New-York tribune., 1881-09-12
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
IN MEMORY OF DIR. CHAPLIN.
SERVICES IN THE CHURCH OF THE DIVINE PATEL
IIY=AN AnnREss

the Church of the Divine Paternity The beautiful
OF Dr. Chaplin the pastor Of the society for thirty
three years attracted very large attendance. The
pit was a cross handsomely decorated with flowers
m ana surmonnted by dove On the upright piece of
sase Gs cr1s the and e. the
From the trustees o. the Chaplin Home, in memory
OF their late president" The pulpit was decorated
flowers, Absent in body, hut present in spirit"
The services opened with AZ organ prelude-Cheru
by the choir, "Niy Faith Looks up to Thee" The
responsive service for the eleventh day then
the Rev c. II. Eaton, embraced selections from the
Psalms and the New Testament Mcndelssohn;s
aria. s. But the Lord is Min lfuI of His own" was
then su2g, and prayer was offered by the Rev. DR..
thanked God for the greatness Of his thought aud
the chness of his eloquence."
=, After hymn by Browning, "Earth's Transitory
Things Decay the pastor spoke briefly of DR..
Chap,n as phlanthropst, reforer and steadfast
service i'll the skllfuy decorated church should be
gwen to his menary and then introduced the Rev.
memorial sermon from Acts, xviii. "a: AN elo-
quent man, mighty in the s"riptures.n, The
that it drew its strength chiefly from the inspiration
0H Hoaen shNr LGys and we ARE S ch rev
memorial address was delivered by the
Rev; Dr; Henry w Bellows, who said that he had
worked thirty years side by side with DR.. Chaplin in
the lae of re gon, and, although 1t a difficult
task adequately To measure his greatness, he
glad to lay comrades wreath upon ms grave. He
reviewed at length the war against Calvinism, and
claimed that the distinctive worl of Dr. Chaplin was
| affirmative rathoT an negative. He had for his
mission the dation OF the essential truths of
Christianity. No CO lege conld have equipped him
not the slave of any theological directory, nor did
ho ne represent any class of society He was man of
1he @ people, and tho common people heard hln
al lovers OF clOquCnce.
A aver WAS made by the pastor for the recovery
nT I.irtip
with thebeneCiction
The sum of $40, 900 has been expended during the
summer upon the interior dccora ion of the church
under the supervision of LoHs &. Tiffany & Co.
ne central piece of the decoratio Is panel of
ing tne wall space behind the pulpit. This large
mosaic represents the Angel of Light. Urel, emcrg
ing g ,ert fram the %.;cn, Clouds The fig re is abopt
beasts of Revelations with four hands and six
of the six being supp anted by the halo of light
about the head, and the drapery of the figure CORE
gazing mtentIy into space The tgurc holds in its
hand scroll on Winch appear in early Gothic char
Almighty, winch was and is and is to come"
Across the base of tue panel is the inscription:
the figure are the words God ls love" These
were placed here at the request of of the oldest
OF OF the church members, Mr.. Weeks, who thought
these words alone would be all the memorial Dr.
Chaplin would want.
Of mosaic glass it is Of the same k fd used in the
Union League Club building. The( gallery fronts
panels, one between every 1SN pillars.
The, ground work is of gol3 | color
Each panel bears two inscriptions in rcI dmbroii-
cry, one around the border and iD>thc centre
The panel before the bear the score of ''Old
Hundred" The second panel from the rear on rhe
rig't aS one enters; bears ON It pr Chapin's avorio
text. "One God and Father of all, who is over ALL
nigh all and in You all" The tablet with the
bronze bas-reiief portrait is placed at
the left of the pulpit as one enters
he portrait is by Augustus SAINT W Gaudens. itsis.
SWEEPING AMENDMENTS SUGGESTED.
The Citizens Protective Association of New-Ter-
sey resolved, at meeting time ago to start a
fes of hat State 'e rn n "i o me t snnday st
was he'd in Newark on Sunday, September 4 at
which the matter was referred by the association to
the citizens who were present. and a committee of
nine was appointed 20 draft memorial to the Con
stitutonal Commission which is to meet in Jersey
CITY this week The Protective Association is com.
posed mainly OF New-Jersey brewers bcerse.rs and
tradesmen identified with be"r manufacturing and
of prominent German citizens. IL was organized
previous TO he last Mayoralty election in Newark
and through the efforts Of its members mainly
German Democrat was elected Mayor bv a Iarce
| majority. Yesterday afternoon meeting of the
%asHorlati1n % and of German ciuzens generally
memorial drawn up by the committee of nine was
| read and adopted
| The memorial rccites passages from the Con-
stitutons OF New jersey, New York and
provision in the Constitu ION o, the United
4
| tive features of most of the State Constitutions
however, it was stated are practically annu.lcd
! The memorial criticises the Sunday laws on the
| statute books OF Ncw-JcrSey which arc not en-
forced declares them illogical and absurd and full
OF impossible requirements, especially those that re-
late to social life iii cities and demands the rene,l
OF these laws while recognizing the necessity Of a
| weekly civil day of rest. The following amend
ment is presented for the consideration IT the Com
\ mission
No law shall be passed, shall any csistlng law re-
main i'll 1orce which depves citizen this state of
the rights OF fu enjoyment OF hie and the pursuit of
happiness according to the dictates OF his
so long az In such enjoyment pursuit he does
| fict with the rights OF othcrs.
Another point presented by the memorial relatos
to the exemption of church property he provision
OF the Constitution of New Jersey which aflirms
no person shall be Obliged to contribute TO the main
tenance OF any church or minister of the gosprI il
quoted; and it is asserted that thar portion of the
tax laws exempting church property prac ,icalIv
violates this part OF the Constitution by relieving
| churcn corporations from the burden of taxes ami
compelling the taxpayers to make up the defcenrv
he following amendment is offered by the memo
| rlalists: ~
neither the state nor any municipal corporation shall
exempt from taxation the property OF church or re-
igious corporation of whatever denomination.
| CAUSING A DISTURBANCE ON A STEAMBOAT
The steamboat Columbia was chartered bv n num
Der OF New-liaven people on Saturday for sail To-
fort Lee and return. When the vessel was nassng n
et, Ja.e on It's return trip Saturday evening
age eighteen, of New-lIaven. who was dri,nk a11i
dsorderly James Dunn, of No. 81 Ninth-nve.. who
was omPloyed 10y on the boat as a peace officer at
| head by the young man Thomas Kroupa n
deck & hand went to Dunn's assistance and
| cred and locked up in of the cabins liz .yo
Kept confined until the boat reached New Haven
The officers decided tina as the stabbng had hccm
done within the jurisdiction of the New York courfs
| they would Lot deliver Cummings to the New1Ua,,
ven authorities They accordingly kept the prisoner
under under guard on the boat until yesterday morning.
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