The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-07-10
LAYING THE CORNER STONE.
Bishop Coleman of Delawore to Conduct the Service at the New Christ Church Edifice This Afternoon.

Edifice This Afternoon.
 The ceremony of laying the cor
 ner stone of the new Christ church
 ediflce on the site of the old church recently demolished at the Junction of
 Elm street and Whaley avenue, will
 take place at o'clock this afternoon. The Right Reverend Leighton Cole
 man, S. T. D., bishop of Delaware,
 will conduct the ceremony. There are
 a large number of invited guests, in
 cluding the bishop of Connecticut, the
 clergy of this city and many from out
 of town, the members of the New Ha-
 ven city government and the vestrymen
 of the New Haven Protestant Epis-
 copaI churches.
 The clergy and the officers of church
 parish, with the vested choir, will meet
 at the Whalley avenue rectory at a
 few minutes before o'clock. If the
 church is in condition it is the pur-
 pose of those who have charge of the
 ceremony to have the procession enter
 at what will be the northwest door of
 the church and proceeding up to the
 chancel will form around the foundation
 stone. The ceremony will then take
 place. A very pretty program of the
 office or prescribed form of the cere-
 mony for the laying of the foundation
 stone has been issued. All the people
 who may be present are requested to
 join in the service. The opening hymn
 will be:
 70 Lord of hosts, whose glory fills The bounds of the eternal hills" The clergy and people being assem-
 bled about the place where the stone is to be laid the bishop shall say: In the name of the Father, and of the
 Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Except the Lord build the house; Their labour is but lost that built it. Our help is in the name of the Lord; Who hath made heaven and earth. Blessed be the name of the Lord; From this time forth for evermore. Lord, hear our prayer.
 And let our cry come unto thee. Bishop Coleman will make a short address during the service. The retro cessional hymn will be:
 "The church's one foundation Is Jesus Christ, her Lord" The corner stone will contain stan dard Bible and prayer book of the present date, a copy of the last sermon preached by Rev. MT Morgan in the old church, a photograph of the old church, both exterior and int arIor,, d photograph of the bishop of the diocese, Bishop Coleman, and former rectors of the parish, the Journal of the Diocesan convention of 1894 copies of the New Haven daily papers of current date, an account of the names in which money was raised for the new edifice up to the present time, and little book published for the benefit of the church entitled 'fPrior Rahere's Rose" by Miss B. M Morgan. The contents of the corner stone of the old church building will also be placed in the stone. The con- tents consists of a Bible and prayer | book of 1859, the date of the laying of | the corner stone of the old church, | this stone being incorporated into the | new church edifice, an address by Rev. | MT. Brewster at his fifth anniversary and the last sermons preached in the First church edifice, in which the par | ish worshipped before the erection of | the building, which has now been de- | molished. There will also be put in the corner stone an autographic list of the
 rector, wardens, vestrymen and build | ing committee, and copy of the last Christ Church Chronicle.