ncealed his personal connection with the
history of which he might justly say: "Magna pars fui." But for his wise
and winsome leadership the chronicle would have closed a quarter of a
century ago.

By putting in form and preserving the memories which cluster about the
Church of the Sea and Land, he is performing a real service to the
Christian community and earning the gratitude of fellow-laborers to whom
it has been a shrine of their heart's devotion.

George Alexander.

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Kirk on Rutgers Farm Frontispiece

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Henry Rutgers 12
The Rutgers Mansion 15
Rutgers Tablet 17
Nathan Hale Statue 19
First Presidential Mansion 20
Tablet in Church Vestibule 22
Philip Milledoler 23
North Dutch Church 24
Isaac Ferris 28
Organ 29
Old Lecture Room Pulpit 30
Theodore L. Cuyler at Market Street 34
Theodore L. Cuyler later 35
Pew 41
Bell 46
Sailors' Home 50
52 Market Street 51
Hanson K. Corning 52
Edward Hopper 56
Communion Service 58
Christian A. Borella 61
Andrew Beattie 68
Old Sunday School Room 69
Alexander W. Sproull 71
Col. Robert G. Shaw 72
Kindergarten 73
Old Church Flag 78
John Hopkins Denison 81
Tower Study 82
52 Henry Street 83
Fresh Air Children 84
New Church Flag 87
John Denham 91
Old 61 Henry Street 94
New 61 Henry Street 95
Staten Island House w