The kirk on Rutgers farm . ial class ofchurch members from the down-towndistricts of the city uptown. But the indefatigable Cuyler post-poned the evil day, and for seven years 34 The Kirk on Rutgers Farm of intensest activity he remained inMarket Street. To quote Dr. Cuyler: I lookedaround me and saw there were a goodmany substantial families that could sup-port a church and East Broadwayswarmed with young men. Here was the lord of the manor, thenephew of Colonel Rutgers, Wm. What a devoted Christian hewas. His good old gray head moved up *to the pew every Sunday, rain or
The kirk on Rutgers farm . ial class ofchurch members from the down-towndistricts of the city uptown. But the indefatigable Cuyler post-poned the evil day, and for seven years 34 The Kirk on Rutgers Farm of intensest activity he remained inMarket Street. To quote Dr. Cuyler: I lookedaround me and saw there were a goodmany substantial families that could sup-port a church and East Broadwayswarmed with young men. Here was the lord of the manor, thenephew of Colonel Rutgers, Wm. What a devoted Christian hewas. His good old gray head moved up *to the pew every Sunday, rain or was a deacons pew, and in thecenter sat the best-known man in NewYork, Judge Joseph Hoxie. When we saidthe creed and nobody joined he shouted it,and in song his voice was heard abovethe choir. There sat Jacob Westervelt, Theodorethe mayor of New York, and he boasted Ledyardthat he was the only mem- ^ ber of the Dutch Churchwho cBible. ber of the Dutch Church —i?^-^ --v who could read a Dutch ^5^^2^ \\ _ (L i^^St. \ - 35. The Kirk on Rutgers Farm The galleries were packed with youngmen. One, a young Irish boy, RobertMcBurney, became the great secretary ofthe Young Mens Christian Briggs was another young mem-ber, and around him later raged the bit-terest theological controversy of the cen-tury. During the summer of 1854 the serv-ice was changed to 4 P. M., 7: 30 beingresumed in September. In 1855 the seats in the gallery werechanged from four rows to three rows,and the infant school was held in thescholars gallery of the church. Thelow seats are still in the second gallery. A stove was put in, too, as the heatingwas not satisfactory. In 1855, A. D. Stowell came as Bibleclass teacher at a salary of $12 permonth. Dr. Cuyler rightly referred to it as abusy old hive, for from Market Street36 The Kirk on Rutgers Farm church emanated some of the greatest re-hgious movements of the century. Howard Crosby, son of William , and brought up in the MarketStreet
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