, 1865-12-02

Extraordinary Services Mt St. Adams
Church, New Fork-Blshop South.
cute the Celehraut-Cfosses; Candle
sticks and Gellutle1Bons.

llFrom the New York Express, ssth-}
Eptscopaliaus Of ~ low church, or Evan
gellca1" turn of mind, are said to be stnsGerd,
fatber, at the gorgeous, novel, and altogether
bewifdering mode Of celebrating church SER
ut St. Alban's Church, In Forty-screnth
street, near Lexington avcnue. The mode il
understood to be q. fac siDs1e Of that adopted
by the Tractarians or extreme high church.
men Of st Barnabas, in Loud0u,-in other
words, close pattern Of the showy rituals
tic obseryanees, and iancifnl physiological
scIibed by Rev. DR.. Puscy and his followers.
Last evening the church was crowded to its
utmost capacity long before the hour appoint
ed Ifor the commencement OF the services.
On entering, an unsophlsticatsd observer:
might 9s be Eardoned d. 7 he wsFs 7a;.,pp1ns pnz,
exactly whether he had not somehow got
into chapel OF the Church Of Rome, By mis-
take. A glance at the chanccl, the altar, and,
the altar ornaments, would be likely to per-
suade him that Archbishop McClosky and not
Bishop Potter had ecclesiastical jurisdiction
soon discover WIS clever plagiarism. First
OF all there Is q sort of high altar, with steps
lea ding UP to It, On this Is p1aced huge
cross, said to be made Of solid gold, tbnt that
ia doubtfu1,) on each side Of which are two
imposing wax candles, peertag up from bur
orDamented pedestals, md these again, are
fanked with snowy vases Of many colorea
flowers, but whether these were natural or
artificial, we cannot say, =
On the right and left Of the altar are bril-
liant clusters Of lighted candles, the whole
famous Greek service at Trinity Chapel quite
into the shade, and make one think Of Mr.
Hecker's celebrated Madison Street Mission
Chapel az, By comparison, quite 1ow-church
institution. The altar-c!oth Is Of crimson,
with gold fringe, and over and above all, Ii
antique English charactsrs, ls the scslptural
mighty Below, In front, IL like characters,
artistical,y wrought. is the Christian mono
gram, ~. q. ST. Acarved Cross deeorates
.he front Of the pulpit, which, BY the way, Is
| placed in the eastern corner Of the church,
| quite remote from the ehancel.
The services commence with q sort Of an-
them (Which Il said to resemble moulish
chant) bnt the singers, at that stage OF the
proceedings, arc nowhere visible. This ended,
| a procession of priests and choristet, boys
| (some twenty in ally, with surplices thrown
over long black garment, almost tzailing on
the floor, ,solsmnly sally from The vestr}y y,
ofthem devoutly kneel, such Of the congyega-
tion as are well "up'' il the programme fol
! lowing the example. The opening prayers
are then said, and the amens at the end OF
them lntoneL In reading the lessons fox the
day, the priest reverently bowa his head every
time the name OF tho saviour occurs and
this, It was noticed, was initiated by most Of
the congregation. The p=alter Is sung from
beginning to cnd-not read aud while the
"Gloria Pntti" Is chlnted, at the end Of each
| Pealm the clergy md chotisters In concert all
turn their backs toward the congregation, so
as TO face the altar. Another novelty was
the singing Of two hymns, instead Of 4 psaa,i%1 a,11
md & hymn, a. Is ordinarily the case. 1ns ,,s
the most startling innovation Of a1l, pe1ath eSnnth,
was reserved for the Last, when Blsoop op receiv.
gate, one Of the officiating clergy ." ''>~'