The Stony Brook Assembly was an evangelical organization that held a series of annual

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and

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s in Stony Brook, NY on

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from 1909 to 1958. Nationally and internationally known speakers led conferences covering topics on religious, educational, and social reform. The assembly was also the parent organization which founded

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to use its grounds outside of the summer months. Though the assembly dissolved, the school still remains today.

History

Beginning in the late nineteenth century, a number of summer religious retreats and camp meetings were founded following the tradition of the Keswick movement in England and the

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movement in the United States. Other notable conferences were founded at such places as Chautauqua, NY, Winona Lake, IN, and

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, grew in popularity as places of physical rest, entertainment, and spiritual renewal. In 1906 a prominent group of predominantly

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ministers and laymen united to establish a summer Bible conference enterprise in the tri-state area of

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, and

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. The group was led by the Pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church in

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, the Rev. Dr. John Fleming Carson. Among the handful of sites considered for the endeavor were southern New Jersey and the Poconos, but in 1907, after having visited the north shore of Long Island, Carson settled on the hamlet of Stony Brook. Land was acquired directly across from the Stony Brook branch of the

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. This allowed easy transportation for the approximately ten million people living in the New York metropolitan area, fifty-five miles away. The nearby Stony Brook harbor could also accommodate sailboats carrying guests from Connecticut and other parts of New England across the

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. The first meeting began on July 3, 1909, in a large tent pitched on the lawn of Carson's home on Christian Avenue. Despite the stormy weather, which tore the tent, the conferences were an immediate success. Though the first conference had 707 registered guests, 3,869 people in all were in attendance. By the next summer, an auditorium accommodating 1,000 people was erected on the assembly grounds. At the time it was the largest building on Long Island. Today the auditorium is known as Carson Auditorium. In April 1914, the Assembly was incorporated by the

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with the Platform of Principles included in its certificate and bylaws. In 1915, New York philanthropist Ferdinand T. Hopkins funded the erection of a hotel for conference guests on the assembly grounds. Hopkins Hall stood until it was demolished in 1980. In 1918, Robert Johnston, vice-president of Scruggs, Vandervoort and Barney department store in St. Louis, Missouri, erected another hotel adjacent to the auditorium. In September 1922, the Directors of the Assembly opened The Stony Brook School for Boys as part of their mission to further Christian scholarship at the secondary level.

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, a recent graduate of Harvard's master's program and the son of perennial conference speaker

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, was chosen as the first headmaster. The Assembly oversaw the governance of the school until the Assembly's dissolution. Following

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's 1957 crusade at

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, Frank E. Gaebelein, who chaired the crusade committee, invited Graham to the campus for a follow-up event that September. Many

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conference-goers objected to Graham's presence on campus because of his broadly

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relationship with other branches of Christianity, including Catholics. That summer, the conferences were suspended and the Assembly was later dissolved. The Stony Brook School retained the property and was rechartered separately from its incorporation under the Assembly.

Purpose

The purpose of the founders of the assembly was to establish a center of religious and educational work in harmony with the Platform of Principles. In advertising the Assembly in the magazine ''The Caledonian'' in March 1909, John Carson explained the reasons why the endeavor of founding the Assembly was undertaken: Carson continued explaining the broader purpose of the conferences in addition to their religious focus:

Platform of Principles

Central to the Assembly were a set of seven core doctrinal principles upon which all speakers and directors agreed to adhere. The Platform was drafted at the residence of John F. Carson. * I. The deity of our Lord Jesus Christ. * II. The need and efficacy of the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ for the redemption of the world. * III. The presence and power of the Holy Spirit in the work of redemption. * IV. The divine institution and mission of the Church. * V. The divine inspiration, integrity and authority of the Bible * VI. The broad and binding obligation resting upon the Church for the evangelization of the world. * VII. The consummation of the Kingdom in the appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Types of Conferences

Conferences typically offered each summer addressed various topics and constituencies, which included: * I. General Bible Conference * II. Summer School for Theological Students and Ministers * III. Conference for Sunday School Workers * IV. Conference for the study of Prophecy * V. Evangelistic Conference and Fellowship * VI. Conference for Students * VII. An Open Congress * VIII. Conference for Young People * IX. Social and Economic Conference * X. Conference for Public School Teachers

Founders of the Assembly

Listed are those who contributed toward the Assembly and were recognized as its founders.

