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Fhe ,services 'of yesterday 'morning a* 'Trinity Epihcopal dhUrch were of a deeply interesting -character.— It was ( upon the octisfenr ottitelast pubic minis trations of the °Malt in the edifice which haii been .00pepied or -forty-four years, mid which is bow to give place to • the larger: structure demanded by an increasing parish. The building is familiarly , known as one of the most - prominent landmarks of the city. As such it has been regarded, and hereafter will be re membered, with (sincere regard by every-citizen who takes pride in the material history of Pittsburgh. The new Church edifice Will have a type of architecture, and a completeness of structure, quite - in keeping with the- esthetic tastes of the present day and .• w,ith - ,the)resources .o f a wealthy and prosperous parish. So, in its day also, the building which is now to be demol ished, and , which bears but a modest 04 1 nPrziscul with tho more imposing Church-architecture of later years, was considstlitl_a splendid proof of the liner silty of the parish and of the cultivated taste of its architects. The !Fen' eat yesterday's services—the firekrell Of the parish to the sacred edi floe which, , for forty-four years, had given ; saactuary, to two • generations of worstripixtrs---was peculiarly a solemn aim affecting - map • The crowded Con 4regatitin • numbeirsd scores, indeed hundreds,'': , of • hearers who once were 2 alar attendants _there, at _pellixls since:- that -• day when.Trieity. was the only Church of the EphicopardenobAnationiii" this 'city:4 The thirteen ,existing•parishes of to-day Seel a just filial regard for their ecclesi astiml-mother,'and many. hi-yesterday's audience came back from their present connections elsewhere in this city and its suburbs, to attest their affectionate con cern in her Writual and material welfare. Rester, Bay.ilix. L. *wears , enabled 40 *lilt tide ineirerng, - presents a graphic and highly -interesting narrative of the ItistorY, both of the -parish,- and of the ittlifice to which many eyes yesterday bade a tearful farewell. It is eighty-two' years since tbenift of the:Penns endowed • the Trinity congregation with the ground site which has since. become so valuable. paring this -period, the history of the parish, both ecclesiastical and temporal, Is most suggestively, sketched by the .„.11ector. 'allusion to the fact that three of the Bishops of the Church have been his predecessors in .that spiritual charge will strike the :geheral attention. His distiorirse abounds with matter which will interest not only his parish loners 'but the•public.at large. MME AEOTOR:S ADDRESS. Whole lea among you that saw this 103tusefin herilret gativr Haggai I chap.. 3*. It was .a glorious and- a joyous day when thefirst*imple was formally dedi cated and Set - apart for the worship of God. thrill of „infinite satisfaction Stilifed eVery'deyotit heart; that at lait a reating4t/SCO was ,_provided. tor. tbs./Irk —a spot , where God Himself would youchsafe to dwell by His more imme diate and special, presence between the outstretched wings of the Cherubina. - " It was a great .event in history when King . Solomon - offered up hut princely sacrifice tvithinfts walls and for.the first time invoked the divine blessing on the finished -work." ;But magnifioent and costly' as was this • hoese of God—sacred and solemn as its use—it was finally to pass away. Its emposing ritual was to Deese. The hand of the destroyer was to be laid upou it, and its carved work to be broken down with axes and hammers. Ili their captivity Israel 'remembered its glories,-and adesecration „tilled them with sadness. .a'he : har refused to _ sweetest notes - i n'response to the skillful touch of the player. The voice, (halted ,vdth , clieap emotion la at tempting to sing thesengs of Zion. But a brighter day, work dawned., The ruins were ,to he repaired. The housa of the Load was be rebuilt, and the reproach taken aWIIZ. Iu goodlaroumber the peo- Pleifiattleredfrein ()new quarter, and ,of every age and condition - in life, to see the fbundationlaid. seeavvs . tax straixtudan'only for the wt • y.„ Ifot.tixad werePresetd e w o tom.zeiderntiered the first house in 'far he-eery- In early life they. had I stood dnderits brilliant 4lotne, and wor- Shipped wittdaltsjeweled walls. Its rare beauty add .epkaidors were deeply and indellibly Implanted- on their memory. MO the joy of the present was clouded and swallowed 'up in the thoughts Of the past; ,so that while others iliontedfor joy, decease the foundation of a" new Temple Was -to be laid, those we_ pt sorrowfully aikpleMpries of depart; ed glory' came erowding thick upon them., •;There is deep, touching pathos in the'graphlct• words of the prophet which describes the Beene: "Bfanyrof the Prieats and Invitee, and Oleo( the fathers who were ancient men. disc had keen the first house, when the foundation of this house was` lard