New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-18

bector Part l. To the Close OF thc tev,G;' feT
Of DR. Ingiis. a - 400 'N'"'N' f'
G p. Putnams sons
,,,s q curious fact that hitherto no adequate
....ary Of Trinity Parish has existed. The only
,,roochiug such a work is An ms
~ sketch of Trinity Church, New-fork,
"oa {, lS37 bv Dr. William Berrian, at
~. ,,re rector But it was hastily written, to
H-., an assault by the Legislature, and is IN
..oner sense a history Of the parish. The
.naliscations of DR.. DIX for writing such ms
w.. ara obvious As an American Churchman
So has made lifelong study of the origin OF
r,;sconacy in America and since he became
.ao,or Of Trinity he has pad especial atten-
,,o, 10 the rich documentary history OF 'he
,a-;sb He possesses. moreover, the Judicial ana
,;s,orical temper so essential in writing WORK
q this kind. in which racial and ecclesiastical
.,taeonsms color nearly every page OF the
record 1t is possible that here and there he has
-, a,uavs seen what lay beyond his theology
"a, horizon. and in some cases, perhaps. he has
ri,hout intending Il, failed to do full justice 10
mon and movements opposed to the Church
put no aims to be absolutely fair. ana one
Games across numerous instances where he is as
unsparing in condemnation of unworthy Church-
men as he is warm in praise of worthy Dis
..rves to have the chronicle of its eventful life
written by such competent hand But lot the
axe Of Americans in general. and especially the
citizens of New-York CITY. it is indeed fortu-
nate that the Corporation intrusted this task to
Ne revered rector. who, II we may Judge from
this first volume, has made valuable and
unioue contribution to the literature OF Amerl-
can church history.
When after many obstacles Trinity far'sh
came into existence. New-York was little more
than struggling frontier town, with hVei!
memory OF its tumultuous past and only dim
uea of its future possibilities. In l6l) ADRIAN
Block established trading station on the
; Uuthern end Of Manhattan Island. The station
PASSED under the control of the United New
Netherland Company in 1914, which called IL
Fort Amsterdam In 1923 it became the vii
hge OF New-Amsterdam. The first white male
child born on the island was Jean Vigue. in 1914,
and the frs, white girl. Sarah Rapalje' was
born in 1925 The village grew apace. and in
1862 was incorporated as city, under the name
Of New Amsterdam. The next year ii was in
closed on the north by wall OF earth. along the
present site Of wall-st In 1864 Charles II OF
England gave the colony to his brother James,
Duke Of York, who seized it and named 1t New
renamed it New Orange. but 1t was restored 10
the English the next year. An ORGANIZED
government and code Of laws were established
1891 Such were the mixed origin and his
tory Of a community that has come to occupy SO
hrge a place on the stage Of the world Al nrs'
The Dutch and English elements did not mix
veil together, but ultimately they became
per.ec, blend though naturally the English
nj therefore
Parish. as the only NewYork church OF the
English Churchmen. played large part IN inc
early history Of the city.
From contemporary records We catch glimpses
q the religious life of that period in the little
Manhattan settlement that show 1t 70 nave oeeh
nything but a golden age. The Rev. Charles
wolley who was chaplain TO the forces In New
York. under Governor Andrews. said in book
pubished In 1901: In the same City Of New
York where was Minister to the English, there
we're two other Ministers or Dominics as they
we're called then the one Lutheran Ger
man or High Dutch the other Cs'Vinist' an
Holander or Low Dutch man, who behav q
themselves one towards another so Silly ana
uncharitably. as II Luther and Calvin had be-
gaeatheC and entailed their viruient and
| hgotted Spirits upon them and their heirs for
syerr Some Sabadists who visited New York
| b 1879 gave their experience as follows: we
/ vent at noon to-day to hear the English Minis
ter. whose aervices took place after the Dutch
/ Church was out There were not over twenty
1 Eve or thirty people in the Church. The first
l Ting that occurred was the reading OF all their
| prayers and ceremonies out Of the Prayer Book
| 4 is done in all Episcopal churches. young
nan then went into the pulpit and commenced
4 OBoach uho no
wonders But he had little book in his hand