New-York tribune., 1910-11-26

- -.,o--ou, the fifteenth anniver-
sarv of his rectorship OF the episcopal
C.,,s +he incarnation In connection
--h +to celebration figures of the parish
se.oo,, o-s ago an uptown one, to-day
s,.-.-..+,,--, one-viu be given. and they
Go cor,,nartson for the growth OF the
r,,;..--,o, Church IN this city and diocese
-i4ti- +ba Ias- few years. AS Indicative Of
.t;s r--o,y.b y can be pointed out that the
ra, +I,a Paw DR.. GTosvenor came to tn I,
Tr,.-,o+ion Darish it gave to all general
consas outside Of itself and outside of the
=iocaea of New York, $1,000 Tomorrow
+bo ro,+or will ask for Sl5,000 for world
.,,i.,i,-,, aIone and expects, 1t is said, to
raceI,.e that sum without doubt. and pos
sibly more
= is Interesting to record, from the voice
~ -, exnert who for years has been IA
-,il,ar with religious conditions in New
vor,- the exact status of the Episcopal
Church fifteen years ago. He says: The
Incarnation record for the last fifteen years
sea-ns to me to be q good barometer of
Nav York religious conditions. 1t is, 1 am
s,,re for the Episcopal Church. but I am
aIeo sure that most other bodies have made
corresponding advances
'.In New York fifteen years ago. when
DR.. Grosvenor came, there were fourteen
Eptscopal parishes that had 1.0OO COM
r17r1nicants. and only one Of them that had
as many as 1000. This counts Trinity and
its cLapels separately, as they practically
ara separate in their work There were
eighteen parishes having total incomes of
go 900 or more OF these, three had in
comes exceeding $4,000 and five exceeding
s1co 900 The Incarnation, DR.. Grosvenor s
parish. had that year S75 communicates,
or. Il the chapel be included, 1906. Il had.
church and chapel together. financial in
come that year of $50, 800. The whole num-
Der Of communicates in the diocese OF
New York fifteen years ago was 5000. Let
me add that the diocese of New York Is
little more than the boroughs Of Manhat-
tan. The Bronx and Richmond. Hudson
River counties as far north as Ulster are
included but the strength is in the city
The boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens are
not included.
During DR.. Grosvenor'S time in New
York-that is, during the last fifteen years
the number Of Episcopal parishes having
Loo members or more has increased from
fourteen TO twenty-five, or more than 6
per cent; and where fifteen years ago there
was only one having above 2OO0, counting
Trinity Church and chapels separately as
before, to-day there are four above 2Oo0
two above 1900 and one above 1000 FIJI
teen years ago there were eighteen par
ishes having incomes exceeding $4,000 each
Of these five had incomes exceeding $780,
CO., To-day there are thirty-five parishes
with incomes exceeding $4,000 Of these
eight exceed S0,0O0, four exceed 100000 ano
three exceed 500, coo each. These are not
special and occasional years, but regular
incomes Incarnation parish had S75 mem
bers fifteen years ago. To-day it has 1,oo0
The 1,a05 of church and chapel Of f1fteer
years ago have increased TO 2,4O0 in botn
or more than 1000 growth. Fifteen years
ago Episcopalians IN the diocese Of New
York numbered 65,o00 To-day they ral
Just little under 100000. Their gifts now
amount to s5,50O,000 a year, or considerably
more than 100000 growth in the fifteen
years OF this sum a healthy growth Is
given 20 missions Of all kinds.
IN this connection there are three points
10 be made, not from the records, but open
to everybody who has eyes to see' Inc
first of these is the one that other bodies
Roman Catholic and Protestant. have gone
forward IN New York The second fs tha'
all Christian bodies are entering into So
cial service, civic matters and the rea
work of this world as they did not f1fteer
years ago. And the third is that lawyers
bankers and the general run Of unordainec
men are taking a far more active Anc
vital interest than they did a decade and
half ago. They are giving more and work
ing more I might add a fourth point
which is that Christian good feeling or
the part OF a1 bodies, Roman Catholic and
Protestant IS stronger than it used to be.
Lastly, the opening Of the Cathedral OF
St. John the Divine, to be conducted OF
broad Christian lines, for all people. anc
not merely for Episcopalians, Is going &C
make for Christian progress in this city
during the next fifteen years az few things
could do
The Rev. Dr.. Grosvenor was educated q
New York University and Williams COL
1ege. and came into prominence as rector
Of Trinity Church, Lenox- Coming to