The New York Times, March 3, 1907 

(I think, from further reading, that “agitation” wasn’t Dr. Van De Water’s big fear. The church (not to mention Van De Water himself) was heavily in debt, and he claimed that “the Jewish ducats seemed shaken before our eyes”, as the “Israelites on their Sabbath morning walking in our Zion and in whispered conference, making estimates on the value of our property”. In his eyes, the influx of different cultures, especially the growing black population in Harlem, threatened to alienate Van De Water’s rich clientele, lowering the tithes he lived off of.)