New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-12
TWO CENTURIES ON
COLLEGIATE CHURCH CELEBRATES :.
ANNIVERSARY.
INTERESTING SERVICE IN COMMEMORATIVE =.
THE GRANTING OF ITS cHARrER-.n

" ." NoAMEMORArIoN N
THE GRANTING OF ITS cHARrrp-.n
DRESSES BY VARIOUS MINISTER
The Collegiate Church of New-York cesar..
two-hundreth anniversary Of the grantn. =. ~
charter last evening. In the church at Fffth.,. w
Forty-eghth-st., according to the prosrafn,. s
nounced In The Tribune Of last Sunday. A. ~
also announced in The Tribune. the real ,o,rs. ~
OF the church was in 1923. or nearly SEVENTY 80
before its Incorporation.
The beautiful Gothic church. to whose eon,,.-.
ton the Rev. DR.. E. b. Coe ministers, vas -
fortably filled last evening In spite OF n. s n'
weather The church was tastefully trinm.s -
potted plants and flowers. while from the bsI.,..l
hung various flags, an appropriate ancen, 49,
and coats OF arms. On the platform sat IA. ~.
Dr. E. 3. Coe. the Rev. DR.. David J. B,r,,n ~. ~
Rev Dr. II. VI. Baird. OF the New-York lynv.,,.sas
the Rev. DR.. J. b. Remensnyder. OF the rn,s..VN'
Church; the Rev. Dr. C. C. Tiffany, Archd...~n
the Diocese Of New-York; the Rev. J. O. n.~w
the Rev. II. Z. Cobb. the ministers OF the cors...
Church having invited representatives OF N. 49,
other churches that have been In existence n 49,
country for 200 years-the Huguenots the Luth.,,-.
and the Episcopalians.
The service which was a long one, openAa Ia
the singing Of the anthem "Benedc anima mea" ~
a chorus under the direction Of Carl Walter Ar
PRAYER by the Rev. J. G. Fagg and reading t,o~
the Psalter. the Rev. DR.. Coe delivered the hsos
cal address Of the occasion
DR. Coe referred 10 the old letter written -.
August II, 1925 by Dominic Mchaelius to fri,ra
In Holland in which he described the condition a,
the church, and said that II had already received
fifty communicates.
1--WE are met tonight" he said, TO celebra,. n.
two-hundredth anniversary Of the sgring BY Cow
ernor BENJAMIN Fletcher OF the charter Of on,
rybi ha since maintained
nous existence The signing OF that charter wa
triumph OF religious liberty: settled principle TIM
there was to be in this Intry no reunion Of churA
and state.
This island was the property o. the Dutch Wei
India Company, which bought 1t OF the Indians n
s2i and its government vas in their hands dom
70 the time OF the English conquest in 1884 and Ia
salaries OF the ministers OF the church were paid "
the country down TO the same time.
1.-THE efforts OF the Dutch Church TO secure
charter were really the outgrowth Of fear 70.
their religious freedom which inspired, In Ito
turn nv the efforts of the English Church secu.
official establishment Less than one year after the
Dutch Church secured It's charter. Trlnity's charter
was also granted the Dutch making no opposition
because II contained clause to the effect that
nr,y1eres already granted other churches should not
he ,nfr,naed upon. What our ancestors opposed was
the establishment Of any church as the State
church. and they carried their point
The Rev. Dr. II. NJ. Baird spoke briefly for Ne
Hueuenats. and for them congratulated the ccL
legiate Church upon It's long and prosperous h-
tory He reminded his auditors Of the ties tia!
bound the Huguenots and the Dutch Church u.
cether. saving that the two had toled together m
religious liberty since William the Silent and n
,erred 10 the helping hand stretched out to ne
IIueueno,s In their early days on this continent T
the Dutch. -........ -,
The Rev Dr. T. b. Remensnyder represented "a
T,itherans Dr. Remensnyder said ihat the Lutnss'
ans did not at first meet anything save opposuoa
from the Dutch but he added that thls opposnnl
from an excess OF zeal for Righteousness ne
speaker briefly outlined the early h'stor! .. us
lutheran Church in this country and her deyouoa
10 orthodoxy, and ended win an sppea' "
Christian unity. . az "a, TIA r.~
tlonai walls. one Lord one faith, one iIa 9S'
Shepherd-that is Christian unity. Leg Us Aeep y"
FORE ma the IDEAL OF such y holy union NJ r.
Or Coe then read letter from ,a s ne. ~, ~
Morgan Dix regretting MS enLoleyu or 49, 80
congratulating the Collegiate Church upon It's ee~
The Rev. Dr. c. C. Tiffany then spoke ior Ihn y!
Ch,,rch tracing the cordial relations Nisern .a'
two chi,nches and their gradual growing teggs.as'
and commencing the stronghold OF reg% ~ rsss,
,atives Of the three churches In turn ana sa a.
the fact that all four great cnurcnes nsu ,,s ne
bv side in harmony for DO years IN sn''s ..s,s
oSarge an often made that denominationasm No. !,
s,rife ''Whle there may always De n,dny LIZ ~ h1
MANY minds" he said. let us Keep .ne .a csr an
that Of fair morning In harye ern ye bro,her GM
hands and say, 1T Is Il iaii '"0'
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