Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-22
CENTRAL NJ {.
TO HAVE S|XT|ETH
THANKSGIVING
Present Pastor, One of Most
Popular Divines, Has Guided
Church Thirteen Years.

In commemoration of the fact that
on Thanksgiving Day, 1850, the chapel
of the Central Methodist Episcopal
Church, In Market, near Mulberry
street, was formally dedicated, and that
a year later, on November q, also
Thanksgiving Day, the present church
was opened with formal exercises by
the Rt. Rev. Bishop Waugh, of Mary
land, and Bishop Foster, of New Jer-
sey, the present congregation, in honor
of the double historical event and the
coming of Thanksgiving Day his week
have decided to celebrate the birth of
the chapel and church next Sunday.
The present popular pastor, the Rev.
DIR. William II. Morgan, who Is closing
a thirteen years ministry at the
| church, is arranging an interesting an
n~iversary program, and several other
prominent clergymen will take part in
the exercises. The choir, under the
Thomas, will also provide an excep-
tional musical bill. The Sabbath
school in the afternoon Will duly CON
menorate the event and the Young
Peoples Society, the Epworth League
and the members of the Ladies' Aid
Society will also assist In making the
anniversary celebration impressive.
The history of the church, to a large
degree, annals the progress Of Meth
odism in this city. and the growth Of
the "Old Central" in lieu Of its being
for years in the heart of the loca
Mulberry bend section. has achieved
a remarkable prosperity. The often
heard expression of Or. Morgan's
church by local churchmen demon
strates the loyal intimacy that exists
between the congregation and the pas.
tor.
Cornerstone Laid sixty Years Ago..
On September 8, 1850. Bishop He'd
ding, assisted by the Rev. DIR. Kennedy,
of Brooklyn, n. Y, laid the corner
stone of the present edifice. AS work
was pushed on the building its COM
pletion was rapid, and on Thanksgtv-
ing Day, November 27, 1851, it was for
mally dedicated. The officiating divines
were the Rt. Rev. Bishop Waugh, who
preached the dedication sermon; the
Rev. DIR. Jesse i. Peck, who made an
address at the afternoon session, and
the Ri. Rev. Bishop Foster, who de-
livered a discourse in the evening. The
chapel, which was begun shortly after
the laying of the church cornerstone
was finished, equipped interiorly and
dedicated on Thanksgiving Day, 1850
just n year prior to the main church
The interior of the latter Is both roomy
and attractive, and the Newark dis
trict Conference sessions were held IN
the church last April. The pastors
who have served the flock in succession
have been the Rev. DR.. d. F. Kidder,
1919; the Rev. J. 3. Walzeley, 1850; the
Rev. Wesley Kenny, 1855; the Rev. l.
r. Dunn, 1854; the Rev. W. Tunison,
1856; the Rev. D. ID. Lore, 1858; the Rev,
r. l.. Dashed, 1860; the Rev. j. 7.
Crane, 1862; the Rev. L. r.. Dunn. 1864
the Rev. j. K. Burr. 1867; the Rev. r
r. Meredith, 1870; the Rev. Alfred
Goodman, 1871: the Rev. G. S. Hare
1872; the Rev. Henry Spellmeyer, 1875,
the Rev. w. V. Kelley, 1878; the Rev
James B. Brady, 1881; the Rev. Henry
Spellmeyer, 1884; the Rev. Ferdinand
c.. Iglehart, 1887; the Rev. ]. r. Bryan
1891; the Rev. Henry Spellmeyer, 1892
who succeeded to a b%ishopcy, and the
present pastor, the Rev. DR.. Morgan
who came here in 1897.
The early life-history of the latter
shows that he was not born with tn,
proverbial "silver spoon in his mouth
for at the age of IL years he became
an apprentice at the steel works a
Ironton, o. He was born at Whitor
Park, England. on January is, 1861
and came to his country with his par
ents in September, 1870, locating a
Ironton. He remained in the employ
of the steel works until 1883, when h,
resigned his position to enter the Ohio
University. Completing a two-years
course at that institution in 1885. HI
entered Hamline College, of Minnesota
from which he was graduated in June
1889.
He later completed his theological
studies al the Drew Theological Semi
nary at Madison, this State, and II
1893 became the pastor of the Methods
Church at Mendham. His next charg,
was the Central Church. this city.
One of the Most Popular Dlvlnes.
He has proven one of the most popu
lar divines that have held the pastor
ate, and his term of thirteen years Ii
an unprecedented one in the history o
the local Methodist denomination. Thu
Rev. DR.. Henry Spellmeyer, who late
became a bishop, during his three term
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