer by Rev. Wilbert C. Blakeman, D.D., a former Pastor. SERMON By Bishop Samuel Dwight Chown Delegations From the Epworth League Chapters of Greater New York are especially invited to both of the evening services. WEEK DAY CELEBRATION SERVICES OCTOBER 30TH TO NOVEMBER 3RD To be held in the Auditorium of the Church Leader of singing at the Week-Day Services, Rev. William H. Hoople, D.D. Monday, Oct. 30, 1 P.M. Sermon — F. Watson Hannan, D.D. Subject: What is Wrong with the World? Tuesday, Oct. 31, 1 P. M., Address — Rev. David James Burrell, Pastor Mar- ble Collegiate Church, New York, Subject: The Old Gospel, According to Charles Wesley, the Epworth Poet and Singer. Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1 P. M. Address — Rev. S. Parkes Cadman, D.D., Subject: John Wesley, An Apostle of the Eighteenth Century. Thursday, Nov. 2, 1 P. M. Sermon — Bishop William F. McDowell, Resident Bishop, Washington, D. C. Friday, Nov. 3, 1 P. M., Address— Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis, D.D., Pastor Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, Subject: What is the Matter with the United States ? H. J. BRIDGER C. H. WILLIAMS, Successor Diamonds, Watches and Fine Jewelry Expert Watch and Jezvelry Repairing 472 FULTON STREET Cor. Elm Place. Over Loft's Candy Store Third Floor, Take Elevator Phone Main 4326 BROOKLYN, N. Y. The Peoples Trust Company Incorporated 1899 181-183 MONTAGUE STREET, BROOKLYN BRANCHES AT NOSTRAND AVENUE, CORNER HERKIMER STREET CLINTON AVENUE, CORNER MYRTLE AVENUE FIFTH AVENUE, CORNER FIFTY-FOURTH STREET 43 FLATBUSH AVENUE, NEAR FULTON STREET CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $2,600,000.00 Member of the New York Clearing House To serve depositors well is the aim of this institution. Your needs w*ill be met promptly and accurately, and every service in keeping with sound banking will be promptly and courteously rendered. Transact your banking either at our main office or at any of our four branches. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS g>e£cjut= Centennial Celebration £>erbtce£ program -conttnueb SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH MORNING 9:30 — Philip Embury Class Meeting 9:45— Sunday School Session. 10:45 — Preaching Service. Prayer by Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell. SERMON By Bishop Eugene R. Hendrix, Kansas City, Senior Bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church, South. SUNDAY AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 5TH 3:00,— Unification Service. Bishop Luther E. Wilson, Resident Bishop, New York, Presiding. Subject: Proposed Unification of the American Methodist Bodies. Introductory Address — Bishop Luther B. Wilson. Unification Address — Bishop Eugene R. Hendrix. Response — Bishop Earl Cranston. Response — Bishop John W. Hamilton. The Future of Old John Street— Rev. David G. Downey, D.D., Book Editor, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. BUSINESS MEN'S NOON-DAY MEETING In the matter of its every-day-in-the-year service for the Kingdom, John Street Church is almost in a class by itself. For more than thirty years every week- day in the year, excepting legal holidays, a noon-day service has been held in the lecture-room of the church. The attendance not unfrequently crowds the lecture room to its capacity, and the record of the good resulting from this Meeting would make up a story of fascinating interest. ROOFS REPAIRED AND KEPT SO BY THE YEAR UNDER GUARANTEE TIN ROOFS REPAIRED AND PAINTED Slate, Tile. Plastic Slate and Gravel Roofs Repaired When Condition Will Justify LEADERS, GUTTERS. SKYLIGHTS REPAIRED OR REPLACED Fire Escapes and Iron Work Cleaned and Painted We have roofs under our guarantee in Jersey City^ Mt. Vernon, Far Rockaway, Staten Island SKILLED LABOR AVERAGE PRICES ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED NEW YORK ROOF REPAIRING CO. ESTABLISHED 1899 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK CITY L. C. BROWN. Manager Telephone: JOHN 3151 Richard J. Delaney UNDERTAKER Oilice, 69 8th Ave., New York Near 14th Street Phones, Chelsea 3240, 3241 Calls Attended to at Any Distance by Automobile. First Class Funeral Parlors Origin of ftfje f ofm Street Jttetfjotrtet g>octetj>, Jleto #orfc This historic society, known as the First Methodist Society in America, had its beginnings in the evangelistic activities of a group of twelve Irish Metho- dists, who embarked from Limerick together and arrived in New York, August 10, 1760. In their native village, Ballingran, Ireland, they had been united in the fellowship of a Methodist Class, and in the same and adjoining villages, they had several times heard Mr. Wesley preach. One of their number, Philip Embury, was their class leader, who also had been licensed by Mr. Wesley as a lay preacher, and for six years had exercised his preaching gifts in his native land. Though Methodists, they were, according to documentary testimony given by them three years after their arrival in New York, communicants of the Church of England, which means that in the Church of England they had received the rites of baptism and confirmation. Thus they were Methodist communicants within the Church of England. Their designation as Methodists they had ac- quired by reason of their adherence to Mr. Wesley's teachings, but this had in no degree or manner separated them from the Church of England or vitiated their title to its privileges. It should, therefore, be borne in mind that this group of twelve Irish Metho- dists were Methodists not outside of the Church of England, but within that Church; and that the same was true of practically all the Methodists in England and Ireland during those early years, and likewise for a period in America. .The THE FIRST MEMBERS September 10, 1709. WERE METHODIST COMMUNICANTS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND MONTGOMERY & CO., Inc. GEO. T. 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Making this choice meant to' them a transfer of their communicant relations, including their Methodist relations, from the Church of England in Ireland to the Church of England in America. At the altars of Trinity Church they waited upon the ministry of the Word and partook of the Lord's Supper, just as they had done in the Old World and, mean- while, held fast to their Methodist convictions respecting doctrine, conduct, experience and fellowship. And it may be taken for granted that within the circle of Trinity Church, as well as outside of it, they made known the fact that they were adherents of Mr. Wesley's teachings, teachings already well known to the clergy of that Church; and it may also be taken for granted that they sought to make their new social acquaintances, within and without that Church, familiar with their own religious experiences, resulting from their acceptance of Mr. Wesley's teachings. Nor is it" known that one word was ever written or spoken representing that the professions and activities of the Irish Methodists were offensive to a single soul in Trinity Church. On the contrary all the attendant circumstances, which later appeared in documentary evidence, conspire to convincingly show that by their sincerity and worthy Christian behavior, the twelve Irish Methodists won for themselves high favor within the circle of Trinity Church. PHILIP EMBURY^CLASS LEADER Of this pure, gentle, noble man, it has been aptly said, "In the order of Divine Providence he was summoned to act as the humble instrument of projecting the most beneficent and greatest religious enterprise which has arisen on this Con- tinent." He was born in Ireland of German parentage, to which country his forbears were exiled on account of their religion. He became a Methodist under the preaching of Mr. Wesley, and respecting the decisive religious experi- ence through which he passed he made record of it as having occurred on Christmas Day, 1752. At this time he was twenty-four years of age, having been born in 1728 and baptized in the Church of England the same year. Within two years, following his initiation into the Methodist circle, he was made a class leader and a lay preacher and, with good Philip Guier, the schoolmaster of his youth, he was regarded as a pastor of his racial kindred, the Palatines, who were grouped in several villages around the village in which he was born. In his Journal, Mr. Wesley makes record of three successive visits he made to these Palatine villages. Of his visit in 1756 he says, "I found much life among this plain, artless, serious people." Of his visit in 1758 he says, "They heard and received the truth which is able to save their souls." 