Grace Church seventy-fifth anniversary, 1838-1913, Part 3

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Publication date: 1913
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Third-Most recent of our advances is the establishment of a mission house under the Sisters of St. Margaret. If the Men's Club seems to lay a special emphasis on the social attitude of the Parish and its desire to interest and entertain, though, as I have indicated, it has deeper motives and a higher purpose, the work of the Sisters lays a much needed emphasis on the religious life.


After all that can be said about church methods and activities, the real force of a Parish is in its spiritual life. That is where you and I will make our mark on the years to come.


Below all the surface indications of Parish life lie the victories over sin, the arousing of the impenitent, the strengthening of the weak, the ceaseless struggle against the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world and the sinful lusts of the flesh, and the building up of souls in the nurture and strength of the Lord.


This is the profession of the Sisters and their ever-present con- cern; and their sympathetic welcome by the parishioners and the hearty co-operation they are receiving make their advent one of richest promise for the future.


Thus we stand, my dear parishioners, at the door of the future, with the past seventy-five years full of earnest effort and focused


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upon sterling men and women. And feeling upon our shoulders the mantle of their devotion to the work of the Master in this our family of Grace Church, we pledge ourselves to be in truth their children, and face the last quarter of a century in Parish life strong in hope and clear in the vision of ever-widening duty.


May God grant us, in this hour of our rejoicing, a fresh conse- cration to His work, and kindle anew our hearts to praise His Holy Name by honest, daily devotion.


My brethren, we close our days of pride. We have rejoiced in the deeds of the past; and we do scant justice to our forebears and antecedents if we rest on their laurels. May God forgive us if we have rejoiced in others as if we ourselves had done their deeds of sacrifice and devotion ; and may He abundantly bless to His glory the fruits of their prayers and labors as we interpret them in our lives, and face the open door of the future strong in a goodly heritage, our confidence tempered with humility, our faith buoyant in hope, our wills firmly purposed to do more earn- estly our duty in the glorious kingdom of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Master. .


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Reu. Octavius Applegate, D.D. 1909 Seventh Rertor


GRACE CHURCH


The REV. OCTAVIUS APPLEGATE, D. D. . Rector The REV. FRANK J. KNAPP. Assistant Minister


VESTRY Wardens


Hon. Charles A. Talcott Thomas R. Proctor


Vestrymen


J. Francis Day


Alfred H. Munson


Sylvester Dering


Frederick T. Proctor


Julius T. A. Doolittle


William C. Stevens


Walter J. Green


Charles S. Symonds


J. DePeyster Lynch


Clerk of the Vestry. CROMWELL WOODWARD


Treasurer J. FRANCIS DAY


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Music Committee The Rector, Chairman


J. Francis Day Walter J. Green


Charles S. Symonds Building Committee Sylvester Dering, Chairman


Julius T. A. Doolittle Frederick T. Proctor


Alfred H. Munson William C. Stevens


Finance Committee Thomas R. Proctor, Chairman Charles S. Symonds Charles A. Talcott


Per Committee


Lester Griffith


Organist DeWitt Coutts Garretson


Sexton


Peter H. Morris


Chimer Hieber A. Sutorius


Ushers


Octavius Applegate, Jr. Guy T. Robertson


Charles W. Childs Reginald B. Robinson


Philip Van R. Schuyler


Sisters of St. Margaret


Sister Julia Margaret Sister Laura Margaret


Through the support of a parishioner the Rector was enabled to invite the Sisterhood of St. Margaret to assist in the life of the Parish. A brick house, No. 11 Court Street, was rented and November 5, 1912, two sisters began a work of great value to the girls and women.


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GRACE CHURCH


SERVICES


Sundays


7:30 A. M .- Holy Communion.


11:00 A. M .- Morning Prayer and Ante-Communion.


The Litany and the Holy Communion on the first Sunday of the month, and from Advent to Eas- ter on the third Sunday.


7:30 P. M .- Evening Prayer and Sermon.


Choral even-song on the first Sunday in the month, followed by an organ recital.


Saints' Day


11:00 A. M .- Holy Communion.


Week Days


9:30 A. M .- Morning Prayer each day with the Litany on Wed- nesdays and Fridays.


7:30 A. M .- Holy Communion on Thursdays, except during July and August.


Sunday School


10:00 A. M .- Each Sunday, except during July and August.


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Rectors and Clergymen Connected With the Parish


Before Election of Rector:


Rev. Stephen McHugh, Rev. John C. Rudd, D. D., Rev. Clement M. Butler, D. D.


First Rector-1839-1843. Rev. Albert C. Patterson.


Second Rector-1843-1853. Rev. George Leeds, D. D.


Third Rector-1854-1864. Rev. John J. Brandegee, D. D. Assistants-Rev. William T. Gibson, D. D., Rev. Wil- liam R. Harris.


