The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-09

ing all this, his tremendous power OF worh
strong will and indomitable perseverance
were not in the slightest degree redundan
or snperauous, but were all needel
for the burden which Divine Providene
had given him to bear The lives of tn
sons have proved the worth of their boy
hood training.
after his school days were over h
studied medicine and graduated in tn
Jefferson Medical College, at Philadel
phia. But his heart was in the church
and before he was % his work began here
in Newark, first as a deacon in the Prot
lestant Episcopal Church, and afterwards
in the priesthood of the church in which
he died in honor and dignity.
Except while away as a student, o.
visiting, the best fifty years of his lif'
were devoted to the welfare of our city
1t was not merely in his profession thai
he was a public man. Every profession
works for the good of the public, whether
a mans life be spent as the servant OF
justice and the law in the battle against
wrong and injustice. Or as the servant OF
| health in the battle against disease and
death, or as the minister of the church in
the combat for the souls of men. The pro-
LESSONS are great, but a mans sphere
must go outside of his profession and
outside of professional work to deserve
public monument and to make a place In
the hearts of the people.
when he came here Newark was what
| we should now call a small town. 1t had
but 10000 people in 1850 and 10000 in 1860,
and perhaps 10000 in 1866. Stores were
only sprinkled among the residences that
were found all along Broad street, espe-
cially OF the parks. l was 8 to Z years
old at that time, when l first saw his
still rosy and boyish face at the hospitable
home. now the Essex Club, where his
brother afterwards found his wife.
And through life the children of Joel W.
Condit remained his devoted friends, that
family of warm hearts and active minds.
Three of the sisters, Mrs. Doane. MISS
Margaret Condlt and Mrs. Thomas 7. KIN
ney, have left this world only within Il
few months.
I'm 1855 came the revolution in his pro-
f%essional life when he left the church of
his fathers and became a Roman Catholic.
For some years he studied abroad, in ST.
Sulpice, Paris, and the Colegio Pho Mt
Rome. He became assistant at st. Pat
rick's Cathedral, then rector of the parish.
and continued in charge till his death.
Then came the times of the Civil War.
May 10, 1861, he was mustered into United
oAdtSS SeINitt as thapldlu VI luz ttIst
Brigade of New Jersey Volunteers, and
served faithfully until mustered out with
them, in July. He answered the first call
for his country's need, and did what he
could.
"In the later struggles Of the war we
were ant to forget how much we owed
tn tbe frst dafendars who do,,hted NOT
b,,t snrang n Inc defense of the nation
and saved tbe canitoI whep tba North
u,os aIIad v,;th sx,nna+hv min, roha,,,o,
"a ,a,t,n,ouo 80 ~ aa W. a. ant
- 80 ~. - -
ao,see nov 'nse ne %"s oie " eno'e ""
~ lie /" "neu eelo,Ae Ca. -
were iee"eu. men ne re,urneu 10 Ms
work mere Prooaoiy the slight iamehess
from Whlch ne sufIered theh as la'el I'M
htted him for continuous work as n soldier.
We recognize MIN as one OF the build
eIs vi Jul srea.er tewarh, - VIII men
as WIZ hatohs-lhcse are pes. reineh-
Deieo tna nav nioiuniehts oeliir men
me memory OF COUNTESS nliilions VINO ulu
their part IN the strusgles OF me mas
passeo away' IL u 'ne ouiuers mat we
ienaeinpeit
II ueatn ol Neorse H. Doane l was
iecaieu LOW sreal,a snare ne n"u hau
~ Tue puhulhs VI Inc CITY, not ohiy III aus
chulciies ana cnufch puliuinss, put III ue
ellarseiueht oi the postomce' the repulu-
lns o. our ponce stations, IN 81. Mlchael :
fdospltai, III tne Fuoic Library tne new
LILY 1iali, III me ne" Court flouse' anu
most o, all, IN the creation OF our system
Vi pubic PARKS
1T Is as one OF the under of the
greater Newark tina we honor him here
today. It Is because OF the wealth OF his
sympathy for all that would bring good
to the people whom he loved. One has
10 wonuer now ne coulu 40 SO mucn' lie
vas ~ " great oIa'of' UT ~ontroversiai
,se' az was sinlpiy never lule' we All
hhe" the pussy IN WHICH, with ms itue
peg oos' ne was always orlvins ABOUT our
streets' stopping mere ana there 10 speak
10 d irlenu' VISITING une poor ana SICK, or
pehl on some errafd OF mercy or public
peien''
IL was part or the greatness of his
character that he could so keep up his
with all stations and ranks in
life, with all shades of belief. with all
branches Of learning and culture. His
letters TO the Sunday Call were a cease
less effort to bring others into these
pleasures and sympathies, to set forth
the Simple lie, 70 md pleasure in the
trees and flowers, the dogwood in the
spring ana the Foliage in the fall, to get
OUT OF themselves and carking cares into
lne country and TO bring something of
the country into the town. Some Of these
letters nave been gathered in a volume,
and the subjects tell of his interests:
Essex County Parks 'Dogwood Bios
SONS, RhododendroEs and the daffodils
OF the poem, A System of Pathways
ROBIN Redbre0st,' and the new postofhce
lynrl Tsnnna IL rwrn1 z.I.