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Excerpt from Biography of the Class of 1838 of the College of New Jersey A memorable incident of this year was the burning of the First Presbyterian Church. It stood on the same spot where the present edifice stands, but with its side to the street. We were all in the College Chapel (now the Muse um) at 5 rm. On July 6, 1835, and President Carnahan was conducting Evening Prayers, when suddenly the bell began to ring furiously, and the cry of Fire came up from the street. The first impression was that the College building was itself on fire. The students rushed from the Chapel, and the President was left alone and standing in the pulpit. When we reached the church, flames had just burst through the roof, and in spite of all efforts soon only the bare brick walls were left standing. The conflagration was sup posed to have been caused by the stick of a sky-rocket fired on the evening of the 4th of July, two days before, which had entered an attic window, and there smouldered until the fire burst out. The burning of the church affected the Commence ments and some other exercises of our whole College course. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.