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MINUTES
FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL SESSION
OF THE
Synod of New Jersey,
HELD AT
ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY,
October, 1876.
With an Appendix.
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OP THE SYNOD UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
THE STATED CLERK.
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OFPICERS OF THE SYNOD.
Moderator,
Rev. Thomas McCauley, - Hackettstown, IST, J.
Stated Clerk,
Rev. J. B. Davis, - - - Hightstown, ^. J.
Enrolment and Reading" Clerk,
Rev. Benjamin S. Everitt. - - Jamesburg, N. J.
Temporary Clerk,
Rev. William Swan, - - . - Stockton, N. J.
Treasurer,
Rev. J. B. Davis, - - - . Hightstown, N. J.
MINUTES
OF THE
FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL SESSION
OF THE
SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY,
The Synod of New Jersey met, pursuant to adjournment,
in the First Presbyterian Churcli of Elizabeth, on Tuesday,
October 17th, 1876, at 3 o'clock P. M., and was opened
with a sermon by the Moderator, the Rev. William C.
Roberts, D. D., from the 2d Epistle of Peter, 1st Chapter,
Verses 5, 6, 7 and 8: "And besides this giving all diligence,
add to your faith, virtue ; and to virtue, knowledge ; and
to knowledge, temperance ; and to temperance, patience ;
and to patience, godliness ; and to godliness, brotherly
kindness ; and to brotherly kindness, charity. For if these
things be in you and abound, they make you that ye shall
neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our
Lord Jesus Christ."
After public worship, the Synod was constituted by
prayer by the ^Moderator.
MEMBERS PRESENT.
Presbytery of Corisco.
MINISTERS. RULIXG ELDERS.
[None.] [None.]
Presbytery of Elizabeth.
ministers.
Rkv. Wm. W. Blavvelt, D. D. (2), Rev. Bexja.mix Cory,
" JoHX C. Raxkix, D. D., " Edwix H. Reixhart,
4 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.
Eev. William Scribner (2), Rev. Edward B. Edgar,
" John F. Pingry, Ph. J)., " Theodore S. Brown,
" Thomas T. Bradford, " Joseph G. Williamson,
" Everard Kempshall, D. D., " Daa'id H. Pierson, Ph. D. (2),
" William C. Roberts, D. D., " Alexander McKelvey,
" Joseph McNulty, " John A. Liggett,
" John J. Pomeroy, " John Ewing,
" Kneeland p. Ketcham, " I. Alstyne Blauvelt,
" John C. Bliss, " Aaron Peck,
" Henry W. Teller, " James W. Shearer,
" Wm. S. C. Webster (2), " Samuel Parry,
" William H. Roberts, " John Rudolph,
" Edward C. Ray, " William S. Carr.
ruling elders,
names. churches.
Myron G. Heath Basking Ridge.
James W. Hummer Bethlehem.
E. Bosenbuby Clinton.
Clark Faitoute Connecticut Farms.
W. D. Wood Cranford.
C. C. Morgan (2) Danellen.
James C. Woodruff Elizabeth, First.
Keen Pruden Elizabeth, Second.
Ogden Woodruff Elizabeth, Third.
S. W. Stebbins Westminster, Elizabeth.
William Woodcock Elizabethport.
S. J. Hagerman Lanington.
J. Hildebrant Liberty Corner.
C. C. Pierson Perth Amboy.
Wm. McD. Coriell Plainfield, Second.
John McCullough Pluckanim.
0. E. Boyd Rahway, First.
Ika La Forge Rahway, Second.
Thomas R. White Roselle.
John W. Hunt Siloam.
W. S. Smith Springfield.
P. Harwood Vernon Summit.
Henry M. Demorest West Woodbridge.
Joseph S. Clarke Westfield.
Presbsrtery of Jersey City.
MINISTERS.
Rev. James C. Edwards, Rev. William H. Megie,
" Charles K. Imbrie, D. D., " Thomas G. Wall,
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Rev. Robert R. Thompson, Rev. James C. Egbert,
" William L. Moore (2), " David Magie, D. D.,
" Charles D. Shaw (2), " Roswell D. Smith,
" John R. Fisher, " Henry M. Booth,
" Clarence Geddes, " John P. Hale,
Rev. Samuel H. Jackson.
ruling elders,
names. churches.
Washington R. Vermilye (2) Englewood.
W. T. McCrea (3) Jersey City, Second.
H. Dusenbury Bergen, First.
John L. Noyes (2) Clavemont, Jersey City.
C. C. Jewell Westminster, Jersey City.
Henry Muzzy Paterson, First.
John E. Van Winkle (2) Paterson, Second.
Samuel L. Harris Rutherford Park.
R. J. Waddeli Tenafly.
J. D. Vreeland Union, First.
John Robson West Hoboken.
Presbytery of Monmouth.
mixi8ters.
Rev. Charles F. Worrell, D. D., Rev. Rufus Taylor, D. D.,
" Samuel Mlller, D. D., " Benjamin T. Phillips (2),
" Thaddeus Wilson, " Alfred H. Dashiell, Jr.,
" Jesse B. Davis, " Epaminondas J. Pierce,
" Archibald P. Cobb, " Joseph G. Symmes (3),
'' Frank Chandler, " George W. McMillan,
" Benjamin S. Everitt, " Robert J. Burtt,
" John Hatfield Frazee, " George Swain,
" Edward B. Hodge, *' James M. Anderson,
" Adrian Westveer, " Henry R. Hall,
" Charles S. Newhall, " William G. Cairnes (2),
" George Warrin(;ton, " J. Hall McIlvaine (2),
" James M. Denton, " Leigh Richmond Smith,
Rev. J. Wynne Jones.
RULING ELDERS.
NAMES. CHURCHES.
Samuel Fowler Allentown.
H. B. Carpenter Beverly.
William R. Murphy (2) Bordentown.
6 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.
NAMES. CHIRCHES.
Griffith H. Teller (2) Bricksburg.
J. J. Applegate Cranbury, First.
James L. Eue (2) Cream Ridge.
L. D. Eowland Dayton.
J. F. T. Formax Freehold, First.
Thomas McDoxald Ilightstown.
C. W. Johnson Tamesburg.
John J. Ried Manalapan.
William L. Terhune Matawan.
Joseph Rue Perrineville.
D. N. Btram Shrewsbury.
Daniel Davison Tennent.
Theodore F. Pruden Toms River.
Walter R. Wright Whiting's and Shamona.
Presbytery of Morris and Orange.
MINISTERS.
Eev. Burtis C. Megie, D. D., Rev Samuel Sawyer,
" Samuel N. Howell (2), " Robert Airman, D. D.,
" Nathaniel Conklin, " Charles C. Parker, D. D.,
" Oliver Crane, " 0. H. Perry Deyo,
" James F. Brewster, " Robert S. Feagles,
" Eldridge Mix, " Alfred Yeomaxs,
" Albert Erdmax', " Thomas Carter,
" John Abbott French, " J. William Cochrane (3),
" James A. Ferguson, " James M. Hunting,
" John H. Worcester, " Henry M. Grant (2),
" Pearce Rodgers, " Edward P. Lixxell (2),
*' Carl Herman Gruhnest, " Johanan Richelson,
" William Otis Ruston (2), " Daniel W. Fox,
" Thomas Tyack, " Hexry F. Hickok,
Rev. W. W. Holloway.
RULING ELDERS.
NAMES. CHURCHES.
John Hill (2) Boonton.
Titus Berry Dover.
William Bartley Flanders.
L. Farrow (2) German Valley.
Joseph Kitchell Hanover.
John M. Nixon Madison.
MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY. 7
NAMES. CHURCHES.
Amzi Babbitt (2) Mendham, First.
James B. Millex Mendham, Second.
Joel Davis Morristown, First.
J. C. HixES Morristown, South street.
William Cross New Vernon.
H. N. Beach Orange, First.
Calvin D. Pierson Orange, Second.
Levi P. Stone Orange, Central.
James H. Marr (2) Orange, Bethel.
John Ogden Parsippany.
Alexander Cooper (2) Stirling.
J. S. Brown South Orange.
Presbytery of Newark.
MINISTERS.
Rev. Robert B. Campfield, Rev. Samuel Hutchings (3),
" Jonathan F. Stearns, D. D., " James P. Wilson, D. D.,
" Joshua H. McIlvaine, D. D., " A. Coggsavell Frissell (2),
" Joseph FewSmith, D. D., " William T. Findley, D. D.,
" Samuel H. Hall, D. D., " Elijah R. Craven, D. D.,
" J. Romeyn Berry, D. D., " Johann Guenther,
" Prentiss De Veuve, " Charles T. Haley,
" Henry W. Ballantine (2), " Isaiah B. Hopwood,
'• Charles E. Knox, D. D., " George C. Pollock,
" Charles T. Berry, " Martin F. Hollister,
" William A. Nordt (2), " Julius H. Wolff,
Rev. John L. Wells.
RULING ELDERS.
NAMES. churches.
J. L. Potter Bloomfield.
P. H, Harrison Caldwell.
Jacob S. Dodd Lyon's Farms.
T. R. Carter Montclair.
Joseph N. Tuttle First, Newark.
Joseph D. Harrison Second, Newark.
Isaac A. Alling Third, Newark.
Job Haines Sixth, Newark.
A. I. Gillet South Park, Newark.
Charles G. Rockwood High Street, Newark.
» MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.
NAMES. CHURCHES.
Samuel Halsey (2) Central, Newark.
Stephen J. Meeker Park, Newark.
Robert Blake Roseville.
T. F. McNair (2) Calvary, Newark.
Fred. C. Hexamer (2) 1st German, Newark.
Samuel R. Sessing (2) 3d German, Newark.
Presbytery of New Brunswick.
MINISTERS.
Rev. Charles Hodge, D. D., Rev. Chas. W. Nassau, D. D. (2),
" John Maclean, D. D. (2), " Cornelius S. Conkling (3),
" Lyman H. Atwater, D. D. (3), " John Miller,
" George Sheldon, D. D., " Nathan S. Aller,
" Ansley D. White, " John T. Duffield, D. D. (2),
" W. Henry Green, D. D. (3), " James C. Moffatt, D. D. (2),
" Abraham Gosman, D. D., " George S. Mott, D. D. (3),
" Samuel Hamill, D. D., " P. A. Studdiford, D. D.,
" Charles A. Aiken, D. D. (2), " Isaac M. Patterson,
" Amzi L. Armstrong, " Abram E. Baldwin,
" Henry C. Cameron, D. D., " Thomas Nichols,
" Samuel M. Studdiford, " John H. Schofield,
" John S. Beekman, " John E. Peters,
" James B. Kennedy, " Wm. A. McCorkle, D. D.,
" C. S. Converse, " Charles H. Asay,
" Walter S. Brooks, " J. Van Wart Schenck,
" John D. Hewitt, " Daniel R. Fo.ster,
" William Swan, " George S. Smith.
RULING ELDERS.
names. churches.
E. C. Severs Alexandria, First.
W. W. Fisher Amwell, First.
J. G. BowNE Amwell, Second.
William W. Fisher Amwell, United.
J. S. PowLisoN ...Bound Brook.
William Cox Ewing.
John Gray Kingston.
John Rue Kirkpatrick Memorial.
John A. Anderson Lambertville.
Franklin Dey Lawrenceville.
Jesse Sinclair Milford.
MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY. \f
XAMES. CHl'RCHES.
William Eust New Brunswick, First.
E. A. Titus Pennington.
J. D. Vak Doren Princeton, First.
Charles Hunt (2) Titusville.
Samuel Roberts (2) First, Trenton.
Lewis Parker (2) Second, Trenton.
Gen. E. L. Campbeli Third, Trenton.
Presb3rtery of Newton.
MINISTERS.
Key. Johx J. Carroll, Rev. .7. Addison Priest, D. D.
" Henry E. Spayd, " Thomas McCauley,
" William Thompson, " Alaxson A. Haines,
" H. Brown Scott, " William B. McKee,
" John B. Kugler, " Thomas A. Sanson,
" Henry B. Townsend, " E. Clark Cline,
" Thomas S. Long, " Samuel E. W^ebster,
'' William H. Belden, " (teorge W. Tomson.
ruling elders,
names. churches.
S. Sherrard Belvidere, First.
Wm. H. Morrow Belvidere, Second.
John C. Johnson, M. D Blairstown.
Moses Robbins Bloomslmry.
R. S. Kelly Greenwich.
J. S. Labar Hackettstown.
George Brakely Harmony.
A. W. Weller Mansfield, First.
Joseph Garrison Musconetcong.
Samx^el Johnson Newton.
Thomas F. Stewart Stewartsville.
Wm. E. Skinner Hamburs.
Presbytery of West Jersey.
MINISTERS.
Rev. James R. Wilson, Rev. Villeroy D. Reed, D. D. (2),
" Erastus M. Kellogg, " Allen H. Brown,
" William Bannard, D. D., '* James G. Shinn,
10 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.
Rev. William W. McXair. Rev. Edward P. Shields,
" Lewis C. Bakek, " Nathaniel McCon'aughy,
" J. Allex Maxwell, " Frederick R. Brace,
" Alexander Proudfit (2), " William A. Ferguson,
" Heber H. Beadle, " Leonidas E. Coyle,
" George H. S. Campbell, " Oliver B. McCurdy,
Rev. Henry L. Mayers.
RULING ELDERS.
names. churches.
Henry B. Lupton Bridgetoii, First..
Joel Fithian Bridgeton, Second.
J. P. E. Hughes Cold Spring,
Daa-id Paris Deerfield.
Joseph L. Richmond Pittsgrove.
John P. Moore Salem.
CORRESPONDING MEMBERS.
Rev. J. T. Osler, Synod of Philadelphia.
" Edward Webb, Synod of Philadelijhia.
" J. Addison Henry, Synod of Philadeli;)hia.
" William Roberts, D. D., Moderator of Welsh Calvin-
istic Methodist Church.
" Aaron L. Lindsley, D. D., Synod of the Pacific.
" Matthew Clark, United Presbyterian Synod of Pittsburg.
" G. W. F. Birch, Synod of Indiana, South.
" Albert Williams, Synod of the Pacific.
" F. F. Ellinwood, J). D., Synod of New York.
" Cyrus Dickson. D. D., Synod of Baltimore.
" Thomas Drew, Synod of Virginia.
" T. H. Landon, Newark Conference M. E. Church.
" R. S. Arndt, Newark Conference M. E. Church.
" David J. Atwater, Synod of New York.
SUMMARY.
Ministers 194
Ruling Elders 122
Corresponding Members 14
Total 330
MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY. 11
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The Rev, Thomas McCauley, of the Presbytery of New-
ton, was elected Moderator, and Rev. Messrs. B. S, Everitt
and William Swan were elected Clerks.
Satisfactory reasons were assigned tor the absence of
Rev. R. K. Rodgers, D. D., now for the first time absent in
thirty -five years.
DAILY SESSIONS AND SPECIAL SERVICES.
The Committee of Arrangements presented a report
recommending —
1st. That Synod meet at 9 o'clock A. M. Take recess
at 12:30. Meet in the afternoon at 2:30. Take recess at
5:30. Meet at 7:30 in the evening. Adjourn at 9:30 P. M.
2d. That the half hour from 9^ o'clock to 9:30 A. M., be
spent in devotional exercises.
3d. That on Tuesday evening the Sacrament of the
Lord's Supper be celebrated, Rev. Charles Hodge, I). D.,
LL. D., and Rev. Charles K. Imbrie, D. D., to officiate at
the table.
4th. That Wednesday evening be devoted to a meeting
in the interest of Systematic Beneficence and Foreign
Missions. That the Rev. John Abbott French, of Morris-
town, be invited to address the Synod on the former subject,
and the Rev. F. F. Ellinwood, D. D., upon the latter; and
also that the Narrative of the State of Religion be read.
The recommendations of the committee were adopted.
Svnod then took a recess until 7:30 P. M.
At 7:30 P. M. Sj'uod re-assembled for the sacramental
service previously ordered.
At the close of this service the Synod was called to order
for business.
12 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
The Moderator announced the Standing Committees, as
follows, viz.:
I. Bills and Overtures. — Rev. William C. Eoberts, D. D., Rev.
Joseph Few Smith, D. J)., Rev. Edward B. Hodge, Rev. Henry E.
Spayd, Calvin D. Pier.son, C. C. .Tewett, Franklin Dey.
II. Judicial Comniittee. — Rev. William Bannard, D. D., Rev.
S. M. Hamill, D. D., Rev. B. C. Megie, D. D., Rev. J. C. Egbert, Levi
P. Stone, William L. Terhune, William H. Morrow.
III. On the Minutes of the General Assembly. — Rev. Eld-
ridge Mix, Rev. Charles E. Knox, D. J)., Rev. J. C. Rankin, D. D.,
Joseph D. Harrison, Samuel Johnson.
IV. On Treasurer's Accounts and Assessments. — H. B.
Lupton, S. .J. Meeker.
V. On the Narrative for 1877.— Rev. J. Romeyn Berry, D. J).,
Rev. William H. Belden.
APPEAL PRESENTED.
The appeAl and complaint of the minority of the church
and congregation of AVestlield, against the action of the
Presbytery of Elizabeth, was presented and referred to the
Judicial Committee.
Synod then adjourned until Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock.
Prayer by the Moderator.
Wednesday, October 18th.
Synod met, pursuant to adjournment, at 9 o'clock A. M.,
and spent half an hour in devotional exercises.
The Moderator then called the Synod to order for
business.
The minutes of the proceedings of the preceding day
were read and approved.
MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY. 13
The members of tlie Presbytery of Elizabeth obtained
permission to withdraw from the Synod for half an hour
for the transaction of important business.
COMMITTEES ON PRESBYTERIAL EECORDS.
The Moderator announced Committees on Presbyterial
Records, as follows, viz.:
Eilizabeth. — Eev. J. H. Frazee, Eev. A. A. Haines, Joseph L.
Richmond.
Jersey City. — Rev. Samuel Sawyer, Rev. S. M. Studdiford, John
L. Potter.
Monmouth.— Rev. E. H. Reinhart, Rev. W. AV. McNair, Gen. E.
L. Campbell.
Morris and Orange. — Rev. A. D. White, Rev. L. C. Baker,
Tliomas T. Stevpart.
Newark. — Rev. R. D. Smith, Rev. George Swain, J. C. Hines.
New Brunswick. — Rev. Samuel Miller, D. D., Rev. P. De Veuve,
C. W. Johnson.
Newton. — Rev. H. -M. Booth, Rev. Isaac M. Patterson, Thomas
McDonald.
"West Jersey. — Rev. P. A. Studdiford, D. D., Rev. Thomas G.
Wall, S. W. Stebbins.
The Committee on the Minutes of the General Assembly
were permitted to retire for the transaction of business.
Rev. A. L. Lindsley, D. D., of the Synod of the Pacific,
being present, was invited to sit as a Corresponding Mem-
ber, and also to address the Synod for fifteen minutes.
At the close of his address, Rev. Charles Hodge, D. D., led
the Synod in prayer, with special reference to the interests
of Religion in that field.
Rev. J. A. Henry, of the Synod of Philadelphia, being
present, was invited to sit as a Corresponding Member, and,
by invitation, he addressed the Synod in regard to the
unveiling of the Witherspoon monument, which was to
take place upon the Centennial grounds, in Philadelphia, on
Friday, October 20th; and, in behalf of the Centennial
14 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.
Committee of tlie General Assembly, he invited the Synod
to be present on that occasion.
Dr. Charles Hodge and Prof. J. C. Cameron were
appointed a committee to bring in a suitable minute in rela-
tion to this matter.
Kev. J. C. Eankin, D. D., at his own request, was excused
from serving upon the Committee on the Minutes of the
General Assembly, and Eev. A. Gosman, D. D., was
appointed in his place.
The Eev. William E. Hamilton, of the Synod of Colorado,
being present, was invited to sit as a Corresponding Member.
The standing Committee on Systematic Beneficence pre-
sented a report, which was accepted and referred to a com-
mittee, as follows, viz.: Eev. J. H. McBvaine, D. D., Eev,
John Ewing, Eev. J. M. Anderson, Eev. J. B. Kugler; and
Elders J. D. Vreeland, J. M. Xixon, Lewis Parker, Joel
Fithian.
WITHERSPOON MONUMENT.
The committee appointed to submit resolutions with
reference to the invitation of the Centennial Committee of
the General Assembly presented a report, which was
accepted, adopted, and is as follows :
Whereas, the Centennial Committee of the General Assembly has
invited the Synod of New Jersey to be present at the unveiling
of the statue of the Eev. John Witherspoon, D. D., at Philadel-
phia, on Friday, the 20th inst.; and whereas, Dr. Witherspoon,
an active patriot in the Revolution, a member of the Continental
Congress, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was
the President of the College of New Jersey and an eminent and
influential minister within the bounds of the Synod of New
Jersey ; therefore,
Besolved, That the thanks of this Synod be tendered to the commit-
tee for their very cordial invitation ; and that when this Synod
adjourns, it be to meet in the Tabernacle Church, in Philadelphia, at
11 A. M. on Friday, the 20th inst., to attend the sei'vices to which it
has been invited.
CHARLES HODGE,
HENRY C. CAMERON,
Committee
MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY. 15
Communications relating to Home Missions and Woman's
>^Work for Foreign Missions were received and referred to
the Committee on Bills and Overtures.
EEPORT ON MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The Committee upon the Minutes of the General Assem-
bly reported in part, calling attention to the action of the
Assembly upon the appeal and complaint of a minority of
the Church at Westfield, against the action of the Synod of
1875.
The committee recommended the following action, which
was adopted, viz.:
Whereas, The General Assembly, at its last session, heard and sus-
tained an apjieal from the decision of the Synod of 1875, in
Judicial Case, No. 1, viz.: The ajjpeal and comj^laint of the
minority of Westfield congregation against the action of the
Presbytery of Elizabeth, which action reverses the judgment of
Synod ; therefore,
Resolved, That in view of the decision of the Assembly that " the
appeal from the judgment of the Synod should be and is hereby
sustained, and that the four votes to 'sustain in j^art' should have
been counted with those * to sustain,' and the Synod is directed to
correct the record in this regard," tlie Synod does hereby correct its
action in this case in accordance with the direction of the General
Assembly.
And whereas, The Assembly also declares, in view of the fact that a very
large and influential minority of the congregation of Westfield
have, from the beginning, been opposed to the pastorate of Mr.
