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r OLD BRICK TWO 1 CENTURIES OLD COLD SPRING CONGREGATION FIRST FORMED IN SOUTHERN , JERSEY-HAS MANY STIRRING EVENTS CIRCLED ABOUT THE OLD HOUSE OF WORSHIP. The Cold Spring Presbyterian Church observed the two hundredth anniversary of its founding with appropriate - ceremonies Sunday last, when an endowment of-?10JKM) was completed and the organization placed upon a secure j basis lor its maintenance. The historical address was delivered by Charles H. Edmunds, of Philadelphia, whose foreparents lie in its graveyard, <Chere the dead of . Cape May for two centuries are buried. When the whalemen of New England migrated to Cape may in the latter part of the seventeenth century, the spirit of 1'resbyterianism, as spread by the preaching of Jonathan Edwards, was brought with them, and the community about Town Bank, then called Ports'- 1 mouth, but now washed by the waters of Delaware Bay, was founded. Later ' these people moved inland to the Cold Spring neighborhood and began agri. ' cultural pursuit^. In 1705, the first Presbyterv organ- ' ized in America, was in Philadelphia. 1 and under this Presbyterv the Cold ' Spring, or Cape May, Church was instituted in 1714, being the second de- 1 nomination to start a meeting-house in ' the county. Two years previously the Baptists had started the church at' -Middletown, now Cape May Court House. ' In 1720 the Quakers started their cedar 1 meeting-house at Seaville, in the upper ' precinct of Cape May, giving to each " precinct a house of worship. The three ' original townships of the county thus retain their names of upper, middle sad . lower, and it is in the lower one that 1 the Cold Spring fishing and agricultural ] community was founded and it has been a community which has brought forth - many of the leading men of the coun- ' try. Like all ancient churches the * graveyard was made and began to be , filled, so that the descendant, of those buried there spread all over this broad land. The first minister of the church was Rev. John Bradner, who continued with it for seven years. He had his " own estate, and his name is still given to the run near the church, and on Bradner", Run is the famous Cold ■ Spring, which was the object of manv " of the pilgrimages of the visitors t"„ I Cape May in ante-bellum days. ' The first church was a "small log <1 I building, and was not reallv .finished V until 1718. Sims- then the ebiireh lias had two other honses of worship, the G upward, of 8!1 vears. 8 The first Court of Cape Mav count v v of Which records were kept, was held ... i i-i o ru, were Kept, held 1

in the church on July 2. 1723. and later the first Court.house was built in the Middle precinct. The church remained under the Philadelphia Presbyterv until 1.40. when it was set off to the New Brunswick Presbvtery. the parent of the New Jersey Presbytery. The original pastor of the church in 1818 conveyed in perpetuity for the churc-h his 200-aere estate.- and those Humphrey Hughe,. George Itand. .tahn Parsons. Joseph Whildin, James Spicer. Shamgar Hand. Joshua Gulickson. Samuel Johnson Constant Hughes. Cornelius Sehellinger. John Hand. Na- - thanial Hand. Barnabas Crowed 1. Vfehu Richardson. George Craw-ford. Benjamin . tites. Jeremiah Hand. Samuel Eldredge. Eleazer Newton. Nathanial Norton. Nathanial Rex. Yelverson rr"7,'o-n°'iah. Cr"we"- «'illiam Miilford. \\ illiam Matthews. .Samuel Bancroft Samuel Foster and John Matthews, names which have been continued in each succeeding generation bv . these families to the present dav. Onfv F « few of the family names have be' come extinct. = _ Tl>e Uext pastor of the church was ' Rev. Hughaton Hughes, whose pastorate was cut short because of his deJlr.p,1 record, say. for "too strong drink. One of the pastors was Rev ' Samuel Finley. and he lived at Qipe May until 1761. when he went to ' president1 "nd blHarac its fifth That Cape May was known at that ■ time as a health resort was "shown from . the fart that several of the ministers i " secured were those who had come Here a - ,r health, and lived on "the • island, as Cape May wa, then called. I his was the ease with Rev. Mr. Fin- - ley. Rev. Daniel Lawrence, who was pastor from 1754: Rev. William Robin- - son and Rev William uean. Manv of these minister?" graves are in the churchyard, and they have a|so |oft iTAT- *h° -«™i i and wide" ® sffl,1cred far r

