The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-20
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DIR. HOUGHTON TO RETIRE
His Nephew VIII Preach i'm the Little
Church Around the Corner"

NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-It was announced
yesterday that there was to be a change
in the pastorate of the Little Church
Around the Corner" and that the Rev Dr.
George II. Houghton, who has been its
rector for forty-seven years, was to give
up his post in favor of his nephew, the Rev.
George G. Houghton. The younger minis
ter is the rector of Trinity Protestant Epis-
copal Church, in Hoboken, a pastorate he
has held for seventeen years For some
years he has also been superintendent of
a Hudson county school, and he will resign
that position as well. He will be greatly
missed in Hoboken, as he has for so many
years closely identified himself with its
people and interests. Trinity Church has
among it's members many of Hobokens
best-known citizens. including the we'll
known Stevens family, OF castle Point. The
late John Stevens bequeathed the church
$4,000 a couple or years ago.
The Little Church Around the Corner
is perhaps more widely known than any
other church in the United States. 1t is
especially associated with actors and ac-
tresses, for it is there that the members
of that profession have been married and
from there that they have been buried
The church occupies a unique position, and
is dear to the hearts of every member of
the theatrical profession. The church has
long been the actors friend 1t all came
about in this way: Joseph Holland, an
seph and q. w. Holland, aoa actors OF Of the the
present generation, died twenty-six years
ago in this city. and Joseph Jefferson took
charge of the funeral arrangements He
went, accompanied by a SON of the dead
actor, to a church that then stood at
Madison avenue and IWenty-eighth street
and asked the pastor to conduct the serv-
ices,
No.. said the minister. II can't have
an actors funeral in my church. My con-
gregation would not like it. But there is
little church around the corner where they
do such things"
Mr.. Jefferson, was amazed. Then he ex-
around the corner." and from that church
the funeral of Joseph Holland was held
The Little Church Around the Corner
1t has been ever since, and to every actor
there is a veritable magic in the name.
Technically it is the Church of the Trans
figuration, and it stands in East Twenty
ninth street, between Fifth and Madison
avenues, but few ever think of it's real
name From that church hundreds of
mourners followed Lester Wallack to the
grave, and in that church DR.. Houghton
read prayer for the dead over the body of
Dion Boucicault. There, too, the funeral
services were performed over the body of
Lewis and many others were buried from
the church Among its pewholders have
Palmer, Thomas w. Keene and others of
the American stage. and Henry Irving, e.
S. Willard and Wilson Barrett, of the En-
glish stage.
Dr. Houghton is a gentle, scholarly man,
who, in a peculiar degree. had inspired
both admiration and affection. There are
no millionaires in the church, and some
years ago it was learned that the rectors
salary was in arrears. Instantly there was
a wave of benefit performances for the
church given by the people who held it so
near their hearts. and the church Golfers
were quickly filled. Since then the men,
bership has materially increased and now
there are fully 1900 regular communicates.