McKelvey ; and since it seems certain that harmony will not be
restored under his pastorate ; and since it is in evidence that
many of the members of the Synod who voted not to sustain
the appeal are of opinion that this pastoral relation should be
dissolved ; and in consideration of the fact that many of the
acts of the Presbytery in the case have been hasty and irregular :
the Synod of New Jersey is required and directed to enjoin the
Presbytery of Elizabeth to dissolve, at as early a day as practica-
ble, the pastoi'al relation of the Rev. Alexander McKelvey to
the congregation of AVestfield ; therefore,
16 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to bring in a minute
expressing the judgment of the Synod in the case, who shall be
instructed to take into consideration in their report the vote as it now
stands, and the further requirement of the General Assembly that the
Synod enjoin the Presbytery to dissolve the j^astoral relation of Mr.
McKelvey to the Church at Westfield, seeming to imply in their recital
of reasons for this requirement, that it is their judgment that the
relation of Mr. McKelvey with that Church in every way shall be dis-
continued.
The committee called for by tlie foregoing resolution, to
bring in a minute expressing the judgment of the Synod in
the Westfield Church case, was appointed as follows, viz.:
Rev. J. A. Priest, D. D., Rev. J. F. Stearns, D. D., Rev. J.
B. Kennedy ; Elders John Hill and W. R. Vermilye.
A communication was received from Mr. George Shep-
ard Page, President of the State Temperance Alliance.
Resolved, That Mr. Page be invited to address the Synod on Thurs-
day morning at 10 o'clock.
The Rev. G. W. F. Birch, of the Synod of Indiana, South;
Rev. Albert Williams, of the Synod of the Pacific; and Rev.
Matthew Clark, of the United Presbyterian Synod of Pitts-
burg, being present, were invited to sit as Corresponding
Members.
A committee, appointed since the last meeting of Synod
by the Moderator, to defend the Synod of ISTew Jersey, in
the case of the appeal and complaint of the minority of the
Westfield Church and congregation, presented a report,
which was accepted and referred to the Committee on the
Westfield Church Case.
The Judicial Committee presented a report, in part,
which was accepted, and the consideration of it was made
the first order for the afternoon. Synod then took a recess
until 2:30 P. M.
MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY. 17
Wednesday, October 18tli, 2:30 P. M.
Synod re-assembled.
A memorial of Trustees and Elders of tbe Cbureb of West-
field, IST. J., to tbe General Assembly was presented and
referred to tbe Committee upon tbe Westfield Cbureb
Case.
A petition from members of tbe Westfield Cbureb and
congregation, praying for sucb action on tbe part of Synod
as \y\\\ secure tbe entire removal of tbe Rev. Alexander
McKelvey from said Cbureb, was received.
A remonstrance against any sucb action was also received.
Botb papers were referred to tbe Judicial Committee.
REPORT OF THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE.
The order of tbe day, wbicb was tbe report of tbe Judi-
cial Committee, was tben taken up. Tbe report was
adopted, and is as follows :
The Judicial Committee of the Sj'nocl respectfully report that the
following jiapers have been placed in their hands, viz.:
1. An appeal and complaint of the minority of the Church and con-
gregation of Westfield, against the action of the Presbytery of Eliza-
beth, in the matter of the resignation of the Rev. Alexander McKel-
vey, taken from November 17, 1875, to December 8, 1875.
2. An appeal and complaint of the same parties against the action
and proceedings of the Presbytery of Elizabeth, at its meeting held
June 27, 1876.
3. An appeal and complaint from the same parties against the acts
and proceedings of the Presbytery of Elizabeth, at its meeting October
3 and 4, 1876.
The committee submit the following :
Whereas, The General Assembly, at its sessions in May last, required
and directed the Synod of New Jersey to enjoin the Presbytery
of Elizabeth to dissolve, at as early a day as practicable, tlie
pastoral relation of the Rev. Alexander McKelvey to the Church
and congregation of Westfield ; therefore,
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18 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JEKSEY.
Resolved, That this decision stays all proceedings in the case of the
Church of Westfield, and the Eev. Alexander McKelvey, and the
Presbytery of Elizabeth, until the Synod has had an opportunity to
carry out the instructions of the General Assembly.
CHURCH EXTENSION AND HOME MISSIONS.
The Standing Committee on Church Extension and Home
Missions presented their report, which was accepted and
adopted. (See Appendix.)
Resolved, That the committee be continued for another year, with
power to emploj^ a Synodical missionary.
SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE.
The committee to whom was referred the report of the
Committee on Systematic Beneficence, presented their
report, which was accepted, adopted, and is as follows :
The committee to whom was referred the admirable report on
Systematic Beneficence, would resjiectfulljf recommend the adoption
of the report ; that it be printed in the Appendix to the Minutes ;
and that Presbyteries be directed to see that opportunity be given in
every Church for contributions to all the Boards.
The committee appointed to prepare a memorial to the
General Assembly asking for the revision of the Book of
Discipline, reported progress. The committee was con-
tinued, with directions to report at the next meeting of the
Synod.
The Judicial Committee presented a report recommend-
ing that the petition and remonstrance from parties in the
Westfield congregation, together with all other papers
relating to that Church which have been presented to the
Synod, be laid upon the table until the Special Committee
upon the "Westfield Church Case has reported.
The recommendation of the committee was adopted.
The name of Rev. Henry F, Hickok was substituted for
that of Rev. J. A. Priest, D. D., upon the Committee on
MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEAV JERSEY. 19
the Westfield Church Case, on account of the iUness of Dr.
Priest.
A paper relating to the German Theological School, of
ITewark, was presented, and referred to a committee con-
sisting of the Rev. J. Romeyn Berry, D. D., Rev. A. Gos-
man, J). D., and H. ]^. Beach, Esq.
The Stated Clerk, to whom had been referred, with
power, the request of the Presbytery of Jersey City to
receive as a member of that body the Rev. Robert Chris-
tison, a foreign minister, reported that the said Rev. Robert
Christison had furnished testimonials of good standing in
the Congregational Church of Scotland ; that he had been
duly examined by the Presbytery of Jersey City, and had
served as a probationer under the care of that body for
one year, in accordance with the Rules of the General
Assembly of 1800, and the request of the Presbytery of
Jersey City had been granted.
The report was accepted and adopted.
The Synod then took a recess until 7:30 P. M.
Wednesday, 7:30 P. M.
Synod re-assembled.
A public meeting was held, as previously ordered.
The Narrative of the State of Religion within the bounds
of the Synod was read by the Rev. Frank Chandler, and
addresses were delivered by Rev. J. Abbott French, upon
Benevolence in Hard Times, and by Rev. F. F. Ellinwood,
D. D., in relation to Foreign Missions.
A report of Woman's Work for Foreign Missions within
the bounds of the Synod of New Jersey, was presented by
Rev. Dr. Roberts, of Elizabeth.
The report was accepted and ordered to be printed in the
Appendix to the Minutes.
The Synod then adjourned until Thursday morning at 9
o'clock.
Session closed with prayer.
20 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.
Thursday, October 19tli, 9. A. M.
Synod met, according to adjournment, and spent half an
hour in devotional exercises. At the close of these exer-
cises, the Synod proceeded to business.
The minutes of the proceedings of the previous day were
read, amended and approved.
The records and proceedings of the Presbytery of Morris
and Orange were approved.
GERMAN THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL OF NEWARK.
The committee to whom was referred the paper relating
to the German Theological School of l^ewark, presented a
report, which was accepted and adopted, and is as follows :
The committee to whom was referred the jjaper relating to the Ger-
man Theological School of Newark, beg leave to recommend to the
Synod the adoption of the following preamble and resolutions, viz.:
Whereas, Committees from the Presbyteries of Morris and Orange,
Newark, and Elizabeth have jointly i^resented to the Synod the
pressing necessities of the German Theological School of New-
ark ; therefore.
Resolved, That this Synod cordially re-affirms its former expressions
of approval of the German Theological School of Newark, and
earnestly recommends that a collection be taken up for its benefit in
every Church in the Synod, as soon as practicable.
Resolved, That in resj^ect to providing for the current expenses of the
present year, which is the object most immediately pressing, a com-
mittee of one from each Presbytery be appointed to make a fair
apportionment of the sum needed from each Presbytery, and that
Presbyteries and Churches be earnestly requested to take measures as
soon as possible to remove the present indebtedness and to increase
the endowment, and that each member of this committee be directed
to act in his own Presbytery for the furtherance of the object of these
resolutions.
Respectfully submitted,
J. ROMEYN BERRY, Chairman.
MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY. 21
The Rev. Cyrus Dickson, D. D., of the Synod of Balti-
more ; Rev. Thomas Drew, of the Synod of Virginia ; and
Rev. T. H. Landon, of the Newark Conference of the M. E.
Church, being present, were invited to sit as Corresponding
Members.
The committee to whom the AVestfiekl Church Case had
been referred, presented a report, which was accepted and
placed upon the docket.
TEMPERANCE.
Mr. George Shepard Page then addressed the Synod
upon the present aspect of the Temperance cause in this
State.
Resolved^ That the Synod has heard with great interest the state-
ments of Mr. George Shepard Page, President of the New Jersey
State Temperance Alliance, and cordially recommends that the minis-
ters of this Synod preach to their people upon the subject of temper-
ance, on the second Sabbath of May next, and that this Synod earnestly
commends this whole great cause to the more fervent and active
co-operation of its ministry and churches ; and it also recommends
that, if the way be ojjen, a collection be taken up on the Sabbath above
named in behalf of the Alliance.
Resolved, That this Synod, through its officers, will respectfully
petition the Legislature of New Jersey, at its next session, to enact a
general local option law.
Resolved, That it be the first order of the day for the after-
noon, to hear the Rev. V. D. Reed, D. D., on behalf of the
Board of Education, and the Rev. E. R. Craven, D. D., on
behalf of the Board of Church Erection.
The records of the Presbyteries of Jersey City and Mon-
mouth were approved.
Rev. Cyrus Dickson, D. D., by invitation, addressed the
Synod in behalf of the Board of Domestic Missions, after
which the Synod took a recess until 2:30 P. M.
22 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.
Thursday, 2:80 P. M.
Synod re-assembled.
A motion was made that the report of the Judicial Com-
mittee be reconsidered, with the view of taking up the
report of the Special Committee upon the Westfield Church
Case.
Resolved, That the further consideration of this motion be the second
order of the day for the afternoon.
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
The committee appointed to audit the Treasurer's accounts
reported that thev had attended to that duty and found the
accounts correct as compared with the vouchers accompany-
ing them, with a balance due the Treasurer of $22.97. They
recommended that the apportionments to Presbyteries for
contingent expenses for the ensuing year be as follows :
Presbytery of EHzabeth $40 00
" " Jersey City 40 00
" "Monmouth 40 00
" " Morris and Orange 39 00
" " Newark 50 00
" " New Brunswick 53 00
" " Newton 40 00
" " West Jersey 39 00
The report was accepted and adopted.
A Standing Committee on the German Theological
School of Newark was nominated and appointed, as follows :
Presbytery of Morris and Orange — Eev. Albert Erdman.
" " New Brunswick— Rev. P. A. Studdiford, D. D.
" " Monmouth — Rev. Edward B. Hodge.
" " "West Jersey — Rev. Alexander Proudfit.
" " Newton— Rev. J. A. Priest, D. D.
" " Jersey City — Rev. Edward W. French.
" " Newark — Rev. J. Romeyn Berry, D. D,
" " Elizabeth— Rev. Theodore S. Brown.
MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY. 23
The committee was granted leave to retire for the trans-
action of business.
The records of the Presbytery of Newton were approved.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Rev. Y. D. Reed, D. D., then addressed the Synod in
behalf of the Board of Education.
The following resolution was presented, accepted, and
referred to the Committee on Bills and Overtures, viz.:
Resolved, That this S3aiod overture the General Assembly, requesting
that body to instruct the Board of Education to require of the candi-
dates aided by the Board, when they shall have finished their prejjara-
tory course, to hold themselves subject to the oi'ders of either the
Board of Foreign Missions or the Board of Home Missions, for the
doing of such missionary work as these Boards may have for them to
do, for a period of from one to years.
Rev. E. R. Craven, D. D., then addressed the Synod on
behalf of the Board of Church Erection.
The Committee on Vacant Churches and Unemployed
Ministers presented a report, which was accepted and
adopted. (See Appendix.)
The records of the Presbytery of Elizabeth were approved
as far as written.
The Rev. David J. Atwater, of the Synod of New York,
and the Rev. M. Arndt, of the Newark Conference of the
M. E. Church, being present, were invited to sit as Corres-
ponding Members.
The Rev. J. H. O'Brien, a member of the Standing Com-
mittee on Enrolment and Leave of Absence, being absent,
the Rev. E. P. Shields was appointed in his stead.
WESTFIELD CHURCH CASE.
The second order of the day, which was the motion to
reconsider the vote adopting the report of the Judicial
24 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.
Committee, was taken up. The vote adopting the report
was reconsidered and the r-eport was laid upon the table for
the present, for the purpose of taking up the report of the
Special Committee upon the Westtield Church Case.
The report of the Committee upon the Westfield Church
Case was then taken up.
Pending the consideration of this report, the Synod took
a recess until 7:30 P. M.
Thursday, 7:30 P. M.
Synod re-assembled.
The consideration of the report of the Committee upon
the Westfield Church Case was resumed.
A substitute for that report, including the substance of it
but adding thereto, was finally adopted, and is as fol-
lows, viz.:
Whereas, The General Assembly, at its last session, directed the Synod
of New Jersey to enjoin the Presbytery of Elizabeth to dissolve
the pastoral relation of the Kev. Alexander McKelvey to the
congregation of Westfield ; and inasmuch as that relation is
already dissolved by the Presbytery, acting by request of the
pastor in the matter, and with the acquiescence of the congre-
gation :
No further action in this particular is required on the part of Synod.
But, in view of the action of the Synod in 1874 and 1875, and in view
of the action of the Assembly, and in view of the fact that Mr. McKel-
vey still exercises ministerial offices over that Church as supply, the
Synod is of opinion that it is undesirable that Mr. McKelvey should
continue ministerial labors in that congregation.
RECORDS OF THE PRESBYTERY OF NEW BRUNSWICK.
The committee appointed to review the records of the
Presbytery of New Brunswick, presented a report recom-
mending their approval with two exceptions. One of these
exceptions was adopted, and the other was laid over until
the next meeting of the Synod.
MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY. 25
The exception which was adopted, is as follows :
The Presbytery erred in permitting one of their ministers to lay
aside his ministerial office, although the highest authorities of our
Church have repeatedly and emphatically declared that by deposition
alone a minister can be divested of his office. This has been the
decision of the 0. S. Assembly, the N. S. Assembly, and the Assem-
bly of the undivided Church, concurrently. (See Moore's Digest,
pages 165-168.) Moreover, the 0. S. Presbytei'ies and the Pres-
byteries of the re-vmited Cliurch have alike refused to sanction a
constitutional rule permitting the demission of the ministry.
The exception which was laid over until the next meeting
of the Synod, is as follow^s, viz.:
The Presbytery erred, after allowing the minister in question to
demit his office, in assigning him as a private member to a particular
Church.
Church orders make a man not only a minister, but also a mem-
ber of the Church at large, detaching him from all particular
Churches. The effects of his ordination can never be whollj^ lost ; even
if deposed, he is never, upon restoration, re-ordained. The Assembly
has decided that a minister cannot be a member of a j^articular Church.
(Moore's Digest 169, 7.) That deposition does not excommunicate.
That excommunication must be inflicted, if at all, by a further and
separate act of Presbytery. That the Presbytery alone can thus
excommunicate or afterwards restore to the communion. In conse-
quence, even a deposed minister must remain perpetually under the
ecclesiastical care of the Presbytery. (Moore's Digest, 527.)
SAMUEL MILLER,
PRENTIS De veuve.
Committee.
The committee to w^hich the report of the committee
appointed to defend the Synod before the General Assembly
was referred, reported that there is no sufficient evidence
of wrong action to justify complaint on the part of the
Synod as to the method by which the case w^as issued by
the Assembly, and we recommend that no further action be
taken.
The report of the committee was accepted and laid upon
the table.
26 MINUTES or THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.
MISSION WORK.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures, to which com-
munications relating to missionary work had been referred,
presented a report, which was accepted and adopted, and is
as follows :
Resolved, 1, That praise and thanksgiving are due to the Great Head
of the Church, for visiting the mission fields within our bounds with
abounding spiritual blessings during the year.
Resolved, 2, Tliat the Synod feel deeply the importance of enlisting
early the interest of the children of the Church in the work of mis-
sions, both Home and Foreign, and they therefore recommend to our
pastors and to the superintendents of our Sabbath Schools to secure
regular contributions from the children to these objects ; and they fur-
ther recommend that they be encouraged to send their contributions
directly to the Boards which have these interests in charge.
Resolved, 3, That the Synod observe with great satisfaction the grow-
ing interest of the women of our Church in the work of Home Mis-
sions, and commend the efforts now being made to secure a more
thorough organization.
Resolved, 4, That the Synod heartily approves the plan of holding
annual conventions of Christian women for prayer and conference in
connection with the meeting of Synod, and recommends that a com-
mittee of women be annually appointed by the Convention and
reported to the Synod, which shall be a medium of communication
between the Board of Home Missions and the various women's mis-
sionary organizations within our bounds.
Resolved, 5, That in order to provide a committee for the present
year until the meeting of the next Convention, each Presbytery be
requested to name, at an early date, two ladies to serve ad interim.
Resolved, 6, That the Synod's Committee of Arrangements for next
year be requested, if practicable, to make provision for the Convention
recommended in the foregoing resolutions.
In relation to the resolution which had been referred to
the Committee on Bills and Overtures, to overture the
General Assembly to instruct the Board of Education to
require candidates to hold themselves subject to the orders
of the Board of Home or Foreign Missions for one or
imore years, the committee recommended that the Synod
MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY. 27
decline to overture the Assembly on the subject, for the
following reasons : (1.) Because there are too many diiiicul-
ties in the way of carrying out the recommendation.
(2.) Because the Board itself can bring the matter before
the Assembly.
The recommendation of the committee was adopted.
ORDAINED OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH TO HOLD THE PROP-
ERTY AND MANAGE THE PECUNIARY AFFAIRS OF THE
CHURCH.
Rev. E. B. Hodge submitted the following preamble and
resolutions, which were accepted and adopted :
Whereas, It is the conscientious belief of many ministers and members
of the Presbyterian Chvxrch that the control of all the property
of the Church, and the management of its pecuniary affairs,
should be in the hands of the Church itself, through agencies
responsible directly to its membership, acknowledging alone the
supreme headship of Christ in regard to all its interests ; and
whereas, such an arrangement is in full accordance with the
l^rovisions of our form of government ; therefore,
Resolved, That a committee of the Synod be appointed to secure
from the Legislature of this State an act permitting and authorizing
any Presbyterian Church which shall so elect, to hold its property
and manage its pecuniary interests solely through, and in the name of.
its ordained officers, usually called ministers, elders and deacons.
Rev. Edward B. Hodge, Rev. C. K. Imbrie, D. D., and
Elder Henr}- IST. Beach, Esq., were appointed the committee
under the foregoing resolution.
Resolved, That the Committee on Systematic Beneficence be requested
to obtain, if possible, from Rev. J. A. French a copj^ of his address to
the Synod on "Giving in Hard Times," with a view to its being printed in
condensed form for wide-sjiread distribution, as a tract eminently cal-
culated to aid the Synod in its benevolent work at this crisis.
Resolved, That the Narrative of the State of Religion be adojited and
printed in the Appendix to the Minutes of the Synod.
28 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.
ABSENTEES.
The Committee on Leave of Absence presented a report,
which, was accepted and adopted, and is as follows :
The Standing Committee on Enrolment, Excuses and Leave of
Absence report that the following members have forwarded satis-
factory excuses for absence from the
PKESENT MEETING OF THE SYNOD, VIZ.:
Kev. R. K. Rodgers, D. D., Rev. R. H. Richardson, D. D.,
" E. W. French, " D. E. Magee,
" J. H. O'Brien, " J. 0. Wells.
EXCUSED FOE ABSENCE FROM THE LAST MEETING OF THE SYNOD.
Rev. C. W. Nassau, D. D.
The following were granted leave of absence
AFTER WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Rev. J. C. Williamson, Rev. Nathan S. Aller,
Elder E. C. Severs, " H. R. Hall,
Elder Joseph Kitchell.
AFTER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
Rev. J. A. Fei'gvison, Rev. C. Geddes,
" R. J. Waddell, " R. R. Bradford,
" S. M. Hnmill, D. D., " F. R. Brace,
" L. C. Baker, Elder John Hill,
" D. R. Foster, " J. W. Hummer.
AFTER THURSDAY MORNING,
Rev. W. W. Halloway, Rev. James C. Edwards,
" V. D. Reed, D. D., " W. B. McGee,
" Henry F. Hickok, " Oliver Crane,
" William Thomson, Elder Henry N. Beach,
" C. H. Asay, " J. G. Bowne,
" H. H. Beadle, " T. R. Carter,
*' A. A. Haines, " Joel Davis.
AFTER THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
Rev. R. J. Burtt, Rev. George Swain,
" L. R. Smith, " George Sheldon, D. D.,
" B. S. Everitt, " R. B. Canfield,
" H. W. Teller, " C. D. Shaw,
" E. Clarke I'line, Elder Joel Fithian,
" 0. H. Perry Deyo, " L. B. Rowland,
MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY. 29
Rev. J. F. Brewster, • Elder J. C. Johnson, M. D.,
" W. W. McXair, " J. F. T. Forman,
" C. F. Worrell, D. D., " A. J. Gillet,
" R. S. Feagles, " J. C. Van Winkle,
" J. H. Patterson, " J. A. Anderson,
" George W. McMillan, " Thomas McDonald,
" J. P. Hale, " C. W. Johnson,
" J. E. Fisher, " J. J. Applegate,
" E. Mix, " George Brakely,
" E. J. Pierce. " S. Johnson,
" J. M. Denton, " Thomas T. Stewart,
" D. Magie, D. D., " John P. Moore,
" William Bannard, D. D., " Joseph Rue,
" W. A. McCorkle, D. D., " W. T. McCrea,
Elder Charles E. Rockwood.
The minutes and proceedings of the Presbytery of West
Jersey were approved.
The Janitor's bill was ordered to be paid.
VOTE OF THANKS.
Resolved, Tliat the Synod is deeply grateful to the pastor of the First
Church of Elizabeth and other members of the Committee of Arrange-
ments ; to the Committee on Entertainment, and other citizens and
families of Elizabeth and vicinity : for their unsparing efforts to pro-
mote the comfort of members of the Synod while attending this
annual meeting.
