 Under Babcock, the church acquired additional property at North and Madison Avenues for a chapel and Sunday School complex.When Babcock was called to New York City's Brick Presbyterian Church in 1900, many prominent Baltimoreans, including the faculty of Johns Hopkins University, unsuccessfully implored Babcock to remain at Brown instead of accepting the call to Brick Church.Babcock resigned on January 17, 1900, to pastor the Manhattan church but died suddenly the following year at age 42.