Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
REV. DR.. BISHOP TO
Be BURIED SUNDAY
Pastor Emeritus and Editor
Dies Suddenly in East
Orange.

Funeral services for Rev. DR..
George S. Bishop, pastor emeritus
! of the First Reformed Church, East
Orange, who died suddenly last night
at his home, 20 Burnett street south,
East Orange, will be held on Sunday
afternoon at o'clock in the First
Reformed Church. The pastor, Rev.
w. Warren Giles, will officiate, as
sisted by DR.. James E. Riggs, pastor
of Brick Presbyterian Church. East
Orange; Rev. DIR. John Fulton Pat
terson, pastor of Central Presbyte-
rian Church, Orange; Rev. Charles T.
Valley, rector of Grace Episcopal
Church, Orange, and Rev. Robert
Brewster Beattie, pastor Of the Mum
Avenue Presbyterian Church, East
Orange, and Rev. Charles e. Hutchi-
son, rector of Christ Episcopal
Church. East Orange. Interment will
be in Rosedale Cemetery.
Rev. DR.. Bishops death was due-to
heart disease, superinduced by an at
tack of Indigestion. When he felt the
attack coming on he lay down on.
bed fully dressed. He never rose
again. With him when the end came
were his wife, his eldest son and the
attending physician.
DR.. Bishops death marks the fourth
to occur among clereymen of the
Oranges within a month. His death
closely followed those of Bishop
Thomas Bowman. senior bishop of
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church,
East Orange; Rev. John p. Callaghan,
rector of Our Lady Help of Chris
tians' Catholic Church, that city, and
Rev. John II. Travis, pastor of the
Calvary Baptist (negro) Church.
DIR. Bishop was one of the oldest
clergymen in the Oranges. He had
been in declining health for the past
two years. His illness took a turn
for the worse two months ago. Since
that time he had been obliged to
remain indoors, but declined to take
to his bed.
Church's First Pastor.
Until his retirement from active
| church work DIR. Bishop was the first
and only pastor of the First Reformed
| Church, He retired in 1907. He was
| familiar figure in the streets of
East Orange and was always recog-
nized by means of peculiar hat
which he was never seen to be with
out.
While pastor of Brick Presby-
| terrain Church, East orange. DR..
| Bishop and a number of members dis
| agreed with the management OF the
affairs of the organization and with
drew. The result was the organiza-
| ton of the First Reformed Dutch
! Church. At first, under the leader
ship of DIR. Bishop, the organization
was effected May IL, 1875, and the
! first place of worship was In the
Lyric Hall building, still standing at
| the corner of Main and North Har-
rison streets. Steps were taken for the
| erection of the church, in which
movement DR.. and Mrs. Bishop gave
| considerable financial assistance.
! Born in Rochester, N. Y, on June
| 2S, 1885, DIR. Bishop was the. son of
! William S. Bishop, a Presbyterian
| elder and also State Senator from
| New York. He was descended from
old Puritan stock In 1858 DR.. Bishop
/ graduated with honors from Amherst
| College. For three years he taught
| in Williston Seminary. He was grad
uated from the Princeton Theological
| Seminary in 1864 Thirteen years
later he obtained his degree of d. d.
at Rutgers.
Editor of Church Organ.
DR.. Bishops first charge was the
Second Presbyterian Church, Tren-
ton. From 1864 until 1866 he occupied
| the pulpit there, but later became
| pastor of the Calvary Church, New
burg, where he served for six years.
| In 1872 DIR. Bishop received and ac-
copied a call to the old Brick Pres
| byterian Church, Main and Prospect
streets, East Orange. Here he re-
manned until the organization of the
| First Church.
| DIR. Bishop was well known as a
writer and was editor of the Sewer
and Gospel Field, the organ of the
board of publication of the Dutch