Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-16
TRINITY CHURCH.
Hts RededicatiOn Next Thursday A Glance at the Newly Beautified and Improved Church Edfhce.

Hts RedeO1c0t1On NeXG IhurSday - Glance at the Newly Beautifed and Improved Church Edffice.
 The rededication of the new chancel of | Trinity church will take place next Thursday morning at II o'clock The rector, Dr. liar wood, will preach the sermon, the bishop being too i'll. Many clergymen and laymen have been invited, but it is not yet known | who will assist Dr. Harwood.
 The chancel is almost 8 perfect model of ! beauty. No expense or pains have been | spared to make it as artistic as possible. The cost is estimated at about $20,0 900. The arch l lecture has been in the hands of Harry M. Congdon and the joinering perfected under i the direction of George Augur. The chancel | vastly improves the exterior of the church
 and is great addition to the Green. On entering the church one is at once struck with the beauty of the chancel. It gives an air of superior dignity and harmony of pro portion to the whole ediice. The altar, as is natural to an Episcopal church, is the most prominent object. The chancel which is twenty-five feet by twenty, is approached by three steps, two more lead to the plat form on which at each side are the stalls for
 
 to the space inclosed within the altar rails, while the altar is elevated on a platform reached by three steps.
 The chancel furniture and the altar are of oak finely carved and covered with a coat of dark varnish. A reredos composed of seven niches separated by pillars surmounts the altar. The center niche is deeper than the others and furnished with projecting cano py. In this niche brass cross will be placed. The inches in each side figured with pat terms which represent grapevines with grapes and passion flowers. A screen of carved oak is on each side of the altar; the one on the right contains the door through which the clergy enter from the vestry, which is situ- ated beneath the chancel. The chancel roof is higher than that of the nave and is fires coed in gold and deep colors. The west window is that which was placed in the church several years ago. The side windows, four in number, are of stained glass. A cir clet of tapers is suspended from the center of the chancel roof; it is made of brass and was especially designed for its place. Two brass sconces are on each side, so that there will be abundance of light. The descendants of Bella Hubbard, the third rec tor of Trinity church have presented, brass tablet set in marble with an inscription which commentaries the long time during which Mr. Hubbard was rector. It is placed on the left of the chapcel The pulpit and reading desk are the same that have been used in the church.
 The altar of the first Trinity church is placed at the end of the right aisle facing the congregation. It is made of mahogany and bears the monogram I. H s. on . panel on it's front. It is an interesting relic and Bishop Seabury is known to have oficiated at it.
 The service of Trinity church has been conducted by Dr. Harwood for twenty-six years. Efforts were made to establish the church in 1752 and was probably built in1 753; the earliest records go back only to 1767. Since it was established it has had only four rectors. The first Dr. Punderson, was rector from 1752 to 1763; the second rector, Rev. MT. Palmer, oficiated from 1763 to 1767, when Rev. Bella Hubbard accepted the rectorship, which he retained until 1872. He was succeeded by the Rev. Henry Whitlock, who had charge only two years on account of ill health. Rev. Harry Croswell took charge of the congregation on January 1, 1915, and died in March, 1858. The present church was consecrated by Rt. Rev. John Henry Hobart, assistant bishop of New York, on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 1916. Tho semi-centennial of this conservation was celebrated on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 1866, when the Rt Rev. John Williams, D. D., Bishop Smith of Kentucky, and Bishop Quintard of Tennessee were present, besides about forty clergymen and @ vast number of people.