Ministers

Contributing $100 * Rev. George Alexander - University Place Presbyterian Church, New York, NY * Rev. Maitland Alexander - First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA * Rev. Elmer Allen Bess - Presbyterian Church, Clinton, IA * Rev. Henry Alford Boggs - Princeton Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA * Rev. Harry L. Bowlby - First Presbyterian Church, Altoona, PA * Rev. Marcus A. Brownson –

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, Philadelphia, PA * Rev. Thomas W. Campbell – Richmond Hill, NY * Rev. Frank M. Carson – First Presbyterian Church, Greenwich, CT * Rev. J. F. Carson – Central Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, NY * Rev. Robert H. Carson – Grace Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, NY * Rev. John Lyon Caughey – Harlem Presbyterian Church, New York, NY * Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman – Jamaica Estates, NY * Rev. Joseph W. Cochran – Secretary, Board of Education, Philadelphia, PA * Rev. Nathaniel W. Conkling – New York, NY * Rev. Campbell Coyle – Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA * Rev. Henry C. Cronin – Second Presbyterian Church, Jersey City, NJ * Rev. John R. Davies – Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA * Rev. Reid S. Dickson – Presbyterian Church, New Providence, NJ * Rev. William Ray Dobyns – First Presbyterian Church, St. Joseph, MO * Rev. C. T. Edwards – Bay Ridge Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, NY * Rev. William T. Elsing – New York, NY * Rev. Charles R. Erdman – Professor,

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, Princeton, NJ * Rev. William Hiram Foulkes –

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, New York, NY * Rev. James E. Garvin – Herron Avenue Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA * Rev. John M. Gaston – Secretary, Freedmen’s Board, Pittsburgh, PA * Rev. Willis L. Gelston – Supt., Young People’s Work, Board Publication, and S. S. Work, Philadelphia, PA * Rev. C. P. Goodson – Jamaica Estates, NY * Rev. Harris H. Gregg – Washington and Compton Ave. Presbyterian Church, St. Joseph, MO * Rev. A. W. Halsey – Secretary, Board of Foreign Missions, New York, NY * Rev. Alexander Henry – Secretary, Board Publication and School Work, Philadelphia, PA * Rev. Frederick W. Hirriett - President,

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, Danville, KY * Rev. William A. Holliday - Plainville, NJ * Rev. Robert Hunter – Union-Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA * Rev. W. H. Hubbard – Executive Secretary, Executive Commission, Auburn, NY * Rev. Robert Scott Inglis – Third Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA * Rev. C. A. R. Janvier – Hollond Memorial Church, Philadelphia, PA * Rev. Howard Agnew Johnston – First Presbyterian Church, Stamford, CT * Rev. Richard T. Jones – Susquehanna Ave. Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA * Rev. Henry E. Jones – J. A. Henry Memorial Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA * Rev. George Gibson Kerr – First Presbyterian Church, Cannonsburg, PA * Rev. John H. Kerr – Arlington Avenue Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, NY * Rev. Martin D. Kneeland – Moderator, Synod of New York, Boston, MA * Rev. Washington R. Laird – First Presbyterian Church, West Chester, PA * Rev. James W. Laughlin – First Presbyterian Church, Janesville, WI * Rev. E. Trumbull Lee – First Presbyterian Church, Wilkinsburg, PA * Rev. J. Beveridge Lee – St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA * Rev. H. D. Lindsay – President, Pennsylvania College for Women, Pittsburgh PA * Rev. John E. Lloyd –

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, Brooklyn, NY * Rev. Frederic W. Loetscher – Professor, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ * Rev. Davis W. Lusk – Supt., Presbytery’s Church Extension Committee, Newark, NJ * Rev. J. K. McClurkin – Shady Side United Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA * Rev. Robert H. McCready – Ridgewood, NJ * Rev. Thomas A. McCurdy – First Presbyterian Church, Mandan, ND * Rev. William L. McEwan – Third Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA * Rev. D. J. McMillan – Secretary, Board of Church Erection, New York, NY * Rev. Robert Mackenzie – Secretary,

