New-York tribune., 1908-12-18

-hs F--es- 81 charge And 50 the service proceeded
z a. r=z--- q holiness among the memories and
-1or--e--s n -he Fasr For as Observer sat quiet
s-z E-7-e IRE twilight the back of the chapel
O. -tz- E-- December morning. the figures before
IN -Cs- --=-- outlines and modern. commonplace
lsaks TIE ue~s seemed 70 b filed instead win
n grand people q Old New York who Used %
cone --0--i-E % worship here IN the long ago.
=he- 8. J-h-'s Square was the court end Of town
- L-[iEE rhe families Cf Alexander Hamilton and
Geae-s- Jacob Morton the Randolphs. the Della
feds notable trorherhcod-the Colts. the Schuy-
ie-s and --= Swords family. likewise the aristO-
crate E---e Il John J. Morgan. Eraoo<athe- Of
= 1-E --E1 baptized and ordained = this
ac-1-e ard ever openly avoved his love for the
c-z7e- again Ctse-re- was = fancy attending
t1s -1--5la College commencement exercises,
utts1 -=d -ere II tygoCe days
" c-- -cuz however. did OBSERVER thus cream
s1t -----s-= Al sense Of antiquity. q structural
-sg-=-- and decay and al p-econceived notions o:
o--lve5 usefulness we're Put 70 fight as the young
q-es- = charge passed almost b-isky from chanceI
= ---Fs-. and there delivered sermo1-on 4 text
:-cz 8 John. by -he vay-so simply expressed as
= ao.d -Ae -=asr t-re-E=-t t1hout eto-t. and yet
-aocg-rr1l z16 advanced enough to suit the crit
n
Anthems ard h-n1s we're rendered by the high
E-z6e choir Trinity nay vel pride herself On her
-s-c-[ = re Development Of church music With
Ecco-2z-z--e-- from s. Johns famous crgaa
tv1---. By re way. restored only last GUNNER
70 t-cc-s5Ce-ab.e expense 70 The corporation -
= --2l--llI LeSJ--ltS L Id
vas -e1 &C. -arsorn ~ -h= British n -SlZ
Taking and walking atrerwa-1 with TWO OF three
q -Ie Young ls1 par-shloners one q whom nad
Et-E-5e5 : Johns since he vas carried theTe'
O3se--e- drew forth many q 'suCr1ette about re
lie of re parish = this section They were ful q
y--1-s-az for their young priest II charge whose
s5vs-- IN directing affairs had synchronized with
za0s- Erz-itvt-g uplttt n the work
-CE ne people Just love him the rather for
5d61-r looking ve-ge- had exclaimed n TeurOnlC-
- I'll T--~-- T7-rgN r
z - ---e --rl.- WIEN priest carries bouquets
q cd women as ai1'r used 20 that sort O. thing
Il makes religion mean whole lot more 70 en-
A-1 as ne paused a. the far corner of Laight
E'-ee----otEe- memorial Of an Oldtlule New Yorker
Ge1e-a- E6zard y. Laight. q name prominent IN
t-e Isis II ire socially elect. al the ba--to
e, a. dimensions q the hideous railway freight
cspot --a- has stood the obloquE Of forty years
another ted Of Row NJ. Gor-pn had walked around
szc z---aE this sQuare-where years ago the light
5s-re- Z reaux and bellies vas interchanged when
Ire =z-..fu- ra~k was rhe-e-nOw 70 sober man
from rs drunken Il and again 20 fort-ty another
sgz-s- -eu,rrarioE-
Observer presently loked up with silent curios-
IL - re stone image Of Commodore Vanderbilt
x1ose S-iczs-r1uch had long since transmitted that
ea--A-y paradise no- into gold but by gold into
Ire -z-v PIE n brick that belches forth daily
c- C+ noise and confusion There he stood. sym
D'- n eternal vigilance and Atlas-lfke Weariness
s-@--5 into helpless granite. oor2passed about and
mass 70 -urk-rs5-rcad trains and tracks. steam
11a-s. cables. anchors. capstans. etc
ghs@-er then stro-led leisurely Up Hudson street
n company with one Of the young fellows above
mentioned. toward - Luke's Chapel. whittier the
Se-s-iTF-rs ~ - Johns advised 10 trans
- allegiance after February l. Glad of an at
'eHr-Te -sr=rer. and fun of hero worship and love
i'r The cd chapel he reverted 20 the topic upper
most lr our thoughts. again and again, in the
IIost NJ cur small talk about the character OF the
neg ba-to9d. =1e good rents charged-and paid,
Zoo. <1r The people are able 10 save car expenses
% lE--g -heir V.ork-the scaHfy religious and
mission work done hy other churches, for there IS
Dc other Episcopal institution below St Johns.
OILY ale small Methodist Church. half mile above
* q Presbyterian Church, IN Spring street-those
3-e q. ~ The Protestant bodies represented here
TN b. an awful thing FOR }ot-for nost-of the
people be said. to have 10 give up the chapel
--el re used TO- And few Of en- viii 20 10 ct
--Ees regular be added. They Just don Ike
ne place. and hats the truth They all think the
world - 81. lomph- and the more. too because ne
sens 10 20 stay on al St John 8 We al
EaoR he could better himself any day with charge
- q plessanrer district But, naturally, ne wants
= snow VIA ne can DO Give him a lltue HorS
ne ne almost pleaded, and he VIII snow en-
-~o years 20 s. Johns was terribly run down.
~ = they'd closed i Up then We couldn wei
ave complained But now everythings picking
- ano Z cones rough 70 be shut down on WY
- tie week before the notice came 70 close on
slilary z girls club was started with seventy
- Present Don't that show business ne de-
Sszoed
1aea be went On 10 tel OF the Sunday school OF