The origin and history of Grace church, Jamaica, New York . at the centenary celebration inTrinity Church on April 14, 1909, in which bishops andpriests of the Church in the United States and in the Greekand Armenian missionary fields, and high dignitaries ofOriental churches, participated. For her part in its or-ganization, Grace Church was represented near the head ofthe procession, by the rector acting as one of the Chaplainsto Bishop Courtney, the representative of the Bishop ofLondon. Under Mr. Sayres, there was a larger number of bap-tisms than had previously been recorded, and the servi
The origin and history of Grace church, Jamaica, New York . at the centenary celebration inTrinity Church on April 14, 1909, in which bishops andpriests of the Church in the United States and in the Greekand Armenian missionary fields, and high dignitaries ofOriental churches, participated. For her part in its or-ganization, Grace Church was represented near the head ofthe procession, by the rector acting as one of the Chaplainsto Bishop Courtney, the representative of the Bishop ofLondon. Under Mr. Sayres, there was a larger number of bap-tisms than had previously been recorded, and the servicesof a Bishop to administer the rite of confirmation werequite frequently employed. It was a time of growth inneighboring churches in Long Island. On the day pre-vious to the consecration of the new Church at Jamaica,Bishop Hobart confirmed sixty persons in St. GeorgesChurch, in Flushing. Two especially notable churchmen, during the ministryof Dr. Sayres, were active in the affairs of the Church andparish, the Hon. Rufus King and Lewis E. A. Eigenbrodt,. li()N. RUFLS KlN(;. (From Portrait by Gilbert Stuart in \\oodrow Wilsons Historyof the Ameriean People. By permission of Harper & Brothers.) The King Manor House, Jamaica, 1840.(By permission of the American Architect Magazine.) OF GRACE CHURCH 121 LL. D. Both of these gentlemen died during Mr. Sayrespastorate. Mr. King died April 29, 1827, and Mr. Eigen-brodt, August 30, 1828. Hon. Rufus King was early distinguished as a delegateto Congress from Massachusetts in 1784. He had a shortmilitary service in the Revolutionary War, and took aleading part in the political measures and discussions whichsustained it. He was a prominent member of the Consti-tutional Convention in 1787, and of the MassachusettsConvention, 1787-1788, which ratified the Federal Con-stitution of which he was one of the signers from Massa-chusetts. Under the administrations of Presidents JohnAdams and John Quincy Adams, he was Minister to theCourt of St. Jame
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