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 DETROIT, 
 
 O. S. GULLET'S 8TBAM PBINTINQ HOUSE 10 AND li LARNEID STREET. 
 
 1874. 
 
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 On the seventeenth day of December, 1873, the Elders and 
 Deacons, of the Fort Street Presbyterian Church of Detroit, con- 
 vened at the study of the pastor. Attention was called to the fact 
 that the church was organized upon the third Wednesday of Feb- 
 ruary, 1849, (February 21st,) and that, consequently, the third 
 Wednesday of February, 1874, (February i8th,) would be an 
 appropriate day to be observed as marking the completion of 
 the first Quarter-Century of its history. 
 
 It was, accordingly, resolved to hold, upon that day. Anniver- 
 sary Services. The pastor, the Rev. Arthur T. Pierson, was 
 requested to conduct the correspondence ; and with the aid of 
 George W. Hoffman, elder, and Douglas Payne, deacon, to act as 
 a general Committee of Arratigements. Edward C. Walker, elder, 
 was invited to act as Historian and Necrologist^ George W. Hoff- 
 man, to report upon the Financial and Benevolent Outlay of the 
 quarter-century, and Bradford Smith, deacon, upon the Sabbath 
 School and its Officers. 
 
 It was further determined to invite the Rev. James B. Shaw, 
 D. D., of Rochester, N. Y., to preach the Anniversary Sermon ; 
 and to set apart the evening of the Anniversary for the hearing of 
 brief addresses from brethren of other churches, and for a colla- 
 tion and social gathering. 
 
 The Choir, consisting of Henry Meakin, Esq., Organist, Prof 
 F. Abel, Mr. A. Mensell, Miss Mary C Brewster, Miss Frances L, 
 Chaffin, were constituted a Committee on Music, and the following 
 ladies, committees on decoration and collation : 
 
TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSAEY 
 
 Committee o?i Decoration .—Mrs. EDWARD C WALKER, 
 
 Miss Minnie Abbott, Mrs, R. A Alger, Mrs. G. F. Bagley, Miss Anna Eots- 
 ford, Mrs. Mary Buckley, Mrs. C. H. Buhl, Mrs. C. A. Cliamberlain, Mrs. J. 
 W. Dailey, Mrs. Anna M. Evans, Mrs. J. S- Jennings, Miss Lottie Ladue, Mrs. 
 E D. Lay, Mrs. M. F. Merrick, Miss Mary Orr, Mrs. G. H. Prentis, Mrs. 
 Chas. Root, Miss Mary E. Sherrill, Mrs. S. P. Wilcox, Miss Alice Woodruff. 
 
 Committee ofi Collation .—Mrs. FRANKLIN MOORE, 
 
 Mrs. F. Adams, Mrs. E. W. Bissell, Mrs. C. C. Blodgett, Mrs. F. Buhl, Mrs. C. 
 C. Cadman, Mrs. A. P. Cameron, Mrs. S. Davis, Mr.s. Geo. Foote, Mrs. R. W. 
 Gillett, Mrs. J- F). Hayes, Mrs. William Hull, Mrs. W. M. Johnson, Mrs. J. F. 
 Joy, Mrs. A. G. Lindsay, Mrs. J. W. Longyear, Miss Mary Penny, Mrs. Allan 
 Shelden, Mrs. Mary Thompson, Mrs. S. W. Thompson, Mrs. Samuel Zug. 
 
 Beside special invitations issued to the previous pastors and 
 stated supplies of the church, and to the families of such previous 
 ministers as are now deceased, the following circular letter was 
 printed and sent to those former members of the church now 
 living, whose present residences were known, and to various 
 clergymen and prominent laymen in the city, state, and country 
 at large : 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 ^,^ quarter of a Century having- passed since 
 the org-anization of iho Fort Street Presbyterian Oturch 
 of Detroit, Wednesday, the eighteenth day of February inst., 
 will be observed as the 
 
 If it :l i 1,1 , #ft If i i t liU'l iiff aU (Pt M iU « 
 
 At eleven o'clock in the morning, a 
 
 will be preached hy the Rev. JAMES B. SHAW, D. D., 
 of Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 At three o'clock in the afternoon, a paper, 
 
 will be read by the Hon. EDWARD C. WALKER, fol- 
 loTv^ed by reports, covering the financial and be- 
 nevolent outlay and christian ^vork of the last 
 tw^enty-flve years. 
 
 At hah'-past seven o'clock in the evening, 
 there wiU be a SOCIAL REUNION AND COLLATION, 
 "With brief addresses by various brethren, whose 
 names are linked "with the history of the church 
 of Christ in our city and "^acinity. 
 
 It is hoped, also, that the Rev. JOHN HALL, D. D., 
 of Ne^w York City, will taivc part in these Memo- 
 rial Services. 
 
 We urge the presence of all friends, and espe- 
 cially all former members of the congreg-ation. 
 
 In behalf of the Church : 
 
 ARTHUR T. PIERSON, Pastor. 
 GEORGE W. HOFFMAN, Elder. 
 DOUGLAS PAYNE, Deacon. 
 
TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSAKT 
 
 Was one of rare beauty, with an atmosphere, at once balmy and 
 bracing; the glorious sunshine from a cloudless sky, beaming 
 upon our gathering, like the smile of God. 
 
 The interior of the church was elaborately and exquisitely 
 decorated with evergreens, and flowers in tropical profusion and 
 luxuriance. Upon the wall panels, to the left and right of the 
 pulpit, appeared the significant dates: " 1849 " and " 1874." The 
 communion table bore a bank of living, blooming plants, artisti- 
 cally arranged in the form of a quadrangular pyramid, which 
 almost hid the pulpit, whose balustrades were gracefully wreathed 
 and festooned in evergreens, and whose chief balusters supported 
 basket bouquets. The front of the choir gallery bore a silver 
 shield with a group of callas at its center, and bouquets at its 
 angles, while living vines of ivy wound about the carved openings 
 and standards. 
 
 A large portion of the floral decoration was in memory of the 
 dead. From the canopy above the pulpit, hung a colossal crown, 
 fit tribute to those godly ministers who have received their immor- 
 tal diadem, and whose names and memories are especially dear to 
 the Presbyterians of Detroit, viz : the Revs. John Monteith, 
 George Duffield, D. D., Robert R Kellogg and James 
 Means. 
 
 In the window, on the left of the pulpit, seven superb crimson 
 flowers represented the name Rowland, and a floral cross, on the 
 right, commemorated McFarren, both deceased elders. From 
 the opposing brackets supporting the roof-truss, were suspended 
 crosses of evergreen, expanding at the base into quadrangular 
 tablets, which bore, respectively, the names of Knight and Ray, 
 two other departed members of the session, who were also super- 
 intendents in the Sabbath School. A floral anchor, a widow's 
 tribute to her husband, Henry J. Buckley, and a broken column 
 rising Irom a mossy base, and bearing the initial " P," reared by 
 a sister to the memory of Selden Jones Phillips, completed the 
 memorial decorations. 
 
PORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 The following hymns, composed by the pastor, for the occa- 
 sion, were printed on slips and distributed in the pews : 
 
 h: ^ nvn :n- s 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 Twenty-Fiftli Anniversary. 
 
 Happy is that people whose God is Jehorah." 
 
 I. 
 
 Thou God of Love and Grace, 
 
 To Thee we bow ! 
 O, let Thy radiant face 
 
 Beam on us now ! 
 To every humble heart. 
 Thy life and love impart ; 
 Our hope and help Thou art. 
 
 And only Thou ! 
 
 Years fly on fleetest wing : 
 
 Thine may we be ! 
 Then shall they only bring 
 
 Us nearer Thee ! 
 O, be our guard and guide, 
 Walk ever at our side. 
 Till with Thee we abide. 
 
 Thy face to see ! 
 
 III. 
 
 To Thee we gladly give 
 
 Our every power ; 
 In serving Thee, to live 
 
 Till life's last hour. 
 Help us the cross to bear ; 
 
 Thy throne and bliss to share. 
 Then give the crown to wear, 
 
 Joy's perfect dower. 
 
TWENTY -FIFTH AJSTNIVEESART 
 
 «* Hitherto Hath the Lord Helped Us." 
 
 I. 
 
 Hear, thou God of gifts and graces, 
 
 While our prayers and praise we bring. 
 Gathered in these hallowed places, 
 
 Grateful songs to Thee we sing. 
 Thou, with gentle hand, hast led us, 
 
 In the midst of foes and fears ; 
 And, with lavish bounty fed us. 
 
 Through these five and twenty years. 
 
 Thanks for ceaseless care and kindness, 
 
 Countless ministries of love ; 
 In our darkness and our blindness, 
 
 Light and guidance from above. 
 For the heirs of life immortal. 
 
 Saved by blood and sealed by grace, 
 And for those who, through the portal 
 
 Now have passed, and see Thy face. 
 
 III. 
 Spread Thine own pavillion near us, 
 
 Where our pilgrim tents delay ; 
 Let Thy Pillar guide and cheer us, 
 
 Through the yet untrodden way. 
 And when we, our journey ending. 
 
 Stand upon the golden shore ; 
 All our songs in chorus blending. 
 
 Will we bless Thee evermore. 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 
 
 " Honsehold of God." 
 
 I. 
 Thou, to whom all praise belongs, 
 Hear Thy children's thankful songs ; 
 From Thy throne, where seraphs bow, 
 Pour Thy blessing on us now ! 
 
 Bearing Jesus' hallowed name, 
 Breathing His inspiring aim, 
 Be our freedom and our joy 
 Found, like His, in Thine employ ! 
 
 III. 
 Here may heralds speak Thy word, 
 And with docile hearts be heard ; 
 Many souls be saved by grace, 
 And prepared to see Thy face. 
 
 IV. 
 
 And when all Thy children meet. 
 Where the household is complete ; 
 May we join that countless throng. 
 Praising Thee in perfect song ! 
 
 The building was well filled both morning and afternoon, and 
 crowded in the evening, with members of the Presbyterian 
 churches of the city, and christians of every name. 
 
10 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVEESAKY 
 
 Opened at ir o'clock with a " Te Deum," by the choir. The six- 
 tieth chapter of the Prophecy of Isaiah was then impressively 
 read by the Rev. J. Ambrose Wight, of Bay City, and prayer 
 offered by the pastor, in grateful recognition of the goodness of 
 God, and with fervent entreaty for the continuance of His favor, 
 and for increased consecration upon the part of His people. The 
 first of the special hymns was sung, and the Anniversary Sermon 
 was preached, with great earnestness and power, by the Rev. 
 James B. Shaw, D. D., from Revelations VI. : 9, 10, 11. The 
 theme was " The Martyr Spirit ; tfs necessity in order to the 
 vitalitv and spirituality of the churchy It was heard with the most 
 absorbed attention and interest, as the venerable and beloved 
 preacher proceeded to speak especially of the martyr-saints of 
 Scotland, and the effect of their lives and deaths upon the church; 
 imparting to his discourse all the enthusiasm kindled by a recent 
 visit to that land. From the closing portion of this memorable 
 sermon, we are permitted to publish the following personal 
 address to the pastor and the church : 
 
 " We have been speaking of the martyr spirit as essential to 
 to the life and growth of the church : 
 
 " Dear brother, may I put your name on the illustrious roll of 
 martyrs ,? Pause a moment. The question may have a deeper 
 import than you suppose ; it may involve more than at first sight 
 you would be willing to believe. What if I should tell you, and 
 I do tell you, that a man is a christian, only so far as he is a mar- 
 tyr — only so far as he yields an implicit obedience — makes Christ 
 supreme ? You have sometimes asked, no doubt, " Could I die 
 as the martyrs did?" "Could I meet the lions, could I face the 
 flames.''" Brother, there are no lions to meet, no flames to face — 
 that day has gone ; and, as we devoutly hope, never to return. 
 But can you meet the temptations peculiar to the times in which 
 you live } Can you make the sacrifices which the Master is now 
 calling for : Can you part with your luxuries .' Can you forego 
 your comforts 1 Can you renounce your earthly aspirations 1 Can 
 you lay your pride in the dust .? Can you walk in the Master's 
 blessed footprints, no matter whither they may lead } 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 1 1 
 
 " O, remember, do remember, that a man is a christian, only so 
 far as he is a martyr — only so far as he yields an implicit obe- 
 dience to Christ. C), remember, do remember, that the martyr 
 spirit, is the essential element of your spiritual life ! 
 
 " My dear brother, the pastor of this people, this is an auspi- 
 cious hour for you — the twenty-fifth anniversary of your church, 
 the fifth anniversary of your pastorate, coming thus together, lend 
 a peculiar interest to the present occasion. Two suns have com- 
 bined their light and glory, to make this day. You know how I 
 love you. You know that you are the same as a son to me. You 
 know that I have a father's interest in you. You know that I 
 have scarcely any thing so much at heart, as that you should be a 
 star, and a star of the first magnitude, in the right hand of Him, 
 who standeth in the midst of the golden candlesticks. When I 
 think of your rare gifts, your high position, your growing influ- 
 ence, your golden opportunities, I thank God that you are not so 
 far along on the journey of life, as I am — I thank God that there 
 is not a furrow in your face, nor a gray hair on your head, nor the 
 slightest indication of declining strength — that your eye is not 
 dim, nor your natural force abated. I must number my days, 
 while you may number your years, and I thank God for it. Now, 
 it is because you are so dear to me, that I feel constrained to 
 remind you, that everything in your ministry, as well as every- 
 thing in your individual life, depends on your having the martyr 
 spirit. We are told that Calvin's seal contained a burning heart, 
 held by a steady hand — that, over the burning heart, were the 
 words : '''' I keep nothing for myself" and, under the burning heart) 
 the words : ^^ I give all to Thee!" Let that heart, all on fire, be 
 your emblem. Keep nothing for yourself — give all to Christ ! 
 
 " My dearly beloved brother, it is my heart's desire and prayer, 
 that your ministry among this people, may be an exceptionally 
 long and successful one ; and that here it may end ! May your 
 last sermon be preached in this pulpit. Heed no call, but such 
 as took the prophet away — when the King sends the chariot, then, 
 of course, His servant must go. 
 
 "And what is so true of the christian, is just as true of the 
 church. A church can live and grow, only so long as the martyr 
 spirit is kept alive. As the glory departed from Rome, when the 
 last spark of that fire over which the vestal virgins watched, went 
 
12 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVEESAET 
 
 out, SO the extinction of the martyr spirit in any church, is the 
 signal for God to go ; and when God goes, all sweet, and good, 
 and gracious, and gentle, and hallowed, and vital influences go 
 with Him. There is the holy and beautiful house which stood on 
 Mount Zion. Can you discover anything amiss ? Not a stone is 
 gone, not an ornament is missing — the altar, the victim, the priest, 
 the worshiper — they are all there. And there too is the Most 
 Holy Place, and the thick darkness, and the mercy-seat, and the 
 overshadowing cherubim, and the tables of the law, and the pot 
 of manna, and the rod that budded. Do you discover anything 
 amiss? Call, and see if any answer comes back, but the echo of 
 your own voice ! God has gone — the martyr spirit is extinct — and 
 that holiest of all, and the thick darkness, linger only to testify 
 against an ungrateful and degenerate people. So, beloved in the 
 Lord, these walls may stand, and, as often as the door opens, 
 crowds may flock to the place, and there may be every outward 
 indication of prosperity ; and other congregations may vainly 
 wish, that it were as well with them, as it is with you ; but if the 
 martyr spirit is extinct, if God has gone, what can this strong, and 
 rich, and intelligent, and influential church do, but die ! " 
 
 After the sermon and this most affecting address, prayer was 
 again offered by the pastor, who then proceeded to read, as his 
 own contribution to the anniversary, 
 
 V]:\e JVTenioi'ikl f^oerq. 
 
 BY REV. ARTHUR T. PIERSON: 
 
 Like birds that fly across the sky, 
 
 Tlie heralds of the spring, 
 Or noiseless sweep along the deep, 
 
 On swift and silent wing ; 
 With hopes and fears, with smiles and tears. 
 
 With sob, and song, and sigh, 
 With burdens borne and garlands worn. 
 
 The years go gliding by ! 
 And so a score of years and more. 
 
 Their rapid course have run. 
 
FORT STKEET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 13 
 
 As planets trace their paths in space, 
 
 Swift cycling round the sun, 
 And move not back along their track, 
 
 Plowe'er our work is done ! 
 
 Their solemn scroll, the years unroll — 
 
 What record there appears ! 
 Success secured, with toil endured, 
 
 And triumph reached through tears ! 
 The page here shines as though the lines 
 
 Were writ by rays of liglit ; 
 And there the mark of shadows dark 
 
 Suggests the gloom of night. 
 The changing hues, the varied views 
 
 Which autumn scenes present, 
 Or Western skies, when daylight dies. 
 
 Beneath his gilded tent, 
 Portray the strange and wondrous change 
 
 'Mid which our life is spent. 
 
 We look along the lines of light. 
 
 Which memory illumes. 
 And trace these five-and-twenty years 
 
 Back toward the twilight glooms. 
 A little band of twenty-six 
 
 Through distance dim. appear. 
 Who, on the precious corner stone, 
 
 A church of Christ uprear ; 
 They seek another flock to form. 
 
 Another fold enclose. 
 Where shepherds shall keep watch for souls 
 
 Against malignant foes ; 
 Where, from the strife of struggling life, 
 
 The weary may repose. 
 
 Where Christ's dear name, by loyal hearts. 
 
 Shall as a badge be worn. 
 And lambs be fed with tender care, 
 
 On throbbing bosoms borne. 
 Through paths of sacrifice they trod. 
 
 By faith and not by sight, 
 Like him who climbs the mountain slopes 
 
 To reach the cloudless height ; 
 But God has blessed and crowned their work 
 
 With garlands of delight ! 
 
14 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVEKSART 
 
 Most of that band have reached the land 
 Where Eden builds her bowers ; 
 
 Their work survives their fleeting lives, 
 And wreathes their names in flowers ! 
 
 The links of tive-and-twenty years 
 
 Join in one chain of gold, 
 And bring this anniversary 
 
 Which our glad eyes behold. 
 We come with joyful, grateful voice, 
 
 To swell the choral lay. 
 And hail, with sacred festival. 
 
 This " silver wedding day !" 
 From distant homes or near at hand, 
 
 We gather, young and old, 
 A re-united family 
 
 Within one common fold ! 
 With hands that clasp in love's strong grasp. 
 
 Each other to behold. 
 
 A " nursing mother" is the church, 
 
 God's precious gift of love; 
 Next to the Word and Christ the Son, 
 
 Best blessing from above ! 
 To-day we gather in response 
 
 To this our Mother's call, 
 To kiss the lips that taught our youth 
 • To love the God of all. 
 As sweet her charms, as strong her arms. 
 
 As warm her heart, to-day, 
 As when she led our feet to tread 
 
 In wisdom's narrow way, 
 And shun the road which sinners trode, 
 
 That leads from God astray ! 
 
 Well may we love our mother church 
 
 And bless the household bands. 
 Which make in Christ one family, 
 
 Uniting hearts and hands. 
 With holy harmonies of praise, 
 
 We lift our grateful song 
 To Him who wove the golden strand 
 
 Which has endured so long. 
 And shall unite, in realms of light, 
 
 A countless, spotless throng. 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 15 
 
 Thrice cordially we welcome all 
 
 Our brethren and our friends, 
 In faith, that where His children meet, 
 
 Our Lord, Himself, attends. 
 
 Time weaves his web with threads of change 
 
 How fast his shuttles shift ! 
 Yet all shall show a plan divine 
 
 When God the veil shall lift ; 
 The faithful souls, who, years ago, 
 
 Within the vineyard bore 
 The heat and burden of the day, 
 
 Toil with us now no more. 
 This Mother watched their ebbing life 
 
 And closed their sightless eyes, 
 And bade the soul attain its goal. 
 
 And grasp the shining priee. 
 While earth in trust receives their dust, 
 
 Till Jesus bids them rise ! 
 
 Yet others, with their life-work done. 
 
 Stand almost at the gate, 
 Within which victor's palms and crowns 
 
 The ransomed soul await. 
 And so to-day our future way. 
 
 Untried, untrodden lies. 
 Yet at God's word our loins we gird, 
 
 And upward lift our eyes. 
 What toilsome loads, o'er desert roads, 
 
 We shall be called to bear, 
 We cannot tell, but He knows well. 
 
 Whose love can sweeten care, 
 And Whose repose is shared by those. 
 
 Who learn His yoke to share ! 
 
 One glance we cast along the Past, 
 
 Its five and twenty years. 
 And with a smile the hours beguile — 
 
 A smile that shines through tears ! 
 'Twere sweet to stay upon our way ; 
 
 Here rest our moving tent ; 
 For heart from heart is loth to part. 
 
 By hallowed converse blent. 
 But Time is fleet ; with tripping feet 
 
 He speeds his onward course. 
 
16 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSAET 
 
 And we are drawn forever on 
 
 By his resistless force, 
 Till life shall end and being blend 
 
 With being's wondrous Source ! 
 
 God's onward word will soon be heard, 
 • That bids us fold our tents ; 
 
 The Cloud shall rise before our eyes, 
 
 And, moving, lead us hence. 
 So glides away our festal day 
 
 Into that realm so vast. 
 Where clouds abide and memories hide — 
 
 The dream-land of the Past. 
 But ere we part, afresh to start 
 
 For Life's uncertain goal. 
 Be this our vow, recorded now. 
 
 Our future to control ; 
 That Duty's call shall never fall 
 
 Unheeded on the soul ! 
 
 What though our life be full of strife, 
 
 Whose struggles never cease ; 
 Though yoke be worn and burden borne 
 
 Till dying brings release ! 
 God's ways invite to true delight ; 
 
 And all His paths are peace. 
 Let me rehearse, in simple verse, 
 
 A myth of Eastern sages. 
 Which, like a flower from Eden's bower, 
 
 Has floated down the ages ; 
 Beneath the veil of mystic tale, 
 
 Its lesson still is plain: 
 That those, who will God's law fulfil. 
 
 The purest bliss obtain. 
 
 Duty kud Deli^lit. 
 
 A PARABLE IN A POEM. 
 
 I. 
 
 Somewhere in Oriental climes, 
 Among the tales of olden times, 
 
 And legendary lore, 
 We read in weird and wondrous words, 
 That when at first God made the birds, 
 
 They had no power to soar. 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. IT 
 
 They had sweet voices and could sing, 
 With gorgeous plumage, yet no wing, 
 
 With which to mount and fly. 
 In lowly meads the warblers sang, 
 Hut no lark's notes in echoes rang 
 
 Along the arching sky. 
 
 III. 
 Then at God's word the wings were wrought, 
 And by angelic hands were brought, 
 
 While to the birds He spake : 
 "Go bear these burdens at my beck. 
 And wear this yoke upon the neck, 
 
 For God's and Duty's sake." 
 
 IV. 
 
 At first they seemed a heavy load. 
 
 And, bowing with the weight, they trode 
 
 Along the verdant fields; 
 But he, who bears, increases strength. 
 And so the heaviest yoke at length. 
 
 Before his patience yields. 
 
 V. 
 
 Thus on their shoulders meekly borne. 
 From mom to night, from night to morn. 
 
 Upon each side a wing; 
 The burdens, folded o'er the breast, 
 Instead of weariness brought rest, 
 
 And led the birds to sing. 
 
 VI. 
 
 And so, the legend says, at last 
 
 The warblers found the wings were fast, 
 
 Each to its socket grown ! 
 In form and fashion still the same, 
 The burdens, pinions, now became, 
 
 And each possessed his own. 
 
 vn. 
 Then, pouring from each golden throat, 
 The silver streams of music float 
 
 And mingle into one ; 
 On pinions, which just now they bore. 
 The songsters all together soar 
 
 In triumph toward the sun. 
 
18 TWENTY-FIFTH ANKIVEESART 
 
 VIII. 
 
 We are the birds — without the wings 
 Our duties are the loads God brings 
 
 And lays before our feet ; 
 At first but burdens they appear, 
 But. borne with faith and holy cheer, 
 
 To wear the yoke seems sweet. 
 
 With daily growing strength to bear 
 The weight of duty and of care, 
 
 The load is daily less ; 
 Easy the yoke of Jesus grows. 
 His burden light, His work repose, 
 
 When He shall deign to bless. 
 
 At first we think our service hard, 
 Perhaps like slaves we feel debarred 
 
 From privilege and joy ; 
 But by and by His servants learn 
 Their highest freedom to discern, 
 
 Alone in His employ. 
 
 XI. 
 Freedom to rise and reign with Him, 
 Beneath the skies that never dim 
 
 Their all unclouded light ; 
 To him who bears his daily cross, 
 And, for his Lord, counts gain as loss, 
 
 Duty becomes delight. 
 
 XII. 
 
 So be it ours, while life shall last, 
 Our cheerful lot with those to cast 
 
 Who love to do his will. 
 Then dark may be our future way. 
 But out of darkness dawns the day. 
 
 That knows no shade of ill ! 
 
 After the reading of the poem, an offering was made to the 
 cause of Presbyterian Church Extension in the city, to be expend- 
 ed by the Presbyterian Alliance of Detroit; the second of the 
 special hymns was sung, and the assembly dismissed with the 
 benediction by Dr. Shaw. 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 19 
 
 ¥l\e Sftefi\ooi\ 5<xei^di^e'^ 
 
 Began promptly at 3 o'clock, with a " Jubilate " by the choir, and 
 prayer was offered by the Rev. George D. Baker, of the First 
 Presbyterian Church. The following paper, was then read, and, 
 though occupying nearly two hours in delivery, was listened to 
 with unflagging interest to its close : 
 
 BY THE HON. EDWARD C. WALKER. 
 
 "On the 2ist day of February, A. D., 1849, in the one-story 
 brick session-room of the First Presbyterian Church, in Detroit, 
 there assembled Revs. Geo. Duffield, D. D. and Robert R. Kellogg, 
 and Elders E P. Hastings and Thos. Rowland, a Committee of 
 the Presbytery of Detroit, to organize a second church of 
 our order, in the city. With them came twenty-six persons, 
 sixteen from the First Church, who then and there entered into 
 covenant relations with each other and their God, to walk together 
 as a christian church. 
 
 This event, after the lapse of a quarter of a century, we have 
 to-day met to commemorate. Twenty-five years seems a long 
 period to anticipate. How short it seems to many of us as we 
 look back over its fleeting hours. 
 
 That we may fully appreciate the bearings of this small 
 beginning, that scarcely caused a ripple in our city life, let us 
 glance, for a moment, at the surroundings of this event. 
 
 Gen. Zachary Taylor had just been elected President of the 
 United States, Epaphroditus Ransom was the Governor of Mich- 
 igan, and Charles Howard had just succeeded Frederick Buhl as 
 Mayor of Detroit. The city had then only eight wards, and was 
 bounded on the east by the Pontiac Rail Road, and on the west 
 by the high board fence of the Woodbridge Farm. The State, 
 three years before, had sold the Central Rail Road to Boston cap- 
 italists, under the lead of John W. Brooks (long an honored 
 member of this congregation). In the spring of iS-ig the road 
 reached Lake Michigan, and the " T " rail took the place of the old 
 
20 TWENTY-FIFTH AJTlSriVEKSART 
 
 flat bar as far west as Jackson. The Pontiac Rail Road had its 
 depot beside the Rail Road Hotel on the site of the present Opera 
 House. Colin Campbell kept the Scotch Store in a low, two story 
 building on Smart's corner, now the Merrill Block. The rest of 
 that block, to Larned Street, was mostly covered with low, wooden 
 tenements. The next block was nearly all occupied by the Pres- 
 byterian and Episcopal churches. Copland's block on the next 
 corner had just been built, and the old "Odd Fellow's Hall" 
 (so long the India Rubber Store) loomed up all alone as the only 
 building of any note on the opposite side. Woodward Avenue 
 had hardly yet began its triumphant rivalry over Jefferson. The 
 old City Hall, the Capitol, the French Church and the two church- 
 es on Woodward Avenue, were the noticeable public buildings. 
 The dwellings of Judge Sibley, (late the residence of Edmund 
 Trowbridge,) of Robert Stuart, (now of Dr. Morse Stewart,) of E. P. 
 Hastings, (now of Governor McClelland,) and of C. C. Trowbridge 
 on Jefferson Avenue — of Albert Crane, (now of Mr. Grout,) and of 
 Charles Howard, (now of Gen. Alger,) on Fort Street, were the 
 admiration of our citizens. The present Jones mansion was not 
 yet, but its predecessor was a low, white house, embowered in 
 trees and shrubbery, on the River Road. It was to be yet five 
 years before an architect located in Detroit. The population was 
 just about 20,000, one-fifth of its present number. We then had 
 nineteen churches ; four Roman Catholic, two Presbyterian, one 
 Congregational, four Episcopal, four Methodist, two Baptist, one 
 Lutheran, one Swedenborgian. Now there are fifty-nine, three 
 times as many ; nine Roman Catholic, seven Presbyterian, two 
 Congregational, seven Episcopal, nine Methodist, six Baptist, ten 
 Lutheran, two Swedenborgian, two Christian, one Unitarian, two 
 Synagogues, and two Christadelphians. 
 
 The Catholic churches were : St. Anne's, on Larned Street, 
 claiming to be the religious home of 5,000 souls ; the Cathedral, on 
 Jefferson Avenue, which was dedicated in June, 1848, and under 
 the care of Bishop LeFevre, was attended by most of the non- 
 French-speaking people this side of the eighth ward. The tem- 
 porary roof over the base of its tower, gave promise of a spire 
 soon to come, a hope which the lapse of a quarter century has not 
 turned to fruition. There was the German church on St. Antoine 
 Street, in the " extreme north-eastern part of the city," as the 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 21 
 
 record says, and Trinity church, founded among the rapidly in 
 creasing population of the eighth ward. These churches repre- 
 sented probably one-half of our city population. 
 
 The Congregational church was five years old, and the earnest 
 work and classic sermons of their new pastor, Rev. Mr. Kitchell, 
 were soon to change their little church on Jefferson Avenue, with 
 its unique Detroit architecture, (now Rolfe's Livery and Sale 
 Stables,) into the elegant building just above us. 
 
 Bishop McCoskry, (long may he be spared !) was rector of St 
 Paul's, which stood about where Wetmore's crockery store now is, 
 soon to give place to business, and be succeeded by the ivy-cov- 
 ered sanctuary on Congress Street. He had also under his Epis- 
 copal care, Christ Church, with its slight wooden building on its 
 beautiful lot on Jefferson Avenue; and the colored church on St. 
 Antoine Street, of Father Monroe, whose shining black face and 
 gold spectacles are a part of our city's history. The Mariners' 
 Church was not dedicated till December, 1849. 
 
 The First Methodist Church, (now St. Andrew's Hall,) had 
 been finished in 1848, and the record says that "great credit was 
 due to John Owen, James Burns and Elisha Eldred for the build- 
 ing of the same." The Second Church, which afterwards united 
 with it to form the Central, had a small, plain building on the 
 corner of Congress and Randolph Streets. There were also a 
 'colored and German Methodist Church. The old Methodist 
 church which stood so many years on the corner of Woodward 
 Avenue and Congress Street, where Gunn's store now is, had been 
 moved to the corner of Lafayette and Fourth Streets. It has just 
 now given place to Mr. Tefft's new house, and its now enlarged 
 congregation are finishing a new edifice on Howard Street. 
 
 The Baptist Church had its home on the corner of Fort and 
 Griswold Streets, on the present site of Music Hall, and was then 
 ably ministered to by Rev. (now Dr.) Haskell, of Ann Arbor. The 
 Tabernacle Baptist Church was not organized by Rev. James 
 Inglis, of fragrant memory, till September, 1849. The African 
 Baptist, the Lutheran and Swedenborgian Churches completed the 
 list, outside of our o\vn denomination. 
 
 The First Protestant Society was the corporate name of the First 
 Presbyterian Church, so called because it was the first protestant 
 organization in Detroit, and for years embraced all denominations 
 
22 TWENTY-FIFTH AN"N"IVERSARf 
 
 in its fold. As the city grew, one by one the different sects with- 
 drew, and the church which was organized on a very broad basis 
 in t8i6, was, on the 23d of January, A. D. 1825, forty-nine years 
 ago, converted into a strictly Presbyterian Church. It was the 
 largest and most influential church in the city. It had on its roll 
 the names of many who have been efficient in moulding the histo- 
 ry of the State and nation. During one term, not only the Gov- 
 ernor, but nearly all his cabinet, were from its ranks. It has 
 furnished at least three members of Congress, Stuart, Buel and 
 Wm. A. Howard, and five United States Senators, Woodbridge, 
 Porter, Cass, J. M. Howard and Chandler. 
 
 At this time. Dr. George Dufifield had been for ten years its pastor, 
 and was then in the full vigor and strength of his intellect, and of 
 his influence, which was widespread and powerful. Nothing that 
 pertained to humanity was foreign to him. His reputation in his 
 own church was national. The eldership of that church had con- 
 tained some remarkable men. Robert Stuart was one in a million 
 in personal appearance, intellectual power and vigor of character. 
 His manner and presence, as it impressed us boys, is ineffaceably 
 photographed on our memory. We called him the " Apostle 
 Paul," in honor of our conception of what a splendid man Paul 
 must have been, rather than in accordance with the Apostle's own 
 account of his " bodily presence." Converted late in life, he car- 
 ried into his Christianity the same stern purpose and indomitable ' 
 will which had marked his worldly career, only softened by the 
 new life within. 
 
 Major Frank Larned, U. S. A., was a most polished, courteous 
 christian gentleman — loved and respected by all ; his house, now 
 the residence of Solomon Gardner, was for years the center of a 
 large and christian hospitality. 
 
 Major Jonathan Kearsley, who left a leg at the sortie of Fort 
 Erie, was a bluff", blunt old soldier, who made his mark upon our 
 State's history, especially upon our educational institutions. The 
 University owes much to him as its regent. His Perfect Latinity 
 and his Ross' Latin Grammar were the terror of the boys upon 
 examination day, who, in the Branch University, on the site of 
 Farrand, Williams &: Go's present store, were preparing for col- 
 lege, under the able instruction of Chaplain Fitch, now of Fort 
 Wayne. 
 
