New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-03
REOPENING THE CHURCHES.
PASTORS AND PEOPLE BACK IN THE CITY.
WHERE THE CLERGYNEN SPENT THEIR VACATIONS

| CHURCHES BEING ERECTED.
The churches of New-York which have been closed
during the will be reOpened to-day, and the
pastors Will be in their accustomed places. Those
| churches which have remained Open but whose pull
pits have been supplied by different cergymen from
Sunday to Sunday, will for the most part be oocu-
pied by their own pastors who have nearly all re-
| turned to the city after their annual vacation.
number of ministers have enjoyed European trips
| some have been Conspicuous guests at watering
places others have travelled from point TO point as
pleasure dictated; and few have remained athome
and al work Many of the churches have been re-
paired and made fresh with new upholstery and
decorations
Most of the Protestant Episcopal churches have
been open all summer. There have been regular
services ut Grace Church. while the rector, the Rev.
DIR. Henry &. Potter, has been spending his yaca-
ton in Europe. Trinity Church has also been open;
The rector, the Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix, has passed
the summer in his cottage at Long Beach. There
have been two services Sunday and one service
daily at ST. AIMS. The Church Of the Holy Trinity
has been open all summer. and this morning the
rector, the Rev. DR.. Wilbur f. Watkins, will preach
The Rev. j. l.. Snipman will preach in Christ
Church this morning, the Pew. Edmund GuIbert IN
the Church of the Holy Spirit, and the Rev
c. G. Tiffany III Zion Church The Rev.
f. w. Donald oliciates to-day at the Church
of the Ascension. and services will also be held in
st. Ignatius's Church, and at ST. ThOmas's. The
Church of the Incarnation being rebuilt. Its cost
is estimated at 100000. The Church of st. Mary
the Virgin will be reopened to-day. The rector the
L.
dence, r. l.. The Rev. DIR. K. 5. Rowland breaches
in the Church of the Heavenly Rest.
Few Presbyterian churches have been open dur
ing the summer. The Rev DR.. John Hall, pastor Of
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, has not yet
returned from Europe He sailed in June. The
Rev. Dr. Charles s. Robinson, of the Memorial
Church, sailed in May and has not yet come back.
The Union Presbyterian Church has been closed
six weeks. For twenty years the Rev. DR. Samuel
ID. Alexander, of the Phillips Presbyterian Church,
has preached in this city during the summer
months, and this year was no exception.
The Scotch PRESBYTERIAN Church, the
Rev, 5. N. Hamilton, pastor; the
North Church, the Rev. :. b. ROssiter pastor; the
Rutgers Church, the Rev William Stephenson
pastor and the Thirteenth Street Church, the Rev
DR.. j. NJ Worrall, pastor, will reopen to-day \, The
will preach in the Madison Square Presbyterian
Church, and tho Rev. Dr. j. o. Murray IN the
The Central Methodist Episcopal Church has
been open all summer, but to-day the pastor, the
Rev. DR.. j. 5. Chadwick Will preach. The Rev.
Charles h. North breaches tonight in the Chelsea
Methodist Church. The Rev. Lindsay Parke will
not preach in the SlXty-tirst street Church until
next Sunday, his pulpit being flied to-day by the
Rev. DIR. Robert Crook ST. James's Church
will not be open for public worship until September
10. In the absence of the pastor. the
Rev. DIR. Curtis, of Syracuse University Will oc-
cupy the pulpit this morning and evening Mt the
Washington square Church and the Rev DR.. J. q.
Oakley Will preach Ill the FOrty-fourth Street
Church.
Many Baptist churches reopen this morning The
Rev. DIR. John Peddle, pastor of the First Church.
will preach for the first time since his return from
Europe, where he has spent two months. The Rev
DR.. J. /. Elder, of the Church Of the
Epiphany, has been at Quogue, J.. l., Int
has preached there every Sunday. The
Rev. DR.. X. :. Macarthur, of Calvary Church
returned from his vacation fortnight ago
and resumed his pulpit. | he church has been open
all summer. Next Sunday the Rev. DR.. Thomas
Armitage will preach IN the Fifth Avenue Church.
