A HISTORY
OF THE
BEICK PEESBTTEEIAN CHUECH
IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
BY
SHEPHERD KNAPP
" Inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to
the search of their fathers. . . . Shall not they teach thee
and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? "—Job 8:8,10.
" The Brick Presbyterian Church has, from its origin, occupied
a position sufficienty prominent to justify, even in the eyes of
the men of the world, some historical notices, which may per¬
haps be viewed with interest by others as well as ourselves."
—Gardiner Spring, 1856, Brick Church Memorial, p. 7.
NEW YORK
PUBLISHED BY THE TRUSTEES OF
THE BRICK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1909
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