The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-14
DUTCH CHURCH 200 YEARS old
HARLEW COLLEGIATE HAS AZ
tNNTIERslRr SFRy ICE.

Was Established I'm Present <eighbsFha atl
I'm l@8O and Like Trinity ansi the
downtown COLLEGIATE Has an sncsn,r
OF ITS Own From Land In, eat n,rnt~.
Conservative in doctrines hut up 10
date in methods aud progress ia the way
the Rev. DR. Edgar Tilton. Jr.. the paste
described the Harlem Collegiate Dutch
Church yesterday morning in a historical
sermon which formed a part OF the
church's celebration Of the ?50th ami
versary Of its founding. The interior
81 the church. Lenoy avenue and l,sd
street was decorated with American
and Dutch flags and the Dutch coat Of
arms
1t ia TO be noted in this city Of changes.
id the minister. that the Harlem Dutch
Church is now where IL was az the begin
ming in point OF location n il not where
II was in point OF usefulness. N has a
glorious history Of service. bur We are
not half so much concerned about his
tory as we are about immediate service.
This church. ON the same creed that II
began. declares with all the emphasis
il can command that u must serve social
civic and moral needs a. II has never
served them before. II must add and
enlarge the new lines
Their. WAS "a larg. congregation pres
ent in the morning at the Second Church
and again AT night at the First The
Sunday school had part in both churches
Al the morning service in tho Second
Church s. 400 was raised with which to
purchase a portable church for new fields
IN This. Bronx or elsewhere. to- he Used
until permanent buildings can be erected
han kr.,t RarI H1,IH 10 hsa
moved 10 another -night there will
be- greetings from ministers Of the Dutch
faith and later IN the week greetings
from neighboring clergymen. In. Col
leglat- Club will CIV. dinner az the Wal
dorf a week from tonight Mayor Gay
nor may he one Of the speakers
The Dutch who settled Manhattan
Island started ~ Nicholas Church IN 1928
AT the southern end Of the island and
The Society for IN. Propagation Of the
Gospel. a Church Of England organization
-till in existence. secured the us. OF the
NJ Nicholas Church basement In IL
started what ~ now Trinity parish
settlement sprang up IN which II now
Harlem a. early as 1910, and in go the
church that now celebrates its Two and
half hundred wears vas begun L.
was we'll over to- the east side. fronting
on the riv-r. and there was "A little stone
church that WAS m use for century.
A. Harlem grew h" church grew with
AN East Side work Two congregations
resulted Hence the name Collegiate.
having no reference 10 q college bat IN
IN. fact thar ministers are colleagues
In" downtown collegiate p~ople. tn"
Older one never much rcIshed the Harlem
D-opl.. taxing h" Collegiate name Tn"
IenoN avanu., church. whose @plre can
be seen from mos parts Of Harlem was
ereCt.si IN lssS, and the present minister
has h.-s.n III Charg. for a dozen years
Like Trinity and the downtown col
legiat' Dutch Church tn. Harlem toiegI-
ats Church secured land IN early tImes
Ownership IT THAT land makes ~ now
on. of IN" wealthy congregations Of the
city Its Iucom" IL sad 10 bs about
So mn, VARYING IN different years The
people now worshtppIug Their. arr. how
ever. generous and do not depend on
endowment Iaymrn IN III. Harlem
church include lanes - Shrpman. Edgar
Vanderbilt Eugene y Hand. David
Henry. William I Demare=t. George
Warren Dunn. William q CASTOR, DR.
" liam { Hands and \ ID Rockwell. Jr