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REFORMED  OH  UR  Oil, 

AT  BUSH  KILL.  PENN., 

J A N U A I i V 1 3th,  1 874. 

BY 

Rf,v.  S.  W. 


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ELI.ENV'n.I.F.,  N.  V : 

TAYLOR  & FI81IEB,  PRINTERS,  JOURNAL  BUILDING/ 





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— -♦» 

Pall  to  remembrance  the  former  (lays. — IIkburws  x : 32. 

It  is  often  both  seasonable  and  profitable  for  us  to  review 
the  scenes  and  events  of  other  days  ; to  study  the  history  of 
the  past,  that  we  may  gather  from  it  lessons  of  wisdom  and 
instruction, — of  admonition  and  encouragement.  The  contem- 
plation by  ns  as  individuals,  of  the  dealings  of  Divine  Provi- 
dence with  us  in  the  past  history  of  our  lives, — the  calling  up  ! 
in  review  before  the  mind  the  mercies  and  blessings  conferred 
| upon  us,  and  the  sorrows  'and  »t  rials,  which  we  have  endured, 
when  properly  doing  will  ever  prove  beneficial.  We  shall  be 
1 led  thereby  to  recognize  the  goodness  and  mercy  of  God  to- 
ward us,  as  well  as  His  faithfulness  to  II is  promises,  and  thus 
be  led  to  repose  our  trust  in  Him  for  the  future,  110  less  than  d 
to  be  admonished  of  the  evil  of  departing  from  Him.  That  j 
which  is  true,  of  individuals,  is  equally  so  of  communities,  ! 
whether  associated  together  for  religious  or  for  secular  and  civil 
purposes.  The  deeds  of  patriotism  and  piety  performed  by 
those  who  have  preceded  11s,  and  who  have  served  their  day 
and  generation,  mav  well  be  hold  in  remembrance  by  us,  and 
often  recited  for  our  own  and  others’  good.  This  is  so  espec- 
ially when  those  whose  history  we  review  have  been  placed  in 
circumstances  of  great  trial  and  hardship,  and  have  been  called  i 
to  act  their  part  amid  dangers  and  perils,  and  under  manifold 
discouragements  and  difficulties.  With  what  feelings  do  we 


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nrall  the  history  of  our  patriot,  sires,  in  the  perilous  times  in  ; 

which  their  lot  was  east  ! In  what  veneration  do  we  hold  their  1 

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memory  ! What  an  influence  tor  good  may  he  produced  by  j 
contemplating  the  toils  and  privations  which  they  endured,  the  ' 

J labors  which  they  performed,  and  the  sacrifices  which  they 
made  to  gain  those  liberties  wlriek  they  prized  above  property, 

' ease,  and  even  life  itself  ! Let  us  often  dwell  upon  them  in 
j these  times  of  degeneracy  and  national  corruption.  Let  us  re- 
I count  them  to  our  children  and  our  children’s  children,  that 
| we  and  they  may  .dike  be  inspired  with  loftier  and  purer  mo-  j 
j tives  and  purposes,  and  prove  ourselves  their  worthy  descend-  j 

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The  duty  ot  recalling  the  past  is  repeatedly  spoken  of  in 
i Scripture.  In  dob  viii  : 8,  we  read  : Inquire,  1 pray  thee,  ! 

I of  the  former  age,  and  prepare  thyself  to  tin;  search  of  their 
: fathers.’’  In  Dent,  xxxii  : 7,  Moses  says  to  the  Israelites  : 

•k  Remember  the  days  of  old,  consider  the  years  of  many  gen-  j 
eratiuus.”  In  accordance  with  these  is  Paul’s  direction  in  the 
text,  in  which  lie  seeks  to  encourage  the  Hebrew  Christians  i 
under  the  trials  which  they  were  called  to  endure,  by  a consul-  | 
oration  of  those  which  they  had  already  experienced.  uCall  to 
remembrance  the  former  days.”  To  this  pleasant  duty  we  ad- 
dress ourselves  on  this  occasion  of  so  much  interest  to  this  I 
j congregation.  We  ask  your  patient  hearing  while  we  recite  ! 

! as  briefly  as  is  consistent  with  the  subject,  the  history  of  the  1 
! Church  of  Walpack,  from  its  first  organization  up  to  the  pres-  1 
i cut  time. 

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The  first  settlers  of  the  Neversink  and  Delaware  valleys  | 
were  Huguenots  and  Hollanders,  who  came  from  Kingston  and 
Esopus,  in  Ulster  County,  N.  V.  Their  first  place  of  settle- 
ment was  at  Peenpack,  along  the  Neversink  north  of  Hugue- 
not, and  about  six  or  seven  miles  from  Port  Jervis.  From  this  ! 
they  passed  down  the  Delaware,  and  subsequently  some  of 
them  or  of  their  descendants  crossed  over  the  Mountain  to  the 
Clove,  near  Deekertown.  Deeply  imbued  with  tin*  principles 


and  spirit  of  Protestantism — for  which  some  of  them  had  been 


. 

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(m >1  iij m 'I Km l to  iipo  from  their  native  land, — they  brought  with 
them  their  religious  privileges,  and  made  early  efforts  to  es- 
tablish eliiuehes  and  schools. 

REV.  GEORGE  WILHELMUS  MANCIUS. 

It  is  highly  probable  that  as  they  came  from  Kingston  and 
its  vicinity,  the  Rev.  George  VVilhelnins  Maneius,  Pastor  of 
the  Reformed  Dutch  Church  ot'  Kingston,  tirst  preached  the 
gospel  here,  and  organized  Churches  both  along  the  Neversink 
and  Delaware.  There  were  four  churches  organized  probably 
about  the  same  time — viz  : Machaekemech  (now  the  Re- 
formed Church  at  Port  .Jervis),  Menissinck,  at  Montague,  N. 
*J.,  Walpeeh  and  Smithlield.*  rfhe  precise  date  of  organiza- 
tion is  not  known,  hut  the  Minutes  of  Consistory  date  back  to 
August  23d,  1737,  at  which  time  a Consistory  was  found  in 
each  Church  performing  Consistorial  acts.  Maneius,  as  it  would 
seem  from -the  record  of  baptisms  in  his  handwriting,  was  in 
the  habit  ot’  coming  here  regularly  every  six  months  (in  May 
and  November,)  from  their  tirst  organization,  to  preach  and 
administer  the  sacraments,  until  they  obtained  a minister  of 
their  own.  These  Churches  were  without  a Pastor  for  four 
years,  when  the 

REV-  JOHANNES  CASPARUS  FRYENMOET  t 
commenced  his  labors  among  them,  .June  1st,  1741,  at  the  age 
of  twenty,  as  appears  from  his  own  record  in  the  Church  Book, 
lie  was  found  among  the  people  Imre,  a lad  of  but  sixteen,  of 
much  promise,  who  had  been  born  in  Switzerland,  and  had  re- 
cceived  a partial  education  for  the  ministry  before  coming  to 
this  country.  In  the  scarcity  of  ministers  they  desire  him  to 
become  their  spiritual  teacher.  But  he  was  only  a boy,  and 

*Tho  names  of  the  first  three  churches  are  variously  spelled  in  the  min- 
utes--Maehackemech,  Magagkainek,  Magaghhamaeh,  Mahackamaeh  ; Menis- 
sinek,  Manis.sim  k,  Menissing,  Minii.ink  ; Walpeeh,  Walpek.  Wulpaek,  Usu- 
ally, for  the  first  fifty  years  as  in  the  first,  of  each  of  these  names, — and  so  we 
have  written  them. 

I Until  1747  he  wrote  his  name  Fryenmuth,  and  after  that  invariably  Fry- 
enmoet.  The  first  is  supposed  to  he  the  Swiss,  and  the  second  the  Holland 
mode  of  spelling  it. 


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his  » * l iLc-.it  imi  was  very  imperfect,  while  t he  regu  hit  ions  ol‘  tin* 
Churches  were  very  strict  in  requiring  an  « <1  iu*u ti'« l ministry. 
There  were  HD  school*  of  theology  in  this  country  to  which  lie* 
could  he  sent,  and  no  ecclesiastical  organizations  to  ein-  the* 
proper  commission  lor  the  work  of  tin*  ministry.  What  was  1 
to  be  done*  ? In  their  povergjrihcy  raise  atmuij*'  themselves 
tin;  requisite  means  to  send  him  to  Holland  to  complete*  his 
studies,  and  to  receive  ordinal  ion  from  tla*  t'lassis  of  Amster- 
dam, upon  which  tin*  Reformed  Churches  in  this  country  were 
then  all  dependent-  ; and  after  four  lone*  years  he  conies  hack 
to  them,  true  to  his  engagements,  and  commences  his  labors 
among  them.  What  an  honorable  record  is  this  for  hot  h min- 
ister and  people1!  What  an  instance  of  liberality,  of  confi- 
dence and  of  hope  on  the  part  of  the  one,  and  of  devoted  ness 
and  lidelitv  on  the*  part  of  the*  other!  Their  long  years  of 
patient  waiting  were  well  rewarded.  Mr.  F.  proved  a most  1 
acceptable,  faithtul  and  successful  minister,  and  withal  was  : 
remarkably  genial  and  social  in  personal  intercourse.  II is 
praise  went  abroad,  not  only  through  all  this  region,  but  other 
communities  and  Churches  were  charmed  by  him.  Efforts  were 
; made  at  different  times  by  various  Churches  to  induce  him  to 
; leave  his  held  of  labor  here.  A strong  elfort  was  made  at  the 
i time  of  his  leaving,  to  secure  his  services  for  the  Churches  of 
i Harlingen,  Readington,  Raritan  and  North  Branch,  N.  J. 
Only  six  months  after  his  set t lenient,  here  a call  was  made  upon 
him  by  the  Churches  of  Rochester,  New  Paltz,  Shawangunk 
and  Marbletown,  which  called  forth  a reply  from  the  Oonsisto- 
! ries  of  Machackemeeh  and  Menissinck,  which  for  its  keenness 
and  expressions  of  kind  Christian  teeling  is  seldom  equalled, 

! even  at  this  day.0  The  Church  records  kept  by  him  are  mod- 
' els  of  neatness  and  accuracy  as  well  as  of  penmanship.  1 1 is 
; name  was  signed  invariably  in  a monogram,  very  frequently 
j placing  under  it  bin  age  at  the  time.  The  number  of  members 
i received  into  the  Church  ot  W a 1 pack  during  bis  ministry  here 
I have  been  unable  to  ascertain  ; but  in  the  Churches  of  Ma- 
eliackemech  and  .Menissinck,  whose  records  were  kept  in  the 

*See  Note  A. 


