Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-10-19


,ghicn cluster SO msny haliowed memories
wss rsopeoed yesterday, having been closea
for me Dsst three months. During thia tjeo
ne building has been thoroughly repepted,
rs6.;sd, arc recsrpeted, the pews newly up
aoi5tered sud the church restored, ss near
~ SIS practicable, to lis orieina! appaa' aoce'
Ofccurse he tile floors erd the high-oscs
neps have not been replaced, out o'h6' t7o
Ia aaurch noR Ia simGsf Identical Rltu
tefef 70 ,srs o century aud more sSo' Ahe
eher.el nss !yaet. ioGersd 10 is cE'&iDa!
iove,. "ssoe gssa pu!pi5," "a a"e7iy rs
,.oss,ble e uannterpaFt Of Lac tr:4Iasi. has
6es9 erected; ne cd communion tso;5 fe
.sored 10 Us accustomed place zoe GIG
+..nioped reading desk repaired eao pub
,,Ioce. the old chats brought DsCk
,ba old frosted win6cwe resurrec.e ed and re-
,,acai ano me CID bot beautiful chandelier
eos,a suspended from the centre OF the CELL
ing. The church mas been repsinted In
,7eey white, the original col1r, Tith deli
caie trimming of giit, while The ceiling hiss
io.t sufficient coiorinR TO give it Blush
mt. The old sounGiU@ board, IL is Ence.-
a.ood. hoe been found and vii! be put 10 is
former place over tbs pulpit, ifin e sufficient
a.s1e Of preservation otherHise one model
Ell after it vii! be substituted
Al Yesterdays services Rey. q. Walk
o. of me Theological SEMINARY. former
rector of tie CHURCH. read the services, end
tbs rector, Rev. Il. Suter, preached tho SOL
mon, which was most appropriate to the CO.
sion. Mr. Suter's text ~Gs:
~ ras clad when they said unto me, Let n5 go
i,to the house Of the ord Psalm 123: L.
eo.eo wears 20, sag FIVE Luitd OF the younger
you. adies OF Christ Church WIS fofmed called
'g 1910 ,6oso was 70 provido Suitable convent
onces for the chance and TO attend to lis order.
This they have dcne, and other things which
we're mol strictly in the limo Of Their name
IL ~ guild, il WAS prcpoted to restore, So lar
mgbt b,. the cha acel, with s.its appurtenances
IN ita original coalition. Aud first OF all TO erect
fac-simile is possible Of the cd pulpit, and its
sounding board.
Thoy sskod, By letter, the consent OF the vestry
for THIS work and chained 1t.
Silently, faithfully, ard patiently, they tniled
~. g.thorug the lits.es which came from the sal
of tho hand work, until in the dim distance
they s.a toe cblect o. their hopes msteIapHing,
ss we say taking form.
qnen. 10 thtir aid ca 20 the kind sympathy and
liberal hand OF an absent, but still in heart, mem
bsr of this congI egstioH, Mfs. Fleming, of WASH
ingtOn city, whose gift OF noArly one hundred aud
fifty dollars, supplemented by the git OF Others,
not so married., bat yet pTized because u seii-de-
NAL and tIu0.heartednoss sprung, enabled tho
guild 10 put thither their chancel, the besutiui
pitce Of work IN which stand.
And think il meet 10 say that my thanks and
yoor thanks due, friends, TO this chsncel guild
snd sll who helped IT, when the voice i5 Il WAS
glsd whom they said unto me, Let Us go into Tho
houso OF tho Lord"
But, this beautiful form, tn; proportional,
ornate, and yet simp structure is not the result
of my thought, nor of the guilds thought OF
the thought of anyone IN this city.
We arc indebted for it TO Mr Glenn Brown, of
Washington whose taste, and knowledge OF The
colonial churches, gained by patient study OF
them, as they stand in fact. or IN their records,
have given rs, as near as may De, a facsimile OF
the Old pulpit in which the men OF the past STOOD
Tor 40 many yesrs, preaching the gospel as COM
mttcd unto them OF God.
And to-day, think, thst our THANKS are duo 10
the accomplished architect, not only for his de-
sign but for the time cara that he gave TO the
perfectipg OF his work, ana TO other matters con.
nected with our church restoration. To-day
say, when we echo the ksalmists words II Was
glad when they said unto 1nv, Let rs go into thU
house OF tho Lord.
But the silent Tolls OF the young girls, the ofIcr-
Oh skill and freely given OF the architect, aud
the fpaucial aid OF the friends who fcstered Tie
work, would have been OF no avail, had not the
builder OF the pulpit generously assisted by mss-
ing the cast equal 10 the fluids IN hand.
Gnu So think, that our thanks are due TO Mr
John y. knipp and his brother, OF Baltimore, iof
their expressed ready and most holpfu sympathy
Beneath me is the old communion table ones
lost but now found, and here always to stand.
trust for this reason, If for no other, TO be tho
Fathers protest, rs well ss your own, against the
thug aud the neinc, now so common in our
chuIches, but without place in our Prayer Book
ana or system of doctrine-the altar. This
precious relic is FROM Mr. Albert Stuart, and TO
him our thanks tro due.
The beautiful carpet in Wsshington's pow i'd
the pift OF asdy irleU0 Of Washington city, and
that which covers the plain and time-worn boards
Of tho ChRBce floor comes from a former psrishon
or, Mrs VIokfOy, who, ot herself, and through
her friends has given it And to her and them
our thanks sre due Nor must fail To Soy thai
the kueeling stoois came with tho name of Mrs.
Rector SmoOt, q needed want generously met.
Before .ae s9d you in the centre OF the
church, hangs one OF the most beautiful sptci-
mems OF hanoiwOrs known this city-the old
chandelier Cons naClI agsin 20 toll the f5w that
remain Of the Old h3cK, Of the lght which once
caInv down upon .he heads now buried beneath
the sou. That real thing, for il is pure metal and
not gil', copld toll OF the happy gatherings hsre
and OF words and thoughts and feelings which
have aa1 eternity in this lilo.
Hang on old chandelier, hang on You are
here nor never to go hence again. aud msy the
words and Thoughts and feelings. which thy new
life snail see be such rs the Great Light shsi
SHINE on because well-p ing III his eyes
But whence came this old chandelier, this mod
est ornament yet eyer ready TO revesl The hues OF
heavens bow Of peace TO Us
1t Jwelt in u homo in this old town quiet
resting, unti the sound Of restoration awoke the
memories of days now gone and put it in the
heart OF its owner, so give up the dear old thing
that might hang sgain in this old fame to shine
upon the marriage vow, aud upon tho bowed
head OF those who may, IN the after days, como
forwsId to scal,with their own lips, the bsptsmai
covenant, and TO have laid upon them af,er the
bpostoiic form the hands Of the Bishop.
But whcnever its light may fail, IL ere will be s.
reminder OF two persons without whose consent
aud sid it could nor have nestled hore again. re-
fer to Mrs Mskely, the owner, aud DR.. xii lsteip,
whose generous hostt and liberal hand, provided
all the means for the restoration tnose also,
whose pstent toll made its old face to shins, and
whose tender touch guarded till 1t swung, where
it is seeming to say, Here will resi-, Tor have
desired IT," Our thanks are due, when to-day we
hear the echo OF the Psalmlst's voice: II WAS glad
whom trey said to me, Let US go into the house of
tho LORD"
But what are these? The old windows. exhum-
cd from their grave, in the cellar. whittier thoy
were sent, some years ago, to give pace to DIM
mo +bouU mDdnrD Ito