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We Use IVORY SOAP and Filtered Water All Work Done Under Strictly Sanitary Conditions Your Personal Inspection Invited PHILIP EMBURY— PREACHER At the Limerick Conference, held in 1758, and over which Mr. Wesley pre- sided, Embury was recommended to a place in the ranks of the itinerancy, and his name was placed on the "reserve list." His education and piety ranked him high among his associates. His character and personality distinguished him as fitted for leadership in the Methodist ranks. In physique, he presented a commanding appearance; his temperament was gentle and winning, and his religious expression singularly devout and engaging. He was married in the Rathkeale Church (Church of England), Tuesday, October 31, 1758, to Margaret Sweitzer of Court Matrix, one of the young women connected with the Methodist Society of that village, in which Embury had been chiefly instrumental in the erection of a Methodist Chapel. The domestic motive which led Embury and the members of his Methodist Class to emigrate together to America was to improve their pecuniary and social condition. It was their purpose, as soon as practicable after their arrival, to join their forces in the linen manufacturing trade, a trade in which some of their number had been trained. But though they arrived in New York, August 10, 1760, it was not till February 1, 1763, that they appear on record as seeking out a way of realizing their purpose. On this date each name of the male members of the Embury Class, including Embury and others, were signed to a petition addressed to Governor Monkton, Governor of the Province of New York, asking for a grant of Crown Lands on which they proposed to establish a linen manu- facturing industry. The first clause in the petition reads, "All your petitioners, except William Folk, are natives of the Kingdom of Ireland, and all of the estab- lished Church of England." Another clause reads, "Before their departure from the said Kingdom they formed themselves into a company, and about two years and a half ago arrived in this Province." This petition is on file at Albany, New York. For reasons unknown the plans of the company were not realized. But so far as Embury and the members of his Methodist Class were concerned, it plainly appears that Providence had another mission for them, namely; the mission of remaining in New York long enough to secure the establishment of organized Methodism in America. During his first six years in New York Embury suffered severe bereavement by the death of two of his children born in New York, and two of his four brothers who emigrated w r ith him, the two brothers being John and Peter. It may be inferred that this fourfold bereavement, an account of which is the record of Embury's own hand, did much to chasten and deepen his spiritual life, making him not less but more eager to serve the will of Providence in his day and genera- tion. EMBURY'S METHODIST ACTIVITIES DURING HIS FIRST SIX YEARS IN NEW YORK To what extent Embury exercised his gifts in public preaching during his first six years in New York is, unfortunately, without available documentary record. Abel Stevens, one of American Methodism's foremost historians says, "It can hardly be doubted that on arriving in New York, Embury, a Class Leader and also a licensed Local Preacher in Ireland, attempted some religious care of the few Methodists who accompanied him." Rev. Samuel A. Seaman and other historians agree with Abel Stevens on this point. Automobile Owners Attention GEARS, AXLES, CRANKSHAFTS, CYLINDERS, Etc. 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It should however be noted that not a single fragment of documentary data, related to Embury's first six years in New York, affirms that he did no preaching during those years. Barbara Heck is not recorded as saying that Embury did no preaching during those years. Thomas Taylor, one of the first trustees of the New York Methodist Society, in his letter to Wesley, does not say that Embury did no preaching during those years. But over against all non- affirmative testimony on this point it should also be noted that Thomas Morrell's Journal notation, respecting his mother, leads straight to the implication that Embury did, in public or in private, engage his gifts in preaching during the early part of his first six years in New York. Thomas Morrell's Journal notation reads, "It was about the year 1760 she (my mother) was converted to God, and when Mr. Embury came over, she was among the first who joined the Society in New York, and consequently among the first Methodists in America." Embury "came over" in 1760. Therefore, if Thomas Morrell's mother joined the Society in New York when "Mr. Embury came over," the inference warranted is that this occurred during or near the year 1760, and that she was led to take this step under Embury's preaching. Based on this affirmative notation in Thomas Morrell's Journal regarding his mother, and various circumstantial facts related to the six years in question, which are elsewhere referred to in these pages, the following inference appears to be fully justified: That during the early part of his first six years in New York Embury did some preaching of a more or less public sort, but that later, under the handicap of having no suitable place in which to gather a public congregation, he abandoned for a time this particular form of effort, meanwhile not failing to maintain a faithful spiritual care of the little Methodist company whose class leader he had been in Ireland and who, with him, had found a most cordial church home in Trinity Church. BARBARA HECK, EMBURY'S ASSISTANT CLASS LEADER Embury and Barbara Heck were cousins and warmly devoted to each other. They were born and reared in the same village in Ireland. Of their Methodist fellowship, both in Ireland and in New York, it may be said that Barbara Heck bore the relation of assistant class leader to Embury. Her intrepid nature and fervent, Godly spirit, eminently fitted her for such a service. She was of a type whose ardent piety and watchful interest would impel her to pay frequent visits to the homes of her acquaintances, especially .the homes of those with whom she had enjoyed Methodist Class fellowship in the homeland and with whom she had emigrated; making their religious well-being the chief object of her visits and having in mind imparting to them such spiritual stimulus as would render it quite impossible for them to "grow weary in well-doing." Such a service Barbara Heck would naturally take upon herself. Hence the suggestion is quite incredible that even one of the Methodist Class group of twelve that came over together in 1760 became morally lax, having, as they did, the constant Investigate the Advantages of Our Courses SHORTHAND or STENOTYPY, TYPEWRITING COMMERCIAL BRANCHES, TELEGRAPHY INDIVIDUALLY TAUGHT, DAY AND EVEXIXG A modern and progressive school benefited by a successful experience since 1849. Registered by the Regents Call, Write or Phone, Col. 2949 for Catalogue Victrolas On Terms to Suit Your Convenience Records You will find in our stock every record in the Motor Catalogue ] deaf JIW So 29 John Street, New York BARBARA HECK religious care of Embury, their faithful leader, supplemented by the persistent and affectionate spiritual care of Barbara Heck. Later in her life, Barbara Heck affirmed that from her eighteenth year she had not for one day lost the witnessing evidence of her salvation. Various church edifices, halls of colleges, deaconess homes and streets, bear her name. With her husband and others of the Embury Class who came over together, she migrated from New York, in 1770, settled for a time in Camden Valley, Albany County, New York, and later moved to Canada. A few years ago a public subscription monument was erected at her grave in Prescott, Ontario, and was dedicated by Bishop John W. Hamilton. Phil. Embury* School-Mailer, GIVES Notice, that on the fit ft Day of May netft, he intends to teach Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic):, in English, in the'New Scliocl-Hcufe, now building in Little Qoeen-ftreet, next Door to the Lutheran Minifters : And a* he has been in- form'd, that fcvcral Gentlemen were wilting to favour him with their Children, he gives farther Nciicc, that if a fufficient Number of Scholars mould attend his School, he would teach in Company with Mr. John Embury, (who teaches feveral Branches belonging, to Trade and Bufinefs) that Children might be carefully attended, as. he faithfully delires the Cood of the Publick. He now teaches at Mr. Samuel Fefer^s, in Carman's-ftrcet; EMBURY'S ADVERTISEMENT EMBURY A SCHOOL MASTER WHILE A RESIDENT OF NEW YORK Embury had learned the house-building trade and a short time before emi- grating had been chiefly instrumental in the building of a Methodist Chapel near his home village. But soon after his arrival in New York he took up the profession of school master, for which his early education had qualified him. A public announcement of this first appeared in the advertisement of his school WISSNER Grand Upright and Player PIANOS EXCEL IN TONE, TOUCH AND WORKMANSHIP. PREFERRED BY MUSICIANS OF HIGHEST RANK WAREROOMS 55 and 57 Flatbush Avenue 53 East 34th Street BROOKLYN NEW YORK Cm as., .0. .Strang Storage Warehouses and Moving Vans BROOKLYN, N. Y. Packing and Shipping Motor and Horscdrawn Vans office and warehouses 187 TO 199 SO. PORTLAND AVE Telephone Prospect 4500-4501 FIREPROOF BRANCH 356 TO 360 CONEY ISLAND AVE. Telephone Flatbush 430 in Weyman's New York Gazette, March 16, 1761, and, subsequently, under the caption, "Philip Embury, School-Master." The advertisement contains the information that Embury was at that time conducting his school at "Mr. Foster's in Carman Street," but that in "May next" he would transfer his school to the new school-house being erected in Little Queen Street (now Cedar Street). The advertisement further states that "several gentlemen were willing to favor him with their children," to whom he "intends to teach reading, writing and arith- metic, in company with. Mr. John Embury (his brother), who teaches branches belonging to Trade and Business." It thus appears that Embury became quite a figure in the educational life of New York and, consequently, must have com- manded a high respect for his intelligence and character within a very consider- able