The parsonage between two manors; annals of Clover-Reach . h in Claverack for Baptism, but alsothose of many of its earlier members. It is saidthat Domine Gebhard, in a number of instances, bap-tized the great-grandchildren of those hadunited in marriage. In all the carefully kept records of his long pas-torate, there is no official account of deaths or fun-erals, yet in the busy pastors life these must haveintersected the seasons of joy and thanksgiving,opening wide the gates of eternal life to the agedpilgrim and the youth cut off in his prime, as thenew doors swung open for the ente
The parsonage between two manors; annals of Clover-Reach . h in Claverack for Baptism, but alsothose of many of its earlier members. It is saidthat Domine Gebhard, in a number of instances, bap-tized the great-grandchildren of those hadunited in marriage. In all the carefully kept records of his long pas-torate, there is no official account of deaths or fun-erals, yet in the busy pastors life these must haveintersected the seasons of joy and thanksgiving,opening wide the gates of eternal life to the agedpilgrim and the youth cut off in his prime, as thenew doors swung open for the entering we but see the paths trodden by the faithfulpastors feet in these errands of consolation, stretch-ing over these fifty years, they would make a network of golden sympathy winding and counter-winding into every lane and wagon-road and turn-pike over his wide field of labor, ending with theirtender ministrations at the door of Manor and farmhouse, leaving there the comforting words and heav- 226 Digitized by Microsoft® - T) o - 5 = o. Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® LEGEND OF SPOOK ROCK enly promises, for this world and the world to come,of this devoted man of God. For the rest, the multitude of white stones inGods acre which lies by the old church, bearing dateof this half century, tell their own story, and aresilent witnesses of the sorrows of the people, andthe labors of consolation of their minister. Eventhe corner where the slaves are buried carries itsown legend of those years when slavery was com-mon in this section of the country, but when deathcame, these dependents were given a quiet restingplace, and in some cases a stone was placed at thehead of the grave, telling of the simple faithfulnessand devotion of one of these dark-faced servants. Once only is there a record on this subject. Thisentry states that the church yard is to be furnishedwith lock and key, and for opening lock and break-ing ground one dollar is to be paid, two
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