. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. RICHARD HOWE ALLEN A. B. (Centre); D. D. secretary of the Freedmans Board; seventh Pastor of Old Pine Street From a photograph in possession of the The Pastorate of Richard Howe Allen (1867-1880). It is remarkable that the longest and greatest pastor-ate in the history of the church was followed by theshortest interregnum. It was but a few days over fivemonths after the death of Dr. Brainerd that a new pas-tor was called. There were reasonable causes for thisapparent haste.
. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. RICHARD HOWE ALLEN A. B. (Centre); D. D. secretary of the Freedmans Board; seventh Pastor of Old Pine Street From a photograph in possession of the The Pastorate of Richard Howe Allen (1867-1880). It is remarkable that the longest and greatest pastor-ate in the history of the church was followed by theshortest interregnum. It was but a few days over fivemonths after the death of Dr. Brainerd that a new pas-tor was called. There were reasonable causes for thisapparent haste. The centennial of the church was ap-proaching ; extensive improvements to the church build-ing had been long contemplated; and the profoundinfluence which the deceased pastor had exertedover the life of the congregation was wholly againstexposing them to the disadvantages of the vacantpulpit. There seemed to be a settled conviction in the mindsof many of the strongest members in the church thatRev. Dr. George Wiswell, of Wilmington, Delaware,should be the successor of Dr. Brainerd. It was knownthat Dr. Brainerd had expressed the opinion that thisminister would be his logical successor. But RichardHowe Allen, of Nashville, Tennessee, had been stronglyrecommende
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