New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-07
TEN YEARS OF CHURCH LIFE.
COMMEMORATIVE SERVICES IN THE WEST END
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

COMMEMORATIVE SERVICES IN THE WEST END
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The decennsl celebration Of the West End Pres
byteran Church began yesterday morning In the
edifce. One hundred-and- and Amsterdam
ave- and will be closed tonight with reception
10 the congregation. AT the administration or the
sacrament forty-two members were taken H.
making the present membership 1880. In the after
noon the pastor. the Rev DR.. John Balloon Shaw.
delivered memorial address.
In the evening there were congratulatoTy ad-
dresses by the Rev. DR.. Charles Cuthbert Hail.
William Z. Dodge. the Rev. Dr. A F. Schauhier
and the Rev DR.. Charles L. Thompson DR.. Shaw
said in part:
Nothing could be more fitting than that one Of
the services OF the anniversary We now commemor-
ate should be set apart as memorial 10 nose wn9;
among US, have finished their course and passed on
into the higher life Seventy in all have been trans
terred during these ten years OF our history TO the
Church Triumphant sacred number and goody
battements of heaven to-day and salute and the
greeting they give us is al once benecIion ana an
give them JOY in the victory that is theirs. We
honor them for the heritage they have LEFT rs and
themselves attained. With them in our thought and
In our vision renew our devotion 10 this
quicken our march toward the Blessed City, where
they await us When former things are pa ssed
away may IL be ours 70 join that holy company In
the life that knows no separation. in the uninter-
rupted work and worship OF the Upper sanc,uary
;ions-the final triumph of the cross. the eternal
contamination of the Kingdom OF God
Though the names Of these victorious ones arc
indeliby inscribed upon the rolls Of this church
and shall always have large place in our hearts
It has seemed wise 10 build into the very walls
OF our edifce such a visiOe and permanent tribute
might serve to perpetuate their memory and
commemorate their lives and labors so long the
West End Presbyterian Church should continue to
four beautiful windows. which have been inscribed
T9 te Wh 81 so6 and an whom
our JOY TO join them in honoring and to their
the four thus recognize by this afternoon
peculiarly fitted, because OF their personal
represent all departed ones. and i'm sense
therefore these windows shall always speak 10 us
OF the whole heavenly circle
The memorial windows. which are very beautiful
In color. ard design. are in memory of John Curry.
a trustee OF the church Moses Dunlap. a deacon
OF the church. Miss Isabella Ferguson. and Win
The West End PRESBYTERIAN Church was organ
decade of it's history. The work which led to the
founding of the church had its beginning in real
ave. just above Onehundred and fourth-st. the
evening Of March s. 1851 when twelve citizens OF
school Committee Of the Presbytery ITO consider
neig hborhood. and in it should be deemed ad-
visable. 10 take the necessary steps preliminary
Three subsequent meetings were held at the home
Of Robert Marshall, One-nundred- fourth-5t.
May 2. These resulted il the necessary prepare
ton for the opening Of a school when temporary
chapel should be completed This building was
erected under the direction Of the Church i:xten-
sion Committee 81 the Presbytery and through tho
munihcence OF two OF It's members. Samuel In5ice
and j. Finlay Smith on ground leased for "A term
| If three years, near the Boulevard ana One-hUn-
/ dred-and- fourth-st.
The chapel being ready for occupancy services
Of dedication were held on the evening of May 70
/ ISL. on the afternoon OF the following Sunday,
May p, tho SUNDAY school vas opened with sixty
scholars and sixteen officers and teachers, and
/ public worship was beGun in the evening, with an
/ attendance that filed the house.
Nm at fha lAt inn Tho.
pastor. then member Of tho senior class In Union
Theological Seminary. began his connection with
/ the work. experimenting tho Sunday-schoo and
assuming responsibility for the pulpit and pastoral
work NJ the new enterprise. on February :. 1883.
I church organized with sXty-nine members.
/ On being graduated. Or. SAaw formally called.
| and ordained and installed on MAY l.. 1855.