ted with the clock, and the former strikes the hours,
while the rest of this set chime the quarters. Five of the bells, the
large one and the four smaller ones, were brought here from England, in
1846. The other four were made in West Troy, by Meneely & Son, a few
years later, and are fully equal to their English mates in tone and
compass. The entire chime is very rich and sweet in tone, and, in this
respect, is surpassed by very few bells in the world. The bells are hung
on swinging frames, but are lashed, so as to stand motionless during the
chiming, the notes being struck by the tongues, which are movable. The
tongue always strikes in the same place, and thus the notes are full and
regular. From the tongue of each bell there is a cord which is attached
to a wooden lever in the ringer's room, about thirty feet below. These
nine levers are arranged side by side, and are so arranged as to work as
easy as possible. Each is as large as a handspike, and it requires no
little strength to sustain the exertion of working them. The ringer
places his music before him, and strikes each note as it occurs by
suddenly pushing down the proper lever. At the end of his work, he is
thoroughly tired. The ringer now in charge of the bells is Mr. James
Ayliffe, an accomplished musician.

In favorable weather, the chimes can be heard for a distance of from five
to ten miles. There are few strangers who leave the city without hearing
the sweet bells of the old church. The city people would count it a
great misfortune to be deprived of their music. For nearly thirty years
they have heard them, in seasons of joy and in hours of sadness. On
Christmas eve, at midnight, the chimes ring in the blessed morning of our
Lord's nativity, thus continuing an old and beautiful custom now observed
only in parts of Europe.

The church is kept open from early morning until sunset. In the winter
season it is always well heated, and hundreds of the poor find warmth and
shelter within its holy walls. It is the only church in New York in
which there is no distinction made between the rich and the poor. The
writer has frequently seen beggars in tatters conducted, by the sexton,
to the best seats in the church.

The rector and his assistants are alive to the fact that this is one of
the few churches now left to the lower part of the city, and they strive
to make it a great missionary centre. Their best efforts are for the
poor. Those who sne