Resolved, That the resolution to adjourn to meet in the Tabernacle
Church, in Philadelphia, on the 20th instant, to participate in the
ceremonies of unveiling the Withersi^oon monument, be reconsidered.
Resolved, That, so far as practicable, members of the Synod will be
present on that occasion.
NEXT ANNUAL MEETING.
Resolved, That the next annual meeting of the Synod be held in the
First or Third Church of Newark, on the third Tuesday of October,
1877, commencing at 3 o'clock P. M.
Resolved, That the Pastors of said Churches, and the Ruling Elders
representing them in the next Synod, be the Committee of Arrano-e-
ments.
Resolved, That the reading of the Statistical Reports of Presbyteries
be omitted, but that said reports be printed in the Appendix to the
Minutes.
30 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.
The Stated Clerk was directed to send the Statistical
Keport of the Synod to the General Assembly.
The Minutes were read and approved.
Synod then adjourned to meet in the First or Third
Church of l^ewark, on the third Tuesday of October, 1877,
at 3 o'clock, P. M.
Closed with prayer and benediction.
J. B. DAVIS,
Stated Clerk.
APPENDIX.
I.— STATISTICAL EEPORTS.
I. PRESBYTEKY OF COEISCO.
(No Report.)
II. PRESBYTERY OF ELIZABETH.
The Presbytery of Elizabeth resj^ectfully rei^ort to the Synod of New
Jersey, that they consist of forty-seven Ministers, and have under their
care twenty-nine Churches, six Licentiates, and four Candidates.
Presbytery further report that on the 26th day of October last they
received the Rev. John Rudolph from the Presbytery of Newark ; and
on the same day dissolved the pastoral relation of the Rev. William A.
Lynch with the Siloam Church. On the 6th of December they dis-
solved the pastoral relation of the Rev. Edward G. Read with the
Third Church of Elizabeth, and on the same day received under their
care the First German Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth, which had
been organized on the 15th of November, by a committee of the Pres-
bytery, and on the 13th of December they installed Mr. Rudolph
pastor of this Church.
Presbytery further report that on the 25th of January they dis-
missed the Rev. William A. Lynch to the Presbytery of Troy ; and on
the 18th of April they dismissed the Rev. G. S. Plumley to the
Reformed Classis of New York, and the Rev. G. W. Burroughs to the
Presbytery of Philadelphia Central ; on the same day they received
the Rev. Edward C. Ray from the Presbytery of Utica, and on the
next day licensed Mr. Joseph G. Williamson, Jr., and Mr. William H.
Johns to preach the gospel ; and on the 25th of the same month they
installed Mr. Ray pastor of the Third Church, in the city of Elizabeth.
Presbytery further report that on the 27th of June they dissolved
the pastoral relation of the Rev. Alexander McKelvey with the Church
of Westfield; on the 3d day of October, instant, they dismissed the
Rev. William Hall to the Presbytery of New York, and on the next
32 STATISTICAL REPORTS.
day they received tlie Eev. William S. Can- from the New Haven West
Association, and on the 9th instant installed him pastor of the Siloam
Church, in the city of Elizabeth ; on the 4th of October they dissolved
the i^astoral relation of the Eev. .James B. Patterson with the Second
Church of Elizabeth.
JOHN C. RANKIN, Stated Clerk.
III. PRESBYTERY OF JERSEY CITY.
This Presbyterj' consists of thirty-three Ministers, and has under its
care twenty-six Churches, two Licentiates, and two Candidates. There
have been received :
I. LICENTIATES.
May 23d. Mr. S. M. Jackson, from the Reformed Classis of New
York.
July 11th. Mr. F. 0. Zesch, from the Presbytery of Newark.
II. MINISTERS.
April 18th. Rev. F. E. Vogellin, from the Presbytery of Newark,
III. THEY HAA'E DISSOLVED THE PASTORAL RELATION.
October 5th. Of the Rev. J. Warrenberger to the First German Church
of Paterson.
January 28th. Of the Rev. L. F. Stearns to the Church at Norwood.
Januaiy 28th. Of the Rev. Frederick Kern to the Church at Carlstadt.
March 3d. Of the Rev. H. C. Riggs to the Church at Rutherford
Park.
April 18th. Of Rev. James Marshall to the First Church of Hoboken.
October 3d. Of Rev. John Reid to the Third Church of Paterson.
IV. THEY HAVE INSTALLED.
May 25th. Rev. F. E. Vogellin, Pastor of Broadway German Church,
Paterson.
V. THEY HAVE ORDAINED AND INSTALLED.
May 30th. Mr. S. M. Jackson, Pastor of the Church at Norwood.
VI. THEY HAVE DISMISSED.
January 11th. Rev. Robert Christison, to the Presbytery of Erie.
January 25th. Rev. Frederick Kern, to the Classis of Newark.
April 19th. Rev. H. C. Riggs, to the Presbytery of Rochester.
STATISTICAL REPORTS. 33
VI. THEY HAVE DEPOSED FROM THE MINISTRY.
January 11th. Rev. A. C. Strange, Pastor of the Broadway German
Church, Paterson.
Approved by the Presbytery, October 10th, 1876.
THOMAS G. WALL, Stated Clerk.
IV. PRESBYTERY OF MONMOUTH.
Number of Members 40
" " Churches 38
" "Candidates 2
Dec. 15th, 1875. Received Rev. A. Westveer from the Classis of Ulster.
Dec. 15th, 1875. Installed Rev. A. Westveer as pastor of the Church
at Dayton.
Feb. 13th, 1876. Organized the Church of Barnegat.
April 11th, 1876. Received Rev. Benjamin T. Phillips from the Pres-
bytery of Columbia.
April 11th, 1876. Dissolved the pastoral relation of the Rev. M. L.
Hofltbrd to the Church at Delanco.
April 12th, 1876. Dissolved the pastoral relation of the Rev. William
G. Cairnes to the Church at Cream Ridge.
May 9th, 1876. Installed the Rev. B. T. Phillips as pastor of the
Church at Manchester.
May 16th, 1876. Received Mr. J. Wynne Jones as a licentiate from
the Presbytery of Cincinnati.
May 16th, 1876. Ordained and installed Mr. J. Wynne Jones as pas-
tor of the Church at Tuckerton.
Jan. 12th, 1876. Rev. John R. Hamilton died, at Bristol, Pa., in the
43d year of his age.
By order of Presbytery,
J. B. DAVIS, Stated Clerk.
V. PRESBYTERY OF MORRIS AND ORANGE.
The Presbytery of Morris and Orange report to the Synod of New
Jersey that they consist of forty-three Ministers, and have under their
care thirty-eight Churches and one Licentiate.
They further report :
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STATISTICAL REPORTS.
April 11th, 1876. They dismissed Eev. William WolfFe to the Presby-
tery of Brooklyn ; and the same day they released
the Rev. Samuel Sawyer from the pastoral care
of the Church of Pleasant Grove.
April 12th, 1876. They licensed Mr. Arthur Bruen to preach the
gospel.
May 3d, 1876. They released the Rev. B. C. Megie from the pastoral
care of the Church of Dover.
June 7th, 1876. They ordained and installed Thomas Tyack pastor
of the Church of Berkshire Valley.
June 21st, 1876. They installed the Rev. B. C. Megie pastor of the
Church of Pleasant Grove ; the same day they
dismissed Rev. Chalmers D. ChajDman to the
Protestant Episcopal Church, and J. S. Gardner,
a Licentiate, to the Classis of Schoharie.
Sept. 19th, 1876. They received the Rev. W. W. Halloway from the
South Classis of Bergen ; and on the same day
dismissed Arthur Johnson, a Licentiate, to the
Presbytery of Lackawanna.
B. C. MEGIE, Stated Clerk.
VI. PRESBYTERY OF NEWARK.
The Presbytery of Newark, to the Synod of New Jersey, report as
follows : That they consist of forty-four Ministers, six Licentiates, and
fifteen Candidates.
That they dismissed the Rev. John Rudolph to the Presbytery
of Elizabeth, October 2d, and the Rev. Frederick E. Voegellin to the
Presbytery of Jersey City, March 1st. That they licensed Mr. Samuel
R. Warrender, Api-il 6th, and Mr. Walter D. Nicholas, May 3d, and Mr.
Otto Zesch, June 13th. That they received Rev. Benjamin F. McNeil
from the Presbytery of Binghamton, May 3d, and enrolled Rev.
Andreas Baumgartner, a Foreign Minister, June 13th.
By order of Presbytery,
WILLIAM T. FINDLEY, Stated Clerk.
VII. PRESBYTERY OF NEW BRUNSWICK.
The Presbytery of New Brunswick report to the Synod of New Jer-
sey that they consist of fifty-seven Ministers, and have under their
care thirty-one Churches, eleven Licentiates, and twenty Candidates*
They further report :
STATISTICAL REPORTS. 35
MINISTERS RECEIVED.
April 11. Rev. James 0. Murray, D. D., from Presbytery of New York.
Oct. 4. Rev. John E. Peters, from Presbytery of Genessee.
Oct. 4. Rev. Charles J. Collins, from Presbytery of Lackawanna.
3IINISTERS DISMISSED.
Feb. 14. Rev. William A. McCorkle, D. D., to Presbytery of Chicago.
Ai^rilll. Rev. A. D. Lawrence Jewitt, D. D., to Presbytery of New
York.
April 11. Rev. John S. Gilmer, to Presbytery of Hudson.
Oct. 3. Rev. Walter S. Frame, to Presbytery of Chippewa.
Oct. 3. Rev. William H. Hubbard, to Association of Essex North.
CERTIFICATE RETURNED.
Oct. 4. Rev. William A. McCorkle, to Presbytery of Chicago.
NAME DROPPED.
Oct. 4. Rev. Robert S. Manning. (Office of ministry laid aside.)
PASTORAL RELATION DISSOLVED.
Oct. 21, 1875. Rev. Samuel Harrison, with Amvvell United First
Church.
ORDAINED AND INSTALLED.
May 8, 1876. Charles S. Converse, Amwell United First Church.
CANDIDATES RECEIVED BY CERTIFICATE.
April 11, 1876. Alfi-ed H. Moment, from Presbytery of New Albany.
Oct. 3, 1876. Alexander W. McLeod, from Presbytery of Truro, N. S.
CANDIDATES RECEIVED ON EXAMINATION.
April 11, 1876. Charles S. Converse.
April 24, 1876. George W. Ely.
CANDIDATES LICENSED.
April 25, 1876. G. Stockton Burroughs.
April 25, 1876. John H. Ewalt.
April 25, 1876. Alfred H. Moment.
April 25, 1876. Moses F. Paisley.
April 25, 1876. Theodore S. Negley.
April 25, 1876. Edward Payson Welsh.
April 25, 1876. Charles S. Converse.
36 STATISTICAL REPORTS.
LICENTIATES DISMISSED.
Feb. 3, 1876. John Murray, to Presbytery of Schuyler.
May 9, 1876. William C. Armstrong, to Presbytery of Stratford,
Ontario, Canada.
June 14, 1876. A. G. Eussell, to Presbytery of Xassau.
June 26, 1876. Alfred H. Moment, to Presbytery of New York.
Sept. 22, 1876. Theodore S. Negley, to Presbytery of Clarion.
CANDIDATE DISMISSED.
Feb. 28, 1876. Walter D. Nicholas, to Presbytery of Newark.
DEATHS IX THE MINISTRY.
April 19, 1876. Eev. .James M. MacDonald, D. D., pastor of First
Church, Princeton.
June 8, 1876. Rev. Stephen R. Wynkoop.
By order of the Presbytery,
A. L. ARMSTRONG, Stated Clerk.
VIII. PRESBYTERY OF NEWTON.
The Presbyteiy of Newton reports to the Synod of New Jersey that
it consists of thirty-eight Ministers, and has under its care thirty-four
Cliurches, one Licentiate, and seven Candidates.
The Presbytery further reports :
I. CANDIDATE FOR THE GOSPEL MINISTRY RECEIVED.
April 19th, 1876. Mr. Samuel Henry Bast.
II. MINISTERS RECEIVED.
April 19th, 1876. Rev. Theodore F. Chambers, from the Classis of
Passaic.
October 4th, 1876. Rev. George W. Thomson, from the Newark Associa-
tion of Congregational Ministers.
October 4th, 1876. Rev. John Hancock, from the Presbytery of West-
chester.
III. PASTORAL RELATIONS DISSOLVED.
Nov. 7th, 1875. Of Rev. Laurens T. Shuler, to the First Church of
Wantage.
Jan. 12th, 1876. Of Rev. James Petrie, to the Church of Montana.
Jan. 22d, 1876. Of Rev. David Conway, to the Church of Asbury.
March 1st, 1876. Of Rev. Bentley S. Foster, to the Church of Andover.
April 19th, 1876. Of Rev. William B. McKee, to the Church of Sparta.
STATISTICAL REPORTS. 37
IV. INSTALLED.
Nov. 9th, 1875. Eev. J. Addison Priest, D. D., pastor of the Church
of Newton.
April 27th, 1876. Rev. Theodore F. Chambers, pastor of the First
Church of Wantage.
V. MIXISTERS DISMISSED.
Jan. 12th, 1876. Rev. Arthur H. Somes, to the Presbytery of Lehigh.
Feb. 17th, 1876. Rev. Bentley S.Foster, to the Presbytery of Rochester.
April 20th, 1876. Rev. William Frederick Arms, to the Franklin Asso-
ciation (Mass.) of Congregational Ministers.
VI. LICENTIATE DISMISSED.
April 20th, 1876. Mr. I. Davison Decker, to the Presbytery of Butler.
VII. DEATH.
May 8th, 1876. Of Rev. Myron Barrett, at Newton, N. J., in the
fifty-ninth year of his age, and the twenty-fifth
year of his ministry.
By order of Presbytery,
E. CLARK CLINE, Stated Clerk.
IX. PRESBYTERY OF WEST JERSEY.
Members 46
Churches 39
Candidates 3
Nov. 12, 1875. Installed Rev. S. R. Anderson as pastor of the Fair-
field Church.
March 6, 1876. Received Rev. William H. Dinsmore from the Pres-
bytery of Lehigh.
March 15, 1876. Installed Rev. William H. Dinsmore as pastor of the
Church at Deerfield.
April 19, 1876. Received Rev. E. M. Kellogg from the Presbytery of
Monmouth.
June 22, 1876. Installed Rev. N. L. Upham as pastor of the Church
at Merchantsville.
October 3, 1876. Dismissed the Rev. G. W. Cottrell to the Presbytery
of Monmouth.
By order of Presbytery,
EDWARD P. SHIELDS, Stated Clerk.
38 NARRATIVE.
II.— KAERATIVE OF THE STATE OF EELIGION
WITHm THE BOUKDS OF THE SYNOD OF NEW
JERSEY, FOR THE YEAR ENDING OCTOBER
17th, 1876.
Everything connected with the meeting of the Synod of New Jersey
in 1876 conspires to give the Narrative of the State of Religion within
our bounds iDeculiar interest and importance. The Lord who ordained
the encampment of Israel, has appointed our bounds at the entrance
of the gates of this great nation. Whilst here in session, we may
listen to the thundering tread of thousands, and many from distant
lands, hastening across our borders, from the country's great metropo-
lis, to pay respect to the achievements of a century at the cradle of a
nation's birth. Can we forget that on the sacred soil we tread and
cultivate were planted the first seeds of religious toleration in the
land? and that from the stronghold of Presbyterianism in New Jersey,
and from Churches now extant among us and blessed in their old age
with the fresh dews of Heaven, such as Tennent, Woodbridge, Law-
renceville, Pennington, and Elizabethtown, went forth the streams of
healing and salvation to bless the land ?
Jonathan Dickinson, pastor of the Church in which we are now
assembled, and first President of Princeton College ; John Wither-
spoon, statesman, scholar, and divine; James Caldwell, pastor and'
patriot, who laid down his life in his country's cause, and whose mar-
tyr dust lies beneath our feet ; not to speak of a host of others, our
fathers in the Synod : call us, in the face of new-born difficulties and
fiercer conflicts than they endured, to be faithful to our Lord and our
country's cause. To give voice to these solemn admonitions of Provi-
dence, and to the almost universal sounds of rejoicing within our
camp ; to call the Presbyterian Church under our care to consider her
oi^portunity and her encouragement, shall be our endeavor.
If those to whom was assigned the duty of preparing narratives
within the various Presbyteries had designed to furnish us the mate-
rial of a centennial jubilee, their expressions of joyfulness, gratitude
and hope could hardly have been better chosen. The Presbytery of
Corisco held its meeting upon the 4th of July. It tells us that at
Nengenge, sixty miles up the Gaboon, " the work of Christ is going
on well ; people are willing to give their children to learn." Since last
January, fifteen persons have been added to the Church at Corisco.
The spirit of God is moving upon the hearts of the people in an
unusual degree. Two young men are voluntarily gathering classes on
NARRATIVE. 39
the mainland, instructing them as they are able, then, on Communion
occasions, conducting them to the missionaries for further counsel.
Brother Nassau tells us that with encouraging prospects he is laying
the foundations of a new enterprise two hundred miles uj} the Ogowe
river, wliich he hopes will be the door of blessing to the great interior
beyond. One-sixth of tlie entire membershii) belonging to the Presby-
tery of Corisco, has been added on confession of faith during the past
year. One shadow only crosses the report ; and this leads to the
request sent by our brethren across the sea, for our prayers that God
would arrest conflicts between opposing tribes and between the French
and natives at the Nengenge station, interfering with the Church in
her work and with the comfort and safety of believers.
From our Presbyteries at home, eight in number, almost uniform
expressions of encouragement and gratitude greet us. Elizabeth
reports: " We are enabled to rejoice in special blessings poured out on
many of our Churches. The number of additions by profession is
much greater than usual. The general tone of piety in our Churches
is encouraging, whilst from some comes a a'c^Dort of spiritual-mindedness
unknown in the past. The most prominent feature in these reports is
that in every case when mention is made of Sabbath Schools, they are
unusually encouraging, and a large number of additions has been
drawn into the Churches from their members."
Jersey City Presbytery speaks of general prosi^erity and progress, and
says the reports from the Churches are filled with expressions of grati-
tude and of hoi3efulness for the future. Some of the Churches have been
largely blessed with revival influences of great power, and elsewhere
generally there has been a deep and abiding interest, with large
attendance upon the means of grace, much of the spirit of prayer, and
much activity and zeal. The grace of giving has been imparted in an
unusual degree, so that in some cases contributions to the benevolent
work of the Church have increased, notwithstanding the extreme
financial depression among the people. We notice with special inter-
est the mention of a Parish Visitor sustained in one of the Churches
by its own funds ; that another Church in this Presbytery is repre-
sented in the foreign field by three of its former members ; that the
concert of prayer for missions is observed in many of the Cliurches ;
and that Woman's Work for Woman is generally organized as an
effective force throughout the Presbytery.
Monmouth heads the list, if not in joyful entablature of its work
and fidelity, yet in the mightiness and extent of the work of divine
grace in the conversion of sinners, and in the quickened and steadfast
zeal of pastors and people in training the new converts. Nine hun-
dred and seventy-four souls are reported as added to the Churches
40 NARRATIVE.
during the past year on confession of their faith in Christ. This is an
increase of twenty-five per cent, to the number reported one year ago.
Morris and Orange, Newark, New Brunswick, Newton, and West
Jersey all follow with similar teachings of God's wonderful grace.
In all, there have been added to our Churches on confession of their
faith, during the past year, 4,518 ; and this constitutes considerably
more than one-tenth of our entire membership at the present time.
The total increase to the number of communicants this year reported
is more than twice as large as in any previous year since 1871, and one-
half larger than the increase during the past four years since the
reunion.
It must be gratifying and encouraging to the pastors and Churches
to know that during this opening year of a new century to our nation's
growth and greatness, the witness of God's spirit has been so signally
given to the historic and influential Synod of New Jersey. Some of
our Churches have enlarged their membership twenty, forty, sixty, and
in one case — that of Perrinesville, in the Presbytery of Monmouth —
seventy -six per cent. Princeton College, too, established in the interest
of Christian education, and so largely blessed in all its history in
moulding and conserving the best features of our nation's greatness,
has received the seal of God's approbation in a most wonderful work
of grace, probably equalling, if not exceeding, in power and extent
any revival of religion ever witnessed even in that highly favored
institution. The number of conversions is estimated at one hundred
and fifty, and all the pious students have been quickened and greatly
advanced in their religious experience.
It is most noteworthy and instructive that this work of God for us
has been accomplished, for the most part, in connection with the
ancient and scriptural methods approved of and employed by the
Presbyterian Church. First of all, prayer ; then, Christian faithful-
ness in the use of the ordinary means of grace — preaching the word by
pastors and neighboring ministers, Bible study, the Sabbath School,
multiplied meetings for prayer and conference, and personal conversa-
tion with the unconverted by lay members of the Churches — are men-
tioned as the instrumentalities emjjloyed at the beginning, and for
the furtherance of the work. At the Lawrenceville High School, when
twenty young persons were hopefully converted, it was found upon
careful inquiry that each of these persons had pious, praying parents,
thus showing that God is not forgetful of His covenant.
The results of this mighty outpouring of God's spirit upon the
Churches are manifold, and are gratefully noticed in the reports.
Sabbath Schools are generally largely attended and deeply interesting,
whilst study of the Word of God by the young has been greatly pro-
moted. Newark Presbytery mentions the formation of pastors' classes,
NARRATIVE.
41
i'or instruction in doctrine ; in Monmouth one of the Churches
reports the whole congregation resolved itself into a Sabbath School,
during a part of the Lord's Daj', for scriptural study. Prayer meetings
have been multiplied, and the young, by themselves and with their
seniors, are being encouraged and trained to take part in social services.
Personal labor for the salvation of souls has greatly increased. The
sense of resi:)onsibility in the care of young converts is generally men-
tioned, and the hope of still greater blessings expressed.
Princeton Theological Seminary enjoys its wonted prosperity under
its distinguished professors, all at their post of duty, encouraged by
the faithful attendance of the usual number of students. The Presby-
tery of Newark speaks in high terms of commendation of the careful
and wise management of those having in charge the German Semi-
nary, and press upon your attention the importance of nourishing this
most important branch of our Church work. The Summer term closed
with an attendance of twenty students, and the Fall term opened with
twenty-three, whilst other applications were under consideration.
Seven graduates of this institution have been settled over German
Churches, and evidence is not wanting that the sympathies and hopes
of this part of our foreign population are strongly with us.
