The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-11
NO FALLING OFF ~ HIS CHCRcH
Or. Rainsford's Interesting Review Of Con.
d,tions In 80. Georges Parish.

In the Year Book Of ST. Georges Episcopal
Church for 1900 the Rev. DR.. william g. Rains-
ford. rector Of the church. makes a statement
showing q condition OF affairs at St. Georges
different from that which many churches have
deplored Of late years. Much has been heard.
even IN the public prints. Of the falling on In
tho attendance Of men at the churches. e.
pecially In the cities and particularly In this
city. Or. Rainsford says almost at the be-
ginning Of his remarks In the Year Book:
The attendance OF mon. especially young
men. on the church Ia larger than It has been
for many years"
The rector continues:
Many who havo been outside the church.
or who have been onlookers AT It's efforts. are
voluntarily coming forward TO take a more
active place and part. consequently, the offer
ings Of tho church which are always q test
are larser than they have been in a long time"
Dr.. Rainsford adverts again 20 the decrease
IN the congregation Of the number Of persons
Of liberal means. owing TO the constant move
ment Of population in New York uptown. but
he points out another movement Of population
not less interesting from the point OF view Of
church work, particularly IN respect 10 the large
Institutional churches our poor people.
too. are moving away from the neighborhood, "
he says. The causes Of all this movement nre
not hard 20 understand Here is n family that
comes into contact with the church when tie
children are quite little Threc Join tho kinder
car,cn and iuyerile SUNDAY school classes In
their early teens tho boys SO into the trade
school. the girls iutoth %irnior friendly Later
on the boys are - lac found In the battalion.
and still later on IN the Mcn's Club. while tho
girls have graduated 10 the various classes 81
the Girls Friendly or Kings Daughter
- a
when these children. who came 10 w. before
their teens. reach Their early twentio-, the amilv
comes TO the conclusion that The ncIghhorhood
In which they have lived for many years isn't
good enough for them. and they move % Brook
lvn or l5u'n street II i absolutely true that
our poor Cui ic are moving away almost rs rap
Idly a. our riru have moved We nave 20 stand
our ground ana Go what We ear Tor thousands
of r"nrie who ~ a few Nclrs viii not be num-
herrd with our mock
Their. has bcr,i 90 falling of IN the Commuu-
icar'- of "a" ari~h al II. tcurCr'-, and the
Christmas and Easter cuWinuuioIs rcr Urtcd
in the lclr Book We're the ItrG'>t that have "y"r
been IA tli' church. " IA" early communion
ON thri-tml- Their" were over ypO 'rN"us. and
AT tn" curly communion 81 Easter morning
NEARLY gpI ler-ou-. the hulk OF tn1n an being
made M, from "a" Young working lcul Ic. DO"
Clas-,' ur. BaiusiurI SAY, that l. generally
surprised to- hc lot to fae church lh' II
O'Clock sunday service az ~ toorgc'- shOWed
n sI 81 I iucr.as" over the preceding ven.
Spr"klns IN" lr''Iir. 10 Vs." hln-,u"',
plan last sc1son. Ir RaiiSiord say prof
t;rurcC l. H"rIuu tWhu-" subject WI 'E'uuu-
mic Basi, 4 sell G"s"rnmon.' T. supposed
IA hive 'h' ear # ~" wage carriers A. Cuut-
uirtrlv a, any Other man iu no" cuint'r. aud
yo' II Wa not q hiiIc i"n"'h JnlC that 70" nd
Toulke Of Indiana, ON TIA" Relation e Trust.
tn Labor organizations which was a frank
recognition that 'wl-t- had com" Z" ,iay. and
n dcolara'iug that. on the whole, such economic
associations wen" H. ~" Interests Of lrhor
md not ~ p">"t Ia - iutc'"-t- this l,,t are.