Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-23
CHURCH 50 YEARS
OLD CELEBRATES
Sister Congregations in Or
anges Join in Anniversary
Exercises.

Sister churches of the Oranges
Joined yesterday in celebrating the
fftieth anniversary of the Mum Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church. East Or
ange. Clergymen from nine churches
were present After the morning
service the Rev. James NJ. Ludlow.
pastor emeritus, gave a history Of the
church. Another interesting feature
of the morning and evening services
was a soprano solo by Mrs. Grace
Davis, accompanied by Samuel p.
Warren, the church's veteran organ
list, upon small melodian, which
was the first musical instrument used
in the church.
The morning service was opened by
the Lords Prayer, pronounced by the
pastor, the Rev. Robert Brewster
Beattie. An anthem by the choir
followed, after which Dir. Ludlow.
who officiated, conducted a reading
with choir responses. The Rev.
George S. Webster offered a prayer,
while the prayer of consecrati ton was
offered by the Rev. Simon J. Nc
Pherson, who occupied the pastorate
from 1879 to 1882.
DIR. Ludlow delivered the anniver-
sary address, in which he mentioned
many interesting sidelights upon the
development of the church. and out
lined some of the experiences which
befell him while he was pastor.
Particularly he emphasized the stead
fastness with which the congregation
had held together throughout its ex-
istence. During the fifty years
since the organization of this con-
gregation there has never been the
shadow of a schism,'' he said.
Church Free of Debt.
He also spoke of the promptness
with which any of the church debts
were met in the past and declared
that it would be an impossibility for
the church to run into debt. In con-
clusion, he paid touching tribute to
the late Rev. Wilson Phraner. A
benediction by DR.. Beattie concluded
the morning service.
In the afternoon community service
Dr. Ludlow again presided. After the
scripture lesson, conducted by the
Rev. Charles B. Billiard, he intro
duced the Rev. Daniel Hunt Clare,
pastor of the Hawthorne Avenue Bap-
fist Church, East Orange. DR.. Clare
commented on the calm, unruffied air
which. he said, all Presbyterians
habitually wore, and wondered what
made them look so sleek and pros
porous. He laughingly suggested a
coat-of-arms for them, the motto of
which was to be, II am pretty well, l
thank thee.
The Rev. Ferdinand @. Blanchard,
pastor of the Grove Street Congre-
gational Church was the next
speaker introduced. He expressed
his firm belief in the future, not only
of the Mum Avenue Church, but OF
the church as a whole. The Rev. DR.,
Fred Clare Baldwin. of the Calvary
M e. Church, East Orange, congratu-
lated the church and all those con-
nected with 1t upon fifty years of
vigorous life, and told of the inter-
est in the Mum Avenue Church
taken by neighboring congregations
and of their desire to cooperate with
it for the con1mon good.
Praises Missionary Work.
The Rev. Charles E. Hutchinson,
of Christ Church, East Orange, re-
lated how, when the old wooden
building occupied by his congrega-
ton twenty odd years ago, blew
down in a violent storm the first
offer of assistance came from the
Mum Avenue Church. He congratu-
lated the church upon its high
Christian ideals and upon its mis-
sionary work.
Others who spoke were the Rev.
Robert Russell Wicks. of the Airing
ton Avenue Presbyterian Church, an
off-shoot of the Mum avenue edi-
flee, who made a powerful appeal for
religious education; the Rev James
F. Riggs, of the Brick Presbyterian
Church; the Rev. David o. Irving. of
the Bethel Presbyterian Church, East
Orange, and the Rev. Charles Town
send, pastor of the "Old First" Pres
byterian Church, Orange.
A prayer by the Rev Charles F.
Patterson, of the Central Presbyter-
ian Church, and a benediction by Or.
Beattie, concluded the service. DR..
Beattie read a cablegram from the
Rev. John Douglass Adam, express
ing regrets that he was unable to be
present and conveying his best
wishes. DR.. Beattie announced that
the fund in the church treasury was
now large enough to permit the build
ing of manse on the property next
to the church, with the certainty of
being able to erect a chapel there at
a future date.