New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-15

is across the corner Of the streets. ana NAM i
portico with a rounded arch adorns this par "
Iuildiuc The Ilcnry-st. front mas a slu"'c Wv"
,b .o,,tborn corner and "a gable between II - tH'
mai, entrance Is surmounted with Greek cF"9'' y
second entrance is in the lower part ol INC '""'
The suuday.schooI room adioins the church on 'hls
side and has a separate entrance III '"' ''"'' "
tbo roof * an ocaeoual lantern with rows oil "'""S
an all sides which afford abundance {" HsI' III ''
inferior The tower rise, 70 the heeht oI wv ''''
and i eurnouuted with an aabe-quc the eniibi''Hie
Of which is supported by four butueS'ed piers ~ wv
corners and three finely carved N''II'H '"'''''
each side At one corner of the tower j. i"u'"
huttrc,, springng from the second story ana r'iHs
above the roof. ending in Il cone shaped h"l'' sur
| mounted with a carved brownstOne heur de-l'. Inc
man entrance Is fanbcd by two massive scotch s1ai'
/ niIl,rs highly polished, the capitals OIL Wh'h arr
of richly carved Ohio limestone. ON one iS ''up'"i'l
the face Of John Wesley, founder OF hcth"!'m' an"
IN the other that OF Francis AsJuIy, the hI7' N'U"l
ist Hisbop I'm America The inc Roman aI'h spanning
e entrance j, also carved. At the back Of the p'fch
I and between the two dooiways j, large and ha.d
come stained glass window Beneath the large stained
rla., rose window in the Hcuiyst. front i- hI'h'
for bronze statue Of Father snow, founder " sunday
| schools in Brooklyn, and long Il member OF tHe "h
sands St.cet Church
The interior Of the church j. sixty feet SQUARE ana
! fLe ceiling is fifty feet from the hooT galleries eA
tend along two sides, and upon the third the wall
il pcrccd with openings into the sunday school room
10 afford additional seating capacity when needed ana
the screens are rolled back. The main Moor VIII seat
500 persons and The gallery 30 more, while in the
sunday school room 500 coo persons could see ana
hear what is going ON in the church. The "''""ih
Of the walls and ceiling yellow pine ana cypress
! and the phws are Of quartcrcd Oah I'm uct
pattern. The walls are tinted and upon them
! are placed the memorial tablets from the
! old church. on TIE right ~ the pnipt
is that in honor Of Moses +. odcll for four year
ria
tendent Of the Sands street Sunday school. on tn"
lef, Of the pulpit is tablet in honor 81 Joseph Wesley
Harper who died In 1870. at the age Of sixty three
on the wall Of the church to the let Of the pew
are the tablets in honor Of John smith, a me" "r oi
the church for half century; John Carl ir-.
Mary C. II. Garrison, and Jacob Brown, the lator q
elias leader for forty years. ON each side Of these
tablet, are memorial stained glass window, IN honor
Of John J. >tudwclL At the rear Of the andito um.
beneath the gallery, j., triple window the several
part, of which arc in memory Of Moses r. "dcli'
Warren Richmond and samuel I. +. Odcl. NJ the
rear Of the gallery this is the finest Vindo" ln
/ the church. in honor Of Mrs. Hannah Harper. wife Of
Joseph Wesley Harper, VINO died in 1r-2, at the age
If sevcnty-twO. The i.c window the side gallery
is in slcmory Of d. sand, Quimby.
Adjoining the main building il the sunday school
buding which is 80 by 90 feet and corresponds with
the church proper 1t contains church parlors, five
rooms, sunday school library and pastors study
on the floor and over TIN, the SUNDAY school hal!
I with Bblc-clas, rooms three side Of IT, ana dc-
rommOdating "A school u 1000 or LOO pupils. MI
be rIuircncnt~ for modern curclWOrk are conprl~t1
in the structure, and Fcl g!Ouo society III IN cry
will have better equipment when the new buildlt l1
, ready use. The -Ite cost $4,000. and about
I $4,000 more hi, been expended upon the building.
The society also owns the brOWn~tOue front house al
Joining in Henry st., and the entire property Is Ntu"d
al -lJOOOO. \ small debt ret upW II. Inc lilc L
report, show church membership Of 80 ana ID the
I sunday school of $50. 49,, .
| 4 long line Of ministers under the Methodist
! itincrant system have served the church IN
I jts more than 100 wear. II history. Among
/ fine best known Of them have been the Kew.
! Drs Nathan Bdngs. l.. y Weed. l.. II. Nadal. T.. 6.
! Andrew, UoW E,hopl II. L. Elhins. George De La
J Matyr George I. Kctiell Lindsay Parker NOW Of IT.
Peter, Episcopal Church, j. T. lrcckurldgr, ana Alex
audcr Mclean, The present pastor Is the H'N hcUEc
Adams who iccamc pastor lu l-05. udcr h.. dlf'
lion the church has uHdcre gone the trans plantation rom
| lis former hoWc q the new one, and has steadily
| grown lie is about fniy year, old ana was ho.n
i'm England, where he became sunday school teacher
al the age Of fifteen. and four years later began "a
before coming to hi, country, and In 1876 he Joined
! The North Indiana Conference. In 1879 he went u
california his health. and preached In several towns
in 1--j he came East and spent year IN Drew ihcp
logical seminary. and preached in Jersey towns, pom
graduation, In IosG lie became Il member Oh tic Ne"
York East Conference and for two years lal cldrSc
| # IT. Iauls Church in South ErOOklNh Nhllc tlcIe
he kept up postgraduate studies ia ucoloEN' ana Hc
ID now taking "A course for the degree Of Pm ID
| Mr. Adams IS "A Of pleasing address ana mucl
nervous force and energy. He has Jet biich mar ana
beard regular features. and Sparkling eye lie POI
sesses marked executive ability and has lustlhca Inc