New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-05
PREACHERS WORTH HEARING
XIV.
THE REV. DIR. W. s. RAINSFOkD' or Oh
GEORGES CHURCH.
xrw LIFE INFUSED INTO An historic PARISH

. Nv a.. rs and extend its usefulness with
ant moving uptown" has been fnrn'shea III many
ve,r. than that shown by st. Georges ohurcn- III
stuvvcsapt SQUARE. Next to Trinity 1t is the oldest
protestant Episcopal parish In the city, anu ior
moro than half century it was centre OF weai'h
-, ..s,,on and culture as well, under the guidance
=, mr. M,Inor and the elder Tying But with the
latters retirement the congregation rapidly dWiheo'
uttle parish work done, and about all that re-
manned Of a once Hourishing parish we're beautiiui
edace with its two handsome spires and enviable MS
torical associations The church had name, but no
Me- In 1882 the present rector was called nom 'ho
Cathedral OF st. James, in Toronto. ono oil inc mo''
important churches OF its denomination In Canada
al YOU Will abolish your pew rents VIII come
xas his answer. 1t bold step 10 'ah0' Wv
DR. Rainsford known TO the vestry they co"n'o.
The cost and said Come" The result has Pro'0u
the wisdom Of the decision In the h''ic noio NV
FIVE wears since the young rector assumed cha,eo "
tho nsrisb the congregation has grown TIL IL mis- 'no
,arcc buidlng week by week Instead OF ohiinu-
ton in the church's receipts, the onerines n
steadily Increased until last year wheh eio'o'
was given for the support Of the church anu ois!
f1e4O3 for general missionary WORK. anu Q4o'o"
Cor parish missionary objects. or this last sum
s234O0 was an Easter oncrihs W io'''" WV
debt.
. curRCH PULL OF GOOD WORKS
To understand how great q work IS Doing uono
nv ST. Georges Church one n'eds to stuo! careiu''
It's interest ng Book which chronicles the nature
md progrcss OF the many agencies employed ior
khe elevation of the masses on the East suo' III
pansford has three assistants the Rev DR. Henry
wilson and the Rev. Mcssrs Charles scadding ana
William Edgar Mess The wardens are DAVID Do"S
and J. Pierpont Morgan, and the vesifSmeh' harvey
spencer Henry p. Marshall, John Noble htearis'
william H. schefclin. Il. Fulton Cutting, william H.
Taller Charles F. Tracy and f. H. Bet's. MI Mar
shall is the treasurer Of the church The rector anu
his assistants made nearly 1900 visits during inc
vaar delivered sol sermons and lectures, heu i'o''
rnbllc services In the church and 539 meetihgS o"'
aide Resides Tie nearly 1000 famlEes Nis"o"
regularly there about as many individuals oo'os
ing TO poor families under the care OF tho ch"r'"
who do not attend its services regularly INC nun"
her of communicates at present not far from l'ooo
The services average four during the week ana seven
on Sunday. .,
Tho Memorial Parish House Just erected in sixteenth
at adjoining the rectory, has been bnlt, tho rector
.avs As a newer and better furnished nest Tor
brood that tho clergy and the workers OF the chup"
have been for some time trying to bring out We
10 not purpose launching forth on variety OF ne"
works this is not the purpose OF our buiiuhs' We
are already, peIhaps carrying as much san as o"i
shin will bear; but do look forward Win ho'h"e
lc>, Than delight TO the opportunity OF house 'oeo
various marco HAL agencies that we haze f0uhd uscui
,,rr,ler our new parish house will sivo us of the
clerrv onpofunity OF knowing all our parlshloners
better- Mention can only be maze OF 'he "o"on
Missionary Association, organized within year. INC
s. Georges Mission Aid Society, the ST. georges
Cbapter OF the brotherhood Of St. Andrew Inc
Chroncler a monthly parish paper, the hourish'he
missions and Sunday schools, with scVern bioo
classes sewing schools, sewing guilds, employment
society the dear Oness, admitted to the Oruer ny
Bishop Potter last year, the summer mousse at MUM
away and the extensive work among the young WIN
classes In knitting, cooking, embroidery, Physiology
etc.
