New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06

- =, -be city which held out against the In
.,5,ction Of organ into is meeting house Tor
-.,,rv and three-quarters. should now be the
=. ,-.,t,siastic promoter OF the art IN the de-
iD-.-s-for I'D TO lsS7 instrument OF music
- ,srrritted 20 be heard in the Old First
- Al Fff;h-sve. and Tweifth-st.. except a
N..s-,.s and a tuning fork Now the church har-
- choir and an organ school. and its stately
- ..fo 10 organ recitals. special services and
-'.--sted lectures on secular as well as religious
-, and the cultivation Of the art has been
- one q the chief bonds 81 social and religious
-, The lyric dramas OF Wagner and that
- system OF composition have been
- ,s-.thin It's pious precincts. and SIS pastor
- ts--sef discourscd on the artistic evangel en-
80 I'm Beethoven's symphonies In special
-, sr-,-ces on Sunday afternoons IN Advent
-. year four OF the ancient cantcles % Chris
-. che 'NIagni1cat." 'Benedictus. Gloria
- 7--r1s-s" and .-Nunc Dirnittis'' were sung, and
- have been performances % spohr's Last
-se.rs-t" Handels Messiah" sullivan's Prod
9 {" Czourod's Redemption" and Gaul's Holy
-" IA us way old FIRST illustrates as com
- s-s mighty a revolution as that discussed
t.. -,...ers fr connection with the introduction
:. ,..--lI-ef choirs and ritual service In the
.,...15is- churches. i was. moreover, against
-, s--sert and sterner prejudice. The father q
--.t,sie-r was 10 his end a churchman. and fond
stately service. His influence was tremen-
-. r-o-1otive OF a lively participation in con-
-srforal song. and his system OF church gov
- conducive 90 a large freedom IN the use OF
-, - worship But the founders 81 Presbyterian
- .e,g-Yo-k came % different churchly stock.
80 -esl-rsdv came 10 them by Inheritance from
- 80 calvin and with IL their stern notions OF
= s-s-r-..v and v~sckedness Of an ornateness or
s.. v-rfr0 u-icft hinder spirituality by delight
- -ts senses when "a small company from New
--sla-d BEGAN Presbyterian worship IN New OK
= 80 they had not yet been taught 10 question
-. si-ss-r Of psalms was the only proper and
-lsssaia way 81 musical praise and prayer
ss,a- +re- Scottish brethren suffered separa-
= and recession because astheucally MINDED
-.t,--e-s chose 10 fCreEo the old lining ouI OF
80 20 Introduce hymns and paraphrases' 1hey
'.-.-e5 i7 the time haliowed and tine honoreo
- and made doleful sounds to uplft their
- ~ --r- as the minutes ~ the city COUNCIL
- she mouse known as Nenoo's house situated
i. .te eastern part ~ the city. was recokIll1eu dc
-. .-f4i-E Meeting House for the Dissenting
u-o-es,arts called Prestiterians" The first church
allowed and stood in Wall-st, near IFS intersecuoh
e. ,-,eseB 81 This was enlarged in Iss ana
-s-,s-ta5 with a large mural tablet 81 MACK
l,te with a legend in silt lettering which IS no"
-, DO seen in the division wall between the Nes'lpule
- she main body Of the church in Fitth-aFe-
g-tgt-4rv this ahlet the outside wall lao-
49,, yrsu-st and Informed an passers by that the
t,.-o- rtas for the use % the Presbyter1ans of
Nev--yd-k and their children IN perpetully. me
NOUS builders had no forekHoVledge Of either lle
,-ovth Of their Church or the city Nheh ne No
e,-.,-v began the PreShyterians occupied I'VE
80 ir .be CITY. and now there are IN the
t,.t,t.-, Of New York which covers only Two OF
f.s ave bo-ouehs u the city. hfty-three ohIrches
IL ministers 2571s commandments and -o.Sos 7unlas
s.soo scholars The number is almost u ho' 91.'e'
sl1ed hv Including an the boroughs Of the fnui'cl
,su., F,,f that does not belong 10 TINS stoIy.
