Dedicatory Feast by Uptown Baptists: Trinity Church Has Dinner in Gymnasium of New Building (with a brief history)

Citation: "Dedicatory Feast by Uptown Baptists: Trinity Church Has Dinner in Gymnasium of New Building," The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 10 October 1912, p. 7; image, Newspapers.com (clipping by mattjameswade, 4 July 2019).

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The church history (the account of the dinner and speeches is omitted):

[A conference preliminary to] organizing the church held at the home of David Hathaway, 25 Dodworth street, October 31, 1874, attended by David Hathaway, A. H. Van Hoesen, George Waterbury, Joseph Bray, Antonio [?] Du Bocq, Gilbert L. Tooker, James Weston, James M. Wade, Eliza Ann Wade, John E. Wade, Durlyn Wade, Martha Van Hoesen, Sarah E. Hathaway, Mary E. Waterbury.
As a result of the conference a Sunday school was organized, George Waterbury being elected superintendent. Ridgewood Hall, Lexington avenue and Broadway, was engaged as a temporary place of worship. The Sunday school held its sessions there every Sunday at 2 p.m., followed by preaching services at 3:30 p.m.
A committee on church organization was appointed at a meeting held at the home of A. H. Van Hoesen, November 18, 1874. This committee consisted of A. H. Van Hoesen, Daniel Hathaway, James M. Wade.
Church organized December 18, 1874, at the home of James M. Wade, 10 Kossuth place.
The name Trinity Baptist Church adopted December 1, 1874.
Recognized by Council of Churches April 22, 1875.
Admitted to membership in Long Island Baptist Association October 1, 1875.
The land on which the church is built was purchased May 21, 1875.
The following have been pastors of the church: The Rev. Dr. James L. Hodge, 1875; Obed E. Cox, 1876; S. Gifford Nelson, 1886; Henry M. Gallaher, LL.D., 1893; Philip B. Strong, 1896; Harry Pethic, 1898; N. T. Hafer, 1911. The present pastor began his services January, 1912.
The dedicatory services will take place tonight. […]