An elaborate and thorough report of the charitable contributions of
the Churches being before you from the Committee on Systematic Bene-
ficence, it is not needful that reference should be made to this subject
as an indication of the state of religion among us, farther than to say,
that the narratives from the Presbj'teries generally claim there is no
falling off in interest, and no lessening of conscientiousness in giving
to the Lord, but rather an increase in both. This is j^roved by the fact
that under great financial embarrassment the charities reported are
almost equal to those of former years, and the burdens of home work
are cheerfully borne. Congregational expenses are for the most part
promptly met ; church debts have been paid, and church buildings,
where required, have been erected, enlarged or repaired.
The work of women in aid of the Board of Foreign Missions com-
mands especial mention, because of the vigor and success with which it
has been conducted. There are within the bounds of the Synod one
hundred and forty societies and bands, and these have collected dur-
ing the year $16,000 for the cause of missions.
The cause of temperance, it would seem, has not received the atten-
tion its importance demands. Only three of the reports make any
allusion to the subject, and these in a brief and general way. Newark
alone reports Church societies actively engaged in etforts to enforce
existing laws and secure the passage of others designed to lessen the
evils of drunkenness.
42 NARRATIVE.
One Presbytery calls attention to the small number of infants
reported as receiving the ordinance of Christian baptism, and the fear
is expressed that there is great remissness in this matter. This fear is
strengthened by the fact that in the narratives little mention is made
of household religion. Much is said of Sabbath Schools, of Church
services, prayer meetings, and labors for the conversion of sinners, but
nothing of the family altar, parental authority and fidelity, catechising
at home, and such duties under the covenant as secured, in years gone
by, to our Church, and in all ages of the world to pious families, the
blessings of the God of Abraham. We commend to your most prayer-
ful consideration this important matter.
There is one subject, amid all our causes for rejoicing, which calls
for profound humiliation and solicitude ! Our fathers venerated and
sacredly observed the holy Sabbath. God's promise is to those who
take hold upon His covenant, who keep His Sabbath fr6m polluting it.
How much attendance ujion the sanctuary, tenderness of conscience,
reverence for God and His woi'd, and, in consequence, the growth of
the Church, sobriety among the youth, stability of government, and
all material prosperity, may depend upon the strict observance of the
Sabbath — who can tell? There has been a gradual, and we believe
there is a rapidly-increasing, decay of proper sentiment in the com-
munity touching the sacredness of this divine institution. Until very
recently, the public and open desecration of the holy Sabbath was
prevented by law, rigidly enforced.
The running of railroad trains in and across our State, landing of
steamboats, public parades, opening of saloons and cigar stores, are
temptations to the young which ought to be removed, and provocations
■of the divine displeasure which ought to awaken our Church to vigor-
ous remonstrance and protest. The Presbytery of Newark alone
speaks of its action in this matter : " The Churches and pastors have
taken a stand for the sanctity of the Sabbath. Sermons have been
preached by direction of Presbytery, and a respectful but unmistaka-
ble remonstrance has been uttered against Sunday trains and excur-
sions." One hundred thousand i^ersons of great influence and
intelligence gather in the congregations of this Synod and wait upon
our ministrj\ Such a host, going forth with zeal in the name of the
Lord, ought to have a power in this State to banish the evil complained
of, and thus aid and encourage the multitudes throughout the nation
who grieve at the growing contempt for God's holy ordinance.
In closing our report, we have to make mention of the great kind-
ness of our Lord in preserving so largely to the field of active useful-
ness the members of this Synod. From the Presbytery of Newton we
have received the report of the death of Rev. Myron Barrett. From
tlie Presbytery of Elizabeth, Rev. Frederick Cornell ; from the Presby-
NARRATIVE. 43
tery of Monmouth, Eev. John R. Hamilton ; and from the Presbyterj-
of Jersey City, Rev. James Fenner, D. D., have been called to a better
life. The Presbytery of New Brunswick rejiorts the death of Rev.
Stephen R. Wynkoop, and the earnest, faithful and beloved pastor of
the First Church of Princeton, recent Moderator of the Synod of
New Jersey, whose presence and counsels we sadly miss — the Rev.
James M. MacDonald, D. D.
Still, the Merciful Father preserves in life, for our guidance in wis-
dom and for our comfort in fellowship, many of those who have borne
the burden and heat of the day. One pastor has celebrated his fiftieth
anniversary of service among the same people, another his twenty -
fifth, whilst generally our Churches are reported as supplied with
settled pastors, and these are spoken of as preaching the Word with
unusual directness, simplicity and success.
The Lord has appointed us to serve not only our own people, but
the whole land and the world, by a steadfast adherence to the faith
once delivered to the saints, by increased watchfulness against the evils
which surround us, by a keen eye to observe His going forth among
the nations, by liberal giving unknown in the past, by patriotism
joined to a devout and aggressive piety which seeks to conquer the
world for Christ.
Respectfully submitted,
F. CHANDLER, Committee.
44 woman's work.
Ill— REPORT OF WOMAl^'S WORK FOR FOREIGN
MISSIONS, WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE
SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.
The statistics are as follows, as reported at close of year of Parent
Society, Ajiril 27, 1876, with exception of report from the Presbyterial
Society of New Brunswick, the anniversary of which falls in October :
Presbyterial Societies in Pres. of Elizabeth
" " " Jersey City
^^ " " Monmouth
^' « » Newark
" " " New Brunswick..
^' " " Newton
" " " West Jersey
No Presbyterial Soc. in Pres. of Morris and Orange
As far as ascertained, 8 Church Societies
Other Societies not in Presbyterial Union
While our receipts are not as large as during the year before, we yet
feel much encouraged in our work, especially from the increased
interest taken in it by our Mission Bands. The rejiorts from the
Presbyterial Societies read as follows, in regard to it :
" The children of our homes are beginning to realize that they can
be co-laborers with the great Head of the Church in carrying the good
news to the heathen. Mothers, educate your children to this from the
cradle." Again, " Our deficit was made good by the large accessions
to the Mission Bands. Too much can hardly be said in encourage-
ment to these branches of our organization." Again, "The future
women of our Church are learning to work for Jesus, learning self-
denial, and are asking our Heavenly Father's blessing on their eflforts."
In many of our local societies, there appears to be now a principle
of inherent life, depending less and less upon help from abroad, in
order to persistent continuance in the work. And yet there is much
still to be done within the bounds of this Synod, in the way of organ-
izing new societies, and of re-visiting such as are already formed. By
God's blessing on such, the receij^ts of the Presbyterial Society in the
Presbytery of Newton ai'e double those of the year previous.
SOCIETIES
AND BANDS
. RECEIPTS.
36
$3,066 88
10
2,303 04
14
740 65
10
3,431 80
29
2,670 14
20
1,161 91
10
226 31
8
2,163 07
3
232 00
140
$15,995 80
woman's work. 45
Against the names of only about two places in the State can it be
written — ''A Society formed but could not be kept up."
The Society at Englewood has been enabled to make the largest
contribution of money into the treasury, viz., $962.00, while yet the
gifts of others have abounded out of the very abundance of their
poverty : thus being, we know, equally acceptable unto God. The
work in Presbytery of "West Jersey is newly commenced ; since April
they have raised .$412.34.
We have been called to mourn the loss of one of our best mission-
aries, Mrs. S. H. Kellogg, of Allahabad, India, who was called above
in March of the present year ; also, of the President of one of our
societies, Mrs. McNulty of Woodbridge. Such trials, we trust, may
bring us into more earnest consecration to the work left us by the
Master, of making that salvation known which these and other dear
friends now so fully enjoy.
The Board of Foreign Missions having discontinued the publication
of the " Young Missionary," we now desire to press the circulation in
our families and Sunday schools of the little magazine, " Children's
Work for Children," and to this end respectfully ask by their approval,
the co-operation of the pastors and elders of this Synod.
Our Parent Society, whose head quarters are 1334 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia, reports' its receipts from May, 1876 to October, 1876, as
$17,378.22, being $2,074.99 in advance of the same period in 1875.
We note with feelings of gratitude to God, in favor of the perma-
nence of the work of the women of our church in Foreign Missions,
the frequent mention of late, in j^ublished reports of Presbyteries
outside of this Synod, of the formation of Presbyterial Societies for
woman's work ; or, of the anniversary of such a society, already in
existence, as being one of deep interest.
We bring forward the above condensed report of our work, " not
through boasting — it is excluded," for we have to acknowledge our
receipts as lessened ; but we present our work, though so imperfectly
carried on, in order to secure for it the continued co-operation and
advice of the fathers and brethren of the Church. It is no question
of woman's rights, as usually understood. As one of our Presbj^terial
Reports well expresses it, " we but claim the right to follow the exam-
ple of Priscilla, of Tryphena and of Tryphosa — we claim the right to
meet together and inform ourselves as to the condition of women in
heathen lands ; " and to pray and to "minister of our substance;'"
and some of us to go personally to carry the message of salvation.
Nor do we desire to work in an independent way, but rather, to enjoy
the advantage of doing it in perfect accordance with our Church
relations.
46 . woman's work.
At the meeting held this afternoon, of delegates from seven Pres-
by teries of the Synod, it was
Resolved, That we hold a meeting of the same kind again (D. V.) in
connection with the meeting of Synod, if convenient to the ladies of
the place where the Synod meets.
Kespectfully submitted, by order of the Convention,
MES. ASHBEL GREENE,
MRS. JOEL PARKER,
MISS A. M. CARTER,
Secretaries of the Convention.
SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE. 47
IV.— REPORT OF THE STAND^G COMMITTEE ON
SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE.
The Synod's Committee on Systematic Beneficence would resjject-
fully report, that in obedience to the instructions of the Synod of
October, 1875, the chairmen of the several Presbyterial Committees on
Systematic Beneficence were convened by the Rev. E. Kempshall, D. D.,
in the city of Elizabeth, March 14th, 1876. After prayer the com-
mittee was organized by the election of the Eev. Henry M. Booth as
Chairman, and the Rev. W. H. Belden as Secretary. The committee
consists of the following members :
Eev. W. H. Roberts, of the Presbytery of Elizabeth.
'•' J. G. Symmes, " " Monmouth.
" J. Abbott French " '' Morris and Orange.
" J. P. Wilson, D. D., " " Newark.
" A. Gosman, D. D., " " New Brunswick.
" E. P. Shields, " " West Jersey.
" H. M. Booth, " " Jersey City.
'' W. H. Belden, " •' Newton.
The chairman of the committee attended the meeting of the " Com-
mittee of the Synods on the Benevolent Work of the Church," in
connection with the sessions of the General Assembly, and reported in
writing ujjon the Benevolent Work of the Synod. He also urged the
rescinding of the action of the Assembly of 1 875, with reference to the
Statistical Reports. (See Minutes of the Synod of 1875, p. 30). This
action of the Assembly was rescinded, and the form of Statistical
Reports used prior to 1875 was restored. The Assembly recommended
the appointment of " a committee of one by each Church session, who
may be in direct communication with the Presbyterial and Synodical
Committees " on Systematic Beneficence ; also that " the chairman of
each Presbyterial Committee be instructed to communicate with every
non-contributing Church, and use diligent efforts to secure from every
Church a collection for the cause committed to his care ;" also, that
Churches be solemnly and earnestly urged by Presbyteries to make
" regular and liberal offerings to all our schemes of benevolence and
Church work." (See Minutes of General Assembly of 1876, p. 87).
A committee was appointed by the General Assembly to look into
the constitutionality of " the Committee of the Synod on the Benevo-
lent Work of the Church," and to report next year. This, the first
report of your new committee, therefore, may be the last. For, before
48 SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE.
another meeting of the Synod, our plans and methods of Systematic
Beneficence may be revised by the General Assembly. Your commit-
tee desire to express confidence in the present methods, and to say
that if the Churches will co-operate in the plans already made, and
further the efforts of your committee, the eflftciency of our benevolent
work will be greatly increased.
The change which was made last year in the form of statistical
reports has been productive of great confusion. Some Presbyteries
have used the old form, while others have used the new ; and some
churches have refused to make any report because of this state of
things. Your committee have thought best, however, to use the
statistical reports in the Assembly's Minutes as the basis of their
report. The information thus derived is probably more accurate than
any that can be obtained ; and on the special matters, which we desire
to emphasize, the Minutes are excellent authority.
We give the following statement as a, fair exhibit of what the Synod
is doing through the various Boards of the Church :
1. The amount given by each Presbytery and the average per com-
municant to all the Boards (after deducting one-tenth of the number
of communicants reported in each case in the Minutes) :
AMOUNT GIVEN. AVEBAGE.
Corisco $263 00 $1 15
Elizabeth 15,979 00 2 94
Jersey City 10,025 00 2 73
Monmouth 5,953 00 1 30
Morris and Orange 39,236 00 6 77
Newark 14,592 00 2 65
New Brunswick 16,792 00 2 90
Newton 9,754 00 2 17
West Jersey 6,994 00 171
The average of the Synod, as a whole, to all the Boards is $3.03.
2. The average, per communicant, of the Synod as a whole to the
separate Boards is :
Home Missions $ 88
Foreign Missions 1 21
Education 22
Publication 10
Church Erection 19
Ministerial Relief. 19
Freedmen 11
Sustentation 8
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3. The sum contributed by the Synod, as a whole, to each of the
Boards, and the amount expended by each of the Boards for work
within the bounds of the Synod :
CON'TEIBUTED BY SYNOD. EXPENDED BY BOARD.
Home Missions $35,019 00 $7,320 00
Foreign Missions 47,810 00 Nothing.
Education 8,887 00 4,340 00
Publication 4,158 00 2,388 00
.Church Erection 7,586 00 2,68100
Ministerial Relief. 7,866 00 4,225 00
Freedmen 4,624 00 Nothing.
Sustentation 3,529 00 250 00
Total $119,479 00 $13,864 00
4. The tabulated statement of tlie fidelity of the Churches in con-
tributing to the Boards is as follows :
PRESBYTERY OF CORISCO.
This Presbytery, with its three small Churches, reports contributions
in each of the Churches for all the Boards. The ideal of Presbyterian
Beneficence is thus illustrated by our Foreign Missionary Pre-sbytery,
PRESBYTERY OF ELIZABETH.
The Churches of this Presbytery have contributed to all the Boards
except —
OMITTED. OMITTED.
Dunellen 6 Elizabethport, German all
Bethlehem 1 Metuchen all
Westminster 1 Siloam all
Second, Elizabeth 2 New Providence 3.
Second, Plainfield 3
Of these, five Churches are without pastors.
PRESBYTERY OF JERSEY CITY.
The Clmrches in this Presbyterj" have contributed to all the Boards
except —
OMITTED. OMITTED..
Hackensack 3 Carlstadt all
Third, .Jersey City 2 Broadway, Paterson 5
"West Milford 7 Passaic, German all
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SYSTEMATIC BENEFICEKCE.
OMITTED.
West Hoboken 1
Second, Paterson 4
Third, Paterson all
OMITTED.
Lake View all
Westminster 2
Norwood 4
Of these, five Churches have been without j^astors.
PRESBYTERY OF MONMOUTH.
The Churches in this Presbytery have contributed to all the Boards,
except —
OMITTED.
Manchester 7
First, Freehold 1
Perrineville 4
Red Bank 2
South Ainboy 5
Second, Cranbury 1
Allen town 1
Matawan 1
Dayton all
Columbus 6
Plattsburgh 6
Of these, four Churches are without pastors
OMITTED.
Plumsted all
Beverly 4
Mount Holly 6
Bordentown 2
Tuckerton all
Bass River all
Jacksonville 3
Providence all
Whiting and Shamong 6
Delanco 4
PRESBYTERY OF MORRIS AND ORANGE.
The Churches of this Presbytery have contributed to all the Boards
except —
OMITTED.
Dover 4
Mount Olive 6
Mount Freedom 1
Central, Orange 1
East Orange, Bethel 5
Sterling all
Rockaway 1
Mine Hill 6
Morris Plains all
Dover, Welsh 6
OMITTED.
Orange, German 5
Lower Valley 1
Morristown, German 4
Myersville, German 6
Fairmount 5
Flanders 4
Berkshire Valley 5
Second, Orange 1
Wyoming 7
Of these, two Churches are without pastors.
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PEESBYTERY OF NEWAEK.
The Churches of this Presbytery have contributed to all the Boards,
except —
OMITTED. OMITTED.
Park, Newark 1 Caldwell 2
High Street, Newark 2 Bloomfield, German 6
Westminster 3 Sixth, Newark 7
Montclair 1 Newark, Second German .5
Newark, First German 2 Newark, Third German all
WickliflFe 5 Woodside all
First, Bloomfield 1 Plane Street all
Lyon's Farms 3
Of these, two Churches are without pastors.
PEESBYTEEY OF NEW BEUNSWICK.
The Churches of this Presbytery have done nobly. With few excep-
tions, they have contributed to all the Boards. The exceptions are :
OMITTED. OMITTED.
Milford 1 Hamilton Square 1
First, New Brunswick 1 First, Princeton 1
Second, Trenton 4 Witherspoon Street 5
Of these, two Churches are without pastors.
PEESBYTEEY OF NEWTON.
The Churches of this Presbytery have contributed to all the Boards
except —
OMITTED. OMITTED.
Swartzwood 4 Oxford 3
Harmony 1 Second, Wantage 7
New Hampton 1 Asbury 5
Second Mansfield 3 Andover 3
Marksboro' 2 Sparta 3
Branchville 1 Montana all
Wantage 7
Of these, five Churches are without pastors.
52 SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE.
PRESBYTEEY OF WEST JERSEY.
With the following exceptions, the Churches of this Presbytery have
contributed to all the Boards, viz.:
OMITTED. OMITTED.
First, Camden 1 Bridgeton, West 1
Woodbury 3 Somers Point all
Hammonton 7 Glassboro' 7
Yineland 5 Bunker Hill all
Waterford 6 Swedesboro' 7
Atco 6 Millville 1
Berlin 7 Atlantic City all
Second, Cedarville 4 Tuckahoe 5
Gloucester City 3 Brainerd all
Haddonfield 1 Greenwich 2
Cape Island 2 Merchantville all
First, Bridgeton 1 Deerfield 4
Fairfield 2
Of these, three Churches are without i^astors.
There are 258 Churches in the Synod, and 8 Boards to be sustained,
consequently there are 2,064 opportunities of contributing. From the
statistics presented, it appears that there have been failures to con-
tribute to the Boards in 530 instances — more than one-fourth. Of the
258 Churches in the Synod, 136 have contributed to all the Boards ;
122 have neglected to contribute to one, or more, of the Boards : and
19 Chui'ches have neglected entirely to take collections for our Church
work.
This neglect on the part of the Churches is very painful. The dis-
tress which prevails in financial circles, mieht be urged as a reason for
a falling off in the ^aggregate amount of our contributions. The
incomes of our most'^liberal givers have been seriously aflfected by the
"hard times." It is not at all strange that our Boards should suffer
from the lack of funds. On this subject of the decrease of receipts,
your committee have nothing to say. We believe that with returning
prosperity liberal givers will resume their liberality, and the aggregate
amount of our contributions will then be increased.
The difficulty is not with the " times." We desire to direct the
attention of the Synod to other and more serious difficulties. Some of
our Churches seem tojhave forgotten all about our Lord's commenda-
tion of the widow's mite. Because a large offering has not been possi-
ble, in some cases everything has been withheld ; consequently, nearly
one-half of our Churches liave ncirlected to contribute to all the
SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE. 53
Boards, and nineteen Churches express no interest whatever in our
Lord's work as we are carrying it on. It is difficult to tind an excuse
for such general neglect. Have we fully appreciated the sincere offer-
ings of the poor ? Have we failed to instruct our Churches in the
Scriptural doctrine of giving as God prospers? Are our congregations
ignorant of the fact that there is worship in giving, as well as in
prayer ? These questions have been before your committee during the
year. We have considered them carefully, and are agreed that 'our
Chtirch must direct her energies to secure the following results :
First — A contribution from every communicant to every Board of
the General Assembly. Each Church should arrange to present the
claims and work of each one of these Boards, and every communicant
should be expected to contribute something, however small the
amount.
Second — The contribution should be looked upon as an offering of
love to the Saviour. The devotional character of a benevolent act
should have jiromiuence.
Third — The ability of each communicant should measure the amount
of his contribution. The poor man is not asked, by God, to make the
rich man's offering ; nor is the rich man to feel satisfied if he simply
gives a pro rata contribution.
Your committee believe that the recognition of these principles of
systematic benevolence will result in complete returns from all our
Churches to all the Boards ; also, in a very large increase of receipts ;
and, besides, in an elevation of the spiritual condition of the Churches
themselves through the grace of benevolence. " Bring ye all the tithes
into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove
me now herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the
windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be
room enough to receive it."
Your committee feel that these most desirable results are dependent
upon the fidelity and energy of pastors and elders. In too many of
our Churches the opportunity is not given of contributing to the
Boards of the Church. There is no systematic plan. The Session does
not arrange, at the opening of the year, for the presentation of each
benevolent cause. With one pastor it is observed that a Church fails
to contribute ; with another pastor, the same Church makes a full
report.
The little Presbytery of Corisco gives something to each one of the
Boards. Can we doubt that this is owing to the watchfulness of the
beloved missionaries, who are the instructors of the people? One
Church upon our roll is rejoicing in an abundant harvest of souls.
The last winter was a time of refreshing from the presence of
54 SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE.
the Lord. Yet, with a membership of one hundred and forty-eight,
the entire benevolent work of the Church is six dollars, given to the
Home Mission Board. And this Church has made a similar report
year after year. By contrast, what a splendid appearance is presented
in the returns of the Presbytery of New Brunswick ! In that Presby-
tery of thirty-one Churches, only six have neglected to take up collec-
tions for all the Boards ; and of these six, two are without pastors, and
the neglect in each instance has only been with one or two, not with
all the Boards. This state of things must have been brought about by
great patience and fidelity on the jjart of pastors and elders.
Your committee, therefore, would commend this subject to the wis-
dom of the Synod. We desire again to emiahasize the devotional
elements of our benevolence. " God loveth a cheerful giver." We
are to give as unto the Lord, and not as unto men. The fragrance of
the spikenard is still among the Churches. The feet of Jesus may be
anointed by the grateful offerings of consecrated hearts. More persua-
sive, far, than the sad condition of heathen people and their Macedo-
nian cries for help, is the appeal of the suffering and dying Redeemer :
" Freely ye have received, freely give." "Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these, My brethren, ye have done it unto Me."
All of which is respectfully submitted,
HENRY M. BOOTH, Chairman.
WILLIAM H. BELDEN, Secretary.
Elizabeth, N. J., October 18, 1876.