- sfs the arst Presbyterians 81 NeW-hofk
- r,A, Adams gives us hint In his diary
mo- date 81 August q. III. he writes en- 70
-,ee-f-c Al the old Presbyterian socles' N-9
rr,osv IS an exact contrast 10 that OF HARTFORD
a.
- ,,.,-c-,-r 6iero~d in the world" Three years
,,,.- DO visited Nassau College. ana recoroeo tia'
she scholars sing badly as the ffesDs -llis
,,,-yvo-lz- what Adams meant by uIaNi mus
= 80 DO Guessed. when II Is remembered tha1
-, -. .,,-ca-r-1on for the old syllable hymn
- =. ~ sung II the tempo indicated by the
tro-oric mark % whole notes 30; that Is 10 say
shat OBJ an average each syllable was hela ior Two
.-.4rse Apropos OF this drawing IN Scotlaho'
N- Cilrpin tells q story in his chapter on "Preshy-
trriar Psamody" a minister from England &C
csro-1ed 20 quicker singing. preached in Scottish
church BE listened 90 the Hundredth Psalm.
which calls on the people 10 sing 20 the Lord with
cheerful voice" draved out IN the slowest fashion.
when q was over De exclaimed. IF this is your
s,y what is your laueutauonH' IN consequence OF
this elovuoss ~ movement t impossible in the
Presbyterian churches that sang '1u the old way
20 sing moro than small portion OF each psalm
twelve lines generally, never four stanzas OF CON-
mon metre As 10 tho quayering Il consisted OF
1-ovsed tur-s and grace notes that the original
T-el0di, progression was practically indistingUsh-
able. With these things left 10 the within Of each
individual Il was no wonder that the singing was
cSc0r1auL
However "0ld First" has outgrov-n its bad rnusi-
cal habits OF a century and a third ago. George
Nhcheld preached In its old edifce (Which had
been used barracks and riding school by the
British soldiers IN the Revolution in 1850. and
Whence there grew great religious revival which
co-1tess had something IL do with the fact that
twenty years later there were five Presby terian
eoiglegato1s in Nev-Y0-k instead Of one. The
present stately e-.d-e OK EEf.h-sve. and Twelfth
st Vas dedicated on January "a. lS46 when its list
% officers bore such familiar names as. John
b'o1ne. David T. Dodge. Daniel II. Wickham.
h-ocL1o-st Livingston and =. Kcarney Rodgers.
--e tower Is replica Cf that which Cardinal
No.sey placed as a croVuing ornament Mag
o@el Chapel. Oxford. and the ivy which IS now
e1titg The tower was grown from slips obtained
z MIS- L-ae.l. in 1893. from the historic oxford
chapel
nc organst and choi-master q "Old First IS
"--anl c. Carl Who IS serving his twelfth
year Dr. the position. During the first haf % this
ltnal iic choir consisted q a solo quartet; now
' Aas fourteen solo voices eight women and six
l-ea' which are augmented for the special musical
services n which. too. Dr. Dufheld takes an active
interest Here are tho names % the sing
t's honranos-Nrs Ellen FletCher-Capies. Miss
--a 81 Eyc-s1o Mrs Il. ". Tupman Mrs
"-f Field. Miss Edith Hammond. contral-
..s-Ass Caroline H. Holmes Miss Katherine
-.o"Hhed and Ars. lille Trluer: teno-s. Edward
cray, p % Powell and John A. Gallagher;
ssef Edwin Wilson Lucien de Naunoz and DR.
- white Three rehearsals are hello each week
= Ifsi ir re choir room with pisnof0rte. finally
ne church WITH the organ. Special detail work
zone -1 l.c-on and drill given in syllable work 10
~ Gear euune.ator and bring the voice forward
~ h-sic % Gl schools. ancient ana modern. -
DO rH... .aH- Far#
= ne musical service Is that the concluding vol
-1g s PLAYED before the singing o. the last