Points in the First Chapter of New York Jewish History (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Points in the First Chapter of New York Jewish HistoryAntiquarians of the future centuries searching for the sites and circumstances of the earliest churches of New York are bound to be confused by the contemporary writings which have been published in books and public prints on this sub ject. No two statements agree as to the exact dates and locations of the first Dutch Calvinist church, the first Lutheran church, the first Quaker meeting-house and the first Jewish synagogue. The first church edifice occupied by the Dutch, built in 1626, was the scene two years later of an authorized, orderly, stated, ceremonious organization of certain members of a body of Reformed worshippers into a formal and separate church-estate, conducted by a qualified and accredited delegate, and as such may well rank as the first church of the Reformed Protestant faith and order planted on North American soil. Religious life began of course some years earlier at Jamestown, at New Amsterdam and at New Plymouth, but there seems to have been no separation of worshippers from the congregation at either place into a distinct church-estate until after this church on Manhattan Island was built. The first synagogue on Man hattan Island was the seat of the earliest Jewish congregation on North American soil. The present representatives of these two bodies are carrying on still in many directions their works of usefulness in New York. Both have con served their wealth and energies to a remarkable degree. One is the mother of a great denomination of Christians, the other stands as the first in wealth and in¿uence of Jewish congregations in America. But neither can tell aught of her birthplace, neither can trace the first years of her infancy. There is hope, of course there is always hope, that something will turn up, some document will come to light that will make clear these uncertain years. It may yet appear where in the city of New York stood the grist-mill of 1626 in which the first Protestant church of America was organized, and where stood the seat, fifty years later, of the first Jewish congrega tion of America. It is probable, when the truth is known.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.