The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-17

CHurcil, is perhaps the most interesting
OF all the men who preach to million
aires i'll New York. 1t is held in some
quarters that DIR. Greer's church is the
richest IN town, and ut any rate it is
rich enough, for several members of the
Vanderbilt family and many of their
friends attend there. 1t was Cornelius
Vanderbilt who "took up tho SS1 900
collection about which so much has been
said Ill the papers. The doctor is n
Weishman, and he came to America in
the steerage not so very many years ago.
he ID still young, and in his bearing and
conversation heimpresses one very much
as a very earnest, well informed Young
lawyer might.
DR.. Rainsford, rector of st. Georges
church, breaches to q very wealthy con-
gregation and is best known by his some
what startling ideas regarding the mis-
sion of the church, for he is the man
who electrified this big town and a large
part of the rest of the world last year by
his proposition that the churches should
establish drinking places in opposition to
the saloons of the day. Ho is an Eng
lishman by birth and very plain and out
spoken in his talk. The newspapers
criticised his church saloon idea 80 Sc
yerely that he has come to regard the
press with somewhat of sidelong glance,
but he holds the personal esteem of all
who know him. DR.. Rainsford is more
than six feet tall and is an athlete and a
pedestrian. His family life is pleasant
and he divides his residence between his
town and country houses
DIR. HUNTINGTON of (,raoa r1,,,,ol,
whose parishioners include tho Cuttings
Ward McAllister, Lispenard Stewart, the
Rhlnelanders, the Bradley-Martins and
many other rich and prominent persons,
is n man of small stature and smooth
face. His high church proclivities are
probably surpassed by those of no other
New York clergyman save DR.. Dix of
Trinity. The members of his church,
especially the Cuttings, expend great
deal on charity. They were all indig-
nant when Dcnman Thompson made use
of their church and its surroundings in
the scenery of his play, "The Old Home
stead"
DIR. Parkhurst's Work.
DR.. Parlhurst is probably the busiest
clergyman i'll New York. Besides mi
nutely caring for the details of his par
ish, he takes personal charge of the soci-
ETY. whose work among the dives has
made him famous, and its GO detectives
report direct to him every day. He also
devotes vast amount of time to plans
for interesting young men in healthy
forms of amusement. One hour only of
each day is given up to his parishioners
at his house on Thirty-fourth street, and
&c a
daily.
The most striking characteristic of DR..
Rylance of st. Marks church to tho
stranger is his sweet smile. His church
is III some respects the most picturesque
in New York. 1t is of brown stone and
is built on the plan of the old time coun-
try meeting house, standing III what
seems at first to be an orchard, but is
really disused cemetery dotted with
trees. His parish includes the region on
Second avenue where still lingcr IL mum
Der of rich aristocratic families who 10.
Gated there in other days Tenements
surround this district on every side, and
because of this much of the work of DR..
Rylance and his church is among the
poor of the east side.
hSi. A"SSS VI 'ol' l1co y hoiildn Sdtn-
ollc church ministers to the spiritual
needs of the Havemeyers, the Iselins and
others of solid financial standing. The
monsignor himself gives away thousands
every Year i'll charity. He has been
known to give a shivering man his over
coat, going himself without until he
could go to his house for another. On
one occasion at Il social function he pub
licly denounced Il rarishioner among the
guests who had not treated his employ
ees properly according to the priests
way of thinking. Father Duccy is no.
table among clergymen for his plain
ness of speech. Id. MARSHALL.