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 JUL 9 191.0 
 
 Souvenir |prot3ramine 
 
 of tbc services attenMmj 
 
 lEbe jfittietb Hnniversar^ 
 
 of the ovt3ani3atton of the 
 
 jfiret H^rcsb^tcrian Cburcb 
 
 of 
 
 flDanasquan, flew Jersey, 
 
 Hpiil 10 -- 13, 
 1808. 
 
Ipastors. 
 
 Morse Rowell. -------- 1850 — 1856 
 
 * Henry K. A\ery. ------- 1857 — 1858 
 
 Samuel Alden Freeman, ----- 1864 — 1868 
 
 Charles F. Worrell. - - - - - - - 1872—1880 
 
 Frederick T. Brown, - - - - - - 1881 — 1893 
 
 Nathan Dushane Hynson. - - - - 1893 — 
 
 Elbcrs. 
 
 Thomas J. Brannin, ordained 1848 
 
 Lewis E. Bearce, " 1856 
 
 Daniel Cook, " if^57 
 
 The.idore 1). Conover, ■■ 1857 
 
 Stephen 1). Conover, ■■ 1866 
 
 James \V. Wight, " 1866 
 
 Thomas I'.ell, ■■ 1866 
 
 (iilbert X, Marcellns, 
 
 irdai ned 
 
 1871 
 
 Jacob Holmes Morris, 
 
 
 1872 
 
 Abram 0. Curtis, 
 
 
 1874 
 
 Forman (). Bailey, 
 
 
 1874 
 
 Cieorijc Bailey. 
 
 
 1885 
 
 Verdinand S. Stines, 
 
 
 1889 
 
 John W. Borden, 
 
 
 1889 
 
 S)cacon8. 
 
 tieors^e M. Uaviscui, ordained 1896 
 Edgar Pea rce, " i8g6 
 
 William Bowen, ordained 1896 
 
 Theodore W. Brewer, ■' i^Q? 
 
 * Mr. .\viT.v's pi.-tui-f lia< lieeu nmitteil froui this iiro<;valump. becaune of our inalnlit.v to «ecur 
 photoyi-aph. 
 
 «* licic'.iiiH wprc I'lertfil (lin-hiK the pastorate of Or. Worrell, hut no reeordB of such apjjear. 
 
Samuel al^cn freeman, 3. '£>. 
 
Mistodcal Sketch. 
 
 IHatban ©ushanc Wwnson. 
 
 What changes hath time wroii'jht ! 
 
 Fifty years ago the site of our pleasant town by the sea, was occupied, for the most 
 part, by the Curtis and Pearce farms. There were a little cluster of buildings about what is 
 now the centre of the town, a few detached farm houses, two country roads, which have since 
 become two of our principal thoroughfares and been dignified by the names Main street and 
 South street, and a stream, flowing through the centre of the tract, adding to its beauty and 
 fertility, doubtless, but also to the annoyance of pedestrians who would sink ankle deep in 
 the mud. This is somethmg of the picture which the old residents can see as their minds go 
 back to the period of beginnings. 
 
 Our congregation was never disturbed and startled, in those old davs, bv the whistle 
 of the engine and the rush of the railroad train carrying Sunday excursionists to the shore, 
 and for the two very good reasons that we had neither railroad or church. 
 
 .A. trip to Philadelphia necessitated a stage ride to Freehold, the then terminus of the 
 railroad; and the favoiite route to New York was by stage to Red Bank and thence by boat. 
 What would our fathers have thought of our fast Philadelphia e.xpresses and our eighty trains 
 a day to and from New York, of the present I 
 
 Up to fift) -five years ago the only church in the neighborhood of the tow n was the P'riends' 
 Meeting House nearly a mile to the west. The nearest Presbyterian Churches were those at 
 Tennent, about twenty miles distance, at that time about one hundred and fifty years old, at 
 Shrewsbury and at Freehold, but recently organized. The people of the community were 
 thus dependent, for the privileges of public worship, upon visiting ministers and distant 
 churches. This condition of affairs could not last, and, consequently in 1843. a Union Church 
 was built on the hill overlooking the village. The building still stands and is used as a 
 cemetery chapel. It is only justice to say that Presbyterians were the most active promoters 
 of this project and the largest contributors. 
 
