. Essex county, , illustrated . ongregation ofcolored people. It does not appear just when the Sunday organized but it was some months before the church, prob-ably earl\- in the year i<S4S. The first eldeis of the church were :David Joline. Lemuel I. Corwin .uul .Xaron C. Ward. Thefirst tiiistees were; Horace J. Toinier. Robert Dodd. Aaron Kphraim Tucker. Wtn. Douglas, Jabez Cook, Jr., andIsaac 11. I-ee. .A number of names have been associatedwith the public life of this ciiy. The first regular pastor of the church was \Vn). Aikman,who was installed December 2


. Essex county, , illustrated . ongregation ofcolored people. It does not appear just when the Sunday organized but it was some months before the church, prob-ably earl\- in the year i<S4S. The first eldeis of the church were :David Joline. Lemuel I. Corwin .uul .Xaron C. Ward. Thefirst tiiistees were; Horace J. Toinier. Robert Dodd. Aaron Kphraim Tucker. Wtn. Douglas, Jabez Cook, Jr., andIsaac 11. I-ee. .A number of names have been associatedwith the public life of this ciiy. The first regular pastor of the church was \Vn). Aikman,who was installed December 26. 1S49. and served the churchfor almost eight years. It was during this that thelecture room was built in the of the old church. is now living in Atlantic City where, until recently, hewas pastor of the Presbyterian Church. The second pastor was \Vm. T. Kva, who was , 1S57, and served the church about three years, when he wascalled to the liethesda CluMch. Philadt-lphia. There he labored. ri-lJlUK :.\L \ CHURCH.


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