Among The Churches

New York, 1895

Doings of the Various Religious Bodies Throughout the Island.

Sunday was a day of rejoicing for the pastors and people of the First and Second Presbyterian and Methodist churches of Huntington. Special communion services were held in each place of worship and the number uniting with them was over a hundred. At the M. E. Church, the Rev. H. Q. Judd, pastor, seventeen were taken in, some on probation and some to full membership. At the First Church there were thirty-five men who united by confession of faith. At the Second Presbyterian church, the Rev. B. V. Putnam, pastor, fifty-one names were added to the roll. Of this number forty-nine were by confession of faith, one by letter and one by reinstatement. This large increase in the church ranks is due to the revival meetings which have been held for the past two months.

The vestry of St. George's church, Flushing, have presented to Zion church, Douglaston, the handsome large pulpit which was until recent improvements used at the Flushing edifice.

Rev. G. C. West, of Providence, R. I., has been assigned to the pastorate of St. John's Episcopal Church of Long Island City.

The Presbytery of Nassau will meet at Hempstead on Monday, April 8.

The Rev. L. T. Griffin preached his farewell sermon as pastor of the East avenue Baptist church, Long Island City, on Sunday.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, April 5, 1895, p. 8.