The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-29
More Millions in Church Charities.

Every denomination engages, at large.
IN various chpritable enterprises. Every
city OF any considerable size in this coun-
Try hns Its important hospitals, founded
and maintained by various denominations
Every city in the first class and most in
the second can boast OF its Presbyterian
We'll. ~ 80 '"'1'' 0SP''A'' dS
Throughout the country the Methodist
episcopal denomination maintains twenty
one hospitals. One-the Methodist of
Philadelpha-is valued at close on TO
10000 The Presbyterlan hospital. New
York, covers a whole block, and Its value
runs up Into the millions
Our converts and monasterics. parochial
and parish school buildings. and furnish
Ings. should surely be included In our
material investment In heaven, So, also,
, the higher institutions OF learning that
arc directly under the supervision OF. or
largely gain their support from. the de-
nomination founding them. Such an ed
ucational seat is the famous Northwestern
university. So Is Princeton. SO the Uni
yerslty OF Chicago. with Baptist af1ilia-
tions The board OF education OF the
Methodist Episcopal denomination In
eludes. In It's latest report, the names OF,
l4o OF our colleges, universities, academies,
seminaries, theological schools and mis-
sionary Institutes and training schools as
being denomlnational institutions. The
value OF the grounds and buildings OF
Syracuse university. bne OF the 140 is q
million ana a quarter; its total endow-
n, ment is about two millions and Quarter.
The property and endowment or North
western university aggregate seven and q
half millions: of Wesleyan university, two
and q half millions. OF Ohio Wesleyan
nearly two millions; OF Boston university
nearly three millions. of the Woman's
College OF Baltimore considerably over a
million, and OF the Drew Theological
Seminary, nearly million and quarter
The Protestant Episcopal church Tnuin-
tains T25 parish and Industrial schools l05
academic institutions. "A collegiate instl-
tutions. IS theological Institutions, q hos
pitfalls. and IS other charitable and educa-
tioDal institutions The endowment for
educational institutions, hospitals re-
treats and allied objects total over S12-
10000 while the DENOMINATIONS aCGre-
gato OF endowmentS reaches close to
S22 10000 Each OF the leading denomina-
tlons possesses millions In endowments
No one Will ganSay the statement that
every endowment for religious use is
part of our material investment in heaven
And who Will dispute tho statement
that by far the majority OF the homes
for children, old people, cripplGs inva-
lids and incurables, and the various
asylums which dot this broad land of
ours part and parcel of our material
investment In heaven Fourteen chill
drenS institutions are run by the Ntetho-
dist Episcopalians. while their horne9 for
the aged number ten. One. In New York
City, takes lrp a good portion OF Il yalu-
able block In tho heart of 5he fashionable
upper West Side residence district The
Protestant EpiscopallanS mantaln nfty-
three orphanagcs and eighty homes.
Did you ever give thought TO the Wenlth
invested in denominatonal headluorters
buildings in our large cities? Tho full as