New-York tribune., 1884-03-02
PULPIT SKETCHES.
TIE REV. DIR. +. i. Coz, OF THE Coi'i'i'-
IATE REFORMED CHURCH

f,or Hcpd,ck Hudson had found his up the N"i''
River Governor Peter Mnuit in behalf o' ''o
ves, India Cornanv " hich had Effected sctue'uVn' ~
Manhattan Island. purchased the Wh"le VI ' " % "
Il,,,s so,,o . 600 acres-for sixty Dnch Suldois'
or tNcnt for dollars Of our currency fT'N''on WV
Of o,co made for the religious oversight o ' ''s',
WHO Ncr, leaious adbercnts OF the ieloilhou Nn "
Holland Lay brethren serving an once s"me'hne 'iAo
tbc deacons called ZickctDooSt,S, or ComoT'is oi the
Sick estah shed the earliest worship Nhch grew INTO
,,n,rlv orrauzci church l62S, upon the arrival OF
The Rev Jonas Michaelis who therefore the pioneer
o,ouli,t OF the little colony. Tor forty years ue COZ
,.ei,tc Church was the only one IN NeWAmeteu' anu
seventy wears before the arTi val OF the first
lrr,i.b clcreymsn-the Rev. William Ne'ey-NHo III
go was inductod into the claplancy Of the English
60. tncu holding the island in The new Dutch church
=, =. ,,lou-,t now Fulton 50. Dominic Seyn, the
pyrh minister assisted in the ceremonial ana II Is re-
corded that in the same building for some three months
Doruic Scyn and Rector Nc-cy the founder oi Iflhy
Parish oaiciated alternately. the one IN the Dn'ch
,ap,,ac. aud the other in English. 4 long line OF
scholarly earnest dgudcd men filed the Collegiate sue
eci,, o trained and educated in Holland and faith
tl ,..,irr rHpo>toYs OF the Old Heidelberg CaiechS
Of their fathers which had indeed come TO he hNes'u
with something of ;hc sacredncss Of the canono HoP
tnr.s themselves To this Old church not only ''o oi'
lnt the state Is indebted the wise and deep oh
lions of an educational policy wlich continues ~ '
day without alteration or interruption
cpnwru OF TIE COLLEGIATE CHURCH
ma, s,,le,peut wealth OF the collegiate Church cor
noration rests upon the gifts ana pePuests "i '""
uarpendns a doVout ayman who died lh 10 h"AIuS
m, hooyed church rcsiduary lcgaec Directly over the
oh North Church pulpit. at WliHam ana fuI'"h s's''
might have been the heTahc e>cuteheoh oi tiS
venerable Holauder. bearing his motto" Dando Con
,sry.t that is, Keeping by giving" The inherent
stems Of growth and expansion show the church SUBJECT
to the Slow creeping progress OF the times lts pam
houses OF worship kept close 10 the iortnecd one was
lnilt within its inClOsuIc. From time 10 uhe
they we're parted with, 10 the pccunlary gam oi
tbe CORPORATION it must he admitted Point
after point was given up. for the corporation
seems never 10 have understood and accepted the
poiicv of entering into and accepting the new cNl2atoh
messing il on all sides. II Dutch Tor the Dutch,
and only for the Dutch II not until the pa>toIe OF
Gerarius KuypcTs Sd s33that the last was heard
of Dutch preaching tough aud uuylcldlng was the
conSery atisn of the denomination n"inoTa'Ie
sncce,.on Of admirable ministers followed, and Knox,
Npuciocr DE Witt aud Vernlye stand among the fore
most best 10 we'd names of our celebrated clergy.
