. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. THE ELY-BRAINERD MEMORIAL WINDOWSErected in 1886 CO o.»0 o IO RihMaSfeNfii? or*s - 10 S3 * 2«/«iJBIL & ffilKBSS&K Oi^vfiRO HBHtl uuaaLiQLic 3na -jl fetors »JJY [•) (?fcc eFT3 ^-vjw ^Mfcl^JKlWlMMjulMf .] Bin BT- %o:o^ < OO ? 8 o OO Pastorate of Ezra Stiles Ely. 197 to enjoy the good things of life, he wanted for , when the misfortunes of Job came upon him, andhe was assailed on all sides, wounded by those he loved,and disappointed in the work to which he had givenhis l
. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. THE ELY-BRAINERD MEMORIAL WINDOWSErected in 1886 CO o.»0 o IO RihMaSfeNfii? or*s - 10 S3 * 2«/«iJBIL & ffilKBSS&K Oi^vfiRO HBHtl uuaaLiQLic 3na -jl fetors »JJY [•) (?fcc eFT3 ^-vjw ^Mfcl^JKlWlMMjulMf .] Bin BT- %o:o^ < OO ? 8 o OO Pastorate of Ezra Stiles Ely. 197 to enjoy the good things of life, he wanted for , when the misfortunes of Job came upon him, andhe was assailed on all sides, wounded by those he loved,and disappointed in the work to which he had givenhis life and soul, he drank of the bitter cup of heartacheand failure without a murmur, for the Lord was withhim, and he knew 1 Herbert Adams Gibbons in the Old Pine Street Church News,May, The THOMAS BRAINERD D. D. (Amherst) Moderator of General Assembly; sixth Pastor of Old Pine Street From a photograph in possession of the church. The Pastorate of Thomas Brainerd. (1837-1866). In the letter informing his dear people of his deter-mination to accept a call to become Professor of The-ology in Marion College, Missouri, Dr. Ely writes: Ihave thought it best to give you the earliest intimationof my intentions, that I could with propriety, in hopethat you may immediately seek some suitable person tosupply my place among you. This is almost the onlysubject of painful solicitude which now occupies mymind. I beseech you, seek to continue a congregationunited and happy in your ecclesiastical relations. Itwas the aim of the departing pastor to assist his peopleto carry out this instruction. His earnest prayer andwise counsel and pastoral watchfulness over the con-gregation after the dissolution of his pastoral relationled to the desire of his heart. Within six months the church g
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