New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-06
TRINITY'S NEW DOORS.
TWO OF THEM WILL PROBABLY BE HUNG
TOMORROW
WILLIAM WALDORF AsToR's FINE GIFTS TO BE
PUT IN PLACE-wHAT TIE PANELS

The fnol measurements for the swinging OF inc
bronze doors ir the north and south entrances 10
Trinity Church made yesterday ana .leS "'''
probably be put In place tomorrow. iheS "''
part OF the gift OF william Waldorf Astor aS nv
mortal to his father, John Jacol Aston me i'rse''
OF tho DOORS that for the central broadway 'f'0e'
Is not yet completed. and Will I" put IN pos"no oa
later Each of these side doors weighs about o'ooo
pounds The architectural plan OF the coors was
made by Richard NJ. Hunt, and the uhco"p'e'eu
central door was given TO Carl bi''er 10 uecor"'c'
The door for the north entrance Is the WORK OF D.
Massev Rbjrd Ills relief decorations deal win
R,h,csI subjects In the upper left-hand panei ST.
Peter Is shown IN Rome with persecution threatening
In ifs companion riehthant panel ST. Peter Is
receiving converts at the porch OF the temple inc
approach OF an angel with a crown siehiiyihs HIS
martvr,iom The middle panels show, on the one
side the earthQuakerent prison In which Paui anu
s,las had been cast with the jailer before them on
his knees and male and female figures In the bacR-
Ground On the other side is represented the healing
~ the man lame from his birth In the porch OF the
temple and a blind man being led forward 10 re-
ceiye the healing touch.
The lowest panels OF this door go back TO 'he
DAYS when the Israclites were in Egypt. on 'ie
left il seen an Israelite's house during the plague VI
the staying Of the frst-bom son. on the rish' II
fugitive is represented at the gate OF Guy Oh
refuge. established as an asylum for those "o "oo
Internationally taken human life. IN the DAYS when
the Law surrendered the slayer 10 the vengeance Oh
the relatives. In this relief the avenger Is repre-
sented in the distance, while two men from the city
of refuge greet and receive tho fugitive
Tho south memorial door has been prepared under
the guidance Of Charles Nehaus, and the panels are
American and modern. The two lower ones 20 oach
TO the earliest days Of New-lork. Henry Hudson
In his little Dutch vessel, sailing past Manhattan
Island Is seen on the left side while the right shows
DR.. Barclay, a hundred years or more later preach
ing to tho Indians The middle panel on the left
shows George Washington about 10 enter b. PaulS
Chapel lust after his Inauguration as the first PreS-
dent OF the Republic Its companion panel shows
the interior of St Paus with four bishops receiving
conservation. The upper reliefs come down TO pres
ent dave on the left is depicted the scene OF the
conservation Of the new Trinity Church less than
fifty years ago. The right panel shows the interior
Of Trinity Church during the ceremonies at the dedi-
cation OF the Astor rcredos In 1877.
These DOORS which when all are completed will be
almost without equal In the country other than
those In the Capitol at Washington, are part of a
series OF gifts made by the Astor family TO Trinity.
william Il. Astor, John Jacob Astor and William
Aston have all made rich gifts TO the corporation
the reredos being one Of them. Great Interest was
taken in the bronze doors when William Waldorf
Aston first announced his gift.
Trinity CHURCH has made great advances under
the rectorsbip OF DIR. Morgan Dix. Some OF the
chspels established IN the many years OF his al
mnIsrauon are st. Augustine's, In IIouston-st be-
on Governors Island ST. Agnes In Ninety second
ST.. near Columbusave.; 81. LuKe,s, IN iiuusonss'
Many other churches In the city nave oeen 1
tained wholly or In part by Trinity corporauon;
and parochiai, night and industrial schools hosp.ii
and other charitable work has been part VI 'ne
churchs great scheme OF work.