New-York tribune., 1876-11-20
RELIGIOUS THEMES.
CHANGES OF THIRTY YEARS.

IN, Fer Dr. r. s. Stors al the Church @ ne P''gr'nS
Brooklyn.
Yesterday was the thirtieth anniversary OF
tho installation of the Rev. DR.. Richard s. Storrs d. d.
as pastor Of the Church OF the Pilgrims, Brookyn'
beaufu basket of flowers placed at the SIDE OF the
,mpit and two wrcaths of evergreens with the dates
1876 and 1876 in red flowers suspended from tie
choir gallery DIR. StOrrs gave large part OF HIS ui'
course 20 the changes Of the last 30 years III nus
the City of Brooklyn, the country and the wnoe WIN
The text was taken from l. Timothy, l., IL; 'cooiu-
ing to the glorious Gospel OF the Diesseu "0u' "
committed to my trust" ,o
7T6rtv wears have now passed said DR.. storrs snce'
nm the 1oth dav Of November 1916 was installed pas
tor ~ this church and congregation 1hey haNe P
as the swift ships the ocean or the eag'e u''e -
its prey and the memory OF them Is IKE uio ",.,
hos gone AWAY. They have been years crowded WIN
worl fnI of socitude and marked by grlels pul cf
,rjz,d nv great harmony and Christian success lor
b,.b ,e may prase God to-day. OF 100 former mem
hers who met me when youth to tiis pastor
ate there are not more Than 20 remaining Anere "io
now $50 families or more embraced III
our church society. During this time 1000
persons have united with this church, some 800
npon profession of faith $50 by letter Out OF the whole
number have been l4o deaths There are hoM oSV
tive members. all butabon 20 OF whom nav ru % h VIZ.
the church since became ITS pastor IheIe nave pc
great changes the councils OF the churci ana many
whose names need not recall have passed away. NY
venerable fathers prayer on the @ ", a m
son VIII always be remembered as coming frin Que Mho
cayly walls full Of odors which the prayers OF the
sauis saw my own youth perish III hls grave, ana
knew there would be 10 man 10 say 10 le l9 SUN ,,,
There have be great changes III I my os5 ,r mon
time. II is hard to realize them lEo sIuaIe ai,on %
which this church stands was tien p1stuie io
cows No gas lighted the streets dwellings AT thai
time and water used except What Wds Op"lhSu
Vera no street railroads no Courthouse nor City Hail.
like those have standing anu wheIe 'Tgs ~, ~.
then had some 60 600 inhabitants and OF the se'6 I'm III
provements which have since been inade5ag5 DO rrp
py,frp Il
germ existed There have been great ehansys ~ ' nt
nat1on that time Mr. POik was lhil n
aHd of the nlan who eminent IN the oeile WcIe
Mr.. Webster. Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Cass, ana othefn & WY
were the contemporaries and associates OF tuose hen.
How tber names carry back into the past ana now
remote ID seems! IL was before Mr seward i 4, r'O -
den ana Mr. Douglas had taken their seats II tc stae
or SraaJ Incoln had taken seat for the first time
in the House Very great changes have taken ia9e "a
then beeH annexed n was not quite year that the
b1ttIc OF Monterey had beer fought California had ot
an existence as State, aud No dream Of lts wealth Nas
yseT c,rerfaineti Not five thousand miles OF railroad
were thou laid in the United states, and ihoF, Who's
fo,r areg Is now covered with lines OF Enlo"g lhn iI
two T,jles in operation Since that date twelve
stsios have admitted into the Uhmi ana ihr I9i
road has connected the Pacific Ocean with te alitaue
and made them greater distance apart ID Hont oi
time than Eew-Ycrk from Boston lo our lalAeft.
me great civil war, tho earth echung Win ne thuci
t snnon and tbe emancipation Of the slave not
foresee then All these changes have beeh mdo III 'ne
| last thirty years la one generation. =, ,---,
Immense changes have taken pace IN tS @ luis
this Among the sreat events ei tns n ids hi vii
years have been The struggle on loiS III Li,olc
carried nations to new efforts Tor Hbeiy thc eIrs VI
which tfineln war, thc iiutlHs
the structiun OF Germany TO the exclusion OF aus
lia the Liberation of the seIfs III Russia the .Ilc
var between France and Germany the opening oi pa
70 tIe clyIzng influences OF Christianity. AuSiInl'"
was almost unknown thirty years aSO; now II mas De-
! CONT a great almost Continental power. -.
Prosperity hos been bestowed upon is as church lhis
odce enlarged has cost SlSO,0UO, and the cOnlIlou
tieus fr missionary and church purposes nave not
been less than $500, 900. The congregation was never
so large as present the sunday school cohh'ctou
with the church influential, ana We ha't
every reason in recalling the past 10 praise ana
/ tl;sik God no matter what the outside storm
NAV have been, for tho blessings which have Kept
Us in such harmony, peace, ana prosperity; nav
/ always Wiling TO enter lh'o aA suiiI,tto
OF critical interest during tho times they nlett,t lOu
minds Iut YOU know that the substance ana sl"ch ~
nv lTeaching has been the Gospel Of our Lord ana tue
future which waits for each u as al the SIeAJ nl,e
Throne The glorious Gospel Of thc blessed God never
seemed so fresh To me It s te instrument ii
tie hands of God TO convert The world, AND God WIZ had
t. IL The unavoidable glory OF The git oi is hul Spi,
II men will ask II. We ought 20 ~ thaiklu or many
things for prosperity and useluscss; lof bVV clEh
t..ufiZed IN of the Father the SON ana lhe
HOW Ghost for who have gone cut from ~ hs
/ ,yuri,ers In the Christian world, hut most ol AZ
fnr he Gospel Of Christ which has been the source OF
] every good work. IL Is what links us 10 inc past
and 10 God How little do 10 SPREAD rs power thIos
fbe world We hear OF the stupburnncss OF nlt worm
against receiving this Gospel, but when iooh deh anu
see that no power has been permitted 20 remain "hch
mas sci it3e against IT, wheu ccnsidcr IFS spread among
the nations of the earth, the African gre inl"u, tNc
Jncancse, and the Chinese all touched by is power
celestial know that its power Ia adequate to convert tie
/ whole earth.