. The advantages and surroundings of Muskegon. .He erected in 1855-7, the original St. Marys Church which still stands. Rev. J. was the first resident priest. He came in 57 and was succeeded in 60by Rev. Chas. Zucker; 63 Rev L. Schreiner; 65 Rev. Ferdinand Allgayer and 66 byRev. Rievers, who continued here until his death in 77 when Father Van Pammell,came. Born in Flanders, Belgium, in 1828, ordained in Detroit he served in GrandRapids, Corunna, Ypsilanliand Detroit prior to his present engagement. The con-gregation consists of 300 families. The new St. Marys Church, nearing com
. The advantages and surroundings of Muskegon. .He erected in 1855-7, the original St. Marys Church which still stands. Rev. J. was the first resident priest. He came in 57 and was succeeded in 60by Rev. Chas. Zucker; 63 Rev L. Schreiner; 65 Rev. Ferdinand Allgayer and 66 byRev. Rievers, who continued here until his death in 77 when Father Van Pammell,came. Born in Flanders, Belgium, in 1828, ordained in Detroit he served in GrandRapids, Corunna, Ypsilanliand Detroit prior to his present engagement. The con-gregation consists of 300 families. The new St. Marys Church, nearing comple-tion, with lot and furnishings, will be worth $50,000, and is a commodious andhandsome church edifice. St. Marys Parocial School is in charge of six sisters ofthe Dominican Order. The enrollment is about 300. First I oiigreg-ational Cluirch.—The first protestant services in Muskegonwere held by Rev. Wilcox, a Cougregationalist, in 1840, at the boarding house ofMartin Ryerson. Rev. Wheeler held a series of meetings in 1844, and Rev. Rey-. FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 59 Holds of Lamont, in 1850. engaged to give alternate Sundays to Muskegon, iservicesbeing held in the seliool-lionse. Rev. Payson located here in 1857 and preached fora time, but a permanent organization was not effected until Rev. A. St. Clair in-stituted the First Congregational Church of Muskegon in 1859. An edifice wasbuilt in 63 at a cost of $7,000. The present commodious structure was erected iu1883. and, with lot and furnishings, is valued at $30,u00. (See cut opp. page.) InNovember Rev. Archibald Hadden, a graduate from Oberlin College in 1877, andYale Divinity school in 81, was calletl. Rev. Hadden served as pastor of LyndaleAve. Chureli at Minneapolis for 7 years, and for some time past has been field sec-retary for Carleton ColUge of Northtield, Minn. Methodist Episcopal.—The tiist regular preaching of the M. , was by Rev. Bennett, 1854 5. Rev. J. M. Pratt came in the spring of 5
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