At the conclusion of the sermon Dr. Boyce's anthem was sung: "I have surely built Thee a house." Among those who performed the vocal parts were: Mrs. Loder, Mrs. Botswick, Mrs. Bourne, Miss Sinclair, Miss Hodges, Messrs. Manett, Maynard, Clark, Demarest, Leach, Kyle, Watson, Crabb, Gilliand, Loomis, George Loder, and others well known in the musical world of New York at that time.

The alms of the people then received were gathered in the ancient alms basons, the gifts of various English sovereigns, by members of the Building Committee. They were solemnly presented and placed by the consecrating Bishop upon the Holy Table. “This offering was appropriated to the use of the Missionary Committee of the Diocese, and the hope is reasonably indulged that in grateful acknowledgement of the many privileges which we enjoy, of which this occasion must strongly remind us, our liberality will show to our less favored brethren of the household of faith that they are here remembered in love."

After the prayer for Christ's Church militant a voluntary upon the organ was performed by Dr. Hodges.

The music for the remainder of the Communion office was simple and well known, but rendered with much power and effect. The hymn after the Consecration was No. 95 in the hymnal bound up with the Prayer Book and set forth by the General Convention in 1826.

The Bishop proceeded to the celebration, and was assisted in the administration by Rev. Drs. Lyell, Creighton, Burroughs, Wainwright, Whitehouse, and Higbee. There were said to be between four and five hundred communicants. The Bishop closed the service and pronounced the Benediction.

The Bishop and clergy re-formed, while the chimes in the tower rang a merry peal as the clergy and others

returned to the Mansion House. The Committee of Arrangements presented their report May 25, 1846, accompanied with the printed forms of invitation, and of the tickets issued, and list of the clergy and some of the laymen who were in the procession on the occasion. The programmes of the Service and the Music are copied into the Minutes.1

The thanks of the Vestry were presented to the committee, for the very satisfactory manner in which their arrangements were made and carried out, and the Comptroller was ordered to pay the expenses incurred by the said committee. The thanks of the Vestry were also given to Mr. William J. Bunker, proprietor of the Mansion House, for its use as the place of meeting. Το Bishop McCoskry, in addition to thanks for his services, a request was made that he furnish a copy of his sermon for publication.

1 Records, liber iii., folios 397, 399-400. Also Dr. Berrian's Sketch, p. 350. The Sentence of Consecration is copied in the Records, liber iii., folios 399-400, and a framed copy of the order of Music in the Office in Fulton Street. The report is printed in Dr. Berrian's Sketch, pp. 349-351.