The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
WHERE HARRISON WILL WORSHIP
The Church of the Covenant Will Have
HIM as a Member.

HIM as a Member.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24-There has been a
great deal Of speculation as to what church
Gen. Harrison will attend IN Washington.
The church selected by him is the Presbyte-
rian Church Of the Covenant, opposite the
British legation in Connecticut avenue.
This is beautiful stone structure, recently
enlarged, to which has now been added a
lofty stone tower, making it one of the most
striking architectural features in Washing
ton. This tower fell last summer, in conse-
duence of faulty construction and ineffi-
Gent supervision on the part Of a district
building inspector, but il has since been re-
erected, with the exception Of the belfry,
not yet completed, in a most substantial
manner, so that no fears need be entertained
OF another collapse.
At the letting OF pews in the new church
last night DR.. Scott, Mrs. Harrison's father,
acting, it is said, on her behalf, secured one
of the best pews for the presidential family.
Mr. Blaine secured second choice. Other
pewhOlders were Justice Matthews and ex-
Justice st ong Of the supreme court (who
have long been members of the church,,
Senator'S CulOm, Dawes and Hale,
Representatives Belden and DslZell, Judge
Mott of the court of claims, Secre-
tary Arson g. McCook OF the Senate,
and number of prominent naval and army
officers. Pews were also allotted to some Of
the best known newspaper correspondents,
including Gen. H. " BoyntOn of the Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette, A. w. Lyman
of the New York sun aud w. E. Curtis of
the Chicago Daily NelCS. 1t should be ex-
planned, however, that the families of these
last-named gentlemen have been attendants
| at the church FIR some years, and that the
court circle came to them, not they to the
| court circle
Gen. Grant attended ParsOn Newman's
| church, a handsome edifice just off Penn
| sylvania avenue, four or five blocks from
| the capitol, with graceful spire and a
melodous peal of chimes attached.
Mr. Hayes attended a plain red brick
Methodist church at the corner of Four
| tenth and u Streets near the treasury,
| called the Foundry church, because it was
| built on the site of what was once a black
| smith shop. Most of his cabinet followed
| him there
Gen. Garfield worshipped and sometimes
ofticiated in little frame church Of the
| Christian Disciples, in Vermont avenue, be-
| tween Thomas and Iowa Circles. The pas
| tor of that church avalled himself of the
public sympathy created by President Gar
| fields untimely fate TO raise sufficient funds
| t. erect a handsome brick memorial church
| In place of the little frame structure.
President Arthur attended st. Johns
| Episcopal church, opposite the white
house, and that quaint little ediflce, with
its surplced choriSters and ritualstic T.
vice, always oae of the most fashionable
churches in Washington, became still more
50 during his reign.
President Cleveland for some time after
his marriage, attended with consider BILE
regularity the plain, old-fashioned Presby-
| terian church, presided over by DR.. Sun
| derland In Ninth street, between F and q
streets, and on the occasions when Mrs.
| Cleveland accompanied him the little edi-
| flee was all too small to accommodate the
worshipers. A very large congregation of
! sightseers assembled there last Sunday,
| but, fading the President and Mrs. Cleye-
| land not present, withdrew while the SER
vice was in progress, and received a stern
rebuke from the reverend doctor for their
| irreverent indecoru.n.