New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-06
THEMES or OTHER PULPITS.
SERVICES AT HOLY TRINITY IN HARLEM-THE REV.
ALEssANDRO GAvAZZI's DIsCoURsE-PolNTs OF
OIHRR SERMONS.

SERVICES AT HOLY TRINITY IN HARLEM-THE REV.
ALEssANpRo GAvAZZI's DIsCOURsE-POINTS OF
oIHRR SERMONS.
The Holy Trinity Church at One-hundred-
ana-twenty hfn-sl. AID Ffth-avc, which recently has
been rebuilt was opened for service yesterday morning.
The old structure was destroyed by fire Ash Wednes
day February IL. 1850. The lew build NJ imme-
daey begun and has been erected on The same general
plsn II Is built of brick with white trimming, and the
dimensions about 90 feet III Fift-ave and 100 feet
in the side street. The INTERIOR arrangements are
slightly d II rent from those III thu Old church There
are three alsles and than $50 pews. large cal
ley the of the church The church
viii seat about 900 persons. The Rev. d. Randolph II
| McKim the pastor conducted tie services. spite
tbe stormy we tthcr tnr Ch1ich crowded For his
text lie read Psalms, lxxvii. 10: Thy way. God IS
IN the sanctuary who Is 20 great Goa IL our "ou'
TIE discourse saited 10 the oc a,iOn.
The Rev. George L. Pentecost, VINO was for many
wears n minister In the Bapnsh Church recently &C.
cepted cali 10 the pastoTato OF the TOupkns Avenue
Congregational Churcn OF Brooklyn He preached his
first sermon in his pulpit yesterday morning.
Before beginning his discourse he saId. speaking OF
bis change of position :" have always been better
Christian than a ptst, and hope shall b. IA better
Christian than Con.TegatiOnast. have been led
IaeIy more 10 magnify the spiritual than tAe eccesas-
sisn}6ed Than on the sgnifvmg things. Yet l do not
think uudeIate ordinances or ORGANIZATION"
The Rev Alesslncro GAvazzi The founder of the Free
Church in Italy addressed large congregation in the
ut I.fayete-ave and Oxford-st., Brooklyn. The
mon was purely GOcirinaI but abOundcd with striking
illustrations Frequently the preachers quick express
I'VE and distinctive Italian accent reea ed ms
nationality. His from James H., &c " For
The body without the spirit is dead SO faith without
works is dead also"
The Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage in The Brooklyn TabeTna-
Gle preached on the duty OF employers to their employees
He spoke Of the advantage Of amiable and pleasant
Christian sautation between master aud servant and
said that politeness thrown away under any
The tendency OF the time was 10 make
the cbasm between capitalists and employed wider. and
the idea seemed TO be that there should he many
pieces OF silver many beads OF sweat. III WAS the
duty of employers be mercfu and consderac and TO
urgT upon their assistants positive religious life.
The Rev. j. w. Chadwick, OF the Second Unitarian
Church. at Clinton and Congress-sts Brooklyn lcctured
last evening Jonathan Edwards He related at con-
siderable length many incidents OF his life and gave
outline OF several OF his The lecturer sad that
Edwards was thirty in advance Of others IN scen
tc matters and thst il ne had given the same time and
study 10 the same subjects which Benjamin Franklin did
ne would have disputed with him the title greatest
scientist OF that peil0 But the lecturer Considered
Edwardss life a failure. He was always burying his
CalvDsm dog does his bone ana then uneartbing IL
he put IL forward as a new discovery.