 Here four denominations worshiped — the M. P.. . M. P., Baptist and Presbyterian, an 
 agreement being entered into concerning the times <if services. Among others who preached 
 for the Presbyterians were the Revs. Mr. Newell, Joseph Blythe, Charles Webster, Rufus 
 Taylor, and Morse Rowell. 
 
 Mr. Rowell was a young man. having been ordained and installed as pastor of the 
 church at Manchester, N. j., in 1845. but he was a true servant of the Lord, full of earnest- 
 ness and zeal in the Lord's service. It was largely through his influence that our fathers de- 
 termined, in 1848, to organizea Presbyterian Church and to erect a suitable House of Worship. 
 
 This organization was effected April 11, 1848, the Revs. Charles Webster, Rufus 
 Taylor and Morse Rowell being the organizers, and Thomas [. Brannin, Elizabeth Brannin, 
 (".eorge Rankin, Mary E. Osborn, Jane Shaddock, Elizabeth Bennett, Mary E. House, P. D. 
 Kneiskem, M. D., and James Walker, being the first members. Mr. T. J. Brannin was 
 elected ruling elder, and the Rev. Mr. Rowell was invited to serve the infant church as stated 
 supply. 
 
 Before this, however, early in the year 1848, subscriptions had been m.ade to the church 
 buildmg, and on April 4th the subscribers met and named as a Building Committee, Col. 
 .Abram Osborn, Mr. Osborn Curtis, and the Rev. Morse Rowell. The corner-stone was laid 
 in the presence of a •■ large assembly " in June 1848 and the church was dedicated March i, 
 
1 849- On August lo, 1849, the congregation elected its first trustees as follows — T. J. Hrannni, 
 Samuel N. Osborn, and Osborn Curtis, to whom, on October 2nd of the same year, the 
 property was conveyed by the Building Committee. 
 
 In addition to those named above the following were members of the congregation 
 and contributors to the building fund, and to the support of the church— Rice Hadsell, Wm. 
 H. Bailey, Allen Osborn, C. M. Graham, M. U., Col. T. Osborn, R. Laird, M. U., Col. 
 James Osborn, James Rankin, Henry Green, Ebenezer Allen and D. L. Huntsinger. 
 
 Mr. Rowell, having been called by the congregation, was installed June 13th, 1850, 
 by the then Presbytery of New Brunswick, as the church's first pastor. On May 7th, 1S51, action 
 was taken which led to the establishment of a " Parochial School," and a building for this 
 purpose was erected, which is the nucleus of our present chapel. 
 
 Another forward step was the erection, about this time, of the "Second Church," for 
 the convenience of those living in that neighborhood. The building, which still stands, has 
 since fallen into disuse. 
 
 Mr. RowelPs pastorate ended May Sth, 1856, when he resigned to assume charge of a 
 Mission Chapel in New York; which, through his labors, grew into the Alexander Church. 
 The pastorate thus closed was one of great earnestness of purpose, and self-sacrifice. Mr. 
 Rowell's labors here were almost apostolic, and he overcame difficulties and surmounted 
 obstacles which would have discouraged a man of less sturdy mould and weaker faith. His 
 death occurred ofapople.xy, at Miller's Place, L. I., February 2nd, 1886, in the 71st year of 
 his age. His was the period of faithful seed sowing; the harvest was not yet. 
 
 In September, 1856, the congregation called the Rev. Henry K. .Avery to the office of 
 pastor. The call being accepted, Mr. Avery, was installed February 24, 1857. This second 
 pastorate was a short one, being terminated, November 4tli, 1858, by the resignation of :\lr. 
 Avery. -The membership of the church had now grown from the original nine to forty. 
 
