New-York tribune., 1904-10-03
PRlMATE AT OLD TRINITY.
GREAT HOST HEARS HIN
Historic Church Packed scith People
When archbishop breaches.

seventeenth century. has the parish church
sheltered such a congregation as gathered al
the nigh celebration Of the Holy Communion 70
see and hear the Archbishop.
while the church has a seating capacity only
OF about lJOO persons. fully twice that number
were in attendance. the overflow reaching to the
edge Of the sidewalk outside.
Well dressed men and women. young and old
alike. struggled iercely for view Of the ornate
ceremony, hotly cOntesting every inch that lay
between them and a glimpse of the Archbishop.
Hats were crushed in Women screamed and
were borne out fainting. Pewholders who ar
rived after the service had begun were unable
to reach their seats.
The Archbishop, accompanied by the Rev
Messrs, Henry NJ. Holden and H. ]. H. Ellison.
his two chaplains. arrived in his carriage at
1880 o'clock and was at once escorted to the
vestry. where he received warm welcome from
the rector. Wears and other representative off,
GERS OF Trinity parish.
In addition to the Archbishop and his chap
lains. those who occupied the chancel were the
Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix. rector Of Trinity; the Rev.
J Nevitt Steele. vicar OF Trinity: the Rev. DR..
W. H. vibbert. vicar of Trinity Chapel; the Rev
Philip A. H. Brown vicar Of St Johns Chapel:
the Rev. J. w Hn. curate of Trinity Church.
the Rev. Dr.. ". T. Manning of 81. Agnes's
Chapel; the Rev T. II. Lii. vicar of ST. Chry-
sostom's: the Rev. A. c. Kimber. vicar of st.
Augustines Chapel; the Rev. Or. Goodwin, of
st. Cornelius. Governors Island; the Rev.
u. NJ. Geer vicar Of st. Pauls Chapel, and the
Rev Messrs Albert II. Wilson and A. W. Grif-
fin. curates of Trinity. John W. Caswell. the
senior warden, and Colonel William Jay. junior
warden. Of Trinity parish. were also seated in
the choir.
The vestrymen who occupied the foremost
II. II 1.ir,
Herman H. Cammann. Elihu Chauncey, Richard
Delaaeld. Sydney Webster, John T. Lockman,
David b. Ogden Richard H. Derby. Nicholas
F. Palmer. DR. William NJ. Polk. +. H. Bangs.
]. H Van Amrnge. 5. Edward Nash. H. c.
Swords. Charles A Schermerhorn. George F.
Crane, Francis 3. Swain and Ambrose Muir
ray. Jr
Among the congregation were J. Pierpont
Morgan Senator Kean. Of Sew-Jersey; Mrs
Morgan Dix, Mrs William Il Schermerhorn
and Miss Schermerhorn. the Misses Cumming
who came all the way from Gloucester Mass
20 attend the service. and number OF other
well known persons.
The celebrant of the Holy Communion was the
Rev. Dr. steele, with the Rev Or W H. Nib-
bert and the Rev Philip a. II. Brown assisting.
One OF the vessels used was the Eggleston
,zic- wlIicfl - used only extraordinary or-
casions 1t is a memorial Of Professor Thomas
Eggleston, who a vestryman of Trinity.
An unusually large number Of the congregation
received the communion.
The music a special programme given by the
large choir of men and boys, was under the d.
rection OF Victor Baier. organist of Trinity
IN the suTocating crush the rear Of the
church Miss OHarris. Of No. 1.34O Pacific-st..
Brooklyn swooned. and was carried out by Pa
trolman Levy She was soon revived. When
book and umbrella. a search resulted only in
the finding Of the prayer book At least ten
others were carried out fainting. but revived on
gaining the outer air.
Hymn No. 49, Pleasant Are Thy Courts
Above" was the Professional the Archbishop.
in the brilliant red vestments of the Primate of
England. being preceded by his chaplain and his
own crucifer.
Promptly at 1870 O'Clock the procession Of
the surpliced choir and clergymen emerged from
the vestry The first portion lead by the
verger with his silver mace. followed by the
bearer Of the crucifer and the fun vested choir
and Junior clergy of Trinity Church. At con-
siderable interval there followed preceded by
an acolyte carrying crucifer. the Rev Dr.
Morgan Dix and the nine Wears Of Trinity
parish After a further interval the third part
Of the procession entered the church. II was
lead by crucfer in a scarlet cassock and lace
Gotta carrying episcopal cross. Following
him closely was the Archbishop of Canterbury.
who. in turn. followed by two acolytes in
scarlet cassocks. The Archbishop Of Canter-
bury and the Rev. DR.. Dix wore the scarlet hood
OF Doctor Of Laws from oxford University
After the Gloria in Excelsis had been sung. Dr.
Dix stepped to the centre Of the chancel and
announced that the vestrymen of the corpora
tion would greet the Archbishop and that the
odd In sbeIr vrOui6 be made bV
Colonel William Jay.
Preceded by the verger carrying the mace the
vestryrnen I'm a body left the two pews in which
they had been sitting in the centre of the church
and marched to the chance where they formed
a semicircle. The Archbishop left his place IN
the Bishops chair and advanced to meet tkem
Colonel Jay welcomed the Primate. and ex-
pressed the united gratitude OF the congrega-
tion for his kindness in consenting to preach to
them He rehearsed the history of Trinity
parish from its original royal charter until the
present day. recounting its growth I'm the addi-
ton Of chapels and referring also to it's perilous
times in the American Revolution.
The Archbishop responded briefly. He said
he deemed It a great pleasure 10 be able 10
"preach IN church so rich in historical assoc-
ations and before such representative gather
ing Of the best ih the Church of England as
represented I'm America.
The Archbishop occupied an episcopal throne
10 the right of the altar The clergy with their
various hoods and cassocks. the choir boys in
black and purple cassOcks and white cottas and
the acolytes I'm scarlet cassocks and white cot
tas made rich misensemble.
throughout his sermon the Archbishop spoke
in a clear, resonant voice, and his words could
he distinguished in the furthest parts of the
great nave He took as his text ST. Luke xix.
TO "Fror the Son Of man is come TO seek and TO