The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-02
OLD ST.PAULS ANNIVERSARY
A CENTURY AND A QUARTER AGO
THE CHAPEL WAS CONSECRA TED

May Old New York rsaises sem nepres
seated Ia the Ce~GreGatsea-YesterA
Services Cossuetsa ~ Dr. Huleahey.
The ono hundred and twenty.flfth anniver-
sary Of the conservation OF st. Paul's Chapel OF
Trinity parish. at Broadway and Fulton street.
was celebrated yesterday morning. II being
also All Saints Day. the service was In COM
memoration OF both events. The chancel Of
the old chapel was beautifully decorated. A
great cross Of yellow ohrysanthemums stood
in the centre. and on either side was bank OF
roses and palms and potted plants. The rec
tor. the Rev. Dr. James Mulcahey. preached Q
commemorative sermon. He was assisted By
the Rev. William Montague Geer and the Rev.
Robert Morris Kemp.
An elaborate and beautiful musical pro.
gramme was rendered by the chapel choir.
The choir is q chorus led by this double quar-
tet: Mrs. Ida Bond Young and Miss Clara B.
Leek. sopranos; Misses Edith futile and +. N.
Baehman. altos: George O'Reilly and Robert
schrcyvogel. tenors, and Walter Grafton and
George r. Rogers. bassos, under the direction
Of Mr.. Leo Koner. organist
The old chapel has been the church homo OF
some Of the oldest and best known families Of
New York. Many Of them still keep their
membership there. and are regular In their
attendance upon it's services Among those
who were present yesterday morning
werc Allan Campbell. Stephen p. Mash. Mich.
olas Fish. Miss Rhinelander. and members
OF tho Ogden Beekman. and Livingston
families. The cross Of yellow chrysan-
themnms: which stood in tho centre Of tho
1essor q rS
and preached the sermon On that OCCASION.
mST23I , Dr. I IS spsks from tho MsTfs
s sSsnss ssoss. EssessPs IT, y oi sSs sis IL
have special. reason to thank God. for the prpvi-
BEEN tept from disSss and re rem No otSer
church o. It's date Is now or for considerable
s nH srss and IN III: esss
Tho site Of the parish church does indeed. -
We trust Il t. ever Nill; remain the SANG as Ct
menly Is known. as Old Trinity. but its pres:
ent church building ia as We all know: Of
third building 81 tho same name on that site.
SSdnR tsa bs
Chapel 81 Trinity Church: but Il may oecasion
tnst tsurRrise to some q you to b
church to which this parish belonged was then
ShureS n sy Hss
score Of years after that when the name Vas
chAnReQ LOT tho pOLIlC8l reason .tuAt tnlB
nation had become independent, and no longer
acknowledged allegiance to the English Coy
eminent. As II was then clear that the church
could no longer be ftly called tho Church OF
England. It came to be popularity spoken Of as
the Episcopal Church, to distinguish 1t from
the scots which had been previously classed
as Dissenters.' but were now also known
under their distinctive names as Presbyte.
rians. Baptlsts- and Methodist. And. still
further to distinguish this Church from
another ecclesiastical body on the opposite
side i was found to DO convenient also to style
THE tide OF civil progress which has been
going on for the century and q quarter since
this chapel was built. has. indeed. long ago
swept far away. from US the auxiliary advan-
taGes Of q wealthy constituency. We have our
work to do chiefly among the Same GLASS to
which our Saviour devoted his personal minis:
try. This old section OF our city has still. and
always will have. Q teeming population who
have o right to look to this church for all
Christian Offices. and who must be without
them II they cannot find them here. Besides
these. our regular congregations. particularly
persons and families from widely scattered
homes, and no less diverse social conditions,
are quite sufficient to show that this old chapel
has not become a cumberer Of tho ground"
After the preaching service DR.. Mucahey
administered the holy communion. In tho
evening the member OF the Sunday school
met at the parish house and marched in pro-
cession to the church. The Rev. Mr.. Geer
preached upon the present mission work OF St
POuls Chapel