The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-04-06

Speaking OF the fighting phase of the
parish's history. the Rev. DIR. Morgan Dix,
, said at the time of the parish bicen-
tennial celebration, in 1897: "On the whole,
we have come out triumphant in every
battle we have had to fight; we expect the
same results in others which may here
after evoke our power and summon us TO
! Defense"
In view of the parish's present status,
not a lew events of the past ring strangely
IN the ears when
borrowed money built the second church,
In l1SS. AT the time that the Anneke Jams
Bogardus farm was granted to the parish,
1T was worth but a paltry 5000. The bell
that for eight years called worshippers to
the second church, was loaned to the cor
poration by the senior pastor of the Luth-
Gran church. After the revolution the
church was looked on as "a piece of heavy
baggage which the British had left behind
them when they evacuated New York;
and the church's own rector (Bishop Pro-
voost. an ardent patriot) doubted that 1T
would survive the generation. Less than
twenty years later it was decidedly a
church militant, and so it has continued to
this day.
"The Church in the Old Homestead"
1t Is q striking coincidence that Grace
like the Little Church Around the Corner
and Trinity, Is Protestant Episcopal.
Broadly noted as the church in The
Old Homestead" in ecclesiastical, econo-
mic and sociological circles it is reckoned
among the leading institutional churches
in the country.
Grace's third rector was the Rev. DR..
jonathan NJ. Wainwright. who has been
an assistant minister at Trinity. he was
strong in the belief that the maintenance
of a decorous membership and the minis
t%rations of religion merely to it's own peo-
pie did not constitute a church's full
duty. but included "endeavors for the
ignorant and uncared for without" So he
opened a free school, which was kept
UP until the extension of the public schoo,
system in 1928. Today, the church's out
side activities embrace practical schools
OF various sorts for boys, girls and women,
day nurseries,, gymnasiums, k~indergar-
tens, clubs for all ages and several ma
tionalities, Libraries and reading rooms, a
laundry, care of the sick In Grace hospital
and elsewhere, house to house ministra,
ton, and fresh air work.
1t was Grace church under Wainwrighs
that led In the which did away
with the parish clerk, thereby causing
American Episcopalians to take a promi-
nent part in the service. At this time, too,
Grace was started on her enviable musical
career. The church was staged largely
because of the wide reputation it had
gained through it's music; today this repu-
tation is even greater, many persons ira
yelling considerable distances that they
may hear the wonderfully trained choir
boys-trained mentally, morally and ply
sically as we'll as unsteady, by the corpor-
alton in what is known as the choir boys
school.
Grace church was organized in 1908. Its
first ediice occupied a lot purchased at
the corner of Rector and Broadway, across
the street from Trinity. The latter's en-
downent of Grace was twenty-five lots
then worth $6G, 0O0) an organ, cost 5000.
and cash to the amount of 81, 400. With this
as a nest 81 SO to speak, Grace has made
out exceedingly we'll, now being one of
the wealthiest churches in America. Its
congregation ranks among the richest
and certainly among the most liberal, in
the land.
A Future Famous Church.
The little church around the corner,
Trinity, Gracc-these in the opinion of
many, are our most famous churches.
Henry Ward Beecher was bigger than his
church, so while Plymouth is we'll known
in many quarters, in others Its name can
not be called. For example, in England
everybody speaks of Beecher, but few of
his church. Nevertheless, 1t is one of the
country's most famous churches, and in
the course of a year hundreds of persons,
strangers in the metropolis, seek it out.
The country generally knows of the Rev.
DR.. Charles II. Parkhurst. and evinces a
lively interest in him; yet how many per-
sons outside of New York can tell you the
name of his church?
A religious editice that is bound to be
among the most famous some day is the
Cathedral of st. John the Divine. How
ever. at the present rate OF building, 1t is
extremely doubtful il very many Of the
present generations children's children's
children will be living to gaze in wonder
on 1t.