The New York herald., 1869-05-26
TEE NORTH REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH.
Centennial Anniversary

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Centennial Anniversary.
The centennial anniversary OF the dedication o.
the North Reformed Dutch church, corner of Fulton
and Williams Streets was celebrated yesterday Win
bentting services morning and evening. In the
morning the pastor Of the church, Rev. DR.. Thomas
Dewitt, presided. After voluntary upon the organ
and brief invocation by Rev. DR.. Dewitt, an intro
duct0ry ode, written for the occasion by Mr. Thomas
jeremiah, was sung with much spirit. This was fol-
lowed by the reading Of the eighty fourth and eighty
seventh psalms, show amiable thy tabernaeless
O Lord OF Hosts," and Ibis foundations are on the
holy hills.n Prayer was then offered by Rev. Dr.
Fisher after which the presiding minister made .
brief address
Rev. Talbot w. .Chambers, D. D., then made the
memorial address taking for his text, Bur the hour
cometh, and now is, when those who worship the
Father shall worship Him in spirit and In truth, for
the Father seeketh such to worship HIM." Tneee
were the words from which DR.. Ladley preached
the dedcatory sermon one hundred years ago. In
that year the most blessed and pious OF Popee
assumed the tiara under the title OF Clement XIV.
In France It's Dauphin was preparing for his mar
riage with the ifated Marie Antoinete, the letters
of Junius tthe best kept secret ever KNOWN were
written and many secular events occurred
but which had no connection with the
building of the church. There were already
two churches in the city. when II % vas
governed by an English baronet, ana as tne EnR.
Su Church % Was built. and an minis
ter called from Holland In the person OF Or; Ladey:
It was $40 found that the ca was an absolute neces
sty. In 1907 Isaac Roosevelt chairman Of t9e Build
s
By By the consistofy as requIsd. the pillars ;ss
Rlvsse RSe csp, where A they si are some Of these
are 5onn nap Wa SS
were first set apart for the Governor Of the colony
Mayor a1a asa srs 1ntsd Of IKE IKE es sss
which led to the inference that the character Of the
| civil authorities haa so improved tnat ~ W. un'
to ons was s1e% found No Necessary 70
other English preacher, and John d; LlvngSson,, Z,
then young man studying a. b s1s Came two Dutch n
ministers oficiated at the churches in Garden ana
Nassau streets 1t does not appear from the rec3fas
Churches We're desecrsted and the pIessns church
er sep re While les s Itself
Il is s two thousand
confined within these four walls while the sunernes
asd sooS as IN
Libby and Andersonville to eternal iniamy. Aenexs
related the surrender at the clos cTse ol one ne MIN MINI
MaI istei in mere the 0eM city, namely b. LIVINGSTON
Dr.: Ladey having die9 u during tds,,. the w@ "a
-
| turned. Dr. Livingston had charge Of the congre-
cations for three years, when ne was 1oned ~ ~; =;
william Linn, an excellent preacner, tne nLt "
whose published sermons was at the request q tle
Tammany Society, and the last, euiogy on " aSn-
| ington published at the request Of the Staee 50.
| cicty OF the Cincinnati. For several years there
| were no Dutch services, and al iengtn osh ~ "
| blank was issued which was accepted py heY. ~.
| Kaippus. Soon, however, 1t was found tnat yne
| English language became so universal that ~ waS
resolved to preach in knElisn' iaao anu ;ns ,scs
50 S' that from ON that date the servlc> were
| actually in English He dwelt on TINS, pecaue ~
| wished to show that nothing but Engllsn naa evT
| been preached in that church, which WAS pQlt 81
pressly for that purpose peiore tne - Sss
large immigrat thefe would be required cnufvp..
to have services in their own LANGUAGE wnoso oo,i'
| dren would, however, probably prefer the En9Inls
xnd again would that language become popuiar.
He then named the succession OF ministers, f2g.
mencing with the Rev. John y. Aberie and enanf
with the present pastor, Rev. DR.. Dewitt WIZ
brief eulogfes on each Of those who nave peseeo
away and concluded with glowing picture OF the
| present prosperity Of the church.
the evening Rev - Nv T. 4Sna 1s siae pssssSsr sss
!. Hutton and 8. N. woodbridge, Of she New REon1.
| wick theological Seminary. IN. Ferris grQ{s. -
| considerable length OF what the North RefQkqeQ
Dutch church had done for the city, and the g0QQ
| was now doing, at Q time when the churches WE
all being removed 70 the upper part OF the s c L. ~,
| church saying that he had preached his tnrd 81.
mon there forty -one years ago. Or. WoooQEloE
descanted at considerable length on the neceesny q
clnging to the heidelberg cateShlsrn ana the 992.
were made by Rev. J. NJ. Ludlow, the assistant pes
tor. The congregation tnen Joined In the oQxQ09y,
'.Praise God from whom all blessings noW," ana
| were dismissed with the benedction.