The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-06-28
Interesting Religious Ceremony.
LAYING OF TIE CClSER ONE or A NEW FRENCl
PROTESTANT CIirRCU.

LAYING OF TIE CCtSER sloNE Or NEW FRENCH
PROTESTANT CHURCH.
According to announcement the interesting ceremony
Of laying tho stone Of French Profession
church GIN st. Esprit, cf which the Res, Dr. yorren
PASTOR took place in the presence Of large and fashion
able apuence at five o'clock in the evening Thursday
last Tie building which promises to be fine and capa-
cious edifco IS situated in Twenty second street lie.
tween rifth and sixth avenues to bo finished in the
most ar ravcd style architectural sRil aud VII be IN
every way aud acquisition The neigho lr
hood.
The ceremonies similar those generally OBJ
we'd On these inpQsi, occasions Tie Row Dr. Tying
e s. Georges church stod in the exercises Some
os distg citizens also present and
great interest in le solemn interesting pro-
ceedings .....-.t.......
The Rev. DR. vEnREN delivered avery impressive dis
course He spoke in words os sincere hankfuness 10
his heare for ali th. klnduess and Sympathy which had
alwa, been shown 10 him in the work which he had
undertaken After tho pains and sorrows Of his latter
years he felt this TO bc great consolation The reve-
roud gentleman then entersd into saccnt desc ton OF
the for the establishment Of the new charch
detailing in eloquent an pos,ical language dacaes
aud obstacles with which his congregation III had TO
contend. of the great work delegated French Protest
ants he said:-- a@ t.a
The seed gown by the apostles and svangclists
| preserved pure in the Alpine valleys aud Ia the
mountains Of Inutc rroyence and puuphnc by q cir
inhabitants, who We're accustomed then, they
are 10 this day, to imnigrate TO the neigh
boring plains early in the spring each year,
ia twelfth cent,irysown thicker amongst the poor
Lyous ani OF Albiid not perish in the 6rc per-
sscuta against the to.ner (rcm the favorito maxim
smoking escrs Of the aters swcnty Or thirty Siases
and towns tom The pons works OF tho ferocious
ders Of her most Holy PAPA Innocent the Third. This
wind Of tenp,searul whirl that carried to
isles Of the Ang ngcswheuce after wickie.andtI
Rohemia-whence later John luss and Hcronymus, OF
tuUt
carried it through and over the whole OF aucent tau
where all her provinces, invisible, noisress under
ground IL lay terminating until fine day That day
dawned Pot ie,ebras r Luther has Just driven out
OF wrtsmberg Totzcl and his Jacobip brokers' thrown
into the flames with his own hands the anathema in ths
hull Iso the Teuth, against him and against his pro.
clsmstion of No more rdrigences, masses,
purgstory more tribute to PctormInedately,
from 10 the other, from the Atlantic totne Hevs
thus and drch. of savoy there square league
OF ierrtoiy which thar sect sprngiug up ike those
centennial Ilats Suddenly rising the gFo1nd IL tho
hoight forty or hfty feet with their branches and
leaves, did not ovorshiiow. The reverend gent tan
nsn referred 10 the Sarous stages Of the reformation
the church and in choice aud elis la sugs spoke of
ths gfand liberty atco;iod tc th- Ffcuch " worship
ping Prossants ii The ancient Ia gussa of their
country.
Tho discourse tlrougleu. was married by real elo.
quence and power and regret thas space will not
permit its full publication our necessarily limited
columns
Tho following document was deposited in cad box,
co vi the certificate II incor ogatiua OF the church
aud lal IN th. niche together with French Bible aud
prayerb,aE and tha psalms set 70 masc the principal
daily newspapers, the religious journals, and small
collection Of United states COIN
spiritas SancLi Templum
A. ". MDCCIV. acre Francogailorum
ndc causa pIlsorum patrla
IN via pnorun erectun.
Frauklin - lstea A. y. nDCCCXXAH exstructun
We're revcrenai n Potter, D.D.,
Now Lbsrlc dioas COS III scopi,
Reverend a. Verren, I'D,
ecctesic rectplis
L. Ioutrc,, Hon. GuAan q. verplanck
tutorum
T. Ianchantin, T. T. Lrgraye, g. Ruch 7. 7. Burnior,
G.F. Guenal, \. N. Attes, p. A. Iacoste, c. Guile,
cufatorum auspcus.
T. .Cotrsia, architectonc
Owen 81 kcttienan, structure cicmsrtie.
7. 4. Miller, smith % Crane, mstcria,urc fabrs
D. McAasier, apcida.
Hoe hco A. u. MDCCCLX.
regd.icatum.
history Of the church skechcd in the discourse
az tho Rev pr vcrrcn II showed that tho rst house OF
worship in connection with tho cong ga,on was sysctsd
in l5o4 in lne street followed in 1882 by one built In
franklin street Tho present e,io takes the place OF
these more modest churches, which have done good SER
v,co for tho congregation, bat are now no longer
IN . location TO meet the wants Of the increasing
uumpor Of worshirpsrs.
The Rev. pr. Tying, who assisted in the exercises,
enoxs in very interesting language Of the claims Of the
Freuch Pots tho Consideration Of the public.
lie thought that the old ugusnots with tho wsdsnsss
81 the Aps were entitled TO be considered among the
p,ouesrs Of reformation, and In concluding, paid high
compliment 10 the French Protestants Of America and
other countries throughout The world
Tie exercises we're closed by the usial bensdctioni
and the ass lrntly dismissed