■ During the decade beginning 1760 there was a fierce agitation over the purchase of the West* Jersey", Societv M i Sp,c<r. and on March -6, 1761. the people of the community aaaembled in the Presbyterian Church who w?" i . ®*tter. Jacob Spieer, was a left a diary, and he says of the event: "Went to hear S-f b-v Mr Le«mln? «»d brtsfi.„ urp, pxbl.ck, at the Presp6! .nfr ®odse' for buying the fb ?rt4te 4t °*** May. and at I wooM® n ® de8ired 10 know whether ' then ih 'I" °I not" 1 «« not- He me with a suit in chancery to compel me to abide by ole hF!i though the peo- ' pie had declined it. and many of the original subscribers had dashed out ' their names. I proposed to abide the suit and told him he might commence " it. If I should see a bargain to mv !h >n/T-thfn 1 Wld"tbe people I 1 should be inclined to— sell them the natural privilege?, if I should advance 1 myself equally overwise; but upon no other footing whatever, of which I ■ would be the judge. Aaron Learning, his co-legislator and ^ opponent, gives his version of the J meeting in these words: "About 40 people tnet at the Presbyterian nmet ing -house to ask Mr. Spicer if he pur- ^ chased the society's reversions at Cape

>Mav for himself 'or for the people. -He answered he bought it for himself; aud upon asking him if he will release to (the people, he refuses and openly sets up Ilis claim to the oysters, to Basses' titles mid other deficient titles, and to a resurvey, whereupon the j>eople broke up in great confusion, as they have I been f.,r some eousiderable time |>ast." , SpiyxT offered to sell out his right afterward for £70,000, but "the people J 1'ilincd the offer. * * The pastor of the church throughout the Revolutionary period was Rev. lames Watts, who was an ardent patriot, and one of the confidential correspondents of John Witherspoon, the , president of -Princeton, signer of the : Declaration of Independence and mem- ' c ber of the Continental Congress from . New Jersey. He served as pastor from i j 1771 until his death here in 1789. The longest pastorate of the church 1 . was that of Rev. Moses Williamson. from 1831 to 1873, and whose remains ' . were laid in its churchyard in 1880. He , is known to many of those still living I , who have gone from Cape May to other places tg^earn their livelihood", many of ( I w hom arc residents of Philadelphia. He was a graduate of Jefferson, now Wasb- . ington and Jefferson; Dickinson Callage, . Andover and Princeton Theological , Seminaries, and a scholar of great abil- , itv, and established in the neighborhood 1 Cold .Spring Academy; which had the flower of the younger* people as it, stu- . dents. It was Mr. Williamson who made the address of welcome to Henry flay when he came to Cape May on August 111. 1847. and he and the "mill- -1 of the slashes" were fast friends until Clay's death. In the civil war he f an ardent "Unionist and addressed ■ •the volunteer orangizations forming in the county, and did much for the soldier, throughout the civil war. "1 Of the recent pastors. Rev. John L. Laiidis. now retired, has become a per. ■ •—iiuin, litis lias umimc a per.

mam-ut resident of the neighborhood, and was pastor 25 years ago when the hundred and seventv-fiftli anniversary exercises were held. He took a prominent part in the recent celebration. The present pastor is Rev. Charles Henry Jones, . who has been the min- I about two years. He is an active worker, and doing much to preserve the traditions of the much-loved old place. Owing to the few people living in the i neighborhood, only morning | services are held there, while services Are held in the two chapels which have been built nearer .Cape May City. When President Benjamin" Harrison lived at Cape May in 1890.' 1891 and h 1892 he and Mrs. Harrison worshiped in tlic church. "THE OLD BRICK" CHURCH (By Mrs. S. R. Guff.) "Old Brick" Church, the dear old homestead, low we love its sacred walls, ' li hearts are filled to overflowing, the tender memories it recalls: noble men and women A That have worshipped at thy shrine! •scions oT oyr great fore-tat'hers x have felt the Hand Divine. v