circle of well-known and influential citizens. There is no evidence that Embury worked at the carpenter's trade in New York, excepting a record in the "Old Book" of the few weeks he wrought at his trade in the building of the Chapel, and a few hours work he did on the door of William Lupton's burial vault beneath the Chapel. EMBURY'S RESUMPTION OF PUBLIC PREACHING IN 1766 The record of Embury's resumption of public preaching proceeds from two sources. One of these is the card-playing incident which led Barbara Heck to press upon him her appeal that he should resume public preaching and that he should use his own rented cottage for the purpose. Out of this incident, related as a tradition by a group of aged persons to Nathan Bangs fifty-two years after its alleged occurrence, arose the inference that during the later part of his first six years in New York, Embury had grown morally lax, even to the degree of adopting the practice of card-playing, and that his religious requicken- ing and resumption of public preaching were due to Barbara Heck's appeal. Respecting this story, and the inference deduced from it, let this be observed: The story as told does not accuse Embury of being a card-player. It does not impute to him any kind of moral delinquency, nor imply anything of the sort. On the contrary the appeal recognizes both his licensed authority to resume public preaching and his moral fitness to do so. However, if Barbara Heck knew Embury had morally lapsed and had become a card-player, which form of pastime the story involves her in regarding as one of the grossest evidences of moral degeneration, then she committed a grave moral offense by beseeching him to resume public preaching before having publicly confessed his moral undoing and given public assurance of his moral reclamation. Moreover, such a course on Barbara Heck's part, besides being a reprehensi- ble act in itself, would have invited upon Embury's head the scorn of the card- players by whom he was well known, justifying them in turning upon him with the rebuke, "Physician, heal thyself!" The truth is, as later investigation has plainly shown, the Barbara Heck story does not include in the card-playing group one of the twelve Methodists who came over with Embury. Nor does it afford one scintilla of evidence that Embury was one of the card-players whom Barbara Heck rebuked or that during any part of his first six years in New York he had forfeited his moral right and fitness to stand up at any moment and preach. The other of the two sources from which the record of Embury's resumption of public preaching proceeds is a passage from Thomas Taylor's letter to Mr. DIEGES & CLUST 20 JOHN STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. 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The phraseology, "When it pleased God to rouse up Embury to employ his talent by calling sinners to repentance," is a Metho- dist form of speech which, prior to this instance and since, has been applied to thousands of preachers and laymen whose Christian character was above re- proach. The words simply mean that at the time mentioned by Thomas Taylor, "God was pleased to rouse up Embury" to publicly undertake a form of work which for a time he had not publicly been doing, a form of work which he, for local reasons, had thought impracticable. That this had been his attitude for a time is perfectly consistent with the judgment and conduct of a conscientious man, placed in his difficult circumstances. Multitudes of worthy preachers have passed through a like experience as to the wisdom or unwisdom of undertaking certain forms of work. Where is there to-day a preacher who has not? Moreover, in passing judgment upon Embury's attitude in these six years, his record and attributes should be held in view. He recorded his conversion as having occurred on Christmas Day, 1752, and to that record he never added any record of a "fall from grace" and a reclamation therefrom. His son, Samuel, affirmed that family worship was an unbroken observance in the home. Before emigrating to America he had been for six years a faithful preacher and class- leader. His attributes were of the gentle, grave, stable sort. His stature was six feet. His bearing and demeanor were that of a high-minded gentleman, and his saintly face most genially reflected the kindliness of his heart and the sincerity of his convictions and aims. He was not the type of man that back- slides. And the affirmations and intimations which have found a place in Methodisms' literature, to the effect, that during his first six years in New York Embury played the role of a card-playing backslider, put a blot upon his name and memory which is not warranted by any sort of documentary data, nor by a single element in the constitutional make up of the man. THE RECORD OF EMBURY PREACHING IN .HIS HIRED COTTAGE IN 1766 As already stated the assumption that Embury had not preached in New York prior to 1766 has no documentary warrant whatsoever. It is an assump- tion based wholly upon documentary silence concerning the matter. While against this assumption there is some documentary data and many circumstan- tial facts which strongly favor a directly opposite assumption. However, such documentary record as has survived that period introduces Embury as conducting public preaching services in his little rented cottage on Barracks Street, now City Hall Place, in October, 1766. 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The record further has it that at first Embury demurred on the ground that no suitable public preaching place was available, but afterwards consented to the suggestion that he should use his cottage for the purpose. In pursuance of her pledge, it may be assumed that Barbara Heck im- mediately set out to gather a congregation for the following Sunday, doubtless having in mind the purpose that it should include the group of sinners whose card-playing had so deeply offended her Godly soul. But if this was her pur- pose it fell sadly short of realization for, according to the record which has handed down this story, the first congregation she gathered consisted of five persons, not one of whom was of the card-playing group. Perhaps it was no easier to get inveterate card players to church then than now. But, in making good her pledge, Barbara must soon have had better success, for in a few weeks the attendance had outgrown the capacity of Embury's cottage and a larger cottage on the same street was rented in which to accommo- date the increasing numbers that wished to hear Embury expound the Gospel according to Methodist interpretation. EMBURY A LONELY PREACHER In connection with these eventful weeks, coupled with the previous six years Embury had lived in New York, it deserves to be noted that so far as he knew he was the only Methodist preacher in America. He had not seen or heard of another. It is true Providence had ordained that another would soon emerge, as out of the darkness, and join him in his undertaking, but as yet no intima- tion of this had come to him. To his own knowledge and within the realm of his own reflections he stood alone — the first and only Methodist preacher that had yet set foot on these distant shores. On the one hand this consideration may, indeed, be regarded as representing a pathetic feature in Embury's situation, but on the other hand as adding lustre to his Methodist fidelity, courage and daring. His single-handed undertaking of publicly proclaiming Methodist interpretation of Christian doctrine in the New York of that day was no small matter. It was no task for a hesitating, timid weakling, but for one having unquenchable convictions and a Pauline audacity. MR. WESLEY AND EMBURY It is quite believable that Embury, during his first six years in New York, kept Mr. Wesley informed of the situation and doings of himself and his Metho- dist associates. His son, Samuel, affirmed for record that his father corres- ponded with Mr. Wesley. Embury had a good education, was a superior penman and, therefore, capable of doing the thing his son affirmed he did. Mr. Wesley had known Embury in Ireland and had consented to his candidacy for service in the itinerancy. 