New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-01
4 NEU ORITORY fOE BISHOP "OIIEH.

MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH CLUE BUILD ONE
ron HIN IL TIE SIZE HOUSE.
rcv or,trry has in, lcpI bnilt In the EpIScopai
rc.ld.u.e O, tn, bishop Of New York. AT NO ~ LII
fiyciic riacc /; not until last ir'ulS eNc"'"S
that Bishop Potter knew anything oi w 'H'i''".'
prc,cn. that wa, "a store fr h; ihefr WIS "' ''''
am altar in III. -. House but whc1 the site ior lie
Cathedral Of 81 John The Divine was ob'"'hc'' ''e
eli altar was removed rom the Bishops house and
~ Minced I'm tie Lcakc and Waits orphan Asylum
which la, Lcen scryin. since iha, time rs the pro
lat of fin, d.o.csr. The private chapel. wihch
WAS gwen to the Bishop yestray, Is me giit OF mem
hers of the Church Club. several weeks ago CIV"
mcmlcr q the club received letter rom '''o Gun"
mite. who or.gina ed the idea. suggesting uiat an
oratory 10 DO presented during the '"''S'''
octave to Bishop Potter. would be suitable 'oNc .,
uc ,,;crn In whr. the Bishop OF Newt ORR Is riu
Ia the club Responses 10 thee letters werF humer
o,s and accompanied IN each instance VII" SUI
scuptOni toward the successful compichoh o' '''c
plan Necessary funds having been secured. n vacant
room on The second noor Of the BISHOPS ho"sc ""'
been transformed into handsome orato'y
The room l. lofty. long and narrow. lis walls 30
frescord in SOFT red hints. There IL BAT one window
In ,he room which has been filed with white orha'
mental glass IN tie midst Of which Is golden Jew.
ened cross. beneath the window Is an aHar Oh
ouar'cred oak s,andiGg upon base. In us design
the al,ar l. rich and chnse. on The fare oil inc a'iar
IL an bOug
,ncs from carved II In The centre OF me panel
sni4ng rays which are picked ont III eod' i"e
altar ornaments consist OF cross Two vesp'' h2t'
with five fame, and two euchari,tc lights On the
cp.tlc side OF the chapel l. fixed the creoehec o"chc'
upon which stand all the sacraehai Ves'eis ol SNe''
For tho use OF the celebrant, two srt "l Nesthehs
have been provided. one set comprises Il cm'suDe
q white six with alb grde and amce the o'her Is
A s,rpce o, the familiar Anglican pattern, with stolcs
l. "A nc
for the celebrant and cassocl and Gotta ior the
server.
At . p. yesterday a committee consisting "i
Messrs. George 2abriskie, John 4. Beall Ludlow
Ogden j. Van vechten olcott and Robert G. Fisher
waited on Bishop Potter at the see House to make
formal presentation OF tie chapel They were accom-
paned by the Rev Frank NJ. Cendinn. OF Westchester
who gave the altar Mr. Zabriskie. as chairman
~ the committee and president OF the Church Club.
made the presentation address and In doing so gave
N Bishop Potter engosscd letter signed BY all the
civers. which said in part that the laying OF the
cornerstone Is fitting occasion 10 make some acknowi-
edgment OF your earnest labors 10 build Cathedral
which SHALL In it, beauty ard sp!endor. b.th tplfy
the glory of the church and adorn the city and tho
diocese OF New-Yor.: Some OF the members OF the
Church Club hnre provided chapel In the
a sssop no"' Is becoming that there should
Eight I the Bishop with his household can all days
celebrate the Holy Sacrifice without dependence upon
The courtesy OF any OF his clergy for the use OF their
sanctuaIies.' -, -. A..
Appended TO the letter We're the names Of the
subscribers 10 the fund. Among thgm we're John
Alexander Denll Frederic II. Belts, General Daniel
Uuttern,ld Iohn II. Cnswell. H. III. Cammann, Clar-
encc r. Concer. W. Bayard Cutting, Bowie Dash Fred
e. = FoyG Jones' Robert Graham Irving Grinncll.
$. $. Giion Joseph w Harper John ,vu Tar,
Law George L. Jewett, :. Nicholson Kane, Woodbury.
g. Lansdon, John Lewis teorse M H Hh, M e
cot "bn OutcaIt Charles a. Peabody, W. W. Perrine.
William ~ Polk. J. Roosevelt Roosevelt John s.
smith, Francis L.. stetson. Anon Phelps STOKES ~
Iinv-ard Van Amringc. Everett II. Wheeler, John H.
Wymrn and George Zabriski". a.,
Anrr receiving the engrosssd letter ana neans u W..
c,, n, b,i,all of the diocese.