New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-03
FREE EPTSCOPALIANISM.

DEDICATION OF EMMANUEL CHURcH-ADIREssEs
BY THE REV. GEO. T. THRALL AND THE REV.
DRs. ROGERS. CROOKS, AND OTHERS.
The opening services in Emmanuel Church,
on Fifty-seyenth-s LexingtOnavc, held last
evening in the presence Of large audience After tho
Episcopal evening service with prayers Of Dedication,
the Rev. George T. Thra. the Rector. spoke folows
When an institution Of this kind Il established In rho
midst Of a community, it f. fir that the community
should know the prime principles on which Is founde1
Ever since the Reformation have been trying to an-
the question, What the Church' theological libra
ries have been fed with treases showing that II was
this or that the FORM But after 30 years Ot
controversy, We find ourselves nearer the solution
than we were before, and come at last TO know
that the same God who never made two
faces alike two blades Of grass alike. never
intended that two branches OF his church should 10
alike How have we learned this We ought 10 have
learned it from the Bible Tor j Is there We arr now
learning Il from the census We fd that the Christian
neope in this country are divided into denomiua
tons IL has been hard for Episcopahlls 70 e3ra
that II nine-tenths OF the Christian people in THIS ht
hold 10 these denOmnatlona Views, then by right &
mathematics they must not be excluded rom the Church.
But is there not oneness enough as y ~ l. "r 2He an
not satisfied with the oneness 81 Gnurch wAch arn"s
four missionaries 10 Wraugle IN Hesteln OWL 49,, W."
is divided in it's foreign work, Whlch kOWs nor tor
ton. There Is not much trouble on tis Poht sn'
Methodist or Presbyterian or tne Du,eh Co.,
Churches rs among the Bapusti an VI ,, $3.50
custom rather than principle, 0ld tlos' comm
But the real difficulty Is IN the Lpl1copal orrIgn;
brought up in the Episcopal Church. ana 90 NOT III
that because hold these principles mus ra1t tnS
Church PIesbytertans helped % make tne i,DA,
aud in tie early history o. this city me kutst ~ aiyHs
existed between Old Trinity and me DUN tiotleii
Church II s not necessary 0r me 70 leaVc the ..
Church shall stay In IL and work ana 5iiii2f" lot lAo
here, until at last al Churches sIa De 'h e''h
The Rev Dr. Rogers Of the Dutch Reformed Church
said that the erection OF CHRISTIAN pidee oi HooP
always an occasion for deyOut thAnkiulhess lor tho
more Christian churches arc multiplied Tue more VII 20
elements Of prosperity be mn 1iSSc gG' t ts ~
It is founded on thG pinSsI nm u TUE uricrsfant
that with those who have THIS ChuIch III ehalEp
the question is not 80 much one OF pohty ana ouIE
is an historical propricty in nv presence this
As early a church, IN sympathy w n me Piot-t
fort on the Battery and for 40 years TINS Dutch Re-
formed Church was the only ono on the Island ~ -
end of that time the Rev. Mr. Nesey, chaplain OF Ito
EpseSP9!, h and e fri .S0p9I services on this
Erdu re Inns held In Ieg7 when Trinity wa
dedicated the Dutch Reformed ministers weT pres
emit at the invitation OF the rector, ar N9s'b,
Liberty and Wilamsts. were used for Rsptas or BAR
worship the Vesry of Trinity Church invited orr poop
TO use ST. Georges Chapel aud our services Meie HsL
there until the evacuation In view Of these tacts IL -
appropriate that should be here tonight at the OPAL
ing of an Episcopal Church on so lihera platform l'
Church of Christ l. a circle that fills the whole eatE
but contains only one eenter-faith in Jesus Let ~
walk in the light OF the great sun OF the Chsta y
tenn and the shadows Of denominatonal diversity VIII
The Rev Dr. Crooks Of the Methodist Church said thot
Methodist might be defined as an rregular Ipsaop'.
Ian, and that all Methodsts, although they had tt ~
Episcopal Church, had always maintained respect amt
yaneraon for the church OF their fathers. Christian
churches may be classified sacerdOta Evangelical
and Liberal, the first claiming the necessity OF humans
mediation the second insisting the necessity OF one
Mediator alOne-Jesus Chrlst-and the third DISCERNING
mediation altogether. The hrst system cons
pletely isolates and segregates the bouy,
OF Christian people from one another, ANA congratulate
you organizing this Church on basis OF rdeilhly
and love- The Reformation announced the idea that Al
Christians priests, aud this idea of universal
nresthood will eventually destroy saeerdOalism. Te-
oice i'm tbis experiment and nv heart goes ont In en-
thusasn 10 meet those who have butup this Church
principe OF fellowship and unity Representa- caste
church. and rejecting the Pigment OF apostoca sucg'N
sion The Church OF the future viii be BaUtlsr .
PRESBYTERIAN, or Protestant EpiscOph but all these
! fused into one
| The Rev j. Hyatt Smith also made briof adtrc :
The Rev Mr. Thra read telegram from the Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher regretting his inability uinli hs en-
gagrment collection was made squldate the float
ING debit OF the church amounting 500, and $500 va
contributed The services were concluded with singing
| and the benedctiOn. g
Tie new church cruciform edlnce, or the G0thlS
order built OF brick with stone acngh, and whcn COM
pleted will a welprOp OrtiOued t0Ser The INTERIOR
l. marked 10y the absence OF chanceA and commune -
table, for which raised dais with lcteIns ana c'i-
muniOn rail outside suDsttuCdr The church -
handsomely furnished with OAK fittings and crlIns"u
carpeting The church begun FIST May, ana bas
been completed at cost Of $4,000. As the architecture,
and character of the service would indicate the chu n
will be conducted on exceedingly liberal principles, tht
following having been announced as the OASIS oi uo'
Oar ne Of fith-the Holy snisre doe'rr~s
ReOmt resoiyeunTestre irh a. -
gtb Evangelical DENOMINATIONS; Eorte s4gat o. 70
wospoommon prayer anu common praise oar "a-s y
from ali whose leartA with US
The Eey. Mason Gallagher is associate pastor