New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-23
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
F1UTON-sT. PRAYER MEETING

TO- ,ooro than a century as the North Dutch Chu''
at the corner Of Fulton and William-sts' nuiu0
earnest Christians Will gather together W -
49, =, ,a,o.o,nial birthday of the EoOn-Day prayer
NIo,ino IN. New.York The interest attaching 'o'
oruyersarv is not confined TO few-fork my noi "
denomination of Christians TO whom the creui' anu
% Tho wonderful revival Of 1857 are so largely uu
ovorv city and town In the country anu w "o' 49,
,h neonle of whatever creed. the celebration ih '
o,d North Dutch Church to-day Is looked upon % 'uo
S..,no oonmenoration OF movement Of great import
NC IN the religious world-a movement whlch, inausu
rated without display and conducted without tno un
natural excitement often created ny enthuSia'
too often productive OF evil rather than goou mas
in rousng true religious fervor to degree mover
known In our land. T., ,h,s
The story Of 1.-THE first MONDAY prayer meeting IS nu
told by s. Iren&us Prime III MS ro"0i Va ''N'
published in 1858: ill.,.
IA The upper IeureoOm Old North Dutch char' ,G,
was ~ tos zee. upon sbe III lived VERY much
almost wholly for oer. lie had no @s S G5 and hope ia the
1 lie had surveyed all wards Of The city asa lay
Az Of the o o CsuISI man. s@ ri He could take bis
day and dSS. ss bad Ss '' doas P'i but
psP.hnS thousand, needed thousand lives sS S
after DAY ,.. AID and T,n Constant Srsf was VI. Thou
have . me s TS p ss more %,' encouraged
that God wSud show bun n Gs he. s Se OF religion The
PRAYED The confident he became that God would h0T % G we'll
wSSs Sits I~ %tab, pleasant face. 'ascODae bis
possessed Of do s.,; : .osn i S b. n,a and
With thorough aud With =, isS:, % g.
character that I, SoI. is' c nsS1 united
.pss Gsg,' e, an1 W. S iJ5 asd ' S North
july year he entered upon bis work missionary ""e ~
And now for the first idea OF MONDAY prayer
meeting the account OF which was written III MT Ian
pliers Diary:
the rounds the gs%.S. Of nv aa one d a Tbs, Has
hour Of plsyer from u o'clock would De e.ns S sbmspt
The idea was 70 have singing ps pon should be required stay
whole hour that all should come and 60 ,Ir
and At oot noon on the day september 1857 the door ofthe
third story thrown open At 2l The sep OF
individual heard upon the stairs Shor teT anoneI $40
thea another @ Of RI. S Sns5 uni" Nth i Ss u
ct will be seem" says Mr.. Prime. THAT our mission
sry sat out the first half OF the first MONDAY prayer
meeting alone or rather he prayed alone through tho
first half hour Thus the MONDAY business men prayer
meeting was first inaugurated. 1t was to nave new
phases Of interest The old long cold formal routine
was TO be broken up Everything was to be arranged LOT
the short stay Of those who came All the exercises were
TO be brief pointed and TO the purpose touching
i'm hand The idea grew Of the pressing necessity OF
mems engagements. They could come 10 and Shy Hno
minutes or the whole hour. "a they peastu, olayinE
even five minutes. each could have an opportunity 10
take part the exercises for no one was TO occupy more
than 1--WE minutes in remarks or prayer
The next meeting was held week afteTward ana was
attended by twenty persons Az the tnu %eN
between thirty and forty were present mecilng vas
appointed for the next day. aud from TINS dates the da
payermeetng which Is now attended Dy an averase U
300 people Morning prayermeeungs now Degan 70 DO
held in various other churches 80 marked was su InG
before long they became almost universal ,,
The old North Dutch Church is one OF the Landmarks OF
onnected With the carly history OF great metropolis
A century has passed since its doors were first opened
for the reception Of worshippers, period oi time IN
which vast changes have been made; vet the old walls
stand as firm to-day when first raised ana the vener
our old CITIZENS that nothing which shall profit pros
perity shall perish DidS lar 20 ieina iot a
public spirit and broad humanity OF the ancient kncker
bockers, the founders of the Empire Guy OF the west
is not study for the autquary who tho poet says sits
