The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . publican, without the feudal title of his progenitors, exceptby courtesy. Within the mansion are collected some exquisite works ofArt, and family portraits extending in regular order back to the firstPatroon. At the head of the great staircase leading from the spaciousliall to the chambers was a portion of theilluminated window Avhich, for one hun-dred and ninety years, occupied a placein the old Dutch Church that stood inthe middle of State Street, at its inter-section by Broadway. It bears the armsof the Van Rensselaer family, which wereplaced in
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . publican, without the feudal title of his progenitors, exceptby courtesy. Within the mansion are collected some exquisite works ofArt, and family portraits extending in regular order back to the firstPatroon. At the head of the great staircase leading from the spaciousliall to the chambers was a portion of theilluminated window Avhich, for one hun-dred and ninety years, occupied a placein the old Dutch Church that stood inthe middle of State Street, at its inter-section by Broadway. It bears the armsof the Van Rensselaer family, which wereplaced in the church by the son ofKillian. That old church, a sketch* of which,with the appearance of the neighbourhoodat the time of its demolition in 1805, isseen in our picture, was a curiouslyarranged place of worship. It was builtof stone, in 1715, over a smaller oneerected in 1656, in which the congrega-tion continued to worship, until the new one was roofed. There was aninterruption in the stated worship for only three Sabbaths. It had a low E. VAN RENSSELAERS ARMS 190 1 lO^ THE HUDSON. gallery, and the huge stove used iu heating the building was placed upona platform so high, that the sexton went upon it from the gallery tokindle the fire, implying a belief in those days that heated air descended,instead of ascending, as we are now taught by the philosophers. Tliepulpit was made of carved oak, octagonal in form, and in front of it was abracket, on which the minister placed his hour-glass, when he commencedpreaching. From the pulpit shone in succession those lights of theKeformcd Dutch Church in America, Dominies Schaats, Delius, the landspeculator, Lydius, Yandriessen, Yan Schie, Frelinghuysen, Wcsterlo,
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