New-York tribune., 1886-02-01
CHURCH WORK REVIEWED
THE ADVANCES MADE IN THIRTY YEARS.
PRESIDENT HITCHCOCK IL THE WESTMiNSih"
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BROoKLYN

PRESIDENT UlICHCOCh ~ INV
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BRoOkLfN'
Tho Westminster Presbyterian Church, at
Cntou,t aud FIRST place, Brooklyn, celebrated ltS
.n,Iver,ary YESTERDAY The seryices were both
i, erstino nnd lns.ruotive Much and taste were
noticeable In tao floral decorations on and about tue p
pit The day devoted exclusively tothe ahhl'erS"'
seryices which In the morning consisted OF sermon ny
tho Rev. Dr. Roswell ID. Hltchcock. president oi tho
Union Theological Seminary, who during tAe HrS1 9o"'
of the ohurcAs history It's minster-inchrSo uh'
pas.or was clle!. His theme yesterday was itom tue
words Let not your heart be troubled; yo DeheNo III
God believe also in me-. The sermon was substantially
follows:
These words probably apply to more diverse
circumstances III n any other chapter The arc rc1 %
th troubled ns-d at communion. spoken to the dl Ihg
auI over the dead II - Thursday, April ., 80 4. ~ H.
Jerusalem Is crowded wl;n jews eating ths IA chdl
Iann Jrsus * with his discnios. IL Is
Uout oco.k in the evening, AMI Judas. having taken
mo Iilt street and Irsut in his retreanS footsteps
l.vnes Immediate future. an avail pHnao lnt' y SaJ
uuknuwn world. fhc cInEeh are F WI ,h m" anu -'o
deeply troubled then Jesus comforts then rtnor,
Ine great types OF character are .ons"'' are
the persons may change. Inc lAlhSs .'y "no
have nccn and sni bo. IN this sense apostpc 1'icce
fails There are JndIseo anl petefa S.' ~ - @ o1p
Old story, with tue ola rcir'in; Io1 hIS
hrart be iroubicd" To-day the Judas lscaIot 3l mrs
ulmity Is Uhri,tendom. At FIRST Christianity had NOT
nor Henry VIII. to carry It; 10 Great Britain drlng
opium down Chinese throats 40 ASccf Sc coHtGcmt
tlem lroE san FrtuclscO across INC Con'ttu, T,n
II Chri'tendom were ,Gi,,yS dny Wo,iI Uat
y,r beart bt tr1u!el" only Judas and Peter ere 10
eleven lct not vour heart be troubled" Peters denial
OF the Lord is often repeated; many OF tho best men
m the mii.t of discipes. Ills influence was GtOuhu
thcn., bur Peniecost had not come. .,..,,.,,
In ihr las, thirty years there have b'eh more cHsc9
in Thought than since the beginning oii;he world ihri9
has been rapid movement III stt'rnco Io""[n -
ret the rebound Ath ism Is not scientific
II Won tell yOGr chi rcn fables expecting tlth 70 10
moro religious you plant dragon teeth Never nLil On
wood bat choose a granite fOnnd&.iOn WIN Us IRE
I:lou immortality "-morrow aud the day ajter cones
mere asseut God must rnsc In ~ be near 10
as cht !. what lie tel, ne to DO ana wrongs Wh't e
has tod me not to do Belief Ia God Is not mere 'on
y.ton but absolute trust, submission and service la
makes afraid U' GUd Uut II "e il nor sh We lul-!
