, 1893-01-18

find the schooner, far to leeward, of course,
took the Bishop and the Revd. t. Shields
aboard and, after four hours rowing, reached
Emmaus about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The
ssrvics was then liked for 5 o'clock, and at that
hour the church was crowded. There must
have been nearly four hundred people inside,
while a great many members OF the con grega-
ton sat on extemporised seats on q platform
on the upper side Of the church, within hear
ing of what took place inside.
After an invocation sung by the choir, the
Bishop consecrated the Church and offered q
prayer. This was followed by another hymn,
and by the reading of the Church Litany by
the Revd. T. Shields. After another hymn,
the Revd. E. Greider read the l45th Psalm,
and the TIE Deum Laudamus was sung. The
Bishop then preached an eloquent and aP-
proprlate sermon, and the choir sang the
HYMN 1.-THE Church's one foundation 10 Jesus
CHRIST her Lord. after which the Report of
the Building was read by the Revd. A. b.
Romig. The following were some OF the
principal items Of the Report: The Church
was burnt down on the 18th of February 1892.
The Importance Of the Church to the island
of St. John and the widespread Sympsthy
caused by the disaster moved the Clergy to
decide on rebuilding 1t, and early in May the
Revd. A. B. Romig of Frederiksted was ap-
pointed to Emmaus to supsrlntend the re-
building. Only the walls of the church re-
mained and even those required repairing. In
June plans were adopted and the work com
menced. On ths27th Of August the schooner
Maru brought over the roof, and door aud
window frames, which had been prepared in
= Frederikstedby Mr.. Brow she brought also
a large quantity of lumber for the floor and
other parts of the work. By night the whole
had been. carried up by the willing hands OF
the large number Of volunteers assembled ana
placed close to the church. Work was then i'm
msdiately pushed on. For carrying out the
work it had been estimated that $4,000 would
be required S3, 800 had been paid in or pro-
missed. The report gave full details as to the
sources of this money. We will here only
mention that the Danish islands contributed
in all nearly 81 $40, namely st. Thomas
S572, St. John about 1927, and st. Crolx
about $629. Besides the many gifts, there were
liberal contributions in lime and other srtl-
oles and in labour.' Some friends had shewn
their good will by gifts for the Church. Thus
the stained glass which fills the circular win
lows in the gables had been given i'll memory
of the late Bishop Reinke Ct New York, a
large bible and hymn book by Mrs. West OF
Antigua, a hymn book by Revd. E.. Greider,
a book-marker for the bible by Mrs. Ripperger
of West End, a bible by Mrs Daiber and a
set of collecting plates by MissCarty of Chris
tianstsd. Ths Report expressed gratitude to
Almighty God for the success which had st
tended the effort to rebuild the Church, and
also the thanks of the congregation for the
sympathy and aid which had been extended
20 thena from all sides. The reading of the
report was followed by the reading of congra-
tulatory addresses and letters; commencing
with a letterfrom His Excellency the Governor,
expressing his. regret at not being able to be
present and stating that Judge SchelleruP
would represent him. His Honour was pre-
sent on the platform. After the reading of
the various letters and addresses a collection
was taken up, which it was stated would be
given to other congregations having building
work on. their hands, as the funds collected
for Emmaus were sufficient and had even left
a balance in hand. The Rsverends GUNNER
and Lawaetz then gave appropriate addresses,
and the interesting ceremony after an anthem
by the choir was closed by the Bishop with the
Benedfction.
Before closing this brief notice we would
like to try TO give our readers who were not
present an idea Of the appearance of the new
Church. 1t is a stone building, even the
gable ends which were formerly of wood, now
being built of masonry, leaving az we have
already mentioned, a circular opening in each
end, which has been filled with a window