The sun., 1919-05-25

gregations and events in its members
lives.
The savior OF the old church APP
peared in 1894 In the person Of John
Hopkins Denison. a grandson of Mark
Hopkins, and who had been DR. Park
bursts lieutenant through his fight
against Tammany. Mr.. Denison re-
manned at Market and Henry streets
after the utilization with DR.. Park
bursts church was dissolved, and ho
built up an organization which has en-
dured. One of his early steps was to
establish a church house at SO Henry
street. 1T was not an institution; it
was not even a settlement" he said.
1T was simply a house where people
| lived. The time is gone by for men
and women to come down as outsiders
and pry into the homes of poverty
| and sin and then return to their own
J life far away. One must live in COM
munity; one must be a neighbor"
When the building at SO Henry
street was torn down in 1906. the re-
| sident workers took temporary quar-
I tiers in nearby apartments until the
present building was completed Fresh
Air work on a permanent basis was
inauguratcd and houses on Long ISL
and were bought for Fresh Air sta
tons later to he succeeded by the
present home on Staten Island. A
boys camp was established in Vermont.
Money Comes Readily.
Not only did money flow in readily.
but it was quite the thing for young
ministers and theological students to
SDGn1 a
at Sea and Land, and they did not
study books: they worked on men and
women at all hours. University
extension ideas were anticipated in
courses Of study. the men of the
church were put to work writing in
dependent Sunday school lessons, the
teachers had pedagogical talks and
studied Biblical masterpieces. The girls
were taken to sing in Rutgers SQUARE.
and it was not always safe to do II.
either"
In short. says Mr.. Bruckhauer.
thanks 10 Denison's personality and
capacity for work. in the summer OF
1879 's,546 persons were broueht to-
eethcr in the old church in five weeks"
All or which converted the Presbytery,
and the sale project was dropped. The
church OF the Sea and Land has lived
and hourished on, a church Of life, of
growth, Of ever broadening and rami.
flying service and social value.
This is Mr.. Bruckbauer's closing
tribute TO the historic building itself:
From its Vaulted dome have echoed
with no uncertain sound the voices OF
men like the scholarly Milledoler. or
the indcfatGahle Denison--a hundred
leaders Of men whose words and works
have swaycd the hearts of men.
Down the broad asles walked the
stately Dutchman. the proud Knicker-
booker, the great merchant the stolid
seaman, the busy New Yorker-to go
out and by deeds OF victory in times Of
peace and unfinching loyalty when
wars heavy heels trod the land, they
helped make great city greater and a
mighty nation mightier still"
school for Religious Workers.
Out OF the young peoples literary
and debating clubs OF thirty-five years
ago came a training school for reli-
gious workers which has turned out
some seventy-five men who later wers
ordained and are now serving in pas
torates in this country or in foreign
ago the schedule of the church SER
vices included special ones for Greeks
and Jews; there are still services in
italian and Russian besides those in
English. And most Of the races OF the
earth arc repres 7nted in tho nelghbor-
hood which contributes to the congre-
cations Of to-day.
The Rutgers mansion, where WASH
ington was entertained and Lafayette.
reYisiting America. was fetcd In
style he called princely, Is gone, pulled
down long ago. II stood near hN, The
church cdihcc Henry Rutgers helped
to build on the land lac had gwen 10.
mains stanch ana sound as tts own
four foot foundation walls ava alta
hewn rafters nf hearts ~ slN IL
bids fair 10 remain forever