Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-03-29

that Iic SWEgcSlhu til'lt Soin."O "
selected to procure funds, bnt addict thht
NO should not think os depending OH
small subscriptions among the people, or
we should never get enough.
we requested him to take tho matter IN
hand rs we could not hope for much from
our own efforts.
lie said he would get Mr.. Carswell to
draw plan of the building. make esti-
mates, and would see what he could do.
II went on for two years and half;
when Mr.. Bayard, having been appointed
ambassador TO England, ho was under the
necessity of leaving. lie asked for meet.
ing of The vestry and he then informed
them that something over $1,000 was IN
hand and also plans of the proposed build
ing. cd
As he personally could not give further
attention to the matter he proposed to
leave the construction of the building
with Mr.. Samuel Bancroft Jr., to 50 for
ward with 1t in accordance with the plans
approved by the vestry whenever the
funds should be sufficient The building
has been constructed, costing, with the
steam heating for it and the church. the
sum of Sll .55S, excluding some extras, but
unfurnished.
This money has been raised largely out
side of the church | have not the names
of all the donors. But of those connected
with the church, know that Mr.. Bayard
gave 81 900; that Mrs. Bayard gave 500;
that Mrs. Warren, a daughter gave $3.50;
that my old friend, William Forrest who
has made many donations to Old Swedes
gave $500; that my dear friend. Isaac
$500. though lie did not live to see the
work begun; that Judge Ignatius Grubb.
Of the upper congregation. gave $3.50, and
some others of that congregation gave
smaller sums; that Samuel Bancroft, who
has no connection with the congregation,
gave $500, nd don't know how much
more; that William swift gave $3.50; and
that u Californian gave $1,000.
The question has been asked-why has
not the upper congregation given more
They are rich, &c.
Well now, my friends, it is very easy to
be mistaken about the ability of congre-
cations and of individuals. The upper
congregation is not rich and what they
have done there has not been done with
out self-denial and self-sacrtice. There
are very few of them who are not depend
ent on their earnings and have to econo'
miZe in order to live within their incomes.
They made up their minds that the pros
perity Of Trinity parish depended, under
the blessing of God, on new church
Providentially, a few men were added tC
them who had considerable means, but
with the most, ii was matter OF sacrifice
and self-denial.
Ladies who were earning their living as
clerks aud school teachers gave from their
earnings their fifty dollars; and for myself
| had not dollar from my income Il
give, but all that | contributed was from
the sale OF property made for that purpose
liut we have been blessed and have pros
pered, and our venture of faith has proved
Il wise one though we have as much or
our hands as it is safe to carry.
And now have few words to say Ia
| my brethren and sisters of this Old Churcl
congregation. Increased blessings anC
means for work devolve increased respon
sibility. There is great work to be don't
here, and here are new tools TO do 1t with
But they necessltate increased expense ant
| more exertiun.
What wish to impress upon each 81
| your minds is that every one of you mus
| put your hands to the work, and each dt
| your part, however small you lind tina
part 10 be, for none is exempted.
10 do tor the church ull kinds of wOrl
| for the benefit of those around us is not 81
much u duty as u privilege. The root ant
essence Of work for Christ and humanit,
is selt-sacrilice and selt-denial, and WI
must NOT put what we are to do. or can do
at the end of the list of possibilities w
| llOL Vi buI uhu uIk
selt'good first and our duty TO God and hi
church last. 10 all of us is accorded TIL
| privilege of doing something--ail that VI
| can, under the circumstances in which
God has placed us.
You remember the widows mite, sh
was poor, probably had children to feed
But from what was necessary for thei
homely fare, she had saved the two mite
for the treasury of the Lord, trusting Hin
laaR Aat.. "a.
which make tarthing of our money, out
weighed inthe Judgment Of the Saviour, al
the gold pieces that were Gust into th
treasury.
There is joy in giving that that cost Il
something that cannot be felt in givin
what has come to us without any effort o
our own. While l honor the benevolen
rich who give of their abundance, | bC
leye that the mites, the hard-earned do!
lars of the comparatively poor, given in
sacrificing and self-denying spirit. wi
weigh heavier in the balance ON the grea
day of accounts than the gift of many
millionaire.
1t matters little whether your gifts q
money or labor are recognized. The ang,
said to Cornelius. "Your prayers and ain
have come up for memorial before God,
and opposite your name in the Lamb
Book OF Life every self-sacritice and sci
denial winch you nave made, tOllONin
His example, will stand recorded,
A few words to our friends who hay
honored us on this occasion with the
presence and who are not connected wit
Trinity parish; l would tell them ia,
this old Holy Trinity Church 18th motht
church from which all the Episcopt
churches in Wilmington and up IL
Brandywine have sprung, and that thong
they have no legal connection with it, the
have a moral relationship to II, and b
speak their interest in its preservation. an
in the prosperity of its congregation, Q.
press the hope that not only members
the Episcopal church, but the citizens
Wilmington generally, will ever maintai
Lively interest in its preservation as III
place from which emanated the best ,
formative influences during the early d
yelopment of Wilmington.
MR.. BAYARp's ADDRESS.
Bishop Coleman then in brief an
courteous terms introduced Thomas |
Bayard. Jr., as representing his fatheI
the ambassador to England.
As the bishop closed his complimentar
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