Fourth Rector-1864-1884. Rev. Edwin M. Van Deusen, D. D. Assistants-Rev. William L. Parker, Rev. Edward J. Lewis, Rev. William N. Irish, Rev. Gabriel Johnston, Rev. Richard M. Hayden, Rev. Robert Weeks.


Fifth Rector-1884-1899. Rev. Charles Tyler Olmsted, D. D. Assistants-Rev. Charles J. Clausen, Rev. James E. Wilk- inson, Rev. Robert E. Campbell, Rev. George H. S. Som- merville, Rev. William Cooke, Rev. Julian E. Ramsdell.


Sixth Rector-1899-1908. Rev. William W. Bellinger, D. D. Assistants-Rev. Daniel D. Waugh, Rev. Harrison W. Foreman, Rev. John A. Staunton.


Seventh Rector-1909. Rev. Octavius Applegate, D. D. Assistants-Rev. William Curtis White, Rev. Frank J. Knapp.


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Grare Church Chair May 18, 1913


GRACE CHURCH


The Choir Organist and Choirmaster DeWitt Coutts Garretson, A. A. G. O.,


Treble


Ernest R. Bendix


W. Winthrop Carpenter


John S. Carpenter


T. Kenneth Morris


Kenneth L. Combs


John M. Muddeman


G. Stanley Elkington Emmitt A. Muthig


Walter M. Fehr


Le Roy E. Ross


Edward E. Frost


Arthur P. Rugg


A. Sidney Jay


Robert A. Schaefer


Russell M. Jones


Barent T. Schuyler


Sidney M. Martin


William H. Spice, Jr.


Howard F. Stokes


Alto


Carl M. Bulkley


Earl W. Laver


Harold F. Lyman Luther J. Morris


John Roberts


Tenor


Frederick W. Batsford


Edward Lloyd


Rees Jenkins Ernest P. Rohm


John P. Williams


Bass


George W. Dawes


Nels C. Nelson


Robert O. Morris G. Will Payne


William L. Stroebel


The following gentlemen, former members of the choir, as- sisted in the anniversary services :


J. Francis Day


Harry Lancaster


Fred J. Graff


William E. Owen


Fred G. Harter


Charles Wenzel


Frederic C. Ingalls


Russell Wheeler


C. Arthur Jackson Aras J. Williams


Franklin T. Wood


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Walter E. Mainwaring


Russell G. Miller


SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY


Sunday School


Superintendent


REV. FRANK J. KNAPP


Secretary. MR. GUY T. ROBERTSON


Assistant Secretary. MR. HARRY S. DAVIS


Teachers


Primary Class-


Miss Bessie J. Rendell


Main Department-


Mrs. W. H. Carpenter Sister Julia Margaret


Miss Anina De Angelis


Mr. Reginald B. Robinson


Miss Natalie Gilbert


Miss Emily M. Sanford


Mrs. George A. Lowenberg


Miss Jessie E. Starbuck


Mr. George A. Lowenberg


Miss Jane B. Sayre


Miss Florence Manning


Miss Frances L. Talcott


Miss Nellie Manning Miss Lucy C. Watson


Sister Laura Margaret


Miss Mary H. Wolcott


Scholars


Primary Department. . 35


Junior and Senior Department. 117


Bible Classes. 30


Total


182


Offerings


Easter


$142.70


Other


98.13


Total


$240.83


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GRACE CHURCH


Organists of Grace Church


1838-1842-Eliza E. Leach.


1842-1846-William H. Dutton.


1846-1854-Thomas Davies. George Woodland appointed June 30, 1848.


1854-1864-William H. Dutton.


1864-1867-George Metzke, William H. Dutton.


1867-1869-Henry D. Danforth, appointed May 1, 1867. 1869-1871-George Owen. 1871-1881-Henry G. Carpenter.


1881-1884-Bertie G. Jarvis.


1884-1909-J. Francis Day. 1909- -De Witt Coutts Garretson.


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SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY


