The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JANUARY 81, 1897.

miles away Only the glass came from
another section.
The artitecture is a mixture of Dutch
and Swiss, as a compliment to Mr.. Van
derbilts own ancestry; and the grounds
around it contain specimens of every tree
that can be found in the state of North
Carolina. Bishop Cheshire dedicated the
church, and it will soon be fully equipped
with rectors and teachers for the parish
school. That is a "back-door" with por-
tails broad.
Levi p. Morton has given a park to
Newport ana has built nice little church
edificein the, country But his most am
bilious church charity was the building of
charity house connected with the ia
nous Grace church in New York. This
charity house is located on Fourth avenue,
back of Grace church. and does an inn
portant yearly work, supported, it is said,
by Mr.. Morton's purse. 1t was built i'll
memory of his first wife.
Russell Sage will not look in vain for
shining door if the giving to the house of
the Lord will furnish one One of his
best deeds, II is said, was his gift of $500
to DR.. HepYerth's church. But Mr.. Sage
has given other substantial sums to
churches. lie is contemplating now the
erection of a church near his country
place. Mrs. Sage has the plans drawn up
and the building of the church will soon
follow.
The Gould Memorial at Roxbury was
built by direction of Jay Could and would
have been the greatest comfort of his lif
if he could have completed it himse
But Jay Gould could not do it. He wor
ed too hard at first. Then when II.
money came, he was sick. His invalid
ism gave him time to apportion the money
but the next generation had to complete
the work.
1t has features that makes it the most
artistic memorial church in existence. Its
stained-glass windows cost twice the price
Of any others ever sent to this country.
The life-size statues of Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John are the finest work of the
living sculptors and the ceiling has the
cost)iest works of art. The church,
though small, is colonial affair with Ro-
man features. 1t cost quarter of a mil
lion. From the minute Jay Gould gave
his first dollar to church work he lSnged
10 build this edifice. That $4,000 slipped
into the hand of Dr. Paxton for church
charities gave him his first glimpse of
Squareness with heaven. His son George
J. Gould laid the cornerstone with sill
yer trowel; and inside was picture of
Jay Gould, with his history and life-work.
1t was a solid block of granite thirty-four
inches square. with 1883" upon the face.
John d. Rockefeller is SO young a man
and so liberal a one that his back doors
to heaven have become so numerous as
TO be confusive. His latest gift is $4,000
to the Euclid Avenue Baptist church of
Cleveland. His present lawsuit, defend
ing himself against the claims of the Tab
ernacle Baptist church of New York,
shows him that ill-feeling may come of
kindly thought and that it is easy for
good thipg to go wrong, The church
claims that Mr.. Rockefeller induced it to
part with certain lands in consideration
of $4,000 worth of Northern Pacific bonds.
The bonds stopped paying and the church
claims that Mr.. Rockefeller owes it the
bond Money with interest for three years,
or about 5000. This issue the million
aire is fighting.
There is no reason why millionaire
should be compelled to construct his own
heavenly architecture. But If he feels
that it is a comfortable way to publicly
thank the Lord for making him little
cleverer than other men, why that is
another matter. Frank Harris