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 Eurotas P. Hastings is a name inseparably connected in this 
 State, with the history of our denomination. It may ahnost be 
 said that the church crystallized about him. As one of our earli- 
 est pioneers, his influential position for the first twenty years of 
 his residence here, enabled him to exert a controlling influence in 
 the formative period of the church. The preciolis memory of his 
 earnest piety, and his christian fidelity to the last, has survived 
 every member of his immediate family. 
 
 Equally conspicuous and noble at an early day, but less 
 known to this generation, was Edward Bingham. The sterling 
 honesty and unswerving devotion to duty of Alexander McFarren 
 (for a time also an elder in this church) were worthy of his Scot- 
 tish ancestry, and would have carried him to the stake if the cause 
 had demanded. Of the old board of elders, Horace Hallock, 
 whom we all know and love, alone remains. 
 
 The church at this time had 450 members. The congrega- 
 tion was so large that for some years there had been no desirable 
 pews to rent in the church. This was located on the corner of 
 Woodward x\venue and Larned Street, where Tunis now dispen- 
 ses books and papers. The society owned one-half of the block 
 up to the line of St. Paul's, where stores now rent for $3,000 per 
 annum. A brick-session room, surrounded with tomb-stones, was 
 between the two churches. The following description of the 
 church is from ' Welling's Directory,' of 1846: " It cost $25,000. 
 " It is deemed one of the best churches in the western States. 
 " The beauty and finish of the building have been often noticed. 
 "It is arched, and the arch is divided into four panels, enclosing 
 " a quadrangle which overhangs the center of the floor. The quad- 
 " rangle is ornamented by two elegant center-pieces, from each of 
 "which is suspended a bronze chandelier." 
 
 With such a church, such a pastor and such an eldership, it is 
 not strange that no movement was made for church extension. 
 All clung with tenacity to the revered associations of the old 
 church. There was no wealth in Detroit at the time, except in 
 French farms. There was not a farthing of surplus capital. Our 
 present wealthy men were just laying the foundations of their 
 wealth, and such outlays as we are now making, were not only 
 unthought of, but impossible. The large congregation of the First 
 Church, had its famous " Dwight Debt " of $2,500 hanging over 
 
24 TWEKTT-FIFTH ANNIVEESART 
 
 it, which never was paid till the burning of the church in 1854. 
 The same church could raise and pay :|25,ooo easier to-day, than 
 the whole body of Detroit Presbyterians could then raise $2,500. 
 In the summer of 1848, Rev. Robert R. Kellogg, a brother of 
 Mrs. Edward Orr, who had just resigned a pastorate at Romeo, 
 happened providentially to be in Detroit, and thought he saw an 
 open door for a second church. He found very many who were 
 earnest in saying that a second church was demanded, but only a 
 handful who said, " we will join in such an enterprise." He 
 appeared before the session of the First Church on the 7th of 
 August, 1848, and asked their co-operation in his plan. The ses- 
 sion appointed Thomas Rowland, Alexander McFarren, Samuel 
 Zug, Sylvester Lamed, T. W. Lockwood, Alanson Sheley and J. 
 S. Farrand, a committee to aid Mr. Kellogg, and to raise a sub- 
 scription of $1,000 to defray the expenses of the first year. On 
 August 31st the committee reported that they had raised only 
 $500, but that Mr. Kellogg was willing to commence his labors, 
 and rely upon future subscriptions for his support. 
 
 Accordingly, having procured the use of the Capitol School 
 building, he began his labors September loth, 1848. A Sabbath 
 School was commenced on that or the next Sabbath, and the 
 enterprise, whose results we now see about us, was fairly launched. 
 Mr. Kellogg was an indefatigable worker. He went from house 
 to house. He hunted up every family in the city, who had their 
 church letters from the east, (as some of you have yet,) stowed 
 away in bureau drawers, and who made the fullness of the First 
 Church an excuse for not showing their christian colors. He 
 went into the streets, and "compelled them to come in." A 
 respectable congregation was at once gathered. After five months 
 of this preparatory work, on February 5th, 1849, an application 
 was made to the Presbytery for leave to form a church, which 
 was done on February 21st, 1849, three days short of a quarter 
 of a century ago. 
 
 The names of the original twenty-six, were as follows : From 
 the First Church — Samuel Zug and wife, Sylvester Larned and 
 wife, S. p. Wilcox and wife, Thomas Rowland and wife, William 
 Gilbert and wife, Mrs. John H. Harmon, Robert Beattie, Mrs. 
 Charlotte Thompson, Miss Catherine A. Fisher (afterwards Mrs. 
 William Walker), and Delia Mather (now Mrs. Edwin Jerome, Sen.) 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 25 
 
 From other churclies — Mrs. Elizabeth Weir and two daughters, Mrs. 
 R. R. Kellogg, William Haworth, Marion Rutherferd, U. O. Penfield 
 and wife, J. J. Briscoe and wife, and Mrs. William Stewart. Of 
 these, only thirteen, just one-half, are living to-day, as far as we 
 know. Only three remain in the church : Mr. and Mrs. Zug and 
 S. P. Wilcox. Prior to the organization of the church, a request 
 was presented to the First Church session, asking that elders Row- 
 land, McFarren and Sheley might be dismissed, to constitute the 
 Board of Elders of the new church. The session unanimously 
 directed its clerk to grant letters to such of said elders, as should 
 apply for them. 
 
 " Major Rowland alone asked for such letter. The others did 
 not see their duty clear, or lacked faith in the enterprise. Major 
 Rowland and Mr. Zug were elected the first elders, but Messrs. 
 McFarren and Sheley for some time sat and counseled with the 
 new Board, at the special request of Mr. Kellogg, and by appoint- 
 ment of their own session. 
 
 In March, 1849, the corporation of this society was organized, 
 and the question of a church building was at once agitated. The 
 financial ability of the little church was small, but it had pluck, 
 courage and faith, especially in the person of its pastor. General 
 Cass donated a lot on Lafayette Avenue, where R. W. Gillett now 
 lives, but that was so on one side, so out of town, that it was not 
 suitable for the site of a new church, and the Trustees bought of 
 James A. Van Dyke, Esq., for $1,500, the lot on the corner of 
 Lafayette and Wayne Streets, and applied General Cass' lot 
 towards the payment for the same, at $700. Messrs. Zug and 
 McFarren were appointed a building committee, and obtained 
 plans and estimates for a church ; but, on the 25th of July, 1849, 
 the society put the whole matter into the hands of the pastor, with 
 full power to raise the money and build the church, " provided 
 that he should not run the corporation in debt." Accordingly, 
 Mr. Kellogg raised the subscription, collected the money, let the 
 contracts in his own name, superintended the whole work, put in 
 all the money he had received from the sale of his house in 
 Romeo, and turned it over to the Trustees complete, on the 7th 
 of April, A. D. 1S50, when it was dedicated with rejoicing. 
 
 It cost $4,364, of which Mr. Kellogg had raised and collected 
 $3,260, leaving him personally responsible for $1,104. In the 
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36 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVEKSAKT 
 
 light of the present day, that subscription paper is a study. The 
 largest donor, after General Cass, was Samuel Zug, $300, the next, 
 Mrs. DeGarmo Jones, $200, the third, Sylvester Larned, $150, 
 while Mrs. Zug (who has been doing just such good things ever 
 since) is credited with $400, the proceeds of a fair. She also col- 
 lected all the money with which to furnish the church, from ladies, 
 mostly of the First Church ; and of all the sums donated, only 
 two were as large as five dollars. 
 
 In November, A. D. 1849, ^ call was extended to Mr. 
 Kellogg, at a salary of fSoo, but as the Trustees, by S. P. Wilcox, 
 their Treasurer, long an able and efficient officer, reported that it 
 was impossible to raise but $600, the pastor agreed to donate 
 the deficiency for the first year. He was installed during the 
 session of the General Assembly, May 21, 1850, and Drs. Riddle, 
 of Pittsburgh, and Mason, of N. Y., took part in the services. 
 
 The salary, actually paid to Mr. Kellogg the first year, was 
 $329, and the second year, $520, but these deficiencies were all 
 eventually made up to him. The history of this first five years is 
 one of intense financial struggle of a few determined men of fee- 
 ble resources, left to sustain, alone, an enterprise too great for 
 their strength. 
 
 But there is a bright side to this picture — a silver lining to 
 this cloud. Hardly a communion occurred during the time with- 
 out accessions to the church upon profession of faith. During 
 that five years, 190 names were entered on the roll, 69 upon pro- 
 fession of their faith. A Mission School on Elizabeth Street was 
 established, and a nice building erected in 1851, which lived and 
 flourished under other hands, many years. 
 
 In 1853, Mr. Kellogg, seeing the complication that might 
 arise, owing to the swarming of the old hive, and the contemplat- 
 ed erection of a new church on Fort Street, tendered his resigna- 
 tion, to take effect September ist, of that year, thus leaving the 
 way open for the Second Church to join the Fort Street move- 
 ment, if desired. 
 
 Rev. Robert R. Kellogg was born at Hudson, N. Y., May 
 iSth, 1813. He graduated at New York University, and studied 
 his profession at Auburn Seminary, that noble School of the 
 Prophets. He had preached at Gowanus, N. Y., and there erect- 
 ed a church, and in 1841, became pastor of the Congregational 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 37 
 
 Church at Romeo, where he was also principal of an academy. 
 He was also at one time a Regent of our University. After leav- 
 ing Detroit, he was settled at LeRoy and Lima, N. Y., and died 
 suddenly, after a five years' pastorate at Milford, Pa., in Septem- 
 ber, 1866, aged 54 years. Rev. David M. Cooper, of Albion, son 
 of Elder David Cooper,-of the First Church, was converted under 
 his ministry, while attending school at Romeo, and afterwards 
 united with this church, and was only taken from us by his ordi- 
 nation vows. In a letter I have seen of Mr. Kellogg's, dated 
 July 13th, 1841, he speaks of one John S. Newberry as "a boy 
 of great promise," just about to unite with his church on pro- 
 fession. 
 
 No one can thoroughly search the records of the first five 
 years of our church life, without being impressed with the devout 
 earnestness and self-sacrificing spirit of its first pastor. His was 
 a pure missionary work. He displayed the same untiring energy 
 in leading sinners to Christ, that he manifested in building our 
 first edifice, almost unaided and alone. Though only eight mem- 
 bers, admitted under his ministry, Mr. and Mrs. Zug, Mr. Wilcox, 
 Mrs. Shepard, Mrs. Mair, Mrs. Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Bloss 
 remain among our active members, his memory and his work here 
 should not be forgotten by us, and the record ever remaineth on 
 high. Like the first pioneers in our western wilds, who clear up 
 the forest and then leave the smooth meadows and fruitful orchards 
 to be enjoyed by others — he labored, and we have entered into 
 his labors. 
 
 His widow, in a letter written in view of this day, from Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y., thus sweetly tells of the last day of his life : " Not soon 
 " will be forgotten his last public service as his heart dilated upon 
 " a text so appropriate to the close of his ministry : ' The Lord 
 " ' direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patient wait- 
 " ' ing for Christ.' The abundance of his pulpit labors on that day 
 " was followedup by visiting the sick and dying, and conversing about 
 " the interest of Christ's kingdom, until evening came, when he re- 
 " turned to his home, only to lay himself down to die ; and in the 
 " presence of his family, to breathe out his life before the morning's 
 " light, upon the bosom of that Saviour to whom all his energies 
 " had been consecrated. 
 
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 " Servant of God, well done — 
 
 " Rest from thy loved employ ; 
 " The battle fought, the victory won, 
 
 " Enter the Master's joy." 
 
 After the organization of this society, the mother church pro- 
 ceeded in the even tenor of her way, prospering outwardly and 
 spiritually. In January, 1851, it leased the seventy-five feet in 
 front next to St. Paul's, to Holmes and Sheley, for twenty years, 
 at an annual ground rent of $975- In November of the same 
 year, a special meeting was called of that society, on the petition 
 of E. P. Hastings, F. Wetmore, W. A. Bacon, W. A. Raymond, 
 Cullen Brown, M. H. Webster and J. W. Tillman, to consider the 
 propriety of selling some of their real estatt, and building a third 
 church in the eastern part of the city. On motion of Dr. Morse 
 Stewart, it was voted to be inexpedient. This was only an index 
 of a desire for church extension, which was afterwards more fully 
 developed. 
 
 At the annual meeting of February 7th, 1853, Shubael Conant 
 in the chair, after the election of Trustees, Wm. A. Howard, Esq. 
 introduced a resolution, providing for the sale of all the Wood- 
 ward Avenue property, and building, eventually, from the proceeds, 
 three churches, one on Fort Street, one on Jefferson Avenue and 
 one near the Grand Circus. It was, after discussion, referred to a 
 committee of nine persons, viz : B. Wight, A. Sheley, T. W. 
 Lockwood, W. A. Howard, F. Moore, J. Kearsley, J. S. Farrand, 
 F. Buhl and F. Wetmore, to which the Elders were afterwards 
 added. On the loth instant the majority of the committe, by T. 
 W. Lockwood, reported in favor of the project, a minority, by A. 
 McFarren, against it. After long and heated discussions, and 
 two other adjournments, on January 24th a preamble and four 
 resolutions were introduced, and, upon a vote by ayes and noes, 
 were adopted, by a vote of forty-seven to sixteen. They provided 
 that the 160 feet in front on Woodward Avenue should at once be 
 conveyed to James F. Joy, E. P. Hastings and J. S. Farrand in 
 trust to sell the same within twenty months, but not to give pos- 
 session of the church for two years^; and, after paying all the debts 
 of the First Protestant Society, to pay over to said society four- 
 tenths of the residue, for the purpose of building a new church, 
 either on Jefferson Avenue or in the 5th or 6th ward as it should 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 2f9 
 
 elect ; 2d, to pay three-tenths to a church to be built on Fort 
 Street, and three-tenths to a church in the locality which the First 
 Protestant Society should not choose. They also provided that if 
 the Second Church should accede to this plan and unite with the 
 Fort Street project, that its property should be divided in the same 
 way. It was understood that the decision as to the location 
 of the First .Church, was to be left to the pastor, who 
 was at that time abroad ; and that only two new churches 
 should be built at once. This Y)\an was carried out to 
 the letter, except that the providential burning of the old First 
 Church January loth, 1854, permitted an immediate sale of the 
 premises, and imposed the necessity under the selection made by 
 the First Society, upon all three churches, of building at one 
 time. 
 
 On the 3d of March, A. D. 1853, the parties, interested in 
 building a church upon Fort Street, assembled in Judge Conant's 
 famous office, in rear of the Michigan Insurance (now First 
 National) Bank building, on Griswold Street, and resolved to 
 organize temporarily for the purpose of building a church, under 
 the name of the Fort Street Presbyterian Church Society. F. 
 Moore was made President, Z. Chandler, Treasurer, and E. C 
 Walker, Secretary. A building committee was appointed, consist- 
 ing of F. Moore, F. Buhl, Capt. A. Canfield, S. Conant, Z. Chand- 
 ler, T. W. Lockwood, J. W. Brooks. After discussing the question 
 of site, some advising the purchase of the corner of Cass Street, 
 where Dr. T. A. McGraw's house now is, it was decided to buy 
 this lot, which was purchased of Shadrach Gillett — 100 feet front — 
 for $7,000, he moving off the house, which was one of the first 
 built on the Cass Farm, and now is occupied by Marcus Stevens, 
 PLsq., corner of Second and Lafayette Streets. 
 
 The first subscription for church building was at once taken 
 up, and twenty persons subscribed $20,200. A supplementary 
 subscription by the same parties brought up the amount to just 
 $30,000. Near the completion of the church, a third subscription 
 was made by other and new parties, amounting to $6.850 — total, 
 $36,850 — all of which was paid except $1,000. The sum received 
 from the First Church was about $15,000. The cost of the church 
 and lot was $70,000. After selling the pews, there remained a 
 permanent mortgage debt of $15,000 on the building. Four of 
 
30 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 the subscribers paid $3,000 each, three paid $2,000 each, and four 
 paid $1,500 each. The architect of the church was A. H. Jordan, 
 late of San Francisco. 
 
 On the 13th of July, A. D. 1853, a committee of the society, 
 Messrs. Moore and Lockwood, proposed to the Second Presby- 
 terian Chuich to unite with its organization, and transfer the 
 new church and society to the new building on Fort Street, when 
 completed, the edifice on Lafayette Street to be sold and proceeds 
 divided among the three churches. This overture was cordially 
 accepted, and soon the families connected with the Fort Street 
 enterprise took pews in the Second Church. 
 
 On the 12th of September, A. D. 1853, a committee was 
 appointed to call a pastor ; Messrs. Gibson and Bloss from the old 
 members, Messrs. Moore and Walker from the new. The services 
 of Rev. E. O. Haven, then a Professor in the University and after- 
 wards its President, were secured, and he ministered to us most 
 acceptably till a pastor was obtained. On the 4th of December 
 thereafter, a call was extended to Rev. (now Dr.) Henry Neill, of 
 Lennox, Mass., at a salary of $1,500, to be increased to $2,000 
 upon going into the new church. He entered upon his work on 
 January 22d, 1854, but was not formally installed till October 15th, 
 1854, when Dr. R. W. Patterson, of Chicago preached the install- 
 ation sermon. Mr. Neill preached almost two years, till Novem- 
 ber, 1855, in the old building. On the 8th of that month, the 
 special Trustees of the Fort Street Presbyterian Church Society, 
 conveyed the title and delivered the keys of this finished House 
 of God to the corporation of this church. On the i8th of the 
 same month it was dedicated with joy and thanksgiving. On the 
 next day the pews were successfully sold at auction, Zachaiiah 
 Chandler officiating as auctioneer. The building we left was sold 
 to the United Presbyterians for $6,000, and it is a great pleasure 
 that such a congregation, with such a pastor, should have succeed- 
 ed to the tenement we had outgrown. 
 
 The following is a list of those who took letters from the First 
 Church during the first year of Mr. Neill's ministry : Mr. and Mrs, 
 Angus McKay, Mr. and Mrs. John Brown, T. W. Lockwood, wife, 
 mother and sister, Mrs. Franklin Moore, Mrs. Chris. Reeve and 
 daughter, Mrs. Solomon Davis, Mrs. F. Buhl, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. 
 Walker, Mrs. J. M. Welch, Shubael Conant, Alex. McFarlane, 
 
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 Geo. B. Dickinson, George Foote, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hodgkin, 
 Mrs. T. H. Hinchman, Mrs. Cornelius Wickware, Dr. E. M. Clark, 
 Mrs. James Stephens, Mrs. De(iarmo Jones, Shadrach Gillett, 
 wife and daughter, and Mrs. F. H. Steevens — twenty-nine persons 
 in all — of whom twelve have gone from us in twenty years, for- 
 ever, and only nine remain upon the rolls to-day, viz : Mrs. Buhl, 
 Mrs. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Welch, Geo. Foote, Mrs. 
 Hodgkin, Mrs. Wickware, and Shadrach Gillett. 
 
 Many heads of families then or soon after united with us, not 
 represented on this list. Many did not present their letters till we 
 entered the new church. Many joined our congregation from other 
 churches. Among those were Cyrus W. Jackson, Col. Levi Cook, C 
 H. Buhl, J. W. Brooks, Geo. E. Hand, Capt. E. B. Ward, Cap. Eber 
 Ward, T. F. Abbott, Edward Orr, David Thompson, Jas. F. Joy, 
 Z. Chandler, J. P. PhilHps, Geo. F. Bagley, B. B. and W. R. Noyes; 
 Geo. W. Bissell, M. H. Webster, John Palmer, Elisha Eldred, John 
 Q. Dudley, Charles Ducharme, John Stephens, James Williams, 
 Allan Shelden, Jacob Beeson, F. J. B. Crane, J. G. Erwin, H. J. 
 Buckley, Hovey K. Clarke, Catherine Hinchman, Jos. Law, Jr., 
 Walter Chester, Philip Thurber, Bradford Smith and J. W. Smith, 
 his brother, Duncan Stewart, Ransom Gardner, Wm. L. Wood- 
 bridge, C. G. Brownell, Waldo M. Johnson, S. G. Caskey, Alfred 
 Russell, A. P. Cameron, R. Hosie, C. D. Farlin, J. V. Beane, W. 
 P. Yerkes, Chas. Root, L N. Swaine, Sarah Perkins, Jas. Menzies, 
 Geo. McMillan, H. Morrison, and J. W. Ray. 
 
 On the 17th of June, A. D. 1857, Rev. Mr. Neill, after a pas- 
 torate of three and one-half years, tendered his resignation. 
 During his ministry, ninety-four members were admitted to the 
 church ; thirteen upon profession of their faith. Mr. Neill was a 
 man of decided but peculiar genius. Sometimes as an orator he 
 rose to great heights of poAver, and carried his auditors with him 
 by storm ; but his efforts were unequal and irregular. His piety 
 was true and earnest. His social qualities were most charming 
 and delightful. So strong a hold had he upon the hearts of those 
 who knew him best, that when, after leaving this church, he was 
 invited to organize still another Presbyterian Church in Detroit, 
 he drew from us by the jK)wer of his personal attraction, fifteen or 
 twenty families of the congregation of the highest social and relig- 
 ious culture, whose departure was felt at the time as a heavy blow 
 
32 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 to our new enterprise. Now, in view of the good work Westmins- 
 ter has done in the past, and what we know she will do in the 
 future, when before long she shall stand with completed church 
 on Woodward Avenue; and in view of the most cordial and happy 
 relations that exist between us, we have no regrets to remember, 
 but rather joy and pride, that such a daughter has gone from our 
 household in the first quarter of a century of our church life. 
 
 From June i8th, 1857, we were without a pastor for sixteen 
 months, but providentially were not as sheep without a shepherd. 
 Rev. T. S. Byington, then a young man under commission from 
 the American Board, now returned from the foreign field on 
 account of health, and preaching at Newton, N. J., ministered to 
 us with great acceptance and profit, for three months. 
 
 The Rev. James Means, of Andover, Mass., in feeble health, 
 ventured to preach to us for a little while ; but we held him for 
 six months. Beyond any man I ever met, he seemed one after 
 God's own heart. Winning souls to Christ was to him as spon- 
 taneous and natural as breathing. A blessed revival was given us 
 under his labors, and many of the young whom he specially loved, 
 were gathered into the church, as well as many of the older ones 
 of the congregation, among them Franklin Moore and Elder F. 
 Buhl. Forty-eight were added to the church in this interregnum; 
 all but fourteen upon profession of faith. Mr. Means died as 
 chaplain in the army during the war. If ever any christian soul 
 will have a crown studded with stars, James Means will, I believe, 
 be among the blessed number. 
 
 After him, we enjoyed for two months, the ministry of Dr. Edwin 
 Hall, of Auburn Theological Seminary, and were then fortunate 
 enough to procure the services of one you all know. Rev. W. A. 
 McCorkle, till a new pastor arrived. During this time, a call had 
 been extended to Dr. Walter Clarke, ot Hartford, and declined. 
 
 At a meeting of the American Board in this city, in October, 
 A. D. .i85<S, Rev. Azariah Eldridge was present. He was born 
 upon Cape Cod, had graduated with high honor at Yale, where he 
 was a college-mate of S. Earned, J. W, Waterman and myself, through 
 whom his name was given to the church. He was converted in his 
 senior year, and entered at once into the ministry. He was called 
 to a churcl\ in New Bedford, to which he ministered successfully 
 for several years ; had then traveled several years in Europe, and 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 33 
 
 was just returned ready again for ministerial work. In 1853, the 
 committee appointed to call a pastor, had heard Dr. Eldridge at 
 New Bedford and were delighted with the ability and strength of 
 his sermons, but he was then immovable. Now he was approach- 
 ed on the subject of the pastorate of this church. He intimated 
 that if the debt was paid he would come. An effort was at once 
 made in that direction, and the whole debt of $19,000 was provid- 
 ed for in a week. He accepted our call at a salary of $2,500, and 
 was duly installed as pastor on the 2d of December, A. D. 1858. 
 He was a man of thorough learning and high culture. His dis- 
 courses were models of purity of diction, and power of expression. 
 He faithfully and conscientiously ministered to this people for six 
 and one-half years, to June, 1865, when he resigned on account 
 of ill health. The proof of Dr. Eldridge 's ministry is shown in 
 the roll of the church, to which one hundred and sixty names were 
 added during his term, seventy-three of them upon profession of 
 faith. His name is specially loved by the poor and sick among 
 his people, for whom his heart always went out in sympathy and 
 benevolence. 
 
 It is right to speak of pastors' wives, after they are no longer 
 with us. No church ever had better ones, than Mrs. Kellogg, Mrs. 
 Neill and Mrs. Eldridge, Of the two latter best known to us, it 
 is enough to say of Mrs. Neill, that she was a daughter of Dr, 
 Heman Humphrey, and in every way worthy of her family and 
 parentage. "The heart of her husband did safely trust in her." 
 Mrs. Eldridge, without being specially demonstrative, won and 
 held the love of every member of the congregation, by her 
 thorough goodness, crowned by every grace of social and intel- 
 lectual culture. 
 
 In 1859, by act of our Legislature, the name of the society 
 was changed from the " Second," to the "Fort Street" Presby- 
 terian Church. 
 
 After the resignation of Dr. Eldridge, Rev. W. H. Clark, 
 nephew of Elder Farrand, filled the pulpit very happily for three 
 months. The session then, in October, 1865, emplyed Rev. Sam- 
 uel T. Clarke, of Buffalo, to supply the pulpit for a short time, 
 during which the society extended a call to Rev. Dr. James 
 Eells, of Brooklyn, N. Y., since of San Francisco and Cleveland 
 and San Francisco again, which call was declined. 
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34 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 After the declination of Dr. Eells, in December, 1865, Mr. 
 Clarke was engaged to preach for us for six months, at a salary of 
 $2,500 per annum. He was the son of Rev. Walter Clarke, D. D., 
 and a licentiate, not yet ordained. He was a graduate of Hamil- 
 ton College and Union Theological Seminary. Before the expi- 
 ration of the six months, he had performed his duties with so 
 much acceptance to the congregation, that he was called to the 
 pastorate on the 14th of May, 1866, at the same salary, and was 
 duly ordained to the ministry and installed as pastor on the first 
 day of July thereafter. Dr. Walter Clarke, his father, preached 
 on the occasion, a sermon of great power and ability. 
 
 Mr. Clarke continued in the pastorate till November, 1868, 
 when he resigned. He filled the pulpit as pastor and supply, 
 three years and one month, during which period sixty persons 
 united with the church — thirty by letter, and a like number on 
 profession. He is now the successful pastor of a church at Owego, 
 N. Y. 
 
 We now enter upon what we may well call the " golden age " 
 of the church — the last five years under the pastorate of Rev. 
 Arthur T. Pierson. On the 14th of December, 1868, a committee 
 to procure a pastor was appointed, consisting of J. F. Joy, F. 
 Buhl, Duncan Stewart, J. D. Hayes, E. Y. Swift, Allan Shelden, 
 and E. C. Walker. One of our committee, J. D. Hayes, who 
 belongs not only to the " Blue Line " of rail roads, but the blue 
 line of Presbyterianism, asked Dr. J. B. Shaw, of Rochester, N. 
 Y., to recommend the right man for the vacant pulpit. He point- 
 ed at once to Rev. Mr. Pierson, of Waterford, N. Y.. as the man 
 for the place. Mr. Hayes, with the promptness and decision 
 which belong to Michigan Central Rail Road officials, at once 
 went to hear him. He reported, without any doubt or misgivings, 
 that he was the " coming man." Mr. Pierson was induced to come 
 and look at us, and I was appointed a committee of one to go 
 and look at him and his antecedents. I shall not say a word 
 of what I learned and saw — while mousing around among the 
 archives of colleges and churches, and interviewing all sorts of 
 people — except what most of you already know : that he is a native 
 of New York City; age, uncertain; graduated at Hamilton Col- 
 lege in 1857, in the same class with Dr. Herrick Johnson ; studied 
 theology at Union Seminary ; preached a while in Connecticut ; 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH" 35 
 
 was settled three years over a Congregational church at Bing- 
 hamton, N. Y., and had enjoyed, for six years, a most hap|)y and 
 successful ministry at Waterford, near Troy, N. Y. 
 
 On the 8th of February, 1869, we gave him an unanimous 
 call at a salary of ^3,000 — since increased to 84,000. He entered 
 at once upon his work, and was installed May 5, 1869, Dr. Shaw 
 very appropriately preaching the sermon. If our pastor is 
 sorry that he ever enlisted and took this large congregation upon 
 his shoulders, (and I think he is not) we emphatically sorrow not, 
 but all the time — Sabbaths and week days — we bless God and are 
 thankful that He in His i)rovidence, sent us such a man to preach 
 the Gospel to us, 
 
 " To point to brighter worlds, and lead the way." 
 
 His earnest and faithful labors were crowned with success in 
 the very first year of his ministry. God rejoiced his heart by the 
 out-pouring of the Spirit upon the congregation — mostly ujjon the 
 young people and Sabbath School. Some forty were converted in 
 the revival. Twenty-seven united with the church at one time, 
 on the 2d of March, 1870, a day long to be remembered by many. 
 
 Among the elements of progress and growth, and the events of 
 this five years, we may mention the following : 
 
 The "Young People's Union" began Noveml^er i ith, 1869, and, 
 continuing for two years, was a source of grent good. It accom- 
 plished the object at which it was aimed, viz ; by joint social and re- 
 ligious intluence, to unify and bring into mutual knowledge and sym- 
 pathy, all the young people of the society, and thus make them inis- 
 sionaries in drawing other young people into the church and 
 congregation. The young element of our church had always been 
 small to the great regret of former pastors and office- 
 bearers of the church. This " Union " wrought a decided change 
 for the better in this respect. Its influence still lives and breathes 
 among us, after the organization itself, which fulfilled its destiny, 
 has passed away. 
 
 The " Young People's Prayer Meeting " was commenced Jan- 
 uary 30, 1870, Otto Kirchner leading the first meeting. It has 
 ever since been held one-half hour before the Sunday evening 
 service, and has been a source of life and strength, to many young 
 souls. 
 
 In March, 1870, the congregation felt so happy, united and 
 
36 TWEKTT-FIFTH ANNIVERSAET 
 
 prosperous, that they determined, at the suggestion of the pastor, 
 to make a thorough renovation of the interior and basement of 
 the church. When the original plans of the church were under 
 consideration in 1854, the architect was instructed to cut down 
 the cost to a certain amount. He did so, but in order to save his 
 exterior design, of which he was justly proud, he made his reduc- 
 tions entirely on the interior finish of the church. The result was, 
 the inside of the edifice was not at all in keeping with the beauty 
 of the exterior. The basement was badly arranged, without areas, 
 the earth lying against the walls, and was unventilated, damp and 
 unhealthy. A committee of sixteen was appointed to raise the money 
 and do the work. They began the repairs in March, 1 870, and we re- 
 entered this upper sanctuary, made new and beautiful, on January 
 first, 1 87 1. The basement and the very foundations of the build- 
 ing were overhauled, a thorough and elaborate system of drainage 
 adopted, and the rooms made cheerful and pleasant, without 
 dampness or mildew from that time forward. The old furnaces 
 were taken out, and a satisfactory system of steam-heating intro- 
 duced. The badly-laid roof was re-slated ; the organ was 
 improved and enlarged ; a gallery was added to the audience- 
 room, increasing its capacity one-third ; and the whole interior 
 made over, as you see. The cost was ^34,000, which the commit- 
 tee raised and paid. They did their work so faithfully and so 
 well, that their names should be recorded : Geo. E. Hand, Chair- 
 man, F. Moore, F. Buhl, J. F. Joy, C. H. Buhl, J. D. Hayes, 
 Bradford Smith, S. G. Caskey, R. W. Gillett, A. G. Lindsay, Francis 
 Adams, Allan Shelden, J. Huff Jones, George McMillan, Robert 
 Hosie, and Emory Wendell. " Si qua'ris iiioimmentu/n, circiiinspice." 
 If you would know their labors, behold and see. 
 
 In 187 1, the Annual Meeting of the congregation was estab- 
 lished, which occurs about this time each year, wherein the work 
 of the year is fully reviewed. The pastor, the session, the dea- 
 cons, the trustees, the treasurer of the benevolent fund, and the 
 Superintendent of the Sabbath School, all render an account of 
 their stewardship, and report the history, in detail, of the year's 
 work. After this, by the help of good things to eat and drink, 
 served up on Mr. Hayes' beautiful crockery-gift from the church 
 kitchen, an hour or two is passed in delightful social intercourse. 
 The influence of such gatherings is most excellent, giving unity and 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 37 
 
 esprit du corps to the congregation, making strangers better known, 
 and posting up the whole people in the work of the church. 
 
 The Pastor's Bible Class, interrupted necessarily for a while, 
 and now again resumed, has been a new and interesting feature of 
 the church. No one who has attended has failed to be interested 
 and profited, and many have come in from other churches to hear 
 and enjoy. When a whole congregation shall come together, as it 
 should, to study Clod's Word, we may well think the approach- 
 ing Millenium near at hand. 
 
 The Monthly Concert has been re-established. The first action 
 taken by the little session in 1849, was to vote that the Monthly 
 Concert should always be held. May that resolution never again be 
 l)ractically suspended ! 
 
 The great increase in the benevolences and in the benevolent 
 spirit of the congregation, and its more intelligent ac<[uaintance 
 with, and appreciation of, the work of our denomination, will be 
 alluded to by another. Especially has the interest of the church 
 in the cause of Foreign Missions, been enlarged. Our ladies 
 belong to and attend the Women's Board, composed of members 
 of all our churches. We have a most successful Young Ladies' 
 Missionary Society, organized by Mrs. Hoffman, whose annual 
 festival has become an event among us, and which has just 
 assumed the entire support of a female missionary in the capital 
 of Persia. There has just been organized also, the "Rhea Mis- 
 sion Band," among the little girls under fifteen years of age. 
 
 A new and complete Manual of our church was made in 187 1, 
 containing, among other things, the name and address of every 
 man, woman and child in the congregation. Though a work of 
 great labor on the part of pastor and session, it has been, and 
 is, most useful in all the work of the church. 
 