before their oyes, wept with • a load voice, and many shouted for Joy, so that.: the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise Of the weeping of the people." Could soy other words so tenderly and truth fatly describe that strange scene? rize greater part of the people were overjoyed and expressed their feelings in shouts that rent the air. The chief of the fa thers who were ancient men; living in the past—more than in the present, wept for the house of their first love, where they had been wont to pay their vows unto the Most High.' dad this was most natural. Ido not t blame, but rather praise them Tor this I display of the gentler emotions of the i human heart. Their' affections could never again entwine themselves abont another holy spot as they had round . ' that which was associated with,their ten der years, and thus while the. shout of ' joy was going up from the multitude' the mighty flow of recollection overcam e. them and their eyes were dim with weeping. Now, my brethern, is it not passing,. strange how wonderfully history repeats* •itself and how we live over again the lives of thole who were' thousands of years before us. I must not take time herb to draw out aniosgies, nor to show wherein our circumstances to-day in many points correspond exactly with the experience just recounted in yourl hearing. All may very readily do this' for -themselves. The truth of the -an- . alogy is self-evident. This intermingling_ of sorrow and . joy, too. is a touch of human nature that I am sure "all must have sometime or Other experienced for themselves. There, are' events and periods in life when one hardly knows beforehand whether sorrow or joy will gain the day. I have seen the bride standing at the altar, about - to • give her hand, as she bad already given her heart, to the man who loved her, weep most bitterly, when to others it seemed as If the occasion much more befitted anima tion and joyfulness. There are depths in the human heart that we never know till an occasion sounds them, and tender chords that never vibrate till the hand of experience touches them. I am quite sure that some of my hearerst, day can appreciate the strange discords that marked the beginning of ' the second Temple. I will not presume to define their thoughts, nor bring to the light the secret emotions on, their souls. There is joy doubtless that a new house is to he built here for the honor of Ga.:— joy that the Church, the Bride of Christ, is about to deck herself in beautiful gar ments. But there is mingled with such joy a strange sense of sadness and be reavement. The affections are shocked with'the cot s dousness that these sacred walls, with their priceless memories, are to be forever swept away. We are , assembled together for the last time to worship and praise. For the last time we are to kneel together here to receive the Body and Blood of Christ, as the tokens of His dying love, and as the bond that makes all one in Him. The occasion has seemed to me a ' fitting one to recall is briefly as possible, some of the leading events in the history of a parish that has for nearly four score years taken no'mean Fart in the planting and extension of the Church in all this region There are many yet living who _saw this house in its first glory—when ,it was esteemed, and indeed was for its days, a very triumph of genius. We who are strangers, so to speak, know little of the strong attachments entertained by some even , for the material walk. No other spot on earth can throw the same spell around us, as the home of early life—and this . house of God has been the spiritual home of-two generations. -It would be inn lige, - indeed, if it had not in-thattimitt become very dear to some, and it would be con trary to nature if these did not feel a pang at the thought of parting forever with an object so long and so intimately associated - with - the joys and sorrows of their lives. Let us turn now to CI brief _survey of its varied history.-- The first record of any sort that I find existing in the history of Trinity Church is the deed of gift of two and a half lots of ground, that on which the present Church stands and the adjacent burial ground west and south of it. This deed bears date the 24th day of September, 1787. executed by "John Penn, -Jr.. and John Penn, of -the city of _ Phila delphia, late proprietors of Penn sylvan's, to the -.Honorable John Gibson, John Ormsby, Devervx Smith and Dr. Nathaniel Bedford, all of the town of Pittsburgh, in the county of Westmoreland, trustees of the congrega tion•of Episcopalian Protestant Church, commonly called the Church of Eng land, in trust foreier, as a site for a houseof religious worship and a burial place for the use of said religions society and their successors, and for no other use, intent or purpose whatsoever." Doubtless before this date the services of our church ban been held here occasion ally, though I have no data at hand to confirm this opinion. The