Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-26
The Church OF IN, Iuearps,Io,

The new Episcopal Church, al the corner of
Eth and streets, was opened for divir ser
vice Tor DE FIRST sine on Tuesday evening
Cnristmss Eve, AZ : O'Clock. There were pres
ent Rev. Frs. Hodges, Trimbie, Kelly. fof Chi
e2ko,) and g. n. Hall, and Rev Messrs Lewis
OF y. Johns, Harris, of the Capitol Hill con-
grefstioD, jackson, of 81. Pauls, FIRST w ard
and LOvrie, the Pastor.
The edifcs Ess tastefuIly trimmed for the
nondays WIN eyergreens, and in the cAancel
oUng re leEeno, 1.-The Lord 8 in his holy
Temple" on the gallery, 'sGIory 70 God IN
ne Highest ana IN the tablets, sine King n
hlpes, 'sIbe Lord Of Lords"
Ihe services were opened by the Rev Mr.
Lovrle- the psaiter read DIV Rev Mr. Hack
son, the first lesson by Rev. Dr.. Kelly; second
lesson by Rev Mr.. Hodges: the creed by Rev
Harris. The e9tn Psalm, sOh, twas a ioyfui
sound ~ hear" &e.. and the 10Th hymn
Prom GreeBIa lands lev Mountains /" &C. were
f 1s.hs Inc ssrIncn; from Ephssians iv and
ne thuFeh of the Epiphany and Dean OF he
Washin gton Convocafion.
After the sermon, the rector. Mr.. Lowrie
naoe brief statement in which he spoke OF
me s1 rnpatby and cooperation of sister CON
Gresallons. and returned the thanks OF the
cburen 20 them, and a collection was taken
Tsts<d.
The new church measures II by Sc feet in
side, ard IN its eighty pews. exclusive % the
gallery, viii seat about 500 persons. IL IL built
itecirre, presenting an attractive appearance.
The IN :erior Is very near, The walls being in
oioezt alternating the three shades OF light
DUN, drab and grey The ceiling h an open
cre, exposing the beams and rafters, and the
ground Is light greyisn blue The beams and
rafiers being painted stone color with their
hnted edges m maroon, are in pleasing con-
trast with he plain portion of the ceiling. The
CT ancel u recess is by 20 feet, spanned at its
Juncture with the nave by arch and on
ehner SIDE OF II are gothic tablets. in which
~ n a.
the conmancrne is and when this Il done 10
Will add greatly 70 the beauty of the In terror
The fnTnIture and other wood work Is trimmed
with walnut; that OF the chancei with oiled
walnut. The windows are OF ground glass
with coiored borders, surrounded at the head
or crown by figure OF the EcUr dc las, the
motto On which, Il send you message Is
highly appTOp-iate, and comes IN suggestiyely
a tins season. The eastern OF ehancsl win
COW Is more Artistic than the others, being q
triplet, having IN the centre the figures OF a
scarlet Latin cross dove IN the act of hover.
ing and font, eublsmatic of the name by
which the ehruch is called. In the side win
6cvs OF this tr1plet are the chaIice, patten and
cups Of the communion service The design
OF THIS window IS that OF the stiiner Mr. J. v
Vaughn. A font of Baltimore granite donated
10 the ch uIch, siIs at the right of the reading
deck. neat cross surmounIs the western
gable,
The lot upon which the church Is built was
given by Mrs. Robert EarDhan, (whose liber-
sIiiy we understand, has taken the same chan
~ enterprise lately projected under the aus
pice OF the Washington OIty Convocation;) a
sift of $500 was made BY the COnvoce.ion OF
his church, and previously, git of $4,000
was made By Hon. Caleb Gushing, fsrmer
resident OF this city, which was the nucleus OF
his effort a pleasing fact we must not fail 10
notice, IS that the Ladies Parochial Society,
organized only about Il months since and but
about IS strong, has turned in Al 90 to the
treasury. a gentleman belonging 10 the church
- he INCARNATION, New YORK. mas donated
costly SILVER communion service, and the aims
basins and chaneel Cloth were also presented
10 the church.
The yestry Of this congrsgation are Messrs.
A ~. Zeveiy, Lewis J. Davis, T.. ii. Miller
A II Evans, John W. MagilI, b. Macleod,
james n. Lairs, and : II Kaufman; wardens,
= Dill and hr. Suwerkrop; Register, Mr.
Beare. The congregation was formed some
time since, worshipiDg first in the Southern
Methodist church, and laterly, 81 Trinity
Cnspel, corner OF 9th and " streets, where
they nave Sabbath school OF about 100 schol-
day afternoon, when each received a CHRIST
mas presently which viii hereafter be held af
the church on Sunday morning Besides this
school, they have a a mission colored Sunday
school In operation or 5th street
The CORNERSTONE OF the church was laid in
June. ls6S. IL is pure Gothic in style, and
hunt OF the best materials. a few years since
rs location would have been considered SUBJ
urban. but the neighborhood Is improving rap
IDLY. The hours of service have been fixed AZ
II q m and x =. m: In the gallery Is pedal
bsss organ OF ;. Il. & w: II Smiths manufac-
ture. purchased OF j. r. Ellis. A choir OF
amateurs has been organized, and on Tuesday
evening did exceedingly well, Mr.. II. H. Brad
ley PRECEDING AZ the organ.
The architect was Mr.. W. II. Baldwin the
stone work was done by Mr.. Thomas Lewis,
glass staining by Mr. W Vaughn, pain ting by
Parker i MeNiehol, and gas fitting by T. W
Miller. The cost Of the building is S2i,0Do. o.
which there Il yet due several thousand dol
lars FIFTY Of the eighty pews have already
been rented.