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, New York, NY * Rev. Harlan G. Mendenhall – West 23rd St. Presbyterian Church, New York, NY * Rev. John A. Marquis – President,

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, Cedar Rapids, IA * Rev. Mark A. Matthews – Moderator General Assembly Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA * Rev. Louis Meyer – Editor

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, Cincinnati, OH * Rev. J. R. J. Milligan – First Presbyterian Church, Pontiac, MI * Rev. Henry C. Minton – First Presbyterian Church, Trenton, NJ * Rev.

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– President,

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, Washington, PA * Rev. Thomas Needham – Collingswood, NJ * Rev. Ford C. Ottman – Stamford, CT * Rev. S. S. Palmer – Broad St. Presbyterian Church, Columbus, OH * Rev. John F. Patterson – Central Presbyterian Church, Orange, NJ * Rev. Francis L. Patton – President, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ * Rev. Wilson Phraner – East Orange, NJ * Rev. Wallace Radcliffe –

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, Washington, D.C. * Rev. Charles Lee Reynolds – Second Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY * Rev. William Henry Roberts – Stated Clerk, General Assembly, Philadelphia, PA * Rev. John Robertson – Minneapolis, MN * Rev. Frederick F. Shannon – Brooklyn, NY * Rev. John Balcom Shaw – Second Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL * Rev. Arthur J. Smith – New York, NY * Rev. Frank W. Snead –

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, Pittsburgh, PA * Rev. James H. Snowden – Professor,

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, Pittsburgh, PA * Rev. Cornelius M. Steffens – President, German Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Dubuque, IA * Rev. J. Ross Stevenson –

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, Baltimore, MD * Rev. William P. Stevenson – First Presbyterian Church, Yonkers, NY * Rev. D. C. Stewart – First Reformed Church, Hackensack, NJ * Rev. William P. Swartz – New York, NY * Rev. Ethelbert D. Warfield – President,

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, Easton, PA * Rev. Robert Watson – Covenant Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, OH * Rev. Thomas Walters – Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA * Rev. Acquilla Webb, Warren Memorial Presbyterian Church, Louisville, KY * Rev. Newell Woolsey Wells – South Third Street Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, NY * Rev. E. Van Dyke Wight – Westminster Presbyterian Church, Middletown, NY * Rev. John T. Wilds – Seventh Presbyterian Church, New York, NY * Rev. Robert Dick Wilson - Professor, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ * Rev. James A. Worden – Supt., S. S. Training Board of Publication and Sunday School Work, Philadelphia, PA * Rev. Edgar Whitaker Work – Fourth Presbyterian Church, New York, NY * Rev. David G. Wylie – Scotch Presbyterian Church, New York, NY * Rev. S. Edward Young – Bedford Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, NY

Laymen

Contributing $100–$2,500 * Mr. George Arnold, Paterson, NJ * Mr. J. P. Bradley, New York, NY * Mr. Henry P. Crowell, Chicago, IL * Mr. W. L. Dubois, Philadelphia, PA * Mr. E. O. Emerson, Titusville, PA * Mr. J. B. Finley, Pittsburgh, PA * Mr. J. J. Fisher, Pittsburgh, PA * Mr. Thomas D. Foster, Ottuma, IA * Mr. William Phillips Hall, New York, NY * Mr. Clarence H. Hedden, Newark, NJ * Mr. Charles Higgins, Brooklyn, NY * Mr. Alba B. Johnson, Philadelphia, PA * Mr. Giles Kellogg, Los Angeles, CA * Mr. Craig N. Ligget, Philadelphia, PA * Mr. C. H. Lounsbury, Stamford, CT * Mr. C. O. Miller, Stamford, CT * Mrs. C. O. Miller, Stamford, CT * Mr. Henry D. Moore, Philadelphia, PA * Mrs. R. W. Moulton, Providence, RI * Mrs. James B. Oliver, Pittsburgh, PA * Mr. F. H. Peters, St. Louis, MO * Mr. James H. Post, Brooklyn, NY * Mrs. Maria L. Roberts, Brooklyn, NY * Mr. H. E. Robinson, Brooklyn, NY * Mr. L. P. Rumsey, Chicago, IL * Mr. Charles C. Savage, Philadelphia, PA * Mr. E. G. Selchow, New York, NY * Mr. James M. Steele, Philadelphia, PA * Mr. Andrew Stevenson, Chicago, IL * Mr. E. E. Stewart, Brooklyn, NY * Mr. Lyman Stewart, Los Angeles, CA * Mr. Thomas W. Synnot, Philadelphia, PA * Mrs. J. Livingston Taylor, Cleveland, OH * Mr. Herbert K. Twitchell, Brooklyn, NY * Mr. I. Walter Veghte, Newark, NJ * Mr. Joseph Weber, Newark, NJ * Mr. James B. Welsh, Kansas City, MO * Mr. N. R. Wheeler, Endeavor, WI * Mr. William P. Youngs, New York, NY

