The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-30
Laying the Corner Stone or Protestant
Episcopal Church In 37fh street.

Between and two hundred persons assembled
Wednesday to Wits the ceremony Of LAYING tbs
store Of the Protestant Episcopal chapel to bs erected in
Thirty seventh street. The process, ion left the
which has hhest, been used a church, in Broadway,
between Thirty fifth and Thirty sixth streets IT half pass
two o'clock The Provisional Bishop of New York Off
ciAted. bible prayer book, account .; the inau
gnraon o! the pai h. and church papers in
serted in the stone Of the building, which
named the Chapel Of the Holy Ianocens to be devoted
to the services Of Almighty Cod sgreeaby to the prnc
pl.s Of the Protestant Episcopal Chu ch ia its DOCTRINES
ministry, liturgy, rites, aud usage" The oonclading
servicef performed in the church Bsoa iwAys
which was decorated with flowers and evergreens The
communion table was orLamen'ei With cruciisss and
images, and candles lit for the very dsrE
After the eenns service had beeu yes the Rev W A.
Muhenterg delivered appropriate address, he said
that this duty had been Assigned 20 hitn bsca,ss OF
bis known appreciation OF free chaYshes the cha oes
shch was about 10 be built would % open TO al on
terms Of Christian equality Suppose s.4 h. that ac-
GERS to al places Of PUZZLE worship was ffee-thAs
houses Of God indeed such-that neither the poor
favored fox their poverty the rich 10. hsir
wealth-thxt every church WAS free church-supposa
then That of another kind was started: what wo III,
he thought q the who frat pro posed the pche.s
Would lie not be considered a hirplirg Mammons
Would il rot be regarded with General that
church ihoud be turned into ion room, and
Iews knocked down to the highest bi5dsrP We nus.
take perfect criterion . d compare with it ths pro
essentially at variance ts spirit with that Of Chris
tian fraternity 1t may be a-gusd.tkat the plan Of =
free church not IL accordance with the spirit of the
times on course !. is not |. would bs no reforuaA-
tion If II were, ard We pretend that it is refrm
ton. The reverend gentleman thin spoke of hs
Of supporting free church. He considered the pre-
sent mission, but with Ali the Advantages OF a pa.
rochisl church. Toe msmbsrs Of the parish vonids
ba able TO repair to their pla in the sapc
tusry, not from right, but from custom, in accor.
dance with the usual rules Of courtesy The master and
the servant. maid and thu msr.s would All be free
ia exercise this privileges Hs hpuy that the conaec
tic between the minister Asd the congregation wou bs,
ecclesiastical add that this minster cou perform
his duties more satisfactorily un1er the free church
syster lie concluded tina. IL and zeal could
commInd success then the Church the Holy lnnoce,ts
wtnld be monument of the churcns After y
few words from the minister Of the cha eh aud Bishop
Wainwright, collection taken up and tie service
concu ed with the beueeiction.
The Church OF the Holy lnn,cents 70 be built OF wood
II will pr badly contain from six to eight hundfei per-
scns As our reporter unable to dad tho Architect
or my else disposed to give the necessary Informal
ton we must postpone publishing description Of thu
building.