ill,, and Jury uu, uute afraid q! the mon IN the
street Nnrrc Is Tibrrusl Where Aer", that Imperial
a"S =. IT, ti' ~ mem Nor their pow,r We tear
uut their badu,,s. They had ~ c0nsrlc-cc HHNe
taey now Gods l. the hand which never 'ry'. MS
memory never for.oi- Euj wa" c'ni Pt5ir' ,Hs r. "D W
''Ii Se I.i ag IN Me-" sn conditions all know
c.,cc ofGuI without it Nc would never have known
nr triary 6t cot never this stnpcudDHs ahy-, " the
Tr,ufy is ti.r aholr Goiheal lea.ms Olth moral evil
God. tie Faii,r torriy,s ; COD the rcn Pira ana
Ives Col Inc SPIRIT Irurnrratrs aud sauc,h"s. Gpd
-td!s iu the doorway waiting FOR the pollEH 'Hi''
u.r,i,i uy lIls Observation-Disclosures. lie came tca
Ta,, n,icr ami &, -tuy. AZ the ur,t there ws ouy
cioi but uow the continents are AL a'1k"' r'ddthrI
W m at.uln. boot Tao steady progress oi Christianity
from the beginning uU now. from 300 rcr,ons to
900 oO. 600, ht, parable lu al history lHr 'fp pea
wrirr' w'r. c" wD . N' Wv ,,, ,i, sgo +, 20 poor
spoil th"s" Gospels in Translation u tl.io "t I'}
p.lo-opny history 90, mai Wori Is r'Ir rnrti"n II j.
oi no 5rru 10 ,h,laai'y what yon aud thinN oi IT,
bui ~ t. NJ Immense CO. Germ 20 ourselves
After the Sermon the pastor the Iey. Alfred II. No
mcur. administered the communion and the Rev Dr.
Samuel r. spear delivered an earnest address In the
afternoon the church was well hled with cousrcsa-
ton composed o 100 sunday school children. with their
parents aud friends 1h, was tho chldrcns jubilee.
Tho hymn, suus those usai by the church when II
W., organized. E,lcr DLnnln2. IN prc'ent suPerin-
icndcut presided aad gave skocA o the history oI Ire
sun! school. Interesting addresses were a.so made
by former sup.rn,cnieats Ia thr evcnu, tho pastor
gave sketch OF the thirty years church history taking
a, hs subject God, supreme Care OF the Church" lie
said. among other thiuss:
The origin of the Westminster Church grew out OF
v.,r ul.a-Ir devised Tor Tie promotion ot 'ur-l
kingdom THIS city The growinc need was fct In tHn
rapidly mrrcI-Iu- population o. hJutt Blo"A'J H. On
bytrrlaus lyiul -,u.h oi DrGu.ws was hcid 20 con
.ilrr tlc fcl-l iuty OK a ne" chGth. Ihe HeF' pi'
the iou pat their hands To the eu,rprl'e IN No
ycmbrr, l~'J ptluon -Enel by hiy ln,,e n,r'Vn'
gauI4ton. which wus formed on January 81 Loo, WIN
ncnD, mp % s. - % ~ Soirt .i'J .ncHcit
Aui early ia Fcbruag the present Location Was pui-
pc,,i Al a cn.t of ~ 500 When the church or,an-
iz,d Dr Hitchcock became minister m charge. con-
tIuug as such TIL April, l-J-. DlIius that
period tho membership sreaty lHcrrasod' II ne ne
frst settled pastor was the Lev. huEI
-nith Carpenter man OF great orator lchl
powrr and % ruc scholar soon larger accommodations
we're needed aud tie tabernacle was erected ~ u
cnri OF = 900. which opened IN October, SOD
Iu, In time a.-O became Insufficient aud Ia 1907 thIS
large aud beautiful uudiuE WAS completed, tho "toc,
with reno telling of tue chapel, costing about 1Io"uO
mus m les. ihtu twelve years Westminster Stood
among churChc- OF BROOKLYN with one of t4e best
protrrt,s the ami with large membership In
30 Dr Carpentcr was succeeded by tho Rev Dr. j.
Clement FrrIcn. who installed IN January. ls'2
wirn "A sultry oil 81 600. which $1,000 mOro than
Dr. Carpenter received During his pasorato only sweet
ness was IN the Westminster cup, only music "Ithou'
dI-curd IN Lcr hAhitatIOn. lis hed!ih I@ inR ~
French resigned IN 1870. The Rev. Dr. James VI lud-
low followed nm az pastor. TIC extending OF call to
one who had both Ia Albany and New YORK Occupl ed
such hiCh pastoral positions created profound lu
pcc.ou In fVor Of church Alter eight prosperous
wears Dr Luduw's ministry came to close last June
Through good and great mon this church nhsDce
greatly blessed the last thirty years Oi heso We
u.utlou n Y. Or. Stuu~l T. spear, krhurd IL.
I,Iu,hecr and Elders CutiIth smith aud Jackson