chaplains of regiments quartered in the neighbor. hood and clergymen transiently here certainly officiated at times, though there was no settled pastor for years after. Pittsburgh was then a frontier' borough of small proportions, — quite unconscious of its future greatness as the Manufac turing metropolis, the great workshop of the whole West, which was then mostly an Unexplored wildernesA. It was fully twentyyeara subsequent lb this date that Fulten%rst ascended the Hudson in a steambent, and the railroad was then not so much as_dreanaed of by the most vis ionary. It was a day of Israeli things. But oven then there was at least the germ of a / congregation existing, 'here. Members of the church, deprived of all her- privileges save those of• love and loyalty for their spirit ual mother,,planted the early seeds and continued faithful through long years of waiting, and finally were ,privileged to enjorthe. fruits of their natiendb? In the year 1797, ten years subsequent to the gift of land Ay the: Besnrs, the mere handful of churchmen here invited the (Itev, 4 John Taylor to officiate as their pair ter. Mr. Taylor. famllia'rly and lovingly named still as Father - Taylor; was not originally either a member or a minister of • &hie Church; but through the Itlfillaifee ehlefly . of Win. Cecil, an influential lay man and a devout member of the Church Of England, be was induced to take orders and begin his labors here. At first ser vice* Were held in the Court House, and in other rooms, both private and public, as necessity or convenience required. On the' third . day , of Benceniber tr lpka charter was' `granted hy thd Supreme Court, constituting the Bev. John Taylor; then minister of the parish, gevill and tgamnetßolierts, the Waidebtf, and, , Nathaniel Irish, Joseph Barker, Jeremiah' 'Balker; Nathaniel Rich ardson, Nathaniel. Bedford, Oliver oingagz: l36ol l lll ffitOttiftill - glerCligoikti , Belkiaditi - Botiert lfisiteti:Alexandes M 6. Laughlin, William,Cengand Jopepla pa vls, vestryriterieb oo poratlon and tsldi politic by the name of the “Minister, church Warddn Et, ~ancl„ Vestnttate_n , of TrinitT - Olitireb; Pittaiirgh.'" . A.bottt this time a triangular piece of land was purchased, at the intersection of Sixth street with Wood and Liberty, and a brick building erected thereon, com monly called the "Round Chtirch," *dm the fact that it conformed in its shape to the location of the ground. 'lt - contained forty•two pews, beside a gallery. A list 1- PITTSBIJR of the original pew-holders is preserved; which wuuid be fall of interest to the present generation, lad I space and time to name them. For twelve years from this date Mr. Taylor continued in office, often struggling with poverty and eking out his meagre support by teach. ing,school. La 1818 he resigned the par-, lab, on account of advancing age and in-' fatuity, having ministered in his.holyof fice more than twenty years. He lived till the year 1838, when; on the 10th elf August, at the ripe age of eighty. four, the wish he had often been beard to express, that he might not die a lingering death, was literally ful filled. He was killed by lightning at Chenango,Mercer county, and buried, by the, Rev. Mr.,Crumptod, haa beauti ful knoll which he had been wont to nay "natureintended for a plate yet sepal ture." There his mortal remains are resting, now,, alone themtielves, In a . field, Nith, no sacred 'ellielcslnre-itt preteet, the spot, and no visible monument to mark it. Would it not bin worthy deed for the-present congregation either to remove the seC.4red dust of their -first Rector to their ,own burial ground, or else erect' some token of love to mark the lonely spot , where all that is mortal of Father Taylor is resting in the hope of a joyfultssurrection? The first vestry meeting under the new charter was held April, 9th, .1806. The only business then transacted was the adoption of a seal fOr the corporation and the passage of a resolution fining each member absent from a meeting without due and sufficient cane and excuse in the sum Of fifty cents ! Prom 1806 1819, that is fora period of thirteen years, there is no record of anything save the official acts of ministerial duty perform ed by Mr. Taylor and others, and collected with much pains and care by Dr. Upfold at a later day. If the vestry kept any minutes of their doings then, they are now, I fear, hopelessly lost, and thus we are deprived of much Information that would be of the greatest interest to us, as giving us an insight into the early struggles of the parish. At this period, 181.9, we find that death, had removed a number of the-vestry ne at first organized. Oliver Ormsby and_ Peter Mowry are the Wardens; Mor gan Nevin, George Poe, Jr.. Abner Barker, Abraham Long, Joseph Davis, Peter Beard, Charles L. Volz, Walter Forward, Nathaniel Richardson, Samuel Roberts, Thomas Cromwell and John Reno, Vestrymen. The Rev. Ablel Carter became Rector of the parish in