The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-14
EMBURY MEM0RIAL MEETING.

In 1860 Philip Embury, an Irish Wesleyan me-
chanlc and local preacher then living in this city,
began to preach here the doctrines Of Methodsm
and laid the foundation for the Methodist Episco-
pal Church Of the United States. Two years later
he helped to build the first Methodist church in
America, on the site OF the present church in John
street. near Nassau. Soon after he removed TO Ash
Grove. in Washington county, and for five years
lived and preached in the regions beyond and
around, even to Vermont. In 1878 lie died
suddenly near the village of Salem, n
Y, and was buried there, but his remains
were subsequently removed to Ash Grove, where
they lay until 1884, when they were again removed
to the cemetery Of the village of Cambridge, in the
same county. 1t was here that the second Metho
dist society In America was organized under En-.
bury's ministry, and the citizens donated lot to
the Methodist Episcopaf Church large enough to
contain 100 graves. Here Embury's remains have
lain unmarked by any appropriate memorial. A
year ago the Troy Conference, In whose urisdict on
the village is took action on the matter and ap-
pointed Rev. Arthur Mooney, a local preacher to
raise funds for suitable monument to be erected
over his grave
THE NATIONAL LOCAL PREACHERS ASSOCIATION
took up the matter their last session and iL
referred to committee, OF whom ID. +. Maciarlan,
OF the New York Conference, Is chairman. This
committee are having q suitable monument pre-
pared, and last night public meeting was held in
st. Pans Methodist Episcopal church in this he.
hall. The Rev. Bishop James presided and made
brief address, dire cted toward the thought that
"the righteous shall be held in everlasting remen-
brance." While Embury's monuments are all over
the world, and while the origin OF Methodism here
VIII no more be forgotten than win be
the Deluge, the name , re Of Embury viii live here
alton through the endless cycles Of eternity. assO-
GATED with Peter and Paul and Luther and Wesley,
may erect to his memory, but we need it, the
Bishop said to educate the generations Of the fu-
rs as e se d tAs
which they commemorate and perpetuate their
passage through it dry shod. He was, therefore,
in full sympathy with the movement
DR. EDDY'S REMARKS
Rev. DR.. T. M. EDDx spoke OF the obligations OF
the Church to the local ministry, whom he eulo.
gized as neediul for the evangelization OF the
cities and for the nations. There are some twelve
thousand OF them now in the Methodist Episcopal
who are remembered beyond the generation In
which they have lived and died, and fewer still
who are remembered for century, and very many
are forgotten ere their remains have been placed
In the ground. The Doctor gave some Illustrations
of this idea and then pointed out how the world
honors heroism and erects its monuments to the
brave and the daring. If the patriot deserves a
monument he thought the Christian soldier did.
too. There are too many living dead men among
us and the memory OF an earnest man like Embury
should be cherished forever.
EMBURY's CHURCH AS 1T Is.
Rev. l.. s. WEED, d. d., pastor OF John street
Methodist Episcopal church. gave some Interesting
incidents connected with the Old church. The
book board Of the pulpit on which the Bible rests
and the altar rails are the same that Philip En-
bury, carpenter and preacher made with his own
hands. About one hundred souls had been con.
verified at this altar during the three years Of DR..
Weeds passionate. An endowment fund of $4,000
is sought to keep the ministry in perpetuaton
there. Twenty thousand dollars OF this amount
have been subscribed.
Rev. DR.. STARKs, OF Troy Conference, gave some
interesting "reminiscences OF early Methodsm in
the western part OF this State. A letter was read
from General Clinton B. Fisk, OF st. Louis, regret
ting his inability to be present to address the meet
Ing. Resolutions were adopted endorsing the
and pedging the meeting to give it
their hearty support, II then adjourned with the
DOxOlogy and benedlctiO1.