 In 1872, we had the pleasure of receiving beneath our roof- 
 tree, the General Assembly of the United States. The opinion 
 has gone abroad, as wide as the denomination, that it was the best 
 managed and most delightful meeting of the Assembly, ever held. 
 We think the opinion is justifiable and correct. This success was 
 due to three things: ist, To the organizing power, executive 
 ability and excessive labor of the Chairman of the Committee of 
 Arrangements, the pastor of this cluirch. 2d, To the capital men 
 and workers on the committee, who stood by him and held up his 
 
38 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 hands all the time : Dr. Hogarth, Rev. Mr. Baker, Hovey K. 
 Clarke, J. S. Farrand and Elisha Taylor*. 3d, To the unbounded 
 hospitality and liberality of the citizens of Detroit, of every 
 name and church. How few among us will live to see the Gen- 
 eral Assembly, in its cycle of thirty years., again in the City of 
 the Straits. 
 
 To summarize the work of the five years : one hundred and 
 eighty-five have been added to the church, ninety-one upon pro- 
 fession. Twenty-eight adults have been baptized, and fifty chil- 
 dren. The number of paying pewholders in 1869, was eighty-two; 
 now, one hundred and fifty-one. The income from pew rent for the 
 year ending in March, 1869, was ;|4,203^for the year ending 
 March, 1873, ^8,214, nearly double. The number of members on 
 the roll in spring, 1869, was 238 — the number now, after a thorough 
 sifting and striking off all lost members, is 359. The benevolent 
 contributions reported to Presbytery, March, 1869, were $1,927.64. 
 Those reported March, 1873, were $3,677.91. The past year will 
 show a large increase upon that amount. 
 
 During these five years, some interesting facts have occurred, 
 which concern our whole church in Detroit. 
 
 The severed Presbyterian Church has, by God's blessing, again 
 become a unit. We that were two, have now become one band. 
 This happy event was duly celebrated by a union meeting of all 
 the churches, on the evening of December 5th, 18O9, in the house 
 of the First Church, the loved mother of us all. 
 
 During these five years, every other Presbyterian church has 
 gained or lost a pastor. Rev. Mr. Baker has succeeded Dr. 
 McCorkle; Dr. Aikman has followed Mr. McLaren; and Dr. 
 Hogarth, the Nestor of the Detroit Pulpit, has left a great vacancy 
 in Jefferson Avenue, not yet filled. May God be as kind to that 
 church, in sending one to go in and out before her, as He has 
 been to her sister churches, in this regard. 
 
 On the 20th of November, 1872, was formed the "Presbyteri- 
 an Alliance, of Detroit." It is composed of all the ministers and 
 elders of our denomination in the city. Its object is to promote 
 co-operation and unity in city evangelization, and in extending 
 our church work; to select sites for, and organize new mission 
 
 *The modesty of the speaker prevented his adding the name of one of the most efficient 
 members of that committee. A. T. r. 
 
KOUT STREET PRESHYTEKIAN CHUKCH. 30 
 
 schools; to determine when and where a new church shall be 
 built, and then take hold and build it altogether. It bids fair to be 
 a power in our Presbyterian Zion, and to illustrate in the church, 
 what is so often seen in business and commerce — the result of 
 combined capital and effort. Its first work was to take hold of 
 Calvary Mission, the child of Westminster, pay its debts, put it on 
 its feet, and make it a church. The amount to be raised, was 
 $1,500. It was divided among the four churches, and was at once 
 forthcoming. Calvary Church, though just begun, is to-day a 
 prosperous and growing church under the fostering care of Dr. 
 Atterbury. 
 
 Offidei'^s^ of tlic Cl(tii'cl|. 
 
 The first elders were Samuel Zug and Thomas Rowland. The 
 latter was one of Detroit's best citizens. He held many positions 
 of honor, having been post-master of Detroit and Secretary of 
 State under (Governor Woodbridge. His piety was of the clear- 
 est type. Doing good and leading souls to the Saviour was the 
 leading passion of his life. Leaving the old church, and casting 
 in his lot with this little band of workers, was characteristic of the 
 man. He died within six months of the organization of the 
 church, and his wife followed him four years later. His home- 
 stead was the late residence of William J. Waterman, on Wash- 
 ington Avenue, now the rectory of St. Aloysius' Catholic Church. 
 
 In 1850, Jonathan R. Axtell was elected elder. He was a good 
 man and a good elder, but in 1850 he removed to Howell, where 
 he still lives. 
 
 Henry C Knight was elder in 185 i, and filled the post (most 
 of you know how nobly and how well) sixteen years, till his death 
 in 1867. What he was, and what he did and what a blessed mem- 
 ory he leaves behind, will be told you by another. 
 
 After the accession from the First Church, in March, 1854, 
 Hovey K. Clarke and Edward C Walker were elected elders. 
 The former was already an experienced officer, coming from the 
 Board of Elders of the Marshall Church, in this State ; and he 
 has since, in the great courts of the church, made his name most 
 favorably known, as wide as American Presbyterianism itself. We 
 lost him, and AVestminster gained him in 1857. 
 
 In 1859, Alexander McFarren, an elder of the First Church, 
 came to us and was soon after elected elder, and served the church 
 
40 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 and his Master faithfully till he returned to the First Church,in 1866. 
 About the same time elder Zug, who had for seventeen years been 
 clerk of session, and the most laborious worker in it, withdrew 
 from the duties of the eldership. 
 
 In 1867, the church, by an almost unanimous vote, adopted the 
 rotary system of eldership, which so far has worked to the entire 
 satisfaction of the congregation. In making this change, elders 
 Knight and Walker, all that remained of the old Board, were 
 elected for six years, and Frederick Buhl and Samuel P. Wilcox, 
 for four years. In November, 1869, Joseph G. Ray was elected 
 elder in place of Mr. Knight, and two additional ones were chos- 
 en — Philip Thurber and George E. Hand. In less than two 
 years, in September, 1871, elder Ray followed him, whose place 
 he was" chosen to fill, to another and better world, to the great 
 sorrow and grief of us all. He was the child of foreign mission- 
 aries, born at Islington, England, on the 19th day of July, A. D. 
 1832. He had one brother in the ministry. With such a train- 
 ing, and with great reverence for religion, he had never given his 
 heart to God, till in the revival of 1865, he was struck under con- 
 viction one Sabbath evening under a sermon of Dr. Eldridge, (I 
 well remember where he sat in the pew just before me,) and 
 there and then, before the benediction was pronounced, he sur- 
 rendered his whole being into the hands of his Heavenly Father. 
 I never shall forget his beaming face as he told us the good news 
 in the vestibule at the close of the service, or Dr. Eldridge's 
 look of joy and almost of wonder that God should have blessed 
 his sermon to the conversion of a man like Mr. Ray. He seemed 
 to grow from that moment in all the graces of a christian charac- 
 ter. It has never been my lot to witness so rapid a spiritual 
 development. He was at once imbued with love for souls, 
 and took hold manfully in every field of christian labor. In two 
 years he was, by the vote of the church, made a deacon, and in two 
 years an elder. As faithful to his business, as he was to the church, 
 he died from overwork, in doing even more than duty demanded. 
 His death was triumphant and glorious. How much these depart- 
 ed elders were loved by this ])eople, these tablets of flowers are but 
 a slight token. 
 
 In March, 1872, George W. Hoffman was elected elder in 
 place of elder Ray, and in September last, our Board was increas- 
 
FORT STREET E'RESBTTERIAN CHURCH. 41 
 
 ed to seven, by the election of Charles G. Brownell. So far no 
 elder, once elected, has fallen off the wheel of rotation. If our 
 pastor sometimes wishes, as I think he ought, that he had a 
 more devoted Board of Elders, he cannot wish for one, more 
 harmonious and united. 
 
 Deacon^. 
 
 This church had no deacons till 1867. Elder Zug always did 
 all the deacon's work, besides his work as an elder, clerk of ses- 
 sion and trustee. Brother Ray was elected the first deacon in 
 1867. 
 
 In 1869, George B. Dickinson and Charles G. Brownell were 
 elected deacons. In 1871, Lucien E. Smith was elected in place 
 of Mr. Ray, made an elder. In 1872, Bradford Smith was elected 
 in the place of George B. Dickinson, resigned ; and in September 
 last, Douglas Payne succeeded C. G. Brownell, transferred to the 
 eldership, making an active Board of three persons to serve tables 
 and care for the poor. 
 
 )«I u )ji i c . 
 
 The end of the church, opposite the pulpit, deserves mention 
 in a history like this. The organ was built by Stevens, of Cam- 
 bridge, Mass., and with its enlargement and improvement made in 
 1870, has ever given most perfect satisfaction. L. C. Smith, now 
 of Howell, presided at the keys at the beginning, with great 
 acceptance, and Vas succeeded by Richard Yarndley, whose ris- 
 ing reputation as an organist, opened to him some more inviting 
 field, and he left us, to be succeeded, happily, for a time, by Mrs. 
 Ketchuni, a daughter of Solomon Davis, who, after a few months, 
 resigned, and was succeeded by George L. Whitney, whom all 
 old citizens will remember. After he had served us a year, he 
 was succeeded by Henry Meakin, our present organist, who, for 
 twelve years, in heat and cold, in rain and shine, has faithfully 
 and wisely not only fulfilled his duties, but won beside the lasting 
 gratitude and good-will of pastor and people. Long may he serve 
 us. 
 
 Those who, in the twenty-five years, have aided in the worship 
 and service of song, have many of them left echoes of sweet 
 sounds still ringing in our hearts. The church owes a special 
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 TWENTY-FIFTH AKNIVERSAKT 
 
 debt of gratitude to those who, in an early day, without fee or 
 reward, except the consciousness of duty done and the Master 
 served, conducted so long that important part of our worship. 
 Many of them are still with us — others we trust are singing the 
 song of the redeemed in heaven. 
 
 ¥lie ¥fti^tee^ 
 
 The prosperity and growth of a church depends mainly on the 
 piety and earnestness of pastor and people ; but there is a secular 
 side to a church as there is a worldly side toman's life and nature. 
 Without money, churches cannot be built, pastors cannot be sup- 
 ported, the ordinances of religion sustained, missionaries sent out, 
 or the nations evangelized. A successful and prosperous church 
 needs faithful and judicious trustees as well as a godly and able 
 pastor, devoted elders and pious laymen. Moreover, it is of little 
 importance how much wealth there is in a congregation, unless 
 there is a heart to give, and that, liberally and cheerfully. 
 
 The financcial exhibit of a quarter of a century will be made 
 by another. It remains for me to express, to the individuals who 
 have managed the temporalities of the congregation, the great 
 debt of gratitude we owe to them, for their gratuitous and suc- 
 cessful labors. 
 
 The following persons have been trustees of the society : 
 
 A. McFARREN, 2 years, from 1849 to 1851. 
 
 SAMUEL ZUG, 11 " 
 
 D. O. PENFIELD, 7 " 
 
 S. EARNED, 5 " 
 
 J. J. BRISCOE 6 " 
 
 S. P. WILCOX 3 •' 
 
 HOVEY K.CLARKE 2 " 
 
 E. C. WALKER i " 
 
 GEO. B. DICKINSON, 7 " 
 
 ELISHA ELDRED 3 " 
 
 F. MOORE, 6 " 
 
 Z. CHANDLER 2 " 
 
 C. H. BUHL, 9 ■• 
 
 GEO. E. HAND, 15 " 
 
 J. HUFF JONES, 14 " 
 
 JOHN GIBSON, 5 " 
 
 DUNCAN STEWART, 5 " 
 
 ROBERT HOSIE, 7 " 
 
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 GEO. McMILI.AN 4 1871, 
 
 ALLAN SIIEl-DEN 3 1870. 
 
 J. D. HAVES 4 " " 1870" 1S74. 
 
 S. G. CASKEY 3 '■ " 1871 " 1874. 
 
 R. A. ALCiER, I " " 1873" 1874. 
 
 No one without exjierience can estimate the amount of labor 
 it has cost these twenty-three men to raise the amount of money, 
 they have disl)ursed in twenty-five years. 
 
 As we look back for fifteen years over the term of Judge 
 Hand, it looks, humanly speaking, as if the ship would have 
 foundered without him — without his unfailing courage, his indomi- 
 table perseverance and his skill in collections. We do not believe 
 it would have done so, for we have faith that, if necessary, God 
 would have raised up some other man to take his place, as no 
 man is indispensable in this world ; yet, none the less, the Fort 
 Street Church owes to Judge Hand a debt it can never pay, except 
 bv not forgetting the past, and generously holding up the hands 
 of all the trustees who shall come after him. He closed his last 
 annual report in March, 1873, as Chairman of the Board, when 
 he refused to be re-elected, with these words, •' The kindness of 
 the Society to me during my long service is fully felt and appre- 
 ciated; its liberality in subscriptions has been wonderful. The 
 cordial and earnest co-operation of my associates receives my 
 grateful and heartfelt acknowledgements." 
 
 Next to Judge Hand, we owe most to Sam'l Zug, at an early 
 day, and to the clear head and able financial management of 
 C. H. Buhl, for nine years; to J. Huff Jones, whose pains-taking 
 devotion for fourteen years to the interests of pew-holders, we all 
 appreciate and admire. 
 
 ¥lie IJedoi'd of the f^oi't ^t. dbtii'd^ dtii'ir)^^ tl^e War. 
 
 This Church was ever forward during the war in contributing 
 to the Sanitary and Christian Commissions, and Dr. Eldridge and 
 one of the Elders (the speaker) each served at the front in the 
 hospital work of the latter organization. That we were always 
 true and faithful to the flag is no credit, when all were alike loyal. 
 Our young men were few at that time. The following list, as far 
 as I have learned, comprises all who left our congregation for the 
 war. 
 
44 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 John Goring enlisted at the first call of his country in the 
 rst Michigan Infantry, (three months men,) under Col. Wilcox ; was 
 at the first battle of Bull Run. Re-enlisting, he was through all of 
 McClelland's seven day's battles in the peninsula. He earned 
 promotion by brave and faithful service, and was discharged as a 
 ist Lieutenant in October, 1862, from permanent disability, caused 
 by a fall from his horse. He re-enlisted in the Veteran Reserve 
 Corps as soon as it was formed, and remained till Jefferson Davis 
 was captured by a Michigan regiment. He served with efficiency 
 for a long time on the staff of Gen. O. B. Wilcox. 
 
 William H. Perkins, whose mother and sisters are with us, 
 enlisted as a private in Col. Broadhead's ist Mich. Cavalry, in 
 July, 1861 ; was made lieutenant before leaving the State, and 
 served as lieutenant and captain four years. He was for a while on 
 the staffs of Gen'Is Stahl and Wilson, and two years on that of 
 Gen. Kilpatrick, as ordinance officer of the 3rd Cavalry Division. 
 He was actively engaged in the battles of Falling Waters and of 
 Winchester, and in the latter battle had two horses shot under 
 him. He made a brave, capable and active officer. 
 
 Emile Shepard, whose mother and grand mother areamong 
 the very oldest members of the church, enlisted also in the ist 
 Mich. Infantry, (three month's men) in the company of the la- 
 mented Horace S. Roberts. He was in the first battle of Bull 
 Run, and while hunting for a surgeon to save the life of his lieu- 
 tenant (Mauch, who died soon after at Richmond) he was struck 
 by a ball and lay three days unnoticed upon the field. He was 
 at last cared for by the rebels, and his leg amputated. He was 
 taken to Richmond, and was the first Michigan soldier exchanged 
 in the war. 
 
 On his return, his elder brother must needs take the place that 
 the wounded Emile could not fill, and Adolph Shepard enlisted 
 in 1862, in the 24th Michigan — that historical regiment of Detroit. 
 He was at Fredericksburg and several other battles. On the first 
 day at Gettysburgh he was on detached service upon a regular 
 battery when he was fatally shot by a minnie ball. He lived only 
 long enough to say to his comrades ; " Take my bible to 
 sister Katie, and tell them at home I died doing my duty," — 
 words worthy of a soldier and an hero. 
 
 Still another brother, Edward Shepard, enlisted in the navy. 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 45 
 
 at the age of fifteen, and being discharged, from illness, re-enlisted 
 in the 52d N. V". Regiment and served to the end of the war. 
 
 Htram M. Towne, was a teacher in our Sunday School, — a 
 nephew of Col. C H. Towne. so well known as an officer of the 
 [st Michigan Cavalry. He enlisted as a private in Battery C, ist 
 Michigan Light Artillery ; won his promotion by steady steps to 
 a first-lieutenancy; and remained in active and faithful service to 
 the end of the war. 
 
 CuTHBERT W. L.AiNG, vvas for a while a lieutenant in Battery 
 " R." of the same regiment; and was mustered out in April, 1863. 
 
 (lEO. L. MAi.rz, now of Alpena, enlisted in the 4th Michigan 
 Infantry; was made second lieutenant in 1862 and first lieutenant 
 in 1864; and was badly wounded in the sanguinary battle of Cold 
 Harbor ; and was mustered out on account of his wound in June 
 1S64. He was a most capable, efficient and praiseworthy officer. 
 
 Geo. W. Hill, enlisted as a private in the 5th Michigan Cav- 
 alry in August, 1862 ; was made a second lieutenant in the 7th 
 Cavalrv ; and was with Custer in all his famous raids in 1863. 
 
 He was with Kilpatrick in his bold dash around Richmond ; 
 was in all the battles of the Wilderness till May nth, when he was 
 taken . prisoner at the Yellow Tavern ; vvas in Libby Prison, at 
 Savannah and Charleston (under the fire of Federal guns) ; and 
 was exchanged after ten months incarceration. He remained in 
 the army and saw active service on the plains till 1866 ; and was 
 mustered out a first lieutenant, with a capital record. 
 
 L.\NDON Warren, son of Joseph Warren, once editor of the 
 Tribune, now of Washington, D. C, enlisted as a private in August, 
 1862, in the 20th Michigan Infantry; was three years in service; 
 was present at Fredricksburgh, and the Wilderness, and with the 
 9th Corps in front of Petersburgh ; and was commissioned a first 
 lieutenant in 1864. 
 
 Robert Spear Warren, his brother, entered the army as 
 second lieutenant in the ist Cavalry, in November, 1863. After 
 being in active service for six months, was killed by a shell on the 
 1 2th of June, A. D. 1864, at Custer's disastrous battle of Trevillian 
 Station, Va. He died in the arms of Capt. Joseph Bullock, now 
 of this congregation. He was a noble lad ; and many an eye was 
 moist when the news of his sad death came. 
 
 Frederick Augustus Buhl, of all those who perished from 
 
46 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 this congregation in the war, was best known and best beloved. 
 Of nol)le form and feature; of good intellect and of the most 
 kind and lo\'ing ways, he was a favorite with all. As a member 
 of my bible class for many years, I had every trust in his Christian 
 character ; and loved him almost as a son. He was in the Univer- 
 sity at Ann Arbor ; and there seemed to be every possible tie of 
 love, ambition and a happy home, to keep him from the service. 
 But a conscientious sense of duty was stronger than all these silk- 
 en bands. He offered himself to the government ; and went out 
 as second lieutenant, 24th Michigan Infantry, in July, 1862, and was 
 promoted to first lieutenant in December after. He was in all the 
 battles of the regiment till November, 1863. He had hair-breadth 
 escapes at P^redericksburg ; and was shot through the thigh at 
 Gettysburgh. He then recruited a company and became captain 
 in the ist Michigan Cavalry in November, 1863. On the 25th 
 of August, 1864, at Shepardstown, Va., he received a fatal wound 
 while on a skirmish, from which he died in hospital at Annapolis, 
 Md., on the 15th of September, thereafter, nursed by a mother's 
 loving hand. He was a brave and noble soldier to the end. It is 
 well with him, — those left behind can mourn only for themselves. 
 Selden Jones Phillips, son of Capt. J. P. Phillips, and broth- 
 er of Mrs. George F. Bagley, enlisted in the navy in 1863, receiv- 
 ing from Commodore Porter a commission as acting master's mate. 
 He served as a brave and gallant officer on the Mississippi fleet, 
 but mostly on Red River, till he was discharged in 1864, on 
 account of illness, contracted from exposure and the climate, and 
 which caused his death May loth, 1865. He was in that famous 
 retreat of the Red Ri\ser Squadron, when, for three days, with 
 cotton bales lashed to their sides, they ran the dreadful gauntlet 
 of the rebel batteries. The Juliet, on which young Phillips 
 belonged, was almost torn to pieces with shells, and being disabled, 
 had to lash herself to another steamer. She was only saved from 
 utter destruction, by the sudden advent of a Federal iron clad, 
 from below. During his service, a bible put in his trunk by a 
 loving mother, and read and re-read in hours of enforced idle- 
 ness, first called his attention to religious truth. Daring his long 
 and tedious illness, he turned still more to these blessed themes. 
 He gave his htart to the Saviour, and died rejoicing in His love. 
 I never shall forget the sweet and solemn scene, when, just before 
 
FOKT STREET I'RESBYTEUIAN CHUKCH. 47 
 
 his death, Dr. Eldridge and the session gathered around his bed 
 to administer the ronimunion and allow him to take upon himself 
 those vows, which he could never enter the luKise of God to 
 assume. His face seemed to shine as though he anticipated 
 already the communion of the saints in heaven. 
 
 His brother, John P. I'Hii.i.ii's, Jr., at the age of i8, in August, 
 1 86 1, enlisted in Captain Howrigan's Company, of First Michigan 
 Cavalry, and served his three years of enlistment, with courage 
 and fidelity, as a soldier and non-commissioned officer. 
 
 Ai.EXANDiiR H. McGk.aw, SOU of Virgil W. Mc(;raw, entered 
 the service as quarter-master's sergeant, in the Fifth Michigan 
 Infantry, and served assiduously and faithfully in that capacity 
 for three years. 
 
 Thomas S. McGraw, his brother, enlisted in the Sixteenth 
 Michigan Infantry, (Colonel Stockton) in March, 1862. On the 
 2d of September, after, he was in the disastrous fight at Gaines' 
 Mill, where sixty of his company (I) fell at a single volley. He 
 was struck by a ball, which went clear through his chest. He 
 lay on the field for six days, saved from death only by a flask of 
 brandy given him by a rebel colonel. He was taken to Libby 
 Prison, and after thirty-two days was exchanged to go north. In 
 visiting him at Bellevue Hospital, N. Y., I took my first lesson in 
 seeing how nobly northern soldiers could suffer and endure, as 
 well as fight, for their country. 
 
 \Vh.liam Rekd was in the Second Michigan Infantry, and was 
 all through the seven days' battle under McClellan. The expo- 
 sure almost deprived him of his eye-sight, and after the battle of 
 Harrison's Landing, he was discharged for this disability He is 
 said to have been as brave in battle, as he is now, in another church, 
 earnest and faithful in the work of his Master. 
 
 EinvARD WiLSiJN was assistant librarian of our Sunday School, 
 and enlisted in August, 1862, in the I'wenty-Fourth Michigan 
 Infantry, Company H, Captain Vinton, and after faithful service, 
 died of disease contracted in the field, at Brook's Station, Va., 
 in December, 1862. 
 
 Norman Johnson, of Hay City, enlisted in Captain Lum's 
 Company A, First Michigan Infantry, May, t86i, at the first call, 
 and was badly wounded in the chest and shoulder, in the first bat- 
 
48 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVBK8AET 
 
 tie of Bull Run, and mustered out at the end of his service, with 
 a high record for gallantry. 
 
 David A. Granger was a leader of our choir. He recruited 
 a company in the Fourth Michigan Infantry, in 1861, but his 
 record is unknown. 
 
 Besides these who went from us to the war, may we not men- 
 tion one or two who came from the war to us ? 
 
 I well remember, after working for six weeks among the wound- 
 ed at City Point, of spending the 5th of July, A. D. 1864, on the 
 beautiful banks of James River, with Custer's corps, just resting 
 after one of his daring raids. There first I met General (then 
 Colonel) R. A. Alger, of the Fifth Michigan Cavalry, whose record 
 as a soldier, is surpassed by few of all the brave men which Michigan 
 sent to the conflict. Now in the pursuit of peace, forgetful of 
 sabre and trumpet, he fills well his part, as a man of business, and as 
 a member and trustee of this church. 
 
 It may not be generally known that another officer of this 
 church, Deacon Lucien E. Smith, won laurels in the army, before 
 entering the ranks of trade. He enlisted as a private in the 
 One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth Regiment, New York Volunteers, 
 was promoted at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Getteys- 
 burgh, was then transferred to the west under General Hooker, 
 was made first lieutenant at Lookout Mountain, and in command 
 of his company, made, with Sherman, that whole glorious " March 
 to the Sea." He will care for the poor none the less tenderly, that 
 he has mingled nobly and well in so many scenes of carnage and 
 suffering. 
 
 Captain F. C. Adamson also deserves mention as a most 
 able and capable officer. He went out as second lieutenant, in 
 1861, in the Third Michigan Cavalry, was promoted to first lieu- 
 tenant April, 1862, and to captain in October, 1862. He was seri- 
 ously wounded and permanently disabled in .\ugust, 1864, at 
 Duvall's Bluff, in Arkansas. 
 
 i^etiofd of ©edeajs'ed jVlembei'ji. 
 
 We now come to those whose names have been transferred, as 
 we trust, from the roll of the church on earth, to the roll of the 
 redeemed in heaven. Oj)posite their names in the Lamb's Book 
 of Life will never be written the date of their departure, for "there 
 
FORT STllKKT PKESBYTKRI A N CU rilCH. 40 
 
 is no death there." We approach this theme, not with sorrow and 
 sadness, but rather with exultation and joy, that so many have 
 gone from our number, in the hope of a blessed immortality, and 
 are there awaiting us as, ''one by one," we shall cross the river. 
 
 Of those who left us in the first five years of Mr. Kellogg's 
 ministry, the present officers knew but little. The ranks of those 
 gathered into a missionary church, as this was, are not stable and 
 permanent. Many died away from the city, and the entry, ' died " 
 at such a date, opposite their names, is all we know of their spir- 
 itual life. Little more than a list can be furnished. Marked with 
 a star, are the names of Chester Spaulding, Helen, Mary and 
 Cherry Weir, (all sisters of Judge J. D. Weir) Sarah Burroughs, 
 Hannah C. Smith, Mrs. John (iibson, John Cook, Albert G. Ful- 
 ler, Martha Fielding, Elizabeth Schoonmaker, Eiisha Wells, Mrs. 
 Captain W. W. Allen, Mrs. William Stewart, Harriet Prentis, (a 
 sister of George H. Prentis, now of this chuich) Mary Conner, 
 Louisa Praigg, David W. Ellithorpe, and Mrs. William Walker. 
 
 The first death among those of us who joined the church in 
 1854, was that of one greatly regretted by us all, Mrs. Ahnis C. 
 Moore, a woman of marked character, religiously and intellectu- 
 ally. A sister of Senator Chandler, she was a worthy specimen 
 of a New England woman. She had ever dispensed a large hos- 
 pitality, and left a void, not easily filled, in our social life. 
 
 The next year (1857) took from us two most estimable heads 
 of families : Mrs. Christopher Reeve and Mrs. James Stephens. 
 
 In 1858, one name only is on the roll of the departed — Mrs. 
 Phoebe Foote. She was a woman of great activity and energy, and 
 without doubt one of the most earnest and efficient christian 
 women in the city. The record of her work for the souls of 
 others is on high. 
 
 In 1859, also one only, — Mary E. McGraw. She was convert- 
 ed in the revival of 1857. The day she gave her heart to Cod, is 
 as fresh as yesterday in my recollection. Her dt.'ath, in the 
 very hey-day of her youth, was one of triumphant hope, peace 
 and joy, the sight of which was enough to convince the most 
 skeptical of the value of christian faith in a dying hour. 
 
 In i860, one also — Mrs. A. H. Jordan — who died in Scotland, 
 on a visit to her childhood's home. 
 
 In 1 86 1, one also — John V. Beane — whom we all had reason 
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50 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSAKT 
 
 to love as a christian and to respect as the founder and teacher of 
 the Detroit Kemale Seminary. Those who have had daughters 
 under his wise care, or in the school he founded, owe much to 
 him. The very next year there followed him his daughter, Mrs. Caro- 
 line G. Page. In 1864 another daughter of great promise, Emma 
 L. Beane; and in 1873 his only son, John B. Beane — all rejoicing 
 in the love of Christ, till now there is more of the family together 
 in heaven than on earth. 
 
 In 1862 we lost away from us Mrs. Mary E. Perry, (sister of 
 Henry N. Walker,) and Mrs. Helen M. Boardman, (sister of Philo 
 Parsons.) The former died away from us. The glorious christian 
 life and triumphant ha})py sickness and death of the latter, has 
 lew parallels in our history. 
 
 In 1863 the Angel of Death passed us by untouched ; but in 
 1864, beside Mrs. Page, he took from us Mrs. Charity Southard, 
 Mrs. James Henry. Mrs. Theodosia Snow, (the mother of Mrs. 
 Heath, and Mrs- Knight,) an aged saint, and Mrs. Mathilde G. 
 Moore. The last, a native of sunny France, with all the spirit 
 and vivacity of her race, refined by culture and travel, with great 
 capabilities of enjoyment and usefulness, was called away in her 
 young motherhood ; but not without a bright hope beyond. Two 
 years before she had united with this church ; and her exami- 
 nation before the Session will long be happily remembered by all 
 present. 
 
 In 1865 the call came for Mrs. Henrietta Pond, Selden Jones 
 Philips, of whom we have spoken, and Mrs. Levi Cook, the wife of one 
 of our oldest and most worthy citizens. Thus death, that year, 
 gathered his harvest equally from youth, middle and old age. 
 
 In 1866 the number increases, and six are on the list of the 
 departed. Miss Eliza A. Rosebrook, almost a stranger among us, 
 Mis. William L. Woodbridge,' Mrs. Julia L. Jenks, Mrs. Joseph 
 Nicholson, Mrs. Theodore Ronieyn, and Joseph C. Heath. Mrs. 
 Woodbridge was a daughter of Dr. Ebenezer Hurd, and sister of 
 Mrs. G. W. Hoffman. She was a devoted and loving christian 
 mother, and, like Mrs. Nicholson, was taken from a group of little 
 ones, left to be cared for by Him, who careth always for the 
 orphan and the bereaved. 
 
 Mrs. Romeyn was long known in this city — a woman 
 of mark and influence in every circle in which she moved, with 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 51 
 
 culture, position and abilities, fitting her for, and making her, a 
 leader in society. Her whole life was consecrated by a pure and 
 
 earnest piety. 
 
 Joseph C. Heath, a brother-in-law of P:ider Knight, was a 
 man of singular and simple piety, to whom devotion and religion 
 seemed inborn, and prayer but the natural breathing of his life. 
 
 In 1867, five went before us: Mrs. Anna Bryant, (mother of 
 Mrs. E. C.Walker) John Gibson and Shubael Conant— all aged— all 
 having lived beyond their fellows, and left comparatively alone in 
 life; and two others : Mrs. Lucia W. Smith and Mrs. Harriet N. 
 Cameron, just in the ripeness of womanhood, each from a circle 
 of dependent little ones, each with clear hope and confiding trust, 
 called to go up higher. 
 
 John Gibson was one of those solid, reliable men, in whom 
 every one believes, and whom every one trusted. His character 
 as a christian and a man, was one any of us might covet without 
 sin. For several years he was ah efficient trustee and treasurer of 
 
 this society. 
 
 Shubael Conant, at his death aged 84, had been a resident for 
 sixty years of this city, and its history would not be complete 
 without a record of his life. Beginning his career when Detroit 
 was but a fur-traders' station, he had prospered with its growth. 
 A merchant and a trader, his honesty was unimpeachable. No 
 man in Detroit was ever so perfectly trusted by his fellow-citizens, 
 or so often made an arbiter or trustee for the interests of others ; 
 with happv, pleasant ways, winning the love and respect of all; 
 full of charity in word and deed ; having no family of his own, 
 the door of every family in Detroit was freely open to him. He 
 was converted after he was fifty years of age, and even then God 
 gave the life of an ordinary generation to illustrate the purity and 
 sweetness of a well poised, harmonious christian character. When, 
 from a peaceful and happy death -bed, he was gathered to his 
 fathers, the Fort Street Presbyterian Church lost one of its best 
 supporters and fastest friends. 
 
 Five names were also starred in 1869, of those in whose crowns 
 above, we hope are many stars : Lyman Briggs, Mrs. Catherine 
 H. Jones, Miss Mary L. Palmer, Mrs. Catherine Hinchman, and 
 Mrs.-Elmira Green. 
 
 Mrs. Hinchman had a motherly christian spirit, which not only 
 
52 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 her death bed, but her life witnessed. She had ever been faithful 
 to the work that God had imposed upon her widowed life. Two 
 years years later, we carried from the same house, to Elmwood, 
 Joseph Law, Jr., the husband. of her only daughter. 
 
 So, also, two years from the death of Mary Palmer, went up 
 from the same household to meet her whom he so much loved, 
 and on whom he so much leaned, her father, John Palmer. His 
 history, like Judge Conant's, goes back to the early history of 
 Detroit. His old homestead and the sweet garden about it on 
 the present site of Moffat's building, are inseparable from the re- 
 ccollection of Detroit, as it has been for forty years. An honest 
 merchant, a faithful agent, a consistent christian, his record, to our 
 eyes, has no blemish. 
 
 Mrs. DeGarmo Jones came to this city as a bride on the first 
 trip of the ''Walk in the Water," in 1819, fifty-five years ago. 
 They soon located in a charming spot on the brink of the river, 
 then some ways below the city, on the front of the Jones Farm, 
 where the Michigan Car Works have lately stood. Colonel Jones 
 was a man of high character and position in the community, and 
 she made his house always the center of a refined, delightful 
 social life, full of all the hospitality for which Detroit was famous, 
 and which we trust will never entirely leave us. Left a widow 
 many years ago, the same social life remained, only modified by 
 her new position. Left with wealth, she used it^conscientiously 
 and wisely. She was the third largest contributor to the building 
 of our first edifice, when she was in no way connected with the 
 congregation ; and in the building of this church, she stood side 
 by side with the very largest donors, in each successive demand 
 for means and money. That christian is well along in the divine 
 life, who has learned that he is only a steward of God's bounties, 
 and who gives to His cause liberally and cheerfully. 
 