this year, but only remained a short time. The Rev- Win. Richmond, a missionary of the Advancement Society of Pennsylva nia, officiated for six, months. and the Rev. George MaEllienney for six months more. In the meantime the Ves try were in correspondence with various • clergymen, endeavoring to find a settled pastor. The Rev. Joseph Prentiss, of Athens, Nevr York, was called at a salary of $1,200 per annum, and a gratuity of $3OO to pay the expense of removal hither, but alter a long oorreepOndence be declined to comet:' The' great - length and difficulty of toe , journey, seems toluive been Mit chief obstacle in the way! How strange ly this record reads at our end of the half century! The Rev. Intrepid Morse, of Stehben. vine, Ohio. and the Rev. IL P. Powers, of Fairfield, N.Y., were both called and both declined. Finally, in 11:321, the Rev. William Thompson was called' and en tered on his duties, remaining, however, less than two years. During his ministry the project of building a new church .on the present site Was determined on, and application made to the Legislature for leave to sell the old Round Church. No beginning was made; however, before the close of his rectorship. Again there was a brief period without any .pastoral, care. During this time John Henry Hopkins, Esq., a young lawyer—a communicant of the Church and a member of the vestry—volunteered to act as_lay-reader until a Rector should be called, and obtained his license, from the venerable Bishop White. nattily he determined to quit a lucrative practice at the bar, and choose the min istry for his life work. .He was ordained deacon in 1624, and at once assumed the duties -of ,Rector From that time really dhtes ' the growth and preaperity -41 U the pariah. -His vig. orous mind infused new life into every department of the work. He - :speedily renewed the project of building a new church, himself made the plans and the marksof his wonderful genius eyere able in every part of the' work. Thomas Liggett was employed to superintend the building, but Mr. Hopkins was the pow. er behind the throne which controlled and shaped everything by the force of his indomitable energy and will. The corner-stone was laid with the im posing ritual of the order of Freemasons and on the 12th day of Stine, 1828, this Church was formally set apart and consecrated to the worship of Almighty God by Bishop White. The building was then incomplete, fur I find the tower was built a year or two later by funds chiefly raised abroad by the personal so lieitations of the Rector. In a resolution, thanking ,Mr._ Her:flaps for the successful manner in which he had discharged the delicate duty as signed him, the vestry also thanked the Rev. David Cook Page, in most cordial terms, for his acceptable services during the abaenoe of the Rector. May I not hate ask Any parishio nem to tame Cabe!, when some needy missionary from le frontier parish presents his claim and Is either helped sparinglyor turned empty away,that theirowußeetor- least han halt a centuryav, was, by vote of the vestry sent out as a begging parson to seek aid fOrthirrmuldet o. 'irrlB27'tturinWee "WIN completed andln the Ibilowlng year the Rey- Mr. Hopithiti — was called_ to Sto-st4bekAl %WAN PTe_W% Xortfi 4T III I lead earnestly - entreating eaestlY- entreating aim to q• cline the call, the vestry exprem the fear thatthe congregation, built Up ulabalP by his exertions, will be dlaaaYed• and scattered, should be leave them then. He yielded to their wishes., ,But la 1880 he was called to be the assistant minister , of Trinity Church, Bilettib. Agajg the vestry of .thia parish_ interposed, and again. he dc.olicied a most tempting offer. Bat BOstbn Wits determined 'not to yield her Wilma- to a man of aci . much ability in-the_present and so 'Mitch promise in thp 44m:8,1c/thorn a lather etrorti•.,-: , „ He states that the only reascscof hts T leaving here was the claim urged uptill his services in the great cause of Ono. ligical education. He had ' long desired the founding of such a work nere,:kut his efforts had fatted.' Neverthelese:m the short space of ibui years four of: the, young men belonging to this congrega tion bad entered the ministry under his care and training, aud threciothers were MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1869 candidates for holy 4 orders. Massacn. chusetts offered the field of lab3r he de simtd, and , hence his change. The Vettry,in formally accepting his resigna tion, have put on record a picture of the times worth reproducing. They say; "In recurring to the period when younlabdrs commenced they well re member the dark cloud which hung in gloom 'over the prospects of our branch of theiChurch of Corset. They remem ber-that is all Western Pennsylvania there*ere not more than two officiating Episcopal clergymen, and that the mem bera-of our Conimunion were scattered, thatin our church there were less than fifty communicants; that in many of our largest' and