Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-10-21

that kind of lease Is quite out OF fashion
now. Short leases are the rule
Just how rich Trinity is nobody can say,
for nobody will tell The rector states over
his own name, however, that the entire in
come of the church property for the current
year, from all sources Of revenue is about
S55O,OOO What does it do with its great pos
sessions? In addition to keeping up Trinity
church handsomely, its educational and charit-
able institutions are immense. Trinity parish
contains seven churches. The next in import
ance to Trinity is st. Paul's chapel on Broad
way, between Fulton and Vesey streets. 1t is
the oldest church building in the city, and is
as picturesque and historically interesting as
Trinity Its corner stone was laid in 1764,
and it was finished two years later. 1t, too,
has q churchyard surrounding it, peopled with
graves of the eminent of years and years ago.
No interments are made there now save in the
vaults, which are all beneath the ground.
Trees shade the graves here and there, but.
like all city trees, they arc dusty and feeoIe
looking, dropping their leaves carly, and
signing always in discomfort ct their impris-
cnment among men.
Some of the gravestones are very old,
every letter having vanished. Among the
monuments is one erected to the memory Of
George Frederick Cooke actor by Edmund
Kean, of the Theatre Royal, Drury lane,
1921
Three Kingdoms claim his birth,
Both hemispheres pronounce his worth.
The north side bears the inscription: "Re-
paired by Charles Kean, 1916" On the east
side is craven: REPAIRED by E. A. Sothern,
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 1874"
Trinity parish maintains seven schools,
some are day and some night, and some in
dustrial schools There is a Trinity hospital,
maintained ct q cost of 81, 800 per annum, for
the benefit of the sick poor belonging to the
parish. When there is room patients are re-
ceived from outside the parish. In addition
to the seven churches belonging to the parish,
twenty outside churches receive aid in the
shape of annual donations and contributions
toward their support. Annual allowances
are made to various missions, to Hobart col
lege and churches not in the city. st. Luke's
hospital receives S., 600 per annum, for which
five beds are at the disposal of the corpora
ton. Large sums are annually paid to the
Episcopal fund of the diocese, and the
diocesan fund. The donations made outside
the parish from Aug l, 1884, to Aug. /, 1885,
amounted to over S41 900.
The vestry provides for the free interment
of the destitute poor Of the parish in st.
Michael's cemetery, Newtown, L. I. Trinity's
year BOOK says: 1--WE pay taxes on every foot
ot ground used for secular purposes" /" and that
nothing is exempt from taxation except the
church edifces, the cemeteries, the school
houses in which daily free schools and night
schools are maintained by us for the benefit
of the poorer classes, and a hospital in which
the sick poor receive gratuitous treatment"
There is Trinity Church association, in
dependent of the corporation Of Trinity
church, which carries on charitable work
down town in connection with the church.
1t operates mission houses, provident dispen-
saries, kindergartens, training schools, guilds,
a summer sanitarium, a relief bureau, a
schoolhouse and entertainments and lectures
for the poor. GERTRUDE GARRISON