New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-08
ST. MARKS AT A HUNDRED.
CENTENNIAL OF THE CHrRcHs con-
sECRATIoN CELEBRATED.

Ct Marks Parish began yesterday the ceebras
ton OF the e-hundredth anniversary OF the
church's conservation by Bishop Provost In 100.
There were services morning and evening. and
OF the old 81. Marks families were repre-
sented among the worshppers. Some OF these
Nicholas Fish, Stuyvesant Fish. Or. stuy-
Morris. Frederick :. Tallmadge Cornelius
r. Mitchell. John Brooks Leavitt. Mrs John W.
Davis. Mrs. Charles W. ssckett. James 3 Wilson.
Edward b. Wesley. Or. octavus White. Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Sutton and Robert Stuyvesant.
The morning services began at II O'Clock and wers
conducted by the Rev. DIR. C. n. Rabcock. the min
lister in charge: Archdeacon Tiffany. Dean Hoffman
and the Rev Walter Delaheld. There special
music by selected choir under the direction OF
John C. Dempsey
The sermon preached by Bishop Potter who
took his text job xi II: And thine age shall
be clear the MONDAY: thou shalt shine forth.
thou shalt be the morning" The Bishop said Ia
part:
Jobs friends. IN undertaking TO explain the mis-
fortunes that had come upon him. showed lack of
but now and then they stumbled Upon some great
truth as IN this instance when Zopnar reminds JOB
earlier years may have had their sorrows and
shadows for him who ms his life 10 the level Of
triumph The truth shall shine forth. and he who
snS Lives shall RE a. ns than
OF individuals History has shown how often the
less glorious past to a potent and illustrious
future and OF no other institution IL this more
true than OF that most venerable and sacred OF all
institutions both human and divine. the Church OF
Jesus Christ.
After commenting on the period OF suspended
animation and feeble growth" under Bishop Pre-
voost. during which St Marks was founded and
the decorous worship of old 81. Marks. the
preacher went contrast the old religious con-
servatsm with the resessness OF the present time.
He continued:
But 10 you and me. whether choose 10 see Il
or not there has come at any rate in the domain
OF reryon and with reference 20 all those august
and sacred interests for which this church Is here.
| day with largely new demands. The era OF
eubmission-whether blindly conventionsliy,
whether because men do not know or because they
DO not think-to mere authority r. ended N 10
not that In things spiritual there is no longer room
OF our hopes would 5 ere long be crumOns sSou
our ears II is that the bases Of authority IL not
in things temporal or spirituai-bui supremely. IA
this latter ream-.of those who assert r. After
ages Of traditional reverence whether for a man
for a book the world has come back 70 mat one
final ground OF authority Thc AZ J no ms p'o
nv Father believe not. But n 10. though ys
s sye n not believe hst h the is ina" me ana
i, f"R him %'' 'e''''' ''N' -"
After concentrating the church on its splendid
history the Bishop went on:
The Reformation stripped our mother Church Of
England OF much that was part of Its most
ssoc,a,,on and the corrupted teachings o. an un-
worthy ministry had in Il elements ~ august dig
nifty OF singular beauty and high edihcation. The
tennneramental differences Of men viii always lead
them 10 disagree the value OF the external In
~ The Church dismissed all external rites and cere
monies from that first work ~ laying foundations
~ which the New Testament Is the history we
must own that He has forever set His seal %
approval on the wise and right use OF the outward
and the visible.
Services last evening were conducted by the MIN
lister in charge and the Rev. Drs. \. c kimoer
o,A ,boro A
Rev Drs Huntington. Coe Shipman. hchey ana
Rainsford and Dean Van Amringe. OF Columbia
University
Tomorrow az noon there VII be another meeting
in the church with historical address ~ tne
Rev. DR.. DIX. rector ~ Trinity Parish