Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-17
NEW EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Description Of the Nashville Church Of the
Advent, TO be Opened To-Day.

ApropOs to this interesting event, a
brief description Of the building, its
history and progress toward compile
ton, may not prove Un%interesting to
our readers generally. The style Of
the church is Gothic, Of the early
English period. 1t is finely proper
toned in every respect, and rooted
with a ceiling of white pine timber,
having an altitude of some forty feet
above the floor, supported and
braced by iron rods resting upon
carved brackets OF wood. The walls
are sixteen feet in hight, with double
windows, Ornamented with bread
mOuldings on either side, and a pair
| of twin windows on each side of the
door, at the street entrance. On eth
er side of the main or middle aisle is
a double row Of seats, lightweight in
number, capable Of seating five per-
sons to each seat. They are manufsc-
tured of black walnut. The tive side
aisles are three and a half feet in width.
The church will seat comfortably
about five hundred persons. The walls
are sand-inished, to admit OfOrnamen-
tai frescOes, in contemplation in the
future. The chancel arch is fifteen
feet in width and thirty-fve in hight.
The communion table IS elevated nine
steps above the floor of the church.
Above it isa superb stained glass win
dOW-a memorial of the late Bishop
Otey. This window Was0presented
by Mrs. Jane Stebbins, OF New York.
In the central compartment Of this
window is the figure Of the Good
Shepherd, and on either side, in ap-
DrOpriate compartments, are the EN-
bIems of the four Evangelists, and be-
meath the WISE is the inscription,
which, bydirectiOn Of the late lament
ed Bishop, was placed on his mOnu-
ment, James Harvey Otey, ID,
LID, First Bishop of the Holy Cath
ollie Church in Tennessee. The blood
! of Jesus Christ eleanseth from all sin"
On the left is the Episcopal seal Of the
Bishop. Above, in a ~trefOil, ara the
paten and font, symbOlizing the two
saeraments and the dove representing
the Holy Spirit
The Episcopal chair Is made OF
massive black walnut, and s an
elaborate piece of cabinet workman
ship. 1t is surmOunted by a richly
carved canopy rising to the hight Of
fifteen feet. 1t was a Gift to Bishop
Quintard from one of the clergy Of
Trinity Church, New York.
The leetern is a richly covered
eagle, with spreading wings, sym
bolizing the gospel which shall fly
as an eagle;" and was the gift Of
three sisters, members Of the cOngre-
I cation.
The litany desk-very neat in ap-
pearance-Was presented By one of
] The v~nlfrrrUnnrV- Of tho ahrrW-h uTEa.
beautiful sfOnt, of Caen stone, the
I corona stone of blue and gold, and
the altar standard, also Of tlue and
gold, were presented by members of
the congregation. The church will
be lighted by the corona in the chan
Gel and eight standards, each con-
tanning nine burners, in the ave.
The altar cloths, designed by the
celebrated English architect, Street, Of
London, are very rich and costly, and
with other decorations were presented
to the Bishop by friends in England.
Four memorial windows will be at
once placed IN the body of the church,
one Of them in memory Of the first
Rector, the late Charles Tones, one of
the most devoted pastors of the Epis-
cOpal Church in the diocese. Ii is eX-
Z DCNLCA LId LAAE1C hAALAEhE VIII arrive
during the present week. The VeStry
room, on the right of the chsncel, is a
very neat apartment, has a pair Of
twin windows from which descends a
food of light. At this point a stair
case leads into the basement Of the
church.
The following are the dimensions Of
the church by actual measurement:
Nave, 5XSS feet; chancel, 24X3O feet:
tower to be (when completely 3 feet
square at base. Hight Of ceiling 81
feet, and u windows in the nave
The architect Of the church was
Henry Dudley, Of New York. Great
credit, however, is due to the local
architect, VIM. Kiddell, and to the
determined energy of Dur fellOw-citi-
zen, Mr.. SimmOnds, who is a vestry-
man of the parish, in bringing the
work so rapidly forward. Messrs.
SimmOnds and Phillips constructed
the building; Capt. VIM. StOckell did
the stuccO and plaster work; Henry
Sharp, of New York, furnished the
stained glass for the windows, and
Beech, ManlOve * Co., of this city,
the ~carpeting for the floor of the
church.
The cornerstone Of this edifice was
laid by the late Bishop Otey, in 1860,
Bishop Qnintard being, at the time,
the Rector of the Parish. The build
ing was under contract, and was to
have been completed in July, 1861,
but the var put an end to the enter
prise, and for a considerable time the
walls alone stood there as only prom
ises for the future, but subsequently the
basement was covered over and the
congregation WOrshiped in that apart
ment until the work on the upper
portion of the church rendered it tenn
pOrarily useless. In September last,
Bishop Quintard resumed his duties
as Rector, assisted in parOchial work
by his Captain, the Rev. Thomas
Booth Leigh, of st. Johns College,
Oxford, England. The Bishop at
once determined to complete the con-
struction of the church, and Mr.. Sim
mOnds gave his word that it would
be ready for occupancy by this
Easter Sunday. Some sixteen work
men are now engaged upon the
building, and the church will be
opened next Sunday to public wor-
ship. The seats are to be free to all,
and the veStry authorizes Us to an
nOunee that every body is invited to
attend services at any and all times.
Fourteen persons, we understand, viii
be confirmed on Faster by the RishOD-