UNEMPLOYED MINISTERS AND VACANT CHURCHES. 55
v.— REPORT OX UNEMPLOYED MINISTERS AXD
VACAIN^T CHURCHES.
In accordance with the directions of the General Assembly, your
committee forwarded to the Bureau of the Board of Home Missions
the names of seventeen unemployed ministers, who were reported last
year as desirous to obtain ministerial employment.
Official returns have again been received from all the Presbyteries,
varying in date from April 12th to July 10th, of which the following
summary is given :
Of the 345 ministers in the eight Presbyteries of New Jersey, there
are occupied :
In Evangelistic Work, as Pastors, Stated Supplies, Evangelists
and Missionaries. 234
In Educational Work, as Professors of Theological Semina-
ries and Colleges, Principals and Teachers of Acade-
mies, &c 42
In General Work of the Church as Secretaries, Agents and
Editor 8
Total of the actively employed 284
The Honorably Retired are 23
Able to preach occasionally but not to take a regular
charge 20
Occupied in secular business and seldom preach 9
The unemployed Ministers who desire ministerial work,
as I'eported, are only 9
Total of the not actively and not fully employed 61
Total number of Ministers on the roll 345
By comparison with the report of last year it appears that the num-
ber actively employed in Evangelistic, Educational and General Work of
the Church is precisely the same as in 1875, viz. — 284 ; but that the
number of pastors is eight less, and the number of stated supplies is
five more than in 1875.
Again, it appears that the number not actively employed is twelve less ;
and the total number of ministers on the roll is also twelve less than
in the preceding year. Whether these twelve have found other fields
of labor, or have been removed to their heavenly home, our analysis
does not determine. New Brunswick Presbytery has the largest num-
ber of ministers, while Morris and Orange has the largest number of
pastors.
56 UNEMPLOYED MINISTERS AND VACANT CHURCHES.
Licentiates. — The returns in regard to twenty-nine Licentiates and
their post office address are incomplete, and suggest that there is room
for imjirovement in Presbyterial sympathy and care for the young
men.
Vacant Churches. — The eight Presbyteries reported twenty-six
vacant Churches, of which five were in the southern half of the State,
and twenty-one in the northern half.
A letter was addressed to some of the ministers who are not actively
employed. A few have replied and exjjress in most earnest terms
their desire for ministerial emialoyment. One suggests that the Board
of Education should receive no more Beneficiaries until every young
and middle-aged minister who is willing to labor in the ministry shall
have found employment. Another complains of the want of sympathy
among the brethren, who do not notice his letters so much as to reply
" I can do nothing for you." Another, out of the depths of privation,
begs for work either in preaching or teaching, or both combined.
The statistics of this year are favorable and gratifying : but there is '
need of continued effort to bring together unemployed ministers and
unoccupied fields of labor. The returns of each successive year will
become more valuable and reliable if Presbyteries will exercise more
careful supervision over their members and Licentiates. Therefore
your committee recommend the following resolutions :
Resolved, That the Synod hereby recommends to all its Presbyteries :
1. To give attention to the action of the General Assembly of 1834,
which directed that when ministers have withdrawn wholly or in part
from the work of the ministry, the Presbytery should require of such
ministers their reasons for so doing, which reasons are to be put upon
record by the Presbytery, with an expression of their approbation or
disapprobation of the same. (See Moore's Digest, p. 162.)
2. To give attention to the action of the General Assembly of 1836,
which enjoined Presbyteries to inquire carefully in regard to any of
their members who may be residing without the bovmds of their respec-
tive Presbyteries, whether there be sufficient cause for such non-resi-
dence, and if not, that measures be taken to transfer the relation of
such ministers to the Presbyteries within the bounds of which they
reside. (See Minutes of Assembly, p. 272.)
3. To extend sympathy and help, especially to their own members
who desire ministerial employment.
4. To obtain from their Licentiates and Candidates due information
of their residence and post office address, so that correspondence may
be maintained, and that they may be assisted to find suitable employ-
ment.
ROBERT AIKMAN, Chairman.
CHURCH EXTENSION AND HOME MISSIONS. 57
VI.— REPORT OF THE STANDmG COMMITTEE ON
CHURCH EXTENSIOIsT AND HOME MISSIONS.
The Committee on Church Extension and Home Missions hereby
respectfully present to the Synod their fourth annual report. And
we do it with grateful recognition of the good hand of God extended
to the work, and the interest taken in it by so large a portion of the
ministers and churches of the Synod.
The following are the reports of Presbyterial work, as given by the
chairmen of the standing committees of each Presbytery :
PRESBYTERY OF NEWTON.
During the year there has occurred but little to report in the way of
Church extension. Eight of our Churches have enjoyed extensive
revivals, and report large additions. The Churches made vacant are
all about to be supplied with settled pastors. Three of them have
been imi3roved and beautified since the last report. There is but little
missionary ground in the Presbytery, except in the outjiosts of oiu'
Churches, and these are all receiving due attention.
PRESBYTERY OF JERSEY CITY.
Our Church extension work is progressing favorablj'. We have held
our own during the year, and have made an advance in some directions.
One of our oldest Churches — the Church of Newfoundland, organized
in 1818 — has just called, and is about to settle, its first jiastor. The
Church has been served for nearly sixty years by Stated Supplies.
The Church at Norwood has completed its improvements upon
Church property, and has paid its debt. This Church is now in a very
prosperous condition.
The ^Prospect Avenue Church, Jersey City, is recovering from the
embarrassment of its late pastor's trial. The name of the Church has
been changed to Westminster. The financial difficulties of the Third
Church of Paterson — the inability to carry a debt of $20,100 — hiive
compelled the Rev. Mr. Reid to resign his charge. The resignation
has been accepted by the Church and congregation with great reluc-
tance. Mr. Reid's labors have been abundantly blessed. These diffi-
culties, brought about by a disregard of the Presbytery's advice on the
part of another pastor, are likely to result in the breaking up of the
Church organization. The entire property is worth much less thari
the amount of indebtedness.
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The Church at Weehawken is free of debt. The Presbj-tery hopes to
hold the position until business revives and the population of the place
increases.
The Second Church of Paterson is now erecting a handsome Church
edifice. It is expected that the edifice will be nearly, if not quite, free
from debt.
The Sabbath Schools within the bounds of the Presbytery, and which
will eventually become Churches, are all doing well.
With a return of business prosperity and a movement in population,
the Presbytery will be called to renewed efforts in the work of Church
extension.
PRESBYTEEY OF MORRIS AND ORANGE.
This Presbytery has thus far continued to care for the Mission
Churches within its bounds, but with greater difficulty, owing to the
straitness of the times, than has heretofore been experienced. • The
three German Churches continue under the care of the same pastors ;
those of Orange and Myersville especially, making most satisfactory
progress. The Berkshire Valley Church has been greatly blessed
during the year, and although near extinction a year or two ago, it is
now a living member of our body, doing well the Lord's work, and
hopeful for the future. No new Church extension work has been
attempted during the year, the Pesbytery awaiting better days, endeav-
oring to hold the ground already won.
PRESBYTERY OF NEWARK.
(No Report.)
PRESBYTERY OF ELIZABETH.
Since their last report to the Synod, the committee, owing to the
financial stringency of the times, are not able to report a progress in
the work of Church extension such as they had hoped for. The work,
however, has suffered no serious detriment from the cause indicated.
The many mission schools and stations which are sustained by various
Churches of the Presbytery have been earnestly served by both minis-
ters and laymen, and we hear of many conversions in them. The
Madison Avenue Mission of the Westminster Church, Elizabeth, has
not as yet reached a point at Avhich an organization as a Church is
doomed really practicable, though in numbers and influence it excels
one or two of the Churches of the PresbyterJ^ It is not deemed either
IN THE SYNOD OF NEW JEllSEY. 59
wise or proper to organize it a^ a Church until it shall be self-support-
ing. For the present it is maintained entirely bj' the parent Church.
Since the last report, a German Presbyterian Church has been organ-
ized in Elizabeth City. The Church's official title is " First German
Pi'esbyterian Church of Elizabeth ;"' the pastor is the Rev. John
Rudolph, and the membership is about eighty. The committee sin-
cerelj' hoj^e that the Synod will take speedy and energetic measures,
not only to extend the gospel work among the German residents of
the State, but also to increase the general interest therein.
PRESBYTERY OF NEW BRUNSWICK.
The Presbj'tery of New Brunswick has no report of special interest
to make. The Church extension work in this field must necessarily
be slow, depending on the gradual growth of the population. The
Prospect Street Church of Trenton has begun a vigorous Church life,
free from debt, self-sustaining, and contributing to all the Boards.
The First Church of Princeton has completed its fine imi^rovement,
and, through the generous gifts of one of its friends, the expense of
this costly improvement has all been paid. The large majority of our
Churches are out of debt, and those which have been encumbered are
now making successful efforts to remove the encumbrances ; so that
we hope soon to be able to report that we have no Church with any
pecuniary obligation resting uj^on it, and thus stand ready, as a Pres-
bytery, to occupy any and evei-y field for Church extension which is
open to us.
PRESBYTERY OF MONMOUTH.
Our work during the past year has been greatly blessed in large
accessions to our Mission Churches, and in the success of our plans for
building up the waste places. There was reported in the General
Assembly's Minutes the addition to these Churches of two hundred
and thirty members. By the material aid secured by the accession of
eighty members to the Church in Perrineville, that Church at once
assumed its own support, and the other Churches have been greatly
strengthened. Shamong reports its new chapel paid for. The chapel
at Whitings was built at a cost of $2,200, and is a neat and commodious
structure of brick. It was dedicated on the I5th of September. This
and the chapel at Shamong, in one ministerial charge, afford the only
Church accommodation for a population which has been hitherto
entirely destitute of the means of grace — extending over a territory
twelve miles in length, along the line of the New Jersey Southern
60 CHURCH EXTENSION AND HOME MISSIONS
Railroad. These two places, with two others intermediate, have been
regularly supplied by one minister, Rev. Mr. Cottrell. The Whitings
chapel is another happy result of the labors of a student (H. M. Kel-
logg) in the Summer of 1874. The Church at Bai*negat has been
organized with thirteen members, and has added to its number at sub-
sequent communions. It has a vigorous and prosperous Sabbath
School, and the congregation are maturing their plans for the erection
of a Church edifice. The statistics of this new Church apj)ear in the
Assembly's Minutes, under the name of Forked River, as a collegiate
charge. The two Churches, seven miles apart, are supplied bj' Rev.
James M. Denton. This young enterprise at Barnegat is one of the
most interesting within the bounds of our Presbytery, with a good field
open to it, and its future will be watched with much interest. This is
the sixth Church organized by our Presbytery since the reunion of our
'Church, and in them have been gathered one hundred and thirty
members, for the most part from the world, and in their Sabbath
■Schools more than eight hundred children receive instruction in the
word of God. Six Church buildings have been erected at a cost of
•$18,000, which secures to them a permanent base of operation. These
results of our work afford abundant reason to thank God and take
courage.
It has been a most difficult and trying work to guard these feeble
■Churches from the ill-eifects of frequent changes and destitution of the
ministry. They hold out no tempting inducements to Candidates, and
they are easily discouraged by a failure of their own eflForts to secure
supplies, and we attribute our success and prosperity, in great part, ta
the vigorous superintendence which has kept our Churches supplied
with ministers, and the timely and efficient counsel and sympathy
which has stimulated them to renewed effort. The Presbytery recog-
nizes its great obligation to the Synod for their aid in securing this
necessary agency. It is our earnest wish that the Synod will be
strengthened in its conviction of the wisdom of the plan which has
thus far proved so beneficent in its working.
PRESBYTERY OF WEST JERSEY.
During the past year our Mission Churches have nearly all been con-
tinuously supplied with the services of pastors or stated supplies, and
■we are able to report growth and an unusual number of conversions.
In some fields the work has only sufficed to strengthen the things
which remain. The points at which sijecial progress has been made
are as follows :
Merchantville is a growing suburb of Philadelphia, four miles from
Camden. A beautiful and ai:)propriate Church edifice there, costing.
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with furniture, $7,400, has been finished and dedicated, with but a
small debt remaining on it.
At Clayton, one of our self-sustaining Churches, the main audience
room of their new edifice has been completed without debt, and the
congregation expect soon to remove from their basement chapel to a
more pleasant and commodious place of worshij).
The young Church of Haddonfield, struggling toward self-support,
has completed a Parsonage during the year. In consequence of the
hard times, they found their financial burdens almost crushing ; but,
having transferred the permanent debt to the Parsonage, they have
obtained aid from the Board of Church Erection, and relieved the
Church edifice from embarrassment.
At Atlantic City the Church building has been modified and
enlarged for the accommodation of Summer visitors, by the addition
of two hundred and fifty sittings, at a cost of $3,500, all of which has
been paid. An effort has also been begun to provide for the spiritual
wants of over two thousand permanent winter population. Already a
small Church organization exists there, and this it is expected to
strengthen ; while a recent effort in a mission chapel upon the edge of
the town, gives promise that a neglected class, including a number of
German families, will be brought under the influences of the gospel
and the ordinances of the Church.
Your Synodical Missionary, acting in concert with and in deference
to our committee, has been active over all our field, watching carefully
over the interests of our feeble Churches. The committee are still
firm in their conviction that the interests of the missionary Churches
in this section of the Sj'nod cannot be properly guarded and conserved
without some such special oversight and continuous labor as is fur-
nished by your Missionarj\ Our Presbytery, at its last regular meet-
ing, expressed its unanimous view- by the following resolutions :
1st. That the Presbytery of West Jersey recognizes the value of the
labors of the Synodical Missionary within our bounds, and hereby
expresses its gratitude to the Synod for the aid extended through this
agency to the Presbytery in prosecuting its work vijjon its extensive
missionary field.
2d. That after observing the results of the work thus prosecuted by
the Synod for the last two years, we cordially approve it, and, in view
of the need still existing, we request the Synod to provide for its con-
tinuance.
62 CHURCH EXTENSION AND HOME MISSIONS
REPORT OF THE WORK OF THE SYNODICAL MISSIONARY.
The Missionaiy work in the southern half of the Synod, during the
year, has been one of pecuhar diflficulty, yet one of great reward. As
was anticipated last year, the pressure of financial troubles has steadily
continued, and yet the reports from the two large Presbyteries cover-
ing this ground, show that the Lord has given His approval to their
work in quite a remarkable manner.
This is especially true of the Presbytery of Monmouth, within whose
bounds exist the larger number of our mission Churches, and where
have been enjoyed the most precious manifestations of the Holy Spirit.
It is safe, probably, to say that revivals so extensive have never before
been known in the history of these two Presbyteries. The Presbytery
of Monmouth reported to the General Assembly, in 1875, a Church
membership of 3,932. During the year which succeeded, there have
been added to that number 974 by public confession of Christ ; which
is believed to be the largest number, in proportion to its membership,
of any Presbytery of our denomination in the United States. To the
Presbytery of West Jersey, 493 jjersons from the world have been
added to the Churches during that time. These blessings have been
shared by nearly all the Churches of the two Presbyteries, but to none
have richer mercies come than to our Mission Churches. To those of
Monmouth Presbytery 230 hopeful converts have been given, adding
nearly one-third to their membership ; and to the Mission Churches of
West Jersey Presbytery, 63, or an addition of more than one-sixth to
the number of their members.
These most gracious results in the Mission Churches are by no
means claimed as the exclusive fruits of Synodical supervision, yet it is
simply truthful to say that the connection of the one with the other is
very direct. This will not seem, doubtful when it is remembered that
the year before this Synodical work began there were twenty Mission
Churches whose pulpits were vacant, while for the last two years the
number of such Churches is but four or five. Add to this, that such
vacancies are now only of brief duration, and even then their pulpits
are regularly supplied ; and also that some fields which have been
long destitute, and their Church edifices closed, have now a regular
ministry occupying their pulpits, organizing and working in their
Sunday Schools, and performing pastoral and missionary work within
their boundaries : and w-e need not hesitate to connect the work of
Synodical superintendence with the in-gathering to these Mission
Churches of nearly three hundred souls during the past year. If this
agency had had no other result than this, the Synod of New Jersey
would have had cause enough for gratitude to God for His blessing
IN THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY. 63
upon it, and reason enough for the energetic maintenance of such an
agency.
The last Minutes of the General Assembly reported in the bounds of
the Sj'nod of New Jersey twenty-five vacant Churches, of which only
five were in the southern half of the State — missionary ground as so
much of it is — and these Churches tlius reported vacant have been regu-
larly supplied with preaching during the Summer.
During a period like the present, when business enterprise is stag,
nant, when improvements have ceased, and immigration has been
arrested, feeble Churches cannot be expected to make much advance
to self-support. Yet the Church in Perrineville has, since our last
rei^ort, become self-supporting. By a gracious visitation of the divine
spirit its numbers grew at once from eighty to one hundred and eighty-
five, and the Cliurch relieved the Board of Home Missions from
farther aid. Two years ago the Churches receiving aid from the Home
Board were forty-two, viz.: in Monmouth Presbytery twenty-two ; in
West Jersey, twenty. At the present time the number is — sixteen in
Monmouth, and fourteen in West Jersey ; or a gain of twelve Churches
which have ceased to receive aid during the last two years. Among
all these Churches and ministers there is a growing desire to become
self-sustaining and independent.
In this connection the committee would call the attention of the
Synod to the following facts : For the year ending April 1, 1875, the
Churches of Monmouth and West Jersey received from the two depart-
ments of Home Missions (Home and Sustentation) the sum of
$7,136.92. (Monmouth $4,382.04, and West Jersey $2,754.88.) For
the year ending April 1, 187G, these Presbyteries received from both
these departments the sum of $4,586.10. (Monmouth $2,641.67, and
West Jersey $1,944.43.) Thus making a saving to the Board of
$2,550.82 during the past year. This saving is, indeed, partly due to
the inability of the Board to grant as large appropriations, but it is also
in good part due to the self-denial of these ministers and Churches,
and to the eftbrts of the Presbyteries to group Churches together, and
to induce them to become self-supporting.
With these encouraging aspects in view, it must also be borne in
mind that during this financial depression, and perhaps after it, some
poor Churches will continue to be poor, while yet they are in places
where they are greatly needed, and must continue to receive watchful
ness and care, bearing, however, spiritual rewards lr> those who tend
them.
There are also practical difficulties in grouping two or more Churches
under one minister. Sometimes the work seems too great for the
minister ; sometimes the Churches disagree as to the pastor ; perhaps
64 CHURCH EXTE^'SION AND HOME MISSIONS
the stronger Church regards the weaker one as a useless burden ; or,
the smaller one feels aggrieved, and desires a release from the union.
The uniform result is that the weaker Church suffers the most, and the
minister sufiers with it. Such cases require careful nurture on the
part of the Synodical Missionary, and without this care, some would
have gone down and perhaps have become extinct.
Four Churches — Tuckahoe, Delanco, Jacksonville, and Providence —
have been very acceptably supplied during the Summer by three theo-
logical students. At Tuckahoe, under the labors of one of these
students, the Church has largely increased. A Sabbath School, referred
to last year as established in a very destitute neighborhood, has been
sustained. Summer and Winter, with much vigor. In the small Church
in Providence, under the labors of another student, quite a remarkable
work of grace has occurred, increasing the^ membership from thirteen
to forty-six.
Billingsport is a beautiful site on the Delaware, thirteen miles below
Camden. Several years ago, some zealous ladies commenced a Sunday
School there in a boat-house. The school grew into a congregation,
and the Presbytery of West Jersey came to its aid, and a chapel was
erected there at a cost of $1,200. The promise of help from the Board
of Church Erection made it necessary to investigate more closely
the title to this property, according to that healthy rule of the Board,
which refuses grants of money to encumbered property. It was ascer-
tained that the person who made the deed had no power to give a
clear title. The case was complicated, and came into the hands of the
Synodical Missionary for management. It was not until after two
years of tedious and vexatious delays, and the aid of several lawyers,
that the property was fully secured, the chapel finished, and the last
bill paid, with the apj^roval of the Board of Church Erection. The
recent completion of the Delaware Shore Railroad, running about half
a mile from the chapel, adds to the promise of this new Church.
The history of this Church, as well as that of Swedesboro' (alluded
to in the last report), well illustrate the value and the need of Sj^nodi-
cal superintendence ; for no mere member of a Presbytery, be he min-
ister or layman, can be expected to give the time and care necessary
to meet diflBculties of this kind ; an agent whose work and duty it is
to give attention to such things — he alone is likely to do it.
It will be seen that the attention of the Synodical Missionary has
been given principally to fields alreadj'^ occupied. Attention has been
paid to a few new places, and to exploration of fields which have
promise in the future ; but it is manifestly wiser to secure and cultivate
ground already occupied, and upon which labor and money have been
expended, before going far forward into new fields, and especially in
IN THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY. 65
times like these. The openings are wide, much of our work is prepar-
atory, and when better days dawn in pecuniary matters and the Synod
shall have firmly fixed its policy and plans of Church Extension,
aggressive work may be done on a larger and more fruitful scale.
By way of summary of what has been done in mission work in the
two years which have just closed, it may be stated —
1. The vacancies have been reduced to one-fourth of what they were.
2. Fields long destitute have been supplied, not only occasionally,
but with permanent ministers, laboring in the pulpit, in the Sunday
School, and in pastoral work, through whose instrumentality the
Churches have been strengthened and many souls converted.
3. Churches closed have been opened ; Church property long unused
has been brought into use ; and Church property which was in
jeopardy has been saved.
4. New fields have been occupied, and hopeful missions commenced
in them ; two Church buildings have been erected ; Churches have
been kept off the Board of Home Missions, and others have been
animated to self-supjiort.
The committee desire to tender tlianks to the railroad companies,
by whose favor the traveling exj^enses of the Sy nodical Agent have
been much reduced. To several legal gentlemen most grateful
acknowledgement is made for gratuitous services in regard to import-
ant legal questions respecting titles and the proper preparation of
documents. Thanks also are due to various Churches and individuals
for books, clothing, gifts of money, and a missionary horse for the
comfort and usefulness of one of our laborers in Atlantic county.
In all that has b',-en accomplished in these wide mission fields j'our
Synodical Missionary has found abundant labor in supplementing the
work of these two vigorous Presbj^teries, which, through their commit-
tees and pastors, have guided and earnestly co-operated in his work.
To the testimony of these Presbyteries, as to the value and the neces-
sity of such an agency, your committee would earnestly call the con-
sideration of the Synod.
