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title: 'Centennial Discourse: History of the First Presbyterian Church, Edgewater, Staten Island'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Joel Edson Rockwell'
date: 1876-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Colonial Presbyterian History'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 44'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/rockwell-1876-centennial-discourse-history-of-the-first-presbyterian-church-edgewater-staten-island
---

# Centennial Discourse: History of the First Presbyterian Church, Edgewater, Staten Island

1876 centennial sermon tracing First Presbyterian Church, Edgewater's colonial origins with Waldensian and Huguenot settlers, affirming God's providence and Presbyterian polity.

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