The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-11
4 New Work Parish

u" ETtfi dliu CON llll'dtel oTSdHlEa-
tlon A popul,us and energetic New York
parish Ia, become il illustrated in the
year books or annua! reports Of Epis-
Copal churches like Grace, st. Bartholo-
news and -. Georges. II has devel-
oped into a machine. religious. philan-
thropic and social, in the running Of
which j. steadily engaged an army of
workers clerical and lay. and the ex-
peNdturo e money required to keep II
going is "a great a. that which l. laid out
on the government Of a considerable
town
Take, for example. the last Year
Book e ~ Georges Church in Stuvve-
san' Square BESIDES the rector, The
Rev Dr RAISsFoRD. the clerical staff
Includes four assistants Then come
d'acopr~se, ard a large body Of volln-
teer lay workers 80 vast is the volume
of de- ais that the rector requires the aid
OF Il -klliul and industrious secretary.
for be- i like the president or siperin.
tsndent Of y great railroad company or
trust The number If souls who claim
union with this church, the rector re-
ports, is $500, and they are scattered
all over Manhattan Island and outlying
districts The majority Of them, how
ever, are residents within the bounds Of
the parish or in the neighborhood Of il.
for 3i6s live between East Eleventh
and East Twentieth streets. 81 Georges
being situated AZ East Sixteenth street.
t- Il ri Of t1a l., ~
seemed unfavorable 70 the growth Of
a great Protestant parish When Or
RAISsfORD came to st. Georges in 1853
the parish was falling away There was
only a handful Of people in attendance
on the old church" The character Of
tina neiGhhorhood had changed from a
fashionable district and the population
Of it had increased accordingly \ like
transformation has taken place in the
character of the parishloner- during DR.
RAISSFORD's rectorship. ont of more
than eight thousand of them, less than
six hundred live in private houses, while
more than five thousand are inhabitants
Of tenemcnts. about one thousand live
in boarding houses and another thousand
in flats, apartments and hotels.
In thetwenty years Of DR. RAlNsFoRp's
rectorship the aggregate of the oollec-
tons and contributions Of money for
conducting the parish and its activities
and for building and endowment has been
| s.. 254, 543 The total of these was last
year nearly one hundred thousand dol
lars But DR. RAINsfORD is not satisfied
he wants tho endowment TO be increased
80 AS 70 Weld at least ~. ono 4 wear IN
addition, :" 70 help meet fixed charges
and provide repairs, &c, in our church
and extensive plant"
81 Georges Church is open da lv for
meditation and private prayer from s
in the morning Ia > IN tho afternoon, and
! there are services every dav, at all Of
which the seats are free The Commun.
ion Is celebrated on SUNDAY al s in he
| morning on Thursday At noon. on the
! first Sunday of es ch month al II and on
saints days Al Q in the morning. and on
/ the third SUNDAY of the month at . in
| the evening, During the last year there
were 1913 haptisn~, - adults and l2s
! children, ~ marriages and 9s burials
| The whole number Of regular communi-
! cants was = bout 100. and the average A. q.
! tendanC at the iJ% celebrations Of HOLY
| Communion was TO- Nv far the greatest
/ average number being at no monthly
J Communion, 3?7 The total number nr
/ Conhrmations was 9u6, about equally
divided between males aud females