Historical Sketch, CONFESSION OF FAITH, AND CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS, OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN BLOOMFIELD, N. J. PRINTED BY K. KELLOGG, New-York. 1835. git Tappan Presbytèmen -14-45 A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH Of the Presbyterian Church in Bloomfield, New-Jersey, from the time of its organization, to April 15th, 1834, prepared from the Records of the Presbytery by which it was organized, the Records of the Church, and information obtained from the oldest members then living, by Rev. Gideon N. Judd. MEASURES preparatory to the organization of the Church whose doings are here recorded were taken in the year 1794, by members of the Churches of Newark, and Orange. As the Presbytery then embraced all the Presbyterian Churches in this part of the State, application was made to that body in the month of May of that year, for advice in regard to the expediency of forming themselves into a distinct congregation. On the 16th of June next ensuing, a committee from the session of the Church in Newark, and a committee from the session of the Church in Orange, met a committee from the Presbytery at the house of Joseph Davis Esq., to consult and decide on the expediency of organizing a new Society. The meeting of this joint committee was opened with a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Rogers, pastor of the 1st Presbyterian Church in the city of New-York, on Rev. 3: 5,-"And I will not blot out his name out of the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels." After sermon, a prayer was offered for divine direc |