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In seeking the fellowship of Trinity Church, Embury and the members of his Class did just what Mr. Wesley would have them do. It was in line with Mr. Wesley's instruction to all his Societies of that period, therefore in line with all precedents. In that period not a single Methodist Society was considered as detached from the Church of England, and if one Society had assayed to detach itself to become the nucleus of a sect, Mr. Wesley would have immediately stamped the act with his disapproval. And so in all good conscience Embury could have written Mr. Wesley of himself and the members of his Class, "We are still in fellowship with the Church of England, while in doctrine and practice we still account ourselves as Methodists and under your direction." PERSONNEL OF THE SOCIETY IN OCTOBER, 1766 With the exception of Philip Embury's brother, Peter, who had died one year before, and two other additions thereto, the Society in October, 1766, appears to have been composed of the same group of Methodists that arrived in New York in 1760. Four of these are recorded as being in the so-called "first congre- gation," which Barbara Heck is said to have pledged Embury she would gather, namely: Philip Embury and his wife, Paul Heck and Barbara Heck, his wife. Others of the arrivals in 1760, that are entitled to be grouped with these, are the widow of Peter Embury; David Embury and his wife; Jacob Dulmage and his wife and son Jacob, and Valentine Tetler. The wife of Jacob Dulmage, Sr., was Embury's sister. These persons, though born in Ireland, were, as their names indicate, of German descent. That they were the first members of the first Methodist Society in New York appears not alone on the ground that they comprised Em- bury's Methodist Class in Ireland, came over with him, and had been all along in Methodist fellowship with him, but also on the ground of the following docu- mentary testimony: One of the first board of trustees, Thomas Taylor, addressed a letter to Mr. Wesley, April 11, 1768, in which, referring to Embury's preach- ing in his own cottage, says, "A few were soon collected together and joined into a little society, chiefly his (Embury's) own countrymen, Irish Germans." The only fault with this significant bit of epistolary information is that it was not made to include a recognition of the fact that these same "Irish Germans" were "collected together and joined into a little society" in Ireland by Mr. Wes- ley and Embury, and from that time on had not ceased to maintain their Metho- dist fellowship. Joseph Pilmoor's testimony agrees with Taylor's. In addition to the "Irish Germans," the personnel of the Society in October, 1766, included the mother of Thomas Morrell, who is recorded as being one of the first that joined, and most probably John Lawrence and Betty, an African servant, both of whom are recorded as having been in the so-called "first congre- gation." PERSONNEL OF THE SOCIETY IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1766 During the following two months, November and December, it appears that the additions to the Society were, Catherine Taylor; Mary Parkes; James WHERE TO BUY NETS OF EVERY KIND AUGUR'S NET AND TWINE STORE 33 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK Primarily Nets for Fishing Purposes and Incidentally for Games and All Other Purposes TENNIS NETS, BASKET-BALL NETS, GOLF NETS In Stock and to Order in Great Variety of Styles and sizes. 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FIRST THREE MONTHS OF 1767 During the first or second week of 1767 the Society received most helpful additions in the persons of Charles White and Richard Sause, two Methodist Merchants who had just arrived from Dublin, Ireland. Both of these later became trustees. Shortly after, William Lupton, a prosperous New York merchant, added the weight of his well-known name and striking personality. And a few days later Providence ushered into the presence of the assembled Society the redoubtable soldier preacher, Capt. Thomas Webb, the barracks- master at Albany. Attired in his regimentals, his sword dangling at his side and the socket of his lost right eye hidden by a green shade, Capt. Webb's strange and striking presence, it is said, created the apprehension that he had come on an unfriendly errand. Not one of the little company had previously seen him or heard of him. But all fears were allayed as he proceeded to relate the story of his awakening and conversion, which had occurred in England two years before under the preaching of Mr. Wesley, and by whom he had been licensed to preach. That he would consent to remain as a helper was the ardent appeal and prayer of all, and no assurance is needed that his consent to remain greatly comforted and heartened Embury who would henceforth have not only a most capable preaching assistant, but also one whose credentials proceeded from the same source as his own. SHIFTED BASE OF OPERATIONS TO THE RIGGING LOFT This shift appears to have occurred in April, 1767, and was made imperative by the need of larger quarters in which to accommodate the rapidly growing work. The Rigging Loft, some years before, had been used as a religious meeting place by the Baptists. It was a second story room, sixty feet in length and eighteen feet in width of a building situated on Cart and Horse Street, now William Street, the site to-day being identified as number 120. In the experiences of the Society the Rigging Loft became a veritable Bethel, and notwithstanding its much larger capacity it was soon found to be too small to afford room for the increasing numbers who desired to share in its awakening and pentecostal services. HOURS AT WHICH THE SOCIETY HELD ITS PUBLIC SERVICES The hours at which the Methodists of those first months, and for years later, held their services reveals the high esteem and warm affection which they cherished for the Church of England to which they were attached. From their point of view the evangelistic work in which they were engaged was not outside of the Church of England but within its pale. 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On this and other points, respecting the relation the early Methodists bore to the Church of England, Mr. Wesley wrote, "// was one of oar original rules that every member of our Societies should attend the Church and Sacrament, unless he had been bred among Christians of any other denomination." The minutes of the Methodist Conference at Bristol, England, in 1768, over which Mr. Wesley presided, contain the following declaration: "Let us keep to the Church. Over and above all the reasons that were formerly given for this we add another, now from long experience. They that leave the Church leave the Methodists. Therefore carefully avoid whatever has a tendency to separate men from the Church. In particular preaching at any hour that hinders them from going to it." Regarding themselves as still under the "direction of the Rev. John Wesley" after their arrival in New York, Embury and the members of his Class continued to faithfully observe this order; and so did their successors, including all the preachers whom Mr. Wesley sent over, for a subsequent period of sixteen years. BomcsficSleamLaundr/ *~ i -155TwelfthSt., iI^OOKLYWtM.Y. LAUNDRY WO/iK of EVERY DESCRIPTION Quality and Service Unsurpassed P/)ooe 5186 MECHANICS BANK Court and Montague Streets, Brooklyn, N. Y. CHARTERED 1852 CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $2,400,000.00 TOTAL RESOURCES, $26,000,000.00 GEORGE W. CHAUNCEY, Chairman of the Board OFFICERS HARRY M. DE MOTT, President ANDREW T. SULLIVAN, Vice-Pres. JAMES A. STEWART, Vice-Pres. HARRY F. BURNS, Vice-Pres. FRANCIS WEEKES, Vice-Pres. WILTON C. DONN, Cashier J. K. ALEXANDER, Asst. C-sfaier EDWARD Q. BAKER, Asst. Cashier A. S. INGRAM, Asst. Cashier F. I. KETCHAM, Asst. Cashier J. SCHAEFER, JR., Asst. Cashier JOS. STEWART, JR., Asst. 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John Wesley) whom it is evident God has often been pleased to bless in their meetings in New York; thinking it would be more for the glory of God and the good of souls had they a more convenient place to meet in, where the Gospel of Jesus Christ might be preached without the distinction of sects or parties; and as Mr. Embury is a member and helper in the Gospel, they humbly beg the assistance of Christian friends in order to help them to build a small house for that purpose, not doubting that the God of all consolation will abundantly bless all such as are willing to contribute to the same." An exact copy of this subscription paper is still in the Society's possession and is accounted as a priceless treasure. It is the oldest document in existence, containing a specific record of the concerted religious plans and activities of the Methodists in America. Relating thereto, three things should be noted in the wording of the Preamble and Appeal: First: That the persons referred to regarded themselves as "under the direc- tion of the Rev. John Wesley." Second: That the persons referred to disclaimed being actuated by partisan or sectarian aims. Third : That the persons referred to rested their hope in the success of their appeal on the good name and highly esteemed character of their leader, which appears in the sentence, "And as Mr. Philip Embury is a member and a helper in the Gospel, they humbly beg the assistance of Christian friends in order to enable them to build a small house for that purpose" — the purpose of preaching "the Gospel of Jesus Christ without distinction of sects or parties." The wording and spirit of the Preamble to the subscription paper shows that it was consciously and purposely addressed to the Trinity Church circle, a fact that appears in the introduction of Mr. Wesley's name therein, a name known in that circle as representing a noted Church of England clergyman who had established many hundreds of Methodist Societies, so-called, throughout England and Ireland. And a like conscious purpose appears in the introduction of Mr. Philip Embury's name into the Appeal, the name of a most worthy communicant of Trinity Church, who for more than six years had been known in that circle as one of Mr. Wesley's lay preachers. Right here this question demands an answer: If Embury and his Methodist associates had, during the prior six years of their residence in New York, indulged in any sort of practices unworthy of their Methodist profession this must have been known in the Trinity Church circle; therefore, if true, would they have permitted it to have been written in the Preamble of the subscription paper that they were "under the direction of the Rev. John Wesley"? Any rational and fair answer to this question must certainly be one that clears Embury and his group of twelve of the imputation that, during any part Phone 8359 Cortlandt D. A. DOYLE CO., Inc. CITY INVESTING BUILDING MANUFACTURERS TRUNKS. BAGS, SUIT CASES, FINE LEATHER GOODS AND TRAVELER'S SUPPLIES SPECIAL ORDERS AND REPAIRING Only Store. 