THE TRUE KINGDOM OF GOD
Dr. Ransford is intensely practical in all his WORK
IIo works hard during the year. and often enjoys
his much neserved vacation hutning In the west.
recent magazine article giving his hunting experiences
subjected the writer to criticism, but he gave
his much deserved vacation hunting In the west
TRIBUNE reporter The hallway OF his home is adorheo
with mounted heads of deer wolves and other animals
brought down by his rife. Before he deciued u
study ior tbs ministry he spent several months on
shooting expedition in the Valley Of the saskatchewan
While student at Cambridge ho took an active part
In athletic sports 49,.
@Tbe kingdom of God is within you" was the text
upon which Dr. Ransford preached yesterday morh
ns His sermon was as follows.
Thess words are Christs answer 70 the fhaiiSoo' "
thcv asked Him for an explanation OF His mission anu
message They explain Chrsts attitude to past reverb
tons They indicate what is to be the future OF MS rev
elaton. Briefly. they express the ful meaning Vi ms
mission clearly they indicate how IL 10 that MISSION
q, mis- ms suprsede because fulhls the messages OF
the past had hitherto conceived OF Goa cnioiS do
what We might call an outside God All mans primary
religious ntuitions proclaim God TO him. He cannot con
ecve Of without God; nature 10 MVoiefaoe 10 Al u
without the supernatural.
But the God OF all primitive religions Is DIS '''' on
outside God and religious effort Is to make mat ouV
side God real himself He thinks of Him as 1u1ee
setting the tangle OF his life Alright AS nus co0oP
ton rises and grows he sees that his Juge must
be his Helper, further he learns that inc "ou "n
tns him must even save him the God that saves him
4.a "a ftaf
Father But IN all this God is or less far away
more or outside him. In this Bible OF ours we nave
tho compeest history these ideas worked uhder tne
direction Of the Holy Ghost in the human MIND we
have not tho history the only nation In whose hnhn
they worked-uough tho Jews enoranuy thought theh'
selves 70 be the only nation; but we nave Say o
eonuleest history OF tho growth OF the feheouS ieA
and here We see this process Of what might cal
erystaization Of religious thought into complex aa
striking ritual All that beautiful, all that is rch' all
that t. him striking, is by man lad uhoer eon'i'
button for this end and object All must heip MN
70 realize actualityof God HIS priest ne heeuS "
esloe MIN to God his temple contain Godi his oracle
70 reveal God thus grew ritualisnl
Let us not sneer at it. Let remember that IL was
aud under the circumstances lhe pest po'se
rel yous conception tho best possible mode OF appo
10 Cod Such methods OF worship served Divine pur-
pose They The clutches, the sticks by "hch poor'
lame human thought hobbled GodwaTd Ihey were INC
thing a. the writer to the Hebrews says that belonged
tho childhood of race They were the oyS e'e'S
ono OF which was full OF meaning and although In them
selves they might DO childish things they spoAe VI se
most real most eternal The religious men OF Onrsts
time had little other conception Of the Kingdom OF Ood
than tho conception briefly sketched IL was es
Scntlally an outward conception
NEW CONCEPTION OF THE KINGDOM
Turn with for moment 70 the Christian con con
eepon Of that Kingdom lives for US In lhat nrs'
wonderful century OF Christian era Inc hlns,
dom Of Coo is within you, poor pima rhaflsee 80
Christ; by the Of glorifiei nation, OF rche
worship, a national triumph, shall man come near "
God by developing Of the life Of God within Nun
So spoke the Founder The Most High dwelleth not In
temples with hands, which are but the ngues Vi to
spoke the early martyr spirit OF the ohurcn-
Christ a. the life OF une" So first Epis1e to
Galatians his last Episue 70 Timothy tpako inc
grea theOlogan Of the early church Chrss the Ire OF
men; in Him We live and and being This
.L-L. Ia A H. Ilahf Of