The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-10-20

The sixtieth anniversary Of the
Church of the Redeemer was oossis, .e,
ed Sunday and Monday Win spee.nl
services Bishop Edwin 5. Lines, 2
d., of Newark, preached at tne oun
day morning service ana the ie''s,' -, ;
Rev. Barrett P. Tyler, dellVereu g.
historical sermon IN the e'ena p a.
Monday evening Bishop Llnes maui
an address at parish receps'en
Bishop Lines at the morning seiVioe
urged upon the congrega'lon tue ne
cessity of a new cnurcn. we a.
/. living in a new world,' he said, "and
old truths must be presented IN
naw wav and old people must be
Thought of as being young or new.
All these things mean tnat tue equlb
mant and conditions in the cnurch
m,ust change The church building,
he went on to say, had been tue
church home for more IMAM one Sen n+
era tion and it was imperative that
h'1ilding Of other material should be
arected He realized, he said, that
tbe Euronean war might have an ef-
feet unon immediate building for 1t
would have it's effect upon every ma
lion nnon the face of the globe. but
the war Will euQ dho
arrive" he hastened to say.
He urged further that "a new church
when bui0t should not be the idea
alone of an architect for the latter
ha said as the professional musicians
in a. church injured the praise OF Goa
also injured the effect of the church.
Thore should be a feeling about the
church of being at home. He said ne
had read with interest the Memoir
10 namnhlet published and distributed
NV the church containing the history
of tha church) and knew personauiy
three of the rectors, Rev. summers
Rev Hughes and the present rector.
preceding Bishop Lines sermon
Rev Barrett p. Tyler, the rector an
nonnced that in addition to the be-
anest of $4,000 by the late Augustus
r Revere the vestry had pledgeas
500 900 making the total $45,00o avail
ahle as a building fund nucleus. odl.
dor existing conditions, he SAID, "
was thought unwise to unduly urge
the collection of more FUNDS at onie
time for a new church.
Rev philemon F. Sturges, reclor OIL
Ct peters church, occupied a place
in the chancel representing Lha'
cburch at the anniversary exercises.
Mr. Tyler in the evening sermon
briefly sketched the history OF tne
Eniscopal church in America up 10
the founding of the Church OF tne
Redeemer sixty years ago. the flrss
ob,rcb in America was estaDllsheo
in Virginia and then New YORK was
selected as a site for one. NorOheln Il
Jersey. he said, at that time was
isolated. Elizabeth and Burlington pc
ing the direct route from New ioih
to Philadelphia. Records show lnal
missionary reached Whippany OF
Whipponong as it was then known
and found few members OF the
church. a.
The first missionary to come 70
Morristown was the Rev. isaac BROWN
founder of Trinity church, Newark
in 1854. He baptised and administer
ed the rite of the holy communion
to twenty-five, eighteen of whom
were children. The Revolution was was
in the air, said Mr.. Tyler, and tne
Rev. Brown, while on VISIT mere
with other tories, was thrown into
the Morris county Jail, then situated
on the Park. The Revolution, ne
went on. nearly crushed the cnurcn
in America and marked the END Oh
the first century of the church in New
Jersey. na
Clergymen visited this town and