13 CORTLANDT STREET, Near Broadway NEW YORK CITY Telephone John 4774 CHAS. G. BAUER TAILOR 52 JOHN STREET Bet. 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CHAPEL BUILDING MOVEMENT SPONSORED BY THE TRINITY CHURCH CIRCLE The response in subscriptions to the Chapel building movement was immedi- ate and generous. Two hundred and fifty subscribers were secured and, as previously noted, a complete copy of the subscription list, including the amount annexed to each name, is to-day in the Society's possession. Of this list it is quite safe to affirm that nine-tenths of the persons represented were affiliated with Trinity Church, the other tenth representing a few friendly Moravians and here and there a friend related to the other city churches. Excepting the Moravian and Trinity Church all the other churches of the city adhered to the ultra Calvinistic doctrine of those days and their ministers denounced the "free salvation" teachings of the Methodists, which led many of their adherents not only to oppose the Methodists on points of doctrines but also to persecute them. Moreover the subscription list is not only significant as to numbers and the circle from which the names were chiefly gleaned, but also on account of the high social standing of a very considerable number of the subscribers. Among these were the following: Clergymen of Trinity Church: Rev. Samuel Auchmuty; Rev. John Olgilvie; Rev. Charles Inglis. Vestrymen of Trinity Church: Grove Bend; Thomas More; Thomas Tucker; Andrew Hamersley; Edward Laight; David Clarkson; Gabriel Ludlow; Joseph Reade; Nicholas Stuyvesant; Charles Williams; Thomas Ellison; Elias Desbros- ses; Peter Van Schaick. Other prominent subscribers of Trinity Church: Philip Livingston, member of the First Congress; James Duane, former Mayor; James H. Cruger, Mayor incumbent; Theodore Van Wick, Alderman; Christopher Stymets, Alderman; James Delancy, Lieutenant Governor; Thomas' Jones, City Recorder; Pe er Livingston; Oliver Delancy; Leonard Lispenard; Frederick De Peyster; Mrs. Henry Barclay, widow of the third rector of Trinity Church; Professor Middleton, Kings College; Isaac Low; Capt. Randall; Henry W T hite; Peter Remsen; John Chass; Lambert Garrison; Mr. Axtel; John Watts. Subscribers of Trinity Church who were members of the Methodist Society: Philip Embury (by services rendered) ; Mary Embury; Paul Heck; Barbara Heck; David Embury and wife; Valentine Tetler; Capt. W'ebb; William Lupton; James Jarvis; Henry Newton; Charles White; Richard Sause; Stephen Sands; John Staples; Thomas Brinkle; Jacob Hick; Jonathan Morrell, father of the Rev. Thomas Morrell. Later, Capt. 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It was these considerations that led the Trinity Church circle to sponsor the Methodist Society in New York and its Chapel building movement. PURCHASED BUILDING PLOT ON JOHN STREET— SITE OF PRESENT CHURCH Following the generous response the circulation of the subscription paper received, a plot was purchased of the widow of the Rev. Henry Barclay, third rector of Trinity Church, the same plot being the site of the present John Street Church. The surrounding situation was then known as Golden Hill. Includ- ing a small cottage, occupying a part of the plot, later used for many years as a parsonage, the price paid was fifteen hundred pounds. The cottage may be seen in the engraving, a little to the right of the front entrance to the Chapel. THE CHAPEL UNDER ERECTION The plans called for a Chapel with a capacity for seating seven hundred. Its erection was begun in March, 1768. Its total cost is not known. It is assumed that not a little gratuitous labor was expended upon it, including donations of materials, but how much these two items represented in cash value is not known. The records show that one, Samuel Edmonds, received more than five hundred pounds for mason work and materials; and that one, David Norris, received more than one hundred pounds for material and labor. One Thomas Bell, an English Methodist emigrant, for a short time a member of the Society, is listed as a subscriber of one pound and is on record, in a letter he wrote Mr. Wesley, as having "Wrought upon the Chapel six days." Mr. Embury, as previously noted, soon after his arrival in New York, took up the school -master's profession, but the trustees' records show that for some weeks he wrought upon the Chapel and, it is said, Barbara Heck aided in whitewashing parts of its interior. DEDICATION OF THE CHAPEL Though not fully completed the Chapel was dedicated October 30, 1768, eight months after its erection was begun. This was a day of great exultation in the Methodist circle. And it may be taken for granted as a moral certainty, that in the forefront of the exulting chorus were Paul and Barbara Heck and the rest of the original Embury group whose years of prayer, faith, patience and hope now had their reward in the sight of their eyes. Embury preached the dedicatory sermon. None other could have appro- priately performed that service. Not Capt. Webb, who appears to have been Mielen & Krieger, Proprs. W and G BAKERY AND RESTAURANT Delicious Coffee and Pastry 100 NASSAU STREET Bet. Fulton and Ann Sts. Theodore Bock Fred Henzerling BOCK & COMPANY Rubber Stamps Numbering Machines Church and Society Seals 147 FULTON STREET Tel. 6837 Cortlandt Emergency Calls Promptly Attended To Estimates Furnished ERNEST KLEIN & BRO. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS 44 FULTON ST., N. Y. Bet. 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It is said the Chapel was crowded to the doors and that hundreds were unable to gain admission. None will doubt this. The text of the dedica- tory sermon was, Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. — Hosea x. 12. THE FIRST CHURCH The text was well chosen, typical of the texts the early Methodist preachers employed as the basis of their evangelistic message. That the sermon was eminently worthy of the occasion is assured by the intelligence and Godly charac- ter of the man who spoke it. The copy of the Bible from which Embury announced the text is to-day the property of the Society and is known as the "Embury Bible." The Chapel was first known as "Wesley Chapel." In his Journal Mr. Wesley designated it as the "First Preaching (Methodist) House in America." After the organization, in 1784, of the American Methodist Societies into the Methodist Episcopal Church, it became known as the John Street Church. For many years its auditorium was the most commodious of any edifice of wor- ship erected by the American Methodists. CONGREGATION COMPARED WITH SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP One of the particular features that characterized the early years of the Methodist Society in New York was the marked contrast between the numbers comprising the congregation and the Society membership. Shortly after Richard Boardman arrived in New York — his arrival occurring in November", 1769, thirteen months after the dedication of the Chapel — he wrote Mr. Wesley, saying, "About a third part of those who attend get in, the rest are glad to hear without. There Telephone John 2338 Established 1861 H. REUBENSTONE'S SONS MERCHANT TAILORS WE MAKE UNIFORMS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION 50-56 JOHN STREET BET. WILLIAM AND NASSAU STREETS NEW YORtv P. W. 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A few months later Joseph Pilmoor wrote Mr. Wesley from New York saying, "Our congregations are large * * * The Society here consists of about a hundred members, besides probationers." The small number in mem- bership, compared with the large number comprising the congregation, may be explained, in part, on the ground of the migratory character of the city's population. IN-DOOR PREACHING EXCLUSIVELY Another particular characteristic of the early Methodist preaching in New York was that it all occurred in-doors. All the early Methodist preachers in England and Ireland did much out-door preaching, and so did the early Methodist preachers in America. It is recorded of Webb, Williams, Boardman, Pilmoor and others that in Philadelphia, Baltimore and elsewhere, they frequently preached out in the open, on the Commons and at various other out-of-door, public assembling places; but not one of them is recorded as having attempted an out-door preaching service in New York. Most likely the explanation is, it was understood that the New York of that day would not tolerate an "irregu- larity" of that sort, either by the good Embury or by any of his successors. This consideration is significant of the greater difficulties that the planting of Methodism encountered in New York than in places farther south. FIRST BOARD OF TRUSTEES The first Board of Trustees was comprised of Philip Embury; Capt. Webb; William Lupton; Charles White; Richard Sause; Henry Newton; Paul Heck and Thomas Taylor. In the long succession of John Street trustees these were eminently worthy sires. Philip Embury is not credited with a cash subscrip- tion to the Building Fund, but as estimated by all the services he rendered in time expended, in gratis preaching, and by his Godly reputation, he gave "more than they all." Capt. Webb held the rank of a Captain in the British army. He was converted under Wesley in 1764 and licensed by him to preach. He subscribed thirty pounds to the