 Our number was diminished by four in 1870 : Mrs. Harriet 
 C. Boyd, Mrs. Mary Ward, Mrs. Abbey E. Stevens, widow of F- 
 H. Stevens, a leading citizen of thirty years ago ; and Anna S. 
 Gillett, daughter of Shradrach Gillett. The last left behind a 
 bright and shining record. For many months before her depar- 
 ture, she was brought face to face with death, and suffered pain 
 bevond measure ; but her faith and hope and spiritual joy deep- 
 ened to the end. The close of her life seemed meant by God as 
 
FOKT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 53 
 
 a long and ])ointed lesson to all around her, to teach them how a 
 christian should suffer and should die. Again, after two years, 
 her mother, a sweet and sainted character, followed her to the 
 home above. 
 
 In 1871, there left us — beside Elder Ray, Joseph Law, Jr. and 
 John Palmer, already alluded to — Mrs. William Champ and David 
 Stewart. 
 
 In 1872, beside Mrs. Gillett, there left us one of the original 
 twenty-six members of this church : Mrs. Louisa Wilcox. Some- 
 what retiring in her ways, a life-long invalid, those that knew her 
 most, loved her best. Her long, last sickness, developed to her 
 pastor, and all who stood by her bedside, an unexpected force of 
 christian character and christian knowledge. She died in triumph 
 at the last, and her memory is a rich legacy to her children. 
 
 In the year just drawn to a close, we have followed to the 
 grave, one by one, all that was mortal of John B. Beane, Albert S. 
 Knight, son of our beloved elder, Silas L. Fuller, suddenly cut 
 down away from home, within one week from his reception into 
 this church, and Mathilde Foex. The impression of their lives 
 and deaths is too fresh in your minds to need one word from me. 
 
 Beside these, we have, within these years, lost from 
 the congregation, several heads of families, whom we 
 have greatly mourned, and many whose hearts were deeply 
 interested in the success and upbuilding of this church. Among 
 whom, we would not forget Captain Augustus Canfield, U. S. A., 
 son-in-law of General Cass, who did us good service on the build- 
 ing committee of the church ; Cyrus W. Jackson, alwas liberal in 
 his benefactions to us ; James Williams, steady, faithful and true 
 in every relation of life ; Colonel Levi Cook, the veteran mer- 
 chant, ever kind and genial to all ; David Thompson, the success- 
 ful business man, only prevented, by an unwise statute, from mak- 
 ing a noble gift out of his wealth, to the educational interests of 
 our denomination ; Charles Ducharme, a model of mercantile 
 honor, trustworthiness and success, doing his share in every benev- 
 olent work ; and, though educated in another communion, giving 
 freely and generously to this church ; Henry J. Buckley, cut off 
 from wife and little ones, in the prime of his years, just as integ- 
 rity and capacity in business, had earned distinguished success; 
 and Henry W. Standart, the most devoted and loving of fathers 
 
54 TWfiNTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 to sons and daughters, who returned his love with interest. Time 
 would fail us to say all that might wisely be said of these men, 
 and others, who have left us within the quarter-century now closed. 
 
 In conclusion, we have, as a church, great cause to " Thank 
 God and take courage," — thank God, because all we have done, 
 and all we are to-day, comes from Him; "take courage," be- 
 cause He is " the same yesterday, to-day and forever," 
 and will, if we serve Him, bless us in the future as He 
 has in the past. We have no occasion for pride or 
 vain glory. May every heart, amid the congratulations of this 
 happy day, be enabled to say, from its deepest recesses, " Not 
 unto us, O, Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy name be the glory." 
 Let us remember, that, with growth and prosperity, come enlarged 
 duties and responsibilities. Our first need is a new baptism of 
 the Holy Spirit, that all those who have in any way aided in 
 building up this church and society, may themselves be living 
 stones in God's Temple. Let us aim to be a living, working giv- 
 ing church, full of the missionary spirit of the Master, laboring, 
 not for ourselves alone, but for Detroit, for our country, for the 
 world. 
 
 After the reading of Mr. Walker's address, Mr, George W. 
 Hoffman presented the following financial exhibit of the pecuni- 
 ary outlay of the quarter-century, for congregational and benevo- 
 lent purposes ; 
 
 ^l]e S^iiiki^c^e)*^ ki|d ©ei^evoleride^. 
 
 It is sometimes said that the prayer meeting is an index to the 
 spirituality of the church. May it not also be said with propriety, 
 that the money contributed is an inde.x to its benevolence and its 
 prosperity. 
 
 With reference to the latter proposition, I think it will be fully 
 shown by the statement I have to make of the expenditures by 
 this congregation from its organization to the present time, that 
 in proportion as it has bestowed liberally, so it has prospered. 
 
 It has increased in numbers and wealth, and has realized the 
 
FOliT STKKKT I'liKSlt YTKIU A X CIirKCH- 55 
 
 assurance given in God's Holy Word: "Give, and it shall be 
 " »;iven unto you, good ineasure, |)ressed down and shaken togeth- 
 " cr, and running over; for with what measure ye niele, it shall be 
 " measured to you again." 
 
 The small beginnings of this church, may at this day, seem 
 strange to us, and perhaps as much so to the few of its first mem- 
 bers who are still with us. 
 
 The salary of its lirst pastor was fixed at eight hundred dollars 
 a year. 
 
 A committee to whom was confided the then difhcidt task of 
 raising that amount by subscription, after some days of dilligent 
 effort, reported they had obtained pledges for about six hundred 
 dollars, and that there might not be any failure in the result, the 
 pastor himself had subscribed the other two hundred. Of this 
 six hundred dollars, there was a considerable deficiency at the 
 close of the year. 
 
 The benevolent contributions for the first year amounted to 
 fifty-five dollars and fifty-two cents. 
 
 But it is not my province to go into the history of the church, 
 that ha\ing been left to other hands. It seemed however not out 
 of place to allude to these items as a starting point in a report of 
 the benevolent collections and contingent expenses of this church 
 and congregation, during the first twenty-five years of its exist- 
 ence. 
 
 .>ot to go too minutely into detail, I have thought it advisable 
 and as fully covering the object of this report, to condense it into 
 periods of five years, embracing, in brief, expenditures by the 
 trustees as found upon the records, for contingent and current 
 expenses ; and collections by the session for missionary and other 
 benevolent purposes, which have been as follows : 
 
 For Corningent Expenses, lirst five years, to 1S54 $ 3,203 68 
 
 second" "1859, 26,31180 
 
 third " " 1S64, 27,635 81 
 
 fourth " "1869 32,74658 
 
 fiftli " " 1S74 46,61640 
 
 Total of Contingent Kxpt-nses foi twenty-five years, $136,514 27 
 
56 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 For benevolent purposes : 
 
 Fiist period of five years, to 1854 $ 1,276 15 
 
 Second " " " 1859 3.84699 
 
 Third " " " 1864 , 7,27687 
 
 Fourth " " " 1869 8,50978 
 
 Fifth " " " 1874, $26,712 43, In addition to this 
 last named sum, there has been given for various specific, 
 benevolent and charitable purposes, $10,426 55, making for 
 the last period of five years. 37,i38 98 
 
 Total for benevolence for twenty-five years $ 58,048 77 
 
 Thus it is shown, that the amount given for benevolent and 
 charitable purposes within the last five years, has been nearly 
 double the amount given during the previous twenty years. 
 
 The expenditure for church property, has been as follows : 
 
 For the lot on virhich the church stands $ 7,000 00 
 
 Original cost of building 63,000 00 
 
 Remodeling and rebuilding in 1870 35. 000 00 
 
 Organ 5, 500 00 
 
 Total $110,500 00 
 
 The gross sum expended for all purposes so far as can be ascertain- 
 ed from the books, has been $305,063 04 
 
 Many contributions have been made in answer to appeals for 
 aid, that do not appear on the records. Added to these, have 
 been numerous donations from sympathising and loving hearts, 
 " where the left hand knoweth not what the right hand doeth."* 
 
 The Ladies' Benevolent Society has, during the past winter, 
 sent clothing and other useful articles to families of home mission- 
 aries in this State and Kansas, to the amount of $391.08. 
 
 The Young Ladies' Society has provided for the continuance 
 of two schools for girls in India, established last year, and are 
 expending between three and four hundred dollars among the 
 poor of the city. 
 
 I will also take the liberty of mentioning one other generous 
 gift desirable and appropriate for social purposes, from one whose 
 liberality is too well known to need mention at my hands, 
 
 *It is due both to justice and to generosity, to state, what really belongs to this history, that 
 during the past five years, the present pastor of this church has been made the recipient of 
 various sums of money from the members of his congregation, amounting in the aggregate, to 
 nearly four thousand dollars, which he here gratefully acknowledges. A. T, p. 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 57 
 
 of some fifteen hundred pieces of china and glass, from which to 
 dispense the good things always so cheerfully and bountifully pro- 
 vided by our ladies whenever called upon. 
 
 The method of benevolent collections in this t:hurch during 
 past years (except the last four) was the same as practiced in 
 most churches: by subscriptions, donations, and plate collections, 
 on the Sabbath. 
 
 Four years ago cards were introduced on which was designated 
 one of the objects of church benevolence for each month in the 
 year, with a blank column in which the donors stated the amount 
 they would give to each object named. 
 
 This system was found to be an improvement on the former 
 method, but passing the plate was still necessary to collect the 
 card-subscriptions, and to give those who did not adopt them, an 
 opportunity to contribute. 
 
 Recently, former methods have been discontinued, and the 
 envelope system (so called) adopted, which it is believed will prove 
 much more agreeable and convenient, and will lead to a com[)li- 
 ance with the scri|)ture injunction : " Upon the first day of the 
 week let every one of you lay by him in store as God hath pros- 
 pered him," and by which all members of the congregation, old 
 and young, may, as an act of worship, present their offerings unto 
 the Lord. 
 
 To carry out this system, a small, tin rack has been placed in 
 each pew, and in the rack a leather envelope, in which each per- 
 son may deposit an offering (after the sermon, and before the 
 final hymn) during morning service. After service the envel- 
 opes are collected and the amount, found therein, appropriated to 
 the several objects of benevolence stated on a printed card which 
 is also placed in the rack with the envelope. 
 
 Any persons wishing to designate the particular purpose or 
 object to which their contribution shall be given, can do so by 
 writing on a slip of paper and depositing it with the gift in the 
 envelope. 
 
 This system was introduced on the first of January of this 
 year, and has thus far proved much more successful than was 
 anticipated, and it is believed will receive the liearty and cordial 
 co-operation and approval of this entire congregation, and will 
 
58 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 prove to be the most popular and efficient method ever practiced, 
 to develop the beneficence of the church and people. 
 
 The Fort Street Presbyterian Church is now free from debt, 
 save a small amount, and has money in its treasury to meet all 
 current demands, and has adopted Paul's injunction to the 
 Romans: ''Owe no man anything, but to love one anoiher." 
 
 This was followed by an address by Bradford Smith, Esq., on 
 
 For a long time before the organization of our church, the 
 friends of " Mission Work " had not been idle in the vineyard of 
 the Lord ; but had been doing what they could to keep pace with 
 the growth of the city. The old First Church was full of praying 
 earnest and faithful men and women, who could not remain at ease 
 within her walls and see the city extend East and West, without the 
 Gospel of Peace. And, although the First Congregational Church 
 had gone out from her and planted the Banner of the Cross of 
 Christ in the eastern part of the city, they determined, early in 
 the autumn of 1848, to plant another colony in the western portion 
 of the city. Accordingly a few courageous and faithful ones went 
 forth from the mother church, as Mr. Samuel Zug says, " burning 
 their ships behind them." At once they organized a Sabbath 
 School. Mr.' Alanson Sheley was asked to take the superinten- 
 dency of the new enterprise, as he had had experience in such 
 matters as superintendent of the First Church Sabbath 
 School, (in which place he has continued faithful until this day). 
 Mr. Sheley refused, saying, wisely, " Let those, who have confi- 
 dence in the thing, take charge of it." Consequently, Messrs. 
 Sylvester Larned and Samuel Zug were elected joint superintend- 
 ents of the school, the former being called the " Aaron," and the 
 latter the " Moses " of the Exodus. 
 
 The first records of the school show that, on the twelfth of 
 November, A. D. 1848, there were present, superintendents Sylves- 
 ter Larned, Samuel Zug; also. Miss Delia Mather, Teacher of the 
 infant class. Miss Isabella G. Duffield, (now Mrs. Or. Morse Stew- 
 art,) Mrs. A. E. Mather, Miss Laura Brisco, Miss Harriet Bond. 
 Miss Cherry Wier, Miss Roberts, Miss Norton, Mrs. Kellogg, 
 Messrs. Alexander McFarren, John Stevens, William Hannorth, 
 S. P. Wilcox, and seventy-six children. Of these, Mr. Samuel P. 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 59 
 
 Wilcox alone remains in the school ; and of him it is not too 
 much to say, he has ever been at his post of duty. He has so 
 deported himself towards all the superintendents, as to make them 
 regard him as their true friend. 
 
 Mr Larned continued in the school only a short time, but on 
 account of failing health, went south, leaving the superintendency 
 entirelv in the hands of Mr. Zug. He bore the burden and heat 
 of the day, and the work prospered under his management. At 
 the end of three years he resigned The teachers urged upon 
 him the importance of his remaining in office; he kindly but positive- 
 ly declined to serve them any longer in that capacity. He advised 
 the election of Henry C- Knight, then a teacher in the school. 
 Flis advice was accepted, and Mr. H. C. Knight became the super- 
 intendent. Mr. Zug took Mr. Knight's class, and continued as a 
 faithful worker and teacher in the school many years. His sym- 
 pathy and attention are now turned towards another mission field 
 of labor, still farther west in our beloved city, north of Michigan 
 Avenue. 
 
 Henry C. Knight was born in East Bethlehem Township, 
 Washington County, Pa., September 3d, 1817. He was a loving 
 and dutiful son, and early in life won the confidence and affection 
 of his youthful companions, and was respected and trusted by all 
 who knew him. He loved books and study, and so diligently did 
 he devote himself to them, that in 1836 he graduated at Jefiferson 
 College. He studied law in Boston. Mass. one year ; came to Detroit 
 and was admitted to the bar in 1839, when but twenty-two years of 
 age. He soon thereafter removed to Pontiac, where he practiced 
 law until 1848, when he gave up the law for the ministry. In 185 1, 
 he removed to this city, having reluctantly given up the ministry 
 on account of the failure of his voice. He again resumed the 
 practice of law, and was ever the faithful advocate and friend of 
 the poor and oppressed — without regard to recompense or reward. 
 He remembered that He, in whom alone there is salvation, had 
 said : *' Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of 
 these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." Men soon learned 
 to trust him. and his fellow-citizens called him to fill many places 
 of trust and honor. He was Alderman, member of the Board of 
 Education, Regent of the State University of Michigan, and, at 
 the time of his death. Prosecuting Attorney for the County of 
 
60 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVEESAEY 
 
 Wayne. He was the uncorrupted, and ever faithful public ser- 
 vant. When chosen superintendent of the Sabbath School, he 
 entered upon the work with all his heart. Mr. Knight loved chil- 
 dren, and they soon learned to love him. There is no power like 
 love to win the young to a life of obedience to law and usefulness 
 in the world. He continued in the good work as superintend- 
 ent, for sixteen years, until his death, in the spring of 1867. 
 " Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord ; they rest from their 
 labors, and their works do follow them." 
 
 Joseph G. Ray was chosen, after the death of our beloved 
 brother. Henry C. Knight, to fill the place thus made vacant. Mr. 
 Ray was born of missionary parents, in Islington, near London, 
 England, 1832. He came with his parents to this country, and 
 settled in Rochester. N. Y., 1841 ; removed to Michigan and made 
 his home in Detroit, about the year 1853. He was a good boy, 
 and became an honest and upright man. He inherited from his 
 godly mother, a remarkable sweetness of temper, amiability of 
 disposition, and gentleness of manner, which, when permeated 
 with the spirit of his Divine Master, made him a most faithful 
 and efficient worker in the vineyard of the Lord. He won the 
 esteem and love of us all, but on account of his nearness of sight, 
 he resigned the superintendency in October, 1869, and took 
 a class in the school. He was ever the faithful friend of his suc- 
 cessor in office. Mr. Ray was a sun-beam in the school. Who 
 does not remember how he came into the room singing, and as he 
 would stop, saying, " I feel like singing all the time "? His work 
 here and with us was soon ended. His Lord called him up higli- 
 er. Truly, '' God moves in a mysterious way." Of our departed, 
 sainted brother, it may truly be said : " Well done, good and faith- 
 ful servant." 
 
 His friend, Bradford Smith, who succeeded him, did what he 
 could during three years, to advance the permanent interests of 
 the school. 
 
 In January, 1873, Mr. E. C. Walker was elected superintend- 
 ent, and still continues to hold the office. The school is in a 
 prosperous condition. Mr. Walker needs no one to write his his- 
 tory for him, for he has been compelled, in giving the history of the 
 church, to be his own ^''auto-biographer^'' which has been faithfully 
 done. I may add, however, he has been identified with the work 
 of the school, for about twenty years. 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 61 
 
 ^\\e '^im I^iV>i'ki'y of tlie ^dliool. 
 
 About a dozen little girls met at the house of Mrs. Zug in the 
 winter of 1S49, and organized themselves into a sewing society, to 
 work for benevolent and religious causes. They determined first 
 of all to raise money to buy a small library for the school. 
 Accordingly, they went to work in earnest to make fancy articles 
 for a fair. They made a complete success. Their generous 
 frientls, one of wiiom it is distinctly remembered was ('aptain E. 
 V,. Ward, attended their fair, and soon bought them all out. They 
 raised, to their surprise and great gratification, one hundred dol- 
 lars. Of this sum, they took twenty-five dollars and bought their 
 longed-for library, and the remaining seventy-five dollars they 
 appropriated to purchase materials for further benevolent enter- 
 prises, connected with the church and Sunday School. 
 
 During these twenty-five years, the school has increased from 
 year to year, and numbered at one time between 400 and 500 
 teachers and scholars ; our average has been about 250. Three 
 "Missions" have been off-shoots from us; and many of their 
 most faithful and devoted teachers were some of our own most 
 self-sacrificing workers. 
 
 The Ninth Avenue " Mission," of which our Congregational 
 brother, D. M. Richardson, is superintendent, and our Scotch 
 Presbyterian friend, Mr. F. Lambie, is the bible class teacher, took 
 off from us at one time about 200 children. We bade them "God 
 speed " in their labors of love. Christ's kingdom is progressive 
 and aggressive. His last command to His disciples, "Co ye unto 
 all the world and preach the gospel to every creature," should be 
 heeded. Let the churches of Jesus Christ plant " Missions." and 
 nourish them, till they are fairly established in the community 
 where they are located. 
 
 •p^iHiit^^ of tlic Work. 
 
 We find, from a careful examination of the imperfect records, 
 
 that at least 120 children and youth have united with our own 
 
 church on profession of faith, from the Sabbath School, while 
 
 many others have joined sister churches in the city ; and may we 
 
 not hope that many more, if not all who have been with us so 
 
 long in this most interesting relation, if not members of the visi- 
 
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62 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSAET 
 
 ble church here, may become citizens of the heavenly kingdom. 
 Some of the dear lambs of the Hock have been taken from us by 
 the Good Shepherd to His fold above. And while our hearts 
 have been almost crushed by the blow of separation, still, when 
 we realized that it was given by our Heavenly Father's hand, and 
 that He has taken the little pets to His divine love and care, we 
 have, as we hope, been able to say, " Even so, Father, for so it 
 seemed good in Thy sight." 
 
 When this changing life, with its cares, duties, trials, tempta- 
 tions, hopes, fears, joys and sorrows, is ended, may we have the 
 unspeakable pleasure and eternal satisfaction of a glorious re-un- 
 ion with the dear ones we so loved, whose memory is so sacred, 
 who have gone before and are now on the "shining shore," wait- 
 in^T, as we trust, to welcome us to the heavenly mansions which 
 our blessed Saviour has gone to prepare for His faithful followers. 
 
 Pfe^eiit Offidef^ ai|d l^ekdl^ef^. 
 
 E. C. Walker, Superintendent. 
 
 S P. Wilcox, Assistant Superintendent. 
 
 Robert M. Zug, Secretary and Treasurer. 
 
 Robert W. Standart, Librarian. 
 
 Bradford Smith, Teacher Bible Class. 
 
 Geo. W. Hoffman, Teacher Bible Class. 
 
 Mrs. H. C Knight, Teacher Infant Class. 
 
 Miss Jennie Wilson, Teacher Infant Class. 
 
 Messrs. George N. Ladue, Charles B. Woodruff, Lucien 
 E. Smith, James R. Button, Walter Buhl, Otto Kirchner, 
 Henry M. Park, John McFarlane. 
 
 Miss Julia A. Knight, Miss Mary Penny, Miss Jennie A. 
 FooTE, Miss Sarah H. Standart, Miss Mary L. Orr, Miss 
 Mary C Brewster, Miss Mattie Joy, Miss Cora Woodruff, 
 Miss Anna Botsford. 
 
 Mrs. A. G. Lindsay, Mrs. Geo. F. Newland, Mrs. S. P. 
 Wilcox, Mrs. H. M, Park, Mrs. Margaret E. Hodgkin, Mrs. 
 M. F. Merick, Mrs. Henry Graham. 
 
 At the conclusion of these interesting historical papers, the hour 
 was so late, that the exercises were at once concluded with the 
 benediction by the Rev. John P. Scott, pastor of the United Pres- 
 byterian Church, of this city. 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAK CHURCH. 63 
 
 Was introduced by prayer, offered by the Rev. S. M. Freeland, of 
 the Second Congregational Church, of this city. 
 
 The pastor, acting as chairman for the evening, then e.xjjlained 
 the absence of the Rev. John Hall, 1). D., of New York City, who 
 was e.\pected to have been present, and to have preached on the 
 evening previous, but who was detained at home by the religious 
 interest prevalent throughout the city, and by the consequent mul- 
 tiplied services in connection with his own church. 
 
 Letters of congratulation were then read from the widow of 
 the Rev. R. R. Kellogg, first pastor of the church, from the Rev. 
 Henry Neill, D. D., Rev. Azariah Eldridge, D. D., and Rev. Sam- 
 uel Taylor Clarke, successive pastors ; from the brother of Rev. 
 James Means, who acted for a time in the same capacity, and 
 from the Rev. S. D. Burchard, D. D., of New York City, under whose 
 preaching and pastoral care, Mr. Pierson himself passed his youth. 
 These letters, with others, will appear in their proper place, in 
 subsequent pages. 
 
 Short congratulatory addresses were then delivered by various 
 brethren, who were introduced with brief, appropriate remarks, 
 by the chairman. Much that was said cannot be re-produced, 
 and much, that might be preserved, naturally dies with the occa- 
 sion, as the aroma of a flower ceases to exhale when the blossom 
 fades. But so much was said which contributes to the history of 
 tlie period commemorated on this day, and which evidences and 
 exemplifies the unity of all true christians, and inspires enlarged 
 effort and enterprise in the cause of Christ, that we have secured 
 from each of the several speakers, an outline of his remarks, by 
 which we are thus enabled to complete our otherwise imperfect 
 record of this pleasurable and memorable anniversary. 
 
 Coiigfkturatoi'y s^ddfe^^e^. 
 
 The chairman said : " Our first speaker this evening, is our 
 Detroit bulwark of orthodoxy, a beloved brother, the longest 
 settled here of any of our city pastors, and who, for fifteen years, 
 has demonstrated that the preaching of the pure and simple gospel 
 does not ' dislodge a preacher,' nor wear out. He reminds me of 
 
64 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 a home missionary in Kansas of whom it was said, that ' he kept 
 teUing men that they were sinners and needed a Saviour, until they- 
 actually believed it!' 1 take pleasure in introducing the Rev 
 John P. Scott, of the United Presbyterian Church." 
 
 Mr. Scott responded : " From the depths of my heart I thank 
 my good brother Pierson for the high honor conferred upon me in 
 representing me as '' the bulwark of orthodoxy in this city." He 
 could scarcely have done me greater honor, and I do not know 
 how I can better re-pay him, than to express to you my gratifica- 
 tion at having such an able and efficient co-laborer in the main- 
 tenance of orthodox principles. I will not say anything about 
 these other brethren, but will assume that they are not present, 
 and say to you that any doxy that does not agree with our doxy, 
 is not ortho-doxy. We were told this afternoon in that very inter- 
 esting paper read by Mr. Walker, that this congregation worshipped 
 at first in the church building in which the congregation to which 
 I minister, now worships ; perhaps that is what has caused this 
 congregation to flourish so well ; it had a good orthodox begin- 
 ning. We have been watching you with a special interest to see 
 whether you would remain steadfast to the faith, and are happy 
 this evening to congratulate you on your theological, congrega- 
 tional and financial status; and as you have done so well for the 
 quarter of a century that is past, I think you may be safely trusted 
 in the future, especially so long as you have such an orthodox 
 leader as my brother Pierson : and these orthodox men are not 
 given to frequent change, either as to location or theological 
 views ; they stand on such a firm basis, that they stand very steady ; 
 they build long and they build strong. 
 
 " I thought this afternoon when listening to that very minute 
 and interesting review of your history as a congregation for a 
 quarter of a century, how full that same period had been of events 
 of the highest importance to the church at large — to this nation 
 and to all the nations of the earth. 
 
 " Within this period the foundations of our government have 
 been tested as we did not expect; and severe as the test was, we 
 have demonstrated to the hereditary rulers and crowned monarch- 
 ists of the world, that there is a central power in republicanism 
 that they had not dreamed of; and during the same i)eriod the 
 church has made aggressions on the territory of the enemy great- 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 65 
 
 er, I believe, than during any previous quarter of a century since 
 the days of Christ and His apostles. In proof of this, we need 
 only to consider what has been done for the spread of the gospel 
 in India, and China, and Egypt, and Spain, and Italy, and 
 Turkey, and Mexico, and in other nations. In many of these 
 countries, twenty-five years ago, it required not only a martyr 
 spirit, but a martyr's head would have been the result of attempt- 
 ing to distribute the Bible or to preach the glad tidings of salvation ; 
 but during this period, barrier after barrier has been removed ; 
 tyrannical and wicked laws against the dissemination of christian 
 truth, and the proclamation pf the gospel, have been rescinded ; 
 prejudices removed ; and treaties formed between nations ; until 
 now the missionaries of the cross from the two great christian nations 
 of the world, can go, with the assurance of protection, and preach 
 the gospel throughout the wide world. The way being now open, 
 we may expect glorious results. 
 
 '' But the services of this occasion demand that we should con- 
 sider specially the past and present religious condition of our own 
 city; and what are the facts? Twenty-five years ago, with a popu- 
 lation of twenty thousand, we had nineteen churches, nearly one 
 church organization to each one thousand inhabitants. We have 
 now one hundred thousand inhabitants and fifty- nine churches — 
 almost two thousand inhabitants to each church organization. 
 Some of these churches are large and strong, but many of them 
 are small and feeble ; thus, while the population has increased 
 five-fold, the churches have only increased three-fold ; and, as 
 to church accommodations, were all the population disposed to 
 attend some place of public worship, there would not be church 
 accommodations for more than one in five of the inhabitants. 
 
 "Is this as it should he? Shall we remain indifferent and 
 inactive in view of these facts ? Does not the comparative increase 
 in population over the increase in churches, and the large numbers 
 of our population who do not attend any place of public worship, 
 and who could not be accommodated if they did desire to attend, 
 call for increased activity, and devotion, and zeal upon the part of 
 the officers and members of the various churches in our city.? 
 Let us consecrate ourselves afresh to the work and service of our 
 Master, in this city." 
 
66 TWENTY-FIFTH AJSTNIVERSART 
 
 Chairman : " In the year 1867, in the General Assembly of the 
 Old School Presbyterian Church at Cincinnati, I heard an elder 
 deliver a long and elaborate speech, and I felt like the Scotch- 
 man, who joined the debating club because he ^ wanted to contra- 
 dict a wee !' But I have since learned to sympathise with that 
 brother and love him, as one of the most trustworthy of men, and 
 to understand why the farmer called his team ' new school ' and 
 ' old school,' saying that 'one horse was fast and the other sa/e, but 
 both together made a splendid span.' We will now hear from the 
 Hon. Hovey K. Clarke-" 
 
 Mr. Clarke, after some playful allusions to his impressions of 
 Mr. Pierson in that same Assembly, proceeded to say : " I believe 
 in anniversaries. They have their uses, and some of them are 
 valuable. Even the sad ones have lessons in them which we 
 cannot afford to lose. They have their abuses, too, sometimes 
 most conspicuous in religious observances. When the Saints' 
 days and Fast days of the year become more numerous than the 
 Sabbaths, and are observed with more devotion, we may conclude 
 that the anniversary business is overdone. But of all events which 
 have their origin in associated action, I am sure that there are 
 none more worthy of commemoration, than the founding of a 
 church. 
 
 "' The evil that men do,' says the great English poet, 'lives 
 after them.' In an ever-widening circle, it extends and perpetu- 
 ates itself. No fact can be more solemn than this. I would fain 
 believe that some of tlie evil which some men do is obliterated in 
 the blood of Christ ; otherwise, it seems to me that there must be 
 reflections, even in the world above, closely akin to remorse. 
 'The good is often interred with their bones:' — but not always; 
 for the blessed dead are assured when they rest from their labors, 
 that " their works do follow them " There may be some who 
 now, from the spirit world, are permitted to mingle in the rejoic- 
 ings of this occasion, and who were in that little company, gathered 
 in the Senate Chamber of the old Capitol., on the fourth Sabbath 
 in February, twenty-five years ago, to found this church ! And 
 are there not, among the experiences by which this church has 
 been led to its present position, some to be most gratefully remem- 
 bered, and which are the last that the brethren of that company — 
 two of whom I see before me — Zug and Wilcox — would relinquish .'' 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 67 
 
 " But I am not permitted to extend these reflections. What 
 is the lesson of the hour? is the question. This building is a 
 power. This congregation — tiie mcMi and women who compose it, 
 and the means they command — is a power. This pastor is a pow- 
 er; and in all, there is an aggregate involving a great responsibili- 
 ty. It is in your hands — what are you going to do loith it ? The 
 usefulness of a church is to be measured, not by what is does, or 
 is capable of doing for its members ; but by what it stimulates its 
 members to do for others. Colonization is the lesson which the 
 facts before us this evening are teaching the Presbyterian Church- 
 es of Detroit. Colonization— '^\\'tx^\(S.t, Grand Trunk Junction, 
 Ilamtramck — unless we see our duty to these localities, we shall 
 miss the most striking and important lesson of this most interest- 
 ing occasion." 
 
 Chairman: "When our Congregational neighbors on Fort 
 Street wanted to get a pastor, they took good care to choose one 
 whose preaching must be to edification ! All I have against this 
 brother is that he is a Congregationalist. but he is so near a Pres- 
 byterian that we can hardly tell the difference; and I will only 
 remind him that Congregationalism, like .•Jew Hampshire is a 
 'good State to go from ! ' Let us hear from the edifyitig pastor of 
 the Fort Street Congregational Church, Rev. Zachary Eddy, D. D.'' 
 Dr. Eddy spoke as follows : " I have been courteously intro- 
 duced by the pastor, as a Congregationalist; but I would thank 
 some friend to decide the question, whether I ought to be called 
 a Congregationalist or a Presbyterian. My father was a Congre- 
 gational minister, and the pastor of a Congregational church, but 
 at the same time a member of Buffalo Presbytery. In my early 
 youth I became a member of the same Congregational church, 
 which was represented by delegates in the Presbytery, and once 
 or twice furnished lay commissioners to the General Assembly. I 
 was ordained in the Presbyterian church, was for several years a 
 member of Presbytery ; but was also, for some time, the pastor of 
 a Congregational church, and the scrib- of a Congregational 
 Association. The truth is, in those days, many of us scarcely 
 knew whether we were Congregationalists or Presbyterians; for 
 it was in the time of the glorious old " Plan of Union," whose 
 memory is blessed. 
 
 " In those days I loved the Presbyterian church ; but not more 
 
68 TWENTY-FIFTH AISTNIVEKSAKY 
 
 than I love it now. When I was a raw, undisciplined youth, I 
 was tenderly taken in hand by the noble Presbytery of Buffalo, 
 trained, encouraged and started on my career as a minister, not 
 without prayers and benedictions. Till my heart stops beating, I 
 can never cease to love the great orthodox, learned, orderly and 
 evangelical Body, under whose cherishing and genial nurture, I 
 passed the earlier years of my ministry. 
 
 " This is not the time to boast of it, but I cannot help saying 
 that, though our revered and beloved Dr. Shaw did not mention 
 my name this morning as one of the " noble company " of Pres- 
 byterian martyrs, I had the honor to suffer in the cause of genu- 
 ine 'Constitutional' Presbyterianism. In 1837, my head was 
 taken off so neatly, by the Breckenridge guillotine, that I felt no 
 pain. I was a member, at that time, of one of the four exscinded 
 synods. For a considerable period after that event, I, with many 
 of my brethren, stood aloof from both Assemblies, almost ready 
 to say — ' A plague on both your houses !' I must confess, that the 
 excision quickened the love of the free Congregational Order, 
 which my revered father had planted in my heart, but which had, 
 for several years, been in a state of suspended animation. With a 
 true, but not idolatrous love of that Order, T now recognize, with 
 filial affection, in the re-united Presbyterian Church, the spiritual 
 alma mater of my youth. God bless the Presbyterian Church in 
 the United States ! 
 
