New-York tribune., 1879-05-05
REVIEW OF FORTY YEARS.
THE REV. Dir. :. D. BURCHARD GIVES HISTORY
HIS LONG PASTORATF.


HIS LONG PASTORATE.
Yesterday was the f0rtieth anniversary Of the
Rev. DIR. s. d. BurcharFs settlement as pastor of
the Thirteenth Street Presbyterian Church, and
was made the occasion for special commemorative
services The pulpit was decorated profuselv with
flowers. A large altarpiece composed Of Gala liz
les pansies smilax and immOrteles bore the
words d" 1899 Our Pastor 1872 Large audiences
filed the edifice at both the morning and evening
scrrieo-. Rev. Dr4,- AI"---, past0u and Prime
made addresses in the evening In the morning Dr.
Burchard preached commemorative sermon from
the text. Deuteronomy H., Z " These forty years
the Lord thy God hath been with thee; thou hast
lacked nothing"
These words, the speaker said could
not had been more appropriate if they had
been Denned for the present OCCASION.
1t was his purpose he said, to review some of the
events of the past forty years. After recalling
some changes that had occurred in the Oh World
during this period, Dr.. Buichard spoke OF changes
in this country which he remembered during Tie
time OF his ministerial l1bOrs. The his
tory OF the Presbyterian churches IN this city
was sketGhed briefly. IN speaking oI th1 cnans.s
in these churches DR.. Blrclard said that during hs
term Of service twenty three free Presbyterian
churches had become extinct in tins city. lie de:
scrbed the moving of other churches uptown. and
the formation of new societies there IhiTty-ulne
Presbyterian ministers had died Ia this city within
this period of forty years They were ali earnest
their labors since began mlne Among Tie OhIis-
tian ministers who lahored IN this city forty wears
ago, stand alone, with the exception Of the Rev.
Dr. Williams, of the Amltv Street Baptist Church"
Dr. BuTChard then described his connection VITA
his congregation when il w0TshiUpei in a S1all
building in HOustOn-st. He was engaged ar first,
he said, TO preach temporarily, while lie study
ing at the Union Theological Seminary and when
he began to talk Of going 10 New-Jclsey the trus-
tees of the church said 70 him, " If You 60 We shall
leave tOO.D He was ordained on May |, 1889. The
building in HOustOn-st. became too small for the
congregation, and u committee OF the trustees Sc
lected the lots III Ihrteent-st. for new ediiicc.
Many of the members objected 10 removing
80 far uptown as tne property IN Thirteenth
ST. was not improved much at that time.
There was a division OF the congregation
"A portion remaining in HOustOn-st \ church
in Thirteeuth-st. was dedicated on september :,
1917. The building was destroyed by hrc Ia JaLu-
airy, 1853, and the present edince Mas buiit tne
next year. The debt ot the church WAS cleared
away in 1864 In the meantime the church IA
HoustOn-st. had become extinct. The Thirteenth
Street Church continued to prosper, and became
the parent ot several Other churches. ONgr 3,2oO
persons had been received INTO his church, Dr. bur-
chard said, during his ministry. The members who
saw him ordained were few IN number nQ",a ,and lAe
himself. they would soon pass away. lie repeated
the hymn "Only Waiting and closed the service
with an earnest prayer
THE HISTORY OF AN OLD CHURCH
Commemorative services wero held yesterday by
the Baptist City Mission in the Stanton Street Bap
tist Meeting-House. The occasion was the removal
OF the Second Baptist Church from Grand anh
Allen-sts., TO the old Baptist Church IN Stantonst
which was made vacant by the departure OF the
congregation to building uptown. Three
services wero held. In the morning addresses were
made by the pastor of the Second Mission Baptis'
Church, the Rev. s. Altman aud c. I. Evans. secre'
tary of the Baptist City Mission; the sermon was
preached by the Rev. Dr. j. ID. Hem, Of the Cenlfai
Baptist Church. The pulpit was beautifully deco
rated IN honor Of the occasion. Ia the afternoon
the exercises conducted BY ;. ). Conant; pies
dent OF the Baptist CITY Mission, and addresses
were made by the Roy. Drs. Amltage and EIder'
and tbe Rev. r. ;. Macarthur 81.
The Rev. DI Armitage gave brief history Oh @ 'he
old church. He said it Was a branch OF q ch9syyH
established many years ago IN Mulberry-si. AIhii
tary Hall in the Bowery was first occupied dIu
then a small building was erected m llouston-Sl, ~
which the congTg CATION wOTshpped tOr long 1ime
Subsequently the brick church IN Stanton-s'' N"s
constructed. At that timo there were Only .
few houses in the vicinity. and the place wa va
regarded as uptown. Since then many cong % -"
tions had left the old church and established H0"
ones in the upper part of the city. s.b.
In the evening b. L. JudsOn. yce-pres.dehl u ~
Baptist City Mission, conducted the exercises, az
addresses were made by l.. H. Ohn, l.. L. BaynTT, o.
T. Himan, ". A. Cauldwell, and the pastor Day
tism was administered.