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saint*  I ) i » i > k and  recorded  with  great  care,  we  find  that  Mite  were 
at  h led  1 1 » the  incuihcrsh  i p tl  mi  lie,'  I lie  lit  teen  years  < >t  his  la  ht  ns. 

I tilling  this  period  tin*  Baptismal  record  <>i  the  same 
Ohmvhes  shows  that  he  baptized  d()4  children. 

'The  district  of  country  covered  1 » \ Iris  labors  in  these  four 
( dm  relies  ex  tended  I nun  West  1 irook  vi lie  at  tin*  north,  to  Smith- 
field  (Shawnee.)  at  the  south,  bring  full  fifty  miles.  Within 
this  same  district  are  now  twenty  ministers  of  different,  evan- 
gelical denominations  engaged  in  the  regular  work  of  the  min- 
istry. 

d’lie  amount  of  salary  paid  to  Mr.  K.  by  each  of  these  four 
(’hurches  was  seventeen  pounds  and  ten  shillings,  or  seventy 
pounds  in  all,  together  with  ora*  hundred  sehepels  of*  oats, — 
twenty-live  sehepels  from  each  Church.0  The  Churches  of 
Machackemech,  Menissinek  and  Walpeck  were  to  pay  the 
amount  pledged  by  them  in  New  York  Current  Money, ” and 
the  church  of  Smithlield  in  *k  Proelamation  Money.”  It  would  ' 
seem  from  the  Church  Records  of  Machackemech  and  Menis- 
sinck that  at  lirst  there  was  an  explicit  and  definite  agreement, 
as  to  the  money  to  be  paid  for  his  services,  between  these 
Churches  and  Mr.  L<\  alone  ; for  after  lie  had  declined  the  call 
from  Koch  ester  and  the  other  Chinches  already  referred  to,  the 
Consistories  of  these  two  Churches  met  together;  January  7th, 
1742,  and  resolved  that  11  after  the  transit  of  this  year,  they 
should  pay  him  yearly  or  every  year  the  full  amount  of  forty 
pounds  in  New  York  current  money  whenever,  he  should  mar- 
ry,” (each  Church  paying  at  a specified  time  twenty  pounds,) 

“ but  if  he  should  continue  unmarried,  tin*  two  Churches  should 
only  pay  the  sum  of  thirty-five  pounds.”  The  young  minis- 
ter took  good  can.*  that  the  two  Churches  should  pay  the  twenty 
pounds  each,  as  appears  from  tin*  following  record,  made  by 
himself  six  months  afterward,  in  which  he  was  but  setting  a 
good  example  before  his  people,  and  at  the  same  time  proving 
that  lie  possessed  at  least  one  of  rim  (jicdilications  of  a ttevip- 
tural  bishop,  given  by  Raul  in  1 Timothy, -in  : 2.  u Johannes 
Casparus  Fryenmuth,  young  man,  horn  in  Switzerland,  and 

sclu']>c*l  is  throe  pocks. 


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! • ‘ X*  : . (illiiim  , t Ml  iii  m ■ «*<•  ‘ 4 ‘Am!  h;i 

[■!'!'.  .1  . i /:(  JM.,A  •!  ' il  L^-iJ  • ! ■ - ii’milll  MlM  MMi  M.'  > 


8 


Li  na  Van  Kttcn,  young  woman,  born  in  Nytslield,  wen*  mar- 
ried with  a Li  am, si:  from  (foverneur  Morris  in  Jersey,  by  -Ins-  1 
lice  Abram  Van  Dampen,  ’23d  day  of  duly,  1742,”* 

Subsa j iii'iil  ly  to  the  agreement  made  by  these  two  Churches 
to  pay  tin*  above*  amount-  of  forty  pounds,  the  Churches  of  ! 
YVal peck  and  Smitldield,  in  which  he  had  been  preaching  all  j 
along,  and  where  lie  had,  we  may  suppose,  received  some  com- 
pensation for  his  services,  entered  into  the  arrangement  with 
them,  when  each  of  the  four  was  to  pay  seventeen  pounds  and 
ten  shillings.  These  four  Consistories  likewise  at  a later  date 
1 (April  I Lth,  1748,)  adopted  the  following  minute  bearing  j 
upon  his  support,  and  aiding  him  in  his  ministerial  duties, 

1 which  it  must  have  required  their  combined  wisdom  and  gen- 
erosity to  devise.  No  two  of  them  were  adequate  to  it.  The 
; minute  reads  thus  : • They  have  authorized  Cornelius  West- 

! brook  to  purchase  a horse  for  the  Dominie,  and  pay  for  it  from 
: the  Elders’  chest  in  each  Church,  which  horse  the  Dominie  ' 
I hath  agreed  to  use  exclusively  for  the  Churches,  except  he  will 
use  it  for  himself.”  How  well  the  arrangement  regarding  this 
I Church  horse  worked  we  are  left  to  conjecture  from  the  follow- 
| iiig  extract  from  the  minutes  just  nine  months  later,  signed  by  j 
! the  minister  himself:  ’1  bind  myself,  by  my  signature,  to 

the  four  united  Churches  of  Smitldield,  Walpeck,  Menissinck  j 
! and  Machackene  eh,  pursuant  with  an  obligation  of  the  same  i 
! date  with  this,  henceforth  to  serve  the  Churches  with  my  own 
horse.  For  the  establishment*  of  this  I subscribe  my  name. 

J.  C.  Fryenmoct.” 

1 Toward  the  close  of  Mr.  F/s  ministry  here  the  Church  of 
1 Smithtield  withdrew  from  the  other  three  Churches.  At  a 
I joint  meeting  of  the  Consistories  of  the  four  Churches,  held 
! December  23d,  1753,  the  elders  of  tie*  Church  of  Smitldield 
| desired,  with  the  consent  of  ltev.  Mr.  F.,  to  he  relieved  of  his 
services.  Their  request  was  granted  through  low  bv  the  oth- 
| or  three  Churches.”  -No  reason  was  assigned  lor  the  request  ; 

! • V g___ 

I 

* V an  Campen  was  one  of  the  first  four  Judges  of  Sussex  County,  New 
| Jersey,  appointed  by  the  King  of  England  in  175o. 


8 


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( "mh  mu 

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i»i  ' ^ i : i r * t /'  /.I  Ijtiiil  I * ?!  iii,i  k Irtifiim  4iili 

•nr  * « ii  : : llil'i  UJ  ifl  U i i , ;;  ■ • • 

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9 j 

but  all  appears  to  have  been  done  with  the  utmost  good  feel-  I 
ing.  There  was  a cause  for  it,  as  we  think,  to  which  allusion  ! 
j will  be  made  hereafter. 

j Mr.  F.  remained  here  until  August  12th,  1756,  a period  of  \ 
tit  teen  years,  when,  on  account  of  the  Indian  massacres  in  this  j 
region,  he  accepted  a call  from  Kinderhook,  Claverack,  and  ! 
Livingston  Manor,  where  he  remained  for  twenty-one  years,  | 

| and  where  his  ministry,  as  well  as  here,  was  greatly  blessed,  j 
. He  died  about  1778,  and  was  interred  under  the  Kinderhook 
I Church.  The  Van  Burens  and  Kittles  of  the  vicinity  of  Kin- 
derhook were  his  descendants.  It  is  said  that  Mr.  F.,  accord- 
ing to  the  custom  of  his  day,  was  the  owner  of  slaves,  as  were 
also  many  of  his  parishioners. 

MORAVIANS. 

j It  may  be  a matter  of  some  interest  to  state  that  at  one 
' time  during  Mr.  F.’s  ministry  here,  “ the  Moravian  Brethren 
j preached  and  kept  a school  in  the  upper  valley  of  the  Dela- 
| ware,  on  the  Jersey  shore,  in  1746  and  1747.  In  the  former 
1 year  Joseph  Shaw  was  settled  at  Walpack.  Here  his  wife  de- 
! ceased.  He  also  preached  at  Minisink  Church,  and  on  oneoc- 
i casion,  in  April,  1747,  had  a promiscuous  audience  of  Swedes,  j 
| English,  Scotch,  Irish,  Welsh,  Germans,  Walloons,  Shawan-  j 
I ese,  Mohawks,  Delawares  and  Oatawbas/'f  In  October,  1747,  j 
i Mr.  Shaw  sailed  as  a missionary  to  St.  Thomas,  and  was  lost  ! 
! at  sea- during  a violent  gale.  No  further  mention  is  made  in 
; their  annals,  of  the  efforts  of  the  Moravians  after  this  in  the 
| valley,  and  the  field  was  evidently  left  to  Mr.  Fryenmoet. 

REV.  THOMAS  ROMEYN. 

i After  the  departure  of  Rev.  Mr.  Fryenmoet  the  three 
Churches  were  vacant  four  years,  when  the  Rev.  Thomas  Ro- 
nicyn,  of  Long  Island,  accepted  a call,  September  6th,  1760. 
Mr.  R.  was  born  in  Pompton,  N.  J.,  March  20th,  1729,  stud- 
ied under  Goetchius  and  T.  Frelinghuvson.  sailed  from  New- 
| York  for  Europe,  April  1 1th,  1752,  and  was  ordained  by  the 
Classis  of  Amsterdam,  September  3d  of  the  same  year  ; ac- 

fMoravian  Annals. 


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10 

! cepted  a call  from  Success,  Newtown,  Oyster  Bay  and  Jamai-  j 
ca,on  Long  Island,  November  lOtli,  1752,  where  lie  remained 
until  coming  here  in  1750.  Bnt  little  is  known  of  his  minis- 
trv  among  these  Ohurches,  and  such  is  the  character  of  the 
! Cliurch  Records  kept  by  him  that  it  is  well  nigh  impossible  to 
1 learn  anything  from  them.  His  wretched,  illegible  periman- 
| ship,  contrasts  strikingly  with  the  neat,  distinct  hand  of  his 
predecessor.  He  was  a quiet,  peaceable  man,  devoted  to  bis 
! work,  and  served  the  churches  faithfully.  Soon  after  his  set- 
tlement. here,  Mr.  R.  commenced  preaching  a part  of  the  time 
in  Wantage.  N.  J.  (at  the  Clove),  which  resulted  at  length  in 
the  organization  of  a Reformed  Dutch  Church  there  in  1788, 

! during  Mr.  Van  Benschoten's  ministry.  While  here  Mr.  R. 

| married  for  his  second  wife,  Susan  Van  Dampen,  daughter  of 
| Col.  Ab’ui  * Van  Dampen,  of  Pahaquarry.  He  remained  in 
i Charge  of  the  churches  here  twelve  years,  until  1772,  when  he 
| became  the  Pastor  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church  of  Caugh- 
i nawaga,  Montgomery  County,  N.  V.,  and  continued  such  lbr 
twenty-one  years,  when  he.  was  by  ill  health  compelled  to  re- 
sign bis  charge,  and  where  he  also  died,  October  22d,  1754. 

