The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-16
GOSSIP ABOUT CHURCHES.
TALES THsr wERE TOLD or CRY
CLERG YMEN IN THE FAST.
a New York Minister IN tho seventeenth
Century who was Invited 70 step Down
and out ~ anne Ancient Church Edinces.

80. a. s....s. IA
e.oiu"'i e.''i''' ''ou V"i a"''s'o'o W P'"o' ""u
Thanksgiving, on some special occasion such as
has lust called out a proclamati On from the
,,..I,... a.. -. - --.---. 80, a.. -.
fresldebt' the people were accustomed 10 obey
with great litorainess. In those days tho church
,v,s ,ho r,ah, 49,, -, ,ho u,rc.,uor, Tbe
was 'nc r'sn' ur'n VI .ne uoVor"',ien'' ."'
curly bettlers nulIt churcn peIOre tney erecteu
the "stadt Huvs" II VIVA a barn. like edifce
o,1 A., no, 81, ,ho ,.s,o ~, ,tc c,,oo,s,a r,Le
"'u wv 'o' e.'' ."o ..s.o y, VIZ .oIo''os.' -
tneir uoscsnunnts VI .o-uey, 'ncy asp''oo W
eIeo' pe..oi ou'u'nE 'nan .nof oouiu iea'S
afford. ut was shame" they Baid, that
they should worship In m can barn, when they
"a .ton,. o., 49, 49,, soa .,or. .na ,.., n.
shells for lime At their very DOORS Some one,
too, had told them that the English had nne
cburchos n, HARTFORD ana pou,o,
O"u N"o' nv h"tV'" n"u possVu'
How TO get money to build the church was
the next question The Governor PROMISED a
,so,,s.,', n''1ss a.. r... W. 80"
tnousanu Ru"uers from the Dntcn "est ihu'a
Company, and private subscription list was
started but this proved insufhcient. The cfti-
hehs "ere not III "oerhi noou' n httie man
aeement was necessary. Some OF the old
bur obers m MI, theIr bn.ds ,ncn.bsr ma con
coctrd n a,rstsoam A da,,ghter m nomtna lo
| psrd.s Was no ne n,arrled In Wa dctsrminad
10 mnk Al n yraat nccasicn and 10 i,yits Iii arc
vyincinsi citizems rbts U.s. ~ nccordInsv don"
| Inc wIne circulated frseiv spd nil wers MARY
A. .aa 40 ~, fs.,i,.i,v -, n 81 vi a.. ms,,h,
| inc suhscpi" lion naney VS. nr"dmced Ew,,i,
zion wa aroused, and the wine bibbing guests
,hair ns,,,a. mr. ~, o1 so - 49, W.
| ,sedily rsised hui s",ne on ine rsxt ~ orninS
were very acre over their Hberslitv
yart,as' ~, i,,',id n sn1,ycn ~ rrrg st,a $500
| two feet innS at,v.two vida ana s,stcen
n,kp, ~ vos' VI s",vnp NV n"nu'vu suiuoiis
proved satisfectory' Tbe roof Wa covered win
,r-c,eon aia,.s ~ ,sr,, :, az 90 LIr,,a. 80
20 sao wHs ihso' .eu III .ne rom wall, tvnH
t 40 pnsSeIo VA tnis Tempe was nu,It ~
~ u"N'' ' i'o''' '''0''' ''"0'"''
INSIDE THE PORT.
This ancient church stood inside the old fort
| at the battery, and when the fort was DEM OIL
isncJ In 1857 to make room for the (3cysrnm ent
| House the old slab with its inscription was
| found half burned in the ground IL was re-
moved 20 the belfrv Of the new dutch Church in
| Garden street CExchunve place. where It re-
| uaineJ mill hotn var, Jsst,,vca In liza ,,rest
| nre OF 1876 The old church was STYLED the 81.
| NichoIaa IN honor of the tlltelary saint Of Nav
| Amatar1.m "o''' " WV '''''''' '"''' u "'"
Iwentv-nye wear. altar tina erec,ion OF mi.
| Imposing stone edifce, when the city OF New
York had risen to the d dignity Of 1850 inhabt.
| buili "A cltlrrn nm town. IN Iirna1wav ne.rly
! opposite tue site Of Trinity Church. the con
greg uon settled over tnemseisos tue hev' ia
| coo faOiltius as pastor ~ looy. He was elo-
VS. wn'sper OF eVl against MN. Inc
TONGUES OF uanes waheu NOT ana cbsfses oil
grave grave vanois weas III aue wni.h SOON 70
nave nesn suos.s i l At Iast me matter
@ '" .no no'oe q, .no oUseano, h,u
couhot. ihey SUNNI uhou Tue ueinuuent pas
,,9rneI before them. ana inqulrod INTO MS ALLEGED
,spsos from virtue. Tue colony was shocked,
49,. ,,,, ~ v - 90. "a Ir 80 ".
rpvcch. mere were no stenosraphers IN those
9hEs' ana the IeioTts OF tue w ~ are incnere.
