The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-07
Dedication Of the rInslison Avenue Bap-
fist Church,


Vie tIai,soa eyenae Baptist charch Of Thirty
ar+t street was Dedicated 10 the worship Of God ycster
sey Gornirg Another very enc specimen Of church
architecture Is thus adtcd 10 those with which city
" elrcady edorncd hrbuildiag Is OF the Byzantine
der OF architecture end though 10 this order iignness
aud elegance rather than sodiy and massveness aim
s,i by tic tact Of the architect Mr. Grth Thomas
oil o these features secured The edi6ce built Of
1hadelILn brick with brown stone trimmings aud the
building g. froncd by two towers Of varied design In
lhc rear Is eieean, baptstry. chapel and sunday
school rooms
TIE a,erior Is strxingly beautiful No columns sup
port the ceiling, sixty feet high, which springs from
wan 70 wall u an uubroken span OF sixty feet. The
church Is hundtci and ten fee, long and its width
seventy three feet, ~ either extremity cor.
responding rccesSes suImounted by ornamental archi.
iraves, ent supported by scagioa columns, the
Cess containing tic platform and pulpit, the other ths
new ami fr.t class organ bu by Erben Spacious gal
Iefies run rr The side walls The woodwork painted
pink, The windows are Of stained glass, the up
hostcry crimson. The coup dcil Is therefore,
sna beatty & slmos, unequaed The yellow glass IN ' the
door Separating the vcsbule is however deformy
Eiarng that (uncse The trustees have exhausted all the
Immediately removed Comfort, convenience and beauty
have alike been consulted, aud the cdnce goes from the
/ hands of the erchiiec, and workmen triumph.
dedication services yesterday. Tho choir was =
double Quartetts, Mrs Mozart (d Christ church)
soprano Rms Barclay, alto; Mr. Miranda, tenor
J!r CARLY bssso, leading. MIR. Bcale OF London,
sisted et the organ. which Is remarkable for It's synp.
thc,c Tie preliminary exercises being concluded,
Dr Hague announced his text The fifteenth Of
the seventh chapter Of Chronicles. Complimentng the
trchtcot trustees upon the manner IN which they
bad performed their labor Of love in the erection
q such church efnce the reverend Doctor proceeded
20 cons,ier, W tNs ususfclicous stye;-Frst the OF
seing aecaicd. and second the object Of the dedica
ton we course o. Nc sermon he dsticton between
Jewish tempe end sevytsb synagogue and the cor
sndence or churches with tho jator Was iucidly
) ehown, and ~ each stngp ri the spepdid arsment
i.lbe various portions OF the cdiBc.--the pulpt
!. nc audience Place, Tie choir--were one b. ose
enicnuy tcicssct to God Teaching no m no ,,,ints
eec OF greed interest," the reverend sc,or called -
Acnto~ 20 che sfo~s wihh surseunted OF tbe to,
psd fcIcnfed from The Protestant prejudice ssa,rs, n,
erc NY showing ronclnsiveiy s. !, was the uniye,
ed Eyssboi nj Abe carly Christians cha, vss Nv No
pncens identical with The Roman 0,thoo symbol phrh
Ayss the cruo,nE and 1hat u were Identical N
th account unless they wore also prepared e. give up
ther taptstries, as the Roman Catholics st Genoa
1unich aud southern italy held bot did the baptist
tries erected W primitive Christians The pastor Iuent
~ concluded BY bidding hR congregation dcspond
because they took possession OF their cdi.
flee st time whom the country seemed In
Ierloue danger. In such q holy pl,ce they should
rather be ike those swec birds heard through The apses
OF Che thunder IN the storms of the West Indian
Misunderstanding sweetiy IN the sunshine above the
clouds, though the tempest ragged mi1ly below
Nations, like mon cannot die I'LL their work s
done Jujab was blessed Of Cod, and though all the
other Gen tribes died aud Bonamin merged In
Sudah, still Gods blessing surrounded like a
ehiNd untr Us work was done and Shiloh had