The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-08
ST. PAULS WILL
COMMEMORATE IS
YEARS. PROGRESS
M. E. Church Has PrOspered I'm.
der Passionate of the
Rev. DR.. O'Donnell.
GOV. FORT ONCE HEAD OF
ITS SUNDAY SCHOOL
Congregation First Worshipped
in Hall-Has Had % Pas
tors Since Organizing.

The nfty-hf,h anniversary of st.
Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, of
which the Rev. DR.. William c. O'Don-
nell is pastor, will be celebrated to-
morrow. The anniversary ceremonies
will continue Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.
The special service tomorrow MORN
ing will commence at 1880 o'clock.
There will be special music, which
will include an anniversary hymn com-
posed by Mrs. Franklin Murphy, wife
of the former Governor of New Jersey.
1t was written for a former occasion,
the fftieth anniversary of the church,
and will be sung again by special re-
quest.
Thu anniversary sermon will be
preached by the Rev. Henry Baker.
of Middletown, Conn. DR.. Baker was
twice pastor of st. Paul's Church. His
first pastorate was in 1879, and thirteen
years later he was recalled.
There win be a Sunday school ses-
sion in the afternoon, and an anniver-
sary program will be rendered. This
will be followed by an Epworth League
rally, over which George Curtin, jr..
president of the league. will preside,
In the evening the Rev. Lyman Whit
ney Allen. pastor of South Park Pres
byterian Church, will preach on In
terdenominational Fellowship" DIR.
Baker will follow with a talk on
Methodist Methods and Men" Special
music will also be rendered at the
evening service. Special anniversary
collections viii be taken up at each
service.
On Tuesday evening William w.
Howe, of East Orange, a former worker
in st. Paurs, will have charge of the
anniversary prayer meeting.
The Ladies' Union will serve supper
in the church parlors Wednesday and
Thursday afternoon and evening. In
the evening a reception will be held.
Progress Under Pastor.
DR.. O'Donnell is the twenty-third
clergyman to assume the pastorate Of
st. Paul's Church. He was called from
Jersey City in April of last year. I'm
der his ministry the year past has
been a prosperous one. Satisfactory
work has been accomplished in every
j department of the church, and there
has been a noticeable increase in the
4 liclIOSISIlpg WIllCl IOudy 10 Ouu.
st. Paul's Church was organized on
February .. 1853. 1t was then called
the Broad Street M. E.. Church. The
original membership was 122. Three oil
the original members are living. They
are Mrs. Sarah M. Carhuff, Miss Phebe
Hancock and Mrs. Lucy A. Miller.
They are still connected with the
church.
The first services were held in a
hall. The first sermon was preached
by the Rev. Chauncey Shaffer, who vas
called to the first pastorate. Elias
Francis and Charles Campbell were
the first Sunday school superintend-
ents.
The chapel of the new church was
opened on December 20, of the same
year.
1t cost 500 0 The cornerstone of
the present church was laid October 26,
1854. Two years later it was dedicated
by Bishops Simpson, Pierce and James.
The first peYs in the church were
rented on July Is, 1862. The renting of
the pews occasioned comment. for it
was a new innovation.
In 1866 the name of the church was
changed to st. Paul's M. Il. Church.
The present parsonage was built in
1868.
ST. Paul's Pastors.
The following clergymen have been
pastors of the church during the past
ifty-fve years: The Rev. Chauncey
Shaffer, the Rev. William p. Corbit,
the Rev. Henry Cox, the Rev. Dallas
ID. Lore, the Rev. Ralph S. Arndt, the
Rev. Newton Heston, the Rev. John
I IJorI1, tAn D1xr NTfaIaaI II TNIIfrA,
the Rev. Robert L. Dashiell, the Rev.
Robert r. Meredith, the Rev. Otis II.
Tiffany, the Rev. Charles N. Sims, the
Rev. Albert D.. Vail, the Rev. Henry
Baker, the Rev. stephen L. Baldwin,
the Rev. Jacob Todd, the Rev. J. Rich
ards Boyle, the Rev. Charles w. Par
sons. the Rev. Henry Baker, the Rev.
Jonathan Meeker, the Rev. r. Prescott
Frost. the Rev. Lincoln A. Ferris and
the Rev. William c. O'Donnell.
Fort Head of Its Sunday school.
Among those who have been Sunday
school superintendent are the present
Governor of New Jersey, John Frank
lin Fort; Theodore Runyon, James S.
Shaw. Edward II. Colyer and Edward
Mccormack.
The present officers of st. Paul's
Church are: Board of trustees. Eugene
Unger, president; Clarence A. Leonard,
treasurer; board of stewards, Herbert
r. Crane, president; committee on let
ting pews. Egbert Tamblyn. chairman;
Sunday school, Egbert ]. Tamblyn, SUI
perintendent; Miss Josephine /. Bald
win, junior superintendent; Mrs. G. i.
c. Smith. primary superintendent; Mrs.
r.. S. Schmidt, beginners superintend-
ent; Mrs. w. N. Woodland, superin-
tendent home department.; Epworth
League, George Curtin, jr, president;
Mrs. William l.. Ross, superintendent
Junior League; Ladies' Union. Mrs.
Alexander Milne. president; Women's
Foreign Missionary Society, Mrs. Eu-
gene Unger, president; Women's Home
Missionary Society, Mrs. Charles E..
Coffin, president; Mems Club, Walter
b. Day, president; James P~hilipson, or
ganist; William n. Searles, jr., pre-
centor; Charles Stiles, sexton.