New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10
FASTER CHIMES RING OUT.
CT pArR1CK.s TRINITY. GRACE CHURCH
AND MANY OTHER BELLS MANI
JOYFUL FASTER MUSIC.
,,xr ,,,srop,c MEMORIES OF DAYS GONE by
E%CIRCLE SOME or THE SWEET
TONGIFD INSTRl MENTS-

MANY HISTORIC MEMORIES or DAYS GONE Nf
rxc1RcLr SOME or THE SWEET
ToNGUED INSTRUMENTS
~. "a Dutch bell in the Collegiate Church. at
ri,,h.ave and Forty-cghth-st.. win ring out a.
i,v,uily this Easter morning as It did when nTs'
hung in the tower Of the old Middle Du'ch Chur'"
In Nassau-st. over one hundred ana slAN H'"'
ago To the listener who knows rs history inc
pages of the past are again uns'aeH' anu "S
story 0. the years chants Itself
N a sort ~ Runic rhyme
70 the music @. the bell The bell was made a.
Amsterdam in 1871 according to tho provision in
Colonel De Peyster's will. which said that mel
should be bought in Holland for. the new church
then building in Nassau-st. Into the metal % '"iS
old bell while in a state o. fusion say me enron
iclers went quantity Of silver coin donated by
The citizens Of old Amsterdam to their iTetn'ch
o. the newer city Under tn Old helfry twelve
slas-s with s,ereotvred countenances. sat In sol
emn state around the high pulpit ana listened 70
the Dutch domnles. whose learned discourses uH'll
l.64 were delivered e. their native tongue il was
IN the wooden stoepie OF this church that Franklin
>xperimented with The lightning. All through the
Revolution the old bell remained mute while the
church was used by the English FOR n prison
three thousand Federal troops enduring incredible
eurerings within It's walls.
In 1874 the church was leased to the United
States Government Cor pOstofice. II Was then
that the bell was removed 10 the chuTch III
Ninth-st near The Bowory. where T. re-
manned until 80. when II was again moved with
the CONGREGATION the church in Lafayette Pace,
and later to the belfry IN Fifth-ave. where y non
e Among the many historic occasions upon which
this bell las been rang are July q. l'7f. when the
Declaration o. Independence was read 20 washing
toms army: July 1870. the dav o; the roopeninS
OF the church after lis destruction during tho
Revolutionary War and or tho occasion o. Lin
coins and Grants funerals.
Trinity has the Oldes' chimes r. the city. The
six original bells were cast IN 17Ss by Near. o.
england but later bells have been added hy
Meneely - Troy until they now number ten tn"
bels o. Trinity are rung ono hundred fcct above
the sidewalk and jus; below the dial Of the church
by that master % tn chimes Albert M'.siahn.
The new chimes Of 81 Patricks ring their first
Easter iuhlaie to-day. Although not as arSe as
many IN Continental churches they are considered
the finest in the Western Hemisphere. with a re-
:nartabe purity and sweetness o. tone There
are nineteen Of these bells cas-, by Packard Broth
crs a. Sarov France. and Trey are OF h. ocdAt.fu,
Wonderuiy e.ogsn' ana ceeT are The bills o.
81 Anare Jn9ren oon yer1 given sv 6rso
ore raynd fy j Grant Sents Who writes nearly
A fne chime of ton bells hales in The grea' tower
OF ST. Thomas'S 'hlfcl. nc largest weighs -."r'
rounds and bears me inscription
TITO chime Of ten bells Wa, presented 20 s.
Thomas by Thomas ~ Wall! So memory OF his
father and brother Christmas. ga
All Of tie bells in Grace Chuich were ei"en IN
,nern0,v % tho Rev Thomas House Tavlor. one Of
the first pastors Of the church
"TINTINNARIrATTON OF THE BELLS"
Perhaps NJ sound In New-York Is deare- TO the
hearts Of tie people would be more missed II
sllerccd than the sweet chimes OF Grace Church.