Huntington writes on December 15, 1861 : Emmanuel
Church opened, Laus Deo I

The consecration took place April 24, 1862, Rev.
Dr. Muhlenberg preaching the sermon. In his an-
nual address to the Convention of the diocese Bishop
Eastbum says of this auspicious occasion : "May
the sanctuary thus dedicated to the Most High be
ever a place in which His presence shall dwell, and in
which many souls, through the blessing of the Holy
Spirit in the Ministry of the Word, shall be bom into
the new life of repentance toward God, and faith toward
our Lord Jesus Christ;" a prayer of Episcopal bene-
diction which we must believe to have been answered,
in the fullness of Divine mercy.
One of the first questions which the rector of
the new parish had to meet was that of his attitude
towards those parties within the Church known as
"High" and "Low," a nomenclature now happily
less often applied. Even before his ordination a note
of timidity was sounded through the remonstrance of
an influential member of the society just inaugurated.
Some words uttered by Dr. Huntington on a public
occasion, were repeated with alarm, lest in exalting
the Church which had lately won his allegiance he
might be open to distrust by those who, as the good
layman admitted, were ready "to scent Puseyism
in a gesture, and Popery in the cut of a garment."



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In the following spring a letter of inquiry from an-
other source elicited the following more detailed re-
joinder.
Boston, April 19, 1861.
