The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-31

UP for her accommodation n on
Sunday, November IL, 1866, the first
church service was held in that room,
the Rev. DIR. Craven, of the Third
Presbyterian Church, officiating. The
Sunday school then became a Mis-
SION and the following month weekly
prayer meetings were organized, which
have continued ever since.
In the early part of 1866 sufficient
funds were raised the LAND on
which the present church stands was
purchased. On June Is. 1867, ground
was broken and on September Ia the
| cornerstone was laid for the chapel.
On June 81. 1868. the chapel was dedi-
Gated by the pastor of the third
church. On the day of the dedication
a committee of the Presbytery of Pas
safe met and formally organized the
church, with a membership of thirty
seven. Charles B. Northup and H. C..
Burnet were chosen, ordained and in
stalled as the ruling elders of the
church.
First Pastors oman
At a congregational meeting held on
July 27, 1868. the Rev. Walter Condit
was unanimously called to the pastor
ate. He served for four years. There
was a little romance connected with
the first pastor, as he met, wooed and
married Miss Burnet. They were only
married about a year when Mrs. Con-
dit died. Her death cast a deep gloom
over the church FOR which she had
worked so hard n faithfully. A
memorial window was placed in the
church in her honor.
The second pastor was the Rev.
| George Brayton, who was installed on
October 25, 1872. He died June 8, 1878.
On the first Sunday in June. 1874, the
Rev. DIR. Hopwood was installed. From
the very first day the work of Cal
vary Church began to grow. Three
weekly services of prayer were begun,
i. e., the Tuesday evening, the ladies on
Saturday afternoon and the Young
Peoples on Sunday evening, before the
regular church service.
A Woman's Missionary Society. the
first of it's kind, was organized. In adj
dition to that the church has main
IAlIltu d piDle i0ooCt al tbO tArJ ~
Calcutta, India. A little heather was
adopted in Calcutta by the church and
she was given the name of Adelaide
Burnet. She received a splendid edu-
cation and has done missionary work
among her own people.
In the first ten years Of DIR. Hop
woods pastorate 2S6 members were
added to the church and 100 on con-
fession of faith. During that same
period DIR. Hopwood officiated at 12o
funerals, not all of them, however,
being members of his church.
Built Present Church.
In 1880 tbs congregation had grown
so large that the necessity for a
larger church was felt and a meeting
was held and a subscription list was
opened and with the aid of the COM
mittee Of church extension of the Pres
bytery of Newark, three years later
the work of building the present
church was started, n on Tune %,
1884. the edifce was dedicated. The
pastor preached the sermon. in which
he gave an excellent history of the
church.
On Sunday, June 6, DR.. Hopwood
will celebate his thirty-ffth anniver-
sary as pastor and there will be a
special service. On Tuesday. June 8,
there will be a prayer n praise meet
ing, and on Wednesday, June 9. an en-
tertainment, invocation. with con-
gratulatory addresses by a number of
clergyrnen, concluding with a reception.
In another yea DR.. Hopwood will
celebrate the iftieth anniversary of his
entrance into the ministry, as he was
granted a license to preach in 1860. DR..
Hopwood, who is one of the best
known citizens of Newark, will be rs
years old in November, and Is a we'll
nraSarx1ad man fnr his wears !