! . Three  of  Mi;.  R/s  sons  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Reformed 
Dutch  Church,  while  a fourth  died  in  the  course  of  prepara- 
tion for  it.  A grandson  (James,)  was  for  many  years  one  of 
| the  most  able  and  learned  ministers  in  our  denomination,  while  j 
I a great-grandson  (Theodore  B.,)  is  at  the  present  time  the  ! 
highly  esteemed  Pastor  of  the  First  Reformed  Church  in  ; 
Hackensack,  N.  J.  It  is  a most,  gratifying  testimonial  that  j 
is  thus  furnished  to  the  faith  and  piety  of  the  second  Pastor  j 
of  these  Churches  of  the  Delaware,  that  while  comparatively  I 
little*  is  known  of  his  labors  here,  his  descendants  to  the  third  | 
and  fourth  generation  have  been  engaged  in  preaching  in  the 
Church  of  their  fathers  the  same  blessed  gospel  proclaimed  by 
him. 

After  Mr.  R.  left,  there  was  an  interval  of  about  thirteen 
years  during  which  these  churches  were  without  any  regular 
services,  owing  chiefly  to  the  troubled  state  of  the  country  pre- 
ceding and  during  the  Revolutionary  war.  Occasional  sup- 


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plies  broke  to  them  the  bread  of  life,  among  whom  we  find  on 
the  church-hook  the  names  of  Jacob  R.  Hardenbergh,  V.,D. 

M , and  Benjamin  DuBois,  V.  D.  M.,  in  1784. 

REV.  ELIAS  VAN  BENSCHOTEN. 

On  May  1 1th,  1785,  a call  was  given  to  the  Rev.  Elias  Van- 
Benschoten  (Van  Bunschooten  he  usually  wrote  it),  hy  the 
three  Churches  of  Machackemech,  Menissinck  and  Walpack.  j 
The  call  was  accepted  July  9th,  and  he  was  installed  August  j 
28th,  by  Rev.  Dr.  Jacob  R.  Hardenbergh,  of  Marbletown, 
Ulster  County,  N.  Y . The  name  of  no  minister  in  our  Church, 
dead  or  living,  is  so  generally  known  in  it.  Mr.  V.  B.  was  j 
horn  at  New  Hackensack,  Dutchess  Co.,  N.  Y.,  October  26th,  i 
1788.  Graduating  from  Princeton  College  in  1768,  he  stud- 
ied Theology  with  Dr.  Hermanns  Meyer,  of  Kingston,  N.  Y., 
as  appears  from  a receipt  in  the  Dutch  language,  signed  hy  | 
him,  October  7th,  1772,  acknowledging  tie*  payment  in  full  ; 
of  three  pounds,  two  shillings  and  sixpence,  for  hoard  and  tu-  j 
i t ion . If  this  receipt  covered  the  entire  term  of  study,  ! 
j ‘-cither  the  course  of  study  (it  has  been  well  said,)  was  not  j 
- very  extended,  or  provisions  for  both  mind  and  body  were  mar- 
velously cheap  in  the  good  old  times/’  Mr.  V.  B.  was  tirst 
settled  at  Shaghticoke,  on  the  Hudson,  for  twelve  years  until 
coming  here.  About,  two  years  after  commencing  his  minis- 
try hero,  application  was  made  to  the  Chassis  of  New  Bruns 
wick  for  the  organization  of  a Reformed  Dutch  Church  at  the  j 
| Clove,  near  Deckertown,  which  was  effected  the  succeeding  j 
year.f  Subsequent  to  this  his  services  were  divided  between  that  ; 
Church  and  the  Churches  on  the  Delaware,  and  at  length,  in 
1792,  he  removed  to  the  Clove,  though  still  serving  the  i 
; Churches  here  until  1799,  or  1800.  He  continued  to  labor  at 
i the  Clove  (where  he  owned  a farm  and  mill,)  with  much  ac-  | 
' ceptanee  and  success,  until  1812,  when,  on  account  of  his  ad- 
| vanned  age  (74),  he  gave  up  his  charge.  Three  years  later,  , 
(January  10th,  1815,)  after  a lingering  and  painful  illness,  he  j 
| closed  his  useful  life  on  earth,  and  (Mitered  upon  his  reward.  | 
! A few  years  subsequent  to  his  death,  his  remains  were  taken  j 

i N..n*  B.  j 


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' up  by  the  General  Synod  from  their  place  of  interment  at  the 
I Clove,  and  removed  to  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,and  laid  by  the 
side  of  those  of  many  of  the  Professors  of  the  College,  and  of 
the  Theological  Seminary.  Dr.  McClure  says  : “ A very  j 

singular  event  took  place  at  the  exhumation  of  his  remains.  1 
Among  those  attracted  to  the  spot  was  a very*  respectable  wo-  | 
man  who  had  grown  up  under  his  ministry.  When  she  saw  j 
the  coffin  raised  the  thoughts  of  his  sermons  and  more  pri-  j 
vate  instructions  rushed  upon  her  with  overpowering  force. 
Filled  with  anguish  of  spirit,  under  convictions  of  the  light 
she  had  sinned  against  while  enjoying  his  teachings,  she  sank  1 
exhausted  by  the  tumult  of  her  feelings.  Months  passed  in  | 
deep  anxiety  before  she  found  peace  in  believing.” 

Possessed  of  some  eccentricities,  Mr.  V.  B.  had  likewise  ) 
many  excellencies,  and  was  held  in  high  esteem.  lie  was  re-  j 
markable  for  his  frugality,  for  his  strict  and  exact  honesty  in 
business  transactions0  (which  is  too  often  confounded  with 
meanness),  and  for  abstemiousness  in  his  manner  of  living. 
His  services  were  conducted  in  either  the  Dutch  or  English 
language,  as  occasion  required  ; and  the  Church  Records  kept 
by  him  show  entries  in  both  languages,  but  principally  the  i 
former.  His  preaching  was  highly  Scriptural  and  evangelical, 
was  clear  and  distinct  in  argument,  and  his  messages  delivered  i 
with  an  earnest  and  holy  unction.  His  labors  were  much 
blessed.  There  are  those  still  living  in  our  valley  who  retain  ! 
a distinct  recollection  of  him, — of  his  person,  his  appearance, 
his  manners  and  his  services.  In  1814,  at  the  suggestion  of 
Rev.  Dr.  Livingston,  Professor  of  Theology  at  New  Bruns- 
wick, and  a warm  personal  friend,  he  made  what  was  in  that 
day  a munificent  gift,  of  $14,(140  (increased  at  his  death  to 
$17,000),  to  the  Trustees  of  Queen’s  (now  Rutger’s)  College, 
the  income  of  which  was  to  be  applied  to  the  support  of  young 

♦Whether  in  paying  or  receiving  money,  he  instated  upon  the  last  cent.  As 
an  instance  of  this,  we  are  told  that  in  settling  with  a customer  at  his  mill, 
upon  finding  that  he  owed  him  TliKliK  ChNTs,  ho  went  to  his  house  for  the 
coppers,  against  the  earnest  remonstrance  of  the  man  for  troubling  himself 
about  such  a trifle.  Finding  him  gone  upon  his  return,  he  sent  a negro  in 
chase,  who  followed  him  seven  miles  until  he  overtook  and  paid  him. 


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men  desiring  to  preach  the  Gospel.  This  fund  now  amounts  ! 
to  over  820,000,  and  has  already  educated  over  one  hundred  | 
and  twenty-live  ministers  in  our  Church,  besides  inciting  many 
others  to  like  gifts.  For  sixty  years  it  has  been  doing  its  bles-  , 
sed  work,  in  furnishing  the  Churches  at  home  with  those  who 
break  to  them  the  bread  of  life,  as  well  as  in  sending  mission- 
aries to  India  and  China,  and  the  islands  of  the  sea.  It  has  ; 
been  said  that  this  was  the  tirst  gift  of  the  kind  for  theologi- 
cal education  in  our  country. 

Mr.  V.  B.  was  the  last  minister  who  served  these  three  i 
churches  jointly,  Menissinek  and  Maehackemeeh  from  this  time, 
until  1838,  uniting  together  in  one  minister. 

REV  JAMES  G.  FORCE. 

Walpaek  remained  vacant  until  November  '15th,  1808,  when  j 
their  fourth  minister,  Rev.  dames  G.  Force,  commenced  his  ( 
labors  among  them  as  Stated  Supply.  He  continued  as  such  ; 
for  three  years,  until  November  17th,  1811,  when  he  was  in-  j 
stalled  Pastor  by  Rev.  John  M.  Van  Harlingen.  In  connec-  j 
tion  with  Walpaek,  Mr.  F.  preached  at  Hardwick,  a township  j 
in  Warren  County,  N.  .1.,  from  1811  until  1815,  and  at  one  j 
time  supplied  for  several  months  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  : 
Smithfield.  Ho  remained  the  Pastor  of  this  Church  until 
18*27,  the  entire  period  of  his  services  being  about  nineteen  , 
years.  At  the  beginning  ot  his  ministry  there  were  but  twen  • | 
ty-six  persons  in  communion  with  the  Church.  From  1812 
until  1827,  sixty-two  were  received  into  connection  with  it  by 
confession  and  certificate.  Mr.  F.  is  said  to  have  had  a good 
mind,  and  to  have  been  an  instructive  and  profitable  preacher, 
lie  was  a kind  hearted,  benevolent  man,  and  very  pleasant  and 
friendly  in  intercourse.  He  had  one  quite  serious  failing  in 
connection  with  his  public  services,  not  altogether  in  accord- 
ance with  his  name, — a want  of  punctuality  in  commencing 
his  services.  He  was  seldom  at  the  place  of  worship  in  time,  j 
His  habit  in  this  regard  was  a matter  of  gvnoud  complaint. 
His  ministry  however  was  in  the  main  useful,  though  a mod- 
est and  unassuming  man.  His  successor  speaks  of  him  as  “a 
faithful  and  able  preacher  of  the  Gospel,  who  labored  with  nc- 


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ceptance  and  success  until  a few  years  before  he  gave  up  his 
call,”  and  who  was  “ conspicuous  for  his  great  humility. " 
After  resigning  his  call,  in  1827,  he  lived  in  Sandvston,  with- 
out charge,  until  his  death  in  July,  1851,  aged  84  years.  Ilis 
I remains  wen*  interred  in  the  Church  Burying  Yard  at  Peters' 

I Valley,  though,  shameful  to  say,  no  stone  of  any  description 
j marks  the  spot  where  this  servant  of  God  was  laid. 