The Altar Society


President, ex-officio. THE RECTOR


First Vice President MRS. THOMAS F. CLARKE


Second Vice President MISS SARAH B. THOMAS


Treasurer MRS. NELLIS M. CROUSE


Secretary MRS. BENJAMIN T. GILBERT


Active Members


Mrs. Octavius Applegate


Miss Mary M. Jackson


Mrs. Alfred C. Birch


Mrs. James C. Birdseye


Miss Hattie W. Marsh


Mrs. Charles H. Childs


Mrs. Harold H. Murray


Mrs. Thomas F. Clarke


Mrs. James B. Murray


Mrs. James Constable


Miss Louise A. Millar


Mrs. Nellis M. Crouse


Miss Bessie J. Rendell


Mrs. Charles C. Chase


Miss Elsie D. Russel


Mrs. Frederick H. Cookinham


Miss Myra J. Roberts


Mrs. Eugene W. Dixon


Mrs. D. De Wolf Smyth


Miss Anina DeAngelis


Miss Jane B. Sayre


Mrs. Myles J. Evans


Mrs. Frederick I. Storms


Mrs. John W. Eddy


Miss Sarah B. Thomas


Mrs. Conway A. Frost


Miss Elizabeth N. Thomas


Mrs. Arthur H. Foster


Miss Anna M. Talcott


Mrs. Benjamin T. Gilbert


Miss Violet F. Tourtellot Mrs. Caroline E. Thomas


Miss Sarah S. Hamilton


Mrs. Aras J. Williams


Mrs. Frederick G. Harter Miss Effie J. Hemmens Mrs. Campbell E. Hodges


Miss Lucy C. Watson


Mrs. Addison H. Westcott


Mrs. Russell Wheeler


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Miss Gertrude C. Lynch


Mrs. William B. Crouse


Miss Adelaide V. McCarthy


Miss Julia F. Grosvenor


GRACE CHURCH


Honorary Members


Mrs. Samuel A. Beardsley, Jr. Miss Helen L. Miller


Mrs. Charles E. Benton


Mrs. Frederick H. Moore


Miss Martina E. Brandegee


Mrs. William H. Morton


Mrs. Watson H. Bowne


Mrs. Edward W. Mott


Mrs. Daniel N. Crouse Mrs. E. E. Culver


Mrs. O. Webster Mott Mrs. James B. Murray Mrs. Dudley P. Phelps


Mrs. J. Francis Day


Mrs. Pascal C. J. DeAngelis


Mrs. Frederick T. Proctor


Mrs. Sylvester Dering


Mrs. Thomas R. Proctor


Mrs. Julius T. A. Doolittle Miss M. Isabel Doolittle


Mrs. A. E. Sanford


Mrs. Walter C. Gibson


Mrs. Charles H. Searle Mrs. John Sedgwick


Mrs. W. Jerome Green


Mrs. Samuel Schantz


Miss Fannie Groesbeck


Mrs. William J. Schuyler


Mrs. Perle W. Harter Mrs. Albert H. Hatfield


Mrs. Elijah Searles Miss Jessie E. Starbuck


Mrs. Frederic C. Ingalls


Mrs. William L. Stroebel


Mrs. William B. Jackson


Mrs. George R. Thomas


Mrs. G. W. James


Mrs. Louis A. Tourtellot


Mrs. Charles Kathern Mrs. William B. Westcott


Mrs. James L. Lowery


Mrs. W. Pierrepont White


Mrs. Joseph S. Lowery Miss Mary H. Wolcott


Mrs. J. DePeyster Lynch


Mrs. Samuel G. Wolcott


Mrs. William J. Millard


Mrs. Augustus W. Wynkoop


Receipts


$144.42


Expenditures


243.96


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Mrs. Benjamin F. Ray


Mrs. Walter J. Green


SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY


The Ladies' Volunteer Choir


President . .THE RECTOR


Vice President


MRS. RUSSELL WHEELER


Secretary MRS. FREDERICK G. HARTER


Treasurer


MISS VIOLET TOURTELLOT


Librarian MISS JANE SAYRE


Care of Vestments MRS. HARTER and MISS SAYRE


Sopranos


Mrs. Horace F. Barnard


Mrs. Albert C. Gilbert


Miss Gertrude Colgate


Mrs. Frederick G. Harter


Mrs. Eugene W. Dixon


Mrs. James H. Merwin


Mrs. Theodore Dimon


Mrs. William J. Millard


Miss Pauline Davies Mrs. Frederick T. Proctor


Miss Florence Dunham


Mrs. Frederick I. Storms


Miss Louise Day


Miss Jane Sayre


Miss Valerie Deuscher


Miss Violet Tourtellot


Mrs. John W. Eddy


Mrs. William B. Westcott


Mrs. De Witt Coutts Garretson


Miss Helen Winant


Altos


Mrs. Watson H. Bowne


Miss Sarah B. Thomas


Miss Emeline Munson


Miss Mabel Wheeler


Miss Myra Roberts


Mrs. Russell Wheeler


Mrs. Harold W. Symonds


The Ladies' Volunteer Choir sings at the week-day services during Lent; at the early services Christmas, Easter and Whit Sunday. They also sing on Ascension Day and at the Ordination Services and at any special service by request.


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GRACE CHURCH


Ladies' Aid Society


Treasurer .


