Historical discourse : at the celebration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the First Reformed Church of Pompton Plains, New Jersey, April seventh, nineteen hundred thirty-six Author: Keator, Eugene H. Description: Historical discourse : at the celebration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the First Reformed Church of Pompton Plains, New Jersey, April seventh, nineteen hundred thirty-six. N.J.: unknown, 1936. View this book online Subject(s): First Reformed Church (Pompton Plains, N.J.) -- Anniversaries, etc. New Jersey -- Passaic County -- Pompton Plains. Table of Contents: Title page Front matter Contents List of pastors Presiding officers of church organizations Preface Historical discourse. Introduction General proprietors of the eastern division of New Jersey Title of wood lot given our church by the King of England Purchase of lands from the Indians First settlers in New Jersey Pequannock Township Agriculture Physical conditions Social conditions Slavery Care of the poor Education Patriotism Our religious inheritance The First church in Morris County Rev. Guiliam Bertholf Rev. Henricus Coens Rev. Johannes Van Driessen Our First church Anniversary memorial--1736-1936. First three consistories and church wardens Location of First church Rev. David Marinus Articles as rules of order, 1753 Coetus and conferentie controversy Rev. Cornelius Blauw Commission for the building of the church upon the plains Deed of ground upon which the present church stands Rev. Hermanus Meyer, D. D The parsonage at two bridges Revolutionary War Rev. Stephen Ostrander Rev. Jacob Ten Eyck Field Rev. Ava Neal Rev. Abram Messler, D. D Rev. James R. Talmage, D. D Rev. Garret C. Schanck Rev. Giles Henry Mandeville, D. D Rev. Charles I. Shepard Rev. John Ferguson Harris Rev. John Van Neste Schenck Rev. Joseph H. Whitehead Ladies Aid Society Ladies Aid Society. Shortly before Mr. Allen resigned a number of the ladies of the church met at home of Mrs. Theodore C. Doremus for the pupose of organizing a Ladies Aid Society Religious instructions of the youth "Exceptional consistorial resolutions" The present pastorate 1925-1936 Evangelistic campaign Contingent fund Gymnasium Incidental improvements The cemetery First Reformed Church of Pequannock Young Womens Church League for service Young peoples work Andruss Bequest Conclusion Program of anniversary services

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