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

Uncover how one New York family’s faith and generosity shaped education, church life, and communities in the early city.

This book ties the Rutgers legacy to the growth of schools, the spread of Protestant work, and the changing face of downtown Manhattan through the 18th and 19th centuries. It follows Henry Rutgers, the donor who helped create free schools and a major church presence, and it traces how institutions like the Rutgers Presbyterian Church and the broader Sea and Land work influenced ordinary people and civic life. The narrative weaves together the threads of family influence, municipal change, and religious community work. Readers will see how individual choices and community programs intersected with education, philanthropy, and urban development in New York City’s past.

• Learn how Henry Rutgers supported education and church foundations with land and funds.
• Explore the birth and evolution of the Rutgers Presbyterian Church and its impact on local families and children.
• See how civic-minded philanthropy and church activity helped shape public schooling and social services.
• Meet key figures and moments that illustrate the intertwined history of faith, education, and urban life.

Ideal for readers of urban history, New York history, and the story of philanthropy’s role in community institutions.

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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