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Title: Centennial history of the First Presbyterian church of Easton, Pennsylvania : 1811-1911
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: First Presbyterian Church (Easton, Pa.) Stewart, Charles, of Easton, Pa
Subjects: First Presbyterian Church (Easton, Pa.)
Publisher: (Easton, Pa. : The Church
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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rgely attended, and beingthus widely advertised, his hearers, well pleased and profitedby his sermons, followed him to our finished church, reopenedJanuary, 19th, 1892, with sermon by Dr. Savage. In that yearwe enjoyed one of the largest accessions the church ever had,117 being added. High water mark was reached when in 1896our roll was swelled to 673 members. Rev. Haines was a goodsound preacher of the Gospel and very successful in building upthe church in membership as well as in all its activities, as thefollowing record of his first ten years of service fully proves. In 1892 the congregation contributed $13,320.00 to defrayexpenses, including rebuilding of the church front. In thatfirst decade 232 members were dismissed to other churches, and97 died. In April, 1891, the roll showed 421; 10 years later itwas 578. In the 10 years 593 new members were received—342 on confession and 251 by certificate. He preached 234 fun-eral sermons—married 70 couples—baptized 123 children and
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Rev. Franklin E. Miller1871-1887 39 73 adults. The Sunday school had 650 scholars, mcludingRiverside and Seitzville schools. Total gifts to benevolences$25,421.00. Total for all purposes $97,468.00, or an average of$9,746.00 per year. Rev. Haines, after a pastorate of twelveyears and two months, resigned to accept a call from the Pres-byterian Church of Goshen, New York. Rev. Plato Tydvil Jones, of Mattewan, New York state, wascalled, and was installed as pastor on February i6th, 1904, andstill occupies that position. It would not be decorous to com-ment on the work of a present incumbent. Suffice it to saythat Mr. Jones is a good, faithful Christian worker and excel-lent pastor, giving with unusual liberality to all the benevolencesof the church, and interested in every good work in the city andchurch. The yearly accessions maintain a fair average and ourbenevolences are well kept up. It is but fair to say that as regards attendance on the ordi-nances, many distracting influences are

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