Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-04
A New York Parish.
New York Sur

The great and complicated organize
ton populous and energetic New YORK
parish has become Is Illustrated in 80
year books or annual reports. OF Epis.
copal churches like Grace, St. Bar;hoi,-
news. and ST. Georges. 1t has dan.
oped into machine. religious, phuan-
which is steadily engaged an army ~
workers. clerical and lay. and the ay.
penditure OF money required to keep Il
going is as great as that which is laid
out on the government of considerable
town.
Take, for example the last Year
Book of st. Georges church in Stuyve.
SAINT Square. Besides the rector the
Rev. DIR. Rainsford, the clerical staN
includes four assistants. Then come
deaconessss and a large body of volun-
teer lay workers. So vast IS the volume
of details that the rector requires the aid
for he is like the president or supertl-
terdent of great railroad company o.
trust. The number of souls who claim
union with this church" the rector re.
all over Manhattan Island and outlyin,
districts The ma jority OF them how
ever. are residents within the bounds Of
the parish or in the neighborhood OF IL
for 3.46S live between east Eleventh
and east Twentieth streets. st. Georges
being situated at east Sixteenth street
1t is a district of the town which
seemed unfavorable to the growth Of
Il Z
Rainsford came. to St. GEORGES in 1S!
the parish was falling away. There was
only handful of people in atrendanc:
on the. old church The character OF
fashionable district and the population
of 1t had increased accordingly \ like
transformation has taken place in The
character of the parishioners during DR..
than eight thousand Of them. less than
six hundred live in private houses while
more than five thousand are inhabitants
of tenements. about one thousand live
in boardfng-houseS and another thousand
in flats. apartments. and hotels.
In the twenty years OF DR.. Rainsfortf
rectorshlp the aggregate of the cog,
tons and contributions of moneyre
and for building and endowment has fssn
s2,254,5 The total Of these wasS ;
year nearly one hundred thousantE ie,-
lars. But DR.. Rainsford is not satEaed,
so IS TO yield at least $4,000 yfi III
addition. Ito help meet fixed cHfssss
and provide repairs. etc, In our Edteh
ami extensive plant" n g.,
st. Georges church is open ds4 ~ Ky
meditation and private prayer om
il the morning to 8 in the afce-noAf a.
there are services every day, at all NJ, /,
which the seats are free. The o I'D :
Mon is celebrated on Sunday aE IN :
morning on Thursday at 400 on
first Sunday OF each month at n anu
saints days at in the morning. ano
the third Sunday OF the month at e
the evening. During the last YET IS
We're 1853 baptisms-25 adults / ans
children: ST marriages. and ~ oorn!-
The whole number of regular sc lse
cants was about ESQ, and ae holy
attendance at the Isl celebrating restest
communion was 107. by far tlMi .onthly
average number being at thA aSsr .!
communion. 527. The total 9 scuaily
combinations was 2oe. about .ssT,aLes
divided between males auds ,sij bSoM
There We're 2,Sl2 scholars on u
OF the Sunday school. .ss &C.
To show the multiplicity of a Isl
tivities of this parish, we will give
of them:
Choir Committee.
Chancel Committee,
Church Decoration Committee.
DeacouesS House,
Memorial House erected in memory OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Tracy,
Brotherhood OF st. Andrew.
Mems Club,
Womens Missionary Association:
Young Peoples Missionary Association
Church Periodical Club,
Girls Friendly Society,
Kings Daughters.
ST. Augustine League.
Poor Fund
Care of the Sick.
Grocery Department.
Clothing and Tailoring departments
Employment Society,
Helping Hand.
Mothers Meeting.
Seaside Work.
Free Circulating Library.
Young Married Women's Society.
Battalion Club
Bows Industrial Trade School,
Sewing School,
Golden c..
Dramatic Society.
kindergarten,
Gymnasium.
Calisthenic Glass.
Cooking Glass.
BaSket-WeavinG Class,
Drawnwork Glass.
DreSSmakinS Class,
Millinery Glass.
Recreation Class.
Penny Provident Fund
Mothers Glass. ,.,i.,. If 10
ST georges. in this multiplicity o.
religious and philanthrop!c dCSt, ar.ss
only a--type of a great EpiscoP@i lar.
of New York at this time. II rs tnssr
veilous development. and II mas t5a iayi
place almost wholly during Mons, EtlG ma
twenty years \ New fork Ep.s fhe
rector has become the y..or,nlh
experimenting engineer OF nan OF
Gated system of machinery si"serer
wars and NOT a man Of the cto;S, -
He must have the quaiincatiot' ana
raarkabIe administrative aoiltsS. .,srIcsi
he must be supported. first. ny ,,aief
staff assiduous In tneir iab by a iarr
BODY OF lay workers and ce coz s.tarrtsct
I,pon whom he can rely for seil- .;,,itri,
ing services or liberal pecun!a.tSy s;r faltI
buttons. They must all sho"
by their works ~ -re ~.
Such is the Episcopal parish al ,he "a
ginning OF the twentieth centMutsii, be
what further development VII nr Raias
brought twenty years hence CT Georxsi
ford speaks as II the work OF st
was only in It's beginning