The Old and the New Church Two Discourses: The First Delivered on the 25th of May, 1856, as the Closing Sermon in the Old Brick Church in Beekman Street; The Last on the 31st of October, 1858, at the Dedication of the New Brick Church on Murray Hill

Excerpt from The Old and the New Church: Two Discourses: The First Delivered on the 25th of May, 1856, as the Closing Sermon in the Old Brick Church in Beekman Street; The Last on the 31st of October, 1858, at the Dedication of the New Brick Church on Murray Hill

The present service closes the public worship of God in an edifice where it has been enjoyed for 88 years. For whatever purposes this hallowed ground may'be hereafter employed, experience has convinced us that it is no longer a fit place for religious worship. We have admitted this conviction reluctantly we have re sisted it too long. It is now forced upon us by con siderations which we have no doubt God approves, and the best interests Of his kingdom demand.

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