In this large and growing region Presbyterianism was planted more
than a century and a half ago. The desolations of war swept many of
these Churches out of existence ; the labors of John Brainerd and his
contemporaries are almost a ti^adition ; only the stronger Churches sur-
vived, and these for years to a hazardous life. By far the greater
number of our Churches in this part of the State are not yet fifty years
old. We are even now, in part, only recovering lost ground, but
before our Presbyterianism opens a future of large and blessed promise.
On New Jersey's day at the Centennial Exhibition, the Hon. Abraham
Browning, reviewing the growth of the State, said that during the first
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66 CHURCH EXTENSION AND HOME MISSIONS
half of the century the increase of population was 140 per cent., and
during the last half of the century it had been 300 per cent. In her
first century of existence, New Jersey had grown from 125,000 inhabi-
tants to 1,200,000. Up to this centennial year her population has
increased nearly ten-fold. He says that " either by superior culture,
or IocmI advantages, or both, the farms of New Jersey are largely more
productive than those of other States, being, in value per aero, nearly
four times, and in product more than double, the general average of
the United States." These are facts of great interest to such a body
as the Synod of New Jersey, and they have intimate connection with
its work of Church extension. Your committee but suggest their
lesson, and commend the cause to the Synod, in the unabated confi-
dence that these ministers and Churches will carry onward to far
greater results a work upon which, from its beginning, God has so
manifestly set His approving seal.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
There have been received from the Presbyteries as follows :
Presbytery of Elizabeth $100 00
" " Jersey City 160 00
" " Monmouth 160 00
" " Morris and Orange 240 00
" " Newark 240 00
" " New Brunswick 240 00
" " Newton 117 56
" " West Jersev 160 00
$1,417 56
Balance on hand from last year 93 77
$1,511 33
Due Rev. A. H. Brown for salary $1,200 00
" " " traveling expenses 317 05
$1,517 05
Paid Eev. A. H. Brown 1,411 33
Still due Mr. Brown $105 72
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68 CIIURCU EXTENSION AND HOME MISSIONS.
The Standing Committee on Church Extension and Home Missions,
as now constituted, is as follows, viz.:
NAMES. PRESBYTERIES. P. 0. ADDRESS.
Rev. Robert Aikman, ) -iir • \ r\ -mt ^■ m t
^,, . , ™ ' y Morris and Orange Madison, JN. J.
Lhairman and Ireasiirer. J ^
Rev. E. Kempshall Elizabeth Elizabeth,
" C. K. Imbrie Jersey City Jersey City,
" A. H. Dashiell, Jr.. .Monmouth Bricksburg,
" E. R, Craven Newark Newark,
" A. Gosman New Brunswick Lawrenceville,
" H. B. Scott Newton Bloomsbury,
" L. C. Baker West Jersey Camden,
The committee desire to call attention to the statement made in a
former report, that they disclaim any power or desire to make an assess-
ment either on Presbyteries or Churches. A definite work has been
laid upon the committee by the Synod, involving a definite outlay of
money. The proportion of $240 to each of the Pre'sbyteries of New
Brunswick, Morris and Orange, Newark and Elizabeth, and $160 to
each of the Presbyteries of Newton, Jersey City, Monmouth and West
Jersey, is but an estimate supposed to be fair, but binding on no one ;
an endeavor only to give the work a reasonable basis of support.
Note. — The Synodical Committee met and re-appointed Rev. Allen H. Brown Sj-nodi-
cal Missionary for one year. His P. O. Address is Camden, N. J.
69
'D.
)RISCO.
p. O. ADDRESS.
Gaboon, West Africa.
Corisco, "
Gaboon, "
Corisco, "
ZABETH.
Metuchen, N. J.
Plainfield, "
PHII
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NevvGermantown, N.J.
Lesser Cross Eoads,>J .J.
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Pluekamin, N. J.
North Branch, N. J.
Pottersville, "
Lamington, *'
Elizabeth, "
New York.
Constantinople, Turkey
fciaytoi!
Union, N. J.
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Elizabeth,
Plainfield, "
Baskinff Ridcre, N.J.
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Chapman
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NEW JERSEY
SOUTHERN R.R
LINE &
CONNECTIONS
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ROLL OF SYXOD.
I. PRESBYTERY OF CORISCO.
MINISTERS AND CHURCHES.
Albert Bushnell, P.,
Cornelius De Heer, S. S.,
R. Hamill Nassau, F. M,,
Ibia J. I. Kenge, Ev.,
RULINt; ELDERS.
P. O. ADDRESS.
Gaboon, West Africa.
Corisco, "
Gaboon, "
Corisco, "
II. PRESBYTERY OF ELIZABETH.
Holloway W. Plant,
Lewis Bond,
Lamington Church. '
W. W. Blauvelt, D.D.,
Hollis Read,
H. R. Wilson, D.D.,
Elias Riggs, D.D., LL.
Connecticut Farms.
Robert Street, Pastor,
Benjamin Cory,
Samuel Kellogg,
Basking Ridge.
J. C. Rankin, D.D., P.
Robert Craig,
David Dunham,
Amos Suti)lien,
Cornelius S. Sloan,
David Beekman,
William V. D. Field,
Simon Hagerman,
Isaac Voorhees,
D.,
David M. Porter,
John Crane,
Clark Faitoute,
Peter D. Cross,
James J. Hill,
Calvin Thompson,
^Nfetuchen, N. J.
Plainfield, "
NewGermantown, N.J.
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Lesser Cross Roads, N .J.
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Pluckamin, N. J.
North Branch, N. J.
Pottersville, "■
Lamington, •'
Elizabeth, "
New York.
Constantinople, Turkey
Union, N. J.
Elizabeth, "
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Plainfield, "
Basking Ridge, N.J.
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ROLL OF SYNOD.
MINISTERS AND CHURCHES. RULING ELDERS.
A. B. McCollum,
O. H. McMurtry,
J. L. Holmes,
J. L. Van Liew,
M. G. Heath,
Elizabethport.
Edwin H. Eeinhavt, P.,
Jonathan E. Marsh,
William Woodcock,
S. C. Sloan,
E. D. Smith,
James M. Bruen, Ev.,
Edward B. Edgar, Ev.,
John F. Pingry, Ph.D.,
Allen T. Graves, H. R.,
Charles Milne,
William Scribner,
Alexander McKelvey,
Diinellen Cfmrch.
Theodore S. Brown, P.,
Adam Craig,
John A. Reed,
Charles C. Morgan,
Thos. T. Bradford, H. R.
Bethlehem Church.
J. G. Williamson, P.,
Elizabeth, First.
E. Kempshall, D.D., P.
Asher S. Housel,
Joseph King,
Henry Race,
John F. K. Waters,
Wesley Bird,
James W. Hummer,
William S. Wyckoff,
Joseph S. Meeker,
Jonathan Winans,
Stillman E. Arms,
Mat. W. Woodward,
Aaron G. Crane,
-James C. Woodruff.
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Barnardsville, Ts. .1.
Basking Ridge, "
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Millington, "
Elizabethport, K. J.
Irvington,
Plainfield,
Elizabeth,
Plainfield,
Newark,
Plainfield,
Westfield,
Dunellen,
Plainfield,
Dunellen,
New Market,
Metuchen,
Sidney,
Perryville,
Pittstown,
Sidney,
Clinton,
Elizabeth.
Union,
Elizabeth,
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MINISTERS AND CHURCHES. RULING ELDERS.
Charles H. Langdon,
Jonas E. Marsh,
Metuchen, First, V
Benajah Mundy, Sr.,
David Gilhnur,
Augustus Blackford,
William Martin,
J. J. Clarkson,
J. Grimstead.
p. O. ADDRESS.
Elizabeth, N.J.
U I.-
Metuchen, '•
E. G. Read,
David H. Pierson, Ph.D.
Westminster Ch., Eliz'h.
Wm. C. Roberts, D.D., P.
Bennington, Vt.
Elizabeth, N. J.
Elizabeth, "
Second Ch., Eliz'h., V.
J. B. Patterson.
Westfield, V.
Mahlon Mulford,
A. W. Kingsley, M. D.
Thomas A. Smith,
R. S. T. Cissel,
Benjamin Darby,
Samuel S. Stebbins.
Wm. T. Thompson,
E. W. Martin,
Charles O. Morris,
Wm. E. Lewis,
Keen Pruden,
Robert Atchison,
John 0. Magie,
Charles Rommel,
Ezra Ludlow,
Peter V. Servis,
James W. Halsey,
Samuel R. Tremblay,
William Bogart,
S. Pierson,
Henry Baker,
Joseph Cory,
Charles Pierson,
Francis R. Baker,
Everett M. Pierson,
Roselle,
Elizabeth,
Westfield,
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ROLL OF SYNOD.
MINISTERS AND CHURCHES
Woodbridge.
Joseph McNulty, P.,
Rahway, Second.
John A. Liggett, P.,
liahivay, First.
John J. Pomeroy, P.,
Clinton.
John Ewing, P.,
Plainjield, First.
K. P. Ketcham, P.,
Plaivjield, Second.
John C. Bliss, P.,
RULING ELDERS.
Isaac C. Amermen,
Levi Cory,
Tliomas Morris,
Henry N. Deiiiarest,
Isaac S. Payne,
William Brown,
Jonathan Wooilruff,
Cornelius Jewell,
Ira Laforge,
Robert C. Brewster,
Samuel Ayers,
Wm. B. Crowell,
Joseph Woodruff,
Oscar E. Boyd,
Joseph Randolph,
Wm. V. McKenzie,
Wm. E. Wells,
Henry S. Moore,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Westfield, N. ,1.
Woodbridge, N. J.
Rahway, N
Rah way.
New York.
Clinton, N. J.
Eli Bosenbury, " "
Nathaniel W. Voorhees, " '•
Whitfield Dunham, "
Nelson Bennette, High Bi'idge, •'
Plainfield, N. J.
Edmund V. Shotwell,
Ellis S. Potter,
Samuel Milliken, Jr.,
Peter Hoagland,
B. F. McKeage,
Plainfield,
Wm. McDowell Coriell,
.T. Ilervey Ackerman,
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73
MINISTERS AND CHURCHES. lilLIXG ELDERS.
Corydon E. Tyler,
David M. Moore,
Charles H. Moorhouse,
Charles E. Merwin,
I. C. Pierson,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Plainfield, N.J.
J. L, R. WyckofF,
Adrain Gory,
M. N. Hutchinson, F. M.,
Perth Amhoy.
Aaron Peck, P.,
Third, Elizabeth.
E. C. Ray, P.,
Roselle.
LA. Blauvelt, P.
Summit.
J. De Hart Bruen, P.,
Springfield.
Henry W. Teller, P.,
Woodbury, Conn.
Summit, N. J.
Mexico City, Mexico.
Perth Ambov. N.J.
Henry D. Tyrrell,
Caleb C. Pierson,
Cornelius Hadden,
Edward W. Barnes,
Elizabeth, N. J.
David Woodrutt",
John E. Keeler,
Ogden Woodruff,
Thomas King,
William Alexander, Jr.,
Russell W. Woodward,
D. R. Downer,
Reuben Van Pelt,
A. D. Hope,
T. R. White,
William Littell,
Dwight H. Cooly,
L. H. Vernon,
J. C. Sargeant,
William S. Smith,
C. H. Sommers,
H. M. Graves,
R. M. Babbit.
Roselle. N. J.
Summit,
Marcellus Bowen, F. M.,
Springfield, N.J.
Smyrna, Turkey.
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ROLL OF SYNOD.
MIXISTERS AND CHURCHES.
Pluckamin.
Samuel Parry, P.,
RULING ELDERS.
p. O. ADDRESS.
Pluckamin, N. -7.
Abraham S. Povvelson,
Jacob V. Wortman,
Philip I. Van Arsdale,
James G. Kline,
William L. Lyon,
John MacCuUouffh,
Cranford.
William H. Eoberts, P.,
Cranford, N. J.
6'iloam.
William S. Carr, P.,
WiUiam S. C. Webster,
Clarkesville, T"".
Neiv Providence, T".
Job S. Williams,
John W. Close,
N. G. Foster,
J. K, McConnell,
N. R. Park,
W. D. Wood,
John C. Williams,
Elizabeth, "
Elizabethport, N. J.
Elizabeth, N. J.
T. Edgar Hunt, M.D., Glen Gardner, N. J.
Isaac Doty, New Providence, N. J.
Daniel L. Bonnell, '• "
Isaac Meeker, " "
John Littell, " "
Amos Potter, " "■
Liberty Corner.
James W. Shearer, P.,
Summit, West, V.
First German.
John Eudolph, P.,
James H. Jay,
Jerome Hildebrant,
Daniel Annin,
John Compton,
D. H. Dunham,
Albert Pierson,
Charles Spinning,
Henry Pfar,
Liberty Corner, N, J.
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Martinville, N. J.
Summit, N. J.
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Elizabethport, N. J.
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75
III. PRESBYTERY OF JERSEY CITY
MINISTERS AND CHURCHES.
Hackensack.
Albert Anierman, P.,
RULING ELDERS,
Jersey City, Third.
James Harkness, P.,
Paul R. Paulinson.
Andrew Voorhees.
John H. McCuUum,
George G. Lane,
Andrew Milligan.
James C. Edwards, Ev.,
. First Ch., Jersey City.
Chas. K. Imbrie, D.D., P.,
p. O. ADDRESS.
Hackensack, N.J.
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May wood, N. J.
100MercerSt.,JersoyC.
253 Second St., "
285 Fifth St.,
Elizabethport, N. J.
337 Webster av.. J. C.
64 Grand St., Jersey C.
Benning'nF. Randolph,Jersey City, N. J.
David M. Stiger,
Titus B. Meigs,
Horace S. Allen,
James S. Davenport,
John P. Westervelt,
First German, Paicrson.
Jacob Wahrenberger, S. S.,
Jacob Knell,
William Koch,
George Miller,
Julius Zimmerman.
Lawrence Mersereau,
Edward Wall, Prof.,
Wm. H. Megie, Ev.,
West Milford.
Steiihen S. Goodman, P.,
Benjamin Cooley,
James H. Gregory.
John W. Pulis,
Tliomas G. Wall, Prof.,
Newfoundland.
R. R. Thompson, S. S.,
54CourtlandtSt.,N.Y.
46 Grand St., Jersey C.
Easton, Pa.
Raritan, N. J.
Paterson, ''
Paterson, N. J.
148 Mill St., Paterson.
Stony Road, " N. J.
Chestnut St., "
185 Mill St., " "
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Hoboken, N. J.
Paterson, "
West Milford,
Englewood,
Oak Ridge.
David Estile,
Charles Oliver,
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ROLL OF SYNOD.
MINISTKRS AND CHURCHES.
We^st Hoboken.
James G. Egbert, P.,
RL'I.IXG ELDERS.
William Eckhart,
Steijhen Cooper,
Wm. Winterbottom,
Alfred L. Day,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Newfoundland, N. J.
Milton, •'
Stockholm, "
West Hoboken, "
G. B. Dupuy,
John Robson,
Alexander H. Sharp,
George M. Snyder,
James Egbert,
Jersey City, Bergen, First.
Edward W. French, P.,
Walter Storm,
Alexander Bonnell,
Henry Dusenbury,
Charles A. DeWitt,
Jeremiah H. Halsey,
S. R. For man, M. D.,
D. W. Hull,
Jas. Wilkinson, M. D.,
Wm. L. Moore, Ev.,
Patersoji, First.
David Magie, D. D., P..
Jolm W. Cortelyou,
Abraham Gould,
Henry Muzzy,
Ralph P. Westervelt,
Henry A. Williams,
Francis C. Van Dyke,
John Ramage,
Andrew Derrom,
Bergen, Jersey C, N. J.
Summit Av., Jersey C.
Crescent "
93 Fairview Av..
180 Pacific "
286 Bergen "
321 " "
Jersey City, N. J.
Paterson, N. J.
Paterson, Second.
diaries D. Shaw, P.,
John E. Van Winkle,
Jonathan .Johnson,
William Scott,
John Mortimer,
Rutherford Park, P. E.,
David B. Ivison,
George Hollister,
Passaic, "
Paterson, "
Main St., Paterson.
129 Spruce St.. "
21st Street, "
Rutherford Park, N. J.
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77
MINISTEKS AXD CHURCHES. RULING ELDERS. P. 0. ADDRESS.
Robert Stewart, M. D., Rutherford Park, N. J.
S. L. Harris, "
Union, First.
Roe^well D. Smith, P.,
Hoboken, First, V.,
Jacob D. Vreeland,
Rutherford Park, K,
Avondale, N. J.
J.
Samuel B. Dod, Ev.,
Dupuytren Vermilye, Ev.,
Jersey City, Second.
John R. Fisher, P.,
Edward W. Ketcham, 228 Hudson St., Hoboken.
William C. Harp, 211 " " "
Jacob L. Udell, 80 Ninth " "
Jerome H. Gedney, 157 Bloomtield St., '"
Samuel H. Willard, 257 " "
Augustus B. Frey, 307 " " "
Hoboken, N. J.
Hackensack, "
243 Third St., Jersey C.
H. H. Abernethy, M.D., Phillipsburg, N. J.
James P. Bradley, 299 Fourth St., Jersey C.
William German, 281 Pavonia Av., "
Aaron; Adams, 228 Third St., "
Richard H. Townsend, 28-4 Eighth St., '•
John'Van Iluysen, 218 Wayne St., "
Englewood.
Henry M. Booth, P.,
W. T. McCrea,
Jersey City, N. J.
Englewood, N. J.
Henry W. Banks,
George S. Coe,
Livingston K. Miller,
James Vanderbeck,
Wash. R. Vermilye,
Charles H. Waterbury,
Passaic.
P. F. Leavens, P.,
E. F. Borchers, S. S.,
Varlstadt, German, V
F. O. Zesch, P.,
George Denholm,
Lewis M. Bartlett,
William Blair,
John H. Broking,
M. Fleischmann,
F,. Braasch,
Passaic. N. J.
North Yarmouth, Me.
Carlstadt, N. J.
78
ROLL OF SYNOD.
MIMSTERS AND CHURCHES. RULING ELDERS
Paterson, Third, V.
p. 0. ADDRESS.
John S. Grlendenning,
Tenajii/.
(.■larence Geddes, P.,
Norwood.
S. M.Jackson, P.,
Robert Eakins, 319GrandSt., Paterson.
Alexander McDonald, 111 Jersey St., "
William Morrison, Paterson, N, J.
Henry, III.
Tenafly, N. J.
B. F. Pond,
Cornelius I. Jacobus,
Lyman F. Holman,
R. J. Waddell,
Cresskill, "
Tenafly, "
Norwood, N. J.
Closter, '•
Norwood, "
Passaic,
William llammill,
Paul Powless,
George H. French,
Edward C. Hood, Ev.,
Claremont, Jersey City.
John P. Hale, P., Ill Kearney Av., Jersey C.
James Crawford, P. 0. Box 284, Jersey City.
James K. King, 17 Ege Avenue, "
John L. Noyes, 406 East 26th St., N. Y. City.
Broadway German, Paterson.
F. E. Vorgellin,
George Wehnert,
Rudolph Setz,
Paterson, N. J.
124 Lawrence St,
71 Bridge St., Paterson.
Weeliawken, V.
Lake View, V.
Archibald Fleming,
L. Parker Cole,
Hoboken, N. J.
Edwards K. Olmstead, Lake View, N. J.
Jacob Linderman, " "
Robert A. Slater, " "
German Ev., Passaic, V.
Henry Riegel, Passaic, N. J.
Gustav Marx, " "
Westmhister, Jersey City, P. E.
George P. Howell, Jersey City, N. J.
John Gordon, " "
C. C. Jewell, " "
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79
IV. PRESBYTERY OF MONMOUTH.
MINISTERS AND CHURCHES.
Henry Perkins, D.D.,
Holmanville.
Isaac Todd, S. S.,
RULING ELDERS.
Squan Village.
C. F. Worrell, D.D., P.,
Rufus Taylor, D.D.,
Edmund McKinney,
Siimuel Miller, D.D.,
George L. Hovey,
Shrewshury.
Thaddeus Wilson, P.,
Brickshurg.
A. H. Dashiell, Jr., P.,
Daniel P. Staniford,
Reuben Groves,
Nelson Holcomb,
Julius Foster,
Charles L. Holman,
J. W^ Wight,
Lewis E. Pierce,
J. H. Morris,
G. N. Marcellus,
Highistoivn,
J. B. Davis, P.
John Brash,
David N. Byram,
Thomas Curtis,
William Croxen,
Benjamin Wyckott',
Samuel H. Turner,
Selim F. Blackman,
Harvey Simons,
G. H. Teller,
C. O. Gordon, M. D.,
Gilbert Seaman,
John Beekman,
Sering Shangle,
Thomas McDonald,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Allentown, N. J.
Bricksburg, N. J.
Cassville, "
Bricksburg, "
Squan Village, N. J.
Ocean Beach, "
Squan Village, "
Beverly, N. J.
Keyport, "
Mount Holly, N. J.
Bricksburg, "
Shrewsbury, "
Red Bank^ "
Eatontown, "
u u
Tinton Falls, "
Bricksburg, "
Hightstown,
South Amboy,
80
JIINISTERS AND CHURCHES
Farrningdah.
E. J. Pierce, P.,
Kobert Julien.
T. H. Johnson,
Tennent Church.
Archibald P. Cobb, P..
(Jranbury, First.
Joseph G. Syrnmes, P.,
Freehold, First.
Frank Chandler. P..
ROLL OF SYNOD.
RULING ELDERS.
Gilbert S. Davison,
William Br3-an.
George R. Lord.
Robert E. Craig,
Wm. G. Denise,
Enoch Ely,
G. B. Conover,
R. P. Craig,
Cornelivis E. Dey
G. S. Reid,
A. L. Reid,
Taylor Mount,
Daniel Davison.
John J. Api^legate,
Derrick G. Perrine,
Matthias M. Perrine,
Stejjhen T. Duncan,
William Everitt,
J. W. Bergen,
A. J. Stults,
John Gibson,
Peter R. Bergen,
William Duncan,
E. 0. Howell.
Andrew Perrine,
J. J. Conover,
Amos Richardson.
J. F. T. Forman,
Thomas Gulic,
G. W. Solomon,
Perrineville.
George W. McMillan. P.
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Farmingdale, N. J.
Bordentown,
Bricksburg,
Englishtown,
Cr anbury.
Freehold,
Perrineville.
ROLL OF SYNOD.
81
MINISTERS AND CHURCHES
Dayton.
A. Westveer, P.,
Red Bank.
F. R. Harbaugh, P.,
Win. M. Wells,
Jamesburg.
B. S. Everitt, P.,
Delanco, V.
Fairview, V.
South Amhoy.
