The sun., 1897-11-18
REV.G.H.H0UGHT0NISDEAD
RECTOR OF THE LITTLE CHURCH
AROUND THE CORNER PASSES AWAIT.

seised with Acute Congestion or the LunEs-In
Only Three Houra-Hc Conducted Services
In the MorninE-Hlstory OF the Church orthe
TransnEuration, which ne Feuudedi In 1sAs.
The Rev. DR.. George II. Houghton. for many
years the rector OF the Church OF tho Trans
aguration, or, as 1t was more famlllnrly known,
the Little Church Around the Corner. died at
his home In East Twenty y.ninth street early last
evening after an illness Of three hours. DIR.
Houghton had not been in the full enjoyment
Of good health since December last Nevcrthc-
less, he was we'll enough TO attend to the or
dinary duties OF his ofico, and as late
the service Of holy communion, which
was celebrated in tho church ut o'clock
yesterday morning, he was present and read
tho mathis two hours later. He was
about the house oil day. and did not complain
of being i'll until o'clock in the afternoon,
when he sent for his physician DR.. Purdy. to
whom he said he had taken cold. Dr. Purdy
found upon examination that his venerable
patient was suffering from acute congestion
OF the lungs and he Immediately ordered him
to bed Dr. Houghtons II lness took an alarm
ing turn in the hour that followed, and his
nephew, the Rev. George e. IIoughton, and his
niece, Miss Houghton. who had lived with him
for more than twenty years. were summoned to
his bedside. DIR. Houghton was conscious al.
most to the moment of his death, and just be.
fore he expired the Rev. Mr.. Smith, who was
holding On evening service in the church, was
summoned to say the prayers for the visitation
of the sick.
BY the death of Dr. Houghton the ministry Of
New York loses its most picturesque figure. He
was born In Deertield, Mass. seventy.seven years
ago. and he grew from young manhood to old
In ha nd 0f ha vi n
church which he founded in East Twenty ninth
street Dr. Houghton was. educated in the New
York University, and after he graduated he be-
gan the study Of theology under private tutors,
instead Of entering one of the seminaries. He
was ordained q priest OF the Episcopal Church
in 1s46. and for short time after he was at
tached to the Church Of the Holy Communion
Tho organization of the Church of the Trans
had he lived another year he would have wit.
messed the semi.centennial Of the founding of
they ali H. and FOR s s
teen months services were conducted in room
in the house of the Rev. Lawson Carter at AZ
purchased on March 10. 1850, and the building OF
the church was Immediately begun. During the
Rev. MIR. Carter's house there was no regular
chaplain attached to Bellevue Hospital, and DIR.
Ito cs ns ss9s resansss to
to visit the sick without regard to creed or de-
nomination soon became known throughout the
stant demand.
When the war broke out pr. Houghton acted
irst military hospital in the city. During the
draft riots many negroes sought his protection.
| which was generously afforded in spite OF re-
peated threats OF personal violence. Directly
after the close of the war an English woman.
| who had been an actress and writer for the
Of the TransfiRuration. Tho funeral services
were conducted BY Dr.. Houghton. and
sn' h aser 'hs
sa s. sss s9s II npoSs ,Ss
actor.. died Hs was the father Of y. n. and
1na n mis- ass be Ts
4rrangoTents for hls funeral we're intrusted TO
the the pastor of a fashionable congregation
Msdis9n they r,9ss, ms With
ua would 'bo be- likely to % do It replied; There
Ths wss waey
lished and commented upon. and the name the
| Little Church around the Corner. has stuck to
were buried from the Church OF the Transfgurn.
| Wallack, Dion Boucicault, and II. j. Montague.
Many # stsSe pe0Pe hac also
'4iy '4"My friends the sstors"God bless them =
hither bring their brides for the wedding, their
babes for the baptism, their dead Tor the burial
Oi' troubIsd and Sinful eoanseiled and reieved.
Alas alas! that this latter is 50 infre0uently. SO
In spite Of the fondness Of the dramatic pro,
| fession for the Little Church Around the Corner
once during his long life, and then ho was only 8
old He sr bs h
peat tho experi@ent Many stage people at
announced ] four years ago that the income oi
members OF the profession subscribed Q sum
The principle upon which tho church was organ
| ized was expressed as follows by Dr. Houg6ton
his 4 Sermon which he
"As the knowledge of what the Church of the
| TRANSPORTATION, was intended to bo, and wat
Of mercy and blessinR that no sin. no degrade
be a barrier to that ministry; The gambling
% were opened to It. There was as no place tha,
was shut against It., There was no man oil
need. And, thanks be- to God. during al
these. forty and Ave years not SO much al
once has the foot Of that personal ministry from
itself from crossing any threshold through feal
from possible personal peril. From the dying Il
out Of IN the at mid
dawn Of tho day. And the hand Of that minis
try. despite Of warning, in the midst, Of pesti
lence. has held the head, as 1t should, of thu
pestilence-smitten for the receiving of the bod,
and blood OF the Lord"
In September last pr; Houghion announced
routine duties Of the church upon tho shoulder
of his nephew, tho Rev. George, c. Iioughton
parish ever since. Or. Houghton was strong
rugged. looking old man with kindly eyes, an,
beard as white as snow.