most flourishing villages the voice of an ; Episcopal clergyman bad never-been beard. • But we turn with . platen& to our present situation. In this plat/ here has been erected" a splendid church,.an ornament of the west, and the number of worshippers and number of comommicants have increased nearly ten fold, $ -Butler, Mercer, Meadville, Erie, Greensburg and Blairsville will all re. member the spirit and zeal ,which were infused by-your visits to those places." Iniaecl not trace further the history or work' of this great ' man of whole this parish Is justly proud. His name and fame'are now the heritage of the whole Church. As a man of genius and cul ture he was almost a prodigy, and bad he been made the first Bishop of Pitts burgh when be was chcsen to Vermont I cannot but feel that our Church would be vastly stronger to-day in all thisfilo-. cese. As we are about to blot froin ex istence this venerable building, the old familiar land-mark of , his genius, surely /some one will think it worth while to see that there is some memorial of him in I the.' new church. The following verses wereivritten by Bishop Hopkins as his farewell to Trinity Church: Farewell ye pinnacled and buttressed towers! Ye gothic Ily hie. and arch,rr owned pillar. high: Frulta of a zealous heart, though humole powers, •We cannot leave you now, 1.11.M.ut a sign. • . , Frrewell, d ear . Church: No more thy Sabbath bell • Cale us to worshlyla thy igre of prayer; Nomore we ar , IMurortran's solemn,weal Nor mark the fall response that rises there. • Farewell. thy grassy - mounds, where peaceful elems• •• In Its co'd bed, tor precious infant's clay: • f •itb can triumph, ien while nature weePt— The Lord has given—'twas ills to take away. Farewell. our house, um bosomed deep in trees, - And deeteti with alt the - garden s' c:oicest ovde— - No more we breathe thy woodbine. see Eta d breeze,. Nur tread thy dowe. yadeys, aide by st.it. But why art thou soliesoy, 0 n y soul! •Why so cis - quieted. my m •urnie g bean! Art tiiou not ted.or duty's high control? • Hu not thy Master called thee t.,ideprt? Farewell. the n."all. Though bomtleisnaw we go, bettor,'anti/tar home to as to gicen: ZtUr mey wr meats to leaven Church ne.ow. • While Cbrist secures to us the Chitlett' In Heaven. Thera, In that Paradise of joy ab.ore, tnetings, sod griefs, and pains *ball WI be o'tr, There we shalt melt again lk ith all we lore. And sista, Mill breathe, and tears shall fall no The Rev. Mr. Kemper. now the ven erable Bishop of " Whioonsin. who bad officiated here for a time during the early .mrssit„his miniatry, and had occasion : wasnow invited to become its rector. but did;not: The Rev. Mr. Brunet, a young ministered promise. afterwards out down by death in the very prime and vigor of his youth, officiated until the Rev. Dr. UPfold was called, July 27th. 1831, and entered, on his dtities as rector in October of the same year. This brings us down to a comparatively modern date In the his. tort' °title parish. For eighteen years Dr. tpfold Ministered to this congregation as a faithful pastor. It is a needless task to speak words of praise Of One.'who - is still remembered with'a strong affection by many here present. His works praise him, and many hearty prayers" are offer. ed that . his declining ",yearn linty tie blesetifirand that he may live to tee still further fruits of his labor, as his once frontier Diocese of Indiana, now in the very - ,heart and centre of the nation, gitsiwa and expands into magnificent.pro. P leil l 3 l,k ruy brethreio other mep have la bored -here and we have 'entered into their labors. Others have laid the found ation and we build thereon. I need hardly trace the history of the parish farther. In 1850 the Rev. Dr. Lyman entered on his duties and going abroad in 1806, the Rev. Mr. Swope was eleeted Rector pro-tem:tore. In IB62—Dr. Ly man having ,ocincluded not to return again—Mr. Swope was made Rector and in 1867 resigned to become an assistant minister of Trinity Church, New York. The present Rectorship began October Ist. 1867. • There are two or three conditions sug gested by this hasty - and imperfect glance at parish history to which I would for a very brief specie longer invite your thought and attention. One is the very noticeable fact that no large a number of distinguished laymen have, during the past four-score years, managed the tem poral affairs of Trinity .thiurch. Let me read the names of some whom I find among the vestrymen of that time. , Ne vill,Robarts, Richardson, Bedford, Corms hy, Barker, ,'lrish, McGunnigle, Robin eon, Magee • Cecil, Mowry, Davis, Porward,,Beard; Volt, Poe, L'3ng , R3uo, Ennochs, A:rttitirs, Witty, Kerr, Holmes, Mason, Baldwin, Johnston, Israeli; den, Miltenberger, 'Quinan, Keller Holdship, Moniden, Hogan, 1111.rhes, Darlington, Schweppe, Metcalf, Wade. Snowden, Anderson, Sheler. There are others, equally deserving of .mention among the worthies of the past; but my