ANNA M. LYNCH


Members


Mrs. Charles E. Benton


Miss Anna M. Lynch


Mrs. James Birdseye


Miss Gertrude C. Lynch


Miss Belle J. Bush


Mrs. George H. Smith


Mrs. Amelia M. Collier


Miss Mary L. Thomas


Mrs. Thomas F. Clarke


Mrs. Louis A. Tourtellot


Mrs. DeWitt Coutts Garretson


Mrs. Henry C. Van Winkle


Miss Louise Hemmens


Miss Jessie Watson


Miss A. Louisa J. Lynch


Mrs. Robert Whiton


Receipts $335.39


Disbursements 332.93


Garments distributed, 530; value. 510.00


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Parish Branch of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions


President. MRS. E. J. WOLCOTT


Vice President. MRS. MARY A. METCALF


Treasurer MISS JULIA F. GROSVENOR


Treasurer of United Offering MRS. THOMAS F. CLARKE


Secretary MRS. WILLIAM J. SCHUYLER


Members


Mrs. Octavius Applegate


Mrs. Angeline T. Bailey


Mrs. Carl F. Bendix


Miss Louise A. Millar


Miss Josephine Best


Mrs. Edward E. Mott


Mrs. William H. Brownell


Miss Jane M. Mott


Mrs. Thomas F. Clarke


Mrs. George D. Pomeroy


Mrs. Amelia M. Collier


Miss Bessie J. Rendell


Mrs. James Constable


Mrs. Ellis D. Roberts


Mrs. Daniel N. Crouse


Mrs. Louisa G. Schantz


Mrs. Pascal C. J. DeAngelis Mrs. Sylvester Dering


Mrs. William J. Schuyler


Mrs. Myles J. Evans


Mrs. John Sedgwick


Mrs. Conway A. Frost


Mrs. Horatio Seymour


Mrs. Laura J. Foster


Miss Agnes Stevens


Miss Anna C. Stroebel


Mrs. William L. Stroebel


Mrs. George R. Thomas


Mrs. Louis A. Tourtellot Miss Anna M. Talcott Miss Frances L. Talcott


Miss Julia F. Grosvenor


Miss Caroline E. Harris


Mrs. Walter J. Humphrey Miss Annie M. Hurlburt Mrs. Charles G. Irish Miss Mary M. Jackson