 "And God bless the Fort Street Presbyterian Church, of 
 Detroit ! Though I am a new comer among you — almost a strang- 
 er, indeed — I enter heartily into your joy, and offer my sincere 
 congratulations on this twenty-fifth birth-day of your church. 
 You will permit me to say, that I rejoice in your prosperity, not 
 so much because yours is a Presbyterian church, as because it is, 
 in my belief, a living and fruitful church of Jesus Christ. The 
 value of a true church to such a city as this, cannot be told. Its 
 purifying and beneficent influences can only be measured by the 
 Omniscient One. For what is a christian church, considered with 
 reference to the work which God has given it to do } A hospital 
 for the cure of sick, death- smitten souls; a fold for the protec- 
 tion and safe-keeping of the weak and unwary ; a school for the 
 nurture of christian disciples; a gymnasium for the training of 
 spiritual athletes, to wrestle with principalities and powers; a 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 69 
 
 FELLOWSHIP OF LOVE, satisfying the social cravings of rich and poor, 
 of old and young, of rude and cultured ; a fountain of reno- 
 vating VIRTUE, sending streams of moral purity and health 
 through all the ramifications of society, cleansing and hallowing 
 the household, the drawing-room, the workshop, the school, the 
 court of justice, the ballot-box, the political caucus, the municipal 
 assembly, and the legislative chamber. The church is a camp of 
 INSTRUCTION for drilling the soldiers of the sacramental host, in 
 all the arts and exercises of glorious war, and sending them forthi 
 armed in panoply divine, to conquer new provinces for King 
 Immanuel. The church is to raise the fallen, succor the tempted, 
 heal the broken-hearted, visit the sick, feed the hungry, clothe the 
 naked, care for the widow and the fatherless, point the heavy-laden 
 sinner to the Lamb of God, and the dying saint to the open gates 
 of ' Jerusalem, the golden.' Such is the work of the church — 
 your work, my brethren. In the belief that you are, with a good 
 degree of earnestness, doing this work, I wish you all joy, and bid 
 you God speed ! May your future be more prosperous and fruit- 
 ful than your past ! May floods of grace descend from the open 
 windows of heaven, on this beloved church ! " 
 
 Chairman : " There is another brother here whom Ave have all 
 learned to respect and love, as filling out the Miltonian concep- 
 tion of a man, 'fitted to .perform justly, skillfully and magnani- 
 mously all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war, 
 in church and state.' He was prominently instrumental in bring- 
 ing about the re-union of our beloved Presbyterian church ; and 
 if there be any man, whom I should like to have near my dying 
 bed, and whose hand I should like to grasp in a dying hour, it is 
 he, in whom we all recognize a bulwark of integrity^ the Hon. 
 Jacob S. Farrand." 
 
 Mr. Farrand then said : " Twenty-five years is not long in 
 the life of a church. It is long in the life of an individual who 
 has grown to manhood — twenty-five years ago Dr. Duffield was in 
 the full strength of his manhood, wielding that intellectual and 
 moral power, that has and will continue to make his name a strong 
 tower, and a fragrant memory forever. Then, Rev. Dr. R. W. 
 Patterson had been here on his return from his first trip east of 
 the AUeghanies, and had preached in the old hive several weeks, 
 
70 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 and had just commenced his life work in Chicago, which has 
 given his church great renown, and made him illustrious; but the 
 past has been so fully gone over to-day, that it may be well to 
 look a moment at the future. 
 
 " When you celebrate your fiftieth anniversary, Detroit will 
 contain a half-million of inhabitants, and we, as christians, can 
 measure our responsibility by this statement. 
 
 " The gospel will then be preached in all the lands and lan- 
 guages of the earth. 
 
 " The christian religion will not only have broken down all 
 obstacles in its spread, but will have established, through a con- 
 gress of nations, a common currency ; weights and measures, 
 universally recognised and used by mankind ; and the swiftly- 
 moving shuttle of commerce, under its influence, will have woven 
 a seamless robe for our race. 
 
 '' I believe in the universal Fatherhood of God, and the uni- 
 versal Brotherhood of man." 
 
 Chairman : " The next speaker is one, in whose calm, clear 
 judgment, large experience, varied learning, and theological 
 soundness, we have all been accustomed implicitly to confide. 
 We look upon him as a brother, while we look up to him as a 
 father. You remember the good old Scotch woman who, in send- 
 ing her sons into the wide world, said to them, ' Lads, if ye can 
 find a lassie, that can make p:;ude butter, sing aiild hundred and say 
 the catechism, why lads, ye may bring her alang ! ' vSome such 
 mother must have had the training of the Rev. J. F. McLaren, D. 
 D." 
 
 Dr. McLaren said : " However many good deeds may have 
 been done by others, there is, always, some good left for us to do. 
 But, really, after the many good things said on this pleasant occa- 
 sion to-day, there appears to be little left for the rest of us to say. 
 So, at least, it seems from my point of view. But I am open to 
 the contrary conviction, when the other brethren shall have spok- 
 en. Indeed, my conviction has been, already^ somewhat shaken 
 by those who have preceded me. this evening. 
 
 " This day has been called the silver wedding-day of the Fort 
 Street Church. I reckon it to be, rather, a birth-day celebration. 
 I like such memorial days in a church. They give special oppor- 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 71 
 
 tiinity, not only for recounting the Lord's providential favors and 
 tlie triumphs of His grace, but also for bringing to grateful remem- 
 brance those persons, sleeping in Christ, who have been, while 
 living, His faithful and exemplaiy followers. We have many 
 examples of such reminiscences in the Bible; as in the 105th and 
 106th Psalms, and in the nth chapter of Hebrews. 
 
 " Dr. Shaw this morning told us about the noble army of mar- 
 tyrs. Let us remember that, in our churches, if we have not 
 martyrs, we have confessors ; and Fuller well says, '« confessor is 
 a martyr in bullion, wanting only the stamp of a violent death to 
 be impressed upon it.' 
 
 " How many cases of faith and love, shown in christian 
 patience and christian activity, the Lord has given to His church. 
 These should not fade away from our remembrance. There is 
 much material of this kind, honoring to God and helpful to piety, 
 which we leave unused in our common Sabbath discourses. 
 English poe"ts never tire of allusions to the lark of their country, 
 rising from its lowly nest, singing as it ascends higher and higher, 
 till its sweet notes reach the ear after the form is no longer visible 
 to the eye. So, many a christian's song of faith and hope and 
 joy, as they ascend to heaven, leaves its sweet tones echoing in our 
 hearts, long after their persons have disappeared from our sight, 
 i^et them be remembered, to strengthen our trust in Christ, to 
 brighten our hopes, to stimulate our activity. 
 
 *' Twenty-five years old ! That seems pretty old — not to me. 
 I was a minister for twenty years, before this church was born. 
 But a good deal has been done for Christ's cause in this city, 
 during this quarter of a century. There are five limes as many 
 people here, as there were twenty-five years ago ; and there are 
 five times as many Presbyterian congregations, of our order: and 
 these others, as good Presbyterians as ourselves, and still more 
 who, though not so good Presbyterians, are as good christians. 
 The multiplicity, or even the variety, of churches does not prove 
 that we have different religions. Evangelical churches, holding 
 essentially the same faith, ha\e multiplied hopefully in these twen- 
 ty-five years. So many churches, with faithful men in the over- 
 sight of them, are a blessing beyond computation, to this city. 
 The ancient Patristic rule, still followed by some, was one over- 
 seer or bishop in one city. The more ancient, apostolic rule was, 
 
72 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSART 
 
 to have as many as were needed to feed the flock over which the 
 Holy Ghost had placed them. This rule, we and most of the 
 Protestant churches, follow, as did the church of Ephesus. whose 
 Presbyter bishops Paul met at Miletus, and as did also the church 
 of Philippi, which he addressed, by letter, together with their 
 bishops and deacons. 
 
 "While we rejoice with all the churches that honor Christ and 
 His truth, we especially, here and now, congratulate this congre- 
 gation and its pastor, and the Presbyters associated with him in 
 the oversight of the flock." 
 
 Chairman : '' I had expected next to introduce to you our 
 beloved brother from the Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church, 
 the Hon. Elisha Taylor; who would have probably entertained us 
 with an account of his experiences as a committee of supply for that 
 vacant pulpit. I have been told that, so numerous have been the 
 letters received by him from aspiring candidates, that he medi- 
 tates establishing z. paper manufactory, to use up the waste material. 
 
 '' Inasmuch as he is detained by illness, I have been asking 
 whom I might best put in his place ; and I think, were the matter 
 put to vote, you would unanimously say that we must have a few 
 words from our venerable and beloved friend, the Rev. James B. 
 Shaw, D. D." 
 
 Dr. Shaw : " First of all, let me help Dr. Eddy out of his 
 dilemma. He said he hardly knew whether he was a Congrega- 
 tionalist or a Presbyterian, or whether he might not be both. 
 Now the fact is, my good brother is too big — there is too much of 
 him — for any one church to monopolize. We all own an interest 
 in him. We all claim him as part of our spiritual patrimony. 
 
 " And now I feel constrained to say, that the pastor of this 
 Fort Street Church has been a regular problem for me. I have 
 been puzzled to know for what the Lord made and meant him. A 
 few years since he delivered a poem in Rochester which met with 
 great favor, and then I thought that the Lord meant him to be a 
 poet. Not long after, I read some profound articles of his, on 
 Aristotle, and then I thought that the Lord meant him for a phi- 
 losopher. When I saw his Report on Music, which the General 
 Assembly of 1867 was so glad to accept and publish, and know- 
 ing, at the same time, how skillfully he played and how sweetly 
 
FOKT STREET PRESBYTERIAN fllURCII. 73 
 
 he sang, I was ([uite sure that the Lord sent him into the world to 
 look after the service of song, and see that His church in this 
 respect did not bring Him any more vain oblations. But, on 
 looking the whole matter over, I have concluded that he was 
 intended for something better than any or all these, — that he was 
 intended to be just what he is, a preacher and pastor. 
 
 " A brother, who gave us an excellent speech this evening, was 
 introduced to the audience as the bulwark of orthodoxy in 
 Detroit. He is the oldest pastor in the city, having been over the 
 same church fifteen years. Now I do not set up any claim to 
 being a bulwark of. orthodoxy, but perhaps I may be allowed to 
 say, that on the first Sabbath of last December, I celebrated my 
 thirty-third anniversary. When I first went to the city of Roches- 
 ter. I was then pale and broken in health. I had to put on an 
 overcoat, to cast a respectable shadow. The church, up to my 
 going, had never been able to retain a pastor any length of time. 
 My immediate predecessor was one of the Beecher family, with 
 his full share of the hereditary genius of that tribe in Israel, and 
 he stayed less than two years. The wisest man in the city, a man 
 regarded as an oracle, said that I would not stay a year. Every- 
 body thought that I was installed over a capped volcano, and 
 some, no doubt, were disappointed because the predicted 
 eruption did not take place. More than once I have told my 
 people, that, if they had known how long I meant to stay, 
 they never would have given me such a unanimous call. They 
 said to themselves, his health is so poor that if we should 
 make a bad bargain, he will not trouble us long ; and yet, 
 I have entered on the thirty-fourth year of my ministry. My 
 continuance there is a wonder unto many, and a still greater won- 
 der to me. But, 1 can give you a key which will unlock the mys- 
 tery. Immediately after my installation, overwhelmed with a 
 sense of my utter insufficiency, I called the church together and 
 besought them never to draw nigh unto God without remember- 
 ing how poor and weak a man had been sent to serve them. In 
 the closet, before the altar, in the house, at the place of prayer, 
 and when the great congregation came together, I begged them 
 with tears in my eyes, to remember me. I told them that they 
 could make me just such a minister as they wanted me to be ; 
 that it would be their own fault if in any respect I came short of 
 
74 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVEKSART 
 
 their expectations ; that if I were not right they could pray me 
 right, and they took me at my word ; they have remembered me. 
 Scarcely a prayer is ever offered at any of our meetings, in which 
 the pastor is not mentioned. Your hearts to-day, dear friends, 
 are full of prophetic hopes, and you can more than make those 
 hopes good. Never go to the Throne of the Heavenly Grace, 
 without taking this dear brother with you. Remember him as my . 
 dear flock has remembered me. Whatever else you may deny 
 your pastor, I beg you on my bended knees, I beg you, not to 
 deny him a place in your prayers. A praying people, will make 
 a permanent pastorate. The whole thing is in your own hands." 
 
 Chairman : " There are confessed disadvantages in the sys- 
 tem of ministerial itineracy, as was exemplified in the little girl 
 who, being asked where she was born, replied : ''leant tell ; my 
 father was a Methodist minister, you kiioti.' ! ' But one compen- 
 sating advantage of the system is, that each point in the periphery 
 of the great wheel of rotation returns to its original place, eventu- 
 ally, and if a man only holds on to the wheel long enough, it will 
 drop him where he lodged before. And so we can forgive Metho- 
 dist rotation for having removed, since it has returned io our city, 
 the Rev. L. R. Fiske, D. D , of the Central Methodist Church, 
 whom I introduce as our next speaker." 
 
 Rev Dr. Fiske : "Mr. Chairman — I am glad of the privilege 
 of presenting my personal gratulations on this joyous and festive 
 occasion; and also that I am able to assure you of the very kind- 
 ly feelings of the body of christians with whom I am more inti- 
 mately associated. The history, to which I have listened to-day, 
 has greatly interested me. 1 see that you have had a feeble 
 infancy, a troublous childhood, but a growing youth ; and that 
 now, at the age of twenty-five, in your greater maturity, you have 
 become strong— strong financially, strong numerically, and I trust, 
 strong spiritually. The future will certainly show bra\e, noble, 
 and successful work for the Master. 
 
 "As I have attended your exercises during the day, and now 
 unite with you in the festivities of the evening, 1 have said to 
 myself that I am glad we are not thrown back fifty years in the 
 history of the church. You would not then have invited me 
 here ; but if for any reason you had done so, I surely would have 
 
FOUT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 hesitated a long time before accepting the invitation. Could a 
 Calvinibt and Arminian meet without breaking swords.' To have 
 had a Methodist with you, would have been decidedly out of 
 character; and would he not have been (X)mmitting sin by endors- 
 ing a Calvinistic gathering.' 
 
 " 1 am not going to say we are better than our fatiiers. There 
 were noble men in those days — strong, bra\e, of intense convic- 
 tions of right — men who would risk everything in defense of right, 
 as it appeared to them. But this led to war, for reciprocal dis- 
 trust ])ervaded the different wings of the christian army, and 
 sometimes they fought each other more than the common foe. 
 This however I do say, that the gospel is preached more in love 
 than it formerly was, and hence we get a jnirer and richer gos])el. 
 Denominationalism is being reduced to a minimum, and Christ, as 
 the Head of our undivided church, is being exalted. 
 
 " But I must not forget that I am, after all, in a Presbyterian 
 meeting this evening, and ought not to feel that 1 am standing 
 strictly on a common platform. .\nd yet somehow I have an 
 impression that 1 have a right to be here, as much as some of you. 
 1 remember hearing the chairman of this meeting say that, when 
 he was converted, he united with the Methodist church. You see 
 he must have "'fa/Ir// from i(race," for he subsequently joined the 
 Presbyterians. Is not this case alone sufficient to establish the 
 Methodist doctrine of falling from grace .^ I had a Presbyterian 
 mother and hence did not "fall from grace,' but have remained in 
 the Methodist church all my life. Our venerable friend. Dr. 
 Shaw, has discoursed to us eloijuently to-day upon the martyr 
 spirit. Mav I not i)ut in a claim in this direction ? With a Pres- 
 byterian mother, a Presbyterian brother, three Presbyterian sisters, 
 a Scotch Presbyterian wife— Presbyterian, until I proselyted her into 
 the Methodist church, a Presbyterian mother-in-law. Presbyterian 
 brothers and sisters-in-law, Presbyterian grand-parents on both 
 sides, and Presbyterian ancestry extending back to the time where- 
 in the memory of man runneth not to the contrary — to stem all 
 this Presbyterian influence and remain a steadfast Methodist, must 
 not a man display the martyr spirit ; and does not such a case 
 illustrate the doctrine of the '' perseverance of the saints}" 
 
 " But, to speak soberly, the grand feature of this age is that 
 with the minor differences among the sects, the churches are 
 
76 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSAEY 
 
 becoming thoroughly joined in heart. Distrust is being scattered 
 to the winds, and it thus seems to me that the millenium with its 
 glories is hastening on. 
 
 " In behalf of the Methodist church — no, I take that back — in 
 behalf of our common Christianity which knows neither Metho- 
 dist, nor Presbyterian, but only Jesus Christ and Him crucified, I 
 bid this church God speed. May the next twenty-five years see 
 thousands of penitents at this altar, and witness the rejoicing of 
 thousands of converts saved through the blood of the Lamb. 
 May many in heaven have it to say that just here is the one 
 precious place on this earth, because it was here they were born 
 into the family of God." 
 
 Chairman ; " I understand that, on the recent visit of an English 
 prince to this land, Duncan Stewart, Esq., of this city, caused one 
 of his vessels to bear aloft this beautiful motto : ' Welcome, laddie, 
 for t/iy fnit/ier's sake I ' lam sure that, aside from his personal 
 merits, and all other considerations, we should all welcome, for 
 his father s sake, the son of Rev. Dr. Dufifield, whom this church 
 still looks back to as its spiritual father. I introduce D. Bethune 
 Dufifield, Esq., of this city." 
 
 " Mr. Dufifield said : " Mr. Chairman — After all that has fallen 
 on our ears to-day, there are none of us who do not feel that * the 
 light of other days ' is about us. As we turn our vision back to 
 the Detroit of twenty-five years ago, we behold, not the stately 
 stores and well paved avenues of to-day, but the muddy streets 
 and wooden shells of buildings that then were almost universally 
 occupied for mercantile purposes; and as my mind's eye looks 
 back upon the edifice of the 'Mother Church,' of which we 
 have heard so much to-day, I see it lifting itself in almost moun- 
 tain-like proportions among the fragile and lowly tenements around 
 it. It was an attractive building in the interior, and not without 
 impressiveness in the exterior. Built by Alanson Sheley, Esq., in 
 the days when material was abundant and labor cheap, and con- 
 tractors honest and fair in their dealing, its entire cost did not 
 exceed $30,000 ; yet it was an admirable structure. I wish all 
 our Presbyterian churches of to-day could boast of equally liber- 
 al aisles ; equally ample galleries, with pannelled fronts running 
 round all three sides of the building; as neat a pulpit; as fine an 
 
FORT stre?:t pkesbyterian church. 
 
 organ ; as sweet a choir; and above all, as grand a congregation. 
 1 look into it to-night as it first opened to my view, more than 
 thirty years ago. and see its pastor, then but forty-five years of 
 .age, in his early prime, and with a congregation around him sel- 
 dom equalled in any community. There were United States Sena- 
 tors, Members of Congress, the Governor of the State, the State 
 Treasurer, Auditor General, and Secretary of State. There were 
 United States, and Supreme, and Circuit Court Judges, and a large 
 l)roportion of one of the most cultivated Bars that could be found 
 west of Albany There were Officers and Paymasters of the army ; 
 active merchants (some of whom have since become merchant 
 jirinces), master mechanics, well represented by that sterling old 
 giant of a man, Turner Stetson, (a giant in form, but graced as a 
 christian, with the humility of a child), besides scores of other 
 men representing the various avocations and industries of life. 
 And in all that crowded congregation, there was scarcely one gray 
 head to be seen ; all were men in the prime of youth or the 
 strength of middle life, and all, or nearly all, hailing from other 
 States than the one in which they had staked their chances for the 
 future. 
 
 " Its then bench of elders — now all gone save one (Mr. Hallock) 
 — was a very imposing body of men. Many here present can 
 recall with me the white cravat, and the stern, determined expres- 
 sion that frowned over it from the shaggy eye-brows of Robert 
 Stuart; the bland and smiling countenance of Eurotas P. Hast- 
 ings; the grim, 1812 look of Major Jonathan Kearsley ; the 
 solemn mien of David French ; the gentle and sincere face of the 
 ever reliable Edward Bingham ; the honored face of the soldier 
 Larned ; the generally anxiovis look of Thomas J. Hulbert ; the 
 strong and earnest countenance of Horace Hallock, Superintend- 
 ent of the Sunday School; and the rough but honest Scottish 
 brogue of the large-hearted Alexander McFarren." (Here Mr. D. 
 related an interesting incident showing the generous sympathy of 
 Elder McFarren with young men, and his ready benevolence 
 toward all who needed a helping hand.) "They were truly an 
 extraordinary band of earnest, christian men, and the impress 
 they have left on this community, will not soon die out. 
 
 "But the old church went down in the fire of January, 1854, 
 and thereafter three churches sprang. Phoenix-like, from its ashes 
 
78 TWENTY-FIFTH AJSTNIVERSAKY 
 
 — this one on Fort Street being one of the three. I said the old 
 church was a noble one, and none before me will dispute the asser- 
 tion, for by its fruits of to-day even the stranger may know what 
 it must have been. Not only in the city, but throughout the State, 
 was its influence felt, and to-night we look back upon it with rev- 
 erence as the Common Mother of us all. God grant that the future 
 of all her daughters may be more glorious, even than that of the 
 mother ! 
 
 "And on this pleasant anniversary of this prosperous church, 
 we offer not only our congratulations over the past, but our best 
 wishes for the future. The exercises of the day have been, I 
 doubt not, inspiring to us all. The noble discourse of the morn- 
 ing, shedding down upon us as it were, the very fire from heaven, 
 strengthened us, as in the afternoon, we listened to the roll-call of 
 your beloved dead ; and grouping the events of the entire day 
 together, we seemed to be furnished with a fresh testimonial and 
 a new argument for the reality and beauty of the christian faith. 
 What, Mr. Chairman, means this elegant bank of flowers, dropped 
 from milder climes into your winter anniversary, and piled with 
 such tropical magnificence, to your pulpit's very top .'' Think 
 you, if Christianity was a mere myth, a rose-colored dream of the 
 East, we could sit by the graves of our dead, as we have done 
 to-day with hearts at peace while our eyes were full of tears ? ' If 
 the dead rise not,' we should not witness anniversaries such as 
 this has been to-day. If the dreary grave is ' the be all, and the 
 end all of life,' instead of being here crowned with flowers and 
 singing the ever-enduring hymns of the christian church, we 
 should have been seen sitting with dust and ashes upon our heads, 
 mourning over the departure of those gone out never to return — 
 the mother's heart rent anew over her dead child ; the wife's over 
 the absent husband; the father's over the son fallen in battle, and 
 all voices commingling in the sad chorus of a grief that is forever 
 barren of hope — bewailing life's sorrows as the heathen bewail 
 thei)- dead; no wiser, no better off than they. But we know that 
 'Christ has risen!' and given not Himself only, but all His 
 followers, an immortal life ! And these lovely flowers lying in 
 mass, are typical of that life in the land where there is no more 
 death, and where sorrow and crying shall forever flee away. These 
 are your tributes to those who have died in the Lord ; these tall 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. T9 
 
 and graceful Hllies beautifully commemorating the names of the fair, 
 christian women who have walked and labored among you, and 
 the remainder, symbolizing the great multitude who have gone 
 hence during the last twenty-five years, each one having his name 
 and life thus brought fragrantly into memory. 
 
 "Says the (ierman Poet Schiller, 'he who would reap a harvest 
 of tears upon his gra\ e, must sow the deeds of love' — and that is 
 just what the christian does. The spirit of love to God in his 
 heart, insjjires him to deeds of love towards his fellow men. Such 
 were the lives of your departed dead, and hence these tender tri- 
 butes of christian love — These friends are not here, their dust 
 sleeps in Elmwood, but they have risen ! 'This day', (that is the 
 language of Scripture,) the very day of death, they were with 
 their Savour, the risen Redeemer, in Paradise ; and while we 
 weej) that here we see their faces no more, we rejoice that they 
 have already become citizens of the Heavenly City, the new Jeru- 
 salem. And now the years below fly swiftly on. Another twenty- 
 five years and this church will touch its Golden Anniversary. How 
 many of those into whose faces we now look will be here to share 
 in its joy.' (iod grant that you all may so live, and when the 
 >ummons comes, may so die, that when that golden day 
 shall dawn, each departed member of this church may have 
 blooming round these altars, his memorial flower, emblem of the 
 immortal life which is the sole heritage of those who follow Christ." 
 
 Chairman : " There are two good things, at least, about our 
 Baptist friends ; first : they are sound in the faith. They do not tire 
 of the pure gospel, although 1 did know a Baptist minister once 
 who told me he had " exhausted the Bible " and was going to preach 
 the ''''Pilgrims Progress," and I foresaw that both he and his peo- 
 ple would get stuck in the Slough of Despond, and they did ! 
 However there is no danger of such a catastrophe under the 
 ])reaching of the pastor of the Lafayette Ave. Bajjtist Church. 
 He don't believe in exhausting the Bible. The second good thing 
 about our Baptist brethren is they baptize a man all orer, brain, 
 heart, stomach '' pocket ", — all share the consecration. Let us 
 hear from my i>ersonal friend Rev. Alfred Owen, D. D. " 
 
 Dr. Owen replied : — '*' Circumstances forbade my presence at 
 the afternoon session, and I have been able to be here this evening 
 
80 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVEESAEY 
 
 only a few moments ago. I feel that I am not up to the spirit of 
 the occasion and would gladly have escaped my brother's eye. 
 
 And yet I am glad to have the opportunity to give expression 
 to my deep interest in this church, and my sincere affection for 
 its pastor. The strength of this place is a common support to all 
 who cherish the faith of the gospel, and I am sure that here the 
 truth is uttered fearlessly and faithfully." 
 
 " I am glad to be able to congratulate my brethren here on 
 the wonderful progress so quickly made, and the noble record of 
 the church in its private and public labor. 
 
 " I recognize also the fact that I stand here in a representative 
 position, to bear to you the fraternal regards and affection of the 
 body which I have the honor to serve. I am sure no one can do 
 this more heartily than I, for no one, not even among yourselves, 
 can feel a greater admiration for the history which the Presbyterian 
 body has been permitted to make, and no one is more ready to 
 confess the inestimable value of its service to the world. 
 
 In the body of which I am a member and with which I am in 
 fullest sympathy, perhaps the representative idea of all is liberty ; 
 by which we do not at all mean license, or anarchy, but simply 
 the right of each soul, without interference or control from another, 
 to do the thing which he believes the Lord requires. To interfere 
 with a man's conscience is to do injury to him, and equally it harms 
 him who interferes. The time has been when this idea needed all 
 the prominence that could be given to it, nor is that time yet 
 wholly gone by. 
 
 " At this moment Presbyterianism seems to me to represent 
 more than anything else, organization in the church, compact, co- 
 gent. Perhaps circumstances have impressed upon me more than 
 ever before the value of this. Your growth and power are wonder- 
 ful. But in any case, we are all brethren of one household. Each 
 in his own way doing his own work as the Lord has put it in his way 
 and in each other's prosperity we will alike rejoice. There is no 
 danger that too much will be done. All that all disciples can do, 
 is too little for the world which yet sighs and suffers under its 
 heavy burdens. 
 
 '' I may be permitted to add a word in the way of exhortation. 
 My brethren here have reached a very interesting point in their 
 history and naturally jjause to survey "the path already trod." 
 
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 If this occasion shall lead you to count your work done, it will 
 l)c a sorrowful day for you. It will be happy only if it shall 
 l)e so gratefully remembered as to be an encouragement to new 
 labors. One who climbs a mountain side, may pause on the way 
 to gaze on the widening scene that opens to his vision. But he 
 only stops to refresh himself and gather up his strength for new 
 toils, ever to continue till the summit is gained. Much of your 
 work, your greatest work, is yet before you. How much this 
 great city needs the power of a divine life in the churches. Your 
 day of refreshing should be truly a memorial of the past mercies 
 of God, in whose recollection faith and devotion may be quick- 
 ened for the toil which the future will surely bring upon you. In 
 this hope I give you my sincere congratulations on your past histo- 
 ry, and express the earnest hope that for generations to come this 
 church may remain as now faithful to its calling and zealous in 
 every good work. 
 
 Chairman : " On the western borders of our city, there stands 
 a new Presbyterian church — an infant enterprise, few as yet in 
 numbers, but strong in graces. When I think of them, I remem- 
 ber what one of the delegates at the Evangelical Alliance, Pastor 
 Fisch, of Paris, said with regard to the small body of christians 
 which he and his colleagues represented : ' Don't measure us, but 
 7c>eig/i us.' Such a church as Calvary ^cit/i such a pastor, weighs 
 heavily, however small in numbers. I need not introduce to a 
 Detroit audience, the Rev. J. G. Atterbury, D. D." 
 
 Dr. Atterbury remarked: "You have called me on this plat- 
 form as the pastor of Calvary, the youngest of the sisterhood of 
 Presbyterian churches in this city. But, sir, my interest in this 
 occasion has a far deeper and e.irlier root. I have a closer his- 
 torical relation with this church, than you probably are aware, 
 having ])reached the first sermon heard within any walls it could 
 call its own. 
 
 " It was my privilege to know and love that brother of fragrant 
 memory, by whose labors the stones were gathered and the foun- 
 dations laid of the spiritual edifice which you now call the Fort 
 Street Church. Mr. Kellogg was one of the Presbyters who passed 
 upon my earliest trials and licensed rne to preach the gospel as 
 a candidate for the holy ministry. As his co-presbyter on the 
 
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 ground for several years, I had opportunity to learn his simplicity 
 and godly sincerity. Of his plans and hopes when entering on 
 his work in this city, and of his subsequent discouragements as 
 well as of his confidence of success in God's strength, he freely 
 opened his heart to me. When at length, after much struggle, the 
 completion of the first house of worship was reached, he invited 
 me, with the concurrence of his session, to share with him and his 
 people the joy of its occupancy, and to preach the sermon of 
 dedication. 
 
 " Hence, of the earlier experiences of your history, so well 
 traced in the discourse of this afternoon, I have perhaps a livelier 
 sense than the most of those who now constitute the officers and 
 members of this congregation. 
 
 " That historical discourse marshalled before the thought such 
 a noble band of Presbyterian elders, as this land is rarely permit- 
 ted to see. They might be recalled with interest and profit for 
 further study on this occasion, did not the crowded condition of 
 the hour forbid. These men are now but names to the mass of 
 this audience, but they are living parts of my experience. Each 
 one of them, with his salient characteristics, is associated with the 
 birth and development of my own christian life. I should delight, 
 were it permitted me, to render my grateful tribute to their memory, 
 by adding some lines to the picture already drawn so graphically, 
 but only too briefly, by Mr. Walker. 
 
 "' In reviewing your early trials, and labors, and triumphs ; in 
 placing the beginning of your history by the side of your present 
 consummation, I am not surprised at the exultation so manifest 
 to-day ; or should I not rather say exaltation — with the sense of 
 the goodness and faithfulness of God, who has led you, all this 
 way. But as I have sat here through this day, an earnest sympa- 
 thiser in all your services, there has been vibrating through my 
 mind a deeply serious thought which this church ought to accept 
 even in the fullness of its jubilation. It is a thought of responsi- 
 bility. It relates to those workings of power which lie in every 
 true christian church, for the use of which an account must be 
 given. 'No man liveth to himself;' and no church liveth for 
 itself. God has given you the Word, the Holy Ghost, the Office of 
 Prayer, the Sacred Ministry — the enginery and material of power, 
 which in the great spiritual conflict are to conquer the kingdom 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 83 
 
 of darkness, and wrest the world from Satan. The twenty-five 
 years commemorated by you, are twenty-five years of control of 
 this divine artillery. How fully has it been used by you in the 
 common assault on the gates of hell ? It is not enough to be per- 
 mitted to i)oint to this elegant temple of worship, and to increased 
 membership and wealth, and throngs of worshippers, with large 
 social and moral influence ; to call the roll of faithful men who 
 have lived and died among you ; and to report augmented contri- 
 butions to christian benevolence. The lines of the great enemy 
 crowd us closely all around. We are to be pressing them back ; 
 to strive to throw the light further and further into the realm of 
 darkness. 
 
 '■ May the Lord dispose both pastor and people to accept the 
 accomplishments of the past but as a preparation for a new depar- 
 ture in a more vigorous warfare for hasting the conquest of this 
 city and the world to Christ." 
 
 Chairman : '' In the Spring Street Presbyterian Church, of 
 New York City, thirty years ago, I knew and loved a lad, a little 
 younger than I, who, like myself, now occupies one of the Pres- 
 byterian pulpits of this city. I cannot tell you how much I 
 rejoice that the fellowship so happily begun, so long ago, grows 
 dea'er every day, now that we who were boys together, are, as 
 pastors, working side by side. When I think of the i)urity and 
 simplicity of that brother's preaching, I remember what Landor 
 answered, when asked where Dickens got his style : ' JF/iv, from 
 the Neiv Testament, to be sure !' Let us hear from a New Testa- 
 ment preacher, Rev. George D. Baker, of the First Presbyterian 
 Church." 
 
 Mr. Baker responded: "It seems to me ahiiost unfair to 
 inflict another speech upon this patient audience at so late an 
 hour. I am reminded of an incident which occurred in a certain 
 Mission School, not long since. A collation was to close the even- 
 ing's entertainment, and the speaker commenced his address to 
 the restless children, with the question, 'And now what shall I say 
 to you ? ' \Vhereui)on a curly-headed little fellow, from a remote 
 corner, cried out, 'Say Amen!' I shall not, therefore, venture to 
 interrogate you as to what you would have me say on this occa- 
 sion — seeing the air is already redolent with savory odors — lest I 
 
84 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSAKY 
 
 might be obliged to make a speedy exit ; and this, I confess, I 
 should dislike exceedingly to do, for there are some things in my 
 heart which I should be sorry not to be able to express openly 
 upon this festal day. My brother has referred to the manner in 
 which his path and mine have blended from our very childhood, 
 and without any fuller expression, I have only this to say to him 
 personally, to-night : I am glad because he is glad — glad with him 
 and for him. 
 
 "But I' stand here to-night rather in behalf of others than for 
 my own sake. I have the honor and privilege of conveying to you 
 the congratulations of the Mother of the churches of this. city, the 
 First Protestant Society, to which so many kind allusions have 
 been made to-day. I would that another were here to extend his 
 hand in blessing upon you — one whose shoes' latchet I truly feel 
 I am not worthy to unloose, whose name more than that of any 
 other, is identified with Presbyterianism in this City and State. 
 But this may not be ; and rather than that the kindly word should 
 be left unsaid, I will venture to say it. Other children — God bless 
 them every one — went out from beneath the roof of the old church 
 in a somewhat irregular manner — ecclesiastically speaking — but 
 you were the first who asked and obtained permission to set up 
 house-keeping for yourselves. Regretfully, yet affectionately, she 
 bade you go, and commissioned certain brethren to accompany 
 and abide with you, until you should be fairly settled. Since that 
 time you have no need that I tell you she has watched you 
 with sincere interest. Over and over again, around the family 
 altar, has she prayed for your welfare. In all your prosperity she 
 has rejoiced, and sympathised with you in adversity. And to-day 
 she stretches forth her hand and blesses you in the name of the 
 Lord. Paul had no greater joy than to hear that his children 
 'walked in truth,' and your spiritual Mother to-night rejoices most 
 of all that through all these eventful years, so full of excitement 
 and temptation throughout our land, you have been right loyal to 
 the truth as it is in Jesus ! She congratulates you upon all your 
 abundant outward prosperity, upon this beautiful sanctuary, whose 
 attractions can scarcely be enhanced even by these rare flowers so 
 exquisitely arranged; but most of all, we joy and rejoice with you 
 all when ' we behold your order and the steadfastness of your 
 faith in Christ.' 
 
