Perth Amboy evening news., 1914-12-31
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
New Brunswick, Dec. 31:-The
members and those interested in old
Trinity church, of Woodbridge, and
St. James church, Piscataway, for
merly known as Pitcatoqua, assem-
bled at the Hotel Klein last night for
commemorative dinner to celebrate
| the founding of the two churches,
Trinity in the morning and st. James
| In the afternoon, by Rev. George
! Keith December 80, 1902.
DR.. Henry Gale Clifford. rector OF
| ST. James, was the POSTMASTER. Rev.
E. w. Hall, of St. Johns, New
| Brunswick, asked the blessing. Seat
ed at the table in the center with
| him were the other speakers. In his
| opening remarks DR.. Clifford spoke
| of "Our Birthday Party Tonight,
and said PIP years ago there appear
| ed one of the most remarkable men,
| Rev. George Keith a Quaker preach
er and writer. The Quakers at that
time owned majority of both East
and West Jersey. Mr.. Keith became
| dissatisfied with their order and or
| ganized what he termed the Chris
| tian or Kethian Quakers. He then
went back to England and was con-
ftrmed and ordained by the Bishop
| of London and returned to America
| as a missionary for the Society for
| the Propagation of the Gospel In
| Foreign Parts, known as the S. P.
G. On the vessel he met Rev. John
| Talbot, who became interested in
him and the two were the first mis-
sionaries in the colonies for the So
ciety. Mr.. Keith first preached in
! Queens chapel, Boston, and then
came to Middlesex county, which was
then one of the four counties of New
| Jersey frst to be settled by the Eng
lish with Woodbridge and Piscato-
qua, now Piscataway, as the leading
| townships. He referred most pleas
antly to the birthday OF the two
churche1 coming on the same day
and the fact that Trinity of Wood
| bridge, st. James, Piscataway, and
| St. Johns, Elizabeth, were the repre-
sentatives of the Kethrian Colonial
church, st. Johns being founded In
November, 1903.
| DR.. Clifford then introduced Rev.
| Littleton E. Hubbard, of St. Johns
Elizabeth, who opened his remarks
i to his Fellow Kethrian's." taking
up the history where DR.. Clifford
stopped. by referring to John Brooks
who followed Mr.. Keith. Telling
how Mr.. Brooks had borrowed money
from his sister and had given ten
/ pounds each to Trinity, st. James,
st. Johns and St. Peters OF Perth
Amboy, stating that the congrega-
1 ton was larger at Piscataway than
at Perth Amboy, but where some of
the people were very pious. The
church at Woodbridge In 1922 Is said
to have been made Of clapboards nail
| ed together in sorry manner, and
while at Piscataway there were
swarms of anti-pedobaptists
| Dr. Clifford then introduced his
son, Rev. Frank Dean Clifford, OF
Trinity church, by saying that the
two churches for years had often
been under the one rector, but that
now it was in one family. Mr..
clifford most humorously offered his
congratulations to his fathers parish
saying it was the first time he had
| been able to consider his father as
his junior but being proud that
| Trinity was one-half day the senior
OF St. James.
] Dean Robbins, dean of the Gener-
al Theological Seminary of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church, was the
next speaker. He said he had never
heard of the Kethian Colonial
church, but was very glad to meet
them. He also spoke of the differ
ence between the academic and
parochial life.
Those present from Woodbridge
were: Rev. F. D. Clifford, Mr.. and
Mrg II Invo Mr. and Mra TOna q