The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-04
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Opening OF a new Unitarian Church.

The now Unitarian church unier the pastoral sunervi
sion Of tho Rev. o. Frothngham situated at the COR
Broadway and Thirty street. was opened for
divine service yesterday afternoon The budng in which
the services Of the congregation hsnceforh 10 ba
held built Of BRICK and s Of unpreendng appearance
The hail. which has been fitted up for the purpose is spa-
cous. u is furnished in q very simple manner-with q
plain DESK painted and grained In imitation OF oak and
benches with comfortable cushions conveniently dig
posed for the accommodation OF worshippers.
The service commenced with voluntary the melo.
deon, which was followed by chant, commencing with
the words,
Praise the Lord, my soul, and all that is within M
praise His holy name
prayer was then offered by Rev. DIR. Bellows follow
ed another chant, and the reading Of the eighty yafI
Palm by Rev Dr. Osgood A hymn was then sung, com.
mencing with the following verse;
Jesus shall reign where'er the
noes his successye journeys run,
Tin moons shan a and wane no more
Rev. MI rockingham then preachsd the sermon,
taking Tor his ext Ephesians H. 49, Feow citizens with
the saints, and OF the household OF God. The reverend
gentleman commenced with that article ef the
saints. This communion universal, embracing all
time and every country and was shared equally with
saints IN glory ndtl0se who remained earth lie was
glad that the word coulmunion had never been an
piled 10 any secular ass0catan but had been confined Ia
In worldly matters the word 4" ball % "cub ,,
"party," or cabal, was good enough designate ex
isng fe0wsbips, but the torn
to higher order OF association. And protesting Cors
tans even in their church organizations often
tifute Of true communion They sat together In tho
same building and heard the preacher but they
spiritually disntegrated, and their pretended COM
munion had no more cohesion than existed in rope Of
sand In fact communion could exist bat true re-
gous foundation From want of this religious principle,
even families disunted. The might be said Of
nations But where the heads Of family, from rei-
gious principle, drew the several members together in
communion with each other, there every likelihood
Of their postery preserving that principle among thenf
so u was with nations. 1t traditional regard for
high and ofy prn ,pes banded down from generation
TO generaon which tended TO foster and encourage pa
triotism among people, The reverend gentleman
proceeded to illustrate the effects Of spiritual commu
mon IN the assembling together Of the primitive
Christians for worship in the caticombs Of Rome tha
spirit which animated the Wesleys others who ad-
hered to them in preaching the Gospel among most
debased OF MANKIND and in other examples
from the remotes antiquity to the present time II was
the belief in the communion Of SAINTS which acuaed
even the poorest Catholic who paves To invoke
the nercesson OF Saint Peter the other Apostles and
the beated Mary believing that they had power 70 plead
their cause with the Saviour; and, divesed OF tha
superstition which had clung around it, it beautiful
and q belief The reverend gentleman Concluded
with remarks the unsectarian nature of the
movement which had led TO the Of that church.
and hope that, under God the undertaking would prog
per.
II was then announced that divine service would b0
celebrated regularly every Sunday in that church. at
eleven O'Clock A. M and seven O'Clock P. NJ After an.
other prayer from the Rev. Samuel LOn9felloT and a
hymn the congregation dismissed with the Benedic-
ton, alter the Unitarian form.