Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-04-08

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Broad street Baptist Church of this
city, also view of the beautiful edifice
corner of Broad and Pearl streets. We
clip the following sketch from the
above paper
BROAD STREET, BAPTIST
! CHURCH.
This church was organized in August.
1866, with fifty members. 1t now
numbers one hundred and fifty com
municants, with large congregation, a
fourishing Sunday school, and commo-
dious and elegant house of worship.
| The church was designed by @. Ora
liam & Son, OF Elizabeth, and the plans
were admirably carried out by the con-
tractors, Oscar Marsh Il Brother, also
of Elizabeth. The building is of brick,
with heavy trimmings of Nova Scotia
stone, in the style of the German Goth
ic, with dash of English Gothic. 1t
stand in conspicuous location on
Quality HILL" the site-presented to
the Society by A. w. Dimock, of Eliz-
abeth-being a part of the ancient
"glebe'' of ST. Johns (Episcopal)
Church. The building is one hundred
and ten feet long by fifty feet wide. in
terror measure. Two towers adorn the
front, ON the larger of which is to be
placed a fine spire one hundred and
sixty-fve feet high. Through these
| towers are the entrances, three in mum.
| Der, to the front end of the church.
Between them is large and highly
ornate stained glass window, bearing
on the four largest sashes the conven-
tional emblems of the four Evangelists,
in ri ch colors. Entering the church,
the coup doeH takes in an audience
room, at once spacious and home-like.
Ventilation is amply provided for by
ornamental openings in the ridge of
the ceiling.
The pulpit, and the choir-railing be-
hind it are models of massive and elab.
crate workmanship. and give, with the
organ, an aspect both of solidity and
beauty to that end of the church.
This being Baptist church of course
great pains have been taken with the
baptistry, which is so arranged that
the pulpit floor covering it can be
noiselessly rolled back, unseen by the
people. Convenient robing rooms are
arranged under the organ recess.
The service in this church differs in
some respects from the ordinary. The
psalms are regularly chanted, and also
read responsibility /; that ancient hymn,
the Gloria IN EcceLsis, forms part of the
morning service the Lords Prayer is
repeated by the people after the invoca-
ton ; the hymns are sung by the con-
gregation and the audience remain
seated until after the benediction is
pronounced. These changes were made,
it is claimed. mot tor mere display. but
because it was believed they would do
good by exciting deeper interest in the
church services among the young.
Rev. d. Henry Miller, d. d., pastor
of this church, was born in the Isle of
Jersey, October 31st, 1927, His mother
was the daughter of one of the heroes
of Bunker Hill y his father, native
of England. On the death of the latter,
in the Isle of Jersey, Mrs. Miller re-
turned to Boston, where young Miller
received his first training in knowledge
Entering the Wesleyan Institution at
Walberham, Mass, he completed his
studies for college, and graduated in
1916. In 1849 he received the degree
of A. M. from Madison University
4 DR.. Miller was ordained at Stonington,
Conn. Soon alter he organized little
church of seven members, under an old
elm tree, at Yonkers. N. Y He was
next settled at Meridian, Conn.,, which
place he left to enter the army as chap
lin of the Fifteenth Connecticut Volun-
teers After two years in the field, he
was called to the First Baptist Church
of Trenton, N. j., the largest in that
city, having membership of over sew
en- hundred. In 1866 he received the
degree of D. d. from the University
at Lewisburg, Pa. In October of 1867
he was called to the passionate of the
Broad street Church, of Elizabeth,
where he is now laboring successfully in
building up new enterprise, in very
difficult field
DIR. Miller succeeded Rev. DIR, Dow
| ling, some years since, in the editorship
of the Baptist Memorial, in which he
j continued for several years, until its
sale and removal from New York.
In person, DIR. Miller is much above
the average height, standing six feet
three in his stockings" He has pow
erful but well trained voice, an effective
I delivery, and easy command of raey,
.diomatic English. He is a strong preach
err. hard worker, and is a firm believer