New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05
NEW MISSION OF gz GEORGIA.

ruv sr.NroN srREEr CHURCH UNDER On
RAINsFoRD-HIs VIGOROUS ASSISTANT
IN. Rev. DR.. W. g. Rainsferd, rector Of 81. Georges
Protestant Episcopal Church, not finding In tns c~
Of twenty district parish organisations largo 0"l
day-school, an average Of twenfyseVen scr'ie
week and many extrsneous labors sufficient s'opo .V
his energies has recently assumed charge OF the
=, a.. Reformation. in stanton-st, the building ana
work having been conveyed by the trustee" !" o.
Georges corporation.
Tbe origin Of the Stanton Street Cnurch dates nom
1892. when Dr. Mcvickar, then proSessor III w
lumbia College, opened . sundsy-scnooi III sno nes
borhood. and early in the following yosf no'u '"'
first church service, the congregation conprs"s h'o
grown people and q fcw ragged children Inc ihIsn'
ssur.h w.s named Eptphany from the day on which
n was orcanized A building lot In stanton-st was
,urchased and a rector called, the Rev. Lot jones'
under whose caro- tho work grew rapidly notwitn-
standing many difficulties, and among those VINO 70
ce,vcd their early training there In church WORK thee
are now living bishop three clerEymen ana scVerai
prominent Iaynen. After the death OF Mr. Jones,
in 1888 the congregation and continued
although there rector till 1868. when tho Rev.
r. Ieacock accepted call and remained till 1o12'
After a few years an amalgamation took place Win
the Church OF the Reformation, in Fiftich-st when
assumed the stanton Street Church as mission anu
dropped the name Of The Epiphany. In tho sprinS
Of 1884 ST. Georges Church offered TO proVioc ior
the Sunday services, the Rev. Lindsay PARKER no~
rector Of ST. Peters, Brooklyn. and the Rev H. T.
Miles officiating through the summer the latter '@nE
charge as rector In the fall Of the same year
A now church ediAce with every accommodation
for parish was through the munihconce
of Cornelius Vanderbilt and r. Fulton CUTTING Deguh
in 1885 and finished in 1886. The church mas
seating capacity OF about 500 and the entire oun'nE
Is we'll equipped for all parish purposes the io"er
floors containing fine sundayschool room u''ii@ou
in the weok by the kindergarten, gymnasium
club rooms and commodious vcstries In A1Un'
1888, DR.. Miles resigned, and soon after"aN INC
trustees decided to give the property and WORK info
the hands of the vestry of St. Georges, the mission
church and its buildings to be known as 81 "eorgc
Chapel st. Georges accepted the responsibility
and the Rev. Charles Scadding. second assistant
has been appointed ministcrin charge OF the chapel
Mr. scaddng comes from Trinity College, loron'o'
and began his ministry in the Church of 81, John.
Buffalo coming thence to st. Georges In APRIL iooo
Here he has interested himself particularly ID inc
Younger people of the parish. He entered on MS
charge on Whit Sunday and Dr. Ransford, In his ser
mon on the following Sunday, commended highly inc
example of selfdenal set TO the young clergy by MS
assistants choosing to go and live among his ioch'
in an Questionable neighborhood, although the temp
tatlon was offered to him Of an easy parish In the
upper part of the city.
The Stanton Street people are, as regards the poorer
element of superior character to the average OF their
class in ST. Georges parish. They are independent
and are determined have their church free in every
possible way Mr.. Scadding has already organized
among the boys the Society Of the Golden Corn'
which he in the first instance begun at ST. George
with excellent results. The majority OF the mem
beers are newsboys, from nine TO thirteen, and they
are pledged to keep five rules 1st To be loving ana
Iovable. .. To be pure In heart. mind and body
g. To pity and help the poor and weak a. To be
kind to dumb creatures s. To hate the shams, mean
ness and dishonesty. Having signed this piedge'
the boy receives the badge knot of golden cord.
The Young Mems Club. the Girls Friendly Society
and the kindergarten all in active operation
The helping Hand Society, of which Mrs FREDERICK
w. Vanderbilt is president is Of great value In helping
the poorer women in their struggles after better
and brighter daily life. Mrs. Vanderbilt frequently
gives the mombers various entertainments of high
order. on one occasion lately she engaged signor
Campanini 10 sing to them The supplied choir
numbers thirty and is under the training OF Mr. Bal
The stanton Street people will share In the benefits
Of ST. Georges seaside work during the sumner
Mr. ScaddinS has a small cottage at Rockaway, where
be will Ice for five days ir the week. taking doTn
eight Of his parshoners every Monday, and bringing
them hack on Friday Large excursions will go
frenuently for the day