Evening journal., 1890-05-02
NEW TRINITY CHURCH.
BISHOP COLEMAN LAYS THE COR
NER-STONE LAST EVENING.

episcopal Onufcus ~ OcitNhIb dNSh0c
and Adams street, was laid with appro
pirate cere monies yesterday afternoon at
5 o'clock. Services were first held in the
present church. All present recited the
APOSTLES Greed while standing, then
prayer was offered by the Rev. d. Ashton
Henry, rector of Trinity; singing of
Psalm 81; chanting Of the jubilate by
the choir The rector read the following
list Of articles placed in the box in the
cornerstone: "Picture of Bishopstead
and the Chapel of the Good Shepherd,
picture of Bishop Coleman and the
rector of the church, history of the
church as translated by DR.. Horace Burr
and presented to the Historical Society,
two copies of The Morning News, con-
tanning the picture of the new church
and an account of breaking the ground
for the same, q copy of the Every Even
ing, Evening Journal and Republican,
each containing notices of the corner
stone laying; The Living Church,
Bible, book containing the names Of the
vestrymen of the church; the names Of
the Sunday school scholars who contrib
uted; list Of teachers and officers Of
the school, and the names of the present
clergy of Delaware.
Bishop Coleman made an address. He
said: NEARLY 200 years age in another
section of this city, which was then only
a small settlement another cornerstone
was laid. The persons who laid it were
then only band of foreigners, but that
number has grown until now Whining
ton is a large city The cornerstone of
the Old Trinity Church. familiarlY known
as Old Swedes, was laid on May 1S, $685.
We are assembled to-day to lay the
corner. stone OF the new Trinity Church.
1.-The true church is not growing tn
the same ratio of increase as the city, am
sorry to say, but taking the wholeUnited
States into consideration the church has
grown more rapidly than any other sect. !"
He then congratulated the rector and
parishioners on the new building which
they are erecting, and went on to say
that debts of all kinds are to be avoided,
but that church debt
shsuld be both abhorred and avoided
and that though he would like to see the
building completed after the manner of
the plans, yet it should be completed
without leaving q debt. He said this
could be accomplished if the congregation
would take the project now to their
hearts and become more enthusiastic
over the new edifce; that the members
should pray that the building might be
completed, and they should donate iber-
ally as their means allowed.
Here he cited an instance of Ewhen a
church which languished under a heavy
debt was not only freed from debt but
left a large amount in the treasury be-
cause the congregation had been enthusi-
astic and generously gave according to
their means. He wished that they
might at last rest in the Living God,
Je sus Christ, the Life, the Truth and
worship in that temple not made with
hands. At the conclusion of the bishops
address, Master Charles M. Fountain of
Trinity choir sang, Il Know That My
Redeemer Liveth from the Messiah,
in a beautiful manner The blessing
was then pronounced by Bishop Coleman.
A collection was taken up for the new
church fund.
Although it was raining, the bishop,
clergy, choir and people proceeded to
the Site Of the eorner-stone, singing
"The Church's One Foundation, music
being given by Benjamin r. Rawnsley,
cornetist. Here prayer was offered by
Bishop Coleman. The builder then placed
the stone in position and placed mortar
on the wall. The'bishop smoothed the
mortar with q silver trowel, and the
stone was placed in. position The bishop
taking a hammer in his hand struck the
stone three times in succession, at the
same time saying: "ln the faith Of Jesus
Christ, we place this corner stone in the
name of God the Father, God the Son,
and God the Holy Ghost. Amen" The
edifice here to be erected is devoted to the
service of Almighty God, according to
the doctrine, discipline and worship of
the Protestant Episcopal Church in the
United States of America. After prayer,
Bishop Coleman pronounced benedic-
tion. The choir, clergy and some of the
people then returned to the present
church singing the recessional hymn.
The stone is of the same material as
the church. 1t is about 24x13x20 inches
and 81 nply bears 1880, with cross
above.
The choir was composed of the com
bined choirs of st Johns and Trinity
Churches. T. Leslie Carpenter was the
organist. While it was raining heavily
during part of the outdoor exercises,
some of the people remarked that it was
too wet to lay the stone, but Bishop
Coleman quickly silenced them by saying
that they were not fair weather Chris
tians, and that the Church had stood
many heavy storm before this time.
The following clergy were present;
Bishop Coleman, Revs. II. Ashton Henry
Of Trinity, T. g. La Tslle of Old Swedes,
David Howard Of Calvary, K. ]. Ham-
mond of ImmaAuel, A, l. Dupont Cole
man, Edward Henry Eckel Of Stanton
and Newport, j. Q. Taylor of Maryland
and r. Herrick.
The new church is being built at q cost
Of $50 900. The plans we're prepared by
The0polus Chandler. Jr., Of Philadelphia.
The building committee are j Parke
Postles and Horace Burr. The contract.
ors for the building are A. S. Reed &
Brothers of this city, The church will
be large, handsome structure, being 120
feet inches long and SO feet wide and
will seat 606 persons. The main
entrance to the church will be
at the corner of Delaware avenue
and Adams street, and there will be
another on Adams street at the south
west corner of the building. There will
also be private entrance for the choir.
All the entrances will be reached by
steps. The chancel will be twenty two
feet wide by twenty-seven feet seven
inches in depth, and to the left will be
the vestry room. The space for the organ
will be TO the south of the chancel. The
building will be of cut stone and alto
gether will be very imposing structure,
standing as it does ON one of the
principal streets, Delaware avenue, it
will be seen by every one passing along
that thoroughfare, and from present in
dications will be admired for both it's
architectural beauty and stability.