. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . sh was temporarily supplied by the Rev. Rob-ert Lowry and other clergymen, until the year 1868,when the Rev. Samuel Cox, D. D., then rector of Christchurch, Bordentown, N. J., was called to the parish; heentered upon the rectorship July ist. The congregationwas small, and the parish had suffered from change andthe vacancy. Dr. Cox was a Philadelphian by birth, buthad spent the first eight years of his ministry, beginningin the year 1849, as rector of Christ church at Manhasse
. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . sh was temporarily supplied by the Rev. Rob-ert Lowry and other clergymen, until the year 1868,when the Rev. Samuel Cox, D. D., then rector of Christchurch, Bordentown, N. J., was called to the parish; heentered upon the rectorship July ist. The congregationwas small, and the parish had suffered from change andthe vacancy. Dr. Cox was a Philadelphian by birth, buthad spent the first eight years of his ministry, beginningin the year 1849, as rector of Christ church at Manhasset,Queens county; and had been in the interim rector ofthe Church of the Ascension, Philadelphia, and St. Paulschurch, Cincinnati, Ohio; he brought with him, therefore,the experience of an active ministry of nearly twentyyears, and under his charge the parish thrived, the con-gregation outgrew the limited accommodations of thechurch, and the plan of enlargement was again that time the country was prosperous, money wasplenty, and a rapid improvement was expected of allplaces within easy access of New
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