The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-19

at the north end Of Boston. the Church Of Eng
land was said, az the south pant ~ Boston
r1t beng arge enough - - faiu al ttc 4 Pre-
that wOGlo come 70 IL. the hohlllN 0i E.c.DaI.
anil many ealthy dcI tees "a Ext ChElt.! lI me
British coOnies contributed liye.u.. fa it3
foundation sir Harry Falkland, WLo lNed
on Garden Court street. nest III GOV NOR
Hut ,hiuson, and % whose house BENJAMIN Frank
lin came as q newsbav, wrote ~ l7ts.-"Ghi.st
church has large tower, line ring ~ eight
bells, beautiful steep.e, and having an elevated
situation II may be accounted noble structure
for this part Of the world" In the communion
plate OF this church may be found two hsgOns, a
large chalice, a patien, and plate called re-
ceiver," aud used ID receive the aims ana other
deyotions OF tue pei pie on which are inscribed
these words ''The git OF HIS Ma esty King
George IL. 70 Cn1st Church, az Boston, New
England, at the request OF His Exceleucy Gov.
Belcher, l733.' To the church the KING also
gave, with the affection OF a father, a folio Bible
and two toho Prayer Books. And when the Rev.
Timothy Cutler, the first rector Of this church
man 81 profound learning, "a noble orator. and
man OF great dignity and commanding pre-
sehce, fenonneed CoaBregationallsm, passed
through nj the fiery trial to which every convert
- subjected, and went to London 70 take orders,
he was received with especial kindness by the
Dean OF Canterbury whom he found IN the very
act OF reading his declaration 70 the members Of
the Cathedral BODY. who also received INN with
open arms This church, therefore born as
tayo1te child Of the eccc slasteal establishment
or England, was the home OF kindly, genuine
and religious loyalty when the great drama of
the revolution first opened 1t was not a mere
political question which entered here-but
conscientious recognition OF the Obligations
created between the power which bestows eccle
siastlcal orders, and those which receive them.
1T was this sentiment which gave 10 the de-
clinng avs OF the Rev. Mather Byles, Jr, the
last rector OF this church under the King, such'
q touching record.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO THIS NIGHT
Easter Tuesday, April IS, 1875, his rectorship
here ceased He lett on account 81 his loyalty.
lie had promised to conform TO the Ems llsh
Liturgy; he realized keenly that he was minis
ter under the jurisdiction OF the Bishop OF Lon
don, and he patiently suffered poverty and pre-
scripuon tor that form Of faItn which ho he'd
sworn to defend. 1t was this feature OF the early
revolution III Boston which we contemplate with
peculiar reverence, and around wutcn Aather the
gentlest and noblest sentiments u the human
heart. Free from the violent rallcor Of mere
political difference, u claims from even those
who can neither unders aud nor approve, that
tender and reverentlal charity which truly
4 Christian heart always fca.. toward differing
4 forms OF Christian faith. 1t TaS THIS sentiment
OF religious loyalty, existing "a chls church,
| which gave peculiar interest TO the event we
\ have met to commemorate. For it was against
| all antagonism which have thus described and
surrounded by the difficulties which attended it,
that Paul Revere, filled with patriotic daring,
/ proposed to nse church just abandoned by
| loyal rector, as beacon light for the patriots
i just about to strike their first blow tor freedom
/ How sudden and complete the changel As the
representative OF roval power IN Church and
| State steps down III obedience to the dictates OF
his conscience, the representative OF strug
! CLING people takes his place, and at once, as by
q decree OF Providence, the destiny OF this
1 church is changed and It's history IS immortal
4 For more than half century 1t had stood, the
i emblem OF great religious faith in an Instant
| 1t rose to a still higher duty and became the
signal Of an heroic effort to preserve free con-
science to the believers, and free citizenship
with all its opportunities to tho masses OF man
kind.
1t was great spirit which led to this event.
Paul Revere at whose command the sudden
transformation OF this church took place, and
whose will Robert Newman was but too proud to
obey, was one OF the noblest representatives or
watchful, patient and determined people,
whose name has passed into history. He has
lett behind him no great declarauons; but he
has lett an example Of untrlng vigilance and
thorough comprehension Of an emergency,
which will never be forgotten. Paul Revere and
his band of Boston mechanics as much q
part OF the Revolutionary history ct our country
as Faneull Hall and the Old South church. 10
Samuel Adams he ful nished the voting power
OF the club aud the polls; to John Adams he sup
4 piled the body guard tor the great and stormy
\ conventions ana assemblies at Faneuil Hail. to
4 James Otis he gave popular response to his
grand appeals for freedom; to John Hancock he
manifested that sturdy and commanding judg-
ment of the masses of mankind which won hum
j over to the cause OF freedom, and led him away
I from thu temptations OF luxury and wealthy to
Il the toll and trial which gave him his lmrlor-
4 tahty; to the endangered people he gavefshe
4 signal, and then became the warning messeng err,
4 the alarm, and prepared them for
THE IMMORTAL MORNING WHICH DAMNED FOR
OUR COUNTRY
1 on the blood-stained fields OF Lexington and
4 Concord. Filled with the spirit OF his Hugue-
not ancestry, he entered with an untiring zeal
4 into the public service OF his country IN early
4 life and was among the foremost to aid in estab-
fishing the power OF the Ango-Saxon on this
II continent in the old French and Indian war. He
was q skful mechanic, but he was never sat
ished until he had turned his skill into the pa
IL nf his ffng Ia mn az have had
unusual fidelity and a wit which never forsook
him Tor on all important crises he it who
carried the tidings aud appealed Tor sympathy
and aid He swift and impetuous enough
for Warren and sagacious enough for Samuel
Adams lie was genuine representative Of
revolutionary Boston and his deeds will always
remain as a part OF the annals OF his native
\ town, upon which the historian will love to
| dwell and from which the poet will draw inspir-
alton tor his highest tribute TO what is heroic
and devoted in his fellow man. AS an example
/ OF eternal vigilance he has no superior in our
| revolutionary history.
| have devoted myself this evening, my fellow
citizens, to the deeds performed by Boston at
this early stage OF the Revolutionary war, whose
centennial anniversary we would appropriately
celebrate. l have told you how well she bore
her trials then, and with what warm and genuine
sympathy she was regarded by every patriotic
American community during all her toll and pri-
vation. She filed the most radiant pages OF her
countrys history with great names and great
deeds. And as each succeeding event comes on,
during that period in winch it fell to her lot to
perform the most conspicuous part in the great
conflict for independence, she may well devote
herself to the pious and grateful duty which
commences here conscious that IN no hour Of
trial has she been found wanting. For her, in the
early days, Otis and Quincy and Adams spoke,
Revere watched, Warren died, Washington
fought. And when in later time the trial re-
turned upon her and her country, she may re-
member with pride that for her the voices OF
Everett and Sumner and Andrew were lifted up,
while pearly thirty thousand OF her young men
rallied in defence of the republic. And now hav-
ing done her duty in the conflicts Of the past,
may the century which is opening upon her be
ments in thought, morals and Religion, which
are the true glory Of people whose God 10 the
Lord.