The  Church  of  Walpack,  as  also  those  of  Minisink  and  Ma- 
I hackamach,  when  Mr.  F.  commenced  his  labors  here,  and  for 
I five  or  six  years  subsequently,  appears  to  have  been  in  a very 
I feeble  and  discouraging  condition.  The  whole  region  seems  to 
have  been  a missionary  field  ; and  hence  the  Classis  of  New 
Brunswick  in  1813  applied  to  General  Synod  for  aid  to  sup- 
port the  Gospel  on  the  Delaware.  “ These  Churches,”  says  the 
Report  of  Synod,  “ are  in  a destitute  state,  and  require  more 
service  than  the  Classis  can  afford  them.  If  a suitable  char- 
I actor  could  be  found  to  visit  t best?  societies,  the  Churches  above 
| mentioned  might  be  soon  placed  in  a situation  to  support  at 
least  one  minister,  and  new  churches  be  organized.” 

NEW  CHURCH  ORGANIZATION. 

In  1827  serious  divisions  arose  in  the  Church,  growing  out  j 
of  some  cases  of  discipline,  which  greatly  alloc  ted  its  prosper-  j 
ity.  To  such  an  extent  did  these  proceed  that  the  Classis  of  1 
New  Brunswick  advised  the  organization  of  a new  Churdh. 
This  was  accordingly  effected  June  14th,  1827,  by  the  Rev.  ! 
Mr.  Elting,  who  had  been  appointed  by  the  Classis  for  that  ' 
purpose.  The  new  organization  bore  the  name  of  the  Lower  I 
Dutch  Reformed  Church  of  Walpack.  John  Depuc,  Jr.,  and  -I 
Nathaniel  Eldridge  were  chosen  Elders.  One  month  later,  July  j 
14th  and  15th,  seventeen  members  were  received  by  the  Con-  j 
sistory  upon  confession,  and  seven  from  the  old  Church,  the  : 
Rev.  I.  S.  Demund,  a Missionary  of  Classis,  being  present, 
preaching  and  administering  the  ordinances  of  Baptism  and 
the  Lord’s  Supper,  From  records  made  at  the  time,  it  appears 
that  the  new  Church  were  greatly  encouraged,  feeling  that  the 
blessing  of  the  Lord  was  evidently  resting  upon  them.  On 
August  18th  the  Consistory  of  the  old  Church  met,  there  be- 


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ing  present  with  t Ikmii,  by  invitation,  the  new  Consistory  and 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Demand,  when  the  action  respecting  the  disci-  I 
pline  of  certain  members  was  reconsidered,  and  they  were  re- 
i stored  to  their  former  standing  in  the  Church.  It  was  then 
further  proposed  to  request  the  Classis  to  rescind  their  action 
in  organizing  the  new  Church,  and  “ that  the  two  Consisto-  ! 
I lies  and  congregations  be  united  in  one,  to  be  called  as  hereto- 
fore, the  Reformed  Dutch  Church  of  Walpack.”  This  was 
unanimously  adopted,  at  a subsequent  meeting,  held  Septem- 
ber 11th.  Thus,  after  three  months,  the  new  organization 
ceased  to  exist, 

REV.  ISAAC  S.  DEMUND 

Was  the  fifth  Pastor  of  the  Church  of  Walpack.  Having 
j given  up  teaching  a classical  school,  at  Somerville,  N.  J.,  and 
\ entered  the  ministry  in  the  Presbyterian  Church, — after  preacli- 
1 ing  a short  time  at  Sandusky  and  Milan,  in  Ohio,  and  at  Mil- 
ford below  Easton  and  Ivingwood,  he  united  with  the  Classis 
| of  New  Brunswick,  and  was  appointed  by  them  to  labor  here 
as  a Missionary.  After  a few  months  service  in  this  capacity 
(which  resulted  in  healing  the  breach  just  referred  to),  a call 
j was  given  to  him  October  15th,  18*27,  and  on  December  2d  he 
was  installed  Pastor,  by  Rev.  Richard  I).  Van  Ivleek,  of  Rar- 
| itan,  N.  J.  The  condition  of  the  Church  at  the  time  of  his 
j chining  was  not  the  most  inviting.  Serious  divisions  had  ex- 
i isted.  The  field  of  labor  was  large.  The  only  house  of  wor- 
’ ship  was  at  Flatbrookville.  The  other  places  of  service  were 
| school  houses,  at  Peters’  Valley,  and  at  Pleasant  Valley,  the 
| Academy  at  Dingnmn’s  Ferry,  at  Hornbeck’s'  barn,  near  his 
tavern,  at  the  house  of  a Mr.  Schoonover,  at  Bushkill,  and  at 
Peters’  Tavern.  Mr.  D.  was  a man  of  much  ability,  and  of 
great  prudence,  and  was  highly  esteemed  among  the  people, 

; although  his  ministry  here  was  of  brief  duration.  In  a recent 
letter  he  says  : u Unanimity  and  good  will  prevailed  in  the 
congregation  during  the  time  I remained,  ami  f could  easily  have 
been  retained,  had  measures  been  taken  to  make  me  comfort- 
able as  to  temporal  matters,  such  as  furnishing  a parsonage, 
etc.”  He  resigned  his  call  June  13th,  1829,  after  two  years 


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labors.  Mr.  I).  is  still  living  at  Coxsackie,  N.  Y.,  in  advanced  j 
| years,  liaviug  been  engaged  in  the  active  duties  of  tin*  minis- 
! try  until  within  a recent  date,  and  having  occupied  several  im- 
portant charges. 

REV.  DAVID  CUSHING. 

After  Mr.  Demund  left,  the  Kev.  David  Cushing  preached 
| here  a few  months,  as  Stated  Supply,  commencing  his  labors 
| the  last  of  October,  1831.  Mr.  0.  is  spoken  of  in  the  minutes 
I of  Consistory  as  a candidate  under  the  care  of  the  Classis  of 
! Philadelphia,  who  had  been  recommended  to  them  by  the  (’las-  j 
1 sis  of  New  Brunswick.  He  is  said  to  have  been  somewhat  cr-  j 
ratio  in  his  views,  and  peculiar  in  his  ways.  Both  his  coming  ! 
and  departure  were  singular.  lie  was  nevertheless  a man  of 
! decided  ability  and  of  great  power,  whose  preaching  never 
I failed  to  produce  a marked  impression  upon  his  audience, 
j Aside  from  his  preaching,  he  was  a match  for  any  of  his  pa- 
' rishioners  at  chopping  timber  i:i  the  woods,  or  threshing  in 
the  barn,  in  both  of  which  he  frequently  indulged.  Many 
amusing  anecdotes  are  told  of  him.  We  mention  one  connec- 
ted with  his  preaching.  On  one  occasion  he  - quoted  in  the 
| course  of  his  sermon  the  words,  Pay  that  thou  owest,’’ 
pointing  at  the  same  time  with  his  linger  ina  very  emphatic  man- 
ner, as  he  was  wont,  toward  the  audience.  As  In*  commented 
upon  the  importance  of  fill  tilling  one’s  promises,  the  truth 
presented  and  the  pointed  linger  so  wrought  upon  one  of  his  ! 
hearers,  who  had  been  somewhat  negligent  in  the  matter  re-  1 
ferred  to,  that  after  the  service  lie  went  to  one  of  bis  neigh-  ! 
hors  who  was  present,  and  said,  “1  will  bring  you  that  load 
of  boards  tomorrow,”  which  be  did.  Good  preaching,  that.. 
Mr.  0.  left  very  suddenly  in  the  summer  of  1832,  no  one 
krnrwing  why. 

REVIVAL  OF  1832. 

During  the  brief  stay  of  Mr.  Cushing  a deep  religious  in- 
terest began  to  manifest  itself  in  the  congregation.  Large 
numbers  gathered  to  hear  the  Word  preached,  and  listened  to 
it  with  earnest  attention.  The  interest  increased  after  his  de- 
parture. Immediately  upon  his  leaving,  the  officers  of  the 


Church  seemed  to  waken  up  to  a sense  of  the  responsibilities  j 
resting*  upon  them.  They  passed  a resolution  “ that  each  j 
member  of  the  Consistory  erect  a family  altar  in  his  house,  j 


and  plead  with  God  morning  and  evening  for  the  outpouring  ! 
of  His  Holy  Spirit  upon  us  and  upon  our  Church,  and  that  j 
we  meet  statedly  together  the  iirst  Monday  of  every  month,  I 
! for  prayer  and  supplication.”  They  also  resolved  to  visit  the  i 
congregation,  going  from  house  to  house,  to  talk  and  pray  with 
! the  people.  One  reason  for  this,  in  addition  to  the  existing 
| religious  interest,  Mr.  Demund  says,  is  the  fact  that  the  cliol- 
| era  was  on  its  way  around  the  world,  and  had  already  reached 

j our  country,  producing  no  little  fear  and  alarm.  Prominent 

among  those  who  engaged  in  this  good  work,  were  John  Nyce, 
Esq.,  George  W.  Nyce,  Jacob  Westbrook,  and  Daniel  Sclioon- 
1 over.  These  were  greatly  assisted  by  that  faithful  and  devo-  I 

! ted  minister,  liev.  C.  C.  El  ting,  of  Port  Jervis,  who  spent  days 

1 and  weeks  in  preaching  and  laboring  among  the  people.  The 
result  was  a remarkable  and  extensive  work  of  grace,  and  the 
addition  to  the  Church,  in  the  spring  of  1832,  of  one  hundred 
and  four  members  upon  confession,  and  eight  by  certificate. 