FORT STREKT PHESRYTERIAN CHURCH. 85 
 
 " Tn the name therefore, dear brethren, of your mother in the 
 Lord. I say to-night, M'eace be within thy walls, and prosperity 
 within thv palaces. I-'or my brethren and companions' sake, I will 
 now sav, ])eace be within thee.' 
 
 "Suffer me another word. I have been thinking all day what 
 a blessed gift memory is, and what a means of grace ! And I am 
 sure we do not sufficiently employ it as such. How often did the 
 God of Israel remind that people of the past, in order to strength- 
 en their faith in Him for the future. 'Do you not remember.'*" 
 was the gentle rebuke of the Master to the disciples of wavering 
 faith. Truly has it been said, ' We must go into our yesterdays to 
 find God.' Men are poor indeed who permit the blessed memo- 
 ries of other days to slip away and be lost ; for of the multiplied 
 enjoyments of the christian life, one of the most blessed is to call 
 up hallowed recollections of the past, to strengthen us for the 
 duties of the present. If a child of God would have a rich expe- 
 rience, let )iim cultivate memory. 
 
 " But you cannot chronicle all the memories of these five and 
 twenty years ! When our brother was reading that wonderfully 
 comprehensive history this afternoon, I said in my heart, ' Well 
 done; but you can't give us all that is written in God's book ; you 
 cannot tell us of all the prayers that have entered into the ears of 
 the Lord God of Sabbaoth : of all the tears that have fallen into 
 God's bottle; of all the longings after holiness; all the aspirations 
 heavenward ; all the sacrifices of broken hearts and contrite spir- 
 its which have here been offered !' 
 
 " Brethren, what a hallowed, never-to-be-forgotten place is this 
 to many who throng these courts to-night ; some seen, not a few 
 unseen. In these pews battles have been fought, and crowns won. 
 When, in the decline of life, the Duke of Wellington re- visited the 
 scenes of his education and boyish sports, he exclaimed aloud, ' It 
 is here that Waterloo was won!' So in this 'gate of heaven,' 
 immortal souls have obtained eternal victory over sin and self, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord ; and forevermore they will remem- 
 ber this sanctuary as the place where heaven was won ! As it has 
 been in the past, so may it be still more in the future, the birth- 
 place of souls. May the Lord love these gates of Zion ; and 
 when He ' shall count and write up the people,' may it be said of 
 multitudes, that they were here born into the Kingdom of God." 
 
86 TWENTY-FIFTH ANKIVERSART 
 
 Chairman : " I have told you about my early acquaintance 
 and friendshi]) with brother Baker, in the Spring Street Presby- 
 terian Church,, of New York City. Well, after he and I had set- 
 tled here, and Westminster Church became vacant who should 
 come out here to look after us and take a kind of pastoral and 
 paternal oversight of us, but the very man w/w, after our day, was 
 the pastcv of that old Spring Street Church ? I almost fear to call 
 upon him, lest he may report something unfavorable. However, 
 let me introduce to you the Rev. William Aikman, D. D., of West- 
 minster Presbyterian Church." 
 
 Remarks of Dr. Aikman : " I will not say all the pleasant 
 things that are in my heart ; many have been worthily said, and I 
 will not make a surfeit of sweetness. My brother Pierson knows 
 that I love him ; and this church can easily believe that I pro- 
 foundly rejoice in all their good of to-day. 
 
 " I look around on this beautiful structure, I listen to the 
 recital of your success, and I know the blessed results over which 
 you rejoice ; but while I mingle my congratulations with you, I see 
 here more than the present. In these lofty and decorated walls and 
 solid foundations, I see the material representation of immaterial 
 but of very precious things. Here is the result of endeavor, of 
 prayer, of toil, of tears, of anxieties through protracted years. I 
 heard the statistics of expenditures this afternoon, but what a wealth 
 of care and prayer those figures presented ! I see one before me with 
 ear bent to catch tones which perhaps are not full enough to reach 
 him. I heard his name mentioned as for many years the president 
 of the board of trustees (Judge Hand). He knows what I mean 
 when I say that this edifice, as it rose from foundation to top-stone, 
 as it passed from point to point to its completed beauty, at each 
 stage has spoken of what men do not, have not seen — labor, wearing 
 anxiety, and tearful cries to the Infinite Helper. The ministry 
 has been a power here, and other forces have been in view, but much 
 of that which has made you what you are, lies out of sight, like 
 those great foundation stones, all unseen, covered up under ground, 
 but holding all above them. 
 
 "■ I listened too, to the necrological list. For a little while it 
 seemed to me dry and uninteresting. To me, a stranger, those 
 names carried no associations and awakened no memories. But I 
 soon bethought me, that to many who listened, that list was the most 
 
FORT STEEET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 87 
 
 touching part of all the history. The name came in its order, the 
 name of some one loved and away — father, or sister, or mother, or 
 brother, husband or wife, and with the word straightway your 
 look became dreamy, and you saw the familiar forms again as they 
 sat in yonder pew. Vou lost the other names as memory sum- 
 moned them to your side. The long list was not wearisome to 
 you. The living and the sainted dead seemed to mingle in the 
 congratulations of these hours. 
 
 "And then how I rejoiced that you have put on record the roll 
 of your sons that you sent to the war. 1 wondered, as name suc- 
 ceeded name, that you had sent so many forth. They are your 
 glory — those soldier boys who fought so well and won the price- 
 less boon of salvation for our fatherland. They are not all here 
 to-day. Some of them lie sleeping in far-off graves, perhaps with 
 ' unknown ' written over them ; but they are not unknown here ! 
 Memory and affection hold them in everlasting honor. Kossuth, 
 a score of years and more ago, spoke in his own majestic and 
 impassioned way of the heroes who fought and died for Hungary 
 in her great struggle : 'And so they fell,' cried he, ' those unnamed 
 demi-gods I ' So we, to-night, think of our heroes living and dead. 
 Living, they walk among us clad in the garments of peace, these 
 veterans of a hundred fights ! I meet them, and would fain bare 
 my head in their honored presence ! They saved what was dear- 
 er than all beside to me, what had in it the well-being of all that 
 was dearest — my country ! Ah, you did well to record their 
 names, and make them a part of your joy to-day ! 
 
 " W'e may take this mention of soldier life, and have it give 
 direction to our thoughts at this hour. It has been said here to- 
 night, and it has been said well, that the church is a home for the 
 weary and the sad, a sweet resting place for tired pilgrims. It is 
 all that. It is the place where the sorrowing and the sin-weary 
 may find repose ; it is the home all blessed, where the family of 
 God are gathered, where there are songs and sweet communings. 
 Around it gather a thousand hallowed associations; there center 
 our joys, there are found our hopes — 
 
 ' There my best friends, my kindred dwell ; 
 There G- d, my Saviour reigns ! ' 
 
 But this is not all. This does not fill and cover all the idea of the 
 Church. The New Testament thought is different. In many a 
 
88 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 varying phrase, this life of the believer is a race and christians run 
 eagerly after a prize ; it is warfare and they fight the good fight of 
 faith ; they are warriors, and each day is a battle, a tramping 
 onward to victory and to glory ! 
 
 " So we, as we look each other in the face at this anniversary 
 hour, may send along the line a shout of encouragement, and 
 make it a call to rush forward to the conquest of earth for our 
 Lord ! There never was a time in all the history of this world, 
 when the encouragements were so great and the inducements so 
 strong to work for the Master. We shall lose all the blessed fruits 
 of this anniversary, if we gather no strength for the future. You 
 stand on this eminence with the sunlight of God's favor upon you, 
 with the voices of the twenty-five by-gone years calling to you. 
 Go forward now with a new consecration. The voices are full of 
 joy, of favor; they speak of blessings untold, and your hearts echo 
 back answering calls of joy and gratitude. Then step forward 
 bravely, boldly as never before in the work that lies in front of 
 you. The rejoicings of to-day will then be not all empty gladness, 
 but have in them all promise of greater good and more glorious 
 success." 
 
 Chairman : " I think it was Sidney Smith who said that in 
 preaching, ' The sin against the Holy Ghost, is dullness.' Now, I 
 know that with all their sound scriptural learning, Scotch preach- 
 ers have been charged with dullness. But whatever sins he may 
 have been guilty of, this one will not be laid to the account of my 
 friend and brother, the pastor of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, 
 of Detroit, the Rev. George M. xMilligan, A. M." 
 
 Response of Mr. Milligan : " Mr. Chairman and Christian 
 Friends — The fraternal feelings and acts manifested, in our day, 
 among the different branches of the christian church, furnish a 
 cheering contrast to the polemic and exclusive spirit of former 
 times. 
 
 "We most cordially rejoiced in listening to-night to the kindly 
 greetings extended to you, Mr. Chairman, and your people. I am 
 sure that these congratulations are not only pleasing to you 
 because you happen to be their recipient; but because they also 
 express your abstract belief respecting the relation that ought to 
 subsist between the various denominations of christians. In this 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 89 
 
 regard, permit me to say that my opinion is in exact accord with 
 your own. 
 
 *' Care, however, is needed lest the virtue of catholicity degen- 
 erate into an evil. Effective religious work, and true broth- 
 erliness of spirit among christians of different ecclesiastical names, 
 demand well-defined ideas of the genesis of a vital, christian 
 catholicity. Let us offer a few words that may be helpful to the 
 formation of such ideas. 
 
 " We should, at this time, like to have spoken concerning the 
 structure and function of the religious aggregate — a christian 
 congregation. It was our purpose to have noticed the dependence 
 of the phenomena and factors of this aggregate upon the elements 
 and structure of its units. We must, however, forbear, at this 
 late hour carrying out this purpose, and content ourselves with 
 presenting a few suggestions upon the point above indicated. 
 
 " He is possessed of a false spirit of christian brotherhood who 
 alleges that he has a general love for all churches, but has no 
 special attachment for, or allegiance to, any individual denomina- 
 tion or congregation. 
 
 " All real attachments towards the universal must be individual 
 in their beginnings. First, that which is special, and then, that 
 which is general, expresses the law of intellectual, social and 
 religious life and progress. 
 
 " He looks upon the events and surroundings of his daily life 
 with an intelligent eye, who has his special seasons of devotion to 
 mental culture. He bears a loving heart to his race, whose tendril 
 affections have been reared upon the stay of parental love and 
 service, and whose maturer attachments have been blessed with 
 the gift of loyal, personal friends. Is not misanthropy often the 
 dark outcome of the frequent betrayal of misplaced friendship ? 
 He who has never found a friend has not learned to love his kind. 
 Special friends are the alphabet of which the literature of philan- 
 thropy is composed. Charity must begin at home, although it 
 should not remain there. We need one holy day in the week, that 
 all the other days may have clearly and distinctly written upon 
 them — " holiness unto the Lord." The patient, accurate factualist 
 is the parent of the wise and comprehensive theorist. We never 
 love children so well in general, until we have had sons and 
 daughters of our own. We repeat, therefore, the declaration we 
 
90 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 have made above : First, that which is special, and then that 
 which is general, expresses the law of intellectual, social and 
 religious life and progress. The bearing of this pleading upon 
 the origin and growth of a genuine catholicity of spirit and.action 
 among christians of every denomination is, we trust, now suffi- 
 ciently obvious. 
 
 " Pastor and people owe their first and choicest love and ser- 
 vice to their own congregation, because they mutually determine 
 each other's character and efficiency as christian workers in an 
 exceptional degree. 
 
 " The power of the pulpit is largely dependent upon the 
 regular and attentive presence of the members and adherents of 
 the congregation upon all the services of the sanctuary. That 
 congregation is in a truly prosperous state whose people hear no 
 preacher so acceptable to them as their own, and who recognize 
 as of special obligation upon them all claims he may present to 
 their liberality and prayers. 
 
 " We have spoken, in very general terms, of the duties requir- 
 ing to be fulfilled by the people to insure congregational success. 
 Did time permit, we should have indicated the pastoral require 
 ments necessary to the achievement of the same end. The adage : 
 " Rolling stones gather no moss," is true of pastor as well as 
 people. It is our belief that " a settled ministry " conduces to 
 the best developments of pastoral and pulpit work. It enables a 
 man to infuse, more thoroughly than he could otherwise do, his 
 excellencies of head and heart into the thoughts and aff"ections of 
 his people. The valuable minister is he who has the ({ualifications 
 and desire to sustain a lengthened pastorate. 
 
 "We rejoice to think that these mutual conditions of congre- 
 gational success exist among you. 
 
 " My dear brother : after a five years' pastorate in this charge, 
 you have proven yourself " a workman that needeth not to be 
 ashamed." You give evidence of but beginning your work, at a 
 time when a merely " starring " preacher would be planning a 
 change of field as he " 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire." 
 
 '' May this occasion mark a new departure in your labours. 
 This event may be regarded as the celebration of your wooden- 
 wedding in connection with your present charge. May God, at 
 this time, present you with a wood-gift, in that " instead of the 
 
FORT STREET PRESHYTERIAN CHURCH. 91 
 
 thorn, shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier, shall 
 come up the myrtle tree." 
 
 •' To you, the c hristian friends of this congregation, we extend 
 (uir sincere and cordial congratulations on this imj)ortant and 
 ha])py occasion. May you, while gathering inspiration and 
 wisdom from the i)ast, to impart strength and improvement to 
 the thoughts and actions of the future, keep clearly before you 
 the end for which God has given you those sweet and noble lives, 
 the revival of whose memories is sought in the exercises of to-day. 
 May you, by this event receive, in mulliijlied degree, the glow of 
 the heavenly fire which animated your earth-de])arted, spiritual 
 fathers and accpiaintances, so that you may bring to a worthy 
 development the desires of their hearts and the labors of their 
 hands. May the material beauty of your edifice and of your 
 anniversary decorations be emblematic of a beauty forming here, 
 excelling that which eye can see — a beauty which will survive 
 " the wreck of matter and the crash of worlds." 
 
 Chairman : " You will see that our next speaker, though 
 'Wast," is not '''■leasts I was lately playfully reminding my mother 
 that some fault for which she censured me might be attributed to 
 in\ descent, when Dr. C. S. Robinson, of New York, who was pres- 
 ent, observed that sometimes the descent is verv rapid. Looking 
 at the stature of this brother, and remembering his father, I am 
 sure we cannot say the 'descent has been rapid.' Let me intro- 
 duce, as the last to address you, my tall brother, Rev. George 
 Duffield, D. D., whose ' head tcnvers higher' even than his famous 
 and eminent father's." 
 
 Dr. Duffleld : " My very dear brother : After meeting you so 
 often at different places in the State, at Young Mens' Christian 
 Associations, and Christian and Sabbath-School Conventions, it 
 gives me no little pleasure to greet you on such an interesting anni- 
 versary as this in your own church. I have never heard that they 
 complained of your labors of love elsewhere, and, certainly T do 
 not think that they are any the worse for your thus ''looking on 
 the things of others." 
 
 " It has more than once occurred to me to ask who was your 
 model in your abundant labors; but never until to-day was I 
 aware that it was Dr. Shaw, of Rochester. That sermon of his 
 
92 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVEKSARY 
 
 this morning was a rich means of grace to us all — it struck pre-, 
 cisely the right chord ; and that which vibrated the deepest in every 
 Christian heart — and if you and all the rest of us are not the 
 better for it in a new consecration of heart and life, it will be our 
 fault and not his. O, for a return of the '' Martyr Spirit " in deed 
 and in truth I 
 
 " At first, on receiving your invitation, I confess that I looked 
 at the word " Presbyterian " with some suspicion, lest there might 
 be too much of the denominational and too little of the Christian ; 
 but then I remembered your truly Catholic spirit, and how recently 
 we had been together on that high mountain, where we had 
 breathed so pure an atmosphere — and came so near to Christ and 
 to one another — with the dear brethren of the Alliance, and I felt 
 certain that I could trust you, if I could trust any one. 
 
 " Presbyterianism hitherto in the City of Detroit, and in the 
 State of Michigan, has been but of one kind — evangelical and 
 co-operative, rather than sectarian. To this present moment the 
 style and title in law of the " Old First," which has been so cor- 
 dially remembered this day as the " mother of us all," is " The 
 First Protestant Society of Detroit." Not the first Presbyterian^ 
 but the first Protestant church ; and in that very title we perceive 
 at once that the original spirit with which they were animated was 
 to magnify the things in which they agreed, rather than those in 
 which they differed, according to the admirable rule of the 
 apostle: " Whereto we have attained, let us walk by the same rule, 
 let us mind the same thing, and if in anything we be otherwise 
 minded. God shall shew even this unto us." 
 
 " Of the same noble spirit were the brethren who formed the 
 Synod of Michigan in 1834: earnest, evangelic, missionary and 
 reform — loving Christian men — " Plan of Union " men — among 
 whom Dr. Eddy would have found himself perfectly at home. 
 
 "Twenty-five years after, when celebrating the first quarter-cen- 
 tury of their ecclesiastical existence, the one characteristic in 
 which they seemed to rejoice more than any other was their 
 catholicity. They had made common cause with their brethren of 
 other churches against a common foe, and had stood for others' 
 rights as well as their own. 
 
 " This has been the very spirit exemplified here this evening, 
 and in all the exercises throughout the day. From first to last we 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 93 
 
 have been under the outstretched wings of the Holy Dove, and so 
 delightful is the aroma of Christian union that even the odor that 
 comes up to us from the lecture room seems for the time being 
 greatly wanting in its usual attraction. It has been so " good for 
 us to be here," that it is no wonder we have taken so little notice 
 of the passing hours, and are so unwilling to separate. 
 
 "When on my way for the first time to Detroit, I noticed some- 
 thing on the part of the pilot which I did not (piite understand. 
 He stood with his back to the wheel, and for ten minutes or more 
 kept his eye steadily fixed on the light-house of the port he had 
 just left. What could it mean .' He told me " he was taking his 
 departure," and from that, as his base line, he could make his 
 angles from one light and headland to another, until the dangers 
 of the lake were passed- This whole scene comes before me in 
 a new form this evening, my dear brother, as applicable to you 
 and your people. You have done well to observe such a day as 
 this, and you have good precedents for it, to " remember all the 
 way that the Lord thy God hath led thee." In the history of the 
 last twenty-five years, as so admirably brought out this afternoon, 
 you have a most magnificent " departure," in view of which 
 " to thank God and take courage." Henceforth in your Christian 
 experience and your Christian labors may your silver be turned 
 into gold ; and when the great golden wedding shall have arrived, 
 when so many of us shall have gone over " to the great majority," 
 may it be your still higher honor here to stand in your lot at the 
 end of days, and receive congratulations even warmer and more 
 numerous than those of to-day. 
 
 " The beautiful crown that hangs suspended over the pulpit is 
 but a corruptible one ; it soon will fade and vanish away. But 
 let it remind you of that other crown, high and far above this or 
 any other earthly crown, which belongs to the faithful minister of 
 Christ — when your people, who are truly the people of Christ, 
 shall be your crown of rejoicing in the day of the Lord Jesus." 
 
 Stepping forward, then, to Mr. Pierson, and grasping him warmly 
 by the hand. Mr. D. said in conclusion : '' In the name of those 
 whom you have asked me to represent on this occasion, I once 
 more extend to you the hand of Christian fellowship, and pray 
 not only for a blessing on you and your beloved people, but that 
 you and they, in your mutual harmony and co-operation, may 
 
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 long continue to be a blessing on all around you in this city and 
 commonwealth. God bless you. Amen." 
 
 At the conclusion of this brilliant series of fraternal congratu- 
 lations, which, with marvellous pithiness, terseness and brevity, 
 had been condensed within the space of two hours, the benedic- 
 tion was pronounced by Rev. Maltby Gelston, and the audience, or 
 as many as could remain, adjourned to the basement, where ample 
 and varied refreshments were bountifully served to hundreds of 
 friends. And so the Anniversary Day was brought to its close, 
 amid a not unfitting participation in God's bounties around a com- 
 mon board. Who of us shall live to enjoy such another day of 
 holy festivity, over which fell not a single shadow ! Let us hope 
 that at our Father's table, in His Kingdom, we shall together eat 
 and drink, and be filled with all the fullness of God ! 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 95 
 
 Cor^^fktulatofY I(ettei'^ 
 
 Were received from all sources in response to the invitations, sent 
 out by the committee. Among them were the communications 
 which are, wholly or in part, incorporated herewith as a necessary 
 addition to our little Memorial. The first four of the following 
 letters, together with those of Dr. Burchard and Dr. Edwin Hall, 
 were read at the opening of the evening meeting. The rest, for 
 want of time, received only a grateful mention — or, failing to 
 arrive in time, were not read on the anniversary day, but will be 
 perused with interest as they appear in these pages. 
 
 The first letter is from the widow of the Rev. R. R. Kellogg, 
 the founder and father and first pastor of the church. 
 
 No. 64 Kosciusko St., Brooklyn, February 13th, 1874. 
 Rev. Arthur T. Pierson : 
 
 DE.A.R Sir : — On receiving your letter, and the card of invitation for myself 
 and daughter, to your approaching anniversary, we felt you had exceedingly 
 honored us, and I assure, you it would be " especially agreeable" to us to be 
 present on that occasion ; but, as this is impossible, permit us most sincerely 
 to send you our hearty greetings. 
 
 The Lord be with you, and verify His promise to " bless his people with 
 peace." Could I be present, I imagine I should feel as Paul did when he met 
 the brethren at Appii Forum. I should " thank God and take courage" — thank 
 Him that He ever put into the heart of my dear husband to be His instrument 
 in planting this vine, and thank Him that He has caused it to take root not 
 only, but abiatdantly to grow. Work for the Master ever brings with it its own 
 reward, and I shall ever be cheered, the short remaining period of separation 
 from my dear husband, as I realize more and more that his works are following 
 him to glory. " To save a soul from death," he thought worth every other 
 achievement — this animated him amid all the discouragements attending upon 
 (what was twenty-five years ago) a w/w enterprise. And I doubt not his harp 
 is often strung anew with praise to the Master, as one after another greet him 
 in the upper sanctuary, who were brought, through his instrumentality, to accept 
 the great salvation. And may we not believe (I love to think) that his pure 
 and holy soul may be among the " great cloud of witnesses " at your joyous 
 gathering ? 
 
 He has not forgotten the church in Detroit, and for aught we know, may be 
 among the " ministering spirits " in their heavenward progress. 
 
 May you long be spared to the people of your charge, and continually 
 blessed in your labors among the flock, and unitedly, may Jesus not only be 
 
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 with you, but in you by His blessed spirit, endowing you more and more plen- 
 teously with His grace, for " the promise is unto you and to your children, and 
 to as many as the Lord our God shall call." 
 
 As I have already sent, at the request of my niece, Miss Lizzie Orr, a short 
 account of Mr. Kellogg's life and labors, answering for her some inquiries of 
 Mr. E. C. Walker, I will not detain you longer with this letter. 
 In christian bonds, your friend, 
 
 MARY E. M. KELLOGG. 
 
 The second letter is from the Rev. Henry Neill, D. D., who 
 succeeded Mr. Kellogg in the pastorate. 
 
 Philadelphia, February 14th, 1874. 
 
 Rev. and Dear Sir : — Your letter of the gth of February has just reached 
 me To its fraternal invitation and to its object, I am not insensible. 
 
 To trace the way of the Past, and to learn its lessons, is strengthening even 
 to an individual overlooking his own life How full of instruction and of encour- 
 agement may it not be to a church. 
 
 Twenty-five years of history have enough in them to stir many a fountain 
 of gratitude, and to make apparent gates of usefulness yet unopened, and to 
 plant impulses never to be rooted out, and approved of God. And is it not a 
 blessed thought that as on the fields of rural labor the good seed live, whilst 
 the defective ones are also made to be useful in their way, so on the wider and 
 more enduring plains of moral life, right aims take root, whilst the evil is over- 
 ruled for good? How patient and long-suffering is our God! Surely His 
 mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 I well remember the early days of the Fort Street Church : the convocations 
 in the brick building on Lafayette street ; the first communions ; the names 
 and forms of those who there professed their faith in Christ, some ot whom are 
 now sleeping in Jesus, Nor can I forget the ardor of the young, the generosity 
 of the middle aged, and the fidelity and aff'ection of large numbers whose 
 names, if not now recorded in the books of the church, may yet shine in the Lamb's 
 Book of Life. I hear of your growth. Faith and love, once sown, never die. 
 " Tho' tliy beginning was small, thy latter end shall greatly increase," is the 
 promise. And now that which was " sown in weakness is raised in power." 
 So it will ever be. I hear that .the building, always a model of architectural 
 beauty, is made still more commodious, and that the banner of the Ancient 
 Covenant is still a glory in your midst. 
 
 With best wishes for all who worship with you, I may be permitted to quote 
 the words of Haggai : " Be strong, O, Zerubbabel, and be strong, O, Joshua, 
 son of Josedech, the high priest ; and be strong all ye people, according to the 
 word that I covenanted with you ; so my spirit remaineth among you ; and 
 I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of Hosts." 
 
 Though unable to be present, yet, affectionately yours, 
 
 HENRY NEILL. 
 The Rev. Arthur T. Pierson. 
 
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 The third letter is from Rev. Azariah Rldridge, D. I)., the third 
 pastor of the Fort Street Church. 
 
 Nice, J.-inuary 28th, 1874. 
 
 RkV. a. T. PlERSON" : 
 
 Dear Brother : — \'onr kind letter of January 5th, has just reached me, 
 and I hasten to thank you and the dear people of your charge for the kind 
 invitation which it contains. It will, of course, not be possible for me to 
 attend the ([uarter-century anniversary in contemplation, but I hope this 
 response may arrive in season for that pleasant occasion, and that you will duly 
 emphasize the expressions thus conveyed of my strong interest in all that relates 
 to the prosperity of the Fort Street Church at Detroit. 
 
 From these borders of the old Mediterranean sea, I send greetings to all the 
 members of my former charge, without exception, to-day, and not to them only, 
 but to all those, even, who, through God's blessing on your successful ministry, 
 have been drawn to worship and labor there with them in the Lord. May He 
 continue to bless them as a church and a congregation, and as a special grace, 
 may He keep alive in the very midst of their gratitude and thanksgivings a 
 strong sense of responsibility for that which He so lavishly bestows. Tell your 
 noble hearted people, dear brother, as from me now afresh, that distance from 
 what they enjoy, and the absence of those mercies which flood them is needful 
 in order for one most clearly to see and feel how God is distinguishing them. 
 And it is by such contrast with the wants of others and the destitutions of the 
 world, that we can ever best perceive the Master's will concerning those to 
 whom much has been given. For at no time in history, and in no place on 
 earth, are the faithful so called upon to let their light shine, that the Father 
 may be glorified, as are they there where you are standing this day. That 
 church is set on a hill. All the churches of our land, especially those of the 
 West towards which emigration looks, and more especially those of command- 
 ing power and position, are there at the center of world-wide observation, and 
 should be the source of boundless influence for good ; for is not this the day, 
 already come, and this the promised hour at which God is working all abroad 
 with foreordained energy and signal success to prepare the way of the Lord ? 
 Has He not girdled the Upas tree at Rome, rooted up many oppressive 
 despotisms, and is He not planting far and wide those institutions, civil and 
 religious, which spring from the New Testament ? Let American churches 
 hold forth the true light, let American influence, chastened by christian charity 
 and justice, be iully high advanced and steadily extended for one quarter of a 
 century more, and may we not hope that the worst will have been passed ; the 
 darkest time be over and gone ; the great organized systems of evil overthrown 
 and demolished ; these gigantic obstacles to human progress swept out of the 
 way, for the gospel to run and be glorified I That day, as a return of this 
 happy festival, some of us may be permitted to behold in the flesh ; but 
 whether then to be present or absent, let us live in the faith of Christ and 
 prepare to die, when the time comes, in the hojie of meeting again where the 
 sweet relations of this life will be recalled, and where the memories of those 
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98 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVEESART 
 
 who have loved and labored together for the same good cause, may prove a 
 source of endless enjoyment. 
 
 Farewell, dear brethi'en and friends. Th5.t God may continue to bless you. 
 and keep you, and make His face to shine upon you and give you peace like a 
 river, will ever be the prayer of 
 
 Your former pastor and constant friend, 
 
 A. ELDRIDGE, . 
 Hotel et Pension Suis<:e, Nice, France. 
 
 The fourth communication is from the Rev. Samuel T. Clarke, 
 the fourth pastor, and immediate predecessor of Mr. Pierson in 
 the ]mstoral office. 
 
 OWEGO, N. Y , February i6th. 1874. 
 Dear Mr. Pierson : — Many thanks for your kind remembrance of me upon 
 the occasion of the " Silver Wedding " of your parish. It was a very happy 
 thought, upon your part, to invest the day with such bright memories. Silver 
 is rare now, save on the heads of the aged. But " Fort Street " is by no means 
 venerable. May its future, under your devoted care, be not only silvery but 
 golden. 
 
 May the Lord give to you the pleasure of gathering many vvhom I knew as 
 infants, about the holy table of communion, as one by one they arrive at 
 maturity, and are accepted in the Beloved. 
 
 With kindest regard, 
 
 SAMUEL TAYLOR CLARKE. 
 To Rev. Arthur T. Pierson, Detroit. 
 
 The six letters immediately following are from, or concerning, 
 brethren, who for a longer or shorter time served the church as its 
 ministers, but were not inducted into its pastorate. The first of 
 these — fifth in the order of publication — is from the Rev. T. L. 
 Byington, already referred to in the pages of Mr. Walker's histori- 
 cal address : 
 
 Newton, N. J., February 17th, 1874. 
 
 My Dear Brother Pierson : — Your kind invitation was duly received. 
 It would give me great pleasure to be present at the Twenty-fifth Anniversary 
 of the Fort Street Church. 
 
 Although my connection with that church was of short duration, it was of a 
 very pleasant nature. It was my maiden effort to minister statedly to any 
 church. I entered upon my brief work there with many misgivings, but the 
 uniform kindness and the very generous treatment I experienced were very 
 encouraging to a young man. 
 
 I have ever regarded the few months I spent in Detroit as among the most 
 pleasant of my life. 
 
 I rejoice to learn of the prosperity of the church under your labors. May 
 the Lord make that church a tower of strength ; may its influence for Christ 
 
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 be perpetuated with ever increasing power, and the blessing of God rest upon 
 both pastor and people. 
 
 Thanking you again for your kind remembrance, 
 
 I remain yours in the gospel, 
 
 T. L. byin(;ton. 
 
 The next two letters arc from the widow and the brotlier of Rev. 
 James Means, another who temporarily sujiplied tliis pulpit, and 
 whose memory is blessed among us. 
 
 Akdover, Mass., April ist, 1874. 
 Rev. Arthur T. Pierson : 
 
 Mv Dear Sir : — Your kind note of March 23d, I received the last week. 
 I send you a copy of the address delivered by Prof Park at the funpral of my 
 husband, not, of course, because it would be fitting and proper to use m re 
 than a small part of it, but because the analysis of his character, drawn by one 
 who had known him long and intimately, was so much better than anything 
 which I could prepare. 
 
 The few months which Mr. Means spent in Detroit were always remem- 
 bered with much pleasure, and the warm affection of the members of the Fort 
 Street Church was most heartily reciprocated. lie often expressed a wish to 
 visit the place where he had received, what seemed to him, such unaccountable 
 kindness. 
 
 May I ask you to give my regards to those friends who were so kind as to 
 extend their interest in my husband, to his family also ? 
 With much regard yours, 
 
 ELIZABETH P. MEANS. 
 
 Boston, February i6th, 1874. 
 My Dear Sir, — I am only this morning in receipt of your note covering 
 invitations to my sister and family, and to myself, to be present at the Memorial 
 services of the " Fort Street Church," too late to make any response in time for 
 the meeting of the rSth. I, myself, know but little of my brother's ministry 
 in Detroit, only remembering that he was greatly interested in his work there 
 and the people of his charge, among whom he found several friends of his 
 youth who had attained to merited honor and distinction in their chosen home. 
 I do not remember the year of my brother's stay in Detroit; and cannot there- 
 fore speak intelligently of his former or his subsequent life, but enclose to you 
 a letter written by Rev. Horace Jame^ wiio sacceeded him in the office of 
 Superintendent of Blacks (this was before the Freedman's Bureau was estab- 
 lished), upon the occasion of his death. 
 
 Thanking you for your invitations and remembrance of my brother, 
 I am. dear sir, very respectfully yours, 
 
 WM. G. MEANS. 
 To Rev. Arthur T. Pierson, 
 
 Pastor of Fort Street Presbyterian Church, Detroit 
 
100 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVEESARY 
 
 The letter referred to above will be of so much interest to those 
 who knew and loved Mr. Means that we publish it in full. 
 
 CHAPLAIN JAMES MEANS. 
 
 Plymouth, N. C, April 17th, 1863. 
 
 Before this can reach the eye of the reader it will be generally known at the 
 North that our dear brother, Rev. James Means, hospital chaplain at Newbern, 
 and more lately " Superintendent of Blacks " in this department, is no more. 
 He fell a victim of typhoid fever, on the 6th inst., at the age of 50 years. 
 Knowing and loving him most tenderly, it falls upon me as a personal affliction 
 for many a time have we taken sweet counsel together, and felt our spirits 
 refreshed thereby in this far country of our banishment. Ofien were the great 
 questions of morals, government, liberty and humanity which underlie the 
 national struggle now pending, themes of earnest discussion with us, while the 
 events of the war slowly unfolded the history of the last summer's campaign. 
 It was by reason of an uncommon interest in these questions that he was led to 
 leave his home and engage in army work. Entering the department in the 
 month of July, 1S62, he was immediately assigned to the general hospital 
 known in Newbern as the ■' Academy Green Hospital." the capacity of which 
 is sufficient for only 70 or 80 patients, and which on its first occupancy was 
 nearly filled with wounded men from the battle of Newbern. Up to the period 
 of Mr. Means' appointment it shared only such spiritual attentions as could be 
 devoted to it by the regimental chaplains stationed at the post. Some of the 
 most touching incidents of hospital life that ever fell under my notice were in 
 this place and at this time. When about to enter upon the duty assigned him, 
 it is pleasant now to recollect with what earnestness and Christian simplicity 
 our brother inquired how he could gain access to the patients, and possess him- 
 self of our experience, who had been some months upon the ground. But he 
 needed not our aid. He brought to the work such ripeness of Christian char- 
 acter and attainments, together with such a virinning and graceful address as 
 opened his way at once to the hearts of the soldiers, and made him the valued 
 and beloved friend of every patient. 
 