He has spent most of the summer in the vicinity Of
Boston. where he filled several puipirs. After
months vacation in Europe, the Rev. DIR. C. D. W;
Bridgman arrived in Ncw-N ork on Friday, and VIII
preach next sun iay. The Central Church has had
its interior rebuilt and decorated. and the entrance
has been improved The pastor, the Rev. Henry NJ.
sanders, has been supplying pulpltS IN chicago
during his vacation. The tabernacle Church
opens to-day. Its pastor the Rev K. Is.
Hull has been at his Chautauqua residence, The
Rev. Edward JudsOn, pastor of the Berean Church.
has been preaching for the Rev Dr. Scudder IN
Brooklyn and m Hamilton, n. l., whittier be con-
yeyed several parties OF Sundiy-School children
for vacation. The Lalght street Church has an
enterprise looking to Its union with the MacdOugal
Street Church. The property of the Laight Street
Church Is valued AT from 100000 to $4,000. Ii Is
proposed to sell this and erect a new building on
the site of the MacD0ugal Street Church,
of which the Rey; Mr.. HaLey W. Knapp
of the North Church. will resume preaching to-day
in the new edIhce opened a month ago. A lady
has gwen $4,000 toward the erection Of lew
house of worship for the Memorial Church THE
Rev. DR.. ID. b. Jutten, PASTOR. and the plans for
its erection Will soon be made. The Rev. DIR. Will
lam r. Williams of the Amity Church, said to be
fifty years, is std in Europe. but will probably re-
sumo preaching early in, October There
has been recess i'll the work of the
sixth Street Church, the Rev. ID. c. Potter
having been travelling most OF the summer. To-
day the Rev DR.. J. b. simmons. of the Trinity
Church VIII preach, and the Chimes school OF the
church will also be opened. The Kew. DIR. Charles
{. Morton, of the Central Park Church, has been at
the Thousand Islands and in Northern and Central
New-York. The South Church, really the most
northernmOst church OF the city, will be opened by
the Rev. DR.. A. Stewart Walsh. OF the Baptist
clergy OF Brooklyn, the Rev. DR.. j. Ii, Thomas, of
the First Church. viii preach to-day, after yaca-
tion at Round Island. since the Rev. Dr. Wayland
HOyt accepted cal to the Memorial Church OF
Philadelphia the Strong Place Baptist Chlrch has
been dependent on supplies.
The Rev Dr. Roderck Terry, pastor of the South
Reformed Church of this city, Is III Europe Ills
pulpit will be occupied to-day by the Rev. Nh
Adams At the Church of the Messiah the Rev.
c. W. Gallagher OF Harlem Will preach, the pastor,
the Rev Robert Collyer, beng III Boston. Mr.
Collyer will occupy his own pulpit next Sunday
The Rev. Evarts ScuddcT, OF Great Darlington
Mass, breaches at the Broadway Tabernacle, the
pastor the Rev. DR.. W. VI. Taylor, being sill on
his vacation, and the Harlem Congregational
Church will be opened. The Blocker Street Uni
versallst Church reopens this morning with Its
pastor, the Rev. >. A. Gardner IN the pulpit.
will move INTO their new edihce In West tlfty-sev
enth-st early IN January The property will cost
in all about 1850, 900. The church is being built
of granite 1t will be 100 feet front aud 100 feet
deep the tower will be 235 feet high. The Church
of the Epiphany Is building new edice at a cost
of 500, 900, with a frontage OF 50 feet and
depth OF 70 feet. The stanton Street church viii
soon be finished ut cost of 100000, the
edlice being 70 feet long and 30 feet WIDE
The Puritan Church, formerly the Congregational
Church or Harlem, proposes to spend 80, 900 on a
new ediice i'll Madison-aye., near Mt. Morris Park
which will have frontage OF 20 feet aud depth
OF l25 feet.
i GIRL MISSING FROM HER HONE.