The Collegiate Church at present Is represented 10y
three principal congregations and four chapel missions
lis prcsided over by four ministers, Dr. Ncmye Who
is by courtesy and Primus, and Dr Chambel'' IN
charge Of the Lafayette Place Church; Dr. O1nston IN
charge Of the marble church at Fifh-avc ana twenty
niutbs alrl Dr. Coc the youngest and most recently
Instituted Ip IA recent date tho clergy ofcated III
rotation or perpetual routine in the several pnlps hut
now purely parochia policy gives each minister sepa-
rate an absolute care his congregation But no
ma gets Of the corporate existence OF
the Collegiate indeed any Ducn church who over
looks or forcets the CosstOy This body collectively Is
the church executive. The ministry preside bt they
are the creatures uf the deacOn and elders who call and
commission them and outnumher and may outweigh
and outvote in all official deliberations This Is an
Important body in the Collegiate Church, representing
the traditions, lineage and full hcrrdy OF their religious
aud national descent mingled with the culture and in
Gpff flp lts
isers an enormous real estate second in magnitude only
10 that Of Trinity Parish But 1t makes condolences
with the public and beyond the officials immediately
concerned the people lett with vague and indefinite
margin for conjecture. A new pncy OF ministerial in
fuepce seems to have agreed upon in 1eG2, when
Dr. Joseph Duryea called and installed minister
of the church the relation proved uncOngonial and
upon his retirement in 1867 DR.. J. VI. Ludlow sue
cceed remaining three years in what was tradition
ally accepted as life relation The CoDssory had been
tenacious in the exercise and Interpretation Of prerosa
tves and thus two gifted corgymen were lost 10 the cor
pOration.
The BEGINNING OF pH CoEs rAsToRATE.
In ls79 DR. Coe. then Professor Of Modern Languages
I'm Yac College where ne had served with reputation for
twelve years, called 10 Dr. Ludlow Nacsnt pulpt
ON hi mothers side he Is to the Duca manor born, IN
his HosHish descent while his IA her represents the
hest traditions Of New-EnSllnd CONGREGATIONAL Oltho-
doxy Or Coo is son-n-aw Of Dr Richard :. storrs,
OF Bronklyn who has exercised - visible influence III
shapinr his culture and theological determinations. He
entercl uon this his first pastoral charge when affairs
were in Il Encouraging condition. Hardly thirty famc'
survived the Irotracted dssensions in the church. re
Inaiung peW-hOdcIs to welcome and sustain the i'll
coming PASTOR who WAS inexperienced, without ecceSi
estca prestige or reputation and practically stranger
10 the spirit aud ios yuciaSies o this Dutch fellow
ship But there honest, sincere welcome FOR him.
and con,isoral support. Tho steady settlement Of the
neigorho0d together with the atractiverc~S Of the
snperb eldce wrought with and ior the new preacher
Ills twelve years collegiate rpcnnc bad not been all
idle faow time. II proved sterling capital IN his new
field and found hnsc. naturci richly stocked IN ex-
pcricnce Of the world rs well in admirable scholar
snip ami confronted with few OF those dangerous
probcus confound or mtimdate most young minis
Dr. Coo Is a graduate of Yale, IN the class of e. He
received his at Rutgers College and III
his fort year firmly and hopefully settled III one
OF the most promising churchc, in the cy. Since 1879
n has l4oved a paStOratc Of solid success To-day
than 800 families enrolled under his chare" On
sundays every pew the ground floor is occupied and
many of the gallery sttngs, which are largely free.
The church seats about 200, and is filed with an inter
esting aud deeply interested congregation II is now
something better than church with nothing lut retro
spect history for It's motive power II has also the
energy of the present duty ard responsibility With the
men and affairs Of to day-its thought and sympahics
and emergencies. Whilc not fcrgefu OF the Old Am
sterim life, Dr. Coe squarcly fronts, with the
present. He is 40 anacrOnism N gown and bands Nor
Is he a >hy restless eclectic empire in his profess
ional aOrS lie Is strongly conservative receives and
rrolces the supernatural AZ the fountain OF his light
and fe stands dGtifully and without question on the
old historic orthodoxy, formulated III the earliest Chris
tan centuries and expressed In the Apostles Creed has
msgiyngs trcacherous spots IN his faith 10 hide
or save eNp1in and is Of steady. fervent
f;o,h which he brings the ygOr o brave, robust
muiiHess and the polish and elegance OF refined and
deliberate scholarship. And, withal his views quick
ened with the strong imperative pusatous Of the great
wogld-l that enyiIOns his own.