 He was also well fitted for this work by the training of the sick room, and 
 by years of struggling dyspeptic weakness. He had learned sympathy, like the 
 Carthagenian queen, in the school of adversity, and could say with her : 
 " Haud ignara mali miseris succurrere disco." It was not in vain that he had 
 personally suffered, for a beautiful patience, and a chastened tenderness breathed 
 through his life. 
 
 Having mastered the details of his duty in the hospital, and still finding 
 himself with time to spare, and few books at hand, or congenial friends, he 
 turned his attention toward the contrabands in this department, and wished to 
 do something for their good. He taught a little school at his room, of evenings. 
 He entered their church, and preached the gospel to them. " Wonderful man !" 
 some of them exclaimed. " He told us right smart of things ; all about 
 Jerusalem, and the temple, and every other place. We were greatly lifted up." 
 His subject was Christ weeping over Jerusalem as expressive of his divine 
 
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 compassion. And he improved his personal knowledge of those interesting 
 localities obtained in travel, to illustrate divine truth to their eager minds. 
 They always loved to hear him preach. Subsequently, on the ist day of 
 January, and after he had assumed the special oversight of them by appoiut- 
 ment of Gen. Foster, and a commission from Gov. Stanl«y, he gathered them 
 together in their churches, and read to them the President's proclamation, and 
 plainly instructed ihem respecting their new relations to society, and their new 
 duties and obligations as free citizens. 
 
 Another object dear to him at this period of his chaplaincy was the support 
 of a regular service in the Presbyterian church on Sabbath mornings. In 
 March and April, 1862, while the 25th Mass. Regiment were doing provost 
 guard duty in town, it was regularly maintained by the chaplain of that regi- 
 ment Subsequently, and through the summer, Chaplain Clark, of the 23d 
 .\fass. preached there. But after this regiment had given place to the 17th 
 Mass., who then had no chaplain, Mr. Means volunteered to uphold the service. 
 Most acceptably did he do it, until he had gathered a congregation larger than 
 had worshipped there for many months before. 
 
 One sermon delivered there by Bro. Means was from this te.\l : " Thv gentle- 
 ness hath made me great." It illustrated his own taste, and as the discourse 
 fell with sweet and delicate intonations from his lips, enriched with valuable 
 thought, clothed in a chaste and scholarly garb, one could scarcely refrain from 
 saying that he was himself an eminent example of his theme. 
 
 When appointed .Superintendent of Blacks he had serious doubts, as did 
 aho his friends, whether his delicate organization would be sufficient for the 
 endurance of its arduous cares and labors. But his warm interest in those 
 oppressed people, and desire to benefit them, led him to hazard the undertaking, 
 at the risk, as it now appears, of his precious life. " I will just take the weight 
 upon my shoulders," said he to a friend " give it a brief trial, and resign the 
 load if it be too heavy for me.'' He assumed it hopefully and lovingly, and 
 for two or three months to all appearance, endured well. He organized the 
 work, superintended the camps of contrabands, systematized the labor depart- 
 ment, carried on large correspondence, and in general, very ably and acceptably 
 discharged the duties of his important trust. How much it had cost him in 
 expenditure of mental and physical energy, did not appear till he was suddenly 
 prostrated with nervous fever early in March, from which he had scarcely 
 recovered when the more severe typoid seized upon his exhausted frame, and 
 hurried him to the grave. 
 
 It was the method by God ordained in which to take his servant home. It 
 was given him to be a pioneer in new and hallowed labors, to lay foundations 
 upon which others, and yet others, shall build, until in the next ages the work 
 should be complete. His life is another costly sacrifice, cheerfully laid upon 
 the altar of patriotism and religion. 
 
 Mr Means was born in Amherst, N. H , graduated at Bowdoin College in 
 1833, entered the Christian ministry and became pastor of the church in Con- 
 cord, January, 1840, .subsefjuently assumed charge of the Lawrence Academy, 
 at Groton, spent two years abroad, traveling in Egypt and Palestine, as well as 
 
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 European lands, returning, engaged in teaching a ladies' school in Auburndale. 
 which position he had left but a few months prior to his going to Newbern 
 
 His illness was of that distressing character which clouds the reason, and 
 deprives attending friends of the poor satisfaction of listening to last messages 
 and dying words. He had lucid intervals, however, in which he recognized 
 the friends that stood beside him, and inquired tenderly for others. After some 
 days of extreme prostration, during which the tide of life was imperceptibly 
 ebbing away, he sweetly breathed his last a little after 9 o'clock in the evening, 
 just as the band of the 45th, that had been serenading Dr. Upham, (to the 
 regret of all, about to leave the department) were playing the last strains of 
 " Home, sweet Home." What more angelic symphonies were just then engaging 
 his ear, as he was wafted toward "the Christian's home in glory," who of us 
 can tell? The stillness of his chamber was undisturbed, except by the soft 
 rustling of wings from the spirit land, the voice of the Master saying to his 
 faithful servant, " Come up higher." He was eminently fit to go. The grace 
 of God had made him a pillar, the Holy Spirit a temple. As we remember 
 him, his speaking countenance was radiant with benevolence ; how resplendent 
 it now must be with the glory of God and the Lamb ! 
 
 H. J. 
 
 Mr. Means, though only a temporary supply in the pulpit of 
 the Fort Street Church, left so deep an impress on the hearts of 
 those that knew him, that we are constrained to add somewhat 
 lengthy extracts from the address of Prof. Park, upon his character 
 as preacher and teacher. 
 
 EXTRACTS FROM PROF. PARK'S ADDRESS DELIVERED IN 
 
 ANDOVER, APRIL, 1863. 
 " Mr. Means preached the simple gospel, and in an earnest and honest way. 
 His tones of voice bore witness that he believed what he said, and felt what he 
 believed. He was so graceful in his manners, and so sincere in his words, that 
 he commended himself at once as a pastor, especially to the sick and the 
 troubled. ******** 
 
 "As Principal of Lawrence Academy, he will be long remembered for the 
 
 bounties which he distributed among his indigent pupils, as he was the active 
 
 and the happy almoner of the charities coming to these pupils from his kinsman 
 
 and friend, the late Amos Lawrence, a prominent benefactor of the academy. 
 
 * * * * * "* * 
 
 " He moved with ease among all classes of men, from the most affluent to 
 the most indigent. All classes felt an interest in him, because his heart was so 
 sensitive and sympathetic. There was a courtesy in his manners, correspond- 
 ing with the delicacy of his sentiments. The suavity of his address and the 
 tenderness of his sensibilities, made him a favorite with refined circles, who 
 might have been otherwise repelled by his decision of thought and aim. For, 
 although he was characterized by a shrinking modesty, he was noted as well for 
 his positive opinions and firm purposes. His personal attachments were not 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. lOii 
 
 stronger than were his convictions of duty. With all his nicety of taste, he 
 combined such an inflexible adherence to what he deemed right, that men were 
 often surprised at the boldness of sentiment which he uttered in such bland 
 and gentle accents. He could say what few other men would dare to say. He 
 gained friends where others, as strenuous as he, would have made enemies. His 
 decision of character was manifest in his self-denials for the wellare of his 
 race. Wlserever he lived he labored in the service of the community. * * 
 
 " His pecuniary charities transcended the proportion of his pecuniary 
 resources. He was whole-souled in every good scheme to which his mind was 
 called, and he often sacrificed his comfort and his health to a philanthropic 
 enterprise which had no more claim upon him than upon those who lived at 
 ease around him 
 
 " His enterprising spirit had the peculiar tincture of the Gospel. It was 
 commonly exhibited in behalf of the poor. He became the friend of those 
 who had no other friend. In order to enlist his sympathies in any work, it was 
 only needful to assure him that the work was hard as well as useful, and if he 
 7coiilii not, no one woztld take hold of it. He never labored for a cause that 
 was popular, so successfully, as for a cause that was unpopular, when he was 
 fully convinced that the cause was right and good He seemed to have a kind 
 of instinct, as well as a Biblihal faith, that " truth, though crushed to earth, 
 would rise again," and that the structure of the world, as well as the promises 
 of grace, would in the end secure the triumph of christian love. Ten years ago 
 I heard him foretell the methods in which the down-trodden and the oppressed 
 of our land would gain their freedom at the last I did rot believe in his 
 predictions. He was no prophet. Still, tuhat he foretold has come to pass. 
 In that kind of intuition which is lighted up by sympathy, he anticipated the 
 very scenes which our journalists are now recording. And when the terrible 
 calamities which he then predicted, if he did nol then foreknow, did come upon 
 his afflicted country, he gave himself as a free-will offering. He did not love 
 political strife, but whenever he mingled in it, he espoused the interests of the 
 poor. He was like his Master, who came from heaven to earth for the sake of 
 those who had no other helper. * * * * 
 
 " As Superitendent of Blacks, he had the direct guardianship of 2,500, and 
 had the indirect control of about 12,000 liberated slaves. Many of them were 
 miserably clothed ; he provided raiment for them. Many of them were incapa- 
 ble of procuring their daily food ; he fed them. Many of them were diseased ; 
 he sent them medical aid. Many of them complained of wrong treatment 
 from their fellow-men ; he inquired into their grievances, and obtained redress 
 for their injuries. W\ of them were ignorant; he gave them bread for their 
 famishing minds. All of them needed religious counsel ; he was a spiritual 
 father to them as well as a temporal iriend. He was their legal defender and 
 also their civil judge, the Provost Marshall committing these offices to him. 
 Occasionally he would hold a court in his rooms, and at this court the negroes 
 would appear before him and plead their own cause, and he would pronounce 
 the decision in his gentle, loving tones. He would never allow any one to 
 sneer at the negroes, in his presence, and would always allege in their behalf 
 
104 TWENTY-FIFTH AI^ISTIVEKSARY 
 
 the various reasons for a mild estimate of their character. We know how 
 scrupulously neat he was in his own person ; yet, he would walk among the 
 crowd of degraded negroes, giving his right hand to those on one side of him, 
 and his left hand to those on the other side of him, not shrinking from contact 
 with those for whom he came to lay down his life, as his Blessed Lord had come 
 to die for publicans and sinners. His opinion of the negroes he often expressed 
 in his wanted style of clear decision. In a letter dated only a month ago, he 
 writes . " All questions of the capacity and intelligence of the blacks are 
 impertinent. It is the white man who troubles the negro, the government, the 
 world and its Ruler. The black man is brave, and sensible, and patient, and 
 willing and obedient. We call him a coward, and refuse to allow him to prove 
 his courage. We call him vicious, and deny him all opportunity to demonstrate 
 his virtue. We oppress and depress him, and then complain that he is not 
 equal to the free white man. Oh ! pray for the poor blacks ; they are the Lord's 
 uncomplaining poor. He will avenge them." 
 
 " On the i6th of January he wrote : " The negroes are capable enough in 
 the main. I have never had reason to change a single opinion about them. 
 Indeed, the elements of a judgment are very simple. Thus : they are rational 
 beings, with all the faculties ; they are moral beings, with all the rights, privi- 
 leges and responsibilities ; therefore, the axiom, ' what man has done, man 
 may do,' applies to them as to all colors. The conclusion is modified only by 
 the circumstances of successive generations of barbarizing servitude. The 
 solution of all questions about them is sure in time to be wrought out." 
 
 " On the 27th of last December, he wrote : " My contrabands ! my contra- 
 bands ! Not for money, not for sflver and gold, would I labor in their cause. 
 My soul is sustained by a steady purpose and desire to do them good. How 
 have I desired the high, the noble privilege of working for them, of shaping 
 their condition, of organizing their infant society, of regulating their nascent 
 institutions? It seems a dream to me, but so it appears: God has accounted 
 me worthy of the opportunity. At present my cares are almost purely secular, 
 relating to their day's work, their wages, their clothing, their food, their lodging, 
 their protection. But soon I shall emerge from this and expatiate in efforts for 
 their elevation as intellectual and moral beings. I am making a little progress 
 in winning their confidence, and causing them to feel that I mean to be kind 
 and good to them. **=!=**** 
 
 "On Ma'ch 17th, shortly before his death, he wrote one of his familiar and 
 characteristic letters : " The Lord is always so much better to me than I deserve, 
 that I can't help thinking He has a ' favor to me.' At any rate I mean to try 
 and be much better than ever before, out of gratiiude for past favors. What a 
 sweet christian theory it is, that ' whom the Lord loves. He chastens !' He 
 don't neglect His favorites, but keeps after them, and blesses them, and scourges 
 them, and smiles on them, and uses all acts to make them worthy at last, to be 
 brought home with honor. It will be a wonderful talk we will have together 
 in tlie Paradise of God, over all the checkered experiences of this life. I very 
 often give you my thoughts and prayers ; I hope you don't forget me. If you 
 do not keep a sharp look out, I shall slip in before you, and one of these days 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 105 
 
 go up. Let us turn our regards more than ever, more and more, towards the 
 future recompense of reward. We can win it by our faith, never by our works. 
 It is all purchased and promised. When we yet it, we can't be proud of it, for 
 it will be stained by no merits of ours. But it is all the mo>e sure to us if we 
 love Jesus, the meritorious sacrifice and High Priest. He gives it; we must 
 accc]it it. Thai is the whole of salvation. He gives, we take; He suffers ; 
 we enjoy." *:■:**** :i-. * 
 
 " Three of the hymns which he reiterated often during his last illness were 
 singularly pertinent to his condition. He had left his wife and children, sepaiate 
 from each other as well as from himself: so he uttered the verses : 
 
 " Jesus, I my cross have taken, 
 All to leave and follow Thee." 
 
 " He was wearied out and worn down with the tale which was daily brought 
 to him, of man's inhumanity to man ; so he soothed himself with the stanza : 
 
 •' Well, the delightful day will come." &e. 
 
 " The city in which he was lingering out his last hours had been threatened 
 with an attack from the rebel army. It was alive with troops ready to defend 
 it, but the women and children had been ordered to retire into the suburbs for 
 safety. He had heard the roar of cannon ; so he whispered forth the words : 
 
 " No more fatigue, no more distress." 
 
 * * * * if * * 
 
 " No rude alarms of raging foes." 
 
 " Just before he became too weak to converse, he slightly raised his head 
 and said : " All is so clear, so bright, so beautiful." 
 
 " The last syllables he uttered aloud were evidently tliose of a prayer, for 
 his hands were clasped and his lips moved as if in devotion, and he whispered 
 forth the two words : " Heavenly Father," And these were a fitting close of his 
 child-like life. ******* 
 
 " A friend who was present, wrote the following description of the funeral 
 scene on April Sth ; " When I, with several friends, drew near the church, we 
 -aw a crowd of blacks in waiting for the doors to be opened. The large galleries 
 were crowded with negroes. Their presence had all the effect of a heavy 
 drapery of mourning. As I entered the church, this was very impressive, this 
 li^'ittg sable curtain. ****** 
 
 "Dr. Stone, of Park Street Church, Boston, offered the prayer. He gave 
 God thanks for the boon to friends, and to the world, of such a lovely, gentle, 
 able, faithful servant of the Most High In his pastoral work ; as teacher ; in 
 all the sweet relations of life ; for all the graces, divinely bestowed, he returned 
 thanks to the Great Giver. For his labors as chaplain, and his later efforts for 
 the uplifting of men oppressed and degrade.!, he blessed the Lord. Most fer- 
 vently he prayed that He would raise up for tki'in another who should receive 
 the mantle of him who had gone up higher. At this stage of the prayer, it was 
 alTecting indeed to notice the suppressed " aniens " and groans of the negroes, 
 who are wont to be demonstrative in their worship. They evidently felt that 
 
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 here they must not give way to their emotions ; but from every portion of the 
 house the subdued responses could be heard. * * * * 
 
 " I noticed that as the procession moved along, both officers and soldiers 
 who were passing on the sidewalks, stopped respectfully and, removed their caps, 
 every sentinel presented arms, the patrol guard of che city stopped and presented 
 arms ; in short, every token of respect which it was possible to show to any 
 high official, was voluntarily offered to the remains of him who was so universally 
 beloved, so much respected. But I have omitted the most prominent feature of 
 the procession, viz: the motly crowd of blacks of all ages and conditions. 
 Some walked in the street, behind the procession, but they mostly followed on 
 the sidewalks, in no order ; many, however, were in the street on each side of 
 the hearse and procession. I noticed aged men and women, white-headed, 
 tottering along, groaning aloud. I could fancy that they were saying in their 
 hearts , " We thought it had been he who would redeem our Israel." All felt 
 that they had lost a friend. Everybody had a kind word to speak of the 
 departed, and a hope to express that the "poor lady at home should not take it 
 hard ; God bless her." ***** 
 
 " When we stand at the bar of Him who came to save the poor and down- 
 trodden, we shall be astonished at the welcome to us : " Well done, good and 
 faithful servants," for the grace of God will be always amazing to those who 
 receive it. Still, there does seem to be more of a fitness in the words of the 
 Judge to our friend, who died in the service of the poor, than to the great 
 majority of us who hope to hear these wondrous words: " I was an hungered, 
 and thou gavest me meat ; I was thirsty, and thou gavest me drink ; I was 
 sick, and thou didst visit me ; I was in prison, and thou didst coiii^ unto me." 
 
 '' Inasmuch as thou hast done it uato one of the least of these my brethren, 
 thou hast done it unto 7ne" 
 
 The eighth letter is from Rev. Edwin Hall, D. D., of Auburn 
 Theological Seminary. It was read on anniversary evening. 
 
 Auburn, N. Y., February gth, 1874. 
 Rev. a. T. Pierson : 
 
 Dear Sir : — It would give me great pleasure to be present at the commem- 
 oration of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the organization of the Fort Street 
 Church, were it not that my duties in the seminary, and my ill-health, render 
 it impracticable. I remember with much interest the two pleasant months 
 which I spent with the people of that church while supplying their pulpit 
 during our seminary vacation of 1S58. I have great reason to remember the 
 great generosity of the ladies of the congregation, who, after hearing of the 
 great need of our seminary, sent to us, after ray return, a box of bedquilts and 
 comfortables, the largest and most valuable, I think, that ever came to the 
 seminary, and which have ever since, as often as I have visited student's rooms, 
 reminded me of the pleasant and liberal donors. With such helpers, and with 
 the common blessing of the Lord upon those who love to do good, the Fort 
 Street Church may well be expected to flourish. I should love to meet with 
 
FOUT STIIKET I'RESliYTKUlAX CllUiail. JO" 
 
 many of the people with whom I became ac(|iiainted there, and should rejoice 
 to be present at the proposed anniversary, but it is ([uite beyond my power 
 
 \'ours with much esteem, 
 
 EDWIN IIAl.L. 
 
 Mr. Walker's address mentions, with gratefid recognition, the 
 
 services of Rev. W. A. McCorkle, (now D. 1).), from whom this 
 
 ninth letter comes. 
 
 Princeton, April 2d, 1S74. 
 Rkv. a. T. Tiekson : 
 
 My Dear Brother : — My remembrance of the Fort Street Church goes 
 back as far as the year 1858. I knew something of it before, but not until 
 then had I any intimate acquaintance with its people and its affairs. During 
 July of that year I made my entry into Michigan as a citizen. Arriving in 
 Detroit with my family, I took up a temporary residence there until a suitable 
 held of labor should upen to me. The Fort Street Church had, for .some time, 
 been without a pastor ; they had opened a correspondence with Dr. Eldridge, 
 and were then waiting, until he could visit them, with the expectation of calling 
 him. As he was just returning from Europe considerable time would neces- 
 sarily pass away before the question would be finally settled. I was, therefore, 
 called upon by one of the Elders : first, to supply for a sabbath or two ; and 
 then to continue during my convenience, or until Dr. Eldridge could arrive on 
 the ground. Thus, I became a temporary supply for the Fort Street Church, 
 and for four months ministered to its congregation. It was the gateway by 
 which I entered into the State and Synod of Michigan. My first friends in the 
 State, with a few exceptions, were made in it, and, so far as I know, they are 
 all friends to this day. 
 
 The Eldership, if I remember rightly, was composed of Messrs. Walker, 
 Knight and Zug. Of these, the first and last remain to this present ; 
 brother Knight is not, for the Lord has taken him. 
 
 I accepted a call to the church in Marshall a few weeks before Dr. Eldridge 
 took charge of the Fort Street Church, and thus terminated my connection 
 with it as a supply. 
 
 I have only pleasant remembrances of my service in conection with the 
 people. They were kind to me then ; they have been kind ever since. After 
 years brought me in contact with the church under different circumstances. 
 When illness laid me aside from my work in Marshall, I found a temporary 
 residence again in Detroit, and a home among the people of the Fort Street 
 Church. As a hearer, I sat with them in their house of worship, until a kind 
 Trovidence restored my health. And when Detroit was no longer a temporary, 
 but a permanent home, and when I was pastor of the First Church, and they 
 were destitute of a pastor, it was very pleasant to have them turn to me for 
 such offices as they needed, and I could render. 
 
 Vou will remember, my dear brother, that it was my pleasure to welcome 
 you upon your arrival in Detroit, and, at your installation, to deliver to you the 
 charge which still rests upon you, and with which, by Divine grace, I believe 
 it is your earnest endeavor faithfully to comply. 
 
108 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVEESAEY 
 
 The church ha>, througli many vicissitudes and not a few discouragements, 
 made its way, under Divine guidance, from a state of feebleness to a condition 
 of strength. Since your pastorate began, much has been done, and now the 
 church stands among the strong ones in the central part of our country. 
 
 I congratulate you, my brethren, upon having reached so desirable a posi- 
 tion ; upon the memorial services you have so lately held upon your Twenty- 
 fifth Annivei'sary ; and upon the bright future which lies before you. May the 
 present pastorate be long continued, and may abundant blessings rest upon 
 
 pastor and people. 
 
 Sincerely yours, 
 
 WM. A. McCORKLE. 
 
 The tenth letter is from the Rev. Edwin B. Raffensperger, who 
 preached for some \veeks immediately previous to Mr. Pierson's 
 call and settlement. It arrived too late for reading on Anniversary 
 
 Day. 
 
 Cumberland, Md., February r6th, 1874. 
 Rev. a. T. Pierson : 
 
 My Dear Brother : — Were it possible for me to come down just now from 
 my mountain parish into the plains of Detroit, I would like to join you in 
 celebrating the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Fort Street Presbyterian 
 Church. Your beautiful card of invitation brings to mind the few Sabbaths 
 I spent with your dear people when they were waiting for the man whom they 
 had selected as their pastor. Great expectations had been raised in their minds 
 concerning you, and I am happy to know that all these have been realized ; 
 that the great Head of the church has signally blessed your ministry in Detroit, 
 and that through your instrumentality such great praise has been conferred on 
 your congregation. Long may you live to fill the distinguished position that 
 you now occupy. 
 
 The Fort Street Church is celebrated throughout the nation for its princely 
 hospitality. The Lord grant it, in coming years, a corresponding celebrity for 
 the effusions of His grace, is the prayer of 
 
 Your fellow worker, 
 
 EDWIN B. RAFFEN.SPERGER. 
 
 The eleventh letter was read in connection with the anniversary 
 exercises, from the personal connection of the writer with the 
 present pastor, as will appear from the letter itself. 
 
 New York, February nth, 1874. 
 My* Dear Brother Pierson: — I have just received an invitation to the 
 Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Fort Street Presbyterian Church, of which 
 you are the esteemed pastor. It would afford me real pleasure to be present, 
 and to take part in the exercises of an occasion so interesting to your people 
 and to yourself, calling up to memory so many changes, so many joys and so 
 many sorrows ; so much culture, so much toiling, sowing, and yet so much fruit, 
 such a harvest of blessings ! You may all, on such an occasion, raise your 
 
FORT STREET I'UESIJ YTEHIA.N ('IIL'KCII. 109 
 
 Kbene/.er, and with united voice say: " Hitherto hath the Lord helped us." 
 In your personal success as a minister I greatly rejoice, and pray that the past 
 may be the earnest, the pledge of yet larger blessings in reserve. The twenty- 
 five years to come are pregnant with mighty events — untold blessings to the 
 church of our God. Blessed is the man that can live and labor for the Master 
 during these eventful years, and be in the conflict, and witness the coming 
 triumphs of His kingdom. This, my dear brother, will be your privilege. 
 Clladly would I tarry and toil on, that I might rejoice with the sowers and the 
 reapers in the great harvest of the world. But my work is almost done. Still 
 I desire to be out in the field doing my allotted and remaining work, until the 
 shadows of life's evening fall, and the voice of the dear Master is heard through 
 all the vineyard saying : " Call the laborers and give them their hire." There 
 is even now a voice continually sounding in my ears urging me to " Work 
 whilst it is called to-day, for the night cometh, when no man can work." Of the 
 brevity of our season of spiritual toil I am deeply conscious. Of all the 
 Presbyterian pa.-tors laboring in this city when I was ordained to the work of 
 the ministry, not one now abides at his post, and only three, out of more than 
 twenty, survive, so that I am the oldest in the pastorate, of all the Presbyterian 
 minister: of the city, and yet I do not feel old. My eye is still undimmed and 
 my natural force unabated. Still I know that my time draweth near. But I 
 rejoice that I i-hall live in my sons, natural and spiritual — those ' that I have 
 begotten in the gospel." Thou art my Timothy, and I charge thee, " Preach 
 the Word " — " Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by 
 prophesy, and with the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery. Take heed 
 unto thyself, and unto the doctrines, continue in them, for in doing this, thou 
 shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee." 
 
 Wishing you all joy in the Lord, and the fellowship of His spirit, and many 
 years of labor and fruition, 
 
 I am yours affectionately in the gospel, 
 
 S. D. BURCHARD. 
 
 The following words of cheer, from one who, as a co-laborer, 
 occupied the pulpit of the Jefferson avenue Presbyterian Church 
 during more than half of the years which measure the life of our 
 own church, would have been read at the anniversary but for the 
 fact that they, through some mistake, made their appearance not 
 until several days after ; their herald on the day of our festival 
 being a beautifully directed envelope containing a blank envelope 
 whicli liad been accidentally enclosed instead of the leffer. 
 
 Geneva, N. Y.. February i6th, 1874. 
 My Dear Piersun : — I have looked at that programme and that beautiful 
 card of invitation very often within the last ten days, and until to-day have 
 hoped I might " turn up" and become a " magna pa — rs to a stirring speech." 
 One thing I could do with success, I am sure, J. e.. give attention to the 
 matters that will go off — not come off — in the parlors of your church on Wed- 
 
110 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 nesday evening. The fame of the entertainments given by your good people 
 cannot exceed the fact. You have faith in eating and drinking, and " show 
 your faith by your works," and I am sorry that I cannot be with you. 
 
 But pray tell me why you are celebrating this Twenty-fifth Anniversary ? 
 Is it because you have lived so long? have grown to such a stature? Why, 
 my dear brother, that church is good for a century. Or, are you keeping a holi- 
 day because you are so old, yet feel so young? The whole affair seems to me 
 as hilarious as the pranks of a frisky boy. I trow the church is well cared for, 
 and in the tide of prosperity ; has good substantial provender every Sabbath, 
 or they would be gaunt and spiritless. 
 
 Sincerely do I rejoice in your festival, g,nd in the occasion for it. If I may 
 depute some one to speak for me on that oceasion, I will depute jj'i?« to give my 
 congratulations and compliments to old friends assembled with you. May the 
 Fort Street Presbyterian Church stand for another twenty-five years, and throw 
 abroad an increasing light, in the city and in the State ; be a church of genuine 
 revivals and signalized by the rich gifts of God's grace. May its entire mem- 
 bership be devout, loyal to truth, and a strong support of their much loved 
 pastor, who is loved by none more than by his 
 
 Affectionate brother, 
 
 W. HOGARTH. 
 
 The next letter deserves a place here, if only for the long con- 
 nection of the writer with the evangelical work of the State. 
 
 Big Rapids. February 14th, 1874. 
 Rev. a. T. Pierson : 
 
 Dear Brother : — I received from my wife, a day or two since, a letter, 
 saying that an invitation had come to me to attend the Twenty-fifth Anniversary 
 of the organization of the Fort Street Church As I am the oldest working 
 minister in the Synod, and have long been acquainted with many of the mem- 
 bers of the church, and my wife was for a time a member of your church, I am 
 gratified to receive the invitation, though my appointments are such that I shall 
 not be able to accept I have written ray wife, requesting her to attend, and 
 hope she will be with you on that interesting occasion. I am glad your church 
 celebrate that event. It is right that they should recount the day of small 
 things ; it is right that they should talk over the past and praise the Great 
 Head of the church for what He has done. 
 
 I wish to say that I was well acquainted with the first pastor of your 
 church. Rev. R. R. Kellogg. My acquaintance was formed in a revival at 
 Romeo. I labored with him in scenes of deep interest among his own people, 
 when the Spirit of God was present in power I was with him, also, in a time 
 of deep distress, when his heart was wrung with anguish, at the time of his 
 dismission from that church. I knew him to be a man of culture, an excellent 
 spirit and an earnest christian. I also read with deep emotion the account of 
 the close of his ministry and his useful life, as he passed from earth to his rest 
 and reward in heaven. 
 
 I was also acquainted with Major Rowland, oae of the first elders of your 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAX CHURCH. Ill 
 
 church, a noble-minded, large-hearted christian gentleman, and his amiable, 
 <;odly wife. I had shared their hospitality some days, with my wife I loved 
 him, and trust he received an abundant entrance into the presence of his Saviour 
 and God. v 
 
 II. K. Knight, Esq., another Elder of your church, was a man of a choice 
 spirit, and' in many respects a man of rare qualifications to do good. Asa 
 sabbath school superintendent he had few equals. He loved children ; he 
 loved the church ; he loved to work for the building up of the church. He 
 died in the midst of life with the harness on. Ills memory is fragrant and 
 his influence will long live. 
 
 I trust your anniversary will do much good. The reminiscences of the 
 
 past wake up the tenderest emotions in our hearts. I trust the good Spirit of 
 
 our God may be with you all and showers of blessings descend on your church 
 
 and congregation. 
 
 \'ours sincerely and trulv, 
 
 CALVIN CLARK. 
 
 For a similar reason, we publish the following brief note of 
 
 congratulation : 
 
 i8^i. July 10, 1844. 1874. 
 
 Organized. Present Pastor Installed. Nearing the city. 
 
 I Tim. 6:20 Rev. 21:23. 
 
 Richland, Mich., February i6lh, 1874. 
 
 RkV. a. T. I'lERSON : 
 
 De.vr Brother, — The oldest pastor, Presbyterian, in Michigan, sendeth 
 greeting to the Rev. bishop of the Fort Street Presbyterian Church of Detroit, 
 Mich. Thank you for the invitation to be present at your Anniversary Services 
 of the iSth instant. Distance, time and work will not permit. May the bless- 
 ing of our Lord rest upon you, " All that are with me salute thee. Greet 
 them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen." 
 
 ^'ours fraternally, 
 
 MILTON BRADLEY. 
 
 As has already been explained, the Rev. Dr. John Hall, of New 
 York city, was expected to take part in the Anniversary. The 
 sul)joined communication explains his absence. 
 
 30 West i8th Street, N. Y., February 3d, 1874. 
 
 Dear Sir, — Doctor Hall has gone by the night train to Philadelphia, and 
 has begged of me to write to you and express how very much he regrets not 
 being able to go to Detroit at all this season. He is overrun with work ; the 
 pressure is so great that I sometimes dread, notwithstanding his iron frame, 
 that he will be broken down. 
 
 There are at present public services held all over this city, and the anxiety 
 is very great that a special blessing will follow and attend them. He says he 
 cannot be absent. He is really quite grieved at being obliged to write to you 
 to this effect. Trusting, dear sir, thai the Lord will direct you to some one 
 whose words and preaching he will greatly bless, 
 
 I am vours very sincerely, 
 
 EMILY HALL. 
 The Rev. A. T. Pierson. 
 
112 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 Beside these letters, which have been embodied here, fully or 
 by extract, it should be mentioned that very courteous responses 
 came to us, among many others, from the following Reverend 
 gentlemen : 
 
 Roswell D. Hitchcock, D. D., L. L.D., Henry Kendall, D. D., 
 Henry M. Field, D. D., C S. Robinson, D. D., of New York city; 
 Robert W. Patterson, D. D., Arthur Mitchell, F. L. Patton, D. D., 
 of Chicago, Illinois ; Henry A. Nelson, D. D., E. D. Morris, D. D., 
 of Cincinnati, Ohio ; Wm. Speer, D. D., of Philadelphia ; F. A. 
 Noble, D. D., of Pittsburgh ; R. A. Sawyer, D. D., of Irvington, 
 N. Y. ; T. Ralston Smith, D. D., of Yonkers, N. Y. ; Wm. C 
 Dickinson, of Lafayette, Ind. ; A. D. Moore, of Northumberland, 
 Pa. ; M. W. Jacobus, D. D., of Allegheny, Pa.; John Scott, of Lon- 
 don, Ont. ; Robert Norton, of St. Catherines, Ont. 
 
 Also, from the following clergymen in our State : 
 
 The Revs. J. Morgan Smith, of Grand Rapids ; G. L. Foster, 
 of Howell ; Job Pierson, of Ionia; J. M. Allis, of Lansing; D. M. 
 Cooper, of Albion ; E. J. Boyd, of Monroe, and J. W. Brown and 
 George Worthington, of Detroit. 
 