Robert J. Burtt, P.,
RULING ELDERS. P. 0. ADDRESS.
Stephen Perrine, Perrineville, N. J.
John J. Reid, Blacks Mills, "
Wni. M. Hendrickson, Englishtown, "
John M. Lewis, Perrineville, "
Joseph P. Hampton, " "
E. J. Chamberlain, " "
Hezekiah Mount, '" "
Joseph Rue, " "
Joseph W. Dey, "' "
Richard McDowell,
Thomas W. Schenck,
Jacob W. Hageman,
L. D. Rowland,
A. Antonides,
J. S. Conover,
John E. Johnson,
James P. DeHart,
William H. Courter,
C. W. Johnson,
Joseph C. Magee,
Jahu Pierson,
Marcellus Oakey,
William H. Mount,
A. W. Dey,
William M. Flack,
John Cooper,
Benjamin Hunt,
J. B. Thom])son,
A. V. P. Jones,
Moses I. Laird,
6
Dayton,
Red Bank,
Hightstown,
Jamesburg, N. J.
Prospect Plains, N. J.
Delanco, N. J.
Fairview, "
Delanco, N. J.
South Amhoy N. J.
82
ROLL OF SYNOD.
MIXISTERS AXD CHURCHES
Toms River.
John H. Frazee, P.,
Cranhury, Second.
Jos. S. Van Dyke. P.
KULIN'G ELDERS.
P. 0. ADDRESS.
Allentown.
George Swain, P.,
Burlington.
E. B. Hodge, P.,
A. (jr. Chambers,
^^atawan.
J. M. Anderson, P.
Plumstead, V.
W. G. Cairnes,
Toms River, N. J.
J. H. Ross, " "
James P. Cowperthwaite, '• "
Charles H. Chambers, " "
Theodore F. Pruden, " "
Cranburv,
Aaron Lane,
Jacob Snedeker,
John S. Davidson,
William Hughes,
Isaac Mershon,
Isaac Covert,
George Barclay,
Ezekiel Silvers,
William E. Bergen,
William S. Dey,
R. C. Stults,
William Imlay.
A. A. Howell, M. D.,
John Robbins,
John C. Vanderbeck,
H. R. Taylor,
Samuel F. Fowler.
Allentown,
Burlington,
Aaron Hatchings,
F. P. F. Randolph,
Sam'l Chapman, M.D.,
James Latta,
Edwin F. Partridge,
Freehold.
Matawan.
Wm. L. Terhune, " "
Daniel B. Strong, " "
Benjamin Griggs, " "
H. W. .Johnson,
C. R. VanDoren, M.D., New Egypt, N. J.
Erherd Fisher, " "
ROLL OF SYNOD.
83
MINISTERS AND CHURCHES.
Columhis.
H. E. Hall, P.,
Plattsburg, P.
Cream Ridge, V.
Beverly.
J. Hall Mcllvaine, P.,
Forked River.
J. M. Denton, P.,
Mount Holly.
R. Randall Hoes, P.,
Bordentoivn, V
RULING ELDERS.
George B. Wills,
Walter L. Wright,
Henry P. Davis,
Henry L. Otterson,
James L. Rue,
J. V. Probasco,
Manalapan.
Greorge Warrington, P.,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Columbus, N. J.
li It
Juliustown, "
Cream Ridge, "
Manalapan,
Jacksonville, S. >S'.
Wm. P. Forman,
John Van Doren,
Stephen Pei-rine,
John J. Reid,
David Baird,
M. M. Hendrickson,
H. B. Carpenter,
Jacob Wilson,
T. C. Herbert,
A. L. Kelley,
Edward R. Spaulding,
George W. Brown,
Samuel Sample, Jr.,
E. K. Bancroft, M.D.
J. B. Shuff,
A. E. Budd,
Wm. R. Murphy,
H. H. Vanatta,
S. R. Walker,
M. Hutchinson,
George H. Voorhees,
P. S. Scovill,
John Scott,
Beverly, N. J.
li li
Forked River, N. J.
ti II
Mount Holly, "
II li
Bordentown. "
Jacksonville,
84
llOLL OF SYNOD.
MINISTERS AND CHURCHES. RULING ELDERS.
Oceanic.
C. S. Newhall, S. S.
Wm. Bruce,
Samuel Harvey,
Providence, S. S.,
Daniel Stier,
Whiting and Shamong, iS. S.
Walter R. Wright,
Tuckerton.
J. W. Jones, P.
Bass River, V.
Manchester.
B. T. Phillips, P.,
N. P.Todd,
George A. Sawyer,
Joseph B. Sapp,
F. French,
Joseph P. Adams,
E. S. Matins,
William Torrey,
Edward Stiles,
Isaac S. Sabin,
S. S. Osborne,
J. M. Quimby,
J. S. Schultze,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Oceanic, N. J.
Florence,
Whiting,
Shamong,
Tuckerton,
Bass River,
Manchester,
N. J..
PRESBYTERY OF MORRIS AND ORANGE.
Berkshire Valley .
Thomas Tyack, S. S.,
Bethel, East Orange.
James H. Marr, P.,
Boonton.
Thomas Carter, P.,
Berkshire Valley, N.J.
Wm. B. Lefevre, M. D.,
Hon. John Hill,
An:izi Burroughs,
A. D. Green,
Enoch Hammonds,
D. H. Smith,
H. C. Jenkins,
East Orange, N. J.
Boonton,
ROLL OF SYNOD.
85
MINISTERS AND CHURCHES. RULIXG ELDERS. P. 0. ADDRESS.
Chas. H. Ludlum, M. D., Boonton. N. J.
Joseph Fitzpatrick, " "
Chatham.
A. V. C. Johnson, P..
Chester.
James F. Brewster, P.
Dover.
B. C. Megie, D.D., P.
East Orange.
Julius L. Danner, P.,
Fairmount.
W. O. Euston, P.
Flanders.
Daniel W. Fox, P.
Chatham,
William C. Wallace,
Stephen H. Ward,
Abram M. French,
Henry P. Day,
Charles Genung,
Harvey Law,
Harvey Morehouse,
David S. Bower,
Chester,
James Topi^ing,
John D. G. Carlisle,
Andrew Crager,
Smith E. Hedges, M.D.
Dover,
James Ford,
Titus Berry,
Ephraim Lindsley,
T. W. Condit, M.D.,
James H. Neighbour,
John Burgess,
Samuel C. Jones,
John S. Porter,
G. W. B. Gushing,
Richard Perdue.
F. P. Hoffman,
Philip P. Hoffman,
John Reinhart,
A. Nicholas,
Samuel White,
William Bartlev,
East Orange, N. J.
Fairmount,
Flanders, N. J.
ROLL OF SYNOD.
MINISTEKS AND CHURCHES.
German Valley.
Edward P. Linnell, P.,
RULING ELDERS.
P. 0. ADDRESS.
German Valley, N. J.
Jesse Hoffman,
Isaac Rulifson,
Anthony Trimmer,
David Sehwakhammer,
John C. Welsh,
Aaron A. Smith,
John Sehwakhammer,
L. Farrow, M.D.,
Hanover J First.
James M. Ferguson, P.,
James H. Woodruff,
Joseph Kitchell,
John Kitchell,
Moses D. Ward,
Joseph 0. Hedges,
Parsippany.
Chas. C. Parker, D.D., P.
Lower Valley.
C. P. Murray, P.
H. S. Busted,
William A. Condit,
John Ogden,
Marcius L. Dickson,
David Neighbour,
George Neighbour,
Jacob M. Trimmer,
Elias Cregar,
Benjamin Cole,
Abraham Hoftman,
Madison.
Eobert Aikman, D.D., P.
Joseph C. Potts,
Jeremiah Baker,
John Seely,
Edwin P. Burroughs,
T. P. Dsley,
William Compton,
Luther Eddy,
Hanover, N. J.
Parsippany, N. J.
Lower Valley, "
Madison, N. J.
ROLL OF SYNOD.
87
MINISTIRS AND CHURCHES.
Mend'iam, First.
J. W. Cochrane, P.,
RULING ELDERS.
P. 0. ADDRESS.
Mendham, Second.
Jiimes M. Hunting, P.,
Mine Hill.
Pierce Rodgers, P.,
George H. Thompson,
Anizi Babbit,
William McMurty,
.Tared L. Sutton,
Albert Pitney,
Aaron Losey,
Luther Thompson,
Henry Drake,
James B. Millen,
Robert Morrow,
Manuel Byram,
J. R. Chamberlain,
David Jenkins,
Joseph H. Thomas,
William H. Bray,
Mendham, N. J.
Morrisioivn, First.
John Abbott French, P.
Mine Hill.
Morristovvn, "
Theodore Little,
David Oliphant,
H. M. Dalrymple,
James M. Stevenson,
Joel Davis,
Ezra Mills,
Libbeus B. Ward,
William W. Stone,
Joseph H. Van Doren,
William G. Anderson,
Enoch T. Caskey,
Austin Requa,
Morristown, South Street.
Albert Erdman, P.,
Morristown, N. J.
Frederick G. Burnham,
Philip H. Hoftman,
John C. Hines,
Rev. Chas. J. Hazeltine,
ROLL OF SYNOD,
MINISTERS AND CHURCHES
RULIXG ELDERS.
Herman Mead,
Isaac E. Xoyes,
Matthew Mitchell,
M. C. G. Witte,
E. Augustus Graves,
Morristown, German.
J. Eichelson, P.,
Morris Plains.
Robert S. Feagles, S. S.,
Mount Freedom.
Robert S. Feagles, P.,
Eobert P. Allen,
Daniel D. Bi-yant,
Joseph Cramer,
Daniel P. Merchant,
Mount Olive.
Chalmers D. Chapman, P.,
Richard Stephens,
Archer Stephens,
Amasa Stephens,
Robert D. Caskey,
Augustus Wolff,
John N. Sharpe,
Myersville.
New Vernon.
Nathaniel Conklin, P.,
Orange, First.
Eldridge Mix, P.,
Lewis Kutcher,
Carl Goerke,
Henry Bedell,
William Cross,
Levi Drinkwater,
Samuel Oliver,
George Scofield,
Nehemiah Scofield.
Henry N. Beach,
Wm. H. Daj^ton,
Ira Harrison,
David H. McCoy,
Andrew Mason,
Clinton G. Reynolds,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Morristown, N. J.
Mount Olive, "
Myersville,
New Vernon, "
Orange, N. J.
ROLL OF SYNOD.
89
MINISTERS AND CHURCHES. RULING ELDERS.
Samuel P. Smith,
Edgar P. Starr,
Jonathan S. Williams,
Stephen Wickes,
Smith Williams,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Orange, N. J.
Orange, Second.
H. E. Hickok, P.,
Orange, Central.
Alfred Yeomans, P.,
Orange, German.
C. H. Grunhert, P.,
Pleasant Grove.
Samuel Sawyer, P.
Rockaiuay .
David E. Platter, P.,
Calvin D. Pierson,
Henry S. Ward,
Jotham H. Condit,
John Nicholl,
John L. Merrill,
N. C. Boardman,
George W. Snow,
David Bingliam,
Joseph B. Fenbey,
Levi P. Stone,
Francis H. Abbott,
David L. Wallace,
George W. Thorpe,
Adolphe Bode,
M, K. Schellenberg,
Herman Schenck,
Hans T. Peterson,
John Peterson,
George Linderberry.
Nathan Lance,
John T. Hoffman,
Morris Hand,
Samuel B. Halsey,
Joseph H. Beach,
Samuel S. Beach,
Alexander Norris,
Orange, N. J.
Orange, N. J.
Pleasant Grove, N.J.
Rockaway, N. J.
90
ROLL OF SYNOD.
MINISTERS AND CHURCHES
iSxccasunna.
E. W. Stoddard, P.,
/South Orange.
.loliii H. Worcester, Jr.,
RULING ELDERS.
David Hamilton,
Charles DeHart,
Albert R. Riggs,
Samuel F. Corwin,
Josiah Meeker,
P.,
Ira Taj'lor,
J. S. Brown,
A. B. Brown,
Moses A. Peck,
J. L. Taintor,
tStirling.
Henry M. Grant, P.,
Welsh Ch., Richard Mine,
Whippany.
David M. Bardwell, P.,
S. 8.
Richard Jenkins,
Morgan Jenkins,
John Belles,
Joseph H. Thomas,
William H. Kitchell,
E. R. Fairchild,
Timothy Cook,
F. E. Young,
p. O. ADDRESS.
Rockaway, X. J.
Succasunna, "
South Orange, N. J.
Stirling, N. J.
Dover, N. J.
Whippany, N. J.
VI. PRESBYTERY OF NEWARK.
Abner Brundage,
E. A. Osborne,
Isaac McHvaine,
H. N. Brinsmade, D.D.
Ebenezer Seymour,
R. B. Campfield,
Samuel Hutchings,
C. M. Nickels, D.D.,
J. S. Grallagher,
Montclair, N. J.
Newark, "
46 Park St., Newark.
Newark, N. J.
Bloomfield, "
22 Camp St., Newark.
Orange, N. J.
Princeton, "
Bloomfield, "
KOLL OF SYA'OD.
91
MINISTEKS AND CHURCHES. RLI.INlJ ELDERS.
First Churclt^ Newark.
J. F. Stearns, D.D., P.,
Uzal J. Tuttle,
Joseph X. Tuttle,
Sam'l H. Pennington,
Cephas M. Woodruflf.
E. P. Nichols, M.D.,
Alexander Beach, Jr.,
Frederick W. Baldwin,
James P. Dusenberry,
Peter W. Hoagland,
South, Park Ch.^ Newark.
James P. Wilson, D.D., P.,
Augustus J. Gillett,
William A. Crane,
David C. Dodd,
Ira M. Harrison,
J. Wolcott Jackson,
A. Parkhurst,
F. N. Torrey,
Daniel Halsey,
High St. Ch., Newark.
J. H. Mcllvaine, D.D.,
P.,
James B. Pinneo,
James J, Dickerson,
George B. Seers,
John L. Meeker,
Charles G. Eockwood,
John W. Taylor,
Samuel L. Pinneo,
A. C. Frissel,
Samuel H. Hall, D.D.,
William W. Eddy, D.D.,
A. R. Wolfe,
C. H. Thebareth,
S. J. Newlin, D.D.,
B. F. McNeil,
Second Churchy Newark.
Joseph Fewsmith, D.D.,
P.,
Isaac Van Wagenen,
David M. Crane,
V. O. ADDRESS.
1028 Broad St., Newark.
35 Commerce St., ''
997 Broad St., "
692 High St.,
645 "
7-4 Washington Av.
165 Mt. Pleasant Av.
15 Sherman Av.
973 Broad St., Newark.
10 West Park St., "
41 Spruce St., Newark.
71 Penna. Av., "
123 James St., "
19 Clinton Av., "
1013 Broad St., '•
648 High St., "
1003 Broad St., "
1034 " " "
14 Camp ■' "
581 High St., Newark.
552 " " "
698 " " "
698 " " •'
660 " "
759 Broad " •'
178 Fairmoulit, Av.
552 High St., Newark.
150 Nassau St., N. Y.
80 Wall St., New York.
Sidon, Syria.
Montelair, N. J.
Newark, "
15 Wash'g'nst., Newark
19 Lombardy St., '•
46 Halsey St., "
92
ROLL OF SYNOD.
MIXISTERS AND CHURCHES. RULING ELDERS.
Jos. B. Jackson, M.D.,
J. Reeve Saj-re,
Caleb S. Ward,
Wm. S. Ward, M.D.,
Samuel N. King,
Joseph D. Hai-rison,
Third Church, Neivark.
E. R. Craven, D.D., P..
John Chandler.
John C. Crane.
Lorenzo Boyden,
Isaac A. Ailing,
Daniel Price,
Horace Ailing,
Robert S. Grummon,
Central Church, NeMark.
Wm. T. Findley, D.D., P.,
Park Church, Newark.
Prentiss De Veuve. P.,
Samuel Halsey,
Aaron 0. Price.
Eben A. Smith,
Moses T. Baker,
Davis H. Miller,
James S. Higbie,
Stej^hen J. Meeker,
Sixth Church, Newark.
M. F. Hollister, P.,
H. J. Poinier,
Job Haines,
Isaac O^den,
Joseph Clark,
Charles H. Skinner,
Joseph .\. Hallock,
Montclair.
J. Romeyn Berry, D.D., P.,
Hiram B. Littell,
Philip Doremus,
D, V. Harrison,
Thomas Russell,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
598 Broad St., Newark.
19 Fulton St., "
498 Broad St., "
12 Grant St., "
184 Orange St., "
502 Broad St., "
30 Walnut St., "
Brooklyn (E. D.) N. Y.
206 Mulberry st., New'k
94 Commerce St., "
37 Walnut St., "
249 Mulberry St., "
41 Walnut St., "
919 Broad St., "
232 Wash'g'n St., "
13 West Park St., "
Newark.
963 Broad St., Newark.
390 Market St., "
135 Bank St., "
328 Belleville Av., "
31 Lombardy St., "
239 Broad St., "
124 Elm St., "
191 Market St., "
25 Lafayette, St., "
148 Olive St., "
31 Orchard St., "
Elizabeth, N. J.
199 Walnut St., New"k.
Montclair. N. J.
ROLL OF SYNOD.
93
MINISTEKS AND CHURCHES
Caldwell.
Christopher T. Berry, P.
Rl'LING ELDERS.
John M. Doubleday
T. R. Carter,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Montclair, N. J.
Caldwell, N. J.
Roseville.
Charles T. Haley, P.,
Lyon's Farms.
George C. Pollock, P.,
George R. Martin,
Jonathan Provost,
William Lane,
Asher Crane,
Samuel 0. Harrison,
Philip H. Harrison,
Noah O. Baldwin,
Zenas C. Crane,
William B. Bond,
Matthias S, Canfield,
Stephen G. Gould,
Joseph Farnsworth,
Robert Blake,
Thos. V. Johnson, Jr.,
W. F. Van Wagenen,
David Bond,
Henry Meeker,
Jacob Dod,
James C. Baker,
193 Roseville av., New'k
100 N. 6th St., "
25 Bathgate Place, "
6thav.&N9thst., "
90 N. 7th Street, "
285 Roseville Av., "
Lyon's Farms, N. J.
Calvary Church.
Isaiah B. Hopwood, P.,
Wickliffe Church.
Isaac M. See, P.,
Halstead C. Burnet,
Edwin F. Dorrance,
William Jinkins,
Theodore McNair,
Edward T. Cone,
Arthur B. Clark,
Robert B. Sutphen,
Thos. K. McClelland,
Benjamin W. Oldis,
77 Murray St., Newark
104 Spruce St., "
105 Spruce St., "
39 Waverley PL, "
303 Washington St.
130 Wickliife St., New'k
119 Wickliffe St., "
47 S. Orange Av., "
East Orange, N. J.
131 Wickliffe St., New-k
20 Lusk St., Newark.
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MINISTERS AND CHUKCHES. RULING ELDERS.
Westminster Church.
Duncan Kennedy, D.D., P.,
Coll J. Turner,
Moses M. Bradley,
Henry S, Sheldon,
James E. Stevenson.
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Bloomfield, N. J.
Plane Street Church.
Vacant.
First Ger. Ch., Newark.
J. U. Guenther, P.,
Second Ger. Ch., Newark.
William A. Nordt, P.,
Third Ger. Ch., Newark.
Julius H. Wolff, P.,
A. Mandeville,
Abraham Conover,
Samuel Terhune,
Charles Huft',
Fred. C. Hexamer,
Jacob Rau,
Michael Warker,
A. Eckert,
Carl Baumann,
Frederick Baumann,
Arnold Ackermann,
Samuel R. Sessing,
Philip J. Arnold,
Peter Mentzer,
German Ch., Bloomfield.
John M. Ensslin, P.,
Bloorafield.
H.W. Ballantine. P..
Jacob FornhofF,
John Keyler,
John Bickler,
Isaac B. Wheeler,
C. Peloubet,
Zophar B. Dodd,
Amzi Dodd,
Thomas McGowan,
11 Hacket St., Newark.
151 Bank St., "
42 Fairinount Av. "
Bloomfield, N. J.
35 Morton St., Newark.
91 Mercer St., "
58 Hayes St., •'
Newark, N. J.
271 Springfield A v.
104 Sussex Av., Newark
10 Dey Street, "
15 High " "
65 Bloomfield Av.
117 Ferry St., Newark.
176 Lafayette St., "
149 Jackson St., "
14 Arlington St., ''
Bloomfield, N. J.
Bloomfield, N. J.
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MIXISTERS AND CHURCHES,
RULING ELDERS.
Israel C. Ward,
William W. Wyman.
Charles H. Osborn,
Jonathan W. Potter,
John G. Broughton,
A. Sydney Frissell,
Joseph K. Oaks,
James P. Jones,
J. Henry Root,
Woodside Church.
J. 8. Evans, P.,
John M. Phillips,
Samuel L. Buck,
T. W. Kinzey,
C. H. Thompson, D.D.,
George C. Seibert, Ph.D.
Chax'les E. Knox, D.D.,
T. A. Baldwin,
.James S. Dennis,
A. Baumgartner,
F. B. Hanle,
John L. Wells,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Bloomfield, N. J.
5th Av. Nat. B'k, N.Y.
New York City.
Bloomfield, N. J.
Newark, N. J.
141 Lincoln Av., New'k.
96 Commerce St., "
Summer PL & May St., "
New Orleans, La.
Bloomfield, N. J.
Constantinople, Turkey
Beirut, Syria.
Bloomfield, N. J.
Holyoke, Mass.
316 Halsey St., Newark.
VII. PRESBYTERY OF NEW BRUNSWICK.
David M. Smith,
R. K. Rodgers, D.D.,
Charles Hodge, D.D., LL.D.,
C. W. Nassau, D.D.,
J. Maclean, D.D., LL.D.,
Hugh Hamill, D.D.,
First Church, Princeton, V.
Princeton, N. J.
Athens, Ga.
Princeton, N. J.
Trenton, "
Princeton, "
Newark, Del.
Jacob Lane, Princeton, N. J.
Stephen Alexander, LL.D., " "
John F. Hageman, '• "
Henry E. Hale, " "
Geo. M. Maclean, M.D., " "
John V. Terhune, " '•
J. D. Van Doren, " "
A. T. McGill, D.D., LL.D., " "
L. H. Atwater, D.D., LL.D., " '"
96
ROLL OF SYNOD.
MINISTERS AND CHDRCHES. RL'I.INC. ELDERS.
James McCosh, D.D., LL.D.,
D. M. Halliday, D.D.,
Kingwood.
