Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-28
NEWS By TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
WITH A SILVER TROWEL.
Bishop Henry C Potter Lays
a Corner Stone.
MILWAUKEE TAnNERIEs BURNED.
Mr.. CIeveIand's Opinion of
Mr.. Murphy.
H10HDLAaHs PERIloUs VOYAGE.
Another Million for the
Chicago University.
H00HDLAsD's PERIloUs VOYAGE.
LAYING THE CORNER STONE.

LAYING THE CORNER STONE.
Cathedral of st. John the Divine-A
Striking Ediice-Order Of the Serv.
fces-BIshop Potter Uses a Silver
Trowel-History and Description OF
the Edfhce.
NEW YORK, Deo. 27.-The corner stone
of the Cathedral of ST. John the Divine,
in course of construction at the corner OF
Morningside and Amsterdam avenues, was
laid today with simple but impressive
ceremonies. The cleraymen and invited
guests assembled under large shelter tent
where seats had been provided for 1000
persons. The tent was heated by steam
and lighted by electricity. At p m. the
clergymen and others taking part marched
in procession from the Leak and Watts
Orphan Home to the cathedral site in the
following order:
Sexton Thomas Brown, musicians, the
Church Choral society, students of the
General Theological society, trustees of
Columbia college, trustees of st. Luke's
hospital, the Rev. DR.. Thomas Robinson
Harris in charge of clergy, the clergy,
Architect George L. Helms, Builder D. h.
King, jr., trustees of the cathedral, the
bishops, Bishop Potter.
The order of service was arranged by
Bishop Potter, and the music was sung
by the ohoirs Of st. Bartholomew's and All
Souls churches under the direction of
Richard Henry Warren. The professional
included two of the psalms, "Domiue Outs
Hsbitabit" and "Laetatus Sum-"
When all were assembled the bishop said
the invitation and brief responsive serv-
ice was followed by singing of the Trinity
hymn "Holy, Holy, Holy" After the col
the Nicene creed, repeated by all. The
bishop then laid the stone. striking it three
times in the name Of the trinity. A beau.
tiful trowel of solid silver was used. An
anthem, LET Us Rise Up and Build" was
Parker of the Church of the Holy Trinity.
The address WAS delivered by Rev. William
Crosswen Doane of Albany. In the course
of it the bishop said:
'The stone was placed there to be e wit
ness and magnet to this city which is to
crown the holy work of the church. 1t
would be witness to the episcopate as an
institute pure and primitive In descend
ant, in dignity, in doctrine and in manner
of making an episcopate which had been
sought after by men in time of grief and
ecclesiastical revolt and had been lifted
up In times pact" The bishop referred to
the seven chspels which are to surround
the building and in which services are to
be held in seven different languages as of
pentecostal significance and especially sp-
propriate In this polyglot city.
The services concluded with prayer,
the benediction by the bishop Of New
York and the occasional ''It Came Upon
the Midnight Clear" Besides the bishops
and clergy, there were q large number of
state and city officials, Representatives of
religious societies and seminarians at the
laying of the cornerstone. The corner
stone contained the usual documents, coins
and mementoes and also brick from the
church built by Columbus on his landing
at the island of Hispaniola.
The cathedral movement was inaugural
ed by the late Bishop Horatio Potter in
in 1873 trustees were incorporated. The
title of the cathedral, Church of st. John
the Divine, was decided on in 1873, and
in 1887 the present Bishop Potter took up
the work begun by his uncle and predeces-
sor in Office and has carried 1t to its pres
emit condition. The purchase price Of the
eite-three city blocks between One Hun
bred and Tenth and One Hundred and
Thirteenth streets and Ninth avenue and
the Boulevard-was $3.50. 600, all of which
Is paid, and the property has doubled in
value. Enough has been raised to
build the choir, costing about mil
lion. Half million more has al
ready been left to the project by bequest
and over 800, 900 subscribed outside the
city. The cathedral, designed by Messrs
Heine and Lsfsrge, will be of greyetone of
the round arch Gothic order and have five
square towers, the main tower over the
junction of the nave and trsnsepts. The
twelve great piers which are to support
the dome are dedicated to the twelve spos-
ties, the one of special magnifcence being
designed for st. John. The one man be-
sides Bishop Potter who has been most in
strumental in carrying plans forward is
George Mscouloch Miller, who has been
secretary of the board of trustees since
1878. The building when completed will
have the following dimensions:
Total length, $40 feet; total width
through TRANSCRIPT, 296; width of front,
1872; height of front gable, 1874; height of
front tower, 246; height of fsnking towers,
1853; height of central towers, AS; height
of dome Gnterior), 1858; width of nave, %;
span of central tower, So; length of choir
and ambulatory, 1854.