New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-28
AIDING A BROOKLYN CHURCH.
EX-MAYOR sCHIEREN EMULATING A
NETWORK EXAMPLE

HE INCREASES BY 80 PER CENT ALL CoNTRlBU-
rroNs TO THE BUILDING FUND OF ST. MAT
rHEw.s ENGLISH LUTHERAN PARISH.
The public were informed few days ago OF
a noteworthy act Of generosity OF '"e Pa''
Of well-kaown citizen of NewYork, VINO Tor
several years has been duplicating every sii'
made TO the endowment fund for st. Georges
Church and has contributed Soo'ooo OF i''''
for that purpose. j. Picrpont Morgan Ho7'"'
conduct has a parallel. though on NUT"
smaller scale. in Brooklyn. where eA-""So'
Charles A. Schieren is contributing % Genus ~.
every dollar subscribed for the pulluins iu'u
of a church in which he is Interested.
1t is St Matthews English Lutheran 'hu'c"'
with which the ex-Mayor is connected anu '"'
new church building is now well auVan0'u ""
ard completion. at Sixth-ave. ana 'eVon"-''
The church has had a somewhat Varieu "'''o's
In the half-century of its existence 1t s'a. ''u
in a modest way, and fir" occupied d ou''u''7
in an inconspicuOus street dowhto"H' ALL
ward IL had its habtation in Atlanuc-aVe anu
later in Safest. A dozen years ago of ~ 1t
took possession of the building at CLINTON anu
Ami.v sts formerly occupied by the South Pres
byterian Church, Of which the late Dr' "@''i"e'
T Spear was pastor for many years
That church was consolidated WIN aho'iol III
the neighborhood and ceased to exlst ABOUT
twenty years ago but the church puiiuihs HAS
a certain interest to Brooklyn PresoyteriahS'
and 10 one ex-Brookyn Presbyterian pastor
from the fact that part OF the sesslo"s Vi
tho prssbvtery sitting as a trial court to eX-
anime the charges Of fa!sehood made against
Or T. De Witt Talmage We're heid III H.
49, - Matt
This structure purchased by 81 Ma''"e"
Lutheran Church a dozen years ago. anu "''
occupied by il for eleven years Inc he's"Doi-
hood did not prove satisfactory one ho"eN0''
as many members OF the society lived con
siderable distance away from the church' winch
was not readily accessible from a large part u
the city.
For time. two or three years ago 'i''
nernlent was made OF holding ouhudF oN''''s
services nj the Pouch Mansion In CHhtoh-"Nc'
Those were successful in point OF ATTENDANCE
but did not do much toward Duiidihs up ''''
society II was noted that the cohgresauo"
each Sunday was almost wholly dlteren' iO'i
that OF the previous week ana the ue''''o'
was reached that many were attracted u ''''
services by the opportunity presented To '"e"'
of seeing II Q inside Of somewhat famous ou'''
ing a view which was strengthened ny INC
fact that a considerable number wouid i'i'se'
after the service and examine the interior dS
far as they were permitted TO 60.
FINALLY ST Matthew's Society decided that
the best course TO pursue would be 10 o''u
new church somewhere on the PARK slope eSpe-
,,,,. az \ number OF the members had removed
- that part OF the city. plot ~ iee1 pS ~
l., dt,ronsI,ns AT Sixth-ave and Second-st.' was
,,~ocurod and plans for the structure were pre-
ar.t The church In Clnton-st. was SOLD III
Iuna 1894 and since leaving Il the so,l''N
has been worshipping In the chapel OF Al 9aln.S
Protestan, Episcopal Chu9ch. az SeVeI'.n-S'. '"u
seventh ave The present pastor Is 'he NV
". l.. Main. . oo- ~, cohtoro,
A. a meeting held In May. 1895, Mr. Scher'h
mad. tho offer which has been mentioned. IN
stead OF making subscription To the nu",H
fund when subscriptions We" called l"r' ~
,,,vc n n-omise that he would contribute nan
= d,,l,r ,or every dollar pledged by others
The pro,nlse was not made conditional upon IN"
raising OF any definite sum, nor was any t'"c
limit placed upon H. ,.
Whenever any considerable sum has come into
,hc hands Of the financial secretary, notice mas
hoo, sont Z, the ex-Mayor. and he has prompt
Ia, rcsrondcd ~ the call Already he ha7 ADDED
over 81 900 10 the building fund. and doubtless
he is prepared 10 do AS much more II others IN
icrestcd In the church VIII give MN 'he OPP
portunity. - ,
Ex-Mayor Schleren is one OF the trustees OF
ST Matthews Church. His associates are the
following. President. J. +. Hndebrand; treas
ur.r n u Heiaaenbutte; financial secretary,
n G Conkllng: Lewis Luckenbach. W. II. Md
d~ndorf. II a Bade. Charles j. Scheiesa "hD
J. W. Hahn
Mr. Schicrea haa decided To place H. the
church three windows. rs memorial To MS
daughter who died several years ago these VIII
dows are now being mad, by IN" TIFFANY Com
pany Mr. Luckenbach Will provld" Tor the
church an elaborate altar. costing $2'oo).