! ine,e wore 10" iaMbSrs' 700, Ahd the hoousod
| uN.hc was booiil uoiehuOu. ino result was
anS. tmv d % .aa pc mus step
uo"h ana "ut 81 the mln'suS out, with singu-
ih mercy tneS aho"eu nm 10 pieacn iare-
~ me ciion, any 70 ,ns.a,, arent "a
nls usssSe,5eOr. f@oIlslus Soon uteF"aru fvturh-
| Gu r ~ n v ,v' ,., -.,,... -, 49,
rms cburci was hterward rebuilt al tho cor
nsr u trAnAl ri and William streets, ana many
" Jul N.ti1oHH VIII iciHetA Oot tnc qlhul uIl GU
me-, WIZ" h Was not TORN GOWN untl iool' Dur
my ths Revolutionary war u was used as a hos
ti.a' ,"t tue ncssl ans. any al AROUND the Dor
W u -. ."o s"a i near oS mahf oi the poor
" suh "tre Dui'ee' 49,, T., IA,
r, .ier W ~ M " ~. ii ~ iaitu a. tuo
lisnV ~ ~ .V'osIans onuIcn Dun, ~ the iukuo-
ssrs I'M sre ' oi a. ana Hass s
i ~ IN Wien .nolr Troops osoupi9i tIe city IA
Lsrrtt sccaasa tn ahs En,scan,I c,,,,,,,,,',,
IN v',insrv sirsst M nep t NJ,
iishad he ~ har.n. a. IAN ma $500 a.
Epsoopa communion In isi0 Wv
-P''N'''' ,' 'l'1V" :" NV
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
was FIRMLY rooted IN The colony by GOV Fletcher
who compelled the Colonial Assembly Ia llS3 TO
pass an act providing FOR the building u a
church IN the city OF New York, another In
Kcamond. two In westchoster, and two IN Suf-
folk. In each OF which an Episcopal minister was
TO he sc tied At salary Of from $50 20 tlp, TO be
paid 10y a tax levied on the inbaDitsnt, Trinity
church, on Brpalw was begun IA lOy6, under
the provisions of THIS act, and was completed
aud opened iur worship IN February OF the next
| N,sey. he Churoh WAS small and square, aud
had an Immense spire' which was tho piide aud
admiration OF tue city pew In II was Hppro-
pnsted Go the MAYOR ana Common Council, in
NNi,n ,uSl uo.l SAL " bs"i anu ',9tuI.u 70
| nv 'ie1ti'h avI "a NvHnot'I) W hS uouhteu 70
| II by the corporation IN liu3, on condition that
! fer ADULTS and eighteenpaDco for child OH. aud
| that A. should be neatly ienred in Now N c0sts
Al ana IN be I'M arred IN tho graveyard nhou, eId
| t,,,.itx " " N' NN' N'N
Att,iiet; .,-..,..t-... A,.,..-, =, T., 80.
! lhe iLesoyterlails oolhlneu ioothold IN lis,
u. llf,lf
| Mhckntght ana John NiCOlts purchased plecs
Of ground in Wall street near tine CtlX IA Al fnr
| inc 49, ~ n churrh fDr yor.hio ,,rordiu', ~
,hs IrS.i,ttar.n nm srra %, 80 ~. - III, ~
~ 70, ai 80 - Nv ouln.e Naa jun ~
the 'Olo"ihk Sosr' IN tho mean llno theN hhu
asked ana obtained permission OF tle corpora
| tiOu 10 hold services in the CITY Halt Oh COndi-
| tion that they would In no wise Interfere Wit h
| me conrfs ~
When the learned traveller Kahn visited New
York IN l1f5 he found several churches which
| deserve some attention" His special admira-
ton was tue new Dutch Church on Nassau street
(the old Post Ofioe) which had a clock In the
steepe, and "the only one In town." In THIS
cnurch no was surprised to md "neithcr alt ar
vestry choir. sconces, nor paintings" However,
| II ~ pretty, for he says, "some trees are
planted around II, which make II look rs n IL
| we're built IN wood" In the old Dutch Church
which was painted on the inside, though with {.
cut any Images" aud was "adOrneuF with a
small organ, =" the mon for the most part sat I'm
| the gallery, and tho women below" which was
| very nice Tor the young beauN In addition To
| the churches already mentioned there were