Miss Amelia S. Thorn Miss Lucy C. Watson Mrs. Harvey J. Williams


Mrs. William B. Westcott Mrs. Addison H. Westcott


Mrs. Marie R. C. Kirkland


Mrs. James Langton


Mrs. Emily J. Wolcott


Miss Mary H. Wolcott


Miss Cornelia Meeker


Mrs. Frances Wilber


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Mrs. Joseph Seiselmeyer


Mrs. Frederick Gilbert


Miss Margaret S. Gibson


Mrs. Hugh Glenn Mrs. W. Jerome Green


Miss Julia D. Mann


Mrs. Mary A. Metcalf


Miss Helen L. Miller


GRACE CHURCH


Woman's Auxiliary


Members Through United Offering Only


Mrs. Samuel A. Beardsley


Mrs. Charles E. Benton


Miss Adelaide V. McCarthy


Mrs. James C. Birdseye


Mrs. Raymond P. McLoughlin


Mrs. Watson H. Bowne


Mrs. William J. Millard


Mrs. Frederick M. Calder Mrs. Charles H. Childs


Mrs. Alfred H. Munson Mrs. James B. Murray


Mrs. Frederick H. Cookinham


Mrs. Thomas S. Parker


Miss Gertrude M. Colgate


Mrs. Dudley P. Phelps


Miss Gertrude H. Coxe


Mrs. Thomas R. Proctor Mrs. Ellis D. Roberts


Dr. Rose Coxon


Mrs. J. Francis Day


Miss Mary Isabel Doolittle


Miss Natalie Gilbert


Mrs. Benjamin T. Gilbert


Mrs. Joseph Seiselmeyer


Mrs. G. Francis Greenidge


Mrs. LeRoy Shepard


Miss Sarah S. Hamilton


Mrs. George Smith


Mrs. Perle W. Harter


Mrs. D. DeWolf Smyth


Miss E. Louise Hemmens


Miss Jessie E. Starbuck


Mrs. George W. Hoff


Miss Sarah B. Thomas


Mrs. Louis A. Tourtellot Miss Violet F. Tourtellot


Mrs. John D. Kernan


Miss Jessie Watson


Miss A. Louisa J. Lynch


Mrs. Robert P. Whiton


Mrs. James L. Lowery


Miss Gladys H. Williams


Mrs. Joseph S. Lowery


Receipts $623.00


Disbursements 612.00


United Offering 314.43


Boxes sent, 9; value. 735.00


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Miss Florence C. Manning


Miss Mary L. Sanford


Mrs. Charles H. Searle Mrs. Elijah Searls


Miss Mary S. Irish Mrs. Charles G. Irish


SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY


The Junior Auxiliary


Directresses


Sister Julia Margaret


Miss Leila H. Childs


Miss Anina DeAngelis


Miss Louise Heath


Miss Sarah C. Titus


Members


Norman W. Burgess


Dorothy Morris


John S. Carpenter


Milton D. Morris


Robert S. Carpenter


T. Kenneth Morris


Dorothy M. Reigler


W. Winthrop Carpenter Eleanor E. Geisir Lawrence Hess


Helen W. Roberts Elsie E. Roberts


Charlotte A. Hopkins


Leslie R. Seeber


Marian R. James


Ella May Thomas


Edmond R. Jones


Laurence Renton Turner


Marguerita S. Laird


Marjorie S. Turnbull


Verdetta Lecarbo


R. Spencer Wynn


Diana Mezzer


Miss Harriet I. Lowery


Miss Myra G. Roberts


Miss Jane B. Sayre


Miss Mary S. Irish


Receipts $35.40


Expenditures


31.05


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GRACE CHURCH


The Little Helpers


Harriet Isabel Beardsley Alfred C. Birch


John McL. Birch Samuel Birch


Earl Walter Bullard


Helen Louise Murray George Edmund Nichols


Eleanor Jean Burgess


Cynthia Rogers Cookinham


Daniel Nellis Crouse, 2nd


Alexander B. Doolittle


Richard Merriman Rathbun


Annette D. Rogers


Katherine Schuyler


William Joseph Schuyler


Rosemary Doolittle


E. Fowler


Benjamin Gilbert


Susan Gilbert


Dorothy Green


Helen Harris Stubbs


Rosemary Green


Barbara Crawford Smith


F. Rothary Haight


Katherine A. Haight


Stephen M. B. Hart


Harold Wilson Symonds


Marjorie S. Turnbull Russell Wheeler


Ida Katherine White William P. White, Jr.


Memorial Circle


Louise Irish Dodge Dorothy Storrs Doolittle Mary Stuart Green Edwin Griffith Gazzam


Francis M. Johnson


Greig A. Johnson


Montgomery H. Johnson


Vincent S. Jones


Gladys Edna Price


John Brighton Pugh


Frederick Storrs Doolittle Julia T. S. Doolittle


John Quincy Adams Doolittle Mary A. Doolittle


Helen M. Snell Edmund C. Strickland


Felicie C. Strickland


John Lysle Strickland


Ella Mason Stubbs


Marion Smith Charles S. Symonds


George Pomeroy Hodges


R. Winchester Hodges Frederick C. Ingalls, Jr.


Theodore H. Ingalls


Caroline Hotchkiss Murray Elizabeth Schuyler Townley Watson Schuyler Addison H. Westcott, Jr.


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SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY


List of Associates and Members of the "Girls' Friendly Society" of Grace Church, Utica, N. Y., May, 1913.


Branch Secretary


MISS MARY M. JACKSON 11 Oneida Square


Associates


Miss Minnie A. Bayley . The Kanatenah


Mrs. Julius E. Haight. Staff House, State Hospital


Miss Mary M. Jackson 11 Oneida Square


Sister Julia Margaret. . . 11 Court Street


Miss Lucy C. Watson 270 Genesee Street


Senior Members


Anna A. Bergen


Louise A. Feldman


Margaretha J. Gahde


Emily M. Sanford


Adelaide V. McCarthy


Mary L. Sanford


Hattie W. Marsh


Members


Helen M. Brenner


Sarah B. Mogensen


Mildred M. Bucher


Caressa W. Pearson


Leah S. Burgess


Crystal W. Pearson


Luella M. Davis


Patrice W. Pearson


Margaret Davis Johanna M. Fischer


Myra J. Roberts


Mildred S. Frame


Helen M. Rose


Ruth C. Frame


Florence M. Smith


Grace E. Harmon


Marion Snyder


Janette James


Ethel M. Thomas


Irene Jones


Marguerite V. Thomas


Ida Kokesch


Mary F. Wardale Leila M. Weiss


Alice A. Laver


Anna P. Williams


Elizabeth S. Laver


Lillian A. Williams


Florence C. Manning


Grace B. Williams


Anna L. Mills


Theresa M. Wood


Probationers


Alma A. Knauer Regina Mosher Elsie Seufer


Annie F. Stephenson Rebecca S. Stephenson


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Margaret E. Pritchard


Reba P. Ladd


Ella Mathews


Louise C. Mogensen


GRACE CHURCH


The Church Periodical Club


The Church Periodical Club was incorporated in 1892. It is a Society formed for the purpose of supplying periodicals and books to those of the Clergy and Laity who are unable to procure good literature in any other way. It appeals to those who have magazines to send them, when read, regularly every week or month, to the persons who ask for them. It also sends boxes of books and magazines to reading rooms, lumber and mining camps.


A few members of Grace Church Parish are sending on their magazines regularly, to addresses received from the Society's headquarters in New York. During the year three boxes have been sent by freight containing 146 magazines, 53 books and 30 illustrated papers. A Chaplain in the navy writes: "I do not know what I should do without the C. P. C."


MARY H. WOLCOTT, Librarian C. P. C.


The Men's Club


About sixty men of the congregation attended a meeting in the Parish Rooms October 19, 1911, for the purpose of forming a Men's Club, and on January 15, 1912, took possession of the Club House No. 11 Devereux Street, handsomely furnished for its use by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Proctor and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick T. Proctor.