! Some  marked  cases  of  conversion  are  spoken  of  in  connection 
j with  it  ; one  being  that  of  a man  eighty  years  of  age,  and 
another  that  of  a tavern-keeper. 

REV.  GARRET  C.  SCHENCK 

Succeeded  Mr.  Cushing,  after  a little  more  than  a year.  Hav-  ! 
ing  just  been  licensed  by  the  Classis  of  New  Brunswick,  he 
j was  appointed  by  them  in  October,  1833,  to  preach  here,  and 
| spent  three  Sabbaths  with  the  people.  On  November  25th  a 
call  was  given  to  him,  and  on  February  23d,  1834,  he  com- 
menced his  labors,  preaching  on  that  rainy  Sabbath  at  Peters' 
Valley,  and  at  Dingman’s  Ferry.  His  ordination  and  instal- 
lation took  place  six  weeks  later,  April  Gth,  1834,  in  the 
Church  at  Bushkill,  then  recently  erected.  Or.  Samuel  A.  Van  ; 
| Vranken  preached  the  ordination  sermon,  f rom  1st  Corinthians, 

1 : 21.  Dr.  Jacob  C.  Sears  gave  the  charge  to  the  Pastor,  and 
Rev.  C.  C.  Elting  the  charge  to  the  people.  Mr.  Schenck  is 
spoken  of  by  some  of  your  number  as  a “ modest  and  unas- 


. 

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! 

sinning  but  good  young  man,  devoted  to  his  work,  and  much 
esleemed  while*  1 1< ti1.  He*  speaks  himself  of  his  coming'  here 
at  the  close  of  a gracious  revival,  and  at  a time  when  the 
people  more  than  in  time  past  appreciated  the  means  of  grace, 
and  their  attendance  on  them  was  good.  My  labors  were  ar- 
duous, yet  with  the  confidence  and  sustaining  help  of  the  peo- 
ple I could  engage  in  the  work  cheerfully  until  circumstances 
beyond  my  control  constrained  me  to  leave.”  He  left  in  March, 

! 1835,  the  Consistory  placing  on  their  book  this  minute  : “ Re- 
solved, That  neither  the  Consistory  or  the  people  wish  a disso- 
tion  ; yet  the  Consistory  will  throw  no  obstacle  in  the  way  of 
their  Pastor’s  wishes.”  During  his  ministry  twelve  persons 
wen*  received  upon  confession,  and  two  by  certificate.  Mr.  S. 
is  still  living,  at  Marlborough,  N.  J.,  without  charge.  Imme- 
diately after  Mr.  8.  left,  the  relations  of  the  Church  were 
changed  from  the  Classis  of  New  Brunswick  to  the  Classis  of 
Orange,  the  subject  of  transfer  having  been  considered  in  Con- 
sistory previous  to  his  leaving  : at  first  unfavorably,  but  the 
i Classis  of  New  Brunswick  favored  the  change,  and  it  was  con- 

| summated  by  General  Synod  in  June,  1835. 

\ 

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REV.  JAMES  B.  HYNDSHAW 


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Was  the  next  Pastor.  Connected  with  the  Presbytery  of  New- 
ton, a call  was  given  to  him  by  the  Consistory,  October  *2(>th,  j 
1835.  He  was  installed  January  17th,  I83(i,  the  installation 
having  been  postponed  from  January  13th  to  17th  (although 
the  Committee  of  Classis  were  on  hand),  on  account  of  a se-  i 
vere  snow  storm,  four  feet  in  depth,  which  rendered  all  travel 
impossible  for  two  or  three  days.  Rev.  J . B.  Ten  Eyck  preached*  j 
the  installation  sermon,  and  read  the  form,  and  Rev.  S.  Van  j 
Vechten  delivered  the  charge  to  both  Pastor  and  people,  the 
services  being  held  in  the  Delaware  Academy.  Mr.  H.  re-  ! 
maile  d until  October  9th,  1839,  when  he  resigned  his  call  to 
become  Principal  of  the  Academy  at  Stroudshurgh.  He  is 
said  to  have  been  u a sound,  orthodox  minister,  faithful  in  bis  ; 
charge  and  highly  respected,  but  whose  labors  were  not  abund-  , 
antly  blessed.” 


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REV.  ROBERT  PITTS- 

As  we  come  mow  to  a time,  the  scenes  and  events  of  which 
are  familiar  to  most,  we  shall  he  more  brief  in  our  notice  of 
them.  After  Mr.  I lyndshaw’s  departure  the  Church  remained 
vacant,  with  the  exception  of  occasional  supplies,  for  a year 
and  a half,  when  the  Rev.  Robert  Pitts,  a Licentiate  of  the 
Olassis  of  Orange,  commenced  his  labors  as  Stated  Supply,  in 
April,  1841,  and  remained  as  such  until  18(10,  a period  of 
about  1!)  years.  Mr.  P.  continued  his  ministrations  longer 
than  any  of  his  predecessors,  except  Rev.  Air.  Force.  During 
his  ministry  there  were  added  to  the  membership  of  the 
Church  one  hundred  and  fifteen  persons  upon  confession,  and 
seventeen  bv  certificate. 

UPPER  AND  LOWER  WALPACK- 

The  time  had  now  come  when  a change  was  to  be  made 
having  an  important  bearing  upon  the  interests  of  the  Church 
and  the  cause  of  religion  here.  The  wide  extent  of  territory 
embraced  in  this  Pastoral  Charge,  and  the  difficulty  of  reach- 
ing it,  in  consequence  of  its  being  divided  by  the  Delaware 
running  through  its  entire  length, — at  times  impassable-,  and 
at  any  time  attended  with  inconvenience  in  crossing,  bad  long 
been  felt  to  be  serious  obstacles  to  the  prosperity  of  the  Church, 
and  as  laying  upon  her  ministers  burdens  which  they  were  not 
able  to  bear.  The  Classis  of  Orange  bad  considered  this  mat- 
ter some  years  before,  as  appears  from  the  minutes  of  a meet- 
ing held  October  17th,  I8f>.r),  when  the  following  resolution 
was  passed  : 

“ li losoL v El),  That  the  Committee  on  Miusions  be  directed  to  visit  the 
Church  of  YValpack,  and  confer  with  the  Minister,  Consistory  and  people,  on 
the  propriety  and  expediency  of  dividing  that  Church,  with  a vieAv  to  the 
settlement  of  two  Pastors.” 

This  change  was  now  effected,  and  henceforth  we  read  of 
Upper  Walpaek,  with  the  two  congregations  at  Ding-man’s 
Ferry  and  Peters’  Valley  ; and  Lower  Walpaek,  with  the  two. 
congregations  at  Rushkill  and  Walpaek.  There  is  however 
but  one  organization  for  the  whole,  which  is  known  either  to 
our  ecclesiastical  or  civil  courts — viz  : the  Church  of  Walpaek, 
with  its  one  Consistory  for  the  four  congregations. 


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REV.  ALEXANDER  MC  WILLIAM 
was  the  first  minister  for  Lower  Wulpack,  under  this  new  ar- 
rangement. He  eommeneed  his  services  in  the  fall  of  1800,  and 
after  preaching  as  Stated  Supply  six  months,  was  installed  Pas- 
tor June  1st,  1861,  in  the  Church  at  Bushkill,  Rev.  S.  VV. 
Mills  presiding  and  reading  the  form,  Rev.  William  Ham- 
ilton preaching  the  sermon,  Rev.  C.  Scott  assisting  in  the  de- 
votional exercises.  After  nearly  ten  years  of  faithful  and  suc- 
cessful ministerial  labor,  the  Pastoral  relation  was  dissolved  | 
May  17th,  1870,  a call  having  been  accepted  by  Mr.  McWil- 
liam  from  the  Reformed  (Dutch)  Church  of  East  Millstone, 
N.  J.  During  his  ministry  here  there  were  received  into  the 
communion  of  the  Church  one  hundred  and  two  persons,  nine-  | 
ty-one  of  whom  were  upon  confession.  In  the  early  part  of  it 
the  present  parsonage  was  erected,  the  lot  for  which  was  given 
by  Charles  R.  Peters,  deceased. 

REV.  JOHN  F.  SHAW, 

The  present  Pastor,  commenced  his  labors  October  1st,  1870, 
and  was  installed  December  8th,  of  the  same  year.  Rev.  G. 

S.  Garretson  presided  and  read  the  form  for  installation,  and 
Rev.  R.  H.  Beattie,  1).  D.,  preached  the  sermon. 

REV.  NATHAN  W JONES 

( 

Was  the  first  minister  of  Upper  Walpack,  under  the  new  ar- 
rangement, referred  to  above.  He  commenced  preaching  as 
Stated  Supply  in  the  fall  of  1861,  and  remained  about  one 
year. 

REV.  GILBERT  S.  GARRETSON, 

The  present  Pastor,  succeeded  him,  commencing  his  services 
about  the  middle  of  March,  1863.  He  was  ordained  and  in- 
stalled Pastor  May  19th,  1863,  in  the  Church  at  Peters’  Val- 
ley. Rev.  J.  DuBoia  presided  and  read  the  form  for  installa- 
tion, and  Rev.  G.  H.  Mandeville  preached  the  sermon,  from 
1st  Cor.  iii  : 9. 

Our  line  of  remark  thus  far  has  been  confined  to  the  Min- 
istry. But  the  history  of  the  Church  would  not  be  complete 
without  an  account  of  the  Church  edifices  erected.  Before  we 


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speak  of  these,  however,  there  is  one  item  connected  with  the 
history  which  deserves  a passing  notice. 

CHURCH  FARM. 