J Here have gathered saint and sinner, t I'raise, sung to Christ our King, H Happy children, too. have caroled . Till tlicy made the welkin ring. , Here the happv bride and bridegroom, . Have pledged their faith for weal or t While the organ pealed its music, t Setting many hearts aglow. i And the sad and sorrowing also, i Silently your aisles have trod. Following their dearest loved on% . Whom they must lay beneath the sod. i Now for centuries two. you've guarded i This white city of the dead . Standing like a noble sentinel I B ith storm and sunshine 'round thee i shed. . And a, thy children's children gather i Each year at this hallowed place May Rally Day become a watchword ■ That Time can never efface. Then, no matter where we wander. Nor what devious paths we've trod. Cold Spring Church will call us ever, Back to her and Nature's God. Ode to commemorate the two-hun-dredth anniversary of the Cold Spring Presbyterian Church. Cape May. known "The Old Brick Church." Sunday, August 16, 1914. The years have come, and the years have gone. summer and winter, and twilight and dawn; have borne their freightage of joy rnwl -pain : have scattered their sunbeams and •lewdropg and rain sowers have smiled o'er the harvest - yield, And then passed on. like the grass of — -the field. f Two centunCg long, the record will be

Since the Brick Church was built, near ) the sounding gea. r We look to the past, with its mottled r The bop>»s and fears of a bygone age; • We see the work of the pioneer , As he toiled for a home, with a hearty 1 cheer. • ' * r They built a House for "Our Father." I there . Where the circling woodlands were ' i green and fair; And the boom of the battles that made ' our land free • Was heard at the Church, like the i boom of the sea. followed the days of national | peace. our country was gladdened with rich increase; The voice of thanksgiving, the voice of prayer. From_ worshipping hearts, arose on the But, alas; her brave sons went again to the war. And some "boys in blue" returned thert no more; With our land reunited in true liberty, came to the Church near the murmuring sea. memories duster around the old Eric! i

' What annals of faith, and of sanctified I work! ' The men in the pulpit were giants in > brain, An0 men of great souls— atarrv crowns 1 were their gain; I And one was the "Moses" who guided - his flock For forty long years, in the shade of the Rock; ' And no«" to their names all honor shall be. As they rest in God's acre, not far from The folks in the pews were the good old kind. Strong iti righteousness, strong in mind; children they reared in the fear of the Lord; (They sleep under yonder blossoming sward ; ) let their successors be loval and true the Church that has stood the centnries through; Until the blest morning when shadows all flee, God bless the "Old Brick," a light by the sea! — Eliza Edmunds Hewitt. . REMINISCENCES back! ye sons and daughters, To thi„ deal old church once more ' And let us worship here today As in the days of yore. 1 as we worship here todav As in the days of yore. back with me— say, fifty years; ' Yes, fifty years or more. To the time of Moses Williamson ' That deald old man of God, ' work on earth is ended

And now sleeps beneath the sod. Come sit beside me in the pew And listen to his teaching. His doctrine is sound orthodox, ' His influence far-reaching. if your trials are hard to bear ' I And your life be not all -roses, ' i Just come, my friend, and have a talk ' With this "good old father, Moses." > He'll take you to the mercy seat, ( Aud ask the Lord in prayer To carry all your cares and griefs; 1 You'll find a solace there. * For he has surely "walked with God" a Through this world of care and strife, A found the source of comfort 0 Through the changing scenes of life. » F he helps to poiifE the wayward, »- The afflicted, the oppressed, the place "of many mansions,"^ 1 Where all i„ peace and joy and /rest. 1

But niethiuks I now aiii standing, Beside this grand old man so true And 1 am lookiug for some faces That are dear to me and you. Those dear faces you can see them, As they're calmly sitting there. Listening to this grand old Scripture, And their hearts are raised in prayer. ( I Ah! those faces, yes, you see them, There is kind, dear father smiling, d There is mother, patient mother; There is sister, friend and brother. e Oh! that time would just roll backward, . i Oh. thah we could see once more i Those dear faces, calm, sweet faces, i Who've passed to the further shore. i They've all gone home to their "Father's ( house," | " To the "Father's home" above, | W here the hope of their souls shall have ' been fulfilled. , There to bask in their Father's love. , ' But I'm wakened from my musing f And I seem to hear you say, , Live not in the pist or future. 1 , lave the present, live today. , • Ah me! yes. but time is fleetiug. , , *010 well lay our burdens' down, t They who help the cross to carry. . | , Shall be first to wear the crown. \\ e shall ki-ep our blest "home-coming" j Where the parents still are wuiting a

