, 1884-05-24

requesting all TO OBEY as they themselves
had to obey, cleared the street and the
steps, when His Excellency Governor
Arendrup and his Aide-de-c camp Lieut..
Launy, drove up to the front of the church
yard, and alighting, were received by Revd.
Tasting and conducted into the church,
where seats had been reserved for them as
well as for several gentlemen, among whom
were the Government Secretary Councillor
HattenSen, His Honour Judge JiirS, School
director Bache, RevdS. HutSon, Dubois
and Harper, and Consul Marstrand.
The members of the Mission who were
present were the Rt. Revd. G.. w. WeSter-
by, Revds. Warner, Romig, EdghiH,
Thaeler, Heath, Neibert, Hanna, Weiss
and Grieder, and the assistants Ward,
FURY, and Norton.
The ceremony opened with an address
and prayer by Revd. Tasting, whereupon
was sung the hymn "God reveals his pre-
s%ence,' the choir following with the anthem,
40 come, let us worship and bow down"
Revd. Romig, of st. Croix, and the con
gregration then proceeded with Ps. xiv,
"The earth is the Lord'S.n After which
was sung the hymn "Arise, Q King of
grace, arise"
Revd. S. S. Warner, then read the saith
Psalm, after which the choir sung the "Te
Deum LaudamuS."
Revd. Edghill, of Barbados, next read
l. Kings, xviii, 22-53, whereupon was
sung the hymn 80 Thou, who didst the
temple ill.o
The Rt. Reyd. Bishop G.. w. Westerly,
Of Antigua, then read from the Pulpit the
Act of Conservation and offered up a
solemn prayer The choir next sung the
hymn Jesus, Lord Of life and glory"
whereupOn Bishop Westerly delivered an
able sermon from II. Corjnth. ", 1.
The choir then sung the anthem "W0r-
thy is the Lamb" after which was sung
the hymn +" Now let us praise the Lord"
The ceremony was brought to a close
with a benediction from Bishop Westerly
and an invitation from Reyd. Tasting to
all present to attend the public meeting
Of that evening. We are unable to find
words sufficiently complimentary where
with to express the satisfaction we eXpe-
Tienced at the able manner in which the
Choir contributedto the perfect success Cft he
ceremony, and we have heard but laudato-
ry expressions in its behalf from all with
whom we have spoken on The subject. Mrs.
Tasting presided at the organ, proving her
known ability as a perfect mistress of the
keyboard OF even this elegant instrument,
of which we will say a few words later.
In Offering this small sketch Of the cere-
mOny of conservation, we think it in its
place to give our readers some information
regarding the Memorial Church, which may
not be generally known, The actual work
was commenced on the 2nd April last year
under the direction of G.. Berg Esq, Civil
Engineer, who had furnished plans and es-
innate, and who has carried on the entire
work Of construction thus far and will at
tend to those minor works which have yet
to be dore before the church will be com
pletely finished.
The site for the church, adjoining the
large parsonage, is fine, and is on one of
the best locations in the town the soft
nature, however, of the ground in ONE
places, caused Mr.. Berg to increase the
width of the foundation to six feet, and
upon that the church has been erected.
The walls, from the ground up to the floor,
are our feet in thickness, those from the
floor to about the level Of the galleries are
three feet in thickness, and those there
from to the roof eighteen inches thick.
The lower walls are built of blue granite,
set off with richly ornamented windows and
doors, while the upper ones are OfbetOn,
laid out in squares and also set off with
ornamental windows and rich c~ornices.
The building is rectangular, with an out
side measurement of 90 feet in length from
the steps of the building to the rear, and
of 60 feet in width the height to the
ridge of the roof being 10 feet. From the
front of the roof aSpnndS n ba1fry which con-