The Newtown bee., 1905-08-04

Will OF William b. glover WHICH, Was
increased by his son, Smith
of his fathers estate, who also pur-
chased the land on which. the church
stands for $500, and gave it to the
parish. The building was done by the
authority of Trinity parish under the
direction of committee composed OF
Charles Morehouse, Smith P. Glover,
James H. Warner, Frederick Cham
bers and Eli James Morris. Henry
Austin of New Haven was the archi-
tect, and Charles Warehouse of New
rown was the builder. The corner
stone was laid August q, 1868, by the
Bishop, John Williams. who, with the
clergy present, was entertained at the
home of S. Z. Glover. The structure,
which is of wood, framed, gothic in
style, having Steeple at the south
west corner, was raised September IA,
1868, and according to custom refresh
ments were served on the grounds.
The chancel. window, and the memoir
al window to William B. Glover, we're
given by his widow, Mrs Susan Nichols
Glover. The chairs, for the chancel,
were the gift of Mrs Smith P. Glover.
The bell and the communion set were
donated by Hon :. P. Glover. The
following account Of the conservation
Of st Johns is taken from the Parish
Register Of Trinity church: "October
r. 1869 This day the new chapel at
Sandy Hook was conSecrated by the
Rt Rev John Williams, D. D., under
title of st Johns church. The request
for conservation was read by the rector
of Trinity Parish The sentence of
conservation by the Rev q. T. Wood
ruff. Morning prayer was read by the
Rev MesSrs Hoffman,, Husband, Cooley
and Ackley. The sermon was preached
by the Bishop from Elk II: 26, "What
mean We by this service?' The Bishop
was assisted in the Holy Communion
by Rev Messrs Beardsley and Stimson -
The church was frescoed in 1877, and
was redecorated in the autumn Of
1893, under the direction of commit
tee consisting of S. P. Glover. l. T.
Blackman and the rector, o. O.
Wright. The font of grey freestone
was presented by the children of the
parish in 1877. The pews were cush-
toned in 1881, and there are $50 SittingS
The ripe organ was built and placed
by George Jardine & Son. in 1888, Ed
ward T. Clark and S. Z. Glover being
the committee who made the contract.
purchased Of Edison W. Wilson. Au-
gust 26, 1881, for s2500, the amount be-
ing raised by subscriptions. The first
Rector of the parish was the Rev H.
L, Myrlck. He was called by vote of
the parish, July rs, 1880, "to become
minister in charge" And August IA,
1882, it was "voted that H. L. Myrick
be invited to become Rector of St
Johns PariSh.' So the minister in
of the Rectory was added to his sup
port. Mr. Myrick accepted the call,
August II, 1880, and resigned his rec
torship May Ia, 1884, "to take effect at
the end of the present month"
By the will Of Andrew Shelton
small sum of money was left to the
parish for the purchase Of books; and
March 26, 1888, the Rev H. l.. Myrick
was authorized to expend the same.
This was the beginning of collection
OF about 1000 good works, mostly theo-
logical and religious, with printed
catalogue. The books are still in good
condition. and useful mainly to the
Rector.
The Rev H. B. jefferson of Ionia,
Michigan, was called July Is, 1884, 'as
' minister in charge" He accepted the
call July %, 1884, and proposed to be-
gin work September II following. He
resigned April 5, 1886, to take effect
f the first of May.
The Rev A. p. Chapman of Putnam,
Conn.,, was called to be minister in
, charge, MAY 3, 1886, and remained un.
S til A rl l, 1891, having handed in bis
! resignation February 7. Mr. Chapman
o was not only faithful pastor, but die
= good work in the place by conducting
private school in the parish hall.
q The Rev OTIS OIney Wright, Rector
+ called as Rector, April ID, and entered
/, upon his duties May II, 1891, the same
being Whitsunday.
q The parish has a small endowment
c which has come to the corporation lr
the form of requests and personal gifts
=. and has been self-supporting since
1895. By reason of it's situation anc
l. environment this church has of neces
. sity been small. A few statistics viii
!; tell the story of these Is years. About
. $50 families have been registered, a!
l. having some connection with the par
l. ish. There are 1913 baptisms recorded
: ll6 have been confirmed: 81 marriages
have been reported: PA burials. The
> largest number Of families reported
any year, was IS; the smallest 40 Thu
q number Of persons has ranged from Ia
,. to 211. The number of communicate
r. has been as high as l45, and at thi
> varied from % to 100. 1t is estimated
n that about 600 souls have been connect
q ed with the parish within this period
g The total amount Of money contribut
:. ed by the people since the organiZa
D. tion Of the parish, June l, 1880. as ex
V hibited by the records, is about ZOO
'r or an average of $1,000 per year, not in
10 Guiding endowment funds. 1t has beef
. the custom to make the Rector al
u annual donation visit, sometime be
IS tween Thanksgiving and Christmas
rs The occasion is one Of social interest
re- and the gifts are free will offerings Of
80 money or goods. The whole amour
II of value received, as recorded by thu
rs several ministers, is S2645 SO, or ar
lie average Of $l05 81 for each of the 2;
r. visits. The seats in St Johns churct
rs are all free, the pews being assigned tt
r. families, or to Individuals according
( to their choice, SO far as possible, and
rs aside from the income of small fund
IS the support of the parish is by volun
J. tary offerings and subscriptions, at the
rs convenience Of the givers. There have
= never been any extremes Of church
f. manship in this parish to speak Of, ant
spirit of unity and fellowship ha
IS uniformly prevailed, while representa-
e tives of at least ten different denomin