Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-05-17
BIC SERVICES
At ST. PETERS 5
Restored Church is Occupied
for First Time bishop Mat
theWS Confirms Class of "a

stored and beautified, was used for the
Sunday service yesterday for the first
time since last fall. 1t was a great
day for this ancient parish and one
long to be remembered by the parish
toner's. Tho occasion was made es-
pecially notable by the annual visi-
tation of the bishop of the diocese,
tho Right Rev. Paul Matthews who.
ut the evening service. confirmed a
class of thirty-four persons.
At the morning service yesterday
the rector, the Rev. w. Northey
Jones, preached a timely sermon,
taking as his text Solomon building
the temple in Jerusalem, applying 1t
to the restoration of st. Peters and
the significance of the work. During
the sermon 1t was brought out that
the additions, alterations and memo
rials had cost about $4,000. OF this
amount about. $4,000 have come to
the parish in the form of memo
rials, given by persons outside the
Parish.
About $1,000 was secured from the
government in payment for the dam
age done by the Morgan explosion.
This leaves a debt of about $4,000
which, In view of the generous gifts
from those not now members of the
parish, II is expected to be raised
among the parishioners themselves.
At the evening service after the i'm
pressive ceremony of confirmation,
Bishop Matthews preached an elo-
quent sermon addressed particularly
to the newly confirmed.
His text was taken from The Acts
of the Apostles, second chapter and
thirty-ninth verse: For the promise
is unto you and to your children and
to all that are afar off. even as many
as the Lord our God shall call"
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promise to God and God expects every
one to keep his promise Just as God
has given his promise not only unto
you, but to your children and to all
that are afar off And expectations
must be fulfilled. If we do not ex-
|pect much we do not get much. A
person very rarely gets more than he
aims to get. Unless we have great
expectations we can never make good
on the promises we have made;
neither will We realize on the prom
ises made to us unless we expect
things of those who give us the
promise.
Early life Is a promissory note, the
bishop said. The youth gives nothing
for all the care, attention and expense
that Is lavished upon him. but the
promise of the future and great
things are expected of him.
Before beginning his sermon the
bishop congratulated the rector and
the members of the parish upon the
transformation that had taken place
In the restoration of the church. He
said the church was In full keeping
with the ancient traditions of st.
Peters parish, the Oldest In the Do
cese of New Jersey
The congregation was so large at
the evening service that 1t was neces-
sary to place chairs down the center
aisle.
"a feature of both services yesterday
was the excellent music by the vest
ed choir under the direction of Choir
master Hanft.
The church has been greatly chang
ed inside. The walls are light buff
In color. imitation stone. The gallery
In the rear has been removed. The
arches leading to the chancel and to,
the vestibule have been enlarged. Tho
pulpit Is now on the south side of
the church instead of on the north
as heretofore. The Chapman window
back fthe altar which was destroyed
by the explosion has been removed
entirely and the new chantry which
forms an addition to the sacristy
on the north side of the church has
been erected in memory OF Rev. James
chapman who was rector of st.
Peters from 1909 to 1914 This was
built by funds awarded by the govern
ment and by the generous gifts of
the descendants of the former rec
tor.
From the sacristry small room to
the north of the chancel, large
door has been cut through which door
is given in memory of William J.
Trainer by his wife. and through this
door the choir enters in the process.
slonal into the nave Of the church and
thence into the chancel. This is a
most impressive feature of the SER
vice, the singing of the choir being
heard In the distance approaching
nearer and nearer until the great door
swinging open and the full volume of
the voices is heard as the choir enters.
one OF the most attractive additions
to the church Is the Runyon memoir
ial baptistry which makes a slight
projection from the south side of the
church near the door. This was given
by w. Parker Runyon in memory Of
Katherine Hancock Runyon his wife,
and Cooper Hancock Runyon, his son.
The beautiful canopied pulpit was
erected by the children of Cortlandt
Parker who was regular attendant
at st. Peters every summer when he
spent his summer in the Parker home
on the Bluff
Other memorials are: rector's
tablet with the names of all the rec
tors of the parish and date of service,
given by the descendants of these rec
tors. Six cathedral glass windows be-
! lg made by Kempe & Company. of
London. These windows will, in the
upper section. represent scenes in ST.
Peters life: the lower half OF. the
windows will represent historic incl |
dents connected with the parish. |
These windows are as follows:
The Arnold window in memory of
John Arnold. vestryman of the parish |
Continued on page 81
Lost Boy is Found
Michael. the three and half year
old son of George Tolobesko, OF 6S5