New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-15

The history of the society which mas ercood ms
handsome structure is coeval WIN tlat Oh INC ~
,oC,ton with which il has been Identified Tor more
100 wears 1t dates back to the TIME "IicA
.hewere only two other religious oreaniza'lois III
thesrtory which is now Brooklyn City ana oolloS
do,fn an unbroken line TO the present WHICH, UNIV
are)out 400 One-fourh of which are cohnec'eu WIN
nasr,o denomination il represents The manu-
fulf members who erected the hrst um"I"E ~
17o has become many thousands connected WIN
tho ,riops Methodist societies which have sprung
dira,- or Indirectly from this parent one ana ieeI
iivel interest in it and lis affairs Almost INC l"H'
servs held in the building recently demoh'h'" ~
Inake3av for bushes, connected with hil'-e "''
was no celebration of the centennial oi h00"
ro,,usr, in Novembcr. 15e7. 4 century before 'ho
Rev Noolman Hicl.sOn, who had chaTse III INC M"
socier. then meeting in Iiorseand'car "o"
Viufa,,.s+ New York, crossed the East hFer
In = rovboat the only means OF fe""-
ing Long Island in those prlihl'INc
and preached the first Methodist so'no"
\ Long Island tradition says that he had 'a'o w
pulpit and preached in the open air AT sio. =, nro
was then called Newst.. now SANDS ST. "'o''
Tic Bridge station now stands
4 ,,or, or more Of people listened 10 inc 'ci"',n
NJ IN, itinerant evangelist. and they were 'uH''"'S
Interested for Mr. Hicl.sOn 70 promise |" nun" '''
prcacb If a place Of meeting could Dc se'u''"'
Cannon offered the OF his cooper SHOP !" WV 80
,o, rn1,cnst near the ferry, for the conerc'at''h
and wooden seats were pld''i III IT, -'''
held monthly services for time, and ms aDofS "e''
,o,,rdod IN, enou.h conversion for him to organize
. Ios and roglar cla,s meetings held In the hod'es
of the members were begun. There is no rccord u"
show the leader or the members OF TINS hTet Meu'""''
orcanization in brooklyn, but probably MI cannon
,r,s active in it, In 1855 the Rev. John DICKENS
nreached and at intervals for haf a dozen years
.h orvices Of various itincr,nt Methodist preachers
,., .ecurcd In 1894 it was decided to organize a
so,ioty and build a church. on May . Of tH' year
.bn following trustees were elected at Hc''HE III
the house OF Mr.. Cannon: John "aFIison' I'oi'"'
y7n Pelt. Burdett Strykcr, stephen hchuilch7'"'
richard Fveritt and Isaac Moscr The church was
,ncornorated as the First Methodist Episcopal church,
.o,,, ~ Rrooklyn Comfy Of Kings, Nassau Island.
A lot in New now Sands ST. was purchased oil
JosluIa and Comfort sands, and small buiiuhs WIS
erected The Rev William FhoeOus ana INC h'\'
David EuclI preached at the laying OF inc cori.cT
stone The building dedicated by the Kew 1o9cih
Totten. who had been assigned by hShop A,nouIS
TO the Lorg Island Circuit when lhen Ho'luc' h'ooN
kn Newtown ana Jamaica. -, 80. 800 ;.,
Mr. TUten left the church inc neat year WIN
th.rtv-fve members. lie was succeeoed DS tHc NV
Ezekiel Cooper, who was assigned 10 INC A'"o"S j
charge The Rev. William PhoebuS was pastor Ill
1896 the Methodist system OF frequent chd"Nt' '''l
nrevaning and he lex the church with eiehly-ohe
-. of whom 4,yentv-,ix we're slaves. who &C
crr,ed q gallery set apart for them. H. 1877 Bishop
Asbbury preached In the church and reported thd' lie
f,uod some Ife7 there. in $500 Joseph Harper
te,arne one Of the member. and his house was INC
bome a the pastors for eral years The ch"!cH Wa
enlarcd in sol and in 1oOo, joshua SANDS PeSo''''
10 fine society a lot adjoining the church ana p''Non
orc Was buut upon ii. By 1911 tlre were over wv
neubos and the society 50 prosperous H""''
ciaIlv that the original structure Wa sold ioI T-o'
and q new ard large erected at cost 0i %i'-o'
of which all save S42O was paid on the day oil d"n
cation IL would seat LOO persons and was KNOW"
for many wears after il, erection a Inc GA WING
Church. The first b,ldms was moved u fui'ohs'''
md srved as court for justice o. inc pc''c =
The tolorcd members withdrew from the flISl 'h"'"
in IsI7 and founded a church Of their o"n IN le"S''
4 sunday school was formed about tins time III INC
Sands street Church. and the pioneer 0rsaiHzd"'H
OF the sort IN the city. The second Methodist rps
copal Church was formed OiIshoot OF the firot
Church in 1920, and home was built In lorl'st
In $3.50 another society organized and became
the Washington street Church.
The "Whiie Church. was torn down IN 1913 aitcl
an important revival when the building was found 10
be inadequate and a brick building. costing, with
the parsonage adjoining $4,000, replaced H. The
great fire of Is4S which destroyed large part Of tho
business centre of the city in lower Fultonst and Stnd
st.. burned up the church. The Insurance on 1t was
only 81 200 but after the fire the W. lis were found
TO be substantially intact. and the structure was re-