 During the summer of i860, under the direction of the Missionary Committee of the 
 Monmouth Presbytery, which had, the previous year, Ix-en formed from the Presbytery of 
 New Pjrunswick, Mr. Samuel Alden Freeman, then a senior in Princeton Seminary and now 
 the Rc\-. Dr. Freeman, supplied the pulpit of the church. " Licensed to preach by the 
 Presbytery of Monmouth in April 1861, he again supplied the church during the summer, 
 temporarily taking the place of Rev. Thomas B. Hunt, pastor-elect, absent at the front as 
 Chaplain of a regiment of three month volunteers. Mr. Hunt having later accepted the 
 Chaplaincy of a three years' regiment, Mr. Freeman, in response to an urgent invitation of 
 the church, then numbering but about forty members, returned to them in October 1861, and 
 was ordained as an evangelist that same month at a meeting of Presbytery at Oceanic. In 
 May 1864, [June 7th, (?)] a year marked by a gracious spiritual ingathering into the church. 
 he was formally installed as pastor." In October 1868, [November 3rd, (?)] the pastoral 
 relation was dissolved at Mr. Freeman's request, he desiring to accept a call to Pennsylvania. 
 During his pastorate the church enjoyed a healthy growth and the membership of the Sabbath 
 School rose to two hundred, a greater number than it has ever since enrolled. Nevertheless 
 the struggle was great and some of the friends of the church were fearful lest it would sink 
 beneath its burdens. 
 
 Mr. Freeman was followed by a Father in Israel, the Re\ . C. F. Worrell, I). D., who 
 coming from Perrineville, N. J., where he had served the church for twenty-seven years, 
 acted as stated supply for two years, and on January 31st, 1872, was installed as pastor. 
 
 His pastorate marks a decided growth in all of the activities of the church. The 
 har\est began to appear. 
 
 (Concluded on last page) 
 
Charles Sf. Ulorrcll, 5). H). 
 
©rbev of Sevvice, 
 
 Sun^a^, april lOtb, 1898, 
 10.45 a. fID. 
 
 ©rgan prelu&e. 
 H)o.rolOGY>. 
 invocation. 
 JAmnn 640. 
 
 Scripture IRCa^intJ. (Responsive) 
 
 Minister. — Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and 
 
 power and might be unto our God for ever and ever. 
 People. — Amen ! 
 
 MiN. — Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men and He shall dwell with them. 
 Peo. — And they shall be His people, and God himself shall be with them, 
 
 and be their God. 
 Mix. — Lord, who shall sojourn in Thy tabernacle ? 
 Peo.— Who shall dwell in Thy holy hill ? 
 Ml.N. — He that walketh uprightly and worketh :i.,'hteousness. 
 Peg. — -And speaketh the truth in his heart. 
 Mix. — Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? 
 Peo. — And who shall stand in the holy place ? 
 MiN. — He that hath clean hands and a pure heart, 
 Peo. — Who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, and hath not sworn 
 
 deceitfully, 
 MiN. — He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, 
 Peg. — And righteousness from the God of his salvation. 
 
 MiN. — Lift up your heads, O ye gates; yea, life them up.ye eve:-lasting doors, 
 Peo. — .And the King of Glory shall come in. 
 Mix. — Who is the King of Glory ? 
 Peg. — The Lord of hosts — He is the King of Glory. 
 Mix. — But will God in very deed dwell on the earth ? Behold heaven and the 
 
 heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house 
 
 which we have builded. 
 Peo. — Yet have respect, O Lord, unto the prayer which Thy servants pray 
 
 before Thee this day, that Thine eyes may be open towards this house 
 
 night and day. 
 Mix. — Let the beauty of the Lord om- God be upon us, 
 Peo.— -.And establish Thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of 
 
 our hands establish Thou it. 
 
 HUtbem, "Xle IDeUni XaU&amU5," (Hymnal \o. moo) - - - By the Chcir. 
 
 Scripture Xesson. 
 
lPra\?er. 
 
 IRotices. 
 
 ©ffcrinos. 
 
 ©tfcrtor^ praver. 
 
 M\?mn 964. 
 
 ^Historical Sermon, - ----- ----- ----- By the Pastor. 
 
 Wsmn 441. 
 
 Hnniversarp prater, (in unison) 
 
 HlniiObtV OOC), our Heavenly Father, whose throne is in the 
 heavens; yet who dust condescend to dwell with thy people, and to make the 
 Sanctuaries which we build, thy Home. 
 
