New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-07

an interview ana received 2 courteous Invita-
ton from him to meet him. The two ministers
were well received by the Governor. especially
they made no mention OF their intention to
preach. Since they had the Queens authority
TO preach anywhere in her dominions they
thought II unnecessary TO trouble the Governor
IN the matter. Invitations were extended to
them TO occupy both Dutch and French pulpits.
but they had made other arrangements. and
Mackenzie preached at private house. while
Hampton occupied the sacred desk OF a little
Newtown GonS island church. The Governor
ordered their arrest the following day. and had
them brought before him. He questioned them
grufly. and told them the law would not permit
the countenancing Of strolling preachers. They
must first qualify themselves by satisfying him
that they were fit TO occupy the pulpit before
they could be permitted TO preach. Mackenzie re-
ferred him to the work he had performed in the
South. and said he had qualified himself there.
Ignorance OF the law by the ministers was con-
strued by the Governor as contumacy and in
territorial fraud. and they were held for trial
II was nearly seven weeks before il took place
and during the time the community was aroused
to a deep Of the injustice being perpe-
trated. The trial attended with considera-
bic excitement, but the ministers were acQuit-
ted by the jury, though they were obliged to
pay all the expense of the prosecution. amount
Fourteen years Of the eighteenth century had
passed before the growth OF Presbyterianism
was noticeable in the colony. With the close
| Of Lord Cornburys administration at that time
ana the increase Of dissensions in the Epsco-
pal Church. the Presbyterians. relieved OF civic
| disfavor and of the aggression CT the episco-
| pecy, determined 20 establish a church The
| Rev. James Andersen was called from New
| castle DEL and was favorably received. In ZIG
| the Church was organized. In Ills. the sect
having gained sufficient strength. a lot was pur-
| chased in Wall-st, near the City Hall. from
the heirs OF Gabriel Thompson. who had orig
inally purchased it from the de Peyster Car
dens," and the erection OF church was begun
| The lot was ia by IS feet. and the purchase
| price was 1850 During the building OF the
church the congregation, by special act OF the
/ corporation. were allowed to hold their services
| IN the City Hall
| Owing 10 the opposition OF Trinity. which stu
| claimed to be the Church OF New-York the
! Presbyterians were unable to secure a char
ter for their church. the pastor and a few
members held the property IN fee simple un;il
| 1870. when Il transferred 10 the Church OF
Scotland. and held by It until 1766. The First
Church was enlarged IN 174s and entirely
| built IN 1910 Of brownstone In the conhagra-
ton OF 1885 it was destroyed. but was rebuilt
soon after. and occupied for eight or ten years,
when. tempted by the increasing value OF the
ground the congregation disposed OF IL for seq
ular purposes and removed to their new edifice
| In Fifth-ave.. between Eleventh and Twelfth
SITS. The old church was taken down. stone by
! stone. and put UP again IN Jersey City, where
It was a conspicuous. object FOR many years
The Second. Brick. Presbyterian Church IN
Beekman-st.. was built in 1861 the angular
/ lot known The Vineyard" which had been
granted by the corporation at rent Of forty
pounds year 10 John Rogers and Joseph
Treat, ministers. and John NORM Scott Peter
/ r. Livingston and others. trustees for an in
definite period More fortunate than its neigh
Dor. the Brick Church escaped the great con-
hagration. and remained landmark of olden
times until the widening OF Beekman-st. de-
manded its demolition. when the congregation
began the erection Of edifce on the cor
ner Of Fifth-ave. and Thirty-seventh-st The
iron railing which had surrounded the church
for many years taken down and removed
! TO South Brooklyn where 1t was set up about tn.
residence OF the late ]. s. T. Stranahan These
were Associated churches. and were under the
care OF the Rev. Drs Rogers. Mcknight and
Miller. The Third, or Scotch, Presbyterian stood
/ IN Cedar-st-. between Broadway and Nassau-st
and founded in 175s. The church is lighted
with gas during evening service" says record
I OF 1929 II was under the charge OF DR.. Mason.
The Fourth Presbyterian Church. a wooden
/ building. stood IN Rutgers-st, and was founded
/ in 1871. II was in charge OF the Rev. Dr. Mile
dollar. The Fifth. IN Pearl-st. near Broadway,
WAS also founded in 1891. The Sixth Reformed
Scotch Presbyterian Church stood IN Chambers
st The Seventh met. in 1925. in a room in Hud-
son-st, corner OF Christopher. The Eighth. butt
Of stone in 1907 stood in Cedar-st-. between
Nassau and William. DR.. Rorneyn was the pas
tor. II was the ancestor of d.. Pottss cnurch
IN University Place, and OF DR. Alexanders at
be If Nspaf hist 4
/ Ninth was in Orange-st now Baxter-st-. and
was built in 1905, of wood. The Tenth. IN
/ Spring-st was founded in 1910, ana was also
! built OF wood The Eleventh, in Murray-st' was
built OF stone IN 1872 with a tower rising 10
the height Of two hundred feet. and pews receu-
/ ing amphithea tr1cally from the pulpit.
At the end OF the first quarter or the nine
teenth century there were twenty-one Fresoy
4 terrain churchcs in New-York City. as against
eighteen Episcopal thirteen Dutch ReloIIheu'
thirteen Baptist fourteen Methodist Tour AN
! Ole three Unitarian, three Lutheran one MO
! rayian two Universalist and three rrienos
Meeting Houses.