MORGAN'S HISTORY OF THE NEW JERSEY CONFERENCE Page 246
So far as I have been able to learn, the pastors in my district are blameless, and are strong advocates of the great Temperance cause.
We are glad to report that all along our line there is peace and harmony prevailing among ministers, and prosperity among the members, generally speaking. While it is true that some of the work in this district is quite new, and needs just what we as a conference at present are not prepared to give, viz: financial aid, we trust that the time will soon come when church extension will be a matter of fact in our conference.
We would claim attention while we speak briefly of the churches and their pastors, commencing with Salem, which is the largest and finest in this district, and is loyal and Methodistic. Through the efficient work of their pastor, Rev. J. C. Aylor, and the board of officers, the debt upon this church is nearly cleared away. While they have a parsonage, though from its surroundings it is unsuitable for the purpose, it is a source of small revenue. $600.00 have been paid upon the church debt this year.
Bridgeton, which has been occupied by your humble servant, cannot give as full a report as we would like for fear of egotism on the part of the writer. For efficient work and church pride, tempered well with grace, it stands second to none in the district. It has the finest parsonage of any church in the conference, upon which they owe the small sum of $450.00 - value $1500.00. They have also a tenement worth $900.00, from which an annual rental of $120.00 is received, which is now paying off an old claim of $350.00. They have been under quite a strain for two years, but are fully able, when harmony prevails, to succeed in their undertakings.
Springtown, or Greenwich - as it desires to be known - is about five miles from Bridgeton, and is on the line of the New Jersey Central Railroad, an old colored settlement. Our church here as far back as 1833 was considered among the strongest in South Jersey, and exceedingly grand work has been done here by one of
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