Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-22
REorENIxe OF oALrAnr oHUHoH
A Beautiful ohnrch-An Enjoyable
Day-A Promising work.


Day-A. Promising work.
The work of renovating the little
Church of Calvary, on the old Carr farm
some three miles northwest of this cit
was sufficiently advanced Thur d y to re
ceive the admiring comments OF great
concourse of friends and visitors, and te
prove a most beautiful and completely
appointed place of Worship. Some por.
tions of the work, as the new belfry and
bell, outside painting and sundry other
minor matters, within and without, have
been allowed TO go over for more leisurely
attention after the opening had taken
place.
The haste incident to the last weeks
work deprived the Rev. P. d. Lightnero of
the time in which he had planned to con-
| clude all the financial work ksimultaneously
with the re-entranoe into the church. He
| says however, that the work as now ad-
vanced is fully provided for and that the
extent to which the completion is carried
will be regulated entirely by the responses
from quarters which have not yet been
enabled to participate in the work. His
own expectation is that everything need
full will be done and paid for just as
speedily as the operations can be carried
on. The result will then be one of the
best illustrations of recovery from de-
preston and healthy and effective chris
tian action, to be found anywhere.
The day proved all TINT could be.
wished, and by the appointed hour the
church was filled with gathering OF
interested people. Besides a full repre-
sentation of the surrounding country,
some IL clergy in their surplices filled
the ohancel, whilst in the congregation
were visitors from Philadelphia, Will
mington, Chester and New York. AT the
last moment regrets were received from
solne dozen or so clergy and many Others
from distance, who lad confidently eX-
peclod to be present. The appearance of
the church for beauty and for effective
ness of appointment ELECTED many
fervent expressions of surprise and ad-
miration.
Morning prayer was said in n most
spirited manner, the singing being sus-
tained by numerous choir of Calvary
people. The administration of holy bap-
tism to one of the children of the parish
was recognized on all sides as most sig
nificant and touching event. The rector
gave such particulars as the work seemed
to require at his lips, among other things
reading list of some thirty special gifts
(memorial, thanksgiving, &C., } which had
been given to the work. Capital and
brief addresses were made by the Rev.
Messrs. HotchlSin and Murphy on the
part of the old rectors present, and by the
Rev. Drs. Matlack, Watson and VIM. Hill
of Philadelphia. The bishop of the
diocese concluded in q happy vein of
congratulation. The offerings then made
were devoted to the diocese mission as
recognition of the enterprise and
amounted to about 1924. This and the
list of gifts were then duly presented,
and after the benediction an adjournment
was made to the church-yard. Here the
Claymont canopy was set up in its much
admired grace and what was more of q
dinner than luncheon prepared by the
people, was fully and leisurely discussed
amid much merriment and social interest.
At the conclusion of this number of
clinging vines and iyies were planted
under the church wall by the ladies. At
p. m. the three omnibuses were started
back to town, and within short while
after, the canopy was struck and every
thing slowed away. The parishioners
feel that the first step is happily made in
a new era in Calvary Church and the on
ward spiritual interests of Brandyw1ne
hundred. For the next ten days and dur
ing the moonlight evenings, series of
services will be held in the church de-
signed for instruction and the crystalizing
of the advantages gained and prospective
for the religious good of the people.
The ways and means by which this
enterprise has been carried through are
remarkable in many respects, in none
more SO than in the devoted and even
heroic manner in which the people of
Calvary Church themselves and their
| neighbors have given of their means,
their strength and their time. They
seem to have realized that the church is
theirs and that its blessings are for them
and that they must duly improve its
promise for their own future good. Ger
tainly they and the church deserve and
have general and hearty good wishes.