The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

CLINTON M. E. CHURCH IS
Sc YEARS OLD.
Celebration Will Begin Tomorrow with
the Rev. w. c. Kinsey in Charges
Former Pastors to Take Part.

WHITEHDUSE, Oct. 19.-Prepara-
tons for the celebration of the sixty
sixth anniversary of the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Clinton, near here
beginning tomorrow and continuing
through the week, are complete. TIT
exercises will be under the direction OF
the pastor. the Rev. Walter c. kinsey,
and it is expected that nearly all of the
former pastors will be present and take
an active part in the celebration. Inc
church has had ~thirty-seven pastors, OF
whom but ten are living. The ReV.
William N. Searles. of Ardsley, N. T.,
and the Rev. William Mccain, Of New
ton. have sent regrets.
The services will be inaugnrated ON
Sunday at 0 a.. m. with a love feast,
which WILDE followed by a sermon by
a former pastor. the Rev. Olin j.. Colt.
The Sunday school will hold a rally III
the afternoon, and at the evening serv-
ice the Rev. C. c. Winans will preach.
On Monday the Wesley Brotherhood
will hold a rally and the Rev. DR.. e. I.
Robertson. pastor of the Monroe Avenue
Methodist Episcopal Church in Plain
field. will deliver an address on "Es-
se~ntials."
On Tuesday and Wednesday the min
isterial convention of the western di-
vision of the Elizabeth district Will be
held. with the Rev. DR.. DAME Halleron,
of Newark, the presiding elder, in
charge. On Tuesday evening the Rev.
DIR. Homer StultZ. a returned mission
airy from the Philippines, will tell OF
religious conditions in the Islands.
Wednesday night the Rev. DIR. Robert
Forbes, of Philadelphia, will make an
address.
Thursday will be "Old Home Day."
when there will be a reunion of former
pastors and members of the church,
with services at II a. m. and 2:3O and
1870 d. m. Dinner and supper will be
served in the church. The speakers will
be a former presiding elder, the Rev.
DR.. George w. Smith, and the Rev. j.
b. Taylor, the Rev. Sylvanus d..
Decker. the Rev. j. o. Winner, the Rev.
e. H. Conklin and the Rev. Andrew
Henry. former pastors.
On Friday afternoon and evening
there will be an Epworth League rally,
with the Rev. DR.. George G. Wilding,
of Paterson, as the speaker. His topic
will be ''Steer Clear of the Rocks"
Sunday, October 81, will be the close
of the anniversary. The Rev. w. H.
Ruth, a former pastor, will preach the
in the morning. At night there
will be a union service of the churches
of the town, with con~gratulatory re-
by their pastors.
Just when Methodist meetings were
first held in Clinton cannot be positively
although it may be estimated
that the first class was formed there at
about 1880, when Methodist meetings
were held in a stone schoolhouse. In
1889 an organization was effected and
a building put up. The Rev. Mr.. Wig
gins was the preacher in charge and
Nehemiah Clinton leader of the class.
In 1912 Walter Burrows was presiding
elder, Nathaniel Megroningall class
leader. the Rev. DIR. George Banghart
the preacher in charge and Richard
Van Horn the junior, or assistant,
preacher. In 1914 the Clinton charge
included Allentown. ~Cokesbury, Leb-
anon. L~ebanonville, Mount Lebanon,
GAINESVILLE, Bethlehem and Mountain
vile. In that year the preachers in
charge were the Rev. Edward Page and
the Rev. Samuel e. Post; from 1S45 to
1856, the Rev. Manning Force, the Rev.
John Fort. the Rev. George Banghart,
the Rev. T. II. Stokes, the Rev. ]. P.
Mccormick, the Rev. Rodney Winans
and the Rev. J. n. Crane. In 1869 the
house of worship now in use was
erected.