History of Hudson County and of the old village of Bergen : being a brief account of the foundation and growth of what is now Jersey City and of the many advantages now offered the inhabitants thereof in the newly constructed building of the Trust Company of New Jersey . n these two, and thus werehappily combined the buoyancy and strength ofyouth, with the wisdom and experience of age. Whatmight be called the joint administration of tlie twoclergymen continued as long as the Old Dominie was able to actively cooperate. He died Feby. 2nd,i88i. Doctor Amerman continued to minister faith-fully to
History of Hudson County and of the old village of Bergen : being a brief account of the foundation and growth of what is now Jersey City and of the many advantages now offered the inhabitants thereof in the newly constructed building of the Trust Company of New Jersey . n these two, and thus werehappily combined the buoyancy and strength ofyouth, with the wisdom and experience of age. Whatmight be called the joint administration of tlie twoclergymen continued as long as the Old Dominie was able to actively cooperate. He died Feby. 2nd,i88i. Doctor Amerman continued to minister faith-fully to his congregation until June 1st, 1876, when,feeling that he was called to perform active, personalmissionary work among the heathen, he was at hisown request dismissed, and became a missionary toJapan. He was followed bythe Rev. Doctor Cor-nelius Brett, who wasinstalled August 1st,1876, tiie church beingwithout a regular pas-tor only two months,June and July. Hestill continues his pas-torate, having minis-tered faithfully andacceptably to his peo-ple for over a quarter of a century. He presents thefaith of the Fathers in all its purity and simplicity ; yetrecognizing the change of conditions, he preachesrather the doctrine of love than that of KtV. DK. COKNELIUS LJKETT. Chapter XXXIX. CHURCH CUSTOMS. The church has always exercised special care ofthe poor, and the contributions for that purpose havebeen liberal. About 1675, the expense of thePoor Fund was so small proportionately, that thereexisted a considerable surplus. Wiiereupon, thatthe fund might not diminish, but rather show some-what of an increase, the surplus was invested incows, which were placed in the charge of responsiblemembers of the congregation, at a yearly butter rentof twelve pounds of butter, or its equivalent in 1679 the price of butter was so high that thirteenguilders and four stivers rent was received from onecow, something over $6, or an average price perpound of butter of
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