The San Francisco call., 1909-04-12
SIXTY YEARS LIFE
OFChURCH MARKED
Bishop Nichols Dedicates Me-
mortal Windows in Trinity
Episcopal Edifice
Fifteen Hundred Dollars Laid
Upon Altar to Reduce Debt
on Building

The siXtieth anniversary service OF
Trinity Protestant Episcopal church was
held in the splendid Norman structure
at Bush and Cough streets yesterday
afternoon. Bishop William Ford Mich
OILS delivered the principal address and
dedicated the five memorial windows
presented to the church. The altar had
been decorated for the Easter service
with crosses of Easter lilies and floral
pieces, and palms and evergreens were
arranged throughout the edifice.
The window in the north transept.
which had been given in memory of
Rev. Edward Bentley Church, who was
ish, was first blessed by Bishop Nichols,
assisted by DR.. Clampett, the rector, and
Rev. Ernest Bradley, associate minister,
who then proceeded to the south nave
window, which had been given by Edith
T. Pope in memory of her father. Cap
tain ". Fl. Taylor, who was chairman
of the building committee. This win
dow is reproduction by Alexander
Booker of Belgium of Hofman's famous
painting, Worship of the Magi."
INSCRIPTIONS ON WINDOWS
The inscription of the middle of the
three windows in the south transept is
appropriate to the day on which it was
consecrated: He is risen: he is not
here. Behold the place where they laid
him.. This window was given by
George A. Pope in memory Of his moth
er. The one on the right, picturing the
ascension and bearing the inscription.
He assembled into heaven" was the
gift of Mary P. Murphy in memory of
her mother.
The last window to be blessed was
the gift of Florence P Frank in mem
ory of her mother, and the inscription
reads: He was transfigured before
them
The services were of a particularly
joyful nature and large numbers at
tended. Bishop Nichols announced that
of the church debt of $4,000 more than
$1,000 had that morning been laid upon
Of rejoicing which marked the de-
meanor of the congregation.
CHURCH ORGANIZED IN 1S49
The First church OF the Holy Trinity,
was organized by Rev. Augustus Fitch
anu IkSN- It 1dNSl SocOkl hiHcS, ulN
1S49. Colonel Jonah y. Stevenson was
chairman and Frank Turk secretary
of the congregation. Since that time
there have been four edifices, the first
erected in 1S49. the second at Pine
street, where the California market
now stands, erected in 1852; the third
at Post and Powell streets, built and
consecrated in 1867. The present hand
some stone edfice was erected in 1892.
and, as DIR. Ciampett in his review of
the last nine years said. was gra-
ciously permitted to experience almost
complete immunity in the fire and
earthquake which destroyed seven
churches of our communion"
ADDRESS BY BISHOP
Bishop Nichols said that the so years
of life of the parish was a good test
of it's stability. and that the year 1S49,
in which it was founded, was not a
good year to drop the seed in this
soil. He then sketched the history of
the church in San Francisco, giving an
interesting account of the early days
and the coming of the first clergyman
Father Taylor. He said, in part:
THE first Methodist street preacher
who arrived here after trip around
the Horn in sailing vessel was met
on board by an individual who under
took to inform him as to the conditions
ashore. This person said that there
had been two or three preachers who
had met different fates, but that the
last one had turned gambler.
ARRIVAL OF FIRST RECTOR
Father Taylor found his people. the
Methodists in the woods out near the
ocean and meetings were held regu
Iarly. Later, May 30, 1S49. the first
Presbyterian church was founded. in
July the Baptist church was built, and
a little later in the same year the
congregational church. Then came the
organizing of Trinity church and the
first rector or priest, Rev. Flavel Scott
Mines, the pioneer. whose mortal re-
mains lie under the chancel of the
church,
Bishop Nichols told of the first barn
like structure built in 1S49 the Illus
tration of which appears in the six
tieth anniversary publication of the
parish, and OF the conditions at that
time. Wi W&W
''The three women appearing in the
illustration" said the bishop. were or
dered to be put in by c.. V. S. Gibbs
because there were only three women
in the parish who attended the church"
PLEA FOR OLD woMEN,s HOME
Bishop Nichols paid high tribute to
the men whose "fortitude and faith
the men of Trinity parish in early days,
and mentioned especially General
Keys and William T. Coleman. He
urged the wealthy people to contribute
generously to the old women's home,
which was started by bequest of
Rev. Mr.. Mines. who left $500 out of
his scant funds for this purpose.
The music was splendid feature of
all the Easter festivities at Trinity