For the children coming borne. Then come back you sons and daughters To this grand old church once more And let us worship here today. As in the days of vore. PLANTS— CELERY PLANTS Giant Piscal. White Plume. Winter Queen. Golden Heart, Golden SelfFine Stockey Peanuts 8 to 10 inches high. Can ship promptly. WARREN SHINS', Woodbury, N. J. -H A Wholesome Aid sod wish to protect the ft tin troa tan, wind and i&ftoct biles. Glenn's Sulphur Soap infers agave: ft ft ret in— ot the ftkio— » distinct aid < To Pftrtoeal Beauty _ SadbyDewftW ^ i ]

d REV. J. L. LAND IS' RESUME OF THE "OLD BRICK" CHURCH s From Monday's Dally Star and Wave Dear members, descendants friends of the Cold Spring Presbyterian f church: 1 hope no one, in dQvance, will be inclined to measure the length of my ad1 drrais by the length and breadth of tba subject given to me. It would be in vain, indeed, to attempt to grasp any considerable number of the great event® . that have transpired in the two conf turies back of us, in the few minute* •Hotted to me. Therefore, I will give ' most of my time to the things that are 1 ROU"- measure personal and probably more interesting td a very large part ' of .thi» dudirace, because they are ( familiar. When I came here in April, 1886, no - one of the oldest then living could tell me how old this church was as a Presorganization. Therp are good reasons for this: No rhureh or Sessional records appeared- for oyer one-third o'" a century from its beginning untH. the installation of the Rev. Daniel Uwr.no- in 17H While minute* thereafter were properly kept, but uot securely preserved, so that perhaps up to 60 years ago they have been lost or consumed by fire. And none were ever found containing a reference to the origin and organization of the ''church, and all dates seemed to have been hopelessly lost. But in the winter of 1888-9, in look-

ing after repairg in the basement of this church there was a board taken out of the debris and dirt with an inscriptien and it proved to be no leas than the head-board from ope or both of the old churches, with the words Sept., 1714. The long-lost secret was revealed, which brought joy and inspiration to" many hearts. And it lacked a few months of being 175 years old. As your minister, I at once felt it to be a most happy suggestion to catch on to the spirit and charm of the memories of a century and three-quarters, and prepare td celebrate the event in becoming manner. Therefore, borne down by the thought that we must obthe 175th anniversary of this dear old church, the session and board of Trustees together with the leading members of the congregation were promptly consulted, and all were hmut-. ily anxious for it and its great success. At my urgent request. Rev. Daniel L. D. D., one of the oldest sons of the church and a lineal descendant, - - »'i"»t URKXmQSDft,

great grandson of Rev. Daniel Lawrence, who was one of the ministers over 150 years ago. j)r. Hughes wa9 one of the most accurate writers and historians. as all who knew him or have .read his fine published address, will verify. The celebration was, notwithstanding unfavorable weather, full of interest J and very helpful and stimulating to .'the church. And thus was preserved, so admirably in form and the spirit of that interesting event, and to which is due no little of tiie enthusiasm of this great and notable day — 25 years thereafter. And now standing at the threshold , of the third century of the life of this church, and looking back, over two centuries of her history, and influence, in all this region, our minds are over- | whelmed by the thoughts of the great struggles and trials interwoven with joys and success through her estabhere in the wilderness of this world, for the purpose of worshipping God according to the dictates of their own consciences. And who would attempt to imagine the hardships and difficulties encountered through the earlier generations of these and godly pioneers? Yet, who with the Bible in hand and Catechism in their head and true heroes of faith that they were, persevered in laying fonndations broad and deep and building up a heritage for you, of which. no other church can be more proud. But I must hasten on as I have not time even to refer to the episodes in her history or to the great leading char-

acters in the different generations at length. I will therefore refer mainly to those things and persons most* familiar to myself and those present. The four years of my pastorate were j probably the most remarkable and eventful years, for the death of officjal and leading members, whose devotion ' a,id »»1 for the interests of the church . were unceasing, and whose loss was deeply mourned by all. No wonder that i such a large number, distinguished for their piety and faithful service, that the church was sorely crippled and greatly declined in her influence* and interest, and that the endowment you've completed today, should have h-en asked. I want to recall to you the names of thrse staunch self-denying and everactive servants of Christ, of those who passed away under my ministry here, and, since: Andrew Higgens Stevens, William Cummings, Stilwell Stevens, Leonard Cummings. Downs Foster. Rob-"" erf Foster, David Ewing. Jeremiah Eldredge Oapt. William Eldredge, Henry Fldredge. Downs Edmunds. Dr. V. Vf. D. Marcy. Swain Hoffman. Daniel (Ooatiaued on eighth page.)