Prominent Conference Speakers

* Charles M. Alexander - Evangelist/Gospel Singer *

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- Congressman *

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- Evangelist/Leader of the

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- Evangelist/Politician * S. Parkes Cadman - Minister * J. Wilbur Chapman - Minister/Evangelist * John F. Carson - Minister * Sperry Chafer - Bible Scholar/President of

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* Charles R. Erdman - Minister/Theologian * Charles L. Feinberg - Bible Scholar * William Hiram Foulkes - Minister *

- Minister *

- Educator *

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- Mayor of New York * Walter B. Greenway - Minister/ President of

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- English Women's Suffragist * Florence Jaffray Harriman - Social Reformer/Suffragist/U.S. Ambassador * Robert W. Hebberd - NY Commissioner of Charities * Theodore Henderson - Methodist Episcopal Bishop * William Henry Houghton - Bible Scholar * J. W. Jenks - Professor/Economist * Seth Joshua - Scottish Evangelist * Joseph William Kemp - English Minister/Evangelist *

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- Minister * Samuel McCune Lindsay - Social Reformer/Philanthropist *

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- Editor, ''Christian Digest'' * Owen R. Lovejoy - Anti-child labor activist * J. Gresham Machen - Scholar/Theologian *

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- Bible Scholar/Evangelist/Apologist *

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- Fundamentalist Minister * Mark A. Matthews - Minister * Alexander J. McKelway - Minister/Anti-child labor activist * F. B. Meyer - English Minister/Evangelist * Hugh R. Monro - Businessman/President of the Assembly * G. Campbell Morgan - English Minister/Evangelist * Ford C. Ottman - Minister *

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- English Women's Suffragist * Francis L. Patton - Scholar/Theologian *

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- Revivalist Minister/Evangelist *

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- Evangelist/

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* A. T. Robertson - Bible Scholar * W. Graham Scroggie - English Minister/Evangelist * P. Tecumseh Sherman - Labor activist * Robert E. Speer - Minister * J. Ross Stevenson - Minister * John Timothy Stone - Minister *

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- Minister * William R. Wilcox - Politician * J. Christy Wilson - Muslim Evangelist *

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- Bible Scholar/Linguist * David G. Wylie - Minister * Irvin Shortress Yeaworth - Minister *

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- Muslim Evangelist

Hymns

Many notable hymn writers and singers were present during the conferences. Some hymns were written and performed for the first time to audiences in the auditorium. In the Assembly's second summer, J. Wilbur Chapman wrote his hymn " Our Great Savior (Living He Loved Me)." In 1916, John Carson, J. Wilbur Chapman, Ford C. Ottman, and Charles M. Alexander compiled and edited a hymnal "Songs of the Assembly: Number 1." In 1918, while commuting from Stony Brook on the

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, William Hiram Foulkes wrote the lyrics to a tune by Calvin Laufer that became "Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord." The hymn was sung at service the following evening. Central African missionary James Caldwell also debuted the hymn "

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" for the first time in the United States in the summer of 1951.

References

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