The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-10-17
ST. PETERS CHURCH
TO Be CONSECRATED
Arrangements Almost Completed
for the Ceremonies.


At meeting of the vestry OF ST.
Peters church held on Tuesday even-
ing. October 3rd. it was decided to
hold the service of the conservation
Of the church on Thursday, Novem-
ber 2nd
At the desire of the Bishop OF the,
Diocese the conservation service will
be held on Thursday, November End,
instead of ON All Saints Day, Noyem-
ber 1st. the anniversary Of the laying
of the cornerstone, in order to give
the clergy of the diocese opportunity
to attend the service.
The program of services for the oc-
casion is as follows: :-On All Saints
Day evening there will be a service
marking the twenty-fourth anniver-
sary of the laying of the cornerstone.
with an historical sermon by the rec
tor.
On November lst there VIII be
celebration of the Holy Communion
at 730 a. M. The conservation SER
vice will take place at ten forty-five
a. m.
Further details of the services. in
Guiding the plans for the special
music for the occasion under the
charge of Mr.. Matthews will be an
nounced as they are completed. Every
effort will be made to provide op-
portunity for all members of the COM
munity interested in the occasion to
attend the service.
The cornerstone of the present st.
Peters church was laid on November
1st, 1887, the late Rt Rev. Thomas
A. Starkey. Bishop of Newark. and
the first section of the church was
dedicated for divine service on Oc-
tober 9th, 1889, SO that nearly a
quarter of "a century has elapsed
from the services marking the Begin
ming of the church to this consecra-
ton service which marks the com
pletion of the work then begun and
us lOfIIidl COHSecfdtlOD.
This length of time between the
laying of the cornerstone and the
consecration of the completed church
is due to the unwavering policy of
| the vestry not to build until the
money was in hand or subscribed
with which to carry on the work, a
| lfA tot f1sa
senior warden of the church in his
! speech at the laying of the corner
sotne on November 1st, 1887. We
are putting up a building of which
we are not ashamed We believe
that in design, in plan, in workman
ship, in size, in durability, 1t will
meet the present and future needs
of our parish and will be an ornament
to the town. We cannot build all
this at once. so We purpose TO build
j in sections. We do not intend to
run in debt. We expect that as the
work progresses the remainder. of
the money will be raised. The ques-
ton has been asked whether we are
not undertaking too great work as
a pecuniary venture. No-not as We
propose to carry on our enterprise.
that is, to expend the money only
when and as we get It."
1t has been the consistent adher-
ence to this policy. together with the
fact that as the work progressed its
scope and expense increased FAR be-
yond the original plans, and the fact
that 1t was deemed advisable to
build rectory before completing the
church, which accounts for the fact
that nearly twenty-five years will
have elapsed between the laying of
the cornerstone and the consecra-
ton of the completed building. AS
Mr. Mills said on the former occasion
Thorough work is expensive. A
i good book, a good sermon, good
architect, good bishop, a good life
means long and continued work, and
Il good building, suitable for church
means work by many persons.
The conservation services will mark
the consumation of the venture of
faith of twenty-five years and the
justification of the sound policy of
those who have carried on the work.