, 1875-06-18

Of tho corncs-Etone we're begun shortly After
their arrival.
rlsor 10 tho laying Of tho coroes.stoneA
4 CHORAL BEhvlCE
MAS hold In the ecf!ool-houBo ot tue town, Which
lass bsen rho plaeo Of meeting for the church.
Tho 1ncmbers Of the clergy present
wero: The ley. Canon Knowles. Of The
Cathedral; tho Hev. Dr. PoHett, Of ST. Johns;
;he Esy K1, nt spefns y 1s Of Ep'Msny h' ts Es
man. of 81. Htephou's; tho fsev, M1. Perry. Of
Atonement; the 1saE. Mr.. Pardec, Of Calvary;
the Aoy. Alr. Abbott, Of Evanston; and tho Rev.
Mr. Turner. The SERVICES In Tao school. house
wore directed bs tho Rector; thoi'ov. Iii. Luson.
uLo tunaa br1cf congratulnory address to tho
audiouce on tho beauty Of tha day and the in-
tcroatng occasion that had dsawn them TO-
gother.
+. Altar the choral service, the Chief Marshal,
sIr. Osis Lyman, and hia assistant, NE. 4. ".
Morrill,. arranged
THE rnoorsslo1
to tho place where the cornor-stpne uas to he
laid, ard IL Get out In tho following order-drs.,
The vestry. thou tho clildroa attending the
public school tn tho town. thou the surpliced
churatora. precedcd by one hea1ing small ban
neret With 3 rroBs upon it. thea the clergy, aud
following tbom tito congregation generally. As
Tho procession moved on. arranged hy tHos, tho
choristers chanted tho professional hymn;
Onward, Chr1stian soldiers,
Yltl the cross IT 1.11A
GUInH on toforo
When tho procession reached the church, the
voatry aud school children dis,desI, tile c.oris-
tcrd and c!etgY passing up Gu q platform laid
aososs tho walls on tue church Ah tho Clergy
xas to 10 laid, the choristcrs cl1antcd
Palm l22, beginning: II Vas glad when they
said untu iao Wo wifi go iuto tho house Of tho
Lord" Tho Rov. Dr. Stocking then road tue
preseFibssd form Of PRAYER Tor :te layug Of tue
read tho following list Of tho oontcna OF the
stone: Illstory Of the Parrish. tho Dible The
psayag-Dook, the HStnual. tho Church Aln4use
for 1915, The Diocesan Canoce, tho journal Of
tho Special Convention Of sho Diocese. the laat
Catalogue Of 81. Msryfa Church, Knoxville,
copy OF tho church paper, the diocese, copies Of
THE InIHrNE aud Times. o copy Of tho
form Of service for laying tne corner
asono:; copy Of tho laat Behool Report Of
/ cutrcncy. The choristeEa then sang hymu
and tho stoua, which was suspended over Its
place by boiny swung from tue arm OF a long
| favos, WAS lot down into Its bed. Further exer
| ciees were continued by tho Eov, Drs. Stocking
| aud Sullivan, and
TIE net. DR., cEauMAX
then delivered m atldross, llo sn'd thns with
| words OF prayer A,d solomn religious rites tlev
hk1 laid tho Cotn0r-dtono OF what they trusted
would pa 10 many generations = AaltoWel toulrle
| 1T togou. What mab this new temple to Byu-
bolixe7 Waa II tho outward sign Of BONO now
root or roma new religion, coulc to distract fur.
| tlEf 3 WuFlQ hlfEuuy A{EluUAt 1u9 41Ofa 1E6tS
prayed thnt they all might DO one, and tho dlsfs-
iona OF Chttateudom were ith bane. calling forth
tho sneet Of the inhdel and tho mockIpg gibo OF
tho heathon. ..
This seamless coat had been rent and torn.
aud the oue body Was replaced by discovered
fragments. A preacher Of one OF tho n1west
Of these Fragments had naid to tho people OF a
town on that name z1llroad: "Thero aro
thsseon scots, aud como amonB .you 70 found
fonrteonsh." It WAS case Of reduct,o ad
1 ~ Thu manila IA HIN mint ami hin
found no 1narkct for bis wares. Hero wore
thrtoon bta1Ycliug sccts. and, II sho1e should 10
many. more, they wonld all ato Of inauis!on.
fssnsasn ss at t,Ixsins IN TITS ,n"s
TINT above oil otlors excited Lis curiosity. Ono
| WAS tho national ingenuity IN lnvontiuE relis-
ions tho other, thd natoua! lack OF it In cook-
cry. There ucro fifty religions but only one
| gtayy. Tbs epigram stnns By its truth.
Dil they now found Church or soe.7 God
| forbid that IL should be the latter. They held
soh!stn to DO ~ great Sin aa 1t was In tho dnya
| OF st. paul,-one OF tloae sins which came tEoul
an ansanetisied heart. The cornerstone MAS but
nalgu. Jesus Christ vaa tho thing aieutded.
lie waa tho tIu0 cornar.stono, elect and precious
Othcr foundation could NO man lay. This Church
OF Chriat waa not by manaor Of man. II
descended from Hoayeu. 1t was founded not in
wl.o WAS tho living load. II was no. a tuing
OF yesterday. 1t did not dato from tho 1tefornla
tlo,, from tnthor or from Calvin. OF from re-
formers Of tEolE own tilne, but back TO calvary.
i bad its ancestry IN tue prophets aad apostles.
priesthood. God had no!et ieft Hitnsolt without
a witness. To SAY that tho Church failed In !ss
successive existence was to say that ooa's prom.
iad Ind not beon fulfilled, and that tho gates
of holt had prevailed ags!nat it. 1t was not 50,
Tho taith OF tho Apostles Was cnetrined in it,
crceds. II was not creature ct ehe tlsst cen.
tpey OF tho fifth: It waa planted, II not w the
Apostios themselves: BY apostolic Haen. When
st. Augustine camo to England ~ tho lnissiona'
~ Of tho l!omsn Church, ho found no heathen
land, for the Nritish Church Wss already estal'.
ltshed with bishops, priests, auA doacons. u
MAS thon ~ strongly protestant to the authority
OF tho lAshop OF itoMa ~ y Inns sinoe
been. The blood Of tho martyrs hsl a.
| really ufoucled tue aoa!. before tile dcaih
Of Ut. Paul. in ths frat century, the Gospel had
boon proclaimed. and british Bishops sat IN TIE
earliest councils. Those who would sock the
origin of tho Church In the ratormatlous pi
lisnrty the Eighth. ignored the fsnta q history.
| 1fhA 1naAc0 wont hack 10 RDCHt0liG tituHB. Nc