. Essex county, , illustrated . of Kearny street. ESSEX COlXTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED. 45 The corner-stone of the new builthng was laid May 22, dedication sermon was by Rev. William Adams, U. L)..October 6, 1S74. Dr. De \euve resigned the |)astorale inMarch. 1879. In 1879 a unanimous call was extended to Re\. J. ClementFrench. D. who had been pastor of the Central Congrega-tional Church, of Pjrouklyn, for fourteen years, and of the West- inster Church, of that city, for live years. Dr. French was installed as pastor of Iark Church in At that time the memliership was
. Essex county, , illustrated . of Kearny street. ESSEX COlXTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED. 45 The corner-stone of the new builthng was laid May 22, dedication sermon was by Rev. William Adams, U. L)..October 6, 1S74. Dr. De \euve resigned the |)astorale inMarch. 1879. In 1879 a unanimous call was extended to Re\. J. ClementFrench. D. who had been pastor of the Central Congrega-tional Church, of Pjrouklyn, for fourteen years, and of the West- inster Church, of that city, for live years. Dr. French was installed as pastor of Iark Church in At that time the memliership was 164. apartments, were complete and dedicated on the evening ofthat day. Dr. French is still the jiastor, antl will complete his eigh-teenth year of service in October, 1897. SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. WK FIND the efforts leading to the organization of theSi.\th Presbyterian Church somewhat hard to trace. Itajipears that Rev. -S. .S. Potter began services in this neighbor-hood March 5, 184S. On March 28 he was invited to preach for. ST. PAULS M. E. CHURCH. From the first the seating capacity of the edifice was too smallfor the attendance. In 188411 became absolutely necessary toenlarge the building. On Sabbath morning, April 20, $iS,ooowere subscribed for this purpose, afterwards more. Work wasat once begun. The cha|)el, Sunday-school rooms and the rearof the auditorium were taken down. On April 20. 1885, the church building increased in its seatingcapacity to about 800. and changed in all its interior architectureand adornments, a new chapel, Sabbath-school rooms, primarydepartment room, bible class rooms, study and other necessary a term of six months at a salary of $100 for the whole is curious to find that when this term of service had expireda meeting was held to raise the money which resulted in a totalof $35 But the ladies came to the rescue and lielped out thebalance with a donation visit. Mr. Potters term of servicewas during the cholera epidemic and he writes
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