The Kirk on Rutgers Farm (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Dull, Charles Elwood

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1451020023 ISBN 13 : 9781451020021

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover the life and legacy behind a New York landmark. This book chronicles the Kirk on Rutgers Farm, weaving the story of Henry Rutgers, the Rutgers family, and the Market Street Church into the fabric of early American city life. From charitable deeds and public service to the rise of the Rutgers Presbyterian church, the narrative reveals how one family shaped education, religion, and community.

Across richly detailed chapters, you’ll follow the Rutgers lineage from colonial days to modern times, see how land and schools were built through vision and generosity, and meet the people who kept the church and its missions alive through changing times. It is a portrait of civic duty, faith in action, and the long arc of a neighborhood’s transformation.

What you will experience

• Biographical sketches that connect a prominent family to major events in New York history.


• Insights into early American education, church life, and social reform.


• Snapshots of the people who taught, led, and served at Market Street Church and its successors.


• Depictions of lasting community efforts, from free schooling to charitable works.

Ideal for readers of local history, New York heritage, and biographies of civic leaders who shaped a city. This edition offers a focused look at the Rutgers story and the street-level impact of their philanthropy and public service.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

IT is evident that the preparation of this volume has been a labor of love. Of the sanctuary vhich, for one hundred years, has stood on the corner of Market and Henry Streets, the author, like many others vho have put their lives into it, might vell say: "Thy saints take pleasure in her stones, Her very dust to them is dear." The story of "The Kirk on Rutgers Farm" is one of pathetic interest. In its fi rst half-century it sheltered a vorshipping congregation of staid Knickerbocker type, vhich, tho blest ,vith a ministry of extraordinary ability and spiritual pover, succumbed to its unfriendly environment and perished. In its second half-century it became the home of a flock of God, poor in this '."odd's goods, but rich in faith, to ,vhom the environment even vhen changing f rom bad to ,vorse, ,vas a challenge to faith and valiant service. Those of us who in our unvisdonl

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1451020023
• ISBN 13: 9781451020021
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 137
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