Building Fund. William Lupton had served in the French War under Capt. Webb and came to New York with his regiment in 1753, and later became a merchant. He succeeded Embury as treasurer. His motto was, as recorded, "The Church first, then my family." He subscribed twenty pounds to the Building Fund. Charles White and Richard Sause were merchants; both had been Methodists in Dublin, and arrived in New York in January, 1767. Their subscriptions to the Building Fund were, respectively, five pounds and ten pounds. Henry Newton is featured as taking special interest in providing comforts for the domestic life of the preachers. He subscribed ten pounds to the Building Fund, and several years later served as treasurer. Paul Heck subscribed to the Building Fund three pounds. He and his wife, the famous Barbara Heck, as previously noted, arrived in New York with Embury and with ten other Methodists, August 10, 1760. Thomas Taylor subscribed to the Building Fund one pound. He had been a Methodist in England and came to America in the latter part of 1767. Five months later he wrote to Mr. Wesley giving details of the movement to build a Preaching-House, to which he added an urgent request that preachers be sent to aid in the work. Other data, however, seems to quite conclusively show that Embury and Webb had written Mr. Wesley of the work and its need of more helpers before Taylor wrote his account and appeal. CAMPBELL'S PERFECTLY PASTEURIZED MILK 9 CENTS A QUART ALEX.CAMPBELL MILK CO TEL.PROSPECT 2174-802 FULTON ST P. O. BOX 1607 TELEPHONE NO. 2262 BEEKMAN CABLE ADDRESS— "PROPLASTIC," NEW YORK NEW YORK STENCIL WORKS ESTABLISHED 1868 INCORPORATED 1882 • FACTORIES: 98, 100 AND 102 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK Office and Store, 100 Nassau Street, New York METAL SIGNS AND MEMORIAL TABLETS PATENT REVOLVING STENCIL ALPHABET AND FIGURES EMBURY'S FOUR-FOLD OFFICES PASTOR— GLASS LEADER— TRUSTEE— TREASURER The assumption is wholly unwarranted that after Capt. Webb appeared on the scene Embury was relegated to second place. Prior to, at and subsequent to, the initiation of the building movement, Embury was the commander in chief. The documentary details show this. Capt. Webb rendered invaluable aid by his preaching, by his generous subscription and other services; but fully two-thirds of the time, covered by the particular events here under review, he was off preaching on Long Island, in New Jersey, in Philadelphia and in regions farther south. Barbara Heck and others were loyal and useful helpers. But Embury was the supreme figure in the whole movement from the starting point (whether that point be assigned to August, 1760, or October, 1766) until the arrival of Robert Williams in September, 1769. At every vital point Embury's front rank appears. The Preamble of the subscription paper contained only two names, Rev. John Wesley and Mr. Philip Embury, "a helper in the Gospel." It was chiefly on the strength of these two names that the subscriptions were solicited and secured. In the list of trustees attached to the building plot deed Embury's name stands first, and the records show that from the inception of the building movement till near its completion, he served as the Society's treasurer. Thus he simultaneously filled the Society's four chief offices — Pastor, Class Leader, Trustee, Treasurer. And what is the significance of all this? It logically implies and fully justi- fies the assumption that in the Trinity Church circle, wherein the subscription paper received nine-tenths of its New York subscribers, Embury had for six years been known as a Methodist, possessing elements of intelligence, integrity and piety, which rendered him worthy of the utmost confidence and, by common consent, singled him out as the acknowledged leader of the Methodist Society. OCTOBER, 1766, TO OCTOBER, 1768 THE STORY OF THESE TWO YEARS REVIEWED The Historical Statement in the Discipline identifies the origin of the first Methodist Society in New York with the year 1766. October of that year is generally regarded as the month in which the event occurred. Allowing, there- fore, that the event occurred in October, 1766, it is made to appear that the activities of the Society, during the two years under review, were associated with three meeting places, representing the following divisions in months. At Em- bury's cottage in Barracks Street, two months; at another cottage, on the same street, two months; at the Rigging Loft, on William Street, seventeen months; these divisions of time making two years from the point of the alleged beginning to the dedication of the Chapel, October 30, 1768. In tracing the course of the Society through these two years, it will be readily conceded that the inauguration of the building movement was the most significant and outstanding evidence of progress up to that point. It was for the reason that it denoted the point at which the Society had become thoroughly unified, conscious of its power, and ready to enlist all its energies in a supreme effort to establish for its work an adequate and permanent headquarters under its own ownership. THOROUGH DISINFECTION is now a necessity. Prevent the spread of all disease by the constant daily use of the reliable Platte Chlorides . TheOdorlessDisinfectant. Sold Everywhere E. J. SCHMIDT & CO. THEO. 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New York But in this connection it should be observed that between the alleged point of beginning in October, 1766, and the inauguration of the building movement in September, 1767, a period of only twelve months is allowed, which raises this pertinent question: How can this unequalled measure of progress be explained on the assumption that the whole of it occurred within the compass of twelve brief months? It certainly cannot be explained by the known conditions that originated exclusively within this short period. Nor can it be explained by comparison with any other American field of Methodist activities in those early years. As touching the point of comparison with other places, this appears: If it be accepted that the alleged point of beginning in October, 1766, makes no allowance for prior Methodist activities in New York by Embury and his associates, then this is the unaccountable and altogether unanalogous situation which is made to appear, namely: that in rapidity of progress, from the point of its alleged beginning, the New York Society had no parallel in any other American field of that period, and this in the face of the generally acknowledged fact that New York was the most difficult of all the American fields in which Methodist activities were introduced in those early years. THE BEGINNING OF METHODISM IN NEW YORK In Philadelphia the movement to acquire the ownership of a Chapel was preceded by two years of Methodist activities, including preaching by Capt. Webb, beginning in the early part of 1767. In Baltimore the movement to build a Chapel was preceded by more than four years of Methodist activities, including preaching. According to this comparison it took two years in Philadelphia and more than four years in Baltimore to reach the point of advancement that New York reached in one year. Why this difference? In view of this difference, is it cred- ible that in connection with the New York Society only twelve months of any sort of Methodist activities preceded the inauguration of the building movement? It may be granted that this could have occurred within so brief a period if the power to perform miracles had been given to Embury or Webb. But, on grounds involving the usual operations of social, moral and psychological effects, coupled with the mentioned comparison with other places, does it appear credible that the New York Society after only twelve months of activities started a building movement which, within a few weeks had, in New York alone, gathered two hundred and fifty subscribers, not a few of whom represented the most prominent persons in the city? Allowing, therefore, that these questions demand an answer that logically accords to the New York Chapel building movement a longer period of preparation than twelve months, then what shall that answer be? Is not this an answer that naturally and logically accords with the circumstances and facts? That prior to the alleged point of beginning in October, 1766, Embury had held himself and his Methodist associates in loyal fellowship with the Trinity Church circle; that within that circle he was known as a school-master and as one of Mr. Wesley's lay preachers, whose piety and nobility of character had won for him the confidence and esteem of the clergy and many others; that these had noted the particular religious care he was wont to exercise over his Methodist associates, and his desire to add others to the circle of their particular ARTHUR F. SMITH MANUFACTURER OF AWNINGS TENTS Canopies, Tarpaulins, Truck Covers Wagon Aprons 79 Beekman Street telephone, 3912 beekman NEW YORK W. H. HAND DEALER IN ALL KINDS FISH, LOBSTERS AND CRABS Pure Cod Liver Oil 19 FULTON STREET NEW YORK Phone 4594 John C. E. HARTE, Manager MUTUAL TOWEL SUPPLY CO. 90 Fulton Street NEW YORK CITY GET THE BEST! We Place Initials on Towels for our Customers if desired. 