fscts, are of necessity, gathered front the vestry records. I find, for instance, such names as'Cowan, ' Bariday, Std. ras, Collins; Gregg, Butleall Brewer, Ingram, .McChire ' and iAlny oth ers, who :all —did • their' Share in bearing- !the burden and_ heat of 'the day. • klist°of names, my brethren. that which any parish may well be proud of as a rich heritage. Many of these were men of great inffuence and strength of char acter in their day—men of mark in near ly every profestion and calling in life.: Their „fumes, I.ani sure,will sound tem- Mar as ,honsehold words to -the. ears, of inept of .my hearerrie Thereare. two or three in Wit list that 'Must mention ave. dally without meaning at all' to diaper age any'of,: the others. Per many years' the name of'Ormsby appears on-the .chiireh records: 'First John Ormsby, and thenOliver. , = The name of Davis appears :.among the , original list alto, and for more than half a century it was :continually .in the vestry, first Joseph Davis and then John De Davie, his son of the latter I need (not speak words of hointnendation to those who knew MM. • He gave much time and toil freely to the Oh urcli.. whose Interests were very:near his heart- This parish owes his Memory a debt of gratitude for his long 4 cOntinned and: nnwearyinit 1391T1C03. • ' Dr. Peter Mowry aflame to have been a . strong pillar of the Church in the ..daye of its weakness, when friends were few. Long time the Senior Warder', his house Was the constant place for the meeting of the vestry and almost a second home for the clergy. He died in 1833, and the vestry, have put on record a sense of their very great loss. lam glad to know that a beautiful and costly window will be erected in the new church to com tnemoatre his long and faithful devotion. Charles L. Volz served as Secretary of the Vestry far nearly twenty years, being all this time himself a member. It is chiefly owing , - to his pains -taking care that we have - any history of the parish preserved. Did time permit, there are others in, the list of worthies I might mention - With approval, • but I must hasten lest I weary you. One other feature of this catalogue is suggestive of the ravages of time, with its changes and chances. How few of these names appear on the Church records of to-day ! Yoar fathers, where are they? Some of their descend ants have deserted the Church and the faith for which their fathers agonized. In other instances the old family names seem almost to have perished and (Heap. peared. Those familiar with the inter marriages of the old families may fie able. topoint to children and grand children still among our most valuedmembers.and worthy of their progenitors though they may not now bear their names. I would that all the early - friends of this • parish who have gone to their reward, might find among their deecendents—whether bearing their names or not —loving hands to set up some fitting memorial of them here and thus make the history of the parish continuos, joining together the present with the past.- Or thoie who have served as vestrymen in by gone years, I find the name of Samuel Gorm- ly, Esq. standing at the head of the list of survivors—the oldest by right of his of fice. He was chosen in 1834 and - served many years.- I regard him, there fore, as the connecting link between the .j pant generation and the present; a plads- , othonor which I trust he will long be. 'Spared to fill. In 1837 Mr. J. EL Shoen--, , berger wile elected, and , in • 1840 lion. W'ilson McCandless,4Hon. Thomas M. Howe, and Josiah Bing 'were CnOSen, - and are still menilXore:of.the. vestry.. - This brinto tut down- to a sufficiently modern date. Most of. my hearers have done their share in making up the his. tory which extends from , then to the present day, and I very properly leave it ibr some other pen to write, when the breath of ages perchance shall - have made our names as strangers. • • Turning now frcietiferlaltY to the cler gy who have :serrdd tinslefish in the past, one is no lessiktruck with the pre ponderant* pf able names -that fill the list. Mr. Taylor. the first Itectorovas a man of strong mind, more fond.of Nat ural Science, perhaps, than of Theology. I am told •by one wholtneW him Well• that so great was his love of Astronomy that he sometimeS*Perit the en tire night in the open air, watching the movements tenr , bodiat,444lg),R9s* Mr. Carter laid Ms. Thompson very little. is known; their "combined Rectozships oovered a period of less than three years.. The Rev. Mr. Rinhmondi. who officiated here for a tine, was a man of brilliant, parts and belonged to a family of -rare talent'. • • • " Dr. - Kemper,' who - also. officiated here temporarily whert Very young men ; and was afterwards honored- with a call to the rectorship, is one of the best lond and moat apostolic men in the Hotise of Bishops. .tha.gantlexte.ss and ,goodness are fax more to be'envied.thanbis great ness. Bishop Hopkins; a name df