 We may mention, also, the following, as among the persons 
 whose letters we would be glad to publish, did space permit : 
 
 Hon. D. B. Greene, of Ypsilanti, Mich. ; J. A. Peck, Esq., of 
 Kalamazoo, Mich. ; D. M. Stiger, Esq., of Jersey City, N. Y. ; E. 
 P. Woods, Esq., of Lowell, Mass, ; John Gray, Esq., of New 
 York City ; S. H. Wheeler. Esq., of Newark, N. J. ; William K. 
 Muir, Esq., of Hamilton, Ont., and Hon. J. V. Campbell, and 
 Hon. C. C. Trowbridge, of Detroit. 
 
 In closing this volume, to which nothing remains to be added 
 but the lists of members of the church and congregaticn, the 
 compiler has only to add a personal expression of gratitude to 
 all whose cheerful co-operation has helped to make his burden 
 lighter ; and, with the devout hope that all, who in any way con- 
 tributed to this delightful commemoration, may join in the celebra- 
 tion of that Love which alone made the existence of the Christian 
 Church possible, which alone has preserved it amid the convul- 
 sions of human history, and which alone shall crown its militant 
 experience with its triumphant estate,we close these records of 
 our 
 
 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY. 
 
FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 113 
 
 Si^torid^l I<i0t>^ 
 
 Ol members of the church from the beginning, and of the pres- 
 ent congregation, are added, to make this history complete to the 
 date of the issue of this ])am|)hlet. In the list of menil)ers the fol~ 
 lowing marks are used ; 
 
 *Withdra\vn by Letter. 
 
 fDropped from the Roll, because non-attendant or present 
 residence unknown. 
 
 JDeceased. 
 
 II Suspended. 
 
 v^Now in the Ministry- 
 
 1849 
 
 Samuel Zug, 
 Anne S. Zug, 
 *Sylvester Larned, 
 *Helen L. Larned, 
 *Sarah I,. Harmon, 
 fWilliam Gilbert, 
 fElizabeth Gilbert, 
 ♦Robert Beatty, 
 *CharIotte Thompson, 
 * Helen Weir, 
 Samuel P. Wilcox, 
 I Louisa Wilcox, 
 ^Catharine A. Fisher, 
 ♦Delia Mather, 
 {:Thonias Rowland, 
 ^Catharine Rowland. 
 *Mary E. Kellogg, 
 ♦William Ilaworth, 
 fMarion Rutherford, 
 ♦David O. Penfield, 
 ♦Sarah Penfield, 
 ♦Elizabeth Weir, 
 f Mary J. Weir, 
 ♦John J. Briscoe, 
 ♦Mary Briscoe, 
 J Margaret Stewart, 
 ♦Eliza S Elder, 
 ♦Harriet L Bond, 
 t Harriet Prentis, 
 ^Cherry Weir, 
 
 15 
 
 ♦Rebecca Abernethy, 
 ♦Albert G. Fuller, 
 ♦Eunice Fuller, 
 ifChester Spaulding, 
 f Fanny Spaulding, 
 lEunice Mitchell, 
 Nancy Hoxie, 
 ♦Lydia E. Pond, 
 fMargaret Mattison, 
 ♦Maria Hoag, 
 IJohn Cook. 
 ♦Delia E. Norton, 
 ♦Fanny B. Reed. 
 ♦Jane Van Allen, 
 ♦Washington E. Moore, 
 ♦Rachel Moore, 
 § David M. Cooper, 
 ♦John Ronieyn, 
 ♦Joseph (i. Selden, 
 Catharine Shepard. 
 Margaret Mair. 
 ♦James Elder, 
 ♦Letitia Elder, 
 ♦Esther Elder, 
 ♦Jonathan R. Axtell. 
 ♦Mary Axtell, 
 JHannab C. Smith. 
 fMary A. Schoonniaker, 
 |Elizabeih Schooninaker, 
 ♦Mary A. Coburn. 
 
114 
 
 TWENTY-FIFTH AJTNIVERSARY 
 
 1 8.1iO. 
 
 :|Sarah Allen, 
 f Lucinda Allen, 
 *Ann McGraw, 
 ^Mary Conner, 
 *Mary Bodine, 
 fMaiy Grout, 
 Mary A. Shaw, 
 Emily C. McMichael, 
 :{:Sarah Burroughs, 
 *John Robinson, 
 *James A. Hinchman, 
 Benjamin F. Bush, 
 ^Louisa Praigg, 
 *James Rankin, 
 "Margaret Rankin, 
 * David B, Reeve, 
 *Ellen J. Reeve, 
 ^Martha Fielding. 
 *Diana E. Parker, 
 *Mariah Guild, 
 "Simon Guild, 
 
 * Hubbard Trowbridge, 
 *Edna I. Trowbridge, 
 
 * Henry P. Hoag, 
 fSarah Ferguson, 
 *Julia Collins, 
 'Dewitt Putty, 
 ||William Gunning, 
 |]Charles Brooke, 
 ^lAlbert G. Fuller, 
 "Eunice Fuller, 
 "Anna D. Collins, 
 "Mary J. Kellogg, 
 "Jane A. Jack, 
 "Agnes Robertson, 
 Selumiel Champ, 
 Anna A. Dickson, 
 "Albert Hoag, 
 
 "Nathan P. Simonds, 
 tEmeline Simonds, 
 
 IJames Guild, 
 *Cornelia Guild, 
 *Jane Wood, 
 fMary Rowe, 
 *Francis C. Clark, 
 William N. Evans, 
 *Margaret C. Sprague, 
 
 * Laura A. Briscoe, 
 *Delia Sprague, 
 
 * Eliza Beaty, 
 "Mary A. Beaty, 
 "Margaret Beaty, 
 f Mary Connelly, 
 "Martha E. Gulley, 
 Edwin S. Benedict 
 Caroline Y. D. Benedict, 
 JHenry C. Knight, 
 Frances A. Knight, 
 ^Harriet E. Gibson, 
 "Michael Henderson, 
 llJames Weir. 
 
 1 8.? 1 . 
 
 "George Eden, 
 f James Delgarno, 
 "William Candler, 
 "Albert N. Reynolds, 
 "Sophia L. Orr, 
 
 "William Briscoe, 
 "Ann Hammond, 
 "Louisa B. Cromwell, 
 IDavid W. EUithorpe, 
 fSophia L. EUithorpe, 
 "Henry McMullen, 
 
 "Sarah McMullen, 
 "Jane Ramsey, 
 Sophia Roe, 
 f Augustus Walker, 
 lElisha Wells. 
 
 1852. 
 
 "Douglass H, Donovan, 
 George A. Bancroft, 
 
FOUT 8TREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 JElmira Green, 
 IJohn Gibson, 
 •Charles H. Axtell, 
 •Julia Rodgers. 
 f lessee Page, 
 'Susan Champ, 
 •Mary A. Peters, 
 
 "Thomas R. Spence, 
 •Emma Spence, 
 •Ellen Wray, 
 
 •Margaret Sutherland, 
 •Cecelia Van Every, 
 •Frederick Watson, 
 •Lucinda Simmons, 
 •Abraham S. Myrach, 
 •Eliza S. Myrach. 
 *Lucy Pratt, 
 
 1 s.i:t. 
 
 •John G. Beekman, 
 Joseph B. Bloss, 
 Caroline A. Bloss. 
 
 115 
 
 I H.14. 
 
 Edward C. Walker, 
 r>ucy B. Walker, 
 •Angus McKay, 
 "Margaret McKay, 
 •John Brown, 
 •Emma Brown, 
 •Mary N. Lockwood, 
 •Mary W. Lockwood, 
 :tAnnis C. Moore, 
 :t Marion H. Reeve, 
 fSarah E. Reeve, 
 Elvira Uavis, 
 Matilda Buhl, 
 Lydia S. Welch, 
 |:Shubael Conant, 
 "Alexander McFarlane, 
 "George B. Dickinson, 
 George Foote, 
 t Phoebe Foote, 
 •Ann Warren, 
 •Hovey K. Clarke, 
 •Hannah C. Clarke, 
 •Thomas W. Lockwood, 
 
 •Albertine Lockwood, 
 iJohn W: Hodgkin, 
 Margaret E. Hodgkin, 
 •James Menzies, 
 •Harriet M. Chester, 
 •Elisha Eldred, 
 •Mary Eldred, 
 •Fidelia Drury, 
 "Philip Thurber, 
 •Frances E. Thurber, 
 •Eleanor S. Candler, 
 •Louisa Hinchman, 
 •Jane Short, 
 •Joseph W. Smith, 
 •Elizabeth T. Smith, 
 Augusta C. Wickware, 
 *Eliphalet M. Clark, 
 'Fanny B. Clark, 
 •Lucy Neill, 
 "Janette McFarlane, 
 ICaroline Stephens, 
 JCatharine H. Jones. 
 
 I S.l.l. 
 
 Shadrach Gillett, 
 JMaiy Gillett. 
 f Frances Gillett, 
 J Abbey E. Steevens, 
 ^Theodosia Snow, 
 'Edward Bliss, 
 
 •Helen M. Dudley, 
 •Fanny Shipman, 
 •Allison Menzies, 
 •Eliza Wray, 
 "Matilda Wray, 
 Mary Thompson, 
 
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 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 Bradford Smith, 
 :j:Lucia W. Smith, 
 * Edward A. Drur>', 
 *Martha J. Maltby, 
 *Sophia C. Johns, 
 J Mary A. Woodbridge, 
 •Elizabeth W. Dickinson, 
 *John Q. Dudley, 
 
 *Turner Stetson, 
 *Sarah Stetson, 
 *M. Howard Webster, 
 *Martha J. Webster, 
 *Alice V. A. Frasier, 
 :j: Henrietta Pond, 
 *Patience Leach, 
 *Catharine Newberry. 
 
 1 8.16. 
 
 JEliza Cook, 
 *Orpha J. Bingham, 
 Samuel G. Caskey. 
 Aurelia C. Caskey, 
 *Henry M. Cheever, 
 *Sarah Cheever, 
 Olive Williams, 
 Eliza Williams, 
 *Albert Pixley, 
 
 Jane Morrison, 
 *Susan Swift, 
 *William E. Cheever, 
 *Catharine Stuart, 
 
 :J:Mary Ward, 
 *William H. Osgodby, 
 *Electa L. Osgodby, 
 *Alfred Russell, 
 *Ellen P. Russell, 
 W. Leverett Woodbridge. 
 Franklin Moore, 
 Frederick Buhl, 
 *Sallie E. Yerkes, 
 Emily Shackleton, 
 *Mai7 A. Cromwell. 
 *Sarah L. Cromwell, 
 Sarah L. Coddington, 
 ^lAnnie S. Gillett, 
 tMary R. Roberts, 
 ■{■Elizabeth Roberts, 
 :);Mary E. McGraw, 
 Mary E. Morrison, 
 *Sarah C, Short, 
 
 * Harriet N. Pixley, 
 *Miriam Dwight, 
 Agnes Morris, 
 *James McMillan, 
 *E. Willard Smith, 
 *Charlotte M. Smith, 
 |David Stewart, 
 *Anna S. Kibbee, 
 *John L. Strong. 
 
 1857- 
 
 Adaline A. Phillips, 
 *Isabella M. Warren, 
 George E. Hand, 
 Margaret McDonald. 
 
 I8d8. 
 
 *Charles G. Brownell, 
 *Mary Brownell, 
 Sarah A. Perkins, 
 f Anna Kidd, 
 :};Charity Southard, 
 *Mary E. McFarland, 
 Mary A Slocum, 
 *Marietta Stoddard, 
 Stewart McDonald. 
 *Henry L. Leach, 
 *Richard Shipman, 
 *Norman Johnson. 
 William H. Perkins, 
 George L. Maltz, 
 *Alexander Hosie, 
 Alexander H. McGraw, 
 John Harvey, 
 *Julia F. Swift, 
 Elizabeth Hosie, 
 
FORT STRKKT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 II 
 
 JMary K. Walker. 
 *Alvah H. Walker. 
 ♦Minerva Walker, 
 *Mary A. Walker. 
 *OIivia .-V. (iardncr, 
 
 JJohn ralmer, 
 [ane M. Palmer, 
 ^Catharine Hinchman, 
 ^Joseph C. Heath, 
 *Mar>' S. Heath, 
 JLyman Briggs, 
 *Ann Mary S. Briggs, 
 *ElIen Mary Briggs, 
 I Fanny Champ, 
 Kate Wing, 
 *Henry M. Warren, 
 * Alexander McFarren, 
 ♦Elizabeth McFarren. 
 Charles D. Farlin, 
 Sarah M. Farlin, 
 
 Jjohn V. Beane, 
 Caroline Beane, 
 *Ellen C. Beane, 
 Ellen Eldridge, 
 Adaliza F"rench, 
 *Eliza A. Bush, 
 + Harriet N. Cameron, 
 Eliza Thomas. 
 |Caroline G. Page, 
 *Ann E. Carter, 
 ♦Caroline C. Spencer. 
 ♦George Parsons, 
 ♦Emily B. Parsons, 
 
 Archibald Ci. Lindsay, 
 Katharine D. Shelden, 
 ♦Angeline Squire. 
 ♦Jacob Beeson, 
 ♦Elizabeth Beeson, 
 ♦Maria Beeson, 
 JAnn W. M. Roraeyn, 
 ♦Susan V. Rom«yn, 
 
 Jane Stewart, 
 Margaret McMillan, 
 Mary E Steevens. 
 .Susannah Perkins. 
 
 1^«.>». 
 
 Elmira R. Tower, 
 Mary Jane Eraser, 
 Flora L. Ray, 
 Sarah L. Wilcox. 
 Eliza J. Roe, 
 John Goring, 
 fWilliam Allen, 
 ♦.Vlhert H. Jordan. 
 IJane Jordan. 
 ♦Hiram M. Towne. 
 Jane E. Johnson, 
 ♦William Reed. 
 George W. T. Hill, 
 ♦William Allen, 
 ♦Catharine Allen. 
 
 I860. 
 
 ♦George B. Boardman, 
 :]: Helen .M. Boardman. 
 ♦Eliza C. Spencer, 
 ♦Theodore C. White, 
 ♦Ann Monroe, 
 ♦Stephen A. Peck, 
 ♦Susan H. R. Peck, 
 f Adaline Brooks, 
 ♦Cuthbert Laing, 
 Martha F. Stewart, 
 Maria Dickson, 
 Ellen L. Foote. 
 
 ISO I. 
 
 Ruth L Maginnity. 
 James F. Joy, 
 Mary B Joy, 
 James R. Dutton, 
 Deborah Dutton, 
 Georgianna E. W. Spence, 
 J Margaret Henry, 
 Frances A. Adams. 
 
118 
 
 FOET STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 Elleanor J. Swain, 
 *Emma Beeson, 
 Morris B. Tooker, 
 Caroline Tooker, 
 *Susan L. Merritt, 
 JMathilde G. Moore, 
 + Emma L. Beane, 
 
 *Joshua Windoes, 
 *Carrie R. Windoes, 
 Emory Wendell, 
 Jennie E. Wendell, 
 William Findlater, 
 Elizabeth Findlater, 
 :j:Mary S. Palmer, 
 Sarah H. Palmer, 
 George McMillan, 
 Isabella G. McMillan, 
 Mary Buckley, 
 Frances Hitchcock, 
 *Jacob V. Haan, 
 *Mary Seymour, 
 
 Alexander McGaw, 
 Ann F. McGaw, 
 Catharine Woodvvorth, 
 Angeline Quigley, 
 Margaret Cuddy, 
 Eliza Ramsey, 
 William Morris, 
 Nettie Ames, 
 Katie Shepard, 
 *Joseph A. Tibbetts, 
 *Elvira Tibbetts, 
 
 Isabella G. Beane, 
 Joseph Nicholson, 
 J Henrietta L. Nicholson, 
 IJoseph G. Ray, 
 *Jennie B. Frazier, 
 ■^Caroline F. Bloss, 
 Mary W. Thomas, 
 ■*Euphemia Murray, 
 
 1863. 
 
 Sarah Joy, 
 *Mary Eldred, 
 |Anna Bryant, 
 Charles Root, 
 Alice Root, 
 Anna M. Evans. 
 
 i86:t. 
 
 1864. 
 
 186.1. 
 
 Eliza Bridge, 
 Julia A. Knight, 
 *John M. Tupper, 
 *Sarah Tupper, 
 Betsey Coit, 
 *Sarah Whiting, 
 *Mary Otis, 
 Alice K. Jones, 
 Susannah Stewart, 
 fMary G. Zug, 
 Lillie Walker, 
 Jane Lindsay, 
 Robert Hosie, Jr. 
 *Alfred Howard. 
 
 *Hattie Rosebrook, 
 ifEliza M. Rosebrook, 
 Edward W. Jenks, 
 IJulia L. Jenks, 
 Jane M. Jenks, 
 Phoebe Seeley, 
 Charles McNeil, 
 ■^Cornelia Frasier, 
 *Perlinah Van Vleit, 
 tJulia Van Vleit, 
 Angelina Ames. 
 
 Kate Dupont, 
 Letitia G. Chandler, 
 Mary Douglass Chandler, 
 Hattie A. Wilco.x, 
 ■•^Camilla Richardson, 
 Jane B. McGaw, 
 *Anna E. Eastman, 
 Jane Lindsay, 
 
KOIJT S'lUKKT I'KESIIYTEKIAS <;UL'K<JH. 
 
 Frank H. Buhl, 
 ( ieorgc S. Davis, 
 James K. l>avis, 
 IJohn r.. Heane, 
 Mary K. lialch, 
 
 Frances Shepard, 
 *EIla Shepard, 
 *F. J. R. Crane. 
 *Edward Warren, 
 William Wilson, 
 Fsther Wilson, 
 Isabella T. Hosie, 
 Margaret Conway, 
 *Julia Stephens, 
 Sarah J. McQueen, 
 *Fannie Stephens, 
 John S. Dickson, 
 
 *Mary Taylor, 
 *"Mary S. Lamson, 
 Frederick C. Adamson, 
 Cassie Adamson, 
 Mary B Dudley, 
 Lucien A. Smith, 
 Maria B. Garrison, 
 Russell A Alger, 
 Annette H. Alger, 
 *Neil McDougal, 
 *Catharine E. McDougal, 
 
 Mary R Brown, 
 Mary E. Park, 
 Henry M. Park, 
 Walter Buhl, 
 Charlotte M. Gillett, 
 Angelina Quigley, 
 Eliza Purdue, 
 
 Albert Pixley, 
 Henrietta N. Pixley, 
 Sophia L. Orr, 
 Elizabeth H. Abbott, 
 
 I soo. 
 
 IS60. 
 
 JJoncs Phillips, 
 George S. Adams, 
 Emma T. Beatty, 
 *l,izzie J. Carter, 
 Sarah H. Standart. 
 
 Stephen S. Bather, 
 *Virginia M Balsley, 
 John B. Hughes, 
 Philip Thurber, 
 Frances E. Thurber, 
 *Dewitt C. Smith, 
 ■"■Mary Lepper, 
 *Mary B. Stephens, 
 *Helen E. Foote, 
 George Leckie, 
 Isabella Leckie. 
 
 1H07. 
 
 186S. 
 
 Martha Joy, 
 *Caroline W. Morse, 
 Mary F. Thompson, 
 William S. King, 
 Alice King, 
 Emilie A. King, 
 *Jennie C. Morse, 
 Cecelia Van Every, 
 Catharine Graham, 
 Emma Kennedy, 
 Otto Kirchner. 
 
 Anna E. Hentig, 
 Sarah M. Herrington, 
 Rebecca W. Smith, 
 Sybil C. Alger, 
 Anna Botsford, 
 *Hugh Wilson. 
 
 Sally A. Pierson, 
 Flora Goodfellow, 
 *John Goodfellow, 
 Electa W. Holbrook, 
 
120 
 
 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 Mary Penny, 
 Elizabeth Nicholson, 
 Charles G. Browfiell, 
 Mary E. Brownell, 
 Sarah F B Pierson, 
 Helen M. Moore, 
 Adelaide D. Morrison, 
 Mary L. Orr, 
 Margaret E. Wickware, 
 
 Walter E. Adams, 
 Jane M. Adams, 
 George S. Moir, 
 Theresa Moir, 
 Mary Botsford, 
 Elizabeth M. McKelvie, 
 *Sarah A. Snyder, 
 Julia A. Smith, 
 :|:Joseph Law, Jr., 
 Frances A Pine, 
 Eliza J. Agnew, 
 *Harriet Snyder, 
 Martha J. Marshall, 
 Henry E. Chamberlain, 
 Jennie L. Wilson, 
 Sarah A. Stewart, 
 Mary D. Foote, 
 Carrie S. Foote, 
 *Ella G. Childs, 
 Robert M. Zug, 
 Phoebe D. Perkins, 
 ^Albert S. Knight, 
 Kate McGaw, 
 Bryant Walker, 
 Jessie R. Walker, 
 *Warner W. Dickinson, 
 
 Annie E. Fleischman, 
 Mary Lewis, 
 Floretta Stupinsky, 
 Ettie Stupinsky, 
 Ellen M. Lowe, 
 *Ellen Johnson, 
 Janet A. Stewart, 
 
 Frederica Buhl, 
 Catharine L. Law, 
 *Mary H. Lepper, 
 John Wilson, 
 Marion Wilson, 
 Margaret Lindsay, 
 ^Maxwell Lepper, 
 Elizabeth Marshall, 
 
 18 70. 
 
 Mina E. Botsford, 
 Minerva A. Curtis, 
 *E]izabeth C. Richardson, 
 Abner W. Smith, 
 Elizabeth K. Orr,- 
 Henry O. Walker, 
 Annie M. Adams, 
 Alexander Cuddy, 
 Jared A. Smith, 
 ^Harriet C H. Boyd, 
 Maria S. Ballard, 
 Anson Young, 
 Jennie Young, 
 George H. Snover, 
 Marcella M L. Snover, 
 Charles P. Woodruff, 
 Mariette Woodruff, 
 Alice Woodruff, 
 Cora Woodruff, 
 Eva Woodruff, 
 Charles B Woodruff, 
 John Swift, 
 Maggie Mcllwain, 
 Sarah Mcllwain, 
 Jennie Mcllwain, 
 *Ruth Walker. 
 
 1871. 
 
 Maria J. Tate. 
 Douglass Payne, 
 Elizabeth Payne, 
 Mary Hale Abbott. 
 George B. Ayers, 
 Mary R. Ayers, 
 Mary Ladue, 
 
FOKT STREET FliE6H YTR 111 A N «'HUK<;H. 
 
 m 
 
 Thomas Sharp, 
 *Calharine J. Atterliury, 
 *James A. Dubuar, 
 John F. Fenerly, 
 Margaret Kenerty, 
 Margaret McLean, 
 Margaret Howe, 
 Mary L Michelsen, 
 Camilla Richardson. 
 Martha Ann Lamb, 
 Chauncy C Sharp, 
 
 Elizabeth Robertson, 
 Irene B. Swift, 
 Julia Hull. 
 Mary Collins, 
 Rachel Clark, 
 Emma L. Fowler, 
 John E. Chaffin, 
 Laura A. Chaffin, 
 Thomas Y. Taylor, 
 Mary E. Taylor, 
 Fanny A. Smith. 
 E. William Cobb, 
 Robert Morton, 
 Marion R, Morton, 
 Thomas Watson, 
 Mary Watson, 
 Julia M. Wallace, 
 Fannie C. Perlev, 
 
 *Sarah A. Snyder, 
 Harriet M. Longyear, 
 Sarah Jennings, 
 Anna M. Goldsmith, 
 George N. Ladue. 
 Mary W. Lathrop, 
 Mary B Davis, 
 JMathilde Foex, 
 Albert C. Lanyon, 
 James W. Green. 
 Frances M. Stone, 
 Kezia Francis, 
 i6 
 
 ^i7:i. 
 
 Charlotte Ladue, 
 Mary A. J. Conway, 
 Ella Courtney, 
 *Mary A. Chappell, 
 Ebenezer Ward, 
 Olive A. Gardner, 
 Antoinette M. Yerkes, 
 George W. Hoffman. 
 ♦Elizabeth R. Hoffman, 
 Caroline A. Hoffman, 
 Charlotte W Hoffman. 
 
 I S 7'J. 
 
 William Manson. 
 Marion Manson, 
 Helen E. Gibson, 
 Hortenie P'oex, 
 Henry Graham, 
 Eliza C. Bissell, 
 Emily C. Cameron, 
 Jennie A. Foote, 
 Kittie Miller, 
 Charlotte Burr, 
 Neil McDougall, 
 Catharine McDougall, 
 Frankie A. Hunt. 
 John A. Freeman, 
 Mary A. Freeman, 
 Helen C. Blodgett, 
 Frank Whitney, 
 Elizabeth N. Hinchman. 
 
 Elizabeth C. Dailey. 
 Harriet Newcomb. 
 M. S. D. Story, 
 John McFarland, 
 James Clark, 
 Agnes Clark, 
 Elizabeth Clark, 
 Josiah Reaume, 
 ♦Angelina Lincoln, 
 Amanda M. Rice. 
 Sarah M. Stone, 
 Lovina C. Prentis, 
 
122 
 
 FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 Harriet Pratt 
 Mary E. Newland, 
 Martha Harris, 
 
 Lucretia N. Dean, 
 Edmund Sloan, 
 Catherine A. Sloan, 
 Mary E. Ives, 
 Louisa P. M. Foex; 
 Edwin W. Morris, 
 Stanley H. Cline, 
 James C. Hill, 
 
 George F. Newland, 
 JSilas L. Fuller, 
 Ella P. Fuller, 
 
 18 74. 
 
 Emma R Green, 
 Margaret M. Chambers, 
 Mary W. Merrick, 
 Clayton J. Perley, 
 Fremont Woodruff, 
 Susan M..A. Cameron, 
 Mary S. Cameron, 
 Mary A. Chaffin. 
 
Four STkKKT I'UESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 123 
 
 ¥he f^i'e)^ei]t Oongregcitioi). 
 
 In the following list of Few-Holders and Attendants, families 
 are represented by the name of the head or the oldest incmher of 
 the household. This roll represents the congregation at the date 
 of the publication of this memorial volume. : 
 Thomas F. Abbott, E. S. Adams, 
 
 Francis Adams, F". C. Adamsoh, 
 
 George S. Adams, Russell A. Alger, 
 
 Walter E. Adams, E. S. Alford. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Backus, 
 George F. Bagley, 
 George W. Balch, 
 O. L. Ballard, 
 C. B. Barnes, 
 Mrs. Rebecca Bates, 
 James A. Bates, 
 Mrs. Caroline Beane. 
 Philo G. Belknap. 
 . Eben C. Beach, 
 Edward W. Bissell, 
 George W. Bissell, 
 Tames S. Blair, 
 Charles C. Blodgett, 
 Joseph B. Bloss, 
 
 Charles C. Cadman, 
 William Cahoon, 
 Allen P. Cameron. 
 J. W. Carson, 
 Samuel G, Caskey, 
 A. B. Case, 
 Homer Case, 
 John E. Chaffin, 
 Ernest Chamberlin, 
 Zachariah Chandler, 
 Douglass J. Chase, 
 Charles A. Chamberlain. 
 
 Joseph Dailey, 
 James E. Davis, 
 Solomon Davis. 
 I. N. Dean, 
 William J. Deering, 
 Lawrence Depew. 
 
 James W. Blue, 
 Anna Botsford, 
 H. W. D. Brewster. 
 David Bridge, 
 Charles G. Brownell, 
 Alden S. Brown, 
 Mrs. Caroline E. Brooks, 
 Mrs. Mary Buckley, 
 Christian H. Buhl, 
 Frederick Buhl, 
 Theodore D. Buhl, 
 Joseph H. Bullock, 
 Harvey W. Burr, 
 C. H. Burnham, 
 
 F. W. H. Chambers, 
 
 Francis L. Childs, 
 
 Dr. H. A. Cleland, 
 
 James Clark. 
 
 E. William Cobb, 
 
 N. P. Collins. 
 
 Olney B. Cook. 
 
 John C. Corning, 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. J Courtney, 
 
 Rachael Clark, 
 
 Alexander Cuddy, 
 
 H. .\. Dickerson, 
 David Dickson, 
 Mrs. Elsie E Ducharme, 
 William Du|)ont, 
 fames R. Dutton, 
 
124 
 
 rVVKN'TY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 Mrs. Anna M. Evans, 
 
 Charles D. Farlin, 
 John F. Fenerty, 
 M. S. Fitzsimons, 
 Anna Fleischman, 
 Mrs. Hortevise Foex, 
 
 Solomon Gardner, 
 Charles M. Garrison, 
 John J. Garrison, 
 James Gibson, 
 Rufus W. Giliett, 
 
 George E. Hand, 
 
 John Harvey, 
 
 Frederick W. Hayes, 
 
 Josiah D. Hayes, 
 
 Andrew M. Hastings, 
 
 Mrs. Anna E. Hentig, 
 
 Willard H. Herrington. 
 
 George W. Hill, 
 
 James C. Hill, 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth N. Flinchman, 
 
 Richard Inglis, M. D., 
 
 Edward W. Jenks, M. D., 
 Jarvis S. Jennings, 
 Mrs. Maria E. Jennings, 
 
 David Kennedy, 
 Otto Kirchner, 
 
 John T. Ladue, 
 Mrs. Mary Ladue, 
 George N. Ladue, 
 F. Lambie, 
 George C. Langdon, 
 James W. Langdon, 
 Henry K. Lathrop, 
 Joseph Lathrop, 
 Mrs. Catharine S. Law. 
 
 Stewart McDonald, 
 Neil McDougal, 
 John McFarland, 
 Andrew McFarland, 
 
 George Foote, 
 James H. Ford. 
 Robert S Forbes, 
 Mrs. Ella P. Fuller, 
 
 Shadrach Giliett, 
 James H Goldsmith, 
 James S. Goodrich, 
 Henry GraRam, 
 James W Cireen, 
 
 F. D. C. Hinchman, 
 
 Henry C. Hodges, 
 
 Mrs. Margaret E. Hodgkin, 
 
 F. H. Holmes, 
 
 George W. Hoffman, 
 
 John C. Holmes, 
 
 Robert Hosie, 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Hosie; 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Howe, 
 
 William Hull, 
 
 Butler Ives, 
 
 Waldo M. Johnson, 
 J. Huff Jones, 
 James F. Joy, 
 
 George E. King, 
 
 Mrs. Frances A. Knight, 
 
 William F. Lay, 
 Albert C. Lanyon, 
 George Leckie, 
 Archibald G. Lindsay, 
 Mrs. Jane Lindsay, 
 John W. Longyear, 
 O. M. Locke, 
 Elleiii McGregor Lowe, 
 Eugene S. Lowe, 
 
 x\lexander McGaw, 
 John W. McGrath, 
 Miller W. McGraw, 
 Andrew Mcllwaine, 
 
KOKT STKKKT l'KE«BYTEBJ A N CHUKCH. 
 
 125 
 
 Mrs. Margaret McKay. 
 Mrs. fane McLott, 
 George McMillan, 
 John McMillen, 
 Mrs. Barbara McNeil, 
 T. C. Manchester, 
 William Manson, 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall, 
 Herman Markham, 
 Henry Meakin, 
 
 Walter Newcomb, 
 George F. Newland, 
 Henry Newland, 
 
 Edward Orr, 
 
 Mrs. Jane M. Palmer, 
 Henry M. Park, 
 J. T. Patton, 
 Douglas Payne,- 
 Frank Peavey, 
 Henry C. Penny, 
 Mrs . Sarah A. Perkins, 
 Jonas H. Perley, 
 
 John <^uigley, 
 
 Mrs. Flora L. Ray. 
 Josiah Reaume, 
 John Robertson, 
 
 William N. .Sandford, 
 John J. Scanlan, 
 Mrs. Phoebe Seeley. 
 Richard Shackelton. 
 Allan Shelden, 
 Mrs. Catherine Shepherd, 
 Prof. J. M. B. Sill, 
 Dr. A. G. Sinclair, 
 Edmund Sloan, 
 Benjamin F. Smith, 
 Mrs. J. E. Seymour 
 A. P. Sherrill, 
 Bradford Smith, 
 Lucien A. Smith, 
 George W. Snover, 
 Robert W. Standart, 
 
 Melzer F. Merrick, 
 Kittie Miller, 
 Barrett B. Mitchell. 
 Franklin Moore, 
 Stephen Moore, 
 William Morris, 
 Hamilton Morrison, 
 Robert Morton, 
 William D. Morton, 
 
 Joseph Nicholson, 
 Charles Noble, 
 
 John P. Phillips, 
 Arthur T. Pierson, 
 Jonathan P. Pine, 
 Albert Pixley, 
 A. Pardee Piatt. 
 Samuel L. Potter, 
 George H. Prentis, 
 James Purdue, 
 
 Mrs. Amanda M. Rice, 
 Charles Roe, 
 Charles Root, 
 
 Bliss Standish, 
 
 Albert M. Steele, 
 
 Sears Steevens, 
 
 Miss Elizabeth Steevens, 
 
 John Sterling, 
 
 Duncan Stewart, 
 
 Robert Stewart, 
 
 Mrs. Susannah Stewart, 
 
 F. M. Stone, 
 
 John .Stupinsky, 
 
 Mrs. M. S. D. Story, 
 
 Isaac N. Swaine. 
 
 William P. Sumner, 
 
 Edward Y Swift, 
 
 Marcus G. W. Swift 
 
126 
 
 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 Thomas J. Taylor, 
 Philip Thurber, 
 
 Mrs. Cecilia Van Every, 
 
 Eber B. Ward, 
 George S. Wales, 
 Emily Ward, 
 Edward C. Walker, 
 Henry O. Walker, 
 Isaac Wallace, 
 Thomas Watson, 
 James M. Welch, 
 Emory Wendell, 
 Eben S. Wheeler, 
 Frank H. Whitney, 
 Joseph P. Whittemore. 
 
 Lyman A. Yerkes, 
 
 Samuel Zug. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Thompson, 
 
 John J. Whittlesey, 
 Cornelius Wickware, 
 Samuel P. Wilcox, 
 Edward C. Wilcox, 
 Julia A. Wilson, 
 Mrs. Olive Williams, 
 John Wilson, 
 Charles P. Woodruff, 
 C. D. Wood, 
 Peleg Wood, 
 William L. Woodbridge, 
 
 Anson Young, 
 
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