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Excerpt from The Fiftieth Anniversary of the High St. Presbyterian Church of Newark, N. J., 1849-1899 There is some preliminary history that ought to be set down in order to the full story.' That history has been delightfully given both by Dr. Poor and Elder W'm. Rankin. I shall quote freely from both without further credit. Also in the sessional record there is a summary of this early history by, I think, Mr. J. 8. Pin neo, and that I shall copy. In the summer 1844 two ladies, Mrs. Martha C. {dickerson and Miss Nancy Hunter, moved by the sight of the neglected and untaught children that swarmed in the neighborhood of High and Mercer streets, resolved to Open a Sunday School. The success of the school at first was small. A few children were, how ever. Gathered together and taught in rooms furnished by the generosity of private families. This effort con tinued for two summers, and notwithstanding the disadvantages of an intermittent school and no suitable building, the work progressed.' In the summer of 1843 Mr. Wm. S. Ketchum kindly offered the schoolthe use of the second story in his shop, and he himself came in as a teacher. Mr. James B. Pinneo was chosen superintendent. The number of scholars now in attendance was about twenty-hye, and these were formed in five or six classes. On the approach of winter such was the success attending the enterprise that it was deemed advisable to continue the school through the season. For this accordingly arrangements were at once made. 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.