tower= ingitstrength; known the world over; poet, painter, musician, architect, author, - the. °logien. Time wouldfail me to recount all of his -marvellous gilts. Bishop Uptold, the tender, loving • pastor, friend of the poor, a good man, full of • the 'Efoly Ghost, and of faith. Under his able atiminietratlonbf the par nth It fairly overflowed, ' 'and a .second parish was formed. Dr. Lyman g.enial, warin-hearted end able. Durin¢,his cads of years St.' Peters was built, as another off-shoot from nilaity. He' is known familiarly ,to the whole Church as one whd has done so much to make our American Services' known abroad; For years he has maintained a missionin the heart of. Papal Rome, proclaiming the truth in the lace of, corruption ana error and carrying the priticlPles of the Anglican Reformation to the very_ doom of the Vatican! Dr. Swope. younger; in. deed, but hardly less known totbe Church j for tae noble and successful stand he took in the: founding of this - diocese. Elected to a place among the clergy of the oldest and wealthiest corporation in the' whole Charch, he is not unworthy to be named with those .who pre: ceded him. It will surely be' pardonable in Me if feel a alight glow of pride,' that • my_ own I name, however unworthy, la hencefonh to be associated with such as these..: As ,I. have already said, the others who served here have gone' to their 'rewatd.. and though in earthly record they be little prized or spoken of, 'I would flan be.' lieve that in the imperishable record , of the sky, in the- Lamb's Book of Life their , names • Stand , very ,high. -The Rev. Alexander Varian, lately deceased, was at, one time. an ,assistant minister here. The Rey. Richard Smith, who stilt survives; was fur along time engaged as sn out-door tnissiona.ry to the poor. The : Rev. Riehard S. Smith, :Rector or the 'church• tit Unitmtownrserved -aft an' es. alatant,t first in • teaching _the=-parish school, and afterwards, in- the chancel: - He 18,.faltbfuliy labOring now at, one,of the out poste of this diocese, still :remain bared with affection here. The Rev. 3V. Taylor; Well known to the church as a:Successful educator ,of youth, font:Mayor Ketterbod School . for boys at' New Brighton, • serVed — here air assistant 'minister - for some - time. so,' also, did the-Rev.:Dr. Sebastian Hodges, of grace Chu reh, Weivark, N. ‘.l'. AatTthe. present 'faithful and aeceptable Assistant wilL•I stn' confident; if God ,spanit'' him in life and strength,' denim a 'record' of good deeds behind bim -that . Shill not fall below any of others. .• • • -•• . , .•, The growth extension - of the church here, as well as the growth, of the city, may be seen, in the fact that 'it *as •not until 1837 that a second' parish. St ! An; dre*s, was orginized. Now there are in the city proper nine , Parishhs, and in' the - city and its immediate stir-. ronndings there "are thirteen' par. Ashes—each with its Settled pastor— each a centre of Influence and pi:4er— When we remember that an overwhelm ing majority of the people•here were not, favorably disposed to the_ ,iliO:Tat Church, there is no need to lut ashamed of such results; But if we are only faith: fur and true the heat half - century will,' NUMBE4 229 under the blessing of God, have far greater results to show. It is surely something—nay a great deal—ih this age of changes, to have on unbroken history of four score years! Trinity is still fondly called the mother parish—and a faithful .mother she has been—taking always her part in every good work, and permitting none of her daughters to outstrip her. -May she long continue to - hold a first place, not merely in the- - affections of her children; but in advancMig the. tit terests of the Savior's ji.ingdom. She shows no signs of decay, no Signs of de crepitude or old age, but is now renew ing her strength for undertaking a high er, nobler work than ever. Tae church building—Whose days are 'numbered—in which .we are assembled for the last time, has undergone various shanges. In 1849, the tower was burnt and speedi ly replaced by the present one. The roof and chancel have been materially al tered, but the main features of the buil& ing remain the same. On the 261 h day of January,-1863—the feast of the con version of St. Paul—a new, peal of bells, the gift.of one to whom this parish owes much, was rung for the first time, on the occasion of the consecrationof the first - Bishop of Pittsburgh here. Then for the last time the venerable - Bishop Hopkins was seen within the walls that were vocal with the praises of God silent witnesses of his skill,wbo . had planned and built them. Soon they were 'draped in mourning for his death. And now dear brethren, my task is ' done—a labori of love I should rather call it—and it remains for me but .to ,speak the word that will bring pain to some and joy to some. The num ber of those who saw this house in her first glory is growing small indeed— theY will feel that in its removal' another of the landmarks of their early years is gone. I can almost divine the tender as sociations that are at this moment, well ing. up in such hearts—thotights, per - chalice, of those who once sat by their, side here, joining in the semi "prayers, singing the same holy songs who ,are i now translated and taught to sing n • sweeter strains the itongnfidoses andthe Lamb. Many, many. are the sacred as- - sociations that gather around, the Church ..of God—if our lives. have been - tray saectified and , given up to Plan. 