New-York tribune., 1902-02-02

March ie-F1fth Sunday in Lent, Morning. St Peters
Wednesday. March 19-st. Clements Church.
Friday. March 2l-st. Thomas's. Brooklyn, z. D
n e S2R5a N25PRs S5 cGSS 5[o0
March 24-Monday in Holy Week Trinity. East New
March 25-Tuesday in Holy Week St Johns Brooklyn
March 26-wednesday in Holy Week St Paurs FIatbush.
March 27Thursday in Holy Week. Holy Trinity. Brook
Good Friday-st AIMS Brooklyn.
Easter Day-CatheiraI.
The diocese over which the Bishop has been called
to preside is large II covers the whole OF Long
Island and contains l35 churches and chapes many
or which are miles from their nearest neighbors.
Kings County Cthe Borough of Brooklyn has the
largest number Of churches-hfty-nine. These
comparatively easy to reach. because of their
tiguity 10 another. and because the transpor-
tation facilities are good. In Queens and Nassau
counties there are fortythree and in Suffolk County
thirty-three In the country counties, OF course
the work Of visitation is difficult since the
churches are further apart and the for
reaching them not convenient. In some
cases, especially as concerns Suffolk County trav-
ellng 10 the parishes means many miles or riding
in carriage from the nearest station the rail
road To reach them all within the year means
that Bishop Burgess must average more than three
churches week. II he means take a vacation
in the summer Will discuss the affairs OF the
different parishes with al priests and twelve dea-
cons 10 say nothing Of the other officers OF the
churches.
W nile travelling expenses have been provided fOr
out OF the fund that results from the endowment.
II IS difficult how the Bishop keep with
in the specified sum. His salary has fixed at
5000, the same that allowed the late Bishop
LittleJohn. For travelling expenses the OF $50
is allowed, and TO these Is added endowment left
by the late Alexander T. Stewart Of 50 500 for the
entertainment Of the Bishops guests at the See
House. making the entire annual amount upon
which the Bishop draw $3.50 a year
When the endowment OF the cathedral was ar
Upad irna bafa fIfa DO Of
art It specified that the Bishop must live in
Garden City, and house. large and magnificent,
II somewhat out OF harmony with the general archl-
lecture of the rest Of the village, erected a
few hundred feet south OF the cathedral itself For
most OF the work of directing the affairs Of the do
cese the location. nearly twenty miles from Brook
lyn, is exceedingly inconvenient. There must he
side however. the endowment fails
Bishop Littlejohn himself considered the necessity
for residing there a hardship, although he
chary Of saying Garden city is central TO
the diocese, nor Is there large number Of Episco
paans in the town. As consequence the mag
nihcent cathedral is neither used nor seen so much
II would be had II been located in Brooklyn.
There is OF course. a religious service every day
and on Sunday three services are conducted, under
the charge of Dean Samuel Cox, the head OF the
Cathedral Chapter. The Cathedral Chapter is made
up OF five priests and six lay members, and has
control Of the finances well the religious work
of the cathedral and its dependent institutions.
When the Bishop is in Garden City on a Sunday he
is expected offciate a least service. The
first Sunday, according to the plan that Bishop
Burgess has prepared for himself, which he
will conduct services the cathedral Is Easter
Sunday. and there is doubt that the edfce viii
be crowded on that day
Although the cathedral is the leading place for
Episcopal worship Long Island by virtue of
its religious position. 1t is not large. Many church
Of the same denomination can accommodate more
worshippers although no other is so magnificent in
its architecture nor so artistic costly in its in
YarH~r .rrfr1,
that has never become known, the original plan
of the building carried When the
plans returned to the architect by Judge Hi-
ton he had drawn red ink mark through three
windows each side OF the east end. This ind-
Gated that the cathedral TO be shortened that
much. AS consequence, the is not much
longer than the distance from the chancel rail
the west wall back of the altar, and the simi-
tude Of the is destroyed. The broad aisles
provided with chairs, which it Is necessary TO
any special occasion. By filling these
we'll the pews. nearly thousand wOrshippers
may find accommodation.
There is peculiarity about the cathedral that
strikes the visitor at once, and which has caused
many comments. Usually in an Episcopal church
the altar is at the eastern end of the church. In
deed, where this is not the therefor is
usually found in the exgency of the situation with
regard TO the direction in which the I'm which
the church is built In the cathedral how
ever. the altar is in the end Why it
placed in that cardinal position nobody TO
know. There was no lack Of ground which
the cathedral. and IL might have been placed
well one side OF the street the other
The Bishops seat, however. is the north side
the altar. 1t should be, although the effect of
having It on the right hand of the congregation
instead OF the left is peculiar.
In Garden City there are two other institutions
over which Bishop Burgess will be called pre-
side although in these his duties are only nominal
since the schools we'll and satisfactorily admin
istered by their respective heads. ST. PauPs School
for BOYS Is one OF the most expensive institutions
in the country. 1t is, Of course a participant in
the benefce, but the charges for tuition and board
are such to make It self-supporting. Each boy
pays between 5000 and $500 a year for his board
and tuition. There 40 boys in the school
under the care OF DR.. F. l.. Gammage and twelve
matters The school building itself Is one * -