Memorial of St. Mark's Church in the Bowery; Containing an Account of the Services Held to Commemorate the One-Hundredth Anniversary of the Dedication (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...the 23d, he became ill, and the disease, which proved to be pneumonia, grew so rapidly worse that it terminated fatally on Tuesday morning, April 26th. The funeral service was held at the Church of the Holy Trinity on Thursday afternoon, April 28th, and was conducted by the Bishop of the diocese, assisted by the Bishop of Delaware, the Rev. Drs. Phillips Brooks, C. M. Butler and C. D. Cooper, and the Rev. W. N. McVickar, the rector of the parish. The interment took place on Friday morning, the 29th, in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R. I., where his grave is marked by a stone inscribed as follows: Alexander Hamilton Vinton, son of David and Mary Atwell Vinton. Born in Providence May 2, 1807. Died in Philadelphia April 26, 1881. On the west side: "Faithful unto death." On the east side: "I will give thee a crown of life." In person Dr. Vinton was a large man, of commanding presence, with greyish-blue eyes, brown hair, and a rather pallid complexion. He spent but a few of his more than three-score and ten years in St. Mark's, but a mural brass, placed on the western wall of the church by a few friends after his death, testifies to the esteem and affection in which he was held; and one who knew him well, indeed, Phillips Brooks, testifies that " He was a splendid man to succeed in the charge of a parish. Many a good and saintly old minister half grudges the work which yet he prays that his successor may have the grace to do in the parish where he himself can work no longer. But I am not the only minister here to-day who could tell you of the quick and earnest sympathy and the ever-ready encouragement and pleasure with which this great predecessor in our parishes made us rejoice whenever he came among us and looked...