 Ever blessed Lord Jesus, who didst break the bars of death and ascend 
 CTloriously on high; yet who, by thy Holy Spirit, art ever with us. 
 
 Thou Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we bless and laud and 
 magnify thy name. 
 
 We praise thee that this House, which our fathers built, has been, in 
 name not only, but in very truth, a Lord's House. As we have listened to 
 the precious F.vangel, many of us ha\e been born anew, and we all ha\e 
 been inspired to holier living. 
 
 We praise thee for our sainted dead, for those who in this place, out of 
 their love to thee and for thy Blessed Kingdom, have borne the heat and 
 burden of the day. They rest from their labors and their works do follow them. 
 
 Send down upon the Pastors of this Church, who still live to serve thee 
 on earth, upon their families, and upon the families of thy faithful servants, 
 w ho ha\e ministered here and whom thou hast taken to their great reward, 
 plenteous showers of thy grace, and grant that thy truth, proclaimed here, 
 may become to each one of us the power of God to salvation. 
 
 Hitherto, O Lord, thou hast blest us; firmly though tenderly thou hast 
 led us, and brought us to a large place. Grant, we beseech thee, that our 
 fathers' God may be our God; that we may prove worthy to be much used by 
 thee in the establishment of thy Kingdom, and that, by faith in Jesus Christ, 
 we may all be brought to the House of the Lord above. 
 
 And to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, be glory and 
 praise, world without end. StTlCU. 
 
 IResponse, (Hy the choir) 
 
 Lord, have merc)' upon us, and hear all these the prayers of our hearts, 
 we beseech thee. 
 
 Bene5iction. 
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JfrcCcrich C. JSrown, 3. 5>. 
 
©rber of Service, 
 
 Sun^av^ Hpril lOtb, 1898, 
 7.30 p. fID. 
 
 ©rtian lPreluC>e. 
 
 IHVlllU 578. (Rise and Si n.i,' without Announcement) 
 
 Xlbc XorD'9 praver. dni-nison) 
 
 Scripture lRea5ing. (Responsive) 
 
 I'salm i.xxxi\-; Page 4. " Kesponsix e Readings." 
 
 MiNlSTKK. — How amiable are th\ tabernacles, O Lord of hosts '. 
 
 People. — My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: 
 
 Mix. — My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. 
 
 Peo. — Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for her- 
 self, where she may lay her young, 
 
 MiN. — Even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and mv ( lod ! 
 
 Peo. — Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. 
 
 MiN. — Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the 
 ways of them, 
 
 Peo. — Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also 
 filleth the pools. 
 
 Ml.N. — They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion ap- 
 peareth before God. 
 
 Peo. — O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: gi\ e ear, O God of Jacob. 
 
 Ml.\. — Behold, O God our Shield ! and look upon the face of thine Anointed. 
 
 Peo. — For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. 
 
 .Mix. — I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my (;od, than to dwell in 
 the tents of wickedness. 
 
 Peo. — For the Lord (}od is a Sun and Shield; the Lord will give grace and 
 glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 
 
 MiN — '-^ Lord of hosts ! blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. 
 
 HUtbem, " Gloria in ]E.rCelS15," (Hymnal No. 973) - . - . By the choir 
 
 Scripture Xesson. 
 
 pvavcv. 
 
 IHsmn 856. 
 
XEbe apostles' (Iree&. 
 
 I belie\e iii (lod, the Father Almight), maker of heaven and earth: and 
 in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy (Ihost, 
 born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead 
 and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the 
 dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God, the 
 Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. 
 
 I believe in the Holy Ghost; the Holy Catholic Church, the communion 
 of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life 
 everlasting. Amkx. 
 
 (Bloria patri. 
 
 C;iory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was 
 in the beginning, is now , and c\cr shall be, world without end. Amen. 
 
 THotices. 
 
 ©fferiugs. 
 
 ©ffcrtory iPraver. 
 
 Sermon, *'Ube (Ibaraeteristic H)octrines ot tbe iPresbPterian 
 
 CbUrCb," - - liythe Rev. Kdward B. Hodge, U. U., I'hiladelphi 
 
 iHv?mu 922. 
 Iprager. 
 Beue&iction. 
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