The kirk on Rutgers farm . staid old ways andthe boundless energy of later days wasJohn Denham. He lived to see the daywhen the boy in the primary of the schoolof which he was superintendent for yearssat beside him in the session. He was theliving embodiment of that perennial spiritin the Church of Christ which ever ad-justs itself to new conditions and neverloses sight of its main object. Mr, Denhams strong point was with90 The Kirk on Rutgers Farm the older people. It was characteristic tohave him read his Bible, quietly take uphis hat nearby and pay a visit. When on February 4, 1910, John D
The kirk on Rutgers farm . staid old ways andthe boundless energy of later days wasJohn Denham. He lived to see the daywhen the boy in the primary of the schoolof which he was superintendent for yearssat beside him in the session. He was theliving embodiment of that perennial spiritin the Church of Christ which ever ad-justs itself to new conditions and neverloses sight of its main object. Mr, Denhams strong point was with90 The Kirk on Rutgers Farm the older people. It was characteristic tohave him read his Bible, quietly take uphis hat nearby and pay a visit. When on February 4, 1910, John Den-ham went home to the Master whom hehad served thru a long life the youngermen first felt the burden of things: thesenior elder was no more. He had heldopen the door of the church for many aone and they had entered in. Mr. Denison left the church December31, 1902, to take up work in Boston. Itwas a great loss, but as one of the officerssaid: What shall we do when Mr. Deni-son leaves ? Why, what we always do at JohnDenham. The Kirk on Rutgers Farm Sea and Land: the best we knowhow. Dr. William Adams Brown said:None know better than the people ofSea and Land how costly the contribu-tion which they have been called to maketo the spiritual welfare of a sister city. It was H. Roswell Bates, who, in theSpring Street Presbyterian church,worked out Mr. Denisons plans, as hehad helped to formulate them at the oldMarket Street church while he was resi-dent there. 92 VII MR. DENISON was succeeded byhis assistant, William RaymondJelliffe. They had been closefriends, Mr. Jelliffe leaving business andentering the ministry while at Sea andLand. He was ordained June 7, 1900,having been at the church since May,1893. He left December 31, 1905, tojoin Mr. Denison in Boston, and latercame to the Madison Avenue Presby-terian church as assistant. Mr. Jelliffedid fundamental work with the YoungPeoples Society, that has been a staunchsupport of the church ever since. Rev. Orrin Giddings Cocks nexthe
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