The  Church  lias,  whether  fortunately  or  unfortunately,  been 
the  owner  of  large  real  estate^  “ Whether  fortunately  or  un-  1 
j fortunately,”  we  say.  Not  a few  of  the  wisest  and  best  men 
| of  our  day,  both  in  the  Church  and  out  of  it,  entertain  serious  ! 
! doubts  whether  the  possession  of  property  by  a Church,  the 
income  of  which  is  appropriated  to  its  maintenance,  is  upon 
the  whole,  of  advantage  to  it.  We  prize  most  that  which  costs 
us  something,  and  hence  those  who  pay  for  their  religious  priv- 
ileges usually  value  them  most,  and  observe  them  more  regu- 
larly. Such  possessions  tend  to  repress  a spirit  of  liberality 
among  the  people,  and  it  is  not  unfrequently  the  case  that  it 
I is  quite  as  difficult  to  raise  money  for  regular  Church  purpo- 
j ses  in  such  Churches  as  in  others  ; while  for  objects  of  pure 
J benevolence  they  often  fall  sadly  behind  Churches  having  no 
! such  endowments.  Nevertheless,  the  Church  of  Walpack 
have  had  a Church  farm.  They  came  by  it  lawfully,  and  have 
used  it  honestly  and  properly,  for  the  purpose  for  which  it  was 
given.  And  it  may  be  well  doubted  whether,  if  any.  Church 
I now  had  a like  offer  made  to  it,  then;  would  be  grace  enough 
in  it  to  refuse  the  proffered  boon.  The  Church  came  by  the 
farm  as  follows  : On  May  24th,  1752,  James  Alexander,*  by 

direction  of  the  Council  of  Proprietors  of  the  Eastern  Divis- 
j ion  of  New  Jersey,  conveyed  to  Abraham  Van  Cam  pen  and 
Garret  Brink,  for  the  use  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church  of 
Walpack  and  Pahaquarry,  professing  the  doctrines  of  Calvin , 
two  hundred  and  ten  acres  in  Sandyston, ' the  consideration 
being  “ sixpence  and  a pint  of  spring  water  yearly/’  from  the 
large  spring  on  the  premises,  “ if  demanded."  The  income 
from  this  farm  was  to  be  devoted  to  the  support  of  the  preach- 
ing of  the  Gospel  in  the  Church.  Twenty-five  acres  of  it 
1 were  sold  some  years  ago  to  William  L.  Bevuns.  On  December 
4th,  1859,  the  balance  of  one  hundred  and  eighty-five  acres 
was  sold,  by  an  Act  of  the  New  Jersey  Legislature,  to  John 

*Sce  Note  C. 


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JJ*.  ;k*jS  I Wirt.  ! »wiVi  >ih  ‘it  v/f>!  : ’•//. 

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rtOiji/ ei  > ; > .a  Hli  s /fqqrt  il'-iilv/  V 

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Schooley,  for  $12,506,— the  proceeds  of  sale  to  be  safely  in- 
vested, and  the  income  to  be  appropi iated  to  the  support  of  ! 
the  Church,  according  to  the  terms  ot  the  gift-. 

SMITHFIELD  CHURCH. 

Before  speaking  of  the  Church  edifices  in  the  bounds  of  the 
Walpack  Church,  it  may  not  be  amiss  to  allude,  to  the  Old  j 
Lo<»-  Church,  in  which  the  Smithfield  congregation  hist  wor- 
sloped.  This  was,  so  far  as  we  can  learn,  the  first  house  of  1 
worship  of  any  description  erected  in  this  region  of  country.  ! 
It  was  built  below  the  “ Mine  Holes/'  on  the  Pennsylvania 
j side  of  the  Delaware,  opposite  Tock's  Island,  near  the  present  | 
I village  of  Shawnee.  It  is  supposed  to  have  been  built  ab.mt  j 
the  year  1725.  It  was  probably  erected  for  the  purpose  of 
furnishing  the  miners,  and  those  settled  around  the  mint's,  with 
j a place  for  holding  religious  services,  while  as  yet  there  was  no 
! Church  organization.  When  the  Smithfield  Church  was  or- 
I ganized  (in  1737),  they  worshiped  in  this  Log  Church,  and  for 
j many  years  subsequently.  The  evidence,  from  the  original 
I Records  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Churches  of  Machackemech 
! and  Menissinck,  during  the  ministry  of  Fryenmoet,  is  ch  ar  and 
I decisive  that  this  Smithfield  Church  was  Reformed  Dutch,  ! 
1 with  its  Consistory  composed  of  Elders  and  Deacons,  the  names  ! 
of  whom  from  time  to  time  an;  recorded  in  that  Book,  with 
those  of  the  three  other  Churches.  VVe  deem  it  important  to  j 
state  this,  since  the  intimation  has  been  made,  in  a History  of 
the  Shawnee  Presbyterian  Church,0  that  this  was  originally  a 
Presbyterian  Church  ; they  are  called  u Dutch  Presbyterians/' 
i.  e.,  Presbyterians  using  the  Dutch  language.  The  Church 
first  in  existence  known  as  the  Smithfield  Church,  at  what  is 
now  called  Shawnee,  was  Reformed  Dutch,  and  not  Presbyfe- 
rian.  Its  officers  signed  the  i{  Act  of  Subordination  to  the 
Classis  of  Amsterdam/'  with  those  of  the  other  three  Churches, 
i April  19th,  1746.  Their  names  were,  Benjamin  Depuy  and 
| Moses  Depuy,  Elders,  and  Lambart  Bryliek  and  dames  Hynd- 
sliaw,  Deacons. 


"By  Tlev,  «T.  Kirby  D.vU 


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23 


This  Church  continued  in  connection  with  the  other  three 
Churches  in  enjoying  tin*  services  of  the  same  minister,  as  be- 
fore remarked,  until  about  the  year  1753,  when  it  withdrew. 
The  cause  leading  to  this  withdrawal  was  probably  the  erec- 
tion of  a Presbyterian  Minting- House  ” there  in  1752,  the 
land  for  which  had  been  given  by  William  Allen,  in  1750. 
This  was  a stone  building  (known  for  many  years  as  the  Old 
Stone  Church),  and  after  its  erection  was  occupied  by  various 
denominations — Presbyterians,  Reformed  Dutch,  and  Luther- 
ans. Notwithstanding  the  Smithtield  Dutch  Church  with- 
drew from  the  other  three  Churches,  still  Fryenmoet  and  Ko- 
rney n both  preached  from  time  to  time  in  this  Stone  Churchs 
which  was  now  used  by  the  I Mitch  congregation,  on  account  of 
the  Old  Log  Church  having  become  unfit  for  use.  But  while 
the  Presbyterians  had  their  house  of  worship,  it  appears  from 
th<‘  History  by  Mr.  Davis,  just  referred  to,  that  there  was  no 
organization  of  a Presbyterian  Church  until  in- 18 1 6,  when  the 
Rev.  John  Boyd  ordained  the  tirst  Elders.  Previous  to  this, 
Presbyterian  ministers  preached  here  occasionally  to  those  pre- 
ferring that  form  of  worship  and  organization.  Meantime  the 
Reformed  Dutch  Church,  having  no  house  of  worship  of  its 
own,  declined  and  at  length  died  out,  and  those  who  had  been 
connected  with  it  fell  in  with  the  Presbyterian  Church  when 
its  organization  was  effected. 

WALPACK  CHURCHES. 

The  first  house  of  worship  erected  within  the  bounds  of  the 
Walpack  Church  was  built  on  the  site  occupied  by  the  present 
edifice,  near  Flatbrookviile.  The  original  deed  for  the  ground 
(containing  four  acres,)  upon  which  the  church  was  erected, 
was  made  by  Thomas  Brink  and  Nicholas  Schoouhovan,  iifthe 
tenth  year  of  His  Majesty,  King  George,  February  1st,  1737.° 
This  deed  was  never  recorded,  and  on  February  26th,  1744, 
another  genuine  deed  was  made  and  recorded,  a note  of  which 
is  made  on  the  Church  Records.  The  Church  <*difieo  was 
erected  prior  to  1741  (though  its  exact  date  is  not  known), 
since  Rev.  Mr.  Fryenmoet  was  preaching  in  it  at  that  time, 

’•.Sit  Not.*  1). 


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24 


In  this  Church  Mr.  F.  numbered  among  his  hearers,  on  Sab- 
bath, August  12th,  1742,  Count  Zinzendorf,  the  great  Mora- 
vian Apostle,  who,  with  his  daughter  Benigna,  was  on  his  way 
from  Bethlehem,  Pa.,  to  Shecoineeo,  Ulster  County,  N.  V. 
He  speaks  of  Mr.  F.  in  his  journal,  as  *k  the  well  known  Cas- 
per from  Zurich,  a well  meaning  man,  and  efficient  for  good 
in  his  denomination.  The  heat/’  he  says,  “ was  overpower- 
ing, and  we  were,  compelled  to  listen  to  two  sermons,  which 
wearied  us.”  Between  sermons,  “ in  order  to  avoid  being 
drawn  into  religious  controversy,  we  went  into  the  woods  and 
read  Josephus.”  The  second  Church  edifice  of  Will  pack  was 
built  a half-mile  further  up  the  river  road,  near  where  Jacob 
Smith  now  lives.  The  date  of  its  erection  is  unknown,  but 
it  was  previous  to  1800.  In  this  building  Rev.  Mr.  Van  Ben- 
Schoten  and  Rev.  Mr.  Force  preached.  It  was  occupied  down  j 
to  1816,  when  the  third  edifice  was  erected,  on  the  original  I 
foundation,  and  where  the  present  Church  edifice  stands.  This  j 
third  building  was  erected  by  the  German  Reformed  people,  j 
who  had  at  this  time  a Church  organization  there.  It  was 
dedicated  on  Christmas  day  (1819),  the  services  being  conducted 
in  both  German  and  English.  After  its  erection,  the  Reformed 
Dutch  congregation,  on  account  of  their  own  building  having 
become  old  and  dilapidated,  purchased  one  half  of  the  edifice 
built  by  the  Germans.  The  two  congregations  occupied  it  on 
alternate  Sabbaths.  Soon  after  the  commencement  of  Mr. 
Pitts'  labors,  the  members  of  the  German  Church  mainly  \ 
united  with  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church.  The  Germans  how- 
ever continued  to  own  a half  interest  in  it  so  long  as  it  stood. 
Two  Trustees  were  chosen  biennially,  to  have  charge  of  their 
half  of  the  building. 

• . 

The  fourth  and  present  house  of  worship  was  built  iu  1 8.7/5 ? 
at  a cost  of  $1,441.  The  Corner  Stone  was  laid  by  Rev.  R. 
Pitts,  August  22d,  1855,  who  preached  a sermon  from  Isaiah 
xxviii,  16.  It  was  dedicated  December  20th,  of  the  same  year, 
when  Rev.  D.  A.  Jones,  of  Montague,  preached  from  Psalms 
xlv,  17.  Calvin*  Decker,  Jonas  S m i th^-Henr^^l . Bunnell 


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and  Jonas  H.  Smith,  were  the  Building  Committee,  and  Reu- 
ben Sliupe  the  Contractor.  o on 

SHAPANAOK  CHURCH. 

