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finally declared he did not know what he was saying. In the meantime three white men came in and took seats; every eye was on them, preacher's included. Brother Biddle suggested a way out of the difficulty. "Brother Onque, ask the gentlemen to pray," which was done, and after a couple of verses were sung the brethren prayed in turn, and a grand spiritual feast was the result.
"Behold he prayeth." It is said that Bro. Phillip Hart often walked from Princeton to Philadelphia to attend the Quarterly Conference, a distance of forty-seven miles.
Princeton belonged to Trenton Circuit until 1842, and has had the following pastors: - 1832 - 3, Richard Robinson; 1834 - 5, William Moore; 1836, Israel Scott; 1837, W. Moore; 1838, J. Bulaugh; 1839, John Boggs; 1840 - 1, J. C. Turner and G. Grinly; 1842, H. C. Turner and A. W. Wayman; 1843, Clayton Durham; 1844 - 5, Willis Nazery; 1846, William Moore; 1847 - 8, Israel Scott and Shepherd Holcomb; 1849 - 50, Thomas Oliver; 1851, Richard Barney; 1852, A. C. Crippen; 1853 - 4, J. G. Bulaugh; 1855 - 6, H. J. Young; 1857, Andrew Till; 1858 - 9, Spencer Logan; 1860 - 1 - 2, Theodore Gould; 1863, Peter Gardner; 1864, Henry Davis; 1865 - 6, J. B. Hamilton; 1867 - 8, J. H. A. Johnson; 1869, Isaiah Taylor; 1871, Samuel Watts. For further appointments see table of decade.
In 1845, Princeton Circuit contained eleven points: Morristown, Elizabeth, Rahway, Mountain, Mechanicsville, North Rocky Hill, East Rocky Hill, Madison, Clinton and New Brunswick.
- The present Trustees are. Philip Scudder, Harper Hagamon, John Richmond, Addison Jordan, W. H. Washington, Samuel Thompson and Jesse Williams.
- Class Leaders. Philip Scudder and John Richmond.
- Sunday-school Officers. A. P. Denny, Miss L. Brazier, Mrs. Franklin, Mrs. Jennings, C. Taylor, C. Davis, Mrs. A. P. Denny.
Three of the ex-pastors of this church have since become Bishops - Bishops Nazery, Wayman and Campbell - and one a general officer as general book manager; this is the Rev. T. Gould.
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