The following were elected officers for one year: President, Frederick H. Moore; Vice President, William S. Bacot; Secre- tary, John D. Turnbull; Treasurer, Graham Coventry, and a Board of Governors consisting of the above named officers, the Clergy of the Parish, and six members, as follows: J. Francis Day, Ernest P. Rohm, Addison H. Westcott, G. Will Payne, William L. Stroebel and Frederick G. Harter.


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On account of permanently leaving Utica, Mr. Frederick H. Moore resigned as President of the Club, October 30, 1912, and Mr. Julius T. A. Doolittle was elected to fill the vacancy.


The present officers are: President, Julius T. A. Doolittle ; Vice President, D. DeWolf Smyth; Secretary, John D. Turn- bull; Treasurer, Graham Coventry. A Board of Governors, con- sisting of the above named officers, the Clergy of the Parish, and the following members: J. Francis Day, Ernest P. Rohm, Addi- son H. Westcott, G. Will Payne, William L. Stroebel and Fred- erick G. Harter.


The Standing Committees are :


House Committee


William H. Hodgkinson George M. Haigh William L. Stroebel


Membership Committee


Frederick G. Harter Rev. Frank J. Knapp G. Will Payne


Finance Committee


J. Francis Day D. DeWolf Smyth


Addison H. Westcott


Entertainment Committee


Ernest P. Rohm De Witt Coutts Garretson


Sylvester Dering


Hospitality Committee


Reginald B. Robinson Guy T. Robertson John Muddeman


Junior Work


De Witt Coutts Garretson Peter H. Morris George S. Sayre William C. Westcott


The receipts for the year ending January 27, 1913, were $647.16. Disbursements, $526.89.


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GRACE CHURCH


CONVENTION REPORT, 1913


Families 515


Services-


Sunday


186


Week Day. 404


Baptisms-


Adults 7


Infants


28


Total 35


Confirmed


38


Communicants-


Gain


75


Loss


38


Present Number 663


Marriages 11


Burials


24


RECEIPTS


Pledges $2,861.00


Pew Rents 5,098.00


Other Parish Expense


Offerings 2,330.00


Sunday School. 232.00


Missions from Parish 1,820.00


From Endowments 2,410.00


From Parish Societies 2,222.00


Communion Alms 764.00


Charitable Collections. 1,811.00


For Repairs 214.00


From Loan. 500.00


Misc. Sources 1,489.00


$ 21,751.00


Endowment


$ 46,786.00


Value of Church


Property


.....


.... 178,786.00


EXPENDITURES


Current Expenses $ 9,796.00


Sunday School. 343.00


Repairs 1,233.00


Communion Alms 688.00


Taxes and Rents 700.00


Interest 235.00


Insurance 657.00


Endowment


183.00


Other Parochial Objects ..


2,626,00


Total Parochial $16,461.00


Diocesan Missions


$ 1,421.00


Diocesan Expense. 355.00


Relief Fund of Diocese .. 102.00


Deaf Mute Work.


160.00


Total Diocesan $ 2,038.00


General Missions $ 969.00


Special Missions 775.00


United Offering 265.00


General Clergy Relief. . . 930.00


Other General Objects ... 50.00


Total General.


2,989.00


Total


$21,488.00


Holy Communion ---


Public 141


Private


21


At St. Luke's ---


Public 13


Private


30


Other Services 80


Total Services


875


Number of Souls 1300


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SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY


MEMORIALS


Vestibule Windows-Mary Elizabeth Gazzam, 1841-1871; Martha Field Gibson, 1822-1863, given by her husband, the Rev. Dr. Gibson.


Nave Windows-Francis Beardsley Clark, 1822-1872, given by her husband, Erastus Clark; Hiram Denio, 1799-1871, and Ann Hubbard Denio, 1804-1872; Phoebe Hubbard, 1788-1871; Charles Hutchins Doolittle, 1816-1874, given by his wife, Julia T. Doolittle; Julius Augustus Spencer, 1802-1874, and Lucy Kirly Spencer, 1806-1873; Ziba Lyon, 1792-1883, warden of the Parish 45 years from its foundation, and Minerva Lyon, 1796- 1876; Charles Brodhead Coventry, 1801-1875, and Clarissa Butler Coventry, 1809-1875; Charlotte Beckwith Crouse, 1841-1876; William Bennett Jackson, 1820-1890, given by his wife, Cornelia F. Jackson, Mary Hinman, 1873-1877.


Transept Windows-Philemon Lyon, 1801-1857; Caroline Treadwell Leeds, 1821-1851; Mary Pitkin Denio, 1830-1851; Georgiana Perkins, 1840-1859.


Rose Windows-The Rev. George Leeds, D. D., 1816-1885, second Rector, 1843-1853; the Rev. Edwin Martin Van Deusen, D. D., 1816-1884, fourth rector, 1864-1884.


