The New York herald., 1864-05-16
Services &C Trinity ohureh.

Services nc Trinity Church.
1nanksgiving services were yesterday performed In
Trinity church for Union viotoriss In obs'
diencs to the request Of tho Right Rsv Bishop Potter
Inc oncasins ciergymen Rev. Doctors vinton and
Ogfiby. Rev. Mr.. Lampssn of the American church a
Paris, and Rev. Mr.. Babbott.
After the usual initial exercises had been gone through
the prayer for Victories be found In the prayers
sea In ths Episcopal BOOK OF common prayer read
Dr. vnton then ascended tho pulpit and preached the
Sermon taxing his text from st. JOHN chapter
and thirty ninth verss-"The Holy Ghost is not yet"
The preacher only briefly alluded to our victories the
course OF his discourse. He said that the day Penti
cost had again dawued the world the
OF tho Christian year tina. day. no. ushered like
the fast days OF the world formerly but with the
Ing OF cannon and hurrahs echong In the air and tho re
ocng which all the people Of this were now OK press
Ing for their victories.
Tho rest OF the preachers discourse strictly
ned to remarks on the coming Of the Holy Ghost and In
conclusion he said We should especially give God
thanks for oil the favors We have received At his hands
United states Christian Comm ission.
The anniversary OF the United States Christian Com
mission was held In the Academy OF Music last evening"
and, Notwithstanding tho rainstorm the audience was
large and the interest in tho subject very great
Wm E. Dodge Esq.,. presided Bishop McILvAus, OF Ohio
prayed, and brief speeches were mado by Dra ADAMS
and kirk and Mr. GsoRoB STUART President OF tho Com
mission all or whom narrated interesting facts showing
What has been accomplished for the spiritual and phys
cal comfort Of the soldiers. Mr. Stuart mentioned the
name Of General Grant, which Immediately greeted
with applause and mentioned facts relative to
the dongs Of the Commission. They have 22s delegates
in the neld. have held 10 800 religious services and
within fsw days i,21s boxes OF hospital stores wsre
sent TO the battle ned hundred thousand dollars
were asked for. Phisdelpha having given ass Sunday
night s7o 900, Pttsourg $40 oooand Boston $50 oeo
commencement.
Mr.. AsPISwAIL submitted series Of resolutions
dersng tho Christian Commission, which seconded
by General Robert Anderson, and adopted unanimously
Cards were placed IN the seats, which tho audience
were requested to all up. They afterwards col.
Looted and while this being dono Mr. Stuart men.
toned an Incident Of poor woman In Philadelphia,
eighty years Of sgs who placed purse In his hand
tanning three huudred DOLLARS A handed up
subscribing one thousand dollars to the noble cause.
Although the evening was far advanced, Rev. Mr..
DURAsA was urged to address the meeting which he pro-
ceeded 10 do in thrilling and eloquent speech. He spoke
OF the cool courage self sacrnce patriotism chris
tan feeling manifested by the soldiers OF the Army Of
tho Potomac where he has successfully abored for her
moral Improvement. He alluded TO statement made IN
one Of the evening that the soldiers on their return
taned THAT the men were tonfold Amoricanizod
than before they entered the Numbers them had
bea nat Tug ousness o THO was not 10 ask tnem
to but TO take careo the finances country and
support the President while they would do the nghtng
for when they they would take OF the
ing. The speaker gave very graphic and pathetic
picture OF the feeling OF the Union troops previous
late great battles. How just before tho charge
the boys kissed the kenesses OF loved home and
how they deliberately opened their coats, and after
writing IN plain hand their names pinned them TO their
shirts In order that when they fell friends might know
their fate He closed by narrang touching scene which
he witnessed be passed the HERALD oco one OF the
clerks looking the list OF wounded and before
LADY whO yfatv N fhof foto nf
her loved intense TO vividy impress him.
II was announced that between twenty and thirty
thousand dollars subscribed and urgent appeal
was made 70 have the merchants OF New York up
balance OF the hundred thousand this Mouday
evening The glorious from tho army was read be-
fore the benedicton pronounced.