The New York herald., 1866-09-16


raj, : ts..s,y and Anrecsdents- -Piy.c"ss
-, urh A Moacs Cmy-Tse Wa, bresk'sS
- .nrrosr,ase title ,han tie . 0Ny Of Ghurches'
:..,. =, veil have lron 70 Brooklyn. stranger
- .,h,o,sb tns n soasi no, fail notice the large
, ,of buildings dssv.sd the worship OF the Al
,c,, , There are points indeed where person nigh.
,., - count the space OF haH dozen blocks al
many Il aTches me p''h on "p'H ''0'' y" - -
uan sisied In The following story, the correetaess
- ,eh rs undoubted About the time OF the crisis Of
ssp, wh Brooklyn proper but small village OF
a.. t,o, vknd inhabitants great land speculation
p,anned HhoaRh me ehanoes o s"'ess na" peen WY
.,os n 4 " beginning thc financial crash which was
man ,ass, place. made the speculation great oes 20
III nsras ulcerned IT, Al the head Of the enterprise
x.s a yer prominent Brooklyn man, who through
r,cua spe slations Of tho kind had au,assed wealth
He binsef =. been endcavorins to establish dstery
far Tho ma nnaeturc Of gin, which turning out
.lso 10 be a failure, sunk large amount Of money
n, then re arted to plan, which jaceed by
III suscoss certainly very clever
amino Al a !, actinc OF tho directors, tho aforesaid
ua,a, Mr. , p arose and said "tsntlemsn,
.n,.,se, i a "a cure Let us make 1t prodtable in
sn ,so Onn 1cgner Of each bIok let t1id a church.
-, =. "a, on b one liquor store and besceen God and
=. ,.J ,,.,n p,o pe BrrLynn This actually happened,
- ,se nan has followed since TO n great extent
v,,.,o 1 probably single block except the more
h,onan,e oosrte % the city, where, if church has
- ,atsn the lead "a liquor win be found. In
,o..oces the house of God and the house dissipa-
AIM, eias next TO each other apparently the best Of
,.y,os ybe houses aedicaed the worship Of Bscohus
30 largely in exees,S however In that model city
Tn,s uttspncity Of Srches has wrought correspond
,ue feeling iaken ass general thing amongst the in
Asblans Asmuch h,eher standard OF mornis exists 10
Bsool,yu than N thes naighberDg city. New York
furt thee uDfI0 0f BroOklyu
An almost tossl iask Sf places Of amusement may
.sounf for-hja: when aAnghts is wantod the
ASrlculsy or ofesning It In Brooklyn makes 1t to be
CHI. else e and the city becomes free from the
vis.s api immortality which degraoe New York. The
( OF cpur ehes far from being immaculate however,
now and lnc.s hear Of great crime fragrant
Woe which sosnis world and makes doubt that
oAsrshes sIt These things happen but seldom, and
10 not sufcie shade the general moral
NV Of tho ctyA which ID excellent and which may bo
s.ead To tho religious influence disseminated by the
prcasling OF the Word OF God Churches being numer
sas n reason alsc That there Is flowing tdo OF
rs,,s,ous people iron Now York Brooklyn who emf
srse 10 atty IN consequence oil the facilities for
Joining churchs q aner own Geno,n'Sns 10 Snd "l"ns "
rta rsreding tide takes back 70 New York
. claaa Sho 20 there for the enjoyment Of
Nh peculiar advantages, class necessarily not so good
ihe oh and not cscuiassd 70 develop such stand
ard OF wefheing M city. Brooklyn has been called
"a foQyish and Justly In many instances IL is not
shoughs neceaay 70 pimne the streets with gns WHOM
che moon shAnss Tor rather when the almanac says Il
uN. the ,ate murder could not have happened
Abs gas haS net been xis,ent; tho company
ssaaed that the moon ought 70 have shone that night;
- many VIII emsInbsr what dark, stormy night IL
waA In many osher respects Brooklyn 10 behind the
ne number Of cbnrohes tr Brooklyn is hundred
and seventy nine, divided as We can ascertain
~ fo,ows:-- baptist churches, eghteen Congregational,
seventeen; Hebrew, three; Luihefnn, SIX; Methodist
Epscopa two eight; Msthodist Episcopal coloredl
six: Methodist Primitive one; Method vt Protestant.
