Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue

by Wright, J. Robert

• ISBN13: 9780802839121
• ISBN10: 0802839126
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

This complete, illustrated history of Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue (New York City) chronicles the first 175 years of one of the great parishes of the Episcopal Church.

Drawing on primary sources and original research, J. Robert Wright portrays the building, congregations, and rectors who have given shape to the historical development of Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, More than the history of a single parish, this volume is valuable for its reflection of the whole Episcopal Church and, more broadly, for its insights into the challenges of church life against the background of modern culture.

Table of Contents

Foreword by the XIV Bishop of New York	v
Saint Thomas Chronology	ix
Introduction	xi
The First Stone of a Building	3	(15)
Cornelius Roosevelt Duffie
Surely the Lord is in This Place	18	(15)
Cornelius Roosevelt Duffie
The Golden Age at Broadway and Houston	33	(12)
George Upfold
Francis Lister Hawks
Storm and Fire	45	(17)
Henry John Whitehouse
Edmund Neville
An Altar and a Spiritual Home	62	(15)
William Ferdinand Morgan
Mission in the City: The Free Chapel	77	(13)
William Ferdinand Morgan
The Second Golden Age	90	(13)
William Ferdinand Morgan
Developing the Spiritual Life	103	(15)
John Wesley Brown
Still Loftier Ideals in Great Aspiring Arches	118	(19)
Ernest Milmore Stires
Like a City Set on a Hill	137	(18)
Ernest Milmore Stires
Simplicity, Financial Stability, & Daily Communion	155	(21)
Roelif Hasbrouck Brooks
Responsible Discipleship	176	(31)
Frederick Myers Morris
To Make the Worship Beautiful	207	(22)
John Gerald Barton Andrew
Epilogue by The Rector	229	(75)
Andrew Craig Mead
APPENDICES
1. Music Today at Saint Thomas Church	249	(11)
Gerre Hancock
2. The Saint Thomas Choir School	260	(23)
Kenneth A. Lohf
3. Heraldry at Saint Thomas Church	283	(8)
Canon Harry E. Krauss
4. The 175th Anniversary Celebration	291	(7)
5. Personnel	298	(6)
List of Illustrations	304	(3)
Index	307