New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-01
PULPIT SKETCHES.
mn CHARLES II. HALL, OF HOLY TRINITY
PARISH BROOKLYN


p,.r Rartow. about forty years ago, undertook the
.rec,ion and endowment of this stately church at MS
lie charge and would doubtless have carried to COM
,o,o, his munifoent intention had not financial re-
scr.cs bcfnen him after he had expended more than
s15OOOO To preserve this great outlay for the Epis
copai Church parish was organized which accep'eu
the unfinished cdifce from the founder, assumed out
standing obligations, and subsequently completed .ne
sprc About 81 90 900 required and it Will har"y
be questioned that Holy Trinity as it now s'ahus AZ
Clinton and Montague SITS. on the Heights Is ho oi'
one of the most admirable Of Brooklyn churches ou' "
some Noticeable particulars hardly inferior to ola TIN
iy itself that stands guard over the lower part VI
haitian Island Mr. Bartow's early relation with 'hS
great work should not he lost sight Of for he was
n,oncer and for those days most princey founder III
that LONG line Of sons and daughters OF the Episeop'
Church who have made offerings of costly rch'N "p
pointed monumental and memorial sanetuar1es' a"9E
whom will long be remembered such names a. Nh
C,bhs Professor Robert Weir. Mrs. Rogers, John puu
William A. Davies. Miss Talman, Mrs 'oi' mis-
Stewart, the Packers Louis Rutherford anu ; HIis
Daire and his undertaking not without the sweet
SAVIOR of personal sacrifice which after all is the true
tombstone of religious enthusiasm INC ne"'o'' ""'
lefeyre a contemporary of the elder tp9ohh'
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING
Tie STYLE is late period Of Gothic with t' ttamboy-
mt windows and somewhat eclectic spirit OF orna
ncntaton The proportions and lines are slS%"i@S
harmonious and could the ideas OF the builder nave
bcen executed with lavish hand we should have lonh"
something better than the visible reserve ana scNeo
baroness in detail of the atenuatcd octagona spire'
which seems have been stripped OF crocketS' niS
and other necessary suggestions of artistic fertility
The nave is in nine bays. with narrow ai'es contain
ing galleries But there is singular freedom ana am
ne.s in the sweep of the ceiling when Is hed'h9
Naulted and the interior perspective is at once reVefe
and commanding Strangely enough there Is, archi-
tccturay speaking. proper chancel, without wmch
there can be such thing complete correct oo'mc
church An elaborate tamboyant window oil enormous
dimensions almost fills the crance end under wmch Is
bold but rather unntcresting rercdos' lor Is cou'
gray and dead in the total absence OF color ana leaves
the altar inclosuTe in an atmosphere oil gloom anu
dreoriueSs This great window that dominates the IN
tcnor with its bcwildering patches OF shaipes' prs
matte colors in struggling contrasts positively ciamor
ms and hostile literally floods the general dimncss
with morbidy dsteml cred light, full of vertigo ana
ncrve derancement for the unacclimated worshipper
fine diagnosis reaches quickly enough the secret Oh
church WEAKNESS asstude and headache with It's cefe-
bral numbncss under such an optical incubus
The stalwart and klndng preacher who now figures
before such q background little suspects the heaNy
odds against his legitimate effectiveness. The glass
throughout the church is of this same most obnoxious
type and would be of incalculabe service 10 inc
"prcachcd gospel in Holy Trinity could lie replaced
with the quiet resfu edifying work OF the Heaons or
other great European makers Any one who has siueu
tLe admirable English windows of st. Johns Clifton,
Staten Island, will appreciate this cIilclsn Inc cno
over the porch Perhaps no organ aud chorus in the
country better placed for the most effective delivery
of the service music The organ which Vas master
niece In its day has many attractive qmlltieS, ana
under the handling of Dudley Buck, the director,
leave. little to I've desired The rector Is ont and out
an advocate of congregational singing ana win
former ofcani-t COMPILED and edited hymnal fol
popular use But his ideal has made way, doubtless
with many others in his richly furnished experience
for the inevitable and one listens to exquisite
choir music, unexceptionablc in its artistic devery
and refinement, scholarly, too, in motive ana SELECTION
but wanting in the mystical s0emnity ana devou'nes'
az the great ecclesiastical school which draws per
tnnal inspiration from Grcgorian fountains
SKETCH OF THE RECTOR.
DIR Hail was born in Augusta Georgia, in 1870
His academic preparations were made at Phillips
Academy Andover, and he was graduated at Yale III
1872 Ordained in 1914, lie minstcrel successfully
st 81 Johns Huntingdon L. l., Church Of the Holy
Jnnocents West Point-built by the venerable pro-
fcssor-artist. Wer-thon in St Johns Johns Island
SC and after service of thirteen years as rector OF
Epiphanv Church Washington, ID. C., he was called to
l- present cure in 500. the elevation OF DE- Little
John. the rector, to the cpscopate Of Long Island
This was a hard succession for any man. for tic re
firing rector had not only rescued and consolidated the
parish under grave emergencies but he was most
brilliant and scholarly preacher Yet the new ucnn-
bent at once made place for himself secure and com
inandng building upon the debris OF no man rcpgta-
ton, but standing ont in his boldly outlined mdlVau-
ality-accepted and loved the champOn-pastor OF
great constituency And that constituency extends far
beyond parochal boundaries Dmmg these hiteeh
years the great citizenship shared only by handful
}n great city has his by the silent sutrages
of the people He is director in the Historical So
ciety and movement for the public Wel-beng
comes To fruit unheped by his vigorous nurture 80
the vines Chamber the walls of HIS canonca III
closure and many cluster ripens Tor the Wayailhg
man and stranger.
The Doctor has a brave halfsolderly presence, steps
Ike an officer, erect and athletic in movement His
figure Is solid and still wears the complete symmetry OF
middle age In the chancel lac Is like strenuous, over
busted Official duty and on guard, and he throws
himself almost impctuously into the liturgy His feat
ues are strongly marked, suggesting quick sensbili
ties energetic emotions, npeI0us purposes, ana they
are modelled by richly varied, lifelong culture an
Unborn refinement and courtncSs. The eyes are deep
tteeI gray. piercing steady kndling, and have
searching speech of their own. They are heavily over
hrowed and thick white HAIR lies III negligent masses
above his broad and finely drawn temples There
Is no beard hide muffe the mobile, eloquent lips
r the play Of facial expression, which il quick and
luminous. The voice is peremptory, almost challcng-
ing in its involuntary staccatO, ringing srident bass
and lie searching ntonations would serve equally the
general in action, the commander OF steamer III
gale, the popular orator III the Senate chamber
The ucrance Is uncoDstrained simple as childs yet
turcharged with feeling and intelligence.
Ills religion follows justly the indigenous type,
plainly surging out ard from inner impulsions al that
X is glowing and kndles everything he touches
does In such hands the liturgy withers loses
is early juiciness and hsgunces His collects and
litanies are first personal and then ministerial lie
seems unconscious of all studied graces and fascina
lions Of delivery and Yet the liturgy grasps and holds
LIS people and there is room for " forlnalism or
WEAKNESS where all is reality He reads the Scriptures
a. one whose better larger life has fed on them and
who turns to them in the deep wisdom Of love. Few
men have explored them so constantly or to better
profit for his lifelong studies have reverenty followed
that constructive criticism which is of faith There
found in his ecceeastcsl ministrations deep under
tone Of primitive Catholic belief and feeling lis myst
csrn and the time It's realistic apprehension of
devotion aud holy living. With this there is almost
bosterous halfdefant attitude Of intellectual freedom
which viii out aud have its say sometimes II seems