. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. licly is not hard for us when inside of these vener-able walls to picture the men of old who worshipedhere. Before 1776 the English governors attendedservice here. When the fire of 1776 destroyed oldTrinity, and the conquering redcoats seized the City,it became the Chiuch of State for Lord Howe andall of his retinue of ofiBcers and advisers. The mid-shipman who became William the Fourth, King ofEngland, was a regular the fire and desolation aboutTrinity churchyard made it for yearsan uninvitin
. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. licly is not hard for us when inside of these vener-able walls to picture the men of old who worshipedhere. Before 1776 the English governors attendedservice here. When the fire of 1776 destroyed oldTrinity, and the conquering redcoats seized the City,it became the Chiuch of State for Lord Howe andall of his retinue of ofiBcers and advisers. The mid-shipman who became William the Fourth, King ofEngland, was a regular the fire and desolation aboutTrinity churchyard made it for yearsan uninviting place of burial, manyof the ofiBcers and prominent per-sons identified with the British causewere buried in St. Pauls church-yard. It escaped the crowding thatoccurred in Trinitys acre. Whenthe English left New York the oldtemple received General Washingtonand his associates. On the canopyover the pulpit is the last rehc of theBritish occupancy—the gilded armsof the Prince of Wales—which escaped the destruc-tion that visited all other royal emblems, when the 197. Pulpit in Saint Paul eChurch. THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS patriots repossessed the City in 1789. We have readhow the President and Congress came here afterWasliington took the oath of office, and how theyjoined in simple but impressive religious are the very walls and this the very roofwhich received the great men of other days, andwhich echoed their voices as they presented them-selves and the objects of their care and solicitudeto the God of Nations. Lord Bellomont, who suc-ceeded the corrupt Governor Fletcher, and who worehis life out in trying to defeat the corruptionistsand to restore honest dealings in public life, wasburied here, AYhen the old Fort was demolished,his body was found in a vault under the silver plate of the coffin was given to Zandt, and his successors converted it intospoons. Among the British officers who were buriedhere are Colonel Campbell and Captains Wolf
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