We  pass  lip  the  river  from  Flatbrookville  a few  miles,  until 
we  come  to  what  was  called  the  Shapanack  Church,  another 
of  the  houses  of  worship  occupied  by  a portion  of  the  Wal- 
pack  congregation.  This  was  located  on  the  line  of  the  old 
“ Mine  Road,’’*  leading  from  Kingston  to  the  Copper  Mines  in 
Paliaquarry,  about  three  miles  below  Peters’  Valley,  near  the 
old  Shapanack  Burying  Ground,  opposite  the  island  of  the 
same  name  in  the  Delaware  River,  and  close  by  the  side  of  the 
river  road,  on  the  farm  now  owned  and  occupied  by  the  heirs 
of  Moses  Hull,  deceased.  The  ground  on  which  it  stood  was 
donated  by  Col.  John  Rosecrans,  for  this  purpose,  and  was  to 
revert  back  when  no  longer  used  for  Church  purposes.  Tliepld 
Shapanack  Fort  was  only  a few  hundred  yards  distant  from 
the  Church,  and  formed  part  of  Col.  R’s  dwelling,  and  was 
.used  to  protect  settlers  against  Indian  and  Tory  incursions 
from  across  the  river.  The  exact  date  of  the  erection  of  the 
Church  is  not  known,  but  it  is  supposed  to  have  been  before  the 
Revolutionary  war,  during  the  Pastorate  of  Rev.  Mr.  Romeyn- 
It  was  built  of  logs,  and  was  octagonal  in  form.  Some  of  the 
logs,  and  even  the  foundation,  were  to  be  seen  less  than  a doz- 
en years  since.  The  building  was  abandoned  about  fifty  years 
ago,  and  a stone  edifice'  erected  at  Peters’  Valley,  which  was 
used  both  as  a Church  and  a school  house.  In  this  the  people 
worshiped  for  about  twenty  years,  during  the  ministry  of  Rev. 
Mr.  Force.  In  the  year  1838  it  was  sold  by  the  Sheriff,  and 
was  purchased  by  Robert  Stoll,  and  has  since  been  used  as  a 
Store  and  Tavern.  Among  the  sad  reflections  that  arise  in 
the  mind  in  tracing  such  a history  as  the  present,  is  the  fact 
that  a building  reared  by  pious  hands  for  holy  purposes,  where 
the  Gospel  of  Christ  was  proclaimed  and  souls  fitted  for  heavciq 
should  be  devoted  to  dispensing  intoxicating  drinks  and  hur- 
rying men  to  perdition  ; and  the  further  tact  that  the  grand  • 
son  of  the  man  of  God  who  here  ministered  in  holy  things, 


*£>ee  Note  E. 


. 


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tall  ) I . ‘i;  >{>t|  Jiijrwii)  * ' •'  Ml  \ \i  ...■*  ■ A i O 


hsi')t{  oil.  -I'f -ut  b-.iti  :‘o'  ► ‘ 


. ; bt  l«  . !:  Jv/  1,1  . * < »i ‘ n'i’  .1-  ; »• 


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(f!  ■ IH  1 U ■■  * f ) • : ■ . ■■  . «*•«'*•  . 1 ■■  '■ 

, 

M({)  7M-H.  r/llf(  { t ; • ■ |\f  r;  ' >!  ; V:  • ‘OfI>:,  l.:  ( J , 

a !.!i.  li  t vm  Uli  ot  j*n  - >mmt  6iii  nav*  ^ ;*/i  >.4'  i 

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• i.  in-  oii't  Jiidt  ,o  . lb  Ui  ; fid  • u.  i.  • !>?  r 

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26 

should  at  this  moment  he  occupying  a murdefer's  cell  in  Mor- 
ristown. 

PETERS’  VALLEY  CHURCH. 

The  present  Church  edifice  at  Peters'  Valley,  was  erected  in 
1838,  during  the  ministry  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hyndshaw,  at  a 
cost  of  $1,400,  The  Contractor  was  James  C.  Bevans.  It 
was  dedicated  on  the  last  Thursday  in  May,  1839.  A sub- 
scription had  been  circulated  in  183G,  to  erect  a house  of  wor- 
ship near  the  bridge  at  Dingman’s  Ferry,  on  the  Jersey  side, 
but  being  found  insufficient  was  abandoned  ; and  on  May  1st, 
1837,  the  Consistory  resolved  to  circulate  another  subscription 
to  build  one  at  Peters'  Valley,  which  was  accomplished  the 
succeeding  year. 

CHURCH  AT  DINGMAN’S  FERRY. 

The  first  movement  toward  erecting  a Church  edifice  at  Ding- 
man's  Ferry,  Pa.,  which  we  find  on  record,  was  on  May  1st  1837, 
when,  jointly  with  the  effort  to  build  one  at  Peters'  Valley,  the 
Consistory  resolved  to  circulate  a subscription  for  the  same 
purpose  in  Pennsylvania.  What  came  of  the  effort  wo  do  not 
know,  except  that  no  Church  was  then  built.  So  far  as  any 
notice  of  the  matter  upon  the  minutes  of  Consistory  is  con- 
cerned, the  project  seems  to  have  slept  for  over  twelve  years, 
when  on  November  12th,  1849,  it  was  revived,  and  Rev.  R. 
Pitts  and  John  I.  Westbrook  were  appointed  to  raise  money 
for  this  purpose.  The  effort  was  successful,  and  the  Church 
was  erected  in  1850,  at  a cost  of  $1,300.  The  Building  Com- 
mittee consisted  of  John  I.  Westbrook,  Albert  8,  Stoll,,  and 
Jolm  Van  Gordon.  The  Contractor  was  W.  F.  Brodhead. 

CHURCH  EDIFICES  AT  BUSHKILL. 

The  first  Church  edifice  erected  for  the  congregation  wor- 
shiping at  Bushkill,  was  in  1832  (the  year  of  the  great  revi- 
val), the  lot  for  which  was  given  by  Henrv  Peters.  It.  was 
commenced  in  the  springof  1832,  while  tin*  Rev.  David  Cushing 
was  preaching  here,  and  completed  in  1833.  it  is  said  to  have 
been  owing  in  no  small  degree  to  his  efforts  that  the  people  here 
were  furnished  with  a house  of  worship.  With  his  own  hands 


0& 


• tin  1 . -)•'  :u  jumj/i  H’ti*  Jj,  l>fof  rf., 

(V  i/‘y}  • t?)  KJJT? 

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lie  assisted  in  cutting  timber  for  the  frame,  on  the  Church  j 
farm  in  Sandyston,  and  helped  to  raft  it;  down  the  river  to  its  i 
place  of  destination.  There  are  those  with  you  who  have  a | 
distinct  recollection  of  him  with  his  ox-team  carting  materials  ' 


| for  the  house  of  God.  Out-of  the  small  sum  of  $90  received 
| for  his  services  here,  he  subscribed  and  paid  $50  towards  t lie 
erection  of  t lie  Church.  Its  cost  was  a little  over  $2,000. 
The  Building  Committee  were  Simeon  Schoonover,  John  M# 

I Heller  and  James  Nyce.  It  has  served  its  purpose  well  during 
a period  of  forty,  years,  and  has  given  place  to  the  more  attrac- 
tive, commodious  and  comfortable  structure,  now  to  be  dedi- 
cated to  the  worship  of  the  Triune  Jehovah.  And  as  of  old  it 
was  said — “ The  glory  of  the  latter  house  shall  be  greater  than 
that  of  the  former,”  so  may  it  be  said  now  in  the  highest  and 
truest  sense.  While  in  material  things, — in  comeliness  and 
beauty,  and  external  adorning, — this  building  excels  that 
which  preceded  it,  so  may  it  be  in  spiritual  things.  The  first 
sanctuary  here  was  reared,  as  we  have  seen,  during  a season  of 
great  religious  interest  in  this  community  ; when  many  were 
found  entering  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  So  may  it  be  now, 
even  in  a much  larger  measure.  May  the  promise  made  to 
God’s  people  of  old,  in  connection  with  the  building  of  the 
second  temple,  be  fulfilled  anew  to  this  congregation,  at  the 
completion  of  this  second  sanctuary — “From  this  day  will  I 
bless  you.”  May  the  Holy  Spirit  descend  with  divine  and 
quickening  power  upon  both  Pastor  and  people, — crowning 
the  labor  of  their  hands  with  Ilis  rich  blessing  and  grace  ; 
making  them  joyful  in  this  house  of  prayer  ; causing  them  to 
see  His  glory  upon  Zion,  in  beholding  multitudes  born  here  to 
a new  and  heavenly  life — walking  before  God  in  the  beauties 
of  holiness,  and  at  length  translated  to  worship  Him  in  the 
Heavenly  Temple.0 

*Nute  F.  * 


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APPENDIX. 


NOTE  A. 

(PAGE  fl  ) 


The  subjoined  letter  to  the  Churches  of  Kochester,  &c.,  though 
published  before,  may  be  new  to  many  who  read  this  Discourse,  and 
is  well  worthy  of  preservation.  It  is  as  follows  : 

Manissinck,  (j th  day  of  Dec.,  1741. 

