The kirk on Rutgers farm . The Kirk on Rutgers Farm of Parkhurst to affiliate the church witha stronger one, was developed underDenison into an organization amply sup-ported by the whole church, working outby itself its own local problems. It wasno longer a self-evident proposition thata church not able to support itself must go- jj^^^ One of the early steps was the estab- gtreet^^^lishment of a churchhouse at 52 HenryStreet. Mr. Denisonsaid: It was not aninstitution—it was noteven a settlement; itwas simply a housewhere people time is gone byfor men and women tocome down as out-side
The kirk on Rutgers farm . The Kirk on Rutgers Farm of Parkhurst to affiliate the church witha stronger one, was developed underDenison into an organization amply sup-ported by the whole church, working outby itself its own local problems. It wasno longer a self-evident proposition thata church not able to support itself must go- jj^^^ One of the early steps was the estab- gtreet^^^lishment of a churchhouse at 52 HenryStreet. Mr. Denisonsaid: It was not aninstitution—it was noteven a settlement; itwas simply a housewhere people time is gone byfor men and women tocome down as out-siders and pry intothe homes of pov-erty and sin, and 83. The Kirk on Rutgers Farm then return to their own life far must Hve in a community, one mustbe a neighbor. Mr. John Crosby Brown was the mu-nificent friend who made the house pos-sible, Miss Mae M. Brown being a deeplyinterested resident there. Mrs. Rockwellwas in charge, then Miss Eleanor It was the center for allsocial activities, tastefully fitted up, theladies working at the church living onthe upper floors. In the same house Seaand Land people had lived for manyyears: the Stevensons, the Boyces, MissMcGarry. In 1906 the building was torn downand other arrangements had to be a time apartments were occupied at138 Henry Street and 51 Market Fresh Air Work,too, was put on a perma-nent basis. Besides mak-ing the church
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