The Newtown bee., 1907-10-11
St Johns Church INTERESTING FACTS IN ITS
 HISTORY,
 As Narrated by E. L. Johnson.

Mir Editor. Although over an hour s time was given to reading from the his torical paper prepared for Trinity $ 175th anniversary, less than one-third of this paper was read on anniversary day. Thinking it may be of interest to the young people of the town, and to those of St Johns church in particular, space is asked in the columns of our local paper for that part of the story relating to causes that led to the with drawal of that portion of Trinity parish represented by Episcopalians in Sandy Hook and the organization, develop ment and growth of St Johns church as it is given in the historical paper. II Ezra L. Johnson.
 On the twenty-second day of Febru- ary, 1868, a proposition was made by Smith P. Glover and James H. War her. commitments of Trinity church and residents of Sandy Hook, in re- gard to the building of a church edifice in Sandy Hook for the use of Episco- palians in accordance with the usages and canons of the Episcopal church in the United States. The proposition reads as follows:
 To the members of Trinity parish, Newtown: We the subscribers holding in trust certain funds under the will of William B. Glover, late. of this town, pledge ourselves to said parish to ap- propiate said funds to the building of church edifce to be erected on the Gilbert place in Sandy Hook for the use of Protestant Episcopalians. The edifce to be completed within the time limited in said will, and when the building is thus completed to cause the title of said lot with the edifce thereon, to become vested in said par ish of Trinity church as trustee, the promises to be held in trust as provid- ed in said will. With the understand ing that the erection of said church edifice is to be under the direction and supervision of said parish and that the parish may draw on us to the extent of the funds in our hands, such sum or sums from time to time as may become necessary to carry out the object and intention of the testator. - Smith P. Glover, James Warner trustees.
 Newtown. February P, 1868.
 Trinity parish accepted the proposi- tion and appointed Charles Warehouse, Smith P. Glover, James H. Warner, Frederick Chambers and Eli J. Morris committee to superintend the erection and building of the church edifce, with instructions that they were not to ex- pend sum greater in building said church than the amount of the trust fund. So it was that the present church edifce was erected in 1868 in accordance with the conditions of the will of William B. Glover and with the sanction of Trinity parish with which at that time the Episcopalians in the east part of the town were connected.
 St Johns church is thus an off, spring of Trinity church and the move ment which eliminated in the organi- zation of the church may be said to have been commenced when Mrs Su- san Nichols Glover, herself descend ant in direct line of Rev John Beach and the wife of William B. Glover, who was descendant in direct line of John Glover, who was the first warden of the Church of England in Newtown, feeling the need of personal local Sun day school work in Sandy Hook, gath cred children together in her home and taught them from the Bible, from the Cathechism and the Prayer Book, truths that might lead them to grow up to lead sober, righteous and godly life. This beginning was in the opening time of 1864. As number and interest increased, the school was re- moved to an upper room of an adja- cent building, where not only Sunday school instruction was given but ser vices also were held from time to time, until the church edifce was completed. The first regular mission work of the church in Sandy Hook was conducted by Rev William w. Ackley, assistant minister of Trinity church, under Rev Dr Marble. He resigned as assistant minister in November 1873, to take up ministerial work elsewhere. Rev Fran cis W. Barnett succeeded Rev MT Ack- ley as assistant at Trinity. He was