The New York herald., 1870-11-06
81. AIban,s Church.

wardjy ana tnwardly. An aisle has been added
on the east side about twenty feet wide, the wall
having been removed and iron pillars substituted
for the support Of the nave roof This aisle WIN &C.
commodate comfortably about l7O more persons.
and thus relieve the nave OF the excessive
Grewd that usually nock to TINS church.
The decorations are compleJed In harmony with the
effective coor1ng OF the Old building. More WIN
dows have been introduced, thus rendering the
ana handsome gas fixtures throughout. The altar
mas been redecerated with much gold and color,
new standard lights supplied. The church. as it
now stands, can seat abeut $50 persons nicely.
Above the aisle are two stories for the accommeda.
tiOn Of the clergy having oil the cOnveniences OF q
comfortable dwelling-kltchen, servants bedrooms,
pantries, DC, and bedrooms and psrlors for the
rector aud his assistants This portion Of the build
ing Is TO remain unfinished until the future. The
most OF the funds have been subscribed to finish the
as far as II goes-a not very easy matter
srs OF slender means and NO rich and large pro.
portion Of poor, and with no help worth speaking
tire church was done by the wen known
ecclesiastical decorator Mr.. Louis H. Cohn ana the
Sished BY Messrs Archer Pancoast' over tho en-.
trance arch to the court the east side IL niche
IN which 10 placed statue Of st. Absn, the proto
Muller, the architectural sculptor. the church viii
be opened throughout ON sunday, at the usual
hours morning, afternoon and evening.
Christ Church and Ifs Risuslistte Failsrs.
70 THE EDITOR OF THE HHRALp:-- 81
Your ad mirAble article in hast Mondays issue or
the chnrche &C., IN Fifth avenue II one OF the in
structive and preservabc gind and Hinvaluable for
future reference. A fair ana candid brief and con-
else Of each church and peculiar worship
IL given, and slight mistakes have crept in they do
not in the least detract from tho whole inde.
fatgable piece Of labor the part Of the compiler.
especially II they are OF public Importance, would
ask the favor to do SO IN that OF Christ Church. and
especially as the church has been sold.
Your reporter says, "Thn church, among other
peculiaritcs IS supported exclusively by voluntary
subscriptions" This is not the fact The pews are
s o ss is are
about sls ooe really. say $1,000, or, in other words
service OF the Protestant Episcopal Church was car
ried out the church filed with one OF the best
congregations and every pew rented. AS the rector
progressed with rituailsm the pecuniary anairs OF
the church retrograded and from about three years
ago the income has gradually fallen on until the
vestry ceuld not meet the expenses, and a sale was
enected. II 1t had been. al your reporter says,
"subsistnig exclusively by the onerlngs which are
sunk before this; as the offerings alone do not
amount to enough TO pay the interest on the mort
cages and the cheir. l was net aware that 1.-THE
rector was compelled TO upbraid his nuctuating
1ock with their parsimony.n and hardly think he
dare utter any expression OF that kind from the
altar. one knows better than he that ne alone
il blame for the position the church Is In he In
tr0duced rtualism OF the most Objectionable type,
ana except about eight families all have left the
church that wsrshipped there the brst four or five
years he was rector. HIS vagaries about prlesty
authority real presence red gowns, dlminutlve pui-
pit bowling TO cress, professional hymns contrater-
nifty sisters &C.. drove away all the really religious as
well as the substantial portion Of the congregation,
leaving few poor, weak brethren and sisters to
keep up show Of churchmanship. Last April the
rector got very sick, and no wonder, as preaching
TO empty pews Is not conducive 70 health. A het
shell from churchman added considerably TO the
rectors distress. and his bodily inrmity had to DE
Europe, ana $40, 900 besides-a remedy BY no means
bad TO take. -
1t is true-and II is pity tits true-the church has
been sold, and the rector is now on hts way from
Europe TO give legal sanction 20 the SALE Tho second
Oldest parish In New York has been sacrificed on an
altar built with resurrected fossils OF the dark ages
and those who had all their lives wOrshtpped WITHIN
the walls Of Christ church ere wanderers and have