Benjamin Carrell, P.,
Frederick Bloom,
John D. Hoff,
David Rittenhouse,
Philip Hoff,
Daniel Little,
P. W. Bloom,
E. Bellis,
George Hale, D.D.,
C. S. Conkling,
Henry Neill, D.D.,
George Sheldon, D.D.,
First Church, Trenton.
John Hall, D.D., P.,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Princeton, N. -J.
Frenchtovvn, X. J.
1334 Chestnut St., Phila.
French town, N. J.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Princeton, N. J.
Trenton, N. J.
Samuel Roberts,
George S. Green,
Henry W. Green, LL.D.,
William J. Owens,
J. D. Cochrane,
William Elmer, M.D.,
R. P. Stoll,
Julius Johnston,
John Miller,
Fifth Church, Trenton.
A. D. White, P.,
Albert S. Drake,
A. A. Van Hise,
James McGill,
Second, New Brunsivick.
John Woodbridge, D.D., P.,
Thomas E. McDonald,
Princeton, "
Trenton, N. J.
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Alexandria.
N. S. Aller, P.,
George McDonald,
Wesley Johnson,
Samuel B. Piekel,
George W. Eckel,
Elias C. Severs,
Mt. Pleasant, N. .1.
Everettstown, "
Mt. Pleasant, "
Little York, '•
Mt. Pleasant, "
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MINISTERS AND CHURCHES. RULING ELDERS.
Wm. H. Green, D.D., L.L.D.,
Joseph R. Mann, D.D.,
Fourth Church, Trenton.
R. H. Richardson, D.D., P.,
B. S. Disbrow,
A. A. Hutchinson,
Chas. A. Brearley,
Baltes Pickel,
Wm. D. Sinclair,
Chas. W. Shields, D.D..
J. T. Duffield, D.D.,
Lawrenceville.
A. Gosman, D.D., P.,
Samuel H. Ford.
Franklin Dye,
Peter Davis,
B. S. Johnston,
J. C. MoflEat, D.D.,
James Stebbins,
Wm. A. McCorkle, D.D.,
Witherspoon Street Church.
Thomas Beekman,
Isaac Stockton,
John Voorhees,
V.
Geo. H. Burroughs,
J. T. L. Anderson,
C. Barker,
N. Titus,
Second Church, Princeton,
S. M. Hamill,D.D.,
Flemington,
Geo. S. Mott, D.D., P.,
Mahlon Smith,
Wm. P. Emery,
John G. Yard,
George Stototf,
Edward R. Bullock,
John T. Bird,
A. T. Connet,
Peter J. Nevius,
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p. 0. ADDRESS.
Princeton, N. J.
Trenton.
Princeton,
Lawrenceville, N. J.
Trenton,
Lawrenceville.
Princeton,
Princeton, N. J.
Princeton, N. J.
Lawrenceville, N. J.
Flemington, N. J.
98
ROLL OF SYNOD.
MINISTERS AND CHURCHES
Chas. A. Aiken, D.D.,
C. W. Hodge, D.D.,
J. 0. Marroy, D.D.,
Lambertville.
P. A. Studdiford, D.D.,
RX.LING ELDERS.
C. J. Collins,
Dutch Neck.
A. L. Armstrong, P.,
H. C. Cameron, D.D.,
Bound Brook.
A. E. Baldwin, P.,
P.,
Ashbel Welch,
John Smith,
J. D. Stryker,
John H. Anderson,
Peter S. Pidcock,
John A. Anderson,
Isaac J. Snedeker,
Enoch Rue,
John S. Bergen,
A. J. Duncan,
James Wyckoff,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Princeton, N. J.
Lambertville, N. J.
Milford and Holland.
Isaac M. Patterson, P.,
Princeton,
Dutch Neck, N. J.
Princeton June, N, J.
Cranbury, N. J.
Dutch Neck, N. J.
Milford, N. J.
Hiram Williams, " "
Peter Eckle, " "
Edward Hunt, " "
Joseph T. Scarborough, " "
Jesse Sinclair, Reiglesville, N. J.
John D. Bloom, " "
William Quick, Frenchtown, "
Princeton, "
Bound Brook, N. J.
Benjamin J. Field,
Vincent Guerrine,
Samuel S. Brokau,
R. F. Giles,
L. V. D. Shepherd,
A. Vermeule,
B. McD. Field,
R. S. Garretson,
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99
MINISTERS AND CHURCHES. RULING ELDERS.
Third', Trenton.
Samuel M. Studdiford, P.,
Edward L. Campbell,
W. A. Clark,
George S. Grosvenor,
John S. Noble,
E. W. Scudder,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
New Brunswick, First,
Thomas Nichols, P.,
Amwell, United tirst.
C. S. Converse, P.,
John Terhune,
Abraham Voorhees,
George J. Janeway,
William Rust,
Andrew Agnesv,
Charles S. Scott,
D. C. English,
J. P. Langdon,
T. G. Neilson,
William M. Bellis,
D. S. Bellis,
William Brewer,
C. F. Fisher,
J. W. Bellis,
W. W. Fisher,
George Macloskie, LL.D.
Sanauel Harison,
Amwell, First.
John S. Beekman, P.,
Kingston.
John H. Scofield, P.
George P. Rex, M.D.,
Zebulon Stout,
William G. Hill,
John Y. Bellis.
Abraham J. Prall,
J. Gordon Van Dyke,
Martin Cruser,
A. F. Stout,
Trenton, N. J.
New Brunswick, N. J.
Ringoes, N. J.
Copper Hill, N. J.
Ringoes,
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Reaville,
Princeton,
Plumsteadville, Pa.
Reaville, N. J.
il ((
Flemington, N. J.
Reaville, "
Ringoes, "
Kingston, N. J.
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Monmouth Junction.
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MINISTERS AND CHURCHES.
Second^ Trenton.
J. B. Kennedy, P.,
RULING ELDERS.
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Frenchtown.
J. D. Randolph, P.,
William Harris,
Ewinqville.
George L. Smith. P.
Pennington.
D. R. Foster, P.,
Stockton.
William Swan, P.,
Hamilton Square.
I. V. W. Schenck, P.
John Clugston,
William H. Brace,
Lewis C. Wooley,
George Brearley,
Lewis Parker,
John Hunt,
J. B. Woodruff,
H. E. Warford,
John Case,
Abner Scudder,
Randolph S. Hunt,
A. B. Green,
William Cox,
E. W. Lanning,
E. S. Mcllvaine,
Azariah Hunt,
John E. Burd,
Enoch A. Titus,
Ralph Ege,
W. V. Case,
E. B. Hunt,
George W. Runk,
M. Wolverton.
Daniel Ivins,
Ma,jor Voorhees,
J. G. Labau,
David Lee,
John C. Cubberly,
Trenton. N. J.
Frenchtown, N. J.
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Ewingville, N. J.
Greensburg,
Ewingville,
Greensburg,
Ewingville,
Trenton,
Pennington,
II,
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Stockton, N. J.
Hamilton Square, N
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MINISTERS AXD CHURCHES.
Kirhpatrick Memorial.
John D. Hewit, P.,
RrLIXG ELDERS.
P. 0. ADDRESS.
John E. Peters,
Amwell, Second.
Charles H. Asay, P.,
TitusvUle, V.
Prospect St., Trenton.
Walter A. Brooks, P.,
Jacob Diltz,
Jacob S. Van Marter,
David Williamson,
T. Y. Van Marter,
David Lawshe,
John Rue,
Joseph G. Bowne,
William W. Wilson,
Samuel C. Barber,
Thomas Sharp,
Jonathan Phillips,
Isaac Farley,
Geoi'ge Servis,
Charles T. Hunt,
L. J. Titus,
A. G. Richey,
J. T. Nixon,
F. J. Slade,
S. C. Brown,
Ringoes, N. J.
Princeton, "
Lambertville, N
Oakdale,
Stockton,
Lambertville,
Titusville,
Trenton, N. J.
Sylvester Cooke, H. R.,
Stillivater.
T. B. Condit, P., S. S.,
VIII. PRESBYTERY OF NEWTON.
Gaithersburg, Md.
Stillwater, N. J.
Swartswood, "
Swartswood, S. S.
John J. Carrell, Ev.,
MontanUj V.
Martin Fritz,
George Ayei's,
John Rush,
John Vroom,
Easton, Pa.
Montana, N. J.
102
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MINISTERS AND CHURCHES. RULING ELDERS.
Jacob F. Rush,
Jacob Rush,
John I. Burd,
James Petrie,
John A. Reiley,
Fred'k Knighton, D.D.,
Ephraim Simonton,
Newton.
J. A. Priest, D.D., P.,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Montana, N. J.
Barclajf, Va.
Clinton, La.
Milford, Pa.
Vienna, N. J.
Newton, K
Thomas Ryerson, M.D., "
David R. Hull, "
Samuel Johnson, "
Stockton H. Shafer, "
William S. Coursen, Freedom,
Harmony.
Henry E. Spayd, P.
Ural W. Condit,
Yellow Frame.
Robert B. Foresman, P.,
William Yanatta,
Joseph Koch,
James DeWitt,
George Brakely,
Phillipsburg, N. J.
Harmony, "
Brainard, "
Phillipsburg, "
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Easton, Pa.
Johnsonsburgh, N. J.
William P. Vail, M.D.,
Lewis Lanning, Sr.,
Kelly Westbrook,
J. Read Kerr,
Casper Westbrook,
Bowdewine Roy,
Daniel Shreakgast,
Hackettstown.
Thomas McCauley, P..
Samuel Harris,
John White,
John S. Labar,
George W. Johnson,
Joshua H. Curtis,
R. H. Hockenberry,
Theo. L. Byington, F. M.,
Stewartsville.
William Thompson, P.,
Lincoln,
Freedom,
Johnsonsburgh,
Hackettstown, N. J.
Constantinople, TurkeJ^
Stewartsville, N. J.
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MINISTERS AND CHURCHES. RULING ELDERS.
Daniel Hulshizer,
Eobert S. Kennedy,
Andrew R. Kinney,
Thomas T. Stewart,
Henry Teel,
Andrew Hulshizer,
John W. Cline,
North Sar elision,
Alanson A. Haines,
S. S.
Bloomshury.
H. Brown Scott,
William B. McKee,
Sparta, V.
Wantage, Second, P. E.,
Musconeicong Valley.
John B. Kugler, P.,
Daniel Haines,
S. O. Price,
John L. Brown,
W. S. Skinner,
John E, Cougleton,
James Bifd,
Henry R. Kennedy.
William Tinsman,
William J. Smith,
Moses Robbins,
John Lennington,
Levi Cougleton,
Moses Lanterman,
Frank C. Easton,
John Dunning,
Isaac Dolsen,
Levi Ayres,
Eobert McMickle,
Ebenezer M. Decker,
Benjamin M. Couse,
Nelson Phillips,
John B. Lunger,
E. G. Riddle,
Joseph Garrison,
Paul Merlatt,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Stewarts ville, N. J.
Harmony,
New Village,
Hamburgh, N. J.
Bloomsbury, N. J.
Franklin Furnace, N.J.
Beemerville, N. J.
New Hampton, N. J.
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MINISTERS AND CHURCHES
Danville Church.
John P. Clarke, P.,
Mansfield, Second.
Blairstown.
Thomas A. Sanson, P.,
RULING ELDERS.
Not reported.
Not reported.
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Danville, N. J.
Blairstown, N. J.
Phillipslurg.
Henry B. Townsend, P.
John L. Teel,
John Bunnell,
Isaac D. Lanterman,
Abrani Swisher,
George B. Ship man,
John C. Johnson, M
Charles E. Vail,
H. D. Gregory, Ph.D.,
John Lander,
A. R. Reese,
L. M. Teel,
Robert S. Brittain,
Samuel Baker,
John K. Stephens,
D.,
Phillipsburg, N. J.
Belvidere, Second.
James M. Maxwell, P.,
Belvidere, N. J.
J. Marshal Paul, M. D.,
William H. Morrow,
Theodore Paul,
Israel Harris,
Samuel Rees,
Levi Rehrer,
Oxford, Second.
E. Clarke CHne, P.,
Andover.
John Hancock, P. E.,
Selden T. Scranton,
John Schoonover,
J. T. Smith,
A. N. Stackhouse,
M. N. Johnson,
S. C. Allen,
H. M. Freeman,
Oxford, N. J.
Andover, N. J.
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MINISTERS AND CHURCHES.
Belvidere, First.
Wm. H. Holliday, P.,
RULING ELDERS.
Knowlton.
Daniel Deruelle, P.,
Hope, V.
Delaware, V.
Greenwich.
Thomas S. Long, P.,
Stanhope.
.John J. Crane, P.,
Marksboro' .
Caleb H. Rodney, P.,
Mansfield, First,
Samuel E. Webster, P.,
.Jehial G. Shipman,
Adrain Lott,
Adam B. Searles,
Samuel Sherrerd,
William O. Ward,
Jacob L. Teel,
Aaron Snyder,
E. L. Low,
John Burd,
Wm. H. Hemingway,
L. C. Osmun, M. D.,
Jeremiah Osmun,
Robert S. Kelley,
Peter S. Robbins,
William Carpenter,
William H. Hamlen,
Joseph W. Carter,
John Fluke,
Samuel D. Caskey,
Sylvanus D. Budd,
George Herrick,
Oscar J. Hardin, F. M.,
Alfred W. Cook,
Joseph Rosenberry,
Joseph Johnston,
Daniel Spangenberg,
Jesse Weller,
A. W. Weller,
J. R. Vanatta,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Belvidere, N. J.
Knowlton, N. J.
Hainesburgh, "
Knowlton, "
Delaware, N. J.
Bloomsburg, N. J.
Reiglesville, "
Springtown, •'
Carpentersville, "
Phillipsburg, "
Stewartsville, "
Stanhope, N. J.
Marksboro', N. J.
Washington, N. J.
Tripoli, Syria.
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MIXISTERS AND CHURCHES.
Ashury.
RULING ELDERS.
Philii^ Mutchler,
Henry V. Brittain,
William Vliet,
Isaac Bennet,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Lafayette.
Jethro B. "Woodward, P.
Sidney Smith,
Sylvester Slater,
Wm. C. Snook,
Branchville.
William H. Belden, P..
Wantage, First.
Theodore F. Chambers,
Dechertown,
Edgar A. Hamilton, P.,
Samuel Everitt,
Daniel Wyker,
William Mattison,
Jesse G. Roe,
John C. Hunt,
P.,
Jacob W. Dewitt,
W. W. Titsworth,
L. C. Davenport,
Oxford, First.
John Pollock, P.,
Abraham Smith,
James H. Dunning,
James H. Course,
Nelson Heater,
Jeremiah Layton,
George Kiser,
J. Clark Prall,
H. Johnson Butler,
Thomas H. Boyer,
David AV. Frome.
George Sarson ,
Asbury, N. J.
Lafayette, N. J.
Branchville, N. J.
Deckertown, N. J.
Decker town, N. J.
Belvidere, N. J.
Oxford, N. J.
Montana, "
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IX. PEESBYTERY OF WEST JERSEY.
MINISTERS AND CHUKCHES. KULING ELDERS. P. 0. ADDRESS.
Luther Halsey, D.D., LL.D., Allegheny, Pa.
Moses Williamson, Cape May City, N. J.
Alfred Ketcham, Landisville, "
James L. Scott, Hammonton, "
First^ Camden.
Villeroy D. Reed, D.D., P., Camden, N. J.
George H. Van Gelder, " "
J. D. Reinboth, " "
William Few Smith, " "
John S. Chambers, " "
Woodbury.
F. D. Harris, P.,
Robert Osborne,
Hammonton.
E. M. Kellogg, S. S.,
Vineland.
John O. Wells, P.,
Joseph Fithian, M.D.
A. S. Barber,
J. J. Horton,
Myron Swift,
Z. W. Mathews,
Edwin Adams,
Camden, N. J.
Woodbury, *'
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Hammonton, N. J.
Vineland,
A. S. Rollo, "
David Sjiencer, "
A. S. Brown, "
John Telford, "
William Stevens, "
Charles H. Wright, "
Charles Goodell, "
William T. Doubleday, "
Allen H. Brownj Camden,
Salem.
William Bannard, D.D., P., Salem, N. J.
Reuben Hinchman,
John P. Moore,
Quinton Gibbon, M.D.,
H. M. Rumsey,
William B. Robertson,
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MINISTERS,AND CHUKCHES.
Waterford.
James G. Shinn, S. S.,
Atco, 8. S.
RULING ELDERS.
James McDougall,
Everette Battelle,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Waterford Works, N.J.
Berlin^ 8. S.
Second Church, Cedarville,
William W. McNair,
James E. Alton, Atco, N. J.
C. DeWitt Carpenter, " "
Gloucester City.
Henry Reeves, S. S.,
8. H. Thompson,
Cold Spring.
Thomas S. Dewing, P.,
Xo Elder.
V.
86 Shipman St.,
, Newark, N.J
D. D. Connor, Cedarville,
N.J.
E. S. Bateman, "
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M. S, Nixon,
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J. D. Newcomb, "
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Charles 0. Newcomb, "
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Henry Van Fossen,
Henry F. West,
Joseph Tucker,
George D. Oatley,
Haddonjield.
E. D. Newberry, P.,
Greenwich.
Henry E. Thomas, P.,
Levi H. Parsons,
Abraham Eeeves,
Andrew H. Stevens,
Joseph E. Hughes,
David Reeves,
R. D. Edmunds,
Stilwell Stevens,
V. M. D. Marcy, M.D.
David Roe,
Joseph B. Tatem,
Smith Sheppard,
James H. Bacon,
Gloucester City, N. J.
Holbrook, L. I., N. Y.
Cold Spring, N. J.
Cape May City, "
Haddonfield, N. J.
Greenwich,
Bridgeton,
Greenwich,
Milford, Del.
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109
MINISTERS AXD CHURCHES.
Cape Island.
Edward P. Shields, P.,
RULING ELDERS.
P. 0. ADDRESS.
Cape May City, N. ,1
A. S. Vaughan,
Merchantville.
N. L. Ui^ham, P.,
Chester Bridgeman,
Second Church, Camden.
Lewis C. Baker, P.,
J. Q. Williams,
S. M. Schellenger,
Isaac H. Smith,
J. Stratton Ware,
S. S. Reeves,
John Homer,
C. E. Spangler,
N. McConaughy,
First Church, Bridgeton.
J. Allen Maxwell, P.,
George S. Woodhull,
Alexander Marcy, M
R. F. Bancroft,
Kennett Square, Pa.
Merchantville, N. J.
47 S. 2d St., Phila., Pa.
Merchantville, N. J.
Woodstown, "
Camden,
J)., "
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Somerville,
Bridgeton,
Deerjield.
W. H. Dinsmore, P.,
R. Plamill Davis, Ph.D.,
Blackwoodtown.
Frederick R. Brace, P.
Joseph Reeves, '
H. B. Lupton,
Nathaniel Fish,
Alfred Holmes,
J. J. Reeves,
Archibald Shimp,
David Paris,
Thomas Bowen,
Aaron Padgett,
Jonas Livermore
William Stevenson,
Charles Stevenson,
R. E. Morgan,
D. E, Marshall,
Deerfield,
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Lawrenceville,
Blackwoodtown,
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Camden,
Blackwoodtown,
110
MINISTERS AXD CHURCHES.
Fislerville.
Alexander Proudfit, P.,
ROLL OF SYNOD.
RULING ELDERS.
E. B. Stevenson,
S. M. Chase,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Blackwoodtown, N. J.
Benjamin Harding,
P. R. Burt,
Samuel Tweed,
D. W. Moore,
Charles T. McMullin,
Pittsgrove.
William A. Ferguson, P.,
Seccnid Ch., Bridgeton.
Heber H. Beadle, P.,
Fairfield.
S. R. Anderson, P.
Ebenezer Harris,
Leonard Swing,
J. L. Richmond,
Richard Burt,
Enoch Mayhew,
Alphonso WoodruflF,
Samuel Applegate,
Joel Fithian,
Clayton, N. J.
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E. H. Whitecar,
Theophilus Tomlinson,
George S. Whitecar,
S. H. Williams,
May's Landing.
James R. Campbell, P.,
West Bridgeton.
L. E. Coyle, P.,
Ahsecom.
C. W. W^innie, S. S.,
Somers Point, V.
Daniel E. Iszard,
Wm. Elmer, M. D.,
Jesse D. Claypoole,
Smith Woodruff,
William A. Cannon,
Edmund Somers,
May's Landing, X. J.
Bridgeton, N. J.
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ROLL OF SYNOD.
Ill
MINISTERS AND CHURCHES.
Leeds Point, S. S.
Atlantic City, S. S.
Williamstown.
George H. S. Campbell,
RXTLING ELDERS.
Daniel Townsend,
Robert Smith,
Lertiuel Eldridge,
p. 0. ADDRESS.
Leeds Point, N. J.
Atlantic City,
David Tweed,
Robert Wilson,
Thomas McClure,
Chas. E. Thomas, M. D.,
A. J. ilcKelway, M. D.,
Paul L. Richmond,
Thomas Wilson,
Phcenixville, Pa.
Williamstown, X. J.
Woodstown.
O. B. McCurdy, P.,
Wenonah.
J. H. O'Brien, P.,
Glassboro.
Bunker Hill.
Swedeshoro.
A. A. E. Wanderer, P.,
Millville.
H. L. Mayers, P.
John S. Barnes,
John R. Alderman,
Joseph H. W^ebber,
Israel Stevenson,
No Elder.
John Henry,
James McClure,
Wm. Black,
Wm. McCullough,
Conrad Nolte,
Nicholas Brenheis,
E. W. Maylin,
Alexander Torrens,
Geo. R. Chew,
First Church, Cedarville.
James K. Wilson, P.,
James M. Newcomb,
Franklinville,
Woodstown,
Wenonah, X. J.
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Swedesboro, X. J.
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112 ROLL OF SYNOD.
MINISTEKS AND CHURCHES. RULING ELDERS. P. 0. ADDRESS.
Jasper Bateman, Cedarvill^, N. J.
Geo. Gandy, " "
A. F. Bateman. « "
H. M. Howell, " "
Tuckahoe, S'. iS.
Joseph C. Sheppard, Tuckahoe, N. J.
Alfred Blizzard, " "
Brainerd,
A. Worthington, S. S. Elwood, N. J.
B. F. Griswold, " "
H. W. Smith, M. D., " "
MINUTES
FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL SESSION
Synod of New Jersey,
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY,
October, 1877.
With an Appendix.
:PUBIJSHED BY ORDER OF THE SYNOD, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
THE STATED CLERK.
TRENTON, N. J. :
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