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And, furthermore, allowing that this answer accords with the facts, it fol- lows that the real beginning of the John Street Methodist Society took place in 1760, the year in which Embury and his twelve Methodist associates transferred their Methodist Class fellowship from the circle of the Ballingran Parish Church in Ireland to the circle of the Trinity Parish Church in New York. And let it be observed, as already pointed out in these pages, that this answer in no particular conflicts with the story of Barbara Heck's appeal to Embury that he should open his cottage for public preaching services. Nor does it con- flict with Thomas Taylor's statement in his letter to Mr. Wesley, that Embury had recently been "roused up to employ his talent in preaching to sinners." Nor does it conflict with any documentary data related to the period in question, while it perfectly agrees with all the known circumstantial facts. f CONCLUSION The Historic Statement in the Discipline places the origin of the John Street Society in the year 1766 and, as previously observed, the historians generally agree that it was in the month of October of that year the event occurred. In naming October, the historians follow the data afforded by the Barbara Heck story and also a statement contained in a letter by Thomas Taylor, addressed to Mr. Wesley from New York, April 11, 1768, both of which sources of informa- tion appear to point to October, 1766, as the month in which Embury instituted public preaching in his cottage. But the contention urged in the foregoing pages is that the same Methodist Society, consisting of the same persons, which is represented as having been organized in October, 1766, had, in all essential features, existed in New York during the six prior years. This contention is based upon certain documentary evidence previously cited; upon circumstantial facts previously cited, and notably on the strength of the consideration that the personnel of the society, alleged to have been organized in October, 1766, consisted, as stated, of the same Methodist persons, with one exception, that had comprised a Methodist Society in Ireland and had emigrated together to New York. And, incidentally, let not the consideration be overlooked that these were the same persons of whose welfare Mr. Wesley recorded his particular interest and to whose genuine conversion he certified in his Journal. And, as evidencing their continued sense of their spiritual indebtedness to Mr. Wesley and of their loyalty to his teachings, it was written in the Preamble of the Chapel Building sub- scription paper, seven years after their arrival in New York, that they were "under the direction of the Rev. John Wesley." If it had been known that Embury and his associates had for a time fallen into the habits of an irreligious life, would they have dared to publicly affirm in the Preamble of their subscription paper that they were "under the direction of the Rev. John Wesley"? That they did dare to so affirm not only emphatically forbids the inference that during the previous six years they had lived careless HORTON'S ICE CREAM The leader in quality for over half a century SOI H rX/ERYWHFRF LENSES Reduce the Intensity of Light Are Absolutely Invisible A Great Relief to the Eyes ASK ABOUT THEM To be had only from M. 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It is not doubted by the writer of these pages that all of these persons had maintained their Methodist integrity and fellowship during the prior six years, though it is not necessary that it be proven that all of them did. To sustain the contention here made it is sufficient to be assured that two of the twelve maintained their Methodist integrity and fellowship during the six years in question. A Methodist Class or Society may consist of only two persons. The Methodist historians agree that Jesse Lee introduces Methodism into New England by the organization of a Class, in one place of two persons and in another place of three persons. A recognit on of the historic beginning of Methodism in many places, both in America and in the Old World, is associated with a like small number. Moreover, if it be true that Embury and his associates did not increase their number during the six years in question, this does not discredit the contention here made. Many Methodist Societies have sustained an accred- ited existence year after year without increasing their numbers. Nor is it necessary to this contention that it should be proven by documen- tary data that Embury engaged in public preaching during the prior years in question. A Methodist Class or Society may maintain an accredited existence through any number of years without the co-operation of public preaching or preaching of any sort. Only three things are essential, a Class, a Leader, and adherence to Methodist teachings. A standard of requirement should in no one thing be applied to Embury and his associates during their first six years in New York that is recognized as ORGANIZED SEPT. 1, 1875 THE ORIGINAL ACME CO. STATIONERY AND PAPER 96 John Street and 19 Platt Street Tel., 1439 Johin headquarters for acme pads and paper DR. A. LURIE CHIROPODIST 200 BROADWAY NEW YORK Office Hours: 8.30 A. M. to 6 P. M. J. 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Accordingly, and based upon the foregoing recited facts and considerations, the inference appears compelling and conclusive that for six years prior to October, 1766, the John Street Methodist Society had existed within the circle of Trinity Church, in possession of all the essential elements of unity and fellow- ship, that had bound the same persons together for six years as a Methodist Society within the circle of the Parish Church in Ballingran, Ireland. After the arrival of the third of Mr. Wesley's itinerant preachers from Eng- land (the first to reach New York being Robert Williams in September, 1769; the second, Richard Boardman, in October 1769; the third, Joseph Pilmoor, in March, 1770), Embury, and the others of his original Class group of twelve who had not previously left, migrated to Camden Valley, New York. Here he became a magistrate and, meanwhile, organized several Classes, one of these becoming later known as the Ashgrove Society which, in the order of succession, survives to-day in the flourishing Society at Cambridge, New York. An expense charge recorded in the "Old Book" for the purchase of a copy of Cruden's Concordance for Embury, is understood to have been given to him at the time of his leaving New York as a testimonial token of the Society's esteem and affection. This precious heirloom is now in the possession of the Western Theological College at Montreal, having been presented to that institution by one of Embury's granddaughters. But Embury's activities were not long extended in the region of his new home. Only a little more than three years had elapsed when he quite suddenly "fell on sleep," aged 45. His remains, after two removals from one burial ground to another, rest to-day in the beautiful Cambridge Cemetery, New York, by the side of a noble monument of granite erected to his memory by the National Local Preachers Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Close by the monument a stone slab covers his grave which bears the inscription. PHILIP EMBURY THE EARLIEST AMERICAN MINISTER OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Here Found His Last Resting Place NO CONNECTION WITH SMALL HOUSES USING THIS NAME ORIGINAL AND OLD ESTABLISHED STEPHEN MERRITT BURIAL AND CREMATION CO. Only Two Stores 8th AVENUE and 18th STREET 2343 8th AVENUE, Near 125th STREET PRIVATE ROOMS AND CHAPELS FREE Largest and Most Reasonable in the Country Telephone Us, 125 Chelsea Supply Your City Buildings zuith STEAM from the Street M ains of THE NEW YORK STEAM CO. 280 MADISON AVENUE AT 40th STREET And Eliminate Labor and Save Expense TEL. 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Their com- bined services covered a period of thirteen years, and they came in the following order: Robert Williams; Richard Boardman; Joseph Pilmoor; Francis Asbury; Richard Wright; Thomas Rankin; George Shadford; James Dempster; Daniel Ruff; John Mann and Samuel Spraggs. The little Dutch cottage, which stood partly in front of the Chapel, included in the purchase of the lots, became the Parsonage, but was known after it became the home of the John Street pastors as "The Preacher's House." Its basement was occupied by the sexton and his wife, and it was made their duty to care for the domestic needs of the bachelor pastors; purchase and prepare their meals, and render the bill of cost to the trustees who fixed the pastor's cash allowance accordingly. The first married pastor to occupy this humble -dwelling was John Dickens, who began his pastorate at John Street in 1783. Among the other famous , pastors who dwelt under its roof were Woolman Hickson; Henry Willis; Freeborn Garrettson; William Phoebus; Thomas Morrell; Richard Whatcoat (later elected bishop); Ezekiel Cooper; Joshua Wells; Jesse Lee; Daniel Ostrander; Nicholas Snethen; Samuel Merwin; Nathan Bangs; Laban Clark and Phineas Rice. Bishop Coke made it his home while in New York. Elijah Crawford was born there and in 1846 was stationed at John Street. There is a tablet to his memory in the present church. THE JOHN STREET "OLD BOOK" Among the historic possessions of the John Street Society, the next in price- less value to the Subscription Paper, an imprint of which appears on a preceding page, is the "Old Book," which contains a record of the proceedings of the trustees from the building of the Chapel in 1768 to 1797, a period of twenty-nine years. It opens with an account of Embury's transactions as the first treasurer, and records with astonishing minuteness dates and details relating to occurrences and doings of those primitive days. It records the price paid for a copy of Cruden's Concordance, which was presented to Embury as a farewell gift; the kind and cost of the supplies purchased for the "Preacher's House" (Parson- age) ; of cash payments made to the preacher, including payments for clothing for the preachers, stationery, postage stamps, medicines, shaving soap, laundry, poll-tax, medical attendance, horse-keep and many other items relating to the preachers, their work, and the up-keep of the Chapel and the Preacher's House. Sometime subsequent to the last entry in the "Old Book ' which was made in 1797, it was lost, and for a period of more than fifty years no Methodist histor- When you want the real thing in sport equipment, you instantly think of "Spalding." A. G. SPALDING & BROS. 