'Can you not recall some quiet'. hour when, weary With life'astraggle, you have found rest here— holy thoughts gained- possession of your soul and you felt of a truth God was near? - Such hears are the beginning of heaven upon the earth—foretastes of the. future., How often have you knelt here broken hearted, and the cry went up to the throne of grace, beseeching God for mercy! Here some of you (may I not say many ;of you?) were born. anew into the kingdom of God's dear Son. Here your children were, sealed with_ the sign of Christ's_. redeeming love. Here holy hands were laicrupon your head in blessing, Here thetender icy of your first communion clusters. Ht;re, . perhaps, you recall this hour when two ft tovingheartamere imtdeesee by-the an." ethority-srlttel-mad Ne:ing: of. the. I•Churcb. Here the last sea -oft:foes lir ar. fection have been said oVer,some, yOu loved Oflife. "Indeed your life has been bound"up With the - "life of the• parish: more Intimately far then you havia.yeur-- selfsitherknewor'suspected. Titeaug-hts:- of separated families and .broillitt :.ties: lam sure, be revived-by this, dayr's services. Tlie old men wept when - the, new temple . was began, because their, I lives were, identified' With another - and their affections could not take new root' ' nor throw, otit new - branches. But, my -brethren, it is right said Pruner . thatthese changes, Sad in them.' solves as they are, anould come to us in our pilgrimage here. They are intended to remind us that nothing here is fixed and 'permanent, that change and decay are written by the 'finger of God on us and-on. all about us. -We hafe here no continuing city, but we seek one to come whose builder. and - maker is God—not these perishing earthly houses, but a house not. made with hands, eternal in the heavens. A Is an unfailing law ofnatnie that that which - waxes old 'must pass away. but Christ has taught us by the side of the open grave to look hp through - our tears rejoimoglY, Millen= hope of a resurrec tion: So. I Would point you to-day to' look on and no talkie completion pf an other house, rising on the ruins of the old, that shall be a: spiritualhome We' trust for" generations - yet - unborn; and "The gloryof the letter house shall be greater than the glory of the former." ' Farewellforever then to the dear_ Old pile, rich,with the garnered memories of more thin two score years. May we not be unworthy inheritors of the blessing handed down to us front our - fathers. May' our zeal and our love abound. May the solemn warnings here 'e ken not have been in vain,' and - when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed, may ft appear that Many sofas were bern here for Christ, that for many.this chinch was indeed the very gate of_Efeaven. The Lord our God be with nails He Was with. oar oar Fathers. Let Hininot leavb us nor forsake ns. The'QeUtoUc JabUee, Yesterday-morning in all the Catholic chirches of the diocese the Aectuninl ical Council Jubilee was commenced. In the Cathedral the services* were •of a highly interening chtfracter." Rt. Rey.- Bishop .Donieneo ofliciatedid the altar, offerinirsolemn Pontitidal High &lan g uid Was assisted hYa large number of icier. gymen. deacons -and clerks. The choir was espielal4-, ,strengthened and never sang to better , adrantage: Bt. Cecelia's brass band - filled the gallery and dis coursiett excellentrimal%addingmaterial lyto the Interest the occasiou.Th_e_ pnlptt was occupied by. Very Rev, J. Hicken• who briefly referred to the ,Inbilee, 'ea plaining its nature' and,imgructing the thtnl on . he cooditioas . .peceseary for the proctirenient of the plenary ludul genes vottThe es ehsafed by • sential r the equirements Head Of ere the three days of rlgidiliating, alma giving; church the sacra v m ii eistdatai oon Pena nce ana adp-Hproc h , e e darist. egdelys,rard a . agreat event, in the Catholic Church; and; during its Iwo Weeltak continuance much religious fervor , and, epthrishaam will be manifested "fn all the'congregations of persuasion in the diocese. Rellgiotts.—Yeeterduy,• Rev. tleorge: Hays, pastor plea of the Central ?reeky.. tertian Church, Allegheny, (formerly, Rev. T. X. Orr's,). occupied, his pulpit : for the brat time. The Reverend gentle. man was formerly pastor of, the 'Second, Presbyterian. Church, 'Rsltimere: bears a high reputation as a mintryler.and• the active Christian 'worker. EM
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