New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-27
81. uxf -.,s o sseh Church In Newly era
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M, Incl, Reformed Church In this

cha Hf ned u ateh Cnhrcs IN ,
s,.s ,uics sf Hcv. Or. milicdeier.
The DuscL Reformed Church 10 this
ar, 4 a pstriarchal institatiop. II was estsh.
nsasd very soon after the East india Compsn2t
colony settled in the wilderness now transfoHrea
cst the Battery. We are aware Of the existence
Of regular Church as early as $40; and from
1859 to the present day there are uDbrsken Churcn
records kept for nearly century in the Dutch
language, and thence forwsrd in the English. Toe
Rsiermed Dutch Church was the PRIDE OF the
Apcisnt Kni :kerbocker,, very few OF whom could
ave- Dok with compla ,ency upon its early rival
- Episcopal, or Church Of England organization
: e century and halfthe ministers, kerckmess-
sers aud people, obsnstely refused 10 hear the Word
IN any other tongue than that In which Bogardus and
NE Msespolenses had taught and prayed; and when,
stsY rs city had been under Enesh rule for near
" hundred years, Ii was proposed 70 dispense
IL Word In the vulgste, the proposition met with
Vigorous opposiuon, and was sgssted and dsbsted
for ysan FihAly the innovstors hiunphed the
rapid increase of the Engiish Language made the
sssorm absolutely necessary miaisssr Who could
yreseb in English was called, and on The afternoon
Of the last Sabbath in March, l76i, Rev. Archibald
Laidle, d. d., gave the first Eoelhh Dutch 10
formed Sermon, In the Middle Dutch Churcn-aov
The Post Ofics-from H. Corinthians, vi Know
Ing therefore, the terror of the Lord We persuade
men" All TIE services were conducted In English
except the speirg-lhe idea Of singing In bsroarous
Epgish was 700 much, and no sooner had the worthy
Scotch dominic ndicaed the psalm than Jscobus Van
Antwerp the fore singer led off good old son 'roas
Dutch. The house was densely crowded by the trst
men Of the City, Mayor Cruser Aldermen Roosevelt
RspsIje, Byvsnck and others But this vas only com
promise, after all for before the advocates of pure
Dutch uendered they stipulated that the language OF
thsr ancestors should have at least one portion o. each
Sabbath. The English language, however, VI" destined
10 prevail and somewhere in the beginning OF the pre-
ssnt century the Dutch went ont Of use In all the
shurchss-n fact IL was practically dead al az earlier
period and now doubt If any OF the younger min.
listers Of the Church read page Of It.
The Frst Reformed Dutch Church edihce In this City,
WA within the Fort and was erected by Co.. Ketft 10
1872 De Vries says, AS was every day With Com
usnder Keift told him that, as be mad now made
fne tavern, (he Stsdt heiberg, al Cosntessip) We also
wanted very badly q Church for until then we had
nothing but mean barn. Ia appearance, for our W.T.
ship whereas 10 New gland their first concern was
fne church, and ought 70 do the sams Wherefore
told him would contribute hundred guiders, and be-
- Governor should precede ma Whefeup1n We
ssreed ard chofe Jochem Petersen Ruyter, l. c. Ds
nsb and ourselves az four Kerct nnees era, to super
intsud the building John and Richard Ogden con-
trsct.d W build the same Of Gone for 500 guildeu
10, was 10 be seventy feet by fiy..wO fes,, and
sixtsen feet high" This house answered the de-
abds Of the people Ct thst faith for fifty years. While
The EDglsh sscendency OF l664 continued, the Chapel
vss occupied by Engish dii senters, ana called Kings
Chapel; the elected Dutchmen worshipng where they
might VI der the Manifestations Of Rsvs. samuel Dds
sius, Wnholmus Van Nleuenhuysen, and Honhcus
Sslyns the latter Of whom ocsied in Gov Suyvesants
Chapel at 1.-THE Bouehe' farm (the site OF the pre-
sent 81 Marks Church, every Sunday afternoon for
considerable period. This place wAs far beyond tn,
city. many fine farms and woody hills intervening b.
tween the Unborn old Governor and the city which hs
had abandoned to English rule. 10 1925 there were
about ESQ VII to families Manhattan Island OF which
nearly 600 we're Dutch Reformed and Luthersns, 1870
French Husuenots, 40 EDgsh Ds.sntsrs and 20 Je~s;
Of the Dutch, there we're 20 families at Harlem. TIE
pastors were Du.ch DR.. Henicus selyns (or soinusD
French, Dr. PieIot .Je si.h, Raboi Saul Brown,
The Peace Of l674 between Holland and England
gave the city rIevocsby to the British suihoitss and
Churches again enjoyed repose and prosperity Church
edi6css became necessary, and within few years
quite number completed. The Dutch built the
Gsrden.s. Church, saerwsrd called "Tns South
Church, " on Garden alley, now Exchsns place. Toe
sne strongly opposed because 1t too far
Of town" The Church was built In 1893 1t
email structure Of octsgon form, with ssoope In the
centre Of the roof In l716 II was enlarged and i'm.
proved, but the ssion did prosper, and the
fsst sornan ever preached in the original house
% only fourteen hearers. Ii was, closed for several
yes but In 1897 rebuilt Of stone and made So feet
hps and so wids and ssrse ooDsre cation continued to
assemble until 1913, when 10 separated from tbs Cot
hsiate Church, and Rev. James Mathews, d. D., vas
instsltd pastor, whore be continued until 1884 when
he became Chancellor Of the Uaivarsity aud Rev. Man.
eius &. Hutton to h bis place. The Church vas burned
IN the great FIRE Of 1885 II was decided to rebuild IL
near the corner Of Murray and Churohsts but
Of the people resolved remove further uo to Sn
and the result was the old GsrSen-sL Church became
euplcs,ed-the Murray.st Church was opened In 1871,
Rev. John 81. Mscsuley, pastor; the church on Wash.
pgtonsquAre organized In April, 1884, by A. members
Of the Gardcn-st Church, Rev. DIR. Mathews and Rev
=. s. Hutton, PsstoIs; DR. Mathews resigned In 1912.
end Rev DR. Hutton remains In charge 81 the present
time
Shortly AFTER the building OF the Gsrden-st Church
another Reformed Dutch congregation WAS organized,
and pu, up about i700) house OF worship on Nassau
-. between Cedar and Liberty s,s Tnis was called the
NEW Churcn, unti inc erection oil third building
NAai At the corner Of William and Fui,on-st) when IL
became Known the middle Dutch Cnurch." Tas
sdihce, which Was . stupendous structure for those
days, was opened In l7S9 hss substantial stone bui
Ing, 100 BY 70 feet When first built had no gallery
the ceiling was an entire arch, the publ, being 10 me
center OF the east side 10 1904 the pulpit wa removed
10 The moth end, and gallery erected Daros tue
kesoluton the Enghsh cficsrs used IL for riding
school and temporary prhon tssing down the pexs
and Woodwork or fuel After the var Ii repaired,
and became enc of the most important chusche, Ia ae
City, sending forth colonies here and there with mar.
veiious rapidly. In 1884, the congregation bsyius
mosily moved up town, tns edifcs was leased 70 tas
Vn'ed States Government for Post Ohce A farewell
meeting wss held Aug IL; DR.. Knox preached, DR.
DeWm pronounced benedictiOn In the Da,ch lso
nsse, and the venerable old edaee was abandoned 10