. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. f which being pro-vided for without any debt being incurred by the trus-tees therefor. By voluntary offerings, seventeenhundred dollars was secured, and the organ was placedin the church. This seemed to have inspired the trus-tees to do considerable repairing and to thoroughlypaint the church. The trustees then voted two hun-dred and fifty dollars for the music of the church, onehundred and fifty for the clerk, and one hundred forthe organist. Lewis H. Redner, who wrote the im-morta
. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. f which being pro-vided for without any debt being incurred by the trus-tees therefor. By voluntary offerings, seventeenhundred dollars was secured, and the organ was placedin the church. This seemed to have inspired the trus-tees to do considerable repairing and to thoroughlypaint the church. The trustees then voted two hun-dred and fifty dollars for the music of the church, onehundred and fifty for the clerk, and one hundred forthe organist. Lewis H. Redner, who wrote the im-mortal music to Phillips Brooks Little Town of Beth-lehem, was the first organist, although it seems thatCharles G. Borhek rendered gratuitous service for atime before Redners election. Not until 1855 was awomans voice introduced into the choir, when MissLinn was employed at a salary of one hundred dollarsper annum. In the minutes of a congregational meet-ing the following year we read: The motion to dis-pense with the services of the choir and the clerk placedbefore the desk, after some discussion, was referred.
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