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DIR. MUlILENBERG'S DEATH.
A MAN VINO DETECTED 4 LONG LIFE 70
CHIRIId ME OBJECTS.
Tying Peacefully In mn Institution that he
I""nded-T" he hurled In Another Of the
Places of his Life Long Beuevo Effort.

Founded-ro he buried In Ano,ber of the
Places of his Lifelong Benevolent Effort.
DR.. William A. Muhlcnbcrg, the author of
II would not live Away" and founder Of
st. Lukcs Hospital. was born in Pnia1olnhia
in September. 1896. His grcat-grandfathor
Henry Melehoir Mnhl"nhar. founded the
american Lutheran Church. DR.. Muhlcnbcrg.
after graduating from the University of Penn
sylvania at the age Of Is. was. in tho six years
following. successfully ordained deacon and
priest in the Episcopal Church by Bishop White.
II il said that his devotion to religious lifo.
anl his subsequent colibacy, were due 10 the
death of the woman he expected to marry. The
priestly Office, however. was in measure his
by inheritance, and would probably havo boon
embraced by him IN any EVENT. but his contin-
uing bachelor has bccn considered the ciIet
0i hls curry disappontmcnt rather than Of any
@ ~, H.u,n. y W hllr d,,h'on. Dr Muhlen-
prastho6d' he took chnrgc, Of church in Inm.
castor. Pa. whore he wa, the initatOr Oi tho
first pu9lic school established in that State out
aide Of Philadelphia.
When he was connected with this chapel in
i,si nr mpv-,i Tie hymn. found in hymn
books Of all denominations. with winch hs
namc for half a century has been Is7priul1i>
The first verso is:
Iwould not live alway-T ask not 10 stav
The lev lnrid morning. that dawn on a. here w.
Are cnon.h ioi me ""s iul. enoush iof It's cheer
In 1875 ~. 'auul"uorrg ieu Lancaster ana
founded a school ia Flushing. l.. L. which
ddii,eriWard Rr9m9tfd itsell to quasi -eoceiats
cipal and rector for eighteen y"nrs ia
severed the connection To- become pa,tDr Of tho
Free Church Of the Holy Commilni"n at = SiS11, nj,
avenue ana lMentieth street. which was erected
by his sister. Mrs. Rogers. us a memorial To nor
husband. Almost his first act on entering upon
which he must be considered the fOund,r ~
At was on St Lukes Day. 1916. that DR..
need OF church hospital In New York HaH
that mornings collection. which properly
should have gone To deiray the expenses Of the
Tho amount thus obtained was only $50, and from
tnis small beginning has arisen tho costly
charity which 50 long has administered To- The
needs of the sick and destitute. In eight ycars
the thirty dollars increased to $500 900. and tho
corner stone Of st. Lukc's Hospital was laid ~
Ascension Day. 1857 Dr. Muhlrm6, * coniu tod
; rvlres IN the chapel. and the hospital was
lowing Ascension bay. From that A.tnslon
Day to the day Of his death DR.. Muhlenbrrg
continued chaplain and superintendent Of the
St Lukcs Hospital is too well known to re-
quirc des'rptlon. As everybody who has ever
large portion Of the block between Fifty. iourt6
and fiiiy-flith streets and is built on the usual
building. and the wards in the wins- are "i So arr
ranged that the occupants in their beds can
reared and Kept open under Ipis opal aus pieces.
there II no respect Of persons in the hospital
Jews, lioman Cathocs. AMI Prc-byleran- arc
found among IT, Inmates. The yearly cXpcnsrs
OF the institution are about 100000.
st. Lukc's Hospital. howsyer., was not the
About 1870 hr took stops to establish in Long
Island home for crippled and destitute chill
dron ana Tor homeless old men, In connection
with this the problem of cheap rcntS was cx.
pveted To be III measure solved: large part
81 he five hundred aerss being st apart for
working people. From it, nature. however. tina