The Wallkill Valley in art and story . f Sparta was erected in 1837 and rebuilt in 1868. Present pastor is Rev. H. Bice. About five miles northward are three churches in the Village of Ogdensburg, a Presbyterian under the pas-toral care of Rev. Wm. Hollinshed of Sparta, a Baptftt, and a Catholic. Four miles to the north, on the bank of the Wallkill is the Village of Franklin Furnace. In this village aBaptist Church was built in 1832 and abandoned in 1853, but is now used by the Presbyterian pastor is Rev. J. K. Freed. There is also a Catholic Church here, erected in 1863,
The Wallkill Valley in art and story . f Sparta was erected in 1837 and rebuilt in 1868. Present pastor is Rev. H. Bice. About five miles northward are three churches in the Village of Ogdensburg, a Presbyterian under the pas-toral care of Rev. Wm. Hollinshed of Sparta, a Baptftt, and a Catholic. Four miles to the north, on the bank of the Wallkill is the Village of Franklin Furnace. In this village aBaptist Church was built in 1832 and abandoned in 1853, but is now used by the Presbyterian pastor is Rev. J. K. Freed. There is also a Catholic Church here, erected in 1863, of which FatherBoylan is Pastor. Next in order is the North Church, located about two miles southwest of Hamburg, of the Presbyterian de-nomination, was organized from the Sparta Church (1819) and is supplied from Hamburg. Hamburg, the next village on the Wallkill, contains four Churches—Presbyterian, organized and built in1814, the Rev. Mr. Barnes, pastor, recently resigned; Baptist, organized in 1811, the present pastor is Rev. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, GOSHEN, N. Y. S. Thompson; the Church of the Good Shepherd, Rev. J. H. Smith, pastor. The first service held on June 3,1874. It is a stone structure consisting of nave and chancel; with engaged tower, surmounted by a cross andcontaining a fine toned bell; and the Episcopal, completed in 1874, the Rev. J. H. Smith is present rector. Saint Thomas Church, Vernon, N. J., is a plain wooden building. It has a small congregation of devoutpeople who are strongly attached to their little Church. It has a bell, pipe organ and altar hangings for thedifferent ecclesiastical seasons. Rev. J. H. Smith, Rector. Four miles to the north is Deckertown. This village has three churches—the First Baptist, organized in1759, rebuilt recently, and the Rev. Bristow is its pastor; the Second Presbyterian, organized in 1834, Rev. E. is present paster; and the Methodist, organized and built in 1858, the present pastor Rev. L. F. Bow-m
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