The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-25
HISTORIC TRINITY.
Sketch of the Founding OF
Hoboken's Episcopal
Church Nearly
Fifty Years
Ago.
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Plan Of Seasons Work at the
Y. N. G A-What Is
Going on in Protestant
Churches.
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rector OIL TRINITY EiplscoPai IHufeh, iopo-
ken, has accepted the assistant rectofship
of the Church of the TRANSPORTATION or
New York, more popularity known as the
Little Church Round the Corner In
going to this church Mr.. Houghton leaves
one of the historic parishes of this
county. 1t is eoincident with the history
| of Hoboken, which was Incorporated as q
township March Is. 1895.
During the summer of 1858 there had
been some considerable discussion among
a few churchmen as to the desirability OF
charging the chureh's influence and use
fulness in Hoboken by the formation of
a second parish in a more northerly part
of the city than that occupied by ST.
| Paufs Church, which was situated at
Third and Hudson streets. Tho city was
growing rapidly, as was seen by the fact
that 1t had trebled its number of inhabi-
tants in less than five years, and 1t was,
and rightly. predicted that in q short
time a parish church in the upper portion
of the town would be IN absolute neees-
sity.
On September 16, therefore. and in re-
Spouse to a request from several persons,
by the consent of the Bishop of the dio-
cese. a number of individuals resident in
and about Hoboken. and worshipping,
some in Hoboken and others in New
York, met in the Town Hall tower the old
engine house, and organized the parish
of Trinity Church by the election OF the
following named gentlemen as wardens
and VIM. P. Wright, wardens, and A. 7.
Van Boskerck, L. J. Van Boskerck, M.
Y. Banta, VIM. limbaugh, HazIeton
worth and Peter Ritter. vestrymen. On
the same evening the vestry met and
elected the Rev. N. W. Camp, D. D.,
On the morning of October IS the first
service was held in the parlors of the
rector, who resided on the west side OF
Firth street. The congregation consisted
of about fifty persons. In the evening a
congregation of one hundr and twenty
six persons gathered in the Town a
The morning and evening services were
held in these places respectively until the
building known as Odd Fellows Hall was
on March 6, ISL the services We're trans
ferred to that hall. and continued to be
held there regularly until September z,
1856.
At the outset there were twenty families
enrolled as members of the parish, and
included in this number there were forty.
four ADULT persons n tW gssn ysg Sse enal5
Sunday in Advent, the Holy Eucharist
was celebrated for the first time and ad-
ministeseed to e tweptys5slv snbaal was
Vii <APAii . tCcH tAS a'T.
organized with seventeen children, and
under Mr. James F.. Melliss. a vestryman,
as superintendent, through whom, on that
day, Mr.. Thomas Lowndes presented TO
the Sunday School about fifty books as q
nucleus of a library. These We're all but
small ~heginnings' yet before tae nrs{
as to the wisdom and necessity of the
new work and its ultimate success, with
Gods blessing.
At a meeting of the corporation of the
parish, held November 20, 1858. a commit
tee was appointed to select a site for the
building of Trinity Church. The com
mittee met from time to time and dis
cussed various locations In the upper part
of the city, but it was not until August
20, 1856, that any definite report was made.
mites suggestion to purchase tthe two
lots, each 25x100 feet, next adjoining the
most northerly brick house now erected
tween Sixth and Seventh streets" Action
upon this determination was, however,
held in allegiance by reason of the resig-
and subsequently, after the acceptance of
the rectorship by the Rev. John nv. Clark.
the vestry, On st. Luke's day, October ~,
to purchase. at a cost OF $1,000, -four lots
on the northeast corner of Washington
and Seventh street, and on October "a re-
solved to lay the foundation. stones before
the close Of tha civil year, and the build
ing committee were instructed to submit
plans and specifications for the church
aQ11c8. III MUS QllIEiAlCly dSlSl dkiAC9 ~
build q church in accordance with the de-
sign submitted by the Architects Deutsche
and Dietz. The work was begun IN mo-
stone was laid by the Right. Rev. DR..
Doane. Bishop of New Jersey.
There were present with the Bisnop N
Fellows Hail. where the conversation
Worshipped the rector, the Rev. John
William Clark. the vestry namely:GWm5.
ens1' Hazleton Walkley, Lucas j.. Van
Boskerck, John w. Van Boskerck, James
+. Melliss, Peter Ritter, Jry Nv. Banta,
Fsalss +. stevens and Richard H.
Phipps: the Rev. J. w. Ward, first rector
of st. PauFs Church, Hoboken; Rey.
c canfeh' Gebo asase' R Rsss0l n. . W. camp,
b b. first rector Of Trinity Church, Rev.
Joshua Smith, Rev. Edward @. F1agg,
Bey; E; Rev A. H Hiehara COKE Hs Rev s'g g.. z,
NJ. johnson and the Rev: Or. Robertson.
4 large assemblage Of citizens Joined the
members Ct the Tbe eo ongpeg sfone p IN, ahe
at the northeastern corner OF the present
BUILDING. and has the inscription; "A. ?.
h church was completed in August,
1856. and the first service held therein on
he Tenth Sunday after Trinity, Septem-
Permission a been given on May
to William P. Wright. senior warden, to
build a memorial chapel on the southeast
corner, of the, church ground. Iaelns gu
pleted and presented to the corporation OF
the parish on November s, 1856. and .dedi-
Gated TIVE days later. II was VIII u saen
become the south trancept OF the churcn.
The tablet Is the last work Of the cele-
brated American sculptor, Mr. CraWIoTa,
Crawford died before his work was en-
tirely finished. and the complexion was;
entrusted to his friend Kuaoipn a9gsrs;