The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-23
TIE OLDEST TOMB STONE

Paul Schaefer In the low tones that he
has acquired. President Harrison
came from downtown by the same way
that Washington had taken to the
church. The service was to celebrate
the hundredth anniversary of WASH
ington's Inauguration. President
Harrison and his Cabinet went to the
pew where you see the flags. Ex-
President Hayes and ex-President
Cleveland sat In the front pew on the
right. l can remember how Bishop
Potter talked against corruption in
politics. He said that any man who
honestly wanted to vote the right way
should ask himself the question: What
ballot would the Father of his Country
have cast II he had been here?' The
papers mad a lot to say about the
Bishops sermon. Most of them agreed
with It."
He recalls the famous Bishops SER
vice on Friday, November %. 1900.
Multi-millionaires came from the finan-
cial district. Judges from the courts,
distinguished lawyers from their Of
Aces to fill the church while Bishop
Potter thuncered on God and the
City" 1t was one OF the greatest
awakenings Of the civic conscience
ever achieved in New York. Per-
ceptible results were greater vigilance
for the protection OF children and the
establishment of more wholesome
methods of living in the congested dis
tricts.
DR.. Dix's Jubilee Service.
Vivid, too, in faithful Paurs memory
is DR.. Dix's Jubilee service. when clergy
and congregation filled the old church
and the village OF the dead that sur
rounds 1t, to share in doing honor
to the rector, Morgan Dix. That
doughty soldier OF God was visibly af-
fected by the tribute. A huge loving
cup, three handled and three panelled.
the work of Tiffany, was carried up the
aisle and presented before the chancel.
DR.. Dix turned the cup and scanned
the panels. On one was~sDp -aVed his
portrait, on another, in outline, the
church; on the third the inscription:
"A token of true appreciation OF our
rector from the clergy and congrega-
ton of st. Paul's on the seventy-fifth
anniversary of his birth. All Saints
Day, Nov 23, 1902; in commemoration
OF the jubilee year OF his entrance
into holy orders and the fortieth year
OF his rectorship. % ye holy and hum
BILE men of heart, bless We the Lord.
Praise Him and magnify Him for
ever"
Paul remembers the week Of celebra-
ton of the 140th anniversary Of the
opening of st. George's-that was the
pre- Revolutionary name-when each
day rectors from other parishes came
to deliver addresses in celebration of
the founding Of what was not merely
zone OF the New York churches, but
an historical monument"
He can show the spot wherein grew
one of the fine old elms thHt once cast
their shade over the village of the
dead. This particular one was de-
stroyed to make place for the new par
ish house at the foot Of what is still
called st. Paul's lot.
II was the elm that inspired the poem
sWoodman, Spare That Tree"
Often the deputy sexton on his tours
| OF church and grounds reminds people
OF the English origin OF the cdffcc.
Evidence of this is in the crownlike
canopy Of the pulpit, with its stone
version OF the plumed coat Of arms of
the then Prince Of Wales. More evil
dence Is in the square pew on the side
| OF the church opposite the nag denoted