Oratory Window-Margaret Davidson Miller, 1850-1894, given by Mrs. Frederick Towne Proctor.


Chancel Windows-"To the Glory of God and in loving mem- ory of Alfred Munson, 1793-1854, and Elizabeth Munson, 1798- 1870; James Watson Williams, 1810-1873, and Samuel Alfred Munson, 1826-1881, her parents, husband and brother, this Chan- cel was enlarged and beautified by Helen Elizabeth Munson Wil- liams, 1824-1894, who, called away before the completion of this work and labor of love, is now included in this memorial by her children."


Statuary-The first memorial in the Church was the Grace Elizabeth Munson Williams Monument. "This memorial of the first-born grandchild of Alfred Munson, a member and benefac- tor of this Church, is here placed at the request of the Vestry, and under its protection and in special recognition of his zeal and


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gifts, for the advancement of the Parish and the building of this edifice, 1867." The second memorial was The Good Shepherd, given by the Sunday School and Parish, in memory of the Rev. John Jacob Brandegee, D. D., 1823-1864, third Rector, 1854-1864.


The Pulpit-Ward Hunt, 1810-1886, given by his wife, Maria Taylor, Hunt, and children, Ward and Eliza Hunt Johnson.


The Lectern-In memoriam: The Eve of the Ascension, 1873, the Morn of the Ascension, 1881, Alfred Munson, James Watson Williams.


The Altar Service Book-Charlotte Ann Barnard, 1830-1886.


The Altar Service Book Rest and Chalice Spoon-Sarah Thom- son Watson, 1830-1881, presented by her children, Lucy Carlile Watson and William Livingston Watson.


The Altar Cross, Large Vases and Purple Altar Cloth-Jennie Nelson Hoffman Spencer.


The Litany Desk and Books-Harriet Esther Buell, 1819-1888.


Corona and Fund for Lighting-Ebenezer Brown Shearman, 1821-1890, given by his sister, Julia Tyler Shearman Doolittle.


In Oratory-Brass Tablet given by John Brandegee Wood, in memory of his wife and daughter, Sarah Miller Wood, 1845- 1896. Prayer Desk and Brass Vase-Given by Helen and Blan- dina Miller, in memory of their mother, Mary Foreman Seymour Miller, 1807-1897. Brass Vase-Rutger Bleecker Miller, 1805- 1877. Brass Cross-Margaret Davidson Miller, 1850-1894. Prayer Book-George Perkins Miller, 1866-1892. Small Brass Vases-Florence Hart, 1849-1888.


Brass Processional Cross-"To the Glory of God and in lov- ing memory of Harriet Huntley Butterfield, 1831-1902."


Brass Processional Cross Rests-Theodore Butterfield, 1851- 1900, given by his sister, Mrs. Charles H. Childs.


Brass Tablet-Alice Gertrude Lawrence Barnard, 1855-1904, presented by the Altar Society, the Volunteer Choir and the Girls' Friendly Society.


Brass Alms Basin-Charles Pinckney Kirkland, 1797, and Mary Walker, his wife, and their sons, Edward, 1834, and Charles Pinckney, 1841, given by Julia Pierson Kirkland.


Silver Baptismal Shell-George Richards Thomas, 1822-1887.


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The Font-In memory of Henry Swartwout, 1809-1893, and his wife, Maria Lester Ketelhuyn, 1813-1898; also two brass vases, cross, prayerbook and table, given by their daughters, Mrs. Isaac N. Phelps and Mrs. W. Jerome Green.


A Pew-Julia Tyler Shearman Doolittle, 1823-1904, presented by her children.


Large Brass Vase-Christmas, 1890. Small Brass Vase-All Saints' Day, 1887.


Jeweled Silver Chalice and Paten-Helen Elizabeth Munson Williams, given by her daughters, Rachel M. W. Proctor and Maria Watson W. Proctor.


Chalice and Paten-In memory of the Mothers, A. D., 1899.


Private Communion Service-Mary Frances Sherman, 1822- 1896, given by her sister, Mrs. William B. Jackson.


Church Spire-Alfred Munson and James Watson Williams, erected by Mrs. James Watson Williams.


Sanctuary Rug-Helen Elizabeth Munson Williams, presented by her daughter, Maria W. W. Proctor.


Bells-1. In memory of Thomas Hill Hubbard, 1781-1858, "And one cried unto another and said, Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory." All Saints' Day, A. D., 1870, given by Phoebe Hubbard, his wife.


2. Mary Smith Litchfield, 1825-1856. Frederick Denio Litch- field, 1869. "Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness." All Saints' Day, A. D., 1870.


3. In memory of Rev. John J. Brandegee, D. D., ob., 1864, "And the bell shall be upon Aaron to minister ; and his sound shall be heard when he goeth unto the holy place before the Lord." All Saints' Day, A. D., 1870.