To  the  Reverend  Consistory  of  Rochester , Greeting  : 

We,  your  servants,  have  heard  and  understood  that  you  have  cor- 
! responded  with  our  Minister,  and  have  so  far  proceeded  as  to  send 
; him  a call,  purposing  by  much  money  to  take  him  from  us.  11  ut 
| the  Dord,  who  has  thus  far  cauesd  your  acts  of  supplanting  to  fail, 
will  further  direct  them  to  a good  eml.  We  feel  ourselves  bound  to 
obey  the  command  of  the  Savior — “ Do  good  to  them  that  hate  you^  j 
and  pray  for  them  that  persecute  you.”  We  therefore  will  deal  | 
with  you  hereafter  as  we  have  before — doing  you  good.  You  do  | 
not  thank  us  for  his  service  among  you.  You  are  bold  enough  t»»  • 
say  that  he  has  eight  free  Sabbaths  in  each  year  ; which  is  as  true-  ! 
as  the  words  of  the  Devil  to  Eve — “ You  shall  not  surely  die.”  If  j 
you  desire  then  to  have  our  Minister  lour  or  six  times  in  the  year, 
we  will  by  no  means  refuse  you,  but  will  leave  it  to  our  Minister  to 
arrange  the  compensation  with  you.  And  if  this  cannot  prevent 
the  execution  of  your  unjust  purpose,  and  the  Lord  is' pleased  to  use  j 
you  as  a rod  for  our  chastisement,  we  will  view  it  as  coming  from  j 
the  hand  of  the  Lord,  and  comfort  ourselves  with  the  gracious  lan-  | 
guage  of  Paul,  Heb.  xii : “ Whom  the  Lord  loveth  he  chastoneth,  j 
and  scourgeth  every  son  whom  he  receiveth.”  If  it  please  the  ! 
Lord  to  permit  you  to  deprive  us  of  our  Minister,  then  we  hope 
that  your  consciences  will  not  be  so  seared  us  to  take  away  a part 
of  our  living,  being  the  sum  of  £l’2f>,  Pis.,  <ki.*  Should  (bis  how- 
ever be  the  case,  wo  shall  not  hesitate  to  give  the  matter  into  the 
liauds  of  the  worldly  Judge.  We  expect  an  answer  to  this  com- 
munication, which  we  conclude  with  the  wish  that  the  grace  of  the 


♦supposed  to  be  money  paid  by  them  for  his  education. 


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it,  ••  '•  fiO.7  u ■ I lift  1 i r ft  if  tH(»(  to  .(•• . *'A  I; 

, :•  ,'ij  3 1 1 7/  ,,  fiM:  Hu'frllpf)  ,{*'!<>  f *ft  '1  ) • -Uiiifiii 

t(  tit-.  . . 'u\  iisuil'7?  in*  ' 1 : j : . , - > • : •’■i  ' 

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ihii  tkii  • vif  1 • .■/  { ■>  ;.  ui  * ••' 


Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  the  love  of  God  the  Father,  and  the  commu- 
nion ol‘  the  Holy  Ghost,  remain  with  you  to  a blessed  eternity 
Amen.  We  remain  your  undersigned  servants. 

JAN  KORTRECIIT, 

JAN  VAN  VLIEDT, 
ABRAHAM  VAN  GAME, 
WILLIAM  COOL. 


NOTE  B. 

(i‘Aiu:  11.; 

The  following  is  an  extract  from  a Petition  presented  to  the  Chas- 
sis of  New  Brunswick,  signed  by  tifty-oight  inhabitants  of  the  Clove, 
dated  August  21,  1787  : 

“ ( )ur  ancestors,  a few  in  number,  who  formerly  belonged  to  the 
Low  Dutch  Reformed  Church,  settled  our  country  about  forty  years 
since.  During  part  of  that  time  the  Rev.  Thomas  Romino,  by  per- 
mission of  kis Church-Coil n cil  and. people  of  the  Minisinks,  preache 
some  of  his  time  amongst  us.  By  his  leaving  there,  we  again  be- 
came destitute,  till  the  Rev.  Mr.  Bunsehooten  was  installed  in  Min- 
isinks congregations,  who  labored  some  time  amongst  us  ; and  whose 
labor,  to  appearance,  has  been  attended  with  the  blessings  of  God, 
so  as  we  have  upwards  of  thirty  communicant  members  amongst 
us.” 


NOTE  C. 

(PAOH-il.) 

James  Alexander  was  a native  of  Scotland,  and  owiug  to  the  ac- 
tive part  he  took  in  favor  of  the  “ Pretender,”  he  came  to  Ameri- 
ca in  17 lb,  in  company  with  William  Smith,  who  was  afterwards 
Chief  Justice  of  New  York.  Having  served  as  an  officer  of  engi- 
neers in  his  native  country,  he  was  made  Surveyor-General  of  New 
Jersey  and  New  York,  in  1718.  He  also  studied  law,  and  gained 
an  eminence  in  his  profession.  His  residence  was  in  New  York 
city,  where  he  died  April  2d,  175<i.  He  was  the  father  of  William 
Alexander,  commonly  called  “Lord  Stirling.”  William  Livingston, 
who  was  Governor  of  New  Jersey  during  the  Revolution,  was  a 
law  student  under  him.  He,  with  Franklin  and  others,  founded 
the  American  Philosophical  Society.  II is  transactions  in  New  Jer- 


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T'  .■.•■‘fiawwffsa  Mil  .y,  :-*u>J  btouftpiaoli.r:  ,i.  t /. 


: sey  were  principally  in  the  capacity  of  agent,  or  attorney,  for  the 
Council  of  Proprietors  of  East  New  Jersey,  of  which  he  was  one;  ) 


j and  it  was  in  that  capacity  that  he  conveyed  this  farm  to  the  Church  ; 
j of  Walpack.  Sedgwick,  in  his  life  of  Win.  Livingston,  speaks  of  I 
! him  as  “ at  the  head  of  his  profession  ” as  a lawyer,  and  “ highly  j 
| distinguished  in  his  day.” 


NOTE  D. 

(I'AUE  23.) 

The  following  is  an  exact  copy  of  the  first  deed  for  the  lot  on  j 
which  the  Walpack  Church  stands, — dated  February  1st,  17*17  : 

“To  all  Christian  people  to  whom  these  prances  Shall  Com  Know 
ye  that  wo  thomas  lirink  an  nicklas  Sehoonhovan  of  Wallpack  in 
the  County  of  hunderton  Yeoman  Know  yea  that  we  Do  Send  gre- 
ten  Know  yea  that  we  thomas  lirink  an  nicklas  Sehoonhovan  that 
we  have  an  do  this  Dive  gran  an  by  these  prances  do  give  grant  for 
the  Love  good  will  and  a fexshans  which  we  do  Hair  to  wards  the 
inhabts  of  Wallpack  an  the  near  inhabitons  thar  a bout  an  we  do 
give  an  grant  unto  the  inhabitons  above  Kiten  all  an  Kigeler  that 
Lot  or  parsal  of  Land  Lying  an  Sittn  an  beinge  in  Wallpack  Hut-  j 
hag  Hounding  as  idlings  Heging  .at  the  nothwess  Cofner  of  the  Hur-  , 
i^gy tird  at  a Led  oak  tree  markt  with  three  notches  on  the  sides  [ 
Uuning  from  thence  Souerle  to  a wite  oak  tree  mark  with  three 
noclies  Kuning  along  to  a lilack  oak  tree  markt  with  three  notches 
a corner  tie  then  Kuning  easterle  to  a corner  a Hlack  oak  markited 
With  three  notches  from  thenc  Northerle  to  a Hlack  oak  Corner  tree 
^market  on  two  sides  with  three  notches  from  thence  to  the  foust  ; 
Stashou  Containing  about  fore  aakers  moreso  or  Los  to  Gether  with 
'all  the  Kites  titls  intrust  dailies  and  Demands  what  so  ever  we  now  j 
have  or  which  any  or  ever  Q'f  our  heirs  Executors  Administors  or  a i 
Signs  may  hear  after  have  of  or  to  the  Said  Granted  Krimses  or  j 
any  part  there  of  have  and  to  hold  the  Said  Feee  or  Lot  of  Land  | 
unto  the  above  Kiten  inhabitines  them  their  ares  a.sines  Execturs  j 
a lniini  without  any  mailer  of  ( ’onditiomis  W e the  said  thomas  Hrink  ; 
and  nickles  Sehoonhovan  have  fully  freely  and  absolutly  and  for- 
ever own  accord  Set  and  Hut  in  furrier  testimony  in  witness  whareof 
we  have  hear  unto  Set  our  hands  and  Seals  this  fust  Day  febery  in 
this  tontli  year  of  his  magesty  King  George  an  auodomney  one  j 


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thousand  Seven  hundred  an  thirty  Seven  Sined  Sealed  Witness  in 
the  presence  of  tis 


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HEN.1  N SMYTH 


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NOTE’  E. 

« (l'AGIi  25) 

“ M ink  Road.”  - The  old  Mine  Road  ran  from  Esopus  to  the  Cop- 
per Mines  in  Pahaquarry.  From  Port  Jervis  south  it  was  upon  tin? 
Jersey  side  of  the  Delaware,  and  near  the  river.  The  Mahackamaek, 

M inisink,  Shapanack  and  Walpack  Churches  were  all  upon  the  line 
of  this  road.  It  is  said  that  John  Adams,  while  attending  Con- 
gress, during  its  sittings  in  Philadelphia  as  late  as  1800,  passed 
down  the  Mine  Road,  as  one  of  the  most  eligible  routes  from  Bos- 
ton to  that  city. 

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NOTE  F. 

(l’AGK  27.) 

The  new  Church  edifice  at  Bushkill  is  sixty  feet  long  (with  tqwer 
projection  and  pulpit  recess,  seventy  feet)  and  thirty-eight  feet  wide, 
i The  Building  Committee  until  the  inclosure  of  the  house  and  the 
! completion  of  the  basement,  were  Henry  M.  Labar,  Jno.  M.  JSwart- 
wood  and  P.  J.  Guillot.  From  August  20th,  1873,  to  the  comple- 
tion of  the  edifice,  Jacob  Nyce,  William  Schoonover  and  John  Hel- 
ler. The  Contractor,  from  the  inclosure  to  the  completion  of  the  j 
building,  was  Edward  Burch.  Cost  of  edifice,  So, dot)  95.  The  j 
Corner  stone  was  laid  July  lltli,  1872,  by  the  Pastor,  Rev.  J.  F-  j 
Fhaw,  when  an  address  was  delivered  by  Rev.  S.  J:  Rogers,  of  Port  ] 
Jervis.  It  was  dedicated  January  13th,  1 874,  when  the  Historical  j 
1 liseourso  here  published  was  preached  in  the  morning  by  Rev.  S.  j 
W.  Mills,  of  Port  Jervis.  Rev.  E.  P.  Rogers,  D.  Dt,  of  New  lrork,  | 
! preached  the  dedication  sermon  in  the  afternoon,  from  Ps.  lxxxiv,  1,  j 
I after  which  the  form  of  dedication  was  read  bv  the  Pastor.  Rev. 

J.  H.  Bertholf,  of  New  York,  preachislin  the  evening. Rev.  G.  S.* 
Garretson,  Rev.  W.  E.  Turner,  Rev.  C.  E.  Van  Allen,  aiM  Rev.  Mr. 
Meaclmm  assisted  at  these  different  services,  in  the  devotional  exer-  | 


cises. 


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