Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10

YTinltY'S pJS-e~~lOnS are not lulteI 10 IhS
confines u the BOgardus farms by any means
The Kings farm, with which the BOgardus
farm was Incorporated, reached % Christie
pher street on the north. Formerly, Trinity
nave away u considerable portion Of its
property from time % time, AMI II alsp sold
some. Now il sells nothing, neither dOs 1t
give its lands IL leass everything. In days
u old il gave leasS for ninety-nIne years; but
that kind Of a 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 q the church property for the current
year, from ali sources 81 revenue j. about
$1,000. What dos IL 10 with It's great 49,
sessiOnsi In additiSI TO keeping up Trinity
church handsomely, its educational and Chart
able institutions are Immense Trinity parish
contains seven churches. ihe mex in import
ance % Trinity is ST. Pauls chapel, ON Broad
way. between Fulton AMI Nesey streets. II II
the oldest church building IN the city, and ~
as picturesque and historically interesting a.
Trinity. Ito corner stone vas laid in lIGl,
and il was finished two years later. IL, too,
has a c%hurchyard surrounding IL, peOple'i with
graves 81 the eminent 81 years AMI years ago.
No interInents are male there now save III tho
vaults, which arr all lcn. ath the ground.
Trvcs shade the graves hec ami there, but.
like all city trees, they are dusty and feeols
looking, dropping their leaves early, and
signing always Ia discomfort at their impris-
onment among men.
Some Of the grayestones arc very old.
--. -. l.,T,r ,-r,s-haN Amnny the
monuments j. one erected To the memory Of
George Frederick Cooke actor by Edmund
Kean, Of the Theatrc Royal. Drury lane,
ISL.
Three kingdoms claim his birth,
Both hemSphrrps pronounce his worth.
The north side hears the Inscription: Re
paired by Charles Hean, lS+G' On the east
side Is craven: REPAIRED by f. A. SOthern,
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, ISL
Trinity parish maintains seven schools,
some ere day and some night, and some in
dustrial schools There is a Trinity hospital,
maintained at a cost Of 81 so per uunum, for
the 1eneft Of the sick poor belonging to the
parish. When there is room patients are re
ceived from outside the parish. In addition
10 the seven churches belonging ~ the parish,
twenty outside churches receive aid in the
shape 81 annual donations and contributions
toward their support. Annual allowances
are made TO various missions, t. Hobart col
lege and churches not III the city. st. Luke's
hospital receives S2,OOO per annum, for which
five beds are at the disposal Of the corpora
ton. Large sums are annually paid 10 the
Episcopal fund Of the diocese, and the
diocesan fund. The donations made outside
the parish from Aug. !, 1881, to Aug. ], 1855,
amounted 10 over S4l,OOO.
The yeStry provides for the free interment
OF the destitute poor Of the parish, in st.
Michael's cemetery, Newtown, l. l. Trinity's
year book says: I'VE pay taxes on every foot
Of 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 tho benefit
Of the poorer CLASSES, and 4 hospital in which
the sick poor receive gTatuitous treatment
There is a Trinity Church association, in
dependent Of the corporation Of Trinity
church, which carries on charitable work
down town in connection with the church.
Ii operates mission houses, provident diSpen-
Saries, k~iDdergartenS, training schools, guilds,
a summer SanitaTium, n relief bureau, u
SchOOlhouse and entertainments aud lectures
for the poor. GERTRUDE GARRISON.