Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-11
TO FITTINGL.Y END
CELEBRATION OF
ITS 18Th BIRTHDAY
St. PauI's M. E. Church Will
Have Special Commemorative
Services Tomorrow.

Following a series of special services
which nave been held during the week
to commemorate the ffty-eighth ami
versary of st. Paul's M. e. Church, at
Broad and Marshall streets, this city,
tomorrow at both services the cele-
bration will be brought to a fitting
close by the preaching of the anniver-
sary ermons by the Rev. 7. P. Frost,
of Evanston, H., a former pastor Of
the church. The present incumbent,
the Rev. William C. O'Donnell, will also
lake part in the services.
The music, under the direction of
James Philipson. the chorister and or
ganist, will be especially elaborate. and
the s~oloists will include Mrs. Florence
Mulford Hunt. the talented contralto
artist, and Willard G. Ward, a noted
yocalist of Brooklyn. In the afternoon
the Sabbath school, led by Homer j.
Diefendorf, the superintendent, will
provide an appropriate anniversary
program.
The intermediate department will be
in charge of Mrs. Walter II. Jamou-
a and the junior classes. Miss
Josephine L. Baldwin.
The history of st. Paul's Church
dates bach to 1858, when the parish was
instituted. 1t was when Newark was
still In Its swaddling clothes, so far
al a large population was concerned,
and long before the citizens dreamed
that 1t woul eventually become q city
of churches. Still. at that time the
centre of population was located below
High street and eastward beyond the
lines of Ferry street, and. as st. Paul
Church was erected in the heart of the
fashionable quarter, 1t soon became a
power In local Methodism.
It. Massive Stone Towers.
Tho architectural ines of the church
when completed, with the two massive
stone overs and broad cathedral-win-
dowed front that graced the edifice,
was In perfect harmony with the
neighborly residences that surrounded
the structure. St. Paul's Church grew
In numbers and expanded in finances,
becoming one of the few big Methodist
congregations In this city.
The list of pastors who have served
the church Is a long one, but we will
simply mention the predecessor of DR..
O'Donnell, the Rev. Lincoln A. Ferris.
The present condition of the church Is
most fiattering, despite the uptown
movement, and the finances are in ex-
cellent shape.
The officers of the congregation who
have aided largely in the upbuilding
of the church are: Board of trustees,
Esbert J. Tamblyn, president, and Her.
bert r. Crane, treasurer; stewards. AL
bert Chairman Pedrick president.
The Sabbath school officers are: H. ].
D~iefendorf, superintendent; Miss Bald
win, Mrs. J~amouneau, Mrs. c.. e.
Smith, Miss Helen B.. Shaw and Miss
Mary q. Winans. The officers of the
Epworth League, Miss Pear Osborne,
president, and Mrs. William H. Ross.
superintendent of the Junior League:
the Ladies' Union, Mrs. Alexander
Milne. president; the Women's Foreign
Missionary Society. Mrs. Frank X.
Huff. president; the Women's Homo
Missionary Society. Mrs. Charles e.
Coffin: Mems Club, Benjamin G.. Simp-
son, president. The sexton is Charles
Stiles.
Mrs. Hunt. who is the church ~soloist,
is a lyric artist and a former member
of the Berlin Opera Company. Since
her sixteenth birthday she has been
devoted to music. She possesses a
voice of rare ichness and tone, and
has peer heard in many of the most
difficult compositions of the masters.