New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-16

stil stands and Is occuoed BY the United S,sse
Government 40 . Post Office Times have ersstfv
changed since the foundations Of thst old edt6cs vss
laid Nine different denominations have taken up thss
line Of msrch from the advancing wave Of oommsreA
The German Reformed and Associate Chu,cAsr
on Nassau. st.; the French Church on Pine a., tAs
two Presbyterian Churches on Cedsr.st., the Wan.
st. Church, and tho Murray.st. Church; the Dateh
Church, on Exchsnfe.placc; the Reformed Church q,
Chambers-st.; the Baptist Church. on Gold-st., and
Grace Church, on Broadway; the Moravian Church.
In Futon.st; the African Church formerly Gs,.
man Lutberan). from Frankfort-st; St Georess
Episcopal. from Beekman.st. the Dutch Churches Of
Murray and Frankln.sts.; the Methodist Church d
vestryst and the Duane st. aid Brick Presbyterian
Churches.
In 1867 1t was resolved to build new church On IL
lands Of Mr. Harpending and that it should front on
Horse and Cartlne and be placed in the middle sftAs
lot" This was q part Of what Is now known q VII
liam.st and derived ts from tavern havipe TIA
sign OF horse and cart inscribed on II This site w
then "in the fields" This church cost 60 CO., Il sn
stands on Fulton and William SITS. in the center Of.
plot Of ground conprsine ten city lots. 1t has world
wide fame as the place Of the origin Of the Futoa.x
daily PRAYER meeting. Tie cornerstone was laid In
July 1907 1t was dedicated In May. l769 and sun
one of the most elegant churches in New York Costly
pillars support the galleries. which large gHded
letters initials. IN p"rpetuate the hberay Of thoH
who donated those pillars. tablet bearing the co~s
Of arms of Harpendng. the patron Of the church. with
the motto, "Dando Conservat" hangs conspicuousy
on the wall above the pulpit On the shield are Dc.
picted the implements Of Happenings trade that q
tanner and currier.
This once popular church is now nearly deserted.
Though it is of the most elegant and comfortable.
seats free and good ne in any uptown churoh-hs
preachers the and the sermons the same that sa
the Fifth-avc. audience congregation cannot b.
gathered 1t is now proposed to cell the old NORTH
Church keeping only Mission Station in the lover
part of the city, aud give up the valuable ate 10 na
chandise.
The church on Lafay cite place was buH IN 1889. TAs
audience is quite small the fashionable art Of New
York find no rect for the ses OF their feet low dovn
town. The elegant marble ed6ce on Ffth-au. and
the new ecturrroom on Forty eighth st. complete ts
last OF the Collegiate Churches.
The congregations Of the Collegiate Churches sup
ported almost entirely by the Minister'S Fund. The
North Church, known as the Fultonst, costs $50
a wear with yearly pew rent of s?2 The Lafayette
house 1t costs $4,000 to support the marble church
on Fiftb.ave while il is not known what are the N
ceipts of the church.
CONCLUSION.
The body is not large aad is not increasing IN
statement made in the Synod by leading member o
tie Collegiate Consistory admitted this 1t has AWAY
been influential and taken high rank among It's Gss
churches in this city Its preachers are learned an
sound They wear the gown and bands and 20 q
things decpntly and in order. 1t 10 conservat'
Church, bodng on rather TO what 1t has than seekn
new acquisitions. 1t is highly Calvanistic and d
mands of tie preachers that they preach the Helde
bureh Catechism through once 10 four years. It Is
enemy to all new schemes and measures, and demand
the good old way in al things. In her churches ther
is found faith aud In her pupits Crucded Saviour
How the COLLEGIATE Church originated the great n
viva OF 1851 and tie worldwide daily prayer meeting
WI ,se influence on Church at large on the world
and on oar own country has been mighty. win BE- n
served for another article.