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Besides the many interesting sidelights the "Old Book" throws upon mater- ial affairs and social life of the John Street Church and Parsonage of that early period it also did this. In conjunction with still later discovered facts it furnished documentary data for correcting various errors made by the early Methodist historians. One error consisting of the representation that John Street had no pastoral service during the period of the Revolution; another error relating to the identity of Paul and Barbara Heck and the date of their arrival in New York; and another error involving the Godly reputation of Embury and the relative measure of services he rendered in the building of the first John Street Church edifice. DURING THE REVOLUTION, 1777-1782 The history of John Street during the Revolution is fascinatingly unique. During this period all the other Church edifices of the city, excepting Trinity Church, St. Paul's Chapel, St. George's and the Methodist Chapel, were requisitioned for military purposes. The Middle Dutch Church edifice was used as a prison and later as a cavalry riding school; the two Presbyterian Church edifices were occupied by the military; the Baptist Church was turned into a stable, the French Church into a jail, and the Quaker Meeting House into a hospital. But the John Street Chapel was spared desecration of any kind. On Sunday mornings it was used as a place of worship for the Hessian soldiers, and on Sunday evenings and during the week-days it was uninterruptedly used for Methodist services. During this period Asbury, the superintendent of the Methodist Societies, was in hiding in Maryland and made no appointments to John Street, which fact is shown by the General Minutes. 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ESTABLISHED OVER 30 YEARS Robertson & Sons SHOE REPAIRERS i|j 7 WEST 14th ST., near 5th Ave. 38 BEAVER ST., near Con. Exch. 116 WILLIAM ST., near John St. 109 NASSAU ST., near Ann St. WAIT Trade Mark. r NEW YORK CITY Phone 3646 Beekman Hermann F. Wilckens BUTCHER- GROCER 260 WATER STREET NEW YORK Est. 1850 Tel. 6009 John FRED. KUEHNE Successor to John Nuhn & Co. ELECTRO SILVER PLATED WARE gold and silver plating Repairing and Replating Old Ware equal to new a specialty 88 John Street engraving new york "BEST WISHES" TO Old John Street M.E. Church ESTATE OF J. L. Telephone Cortlandt 2986 W. H. loseph & Son MANUFACTURERS OF Marking and Stamping Devices Rubber Stamps, Stencils and Kindred Goods 113 Nassau Street, New York American Oriental Restaurant 23 JOHN STREET (One Flight Up) Reasonable Prices Prompt Service Special Dishes Every Day Telephone 3538 John Henry Kirschbaum Architectural and Ornamental CHURCH WORK Bronze, Brass, Scroll, Grill Repairing and Refinishing a Specialty 88 John Street M. ROSENFELD general photographer 116 Nassau Street, New York JOHN'T^ARSON Engraving, Embossing, Stamping Paneling, Printing 462 John Street NEW YORK TEL. 60 JOHN Phone Cortlandt 3201 Phone Circle 2149 COBB BROTHERS PLUMBERS 176 GREENWICH STREET NEAR CORTLANDT STREET 798 SEVENTH AVENUE cor. 52nd street NEW YORK N. STAFFORD COMPANY Established Half a Century Badges, Checks and Stencils / Name and Number Plates yHIGH GRADE METAL SIGNS AND TABLETS 67 FULTON STREET. Telephone 647 Beekman Telephone, John 5689 Architectural Cabinet Work Office Partitions J. NELSON Desks and Office Furniture Repairing in All Its Branches Upholstering, Caning and Varnishing a Specialty 122 WILLIAM STREET Beekman 3284 T. S. SMITH manufacturer of Wire Cloth— Wire Work- Wire Goods Office Railings, Riddles and Sieves, Poultry Netting, Poultry Fencing, Window Guards, Window Screens, Coal Screens, Sand Screens 269 PEARL STREET 60 YEARS IN BUSINESS ESTABLISHED 1857 SURE t m r a a r d k e POP SURE EXTERMINATOR When Everything Else Fails, try "SURE POP." Clears out and kills rats, mice, roaches, bedbugs, fleas and all vermin. Our SURE POP BEDBUG LIQUID CAN'T BURN; not poison. CAUTION— Beware of worthless imitations. Look for trade mark (SURE POP). None others genuine. All our goods guaranteed as represented or money refunded. Sizes: 25c, 50c, 75c, $1, $1.50. Sold by dealers or sent prepaid on receipt of price. Prompt attention given phone orders. Phone 3803 John. CONTRACTS taken for clearing houses, residences, hotels and ships of RATS, mice, roaches, BEDBUGS. Ants, Eleas, Moths, etc. TRAINED FERRETS. Adolph Isaacson & Son, 74 FULTON ST., N. Y. OUR ONLY STORE. PUNCTUAL TOWEL SUPPLY INDIVIDUAL ¥ A 1111*1 ft PROMPT TOWELS lint I ml EFFICIENT A SPECIALTY ■ W fcfcW SERVICE Tel. Cortlandt 797 142 Fulton Street, N. Y. DR. EMANUEL M. KAPLAN Surgeon Dentist 9 A. M. — 6 P. M. 136 LIBERTY STREET NEW YORK "GLOBE" METAL POLISH "The National Shine" Thoroughly Polishes and Cleans Brass, Copper, Nickel, Aluminum, Etc. A LITTLE RUB— A BIG SHINE RAIMES & CO. 50 Ferry Street New York TITLE GUARANTEE AND TRUST COMPANY Capital and Surplus, $16,000,000.00 The Depositor's Best Guarantee is a Capital and Surplus Large in Proportion to Deposits, Coupled with Conservative Management. BANKING COMMITTEE EDWARD T. BEDFORD WILLIAM H. NICHOLS EDGAR L. MARSTON WILLIAM H. PORTER WILLIAM A. NASH CLARENCE H. KELSEY J. H. McCLEMENT FRANK BAILEY JAMES SPEYER EDWARD O. STANLEY 176 BROADWAY, MANHATTAN 196 Montague St., Connecting with 175 Remsen St., Brooklyn 350 Fulton St., Jamaica, L. I.; 67 Jackson Ave., L. I. C. THE LONG ISLAND SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY The Oldest Safe Deposit Company in Brooklyn with the Most Modem Vaults BOXES FROM $5.00 PER ANNUM UP STORAGE FOR VALUABLES AT REASONABLE RATES OFFICERS FRANK L. SNIFFEN, President FRANK BAILEY, Vice-President JOHN F. TALMAGE, Secretary 196 MONTAGUE STREET, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CITY Telephone 6000 Main PENS FOR EVERY STYLE OF WRITING ASK FOR ESTERBROOK'S 99 John Street, New York S. APPEL and CO. Yacht Outfitters and Uniform Contractors 18 FULTON STREET COR. FRONT STREET UNIFORMS FOR YACHTS, ( 332 1 STEAMSHIPS, RAILROADS, HO- TELEPHONES: -< 3 3 22 JOHN TELS, OFFICE BUILDINGS, Etc. ( 4096 NEW YORK DR. NELSON YOUNG HULL OPTOMETRIST 198 BROADWAY NEW YORK Phone 5705 Cortlandt H. LESSER BEST WISHES ENVELOPES TYPEWRITER PAPERS JOHN P. FLOAN 13 BEEKMAN ST. A Specialty of Cream in Individual Bricks for Churches, Receptions, Etc. THE REID ICE CREAM CO. The Purest and Most Wholesome Made WHOLESALE AND RETAIL To Any Part of City or Country Main Office, 32 and 34 NEW CHAMBERS STREET Telephone, 5562 Beekman NEW YORK C UL IS TS— O P Tl CIA NS PEERLESS OPTICAL COMPANY 34 MAIDEN LANE PHOTO SUPPLIES Cleaning Repairin Pressing and Delivered Clothing: Called Fo HUDSON VALET Dress Suits to Hire HUDSON TERMINAL, Main Floor 50 CHURCH ST Telephone 4659 Cortlandt Wm. Ruediger BRADLEY & SMITH BRUSHES The New York Business Directory for 1860, Under the Heading "Brush Manufacturers," Gave the Address of BRADLEY & SMITH, 251 Pearl St. T row's Directory for 1916 Shows Bradley & Smith at the Same Location. 58 Cortlandt Street 102 Nassau Street , 240 Fifth Avenue 6 Astor House 50 Broadway CHAS. W. WOLF TRUNKS, BAGS AND LEATHER GOODS main store 22 Cortlandt Street Established 1863 ELWARD SMITH & CO. WM. F. BIRMINGHAM, Prop. Established 1860 CARPENTERS, BUILDERS and GENERAL CONTRACTORS 57 Ann Street, New York Telephone 2060 Beekman Fire Insurance Repairs and Estimates a Specialty, Offices and Stores Fitted Up General Jobbing Promptly Attended To Phone 2148 Cortlandt NEW YORK Established 1875 GORDON, ROBERTS & CO. Advisers and Brokers in INSURANCE 56-58 Pine Street NEW YORK Papers of Quality" John F. Sarle Co. Incorporated 85 John Street, New York Telephone 3265 John ALFRED F. SINSHEIMER Publishing and Commercial Printing Engraving, Lithographing 84 John Street, New York Telephone 2000 John Established 18 Years CHARLES F. NOYES COMPANY REAL ESTATE INCREASE: MAY 1st, 1916, as Compared with MAY 1st, 1909 In number of owners - 390.62% In number of properties ----- 437.25% In number of tenants - - - - 927.81% In amounts of rents ------ 755.53% 92 William Street, New York Telephone, 143 John DANIEL WINANT CITY DRESSED BEEF AND PROVISIONS 178 FRONT STREET THE MARKET AND FULTON NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK Organized 1852 Capital and Surplus $3,000,000 RESOURCES OVER FOURTEEN MILLION DOLLARS 81 FULTON STREET ALEXANDER GILBERT, President ROBERT A. PARKER, Vice-President WILLIAM M. ROSENDALE, Cashier A Sixty-Year-Old Bank C'OR more than two generations this institu- * tion has had a steady, conservative, profit- able growth, enjoying to the fullest extent the confidence and good will of the business com- munity. Its reputation, resources and facilities are at your service.