Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-05
ST. MARY's CHURCH.
Bishop 0HIRiard RsOpsBs bic Little csihedFal
with Great P0mp-A Description Of the
lmpr0yemsRts-SeFn0n by Dr..
Pickett, Of Mississippi.

ST. MARY's (EPIsCoPAL) CHURCH,
that has for some time been undergoing
repairs and enlargement, preparatory to
Its conversion into q cathedral for Bishop
QUuntRrd, was yesterday reopened as St.
Marv's Cathedral Church, in the presence
of q large congregation and with imposing
ceremonies. The ecclesiastics present were
Reverend Drs. White, Carmichael, Wheat,
Hines, VaulX, Milburn (the blind preach
eri and Wickens, and Bishop Quin-
taid. It is difficult to speak of the
church il fs new condition. It is
not very large, though It has twice the
capacity hat it had before. The most
striking and attractive feature about il is
tho "dim religious light" which fills it's
low gothic aisles. This is impaired by
tho stained glass windows. There is no
light admitted except through stained
glass The great window owe the altar
is by far the finest thing Of the sort in the
city. The frequenters of the church need
nos be told about that, but those who
have not visited st. Msry's will find
themselves repaid by looking in there, to
study that window for half an hour.
There are fourteen other windows, with
Gothic points, each the gift Of some par
ishoner, in memorial of q deceased friend
or relative, Those windows are the
work of John Hughes, of this city,
and reflect much credit on his ar
tistic skill. There is q large circular
window over the door. It is six feet in
/ diameter, of g rich and brilliant design,
bearing this inscription: " Be thou faith
full unto death, and I will give thee a
crown Of life" over the door also are
painted the coats Of arms Of Bishop Otey,
the fret Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee,
and Of the Archbishop Of Canterbury,
England, the primate of the church. Be
j $3.50 aLo-o Fu vuanNaI Hhn fw-4afg naf O
lamb bearing a cross. To the left OF the
entrance is a recess for the bsptistry.
The panels between the pillars above the
arches are filed with inscriptions from
the Bible. The eight beatitudes mem
toned in Matthew are thus beautifully
done in old English Church text:
" Blessed are the meek, for
passage which might probably be
studied pace in q while by the domi-
neering, the bold and the proud. who can
! brook no contradiction nor suffer to see
anv q above themselves anywhere.
The whole interior of the church is very
neatly painted. The windows at the ends
Of the side sisles are the alpha" and
omega" Very appropriate. James B.
Cook designed the changes in St. Mary's,
and under his direction they were very
well carried out by j. COrbett & Co., gen.
eral painters, William Juniper, carpen-
ter, and J. Pope, who did the illuminated
anC ornamental painting.
THE SERMON.
After the usual morning services, the
Rev. Mr.. Pickett, of Mississippi, preached
the sermon from the text, "HOw amiable
are thy dwellings, o, Lord ~
He said that a great deal had been done
by che church since st. Msry's was built,
thirty years ago. IL was opened then
by the great and good bishop Obey. 1t
| stood since as a memorial of the piety Of
the noble women by whom it was erected.
The progress made since was very great,
the whole country Is now dotted with
churches. This little chapel has become
important. 1t is now twice as large as it
was. The bishop has moved hither, and
made this his cathedral, the center of his
pastoral Iabors.
THE TwO-FOLD NATURE OF DIVINE WoR-
HIP.
The preacher then went on to speak of
the intimate union which religion has es-
tablishsd between heaven and ear,h. II is
the tie that binds man to his God. It
must be both spiritual and corporal in its
manifestations and in its works as long as
mar. is of a spiritual AMI cOrporeal fOrma-
lion. This Is in harmony with the nature
in which God created US. The sentiments
of the soul must " proper and suitable
outward expression. God, in IS much
as he created il, requires the worship of
the body as well as of the soul. The
body is no less depending o. His provi-
denCe than the soul. Some pretend TO
repudiate all religious ceremonial, which
makes the services impressive; and some
contend that as Goo is a spirit Himself,
He should be wOrsbipped in the spirit
only. When man was in the garden of
Eden, in his primitive purity and nobility
of soul, there. was then no necessity for
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universe and behold in that magnificent
structure a temple not built by human
hands-see in il a temple whose splendOr
and v~astness was worthy of the living
God. He wO%rshipped Him in that tenn
pie. When man fell the earth itself fell
to suit his altered condition. When the
immortal spirit within fell, then the fac
ulties, the body, the outward world, all
things that had been made for that
soul fell also, and a necessity
for temples in which to WOr-
ship God originated. From that time
external as well as Internal worship be-
came necessary. That external worship
which has its forms in churches, in cere-
mOnials, and in ali those motions Of the
human organism which indicate an ac-
acknowledgement of the supreme power
and everything presence Of God. II we
trace the course OF religion down even
from the beginning, we shall hnd external
and internal worship combined at all
times II in all places. We find that
Noah built an altar on which he offered
sacrifice. Jacob cOnsecrsted the very
spot on which heaven had v~Ouchsafed a
a revelation to him. The Temple that
built according to the express direc-
tiOnHo Of God was the most magnificent
that the ingenuity of man could erect,
and the severest punishments are de-
nounced against those who should desc
m-nHE thu nInnn iva uuhnnh tho AFvnHmhN- Z
deiglled to manifest his glory and his
power, Irrsversnce in the house of God
is not so small an OfFeuse as some seem
to think it. From first to last it was a
sin which the Savior punished with the
greatest seventies. At the outset OF his
mortal career, he disputed with the doc
tors in the Temple, and no doubt re-
proved the Scribes and Pharisees for their
Dissertation of Gods house; and when De
came into. Jerusalem for the last time,
he wen into the Temple and cast forth
those who had polluted the holy place by
converting it into a market. When we
reflect on these things, We are convinced &
1isrespect for Gods house is certain
ly a more g~revious offending than is s
commonly thought. 1t is as much the
10 erect worthy temples to the wor-
ship Of God now as it was when he, Him {
self, gave directions for the building Of /
One that should, in some measure, be WOr- I
of Him. In the New Testament there t
are no precise directions given on this z
point, but we must remember that the c
Redesmer did not come to destroy, but to 5
0uild up. We find the zeal of the early v
manifested in,this respect; though t
hey dared not build churches, yet they Il
vent into the ground. The catacOmbs 8
converted into temples, and these vet P
J~estifyIng Of the anxiety Of those S
Christians for the House of P
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When the religion Of God was permitted II
o breathe the air of Heaven and to show a
Is face in the sunlight, we find the
emples raising their proud and impOs- u
ng dOmes and spires towards the sky. b
hey we're many, but the v
RELIGION VAS ALwAYs AME ].
he churches were many, the E~piscOpacy I.
Wherever we find a spot that was n
eemGd suitable for religious worship, II
came there and erected an altar for n
celebration of the divine Eucharist. n
much more d|ignided, how much a,
lore imposing and beautiful ought h II
of God to be now than in olden n
mes, for they had but the figures of n
-hich we have,the reality? We have here ii
be real presence of the incarnate God. h
aith teaches us that here, yelled under Sc
he simple appearances of bread and wine, al
lere are hidden the body and blood Of a,
ne Savior of man. In ancient times nj
he people approached the shadow with W
reverence. With how much ave 81
nd love ought we approach the reality? s1
he preacher dwelt considerably longer n
D the uses Of churches, and finished with 81
J exaOrtation to the congregation to be Ie
ithful and true, pious and GOd-fsaring n,
the end. co
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