az ny 90 nv, bo dccays viii greater love than the self
loved NarcSsus did his beauty; but 10 the man, who
although in the techncaes Of archaeology yet
loves ~ read the story Of past the chronicles which
lime has failed 10 destroy the old church aud its history
ara full OF interest IL built by the CnnsistoTy OF the
protestant Reformed Dutch Church Of New-NOtk Guy
s,nce famiarly known tho Coega Reformed Dutch
Church This organzatiah was the hTst Iosnse1 IN
North America dating from the nrst settle neht =" NAN
haitian Island In those early days II was stpnated Nv
the West COMPANY That whenever emigTons went
forth under the auspices oil the COMPANY, or on lh9
states General Of Holland. pOus scbooimaser should
also he sent, whose once u was 20 instruct the ehulrn
and preside at religious meetings uhth ue hppo th'ut
OF a regular minister. Thus religion and education re-
ccycd equal attention at the hands of the early dweers
on Manhattan Island and ~ the population increased
the bonds between the two important interests Wcro
made stronger and stronger. 10 IT,, te n'Ss
Eyerardus BogaFduH ,Hi' W. WIN ~, 4" ott',l 'V'
TwIler and associated with him was Adam Eoelandscn
the schoomaeer 10 whom was inrlsted the duty OF or
suiliur The Church school, which has been continued
from that day ths and has given to the church iI
The cornerstone OF what we now know well as IA
North Dutch Church, on Fulton, Ann. and Nliani.-ts
was laid July p 1901 by Isaac Roosevelt AL elder OF 10
church and chairman OF the Building Committee. IA
cost Of structure was 4l2VO, equal 10 about 5000
iadlic Nav o. 1852 The binding OF brownstors
ana wa. originally rooted with The oldashioned Duti
There was this time no shteroOfed buzz
ing In New-York the hrst oil the KIND, te
Before the Of the North Dutch Church the co
rregatOns living under the rule OF the COnsstCy
in he Iflu nd in IL
Middle Church, now the City PostOmee In 1907 mo-
were taken tor the erection OF another house Of W.
ship aud in June Of that year resolved that "he
church should be erected on the grounds OF Mr. lr'
breadth that should front Horse and Cart lane anbe
placed the middle oi the lot" Mr. Harpeudng,or |
Herbcudiuck was a wealthy curricr who died az and.
vanccd In 1722 He was member az the church, I'd
very liberal. In conmemOration OF his many act OF
public and private generosity Con-stOry ordered
hs oarms should he suspended over the pp.t,nd
there the escutcheOn hangs to-day. The motto whd II
bears" Dando Conservat'-s significant OF the srt
which actuated the old kuckerb0ckeT Ia the distributor
of wealth. " IIorseand Cartlane" now Williams,
was so named from tavern near the church which al
the resort Of thirsty wagoners, and It bdIn
pOrtant 10 know that IN l5t the proprietor lcpang
the upward movement OF the wealth OF the city, tins
ferred his beer and pipes To Broadway having kdly
gwen due notice In the public prints.
once time, rs the story comes down 10 us. ew
pulpit put up IN the church. IL was made To mich
the gallery pillars, on which may be seen even DoHhe
initials OF those who presented them but durinthe
Keyo1tlon ~ Was snrieP,ouSy itinI'ed, AIteLtn1
in England recognized the pulpit from which he had cen
many time ana OIL dnmOnlhneu III ms naive tOWnind |
learned that had been brought in British nip
While the English troops occupied New, York the Mth
Dutch Church was used as hospital and warohOuselnd
when peace declared II was IN wretched cOudiOn
During the prevalence OF the yellow fever In 1898 Ras
closed, as all Of the congregation who could alor 10
leave the city fed 10 Harlem and other safe rcTas,
and there remained Till the danger had passed. At.s
time all the churches in the city closed, withthe
exception Of Trinity, Christ Church In Ann-st and the
Methodist Chapel In Johnst and the mails recced
and delivered at DR.. James Tillarys the corn OF
Broadway and Wall-sL. where the people nly
during the sunny hours Of the day.
IL may not be amiss 10 reproduce here q few eIs OF
history cOtempOraueOus with the early existence the
old church NewYOrk has grown wonderfully siucfthe
erection OF that ancient memeno OF the buried pasand
from little town OF 10000 Inhabitants has reacld the