4. Trisagion. "And they rest not day and night saying, Holy, Holy, Holy." Devoted to the Holy Communion. In memory of our grandparents, Nathan Williams, 1773-1835, Maria Watson Williams, 1782-1851, and Alfred Munson, 1793-1854, Elizabeth Munson, 1798-1870. All Saints' Day, A. D., 1870, given by Rachel Munson Williams, Maria Watson Williams.


5. Caroline Hubbard Wolcott, 1828-1867. "Make His praise to be glorious." All Saints' Day, A. D., 1870.


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6. In memory of the children of the Sunday School. "In Heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father." All Saints' Day, A. D., 1870.


7. In memory of Anna Burnham Spencer, 1843-1845. Born in sin, baptised into Christ, and alive unto God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. All Saints' Day, A. D., 1870, given by Julius A. Spencer and Lucy K. Spencer.


8. Frances Huntington Wilson, 1860-1861 : Nicoll Havens Dering, 1865-1869. "Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven." All Saints' Day, A. D., 1870, given by Anne Huntington Dering Wil- son.


9. In memoriam, George Pomeroy, 1836-1869. "In all things willing to live honestly." All Saints' Day, A. D., 1870, given by his wife, Mary Matteson.


10. Renwick Stanley Douglass, 1842-1852. "In memory dear," given by Dr. T. H. Douglass in memory of his only son. Memorial Fund-George Robert Perkins, 1812-1876.


Memorial Fund-Hugh Glenn, 1868-1907.


Hymn Boards-Theodore Faxton Butterfield, 1826-1891, Theo- dore Butterfield, 1851-1900.


Pair Small Altar Vases-Elizabeth Blake Jackson, 1824-1874.


Font Ewer-Charlotte A. Barnard, April 15, 1886.


Ciborium-Blandina Dudley Miller. The Epiphany, 1912.


Vestment Cabinet-Mary Ferry Palmer, 1857-1906.


ANNIVERSARY NOTES


The services were shared by a grandson of Rev. Dr. Van Deusen and a grandson and granddaughter of Rev. Dr. Brande- gee, and also by a member of the original choir in the first church building.


The profuse floral offerings in the Sanctuary, Choir and throughout the nave, were all given in memoriam.


A thank offering participated in by the whole congregation was offered, and at the last service of the anniversary the Rector was able to announce that it had exceeded by $500 the $3,000 neces- sary to pay the current indebtedness of the Parish.


The music at all the services was rendered by the combined choirs of the Parish, the processions being down the side aisle and up the middle, and there were sixty-four voices in all.


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ITS SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR [THE UTICA PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 19, 1913]


To be three score and ten and five years added is to have at- tained something of a distinction in itself, but everything which is old or getting old is not necessarily good, and when it is, the prominent dates are worthy of remembrance and fitting celebra- tion. Hence, it happens that yesterday and to-day Grace Church in this city is celebrating its 75th anniversary, and is to be con- gratulated, not only upon its splendid past, but as well upon its splendid present and the attractive future it has before it. All these years, from the day of its foundation away back in May, 1838, down to the present time, it has been an increasingly active influence for good in this community, and the benefits it has brought can never be measured by any earthly standard. It is a far cry back to that first meeting when a handful of God-fearing men and women joined to found the Church and congregation, which have grown with the years and come to be one of the leading ecclesiastical institutions of a city which has kept pace with it in population and prosperity.


Grace Church has been fortunate in its Rectors and spiritual directors. It has had zealous, pious, able men at its head, men who were not only deserving for their pulpit utterances, but as well for their daily life and walk and work. They labored faith- fully in a fertile field, and the accomplishments are a monument to their memory and the generous followers who have contributed year after year to the temporalities, to the charities and to the up-building, not only of the Church, but of the kingdom and the great cause for which it stands and which it advocates. The records of that Church are closely interwoven with the history of many families, and indeed with the city itself. They tell the story of christenings, marriages and funerals that have brought happi- ness or sorrow. Grace Church has had a long and honorable career, and is stronger to-day than ever before, and bids fair to gain and grow in strength as other years are added. One of its former Rectors is now the revered and successful Bishop of this Diocese, who, though his jurisdiction includes many congrega- tions, has not lost the deep personal interest in this particular one incident to his pastorate. The succession is in worthy hands, the present Rector, his assistants and all the officers are to be con- gratulated, and good will and good wishes go out to them and to Grace Church from the representatives of all the denominations in this goodly city.


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INDEX


Addresses, etc.


9-32


Anniversary Notes 55


Committees


34


Chimer


34


Choir


37


Commemoration Services 6-8


Clergy and Vestry


33, 36


Clubs, etc.


49


Ladies' Volunteer Choir 42


Memorials


52-55


Organists, etc. 34, 39


Press Comments


56


Report of Convention


5.1


Sexton


34


Services


35


Sisters of St. Margaret. 34


Sunday School. 38


Sermons, etc


9-32


Societies


40-41, 43-50


Ushers


34


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