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Show CHURCH WITH 3000 DEAD The old Bedford Street Methodist church of New York City was In the way of Uio extension of Seventh avenue, ave-nue, and the city condemned It. On November 1G the one hundred and eighth anniversary of tho church was celobrated, and at tho same time exercises ex-ercises appropriate to the last services servic-es In tho church were held with a sermon by Rev. George W. Downs the pastor. Far down in tho musty old cellar of tho church reposed tho bodies or what remained or them of nearly three thousand of Its congregation and community: but tho finger of time had spoiled tho coffin plates and other oth-er means of Identification, the most recent Interments having taken place nearly slxty-flvo years ago. This location lo-cation Is known ns Greenwich vll-lago. vll-lago. A Httlo over a hundred years ago, a class wnp formed and meetings wero hold at tho homo of Samuel Wol-grovo Wol-grovo on Morton street, west of Bleck or. As tho nudlonces grow ho tqok them Into his carpenter shop and In 1810 tho original church was built, on tho present site, which then was surrounded by two hugo willows and a cluster of magnlflclent poplars. Thoro wero evolutions In building from time to tlmo, and now the land mark hns.boon removed and tho congregation con-gregation has been officially united with that of tho Metropolitan temple. |