New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-31

u BEGIN HIS PASroRATE IL THE cLN'SoN
AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

u BEGIN HIS PASrORATE IL THE CL\-SoN
AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The Rev Joseph D. Eurrll will begin his pasiorate
of the Cla,son Avenue Presbyterian Church on sun
day. February = lie n brother Of DE- David j. Bur
rell who recently assumed pn,torate II tie Marble
Collegiate Reformed Church In Fiith ave, Ne" Orh'
Nr. Euric is "A youns man. who has served Ms hlNi
pa-toraic ut Clinton. Iowa. lie was educated at
Yale and the Union Theological seminary. aud has
been settled for several years in his present charge
The Cla,,on Avenue Church has been pastore-s for u
year. and recently called Mr.. Burreil Mtcr lie E"i
preached in IT, pulpit he accepted the call lie VIII
receive $1,000 a year. While his initials hn TIE sam;
~ those Of hi, brother. they are in reverse Order lie
f, Joseph Dunn Eurrcll aud his brother * Davh
James Bufrcll.
The Clas,on Avenue Church is Just twenty five years
Old The first step, to organize IL taken on De
ccmber TO- 500. when the First Presbyterian church,
IN Henry t.. and the Lafayette Avenn" Church De
cdcd Ia begin services east II Washington ave-, IN IN
seventh Ward. \ month later services were begnh Al
40. ia Gates ave. Df. Henry NJ. Booth onciatns.
The plot Of ground now occupied at Clas.onaye AM
Nonrocst was purchased and the chapel erected I'm
SIX. and IN June Of Che year the Gibson Avenue
PRESBYTERIAN Church organized with nlty three
member. The pulpit was occupied for TIN" 10y
Professor II. ID. Hitchcock, Of the Union seminary.
DR.. Joseph r. Durl was called from the Collegiate
Reformed Church ia Ncw-Yori in 1867. and in
until 1879 declining many invitation, To other pnlps,
notably one In la to the Madison square rr'sby-
t,fan Church. In NewNOrk. at $4,000 year. Finally
he accepted a call to the Central CONGREGATIONAL
Church. in Boston I'm the second year of Dr. Duryea's
Iastoiatc the church erected, at a cost 81
sl2sOOO 1t Will seat 1000 persons and has an ut
uactive interior. The structure adorned with Il
lofty splrc surnountng the square tower, but In the
blizzard four years ago It far thrown out Of
endicular that IL had to be taken down for fear II
would fall The interior u the church was rhttcd u
YEAR or Two ago and the chapel entirely rebuilt at
an expense OF s2J.OOO.
After Dr. Duryon resigned DR.. David Il. Frazer
wa called from Buffalo. but he remained only three
years when he resigned and went TO Newark, y. j.
While he was pastor debt Of $4,000 was disc harg,d
The next pastor WINS Dr. Lender 4. Chamberlain who
was called from the 4 ,dway COnsrcs ational Church,
Norwich Conn. in l-s3. lie remained for eight
year. accomplishing much work In all the lines OF
church activity and then resigned To take mp duties III
connection with the Evangelical Alliance IN Phila-
dclphla.
The church now IN, 597 members. the roll having
been carefully revised and the Of l12 persons
who cannot be- found having been suichcn Oh. the
Sunday school numbers 800. since the church WAS
founded there have been SOS persons admitted T. Tie
church The contribution, for the maintenance of the
church In the quarter Of a century OF III existence
amount $50 09 -. The cost Of the buildings ana
ground was rl0I,oJt ~, anu the 'ohtIluu''""' WI
missionary and benevolent purposes amount 10 flb',
30 b. his makes the total for all purposes, since
the foundation OF The church, 1914 ,IG2 3b.
An OutgIOwth Of the work Of the church hlN bcrl
the Durycl Iresby terrain Church. IN tl'rhOhi ave.
This founded II mission In l-c- ana aiter Dr.
Duryja resigned II was named for him. ana was or
ganizcd j. independent church In l-7'. Inc IrV'
samncl t. llascy /, the pastor, ana IL r'po't' I'll
members and "A sunday -schOOl Of i3l. -,
\ reception to the new pastor VIII re EN'h III inc
church on February .. At the mld"intcl meeting Oh
the Brooklyn lrcsbytcry arrangements VIII be made
for Ills installation.