New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-11
A CHURCH CORNERSTONE LAID
SERVICES IN 81. LUKE'S PARISH.
BISHOP POTTER CONDUCTS THE CEREMONIES
-ON III sToRIC GROUND.

BISHOP POTTER CONDUCTS THE CEREMONIES
ON HISTORIC GROUND.
Tie cornerstone of the new st. Luke's Protestant
Episcopal Church. description Of which mas pee"
printed in The Tribune. laid at O'Clock yester
day afternoon By bishop Potter. In spite OF the IN
element weather large crowd was present "' "o
ceremony The site of the rev church. One-hundred-
andforty 1rsst. and Conventave.. is beau'iui one.
1t Is part of the historic old Hamilton estate hisn.
across the street is the famous cluster OF Gins pah'u
by Alexander Hamilton in his youth and next door 70
the new structure is the old Hamilton mansion when
is now used AS the chapel until the new church Is CON-.
pleted. Promptly O'Clock the procession eIt tc
chapel and went TO the church next door. IL was pre-
coded by a surpliced choir OF boys and men led by
quartet OF brass instruments. They sang thc PioNe
sional hymn. aTha C!mrch's One Foundation Fol
lowing the choir came the bishop il his purple rooe
and lawn sleeves; the Rev. DR.. Isaac H. iut,ie wv,
rector Of St. Luke's; the Rev. j. t. Patcy ASSISTANT
rector: the Rev. G.. VI. wilkins. and the Kew >. w.
Drum, assistant ministers Of the parish and inc he'
DR.. Thomas Gallaudet, the Rev. spruiie burpru 'uo
Rev. Dr. Harris Archdcacoa Van Keeck, ana the new
Henry Chamberlain. visiting clergyman AeAaiu -
Mcdonald and Julian Belts, wardes, and the ves'r'
men Of the church brought up the rear OF the Proce
sion.
An awning he'd been erected over tho platform ana
e clergy and choir took their places under It, whe no
spectators sought protection from the steady ram uu
a wilderness Of umbrellas. The service opcnea WIN
the chanting Of the 1921 Psalm followed by inc le
cital Of the Lords Prayer and the Coaicc'S' n''
Tutte then read selections from the scripture a'o'
which the list Of objects TO be enciosed ~ '"' ~
stone was read follows:
IIoIv Rible Rock of Common Prayer. standaro eui'
ton Hymna! canons of General Convention, IournA.
of convention OF New-iork Diocese, advance .oPs "
parochia report of st. Luke's TO Convention VI ioA'
semi-centennal sermon Of ST. Luhe's parish oy 'ne
rector names OF the first and last years "auenS az"
yestrymen the names of the first and present rector
of the church and assistants sermon peached al ,no
founding of ST. Luke's Home for INDECENT CHRISTIAN
Females last report Of the Institution. report OF Home
for Old Men and Aged Couples, copies OF Tine Ohuren
man., "The Living Church.. THE standard OF the
Cross" The spirit of Missions copies OF Inc Iroue'
"Tlmess Herald" and "WUld' containing Dr'
Brlggss defence Of his orthodoxy. the Cnurch
Almanac, Mission News of New York's Archdeaconry'
containing portrait OF Bishop Potter' hSUorS Va '''
Luke's Church, etc.
At the close of the reading Bishop Potter laid the
cornerstone. By this time the hastily improvised
awning had become thoroughly soaked, and the big
drops falling upon the unprotected heads OF the
Bishop and clergy, IL was announced that the es'
of the exercises would take place in the chapel lie
chapel was uncomforably crowded when the services
were resumed. Dr. futile read an interesting history
Of ST. Luhe's parish its foundation in ISL down
10 the present time. He sketched briefly its growth
from the time when the old structure In Tudson-st
was built when the snuous streets Of old Green
witch village really village lanes, to the present
At the close Of the history Bishop Potter delivered an
eloquent aud interesting address. Among other things
he ead that his imagination had been strangely touched
by the reference the fact that these services were
being held within the old walls that had
sheltered Of the greatest and most intellectual men
whom America had ever produced. The genins OF
Alexander Hamilton, the charming and gifted young
fnancier and statesman, seemed 10 hang about the
walls OF his old homestead. Referring to the OLD
three-decked" pulpit with the preacher above and the
curate and clerk possibly sleeping at their desks
below. the Bishop said that those days should never
again with his permission in the diocese Of New
York. At the close Of the address the Bishop offered
PRAYER and ended the services with benedction.
Much Of the credit for the beautiful new church
Is due 10 the building committee. which Is composed
Of the following Dr. Isaac futile the rector OF the
church; Willard Van BlaricOn Julian Bolts, DR.. c. s.
Ward and John E. Davis. The parish owns ten full
city lots. including those upon which the church
stands, and will preserve the historical old mansion
which 1t now occupies chapel