Nsssy I SIX REFORMED Duich, af,scn Roman caihoc
twenty three UDiyersaust four; miscellaneous, four
tscn All c,eos are yell represented JLa soes which
have increased most rapidly Of late years have
beeA the Coosregationasts and the Msthocists II
nust not bc thought tbet All the churches here
n1ued appropriated 90 Gods worship; nozainally
tsy all are, practically many not II would seem
In churches u the worship OF God was tie fhhg
fashion, or exh,ong their hst dress 70 tho jealous
syas Of other women who sss eoing tho same thing;
70 Call asleep quietly think the transactions Of
-sheresk In other churches crtc'sng She minister,
making remarks al yolr negibors, or SVin3 the yonng
men OF in tho galleries. tho may be,
she fsyorite occupations Other churches again have
found true Christian spirit prevailing, tho preachers
words falling as dewdrops on Thirsty sous taking N the
nnM,cr and people bow themselves down in deep hu
nliy, rgrsting past ctenoos aid making good reso-
stons for future days susn churches are ~ minority
not duty 70 specify, and we leave tho reader 70
sad them out and make tho distinction
pRorEsrAsT EPISCOPAL cnuscaEs-sT. Assa
81 AIMS Episcopal church was the second church IN
Brookyn In tho spring Of l1s4 the Rev. George Wright
commenced ibe Episcopal service In the house then
Aoxn on the l2h Of March, lisa subsequently, the
gression removed 10 the barn Of Mr.. John Middagh in
&Srcaf Of his Acuse Of Henry and Fulton streets
and sin house built by the British troops o. lhe
corner OF Niddaph and Fulton strcais. On the I'D OF
.sThe Episcopal Church Of Brooklyn" On the 22d Of
the church reoryanzcd and incorporated by the
NJ. q s. ann ss SaqSh aSs r.sss % s%ra ssa ss ssf
nemses Of the conversation u 1900 the sIono church
which preceded he present eto The lot corner Of
Ampfa anAW tnWtfa ri
~ Mns Sands erected THIS building shortly after
vas much injured by the explosion Of powder mill
that in 1894 u found 10 remove H. The
present odIaee the soh q July 1875
q contains 100 pews On ihe2ir Of April 1884, Dr B.
great scqusiion the church, though IN his
jsurna shortly after bis ARRIVAL In Brooklyn, be makes
1ssple very hard 70 please Because their last two
pastors became bsops and were men OF great talents,
pIh br cuIier, however proved hiuaeif fully comps-
ssas TO attend 10 the needs OF bis church. and after
The psscn rector Mr. l. H. MiIis was then called. and
has proved acceptable Mr. Eason Galiaher Is $3.50
s1iscs corner Of chnion and vingston ssreeis 70 bs
nusbed In years. tho cost OF which 70 he 500 ooo
mo present house of worship will then be used as
mssion church.
cnunm o. rHs HcLy rnIsu1
The Ate Mr. Pierepon, ia hs will, desired tAa, sum
- money rhosd be given by his hoirs Cor the erection OF
sn Episcopal church Apou, three months oeforo Nr.
sp0rMs ns ssn ~ cs., sasss darsSssr sssasa S mar
Edgar J. Batos prum,se 70 onid the
church. After Mr. P,eTreponts death Bartow built
Trinity the property OF Clinton and hontae.
rees Iafare the architect and the total cost Of the
building $3.50 600 Shortly after MI Barlow bccame
tnrolved In various speriistons much 70 that he
rorgased Trinity churvh he failed up To time
and The church put 40 for sale II appears that
She Roman ,athoilcs wished purchase u, which
sroa-ed properly hoIders IL ths Vicinity and they
.iubbed together and bought the church, q then
i,ule ID. church has moved CO s-peruusiy ffe nrs,
recfcr was Mr.. W. H. Lewis, Who resigned aud was
suoceeded by the Rev A ~ fiueiohn, ~hn at present
" rectnr aud likely
Tho building Gothic, boit n brpn vii seat
sirteen hundred peFaons. rbe sdhce vet has been
Winus eeers, but length u. money been rased
ami the eonttar given :. NJ. Jaucs Locke IL s be
twc hundred and seventy i've feet hign, eleven ieet