TWO UNMENTIONABLES.
After the Doctor came two who covered a period extending from 1881 to 1894, and concerning whom little that is agreeable can be recorded. However a search of the church records shows that on December 8, 1888, a bill for fertilizing the church lawn was submitted by the pastor and ordered paid; thus we see that his labors were not all in vain. During this period the church building was moved from No. 215 Washington avenue to the present location and a parsonage was erected in the rear.
REV. ISAAC VAN WART SCHENCK.
As is well known it is easier to get an old man of the sea on one’s back than to get rid of him, but the spell was finally broken when, on August 13, 1894, a call was extended to the Rev. Isaac Van Wart Schenck, who proved to be the opposite in every respect of his two predecessors. Mr. Schenck was a whole-souled man who always gave his best to the church and he was greatly beloved by Mr. Hine.
It is interesting to note that the first trolley car ran through Woodside on the first Sunday that Mr. Schenck preached in the church.
REV. HENRY MERLE MELLEN.
Mr. Schenck was succeeded by the Rev. Henry Merle Mellen in September, 1900, and, under his administration, the present church edifice was erected, the success of this enterprise being largely due to Mr. Mellen’s exertions.
Christ’s Church, Washington And Delevan Avenues. The second church edifice of this congregation. Erected 1906-7.
On December 6, 1903, the mortgage of $1,900 on the old church property was burned and the church cleared of all indebtedness.