New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-02
PREACHERS WORTH HEAMNG
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mr.. WILLIAM F. MORGAN. OF ST. THOMAS.

-bomass Church, In Fifth ave. and thcy were ali
y,rrev attended Tho spacious edIfcc with its 1000
.stues was crowded before IL o'clock, and hundreds
stood in the aises during the sermon, and as row and
,en. party tired of standing withdrew, their places
rs oulckly filed with others DESTROYS of seeing the
t.uul flowers about the altar, and hearing the fine
.Inrlng accompanied by organ, harp and violin. On
ns taste had been displayed In the floral decorations.
Tbsrs was not profnsion OF crosses god wrcaths,
a. was sccn In some chuche Of less Importance, but
ne roses and flies and other rich flowers showed to
GOOD advantage as they arranged about fhe pulpit
he lectern the chanceI and the back Of the communion
tablc.
At the sunrise service the musical features con-
listed Of the professional carol, "welconhe Happy
morning.; the cantfce "Chrst our Passover t0reso
Dan plain song, To Dcum Laudamus and Jubflate Dco
In F. Berthoid Tours hymn jesus Chrst Is Risen
Today and the recessional carol "The World ltsei
Keeps Easter Day" At the principal service' az III
o'clock, the following rendered Professional
sChrist tho Lord s Risen Again; anthem, NO"
Upon the First Day." George William warren !
hymn, "The Strife IS Over Ascription, g. Tho LORD
Hath Brought Us.s r. IT. Thorne; offcrtory, On Thee
Each Living Soul AWAITS trio for Soprano tenor ana
bass with violin oblieato by Gramn, Haydn; ente
communion carol, Easter Day is Gomez EDWARD
m Potter; occasional, "The st, Thomas CaroL' in
the afternoon at O'clock, the Sunday school had
,ong festival, at which the following was sung Pro
eesslOnal, SEQ, He Conquerlng hero OoWes,- hau-
DELI CAROL Shine, Oh, Sum-" George william Warren
Benedlc Anima Mea,n in fiat, Haydn; carols,
Above the Clear Blue Sky" Bright Easter slhes,'
Then and Now; or, ST. Paul at Atbens"i Easter
nadrgal, "The Rose and the Lily" words by Bishop
Arthur Cleveland Coke, set TO music for tho fesivn
I BY Mr.. Warren, and sung by soprano Niagdaicnc>,
eontralto (salome) bass (the Gardener), chorus OF
women, full choir chorus, and the Sunday-schooi'
oaertory Crown Him Everlasting King" George Will
lam Warren: hymn az On the Resurrection Morning"
occasional "The Day Of Resurrection, E. j. FitE-
hugh st. Thomass choir consists of forty Voices the
sooists being Madame Mario Gramm, soprano; Miss
Marguerite Won Mitzlof, cOntrslto; Clinton Elder
tenor and william r. Squire, bssso George william
Warren is tho organst and director; W. c. Macarano,
the assistant organist, and Alfred F. Toulmin the
harpist Emil Gramm was the viollnlst yesterday.
i wELI-KNowN MEN IN THE CONGREGATION.
2 81. Thomas's Church has long been known as the
religious home OF many prominent in the business,
literary ana social circles Of the city. In It's vestry
arc the following Wardens, Daniel T. .Hoag, ana
George MacCulloch Miller vestrymcn, John H. WATSON
James c. Fargo, william H. Lee, Joseph w. Harper
r. Henry II. Cook, Roswell p Flower, Fessenden NJ
Otis, NJ d, Frederick Gsllatn. James c. Fargo,
treasurer: John H. Watson clerk Among the other
pew-holders are; II. Kennedy, Or. Seward Webb, j. A.
O. Gray J. ~ Aitken H. F. spauldlng, W. @. Dom
mick c. L. Acker Touro Robertson, II. c. Fahnes-
took II. L. Thornbill, E. A. Morrison, President
Barnard OF Columbia College; Bryce Gray, and
Bruce Hayden. In tho church there arc about 300
families represented yesterday there were over 1000
commandments present There many active be-
pevolent and missionary associations connected with
THE church. ST. Thomass Chapel in East siHtieth St,
Is the centre Of the church's city mission work
Dr. william +. Morgan who has been rector Of the
church. for than thirty years, has two assistant
ministers, tho Rev. Charles r. Treat and the Rev.
Dr. Reginald Hebcr Starr The Rev. Robert Lowry is
the minister in charge of st. Thomass Chapel the Rev.
W. H. Potts being his assistant; the Rev. r. Z. Grue-
Der IS the German pastor. Dr. Morgan was born In
Hartford, I'm 1916 His father was for many years a
warden in Christ Church, in that city,
Dr. Morgan was graduated from Union College
when he was twenty years old, and then entered tho
General Theological Seminary. In 1871 was or
dained deacon by Bishop Brownell, In the church of
his early home in Hartford and in 1e42 ordained
10 the priesthood at Trinity Church, New Haven, by
the Rev. Dr. Crosswell, whom he assisting in the
rectorate. Thence he went TO Christ Church, Nor
wfch, Conn, where no remained for thirteen years
But larger field Of usefulness and honor was await
ing him, and in 1857 he accepted call TO ST. Thomass
Church. then in Houston ST. and Broadway Through
his untrng zeal and earnest devotion through diff
fcultles and obstacles that would have discouraged
less devoted pastor DR.. Morgan has labored on en-
oouraged by faithful band of coworkers, until to-day
the fine edlnce Central Park stands as witness to
coming generations, of his faithfulness This church
was dedicated I'm 1870 ant "onsecrated In May, 1855
The honorary degree OF Doctor Of Divinity conferred
upon him in 1857 by Columbia College; IN 1864, he
visited Europe by Episcopal appointment, to preach
the conservation sermon of the Church Of Holy Trinity
Paris
PRESENTING A LIVELY HOPE"
Dr. Morgan preached yesterday morning from tho
text: Blessed be the God and Father of Our Lord
Jesus Christ which according to His abundant mercy
hath begotten again into lively hope, by the
resurrection Of Jesus Christ from the dead The
sermon follows:
Christ their beloved Master, resppeared and stood
In their midst the Disciples perceived instantly, with more
les dlstnctness tremendous truth had been
tsblishe1 declaration which they had doubted and dis
hcnored indicated by fact palpabe to tho senses
That Christ had dedthat lie had been buried and lain in
the grsve-they believed absolutely. Fears and misgiv
ings touching His resurrection were almost equally sb
toluto in their minds, when 10 lie In their midst
Agsn-their Master aiye-and 1t the infinite
Ing Of this fact His presence His identity, His familiar
voice, hardly comprehended and yet overwhelming which
made the Apostles all that they became thereafter They
were instantly begoen unto what ST. Peter calls lively
or living hope and what IL became 10 them II is
and the Church Of God Thought feeling life are nvig
GRATED by H. Other hopes we bury other inspirations.
ideas enthusiasts outve this survives; this lives
this atains beauty sweetness, grandeur, advance
A, and draw nearer to the portals Of the grave.
1t is perennial and increasing OF gadness
The years and OF time gather and depart
Jour attention for few while barely
few the changes 4. wrought general estimate
both Of this life and the next
BE with u.s. Heavenly Father In tho lness of thy pres
enee and blessing and help steadasy
The way that eadeth 70 Eternal Life through Thy
Jesus Christ Lord
Ihe future OF the Pagan, and under this include
oheouned millions, who have lived and died and among
mem men Of renown-phlosophers poets legislators ora
'0s-the future Of the Pagan picture, painted TO
shrm the senses 1t the highest luxurious
imagery On the subject of another state The Pagan
"" Isrtsrus and Elysium burning gulf and shady
groves The great tyrants murdercrs bssphemers Of
history were punished with and horrible ortures;
e righteous souls wandered up and down pleasant
nuesS and enjoyed immortal leisure According 70 ira
uoh these receptaces Of the evil good had been
VISITED by living mensnd the desd-n appea rance and voice
1e ssme-hsd been seen and eonyersed with. Ii was
eeure gorgeous cxageeraton the fancy and the i'm
'tnsuon without the shadow OF fact for It's support
WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE saviour
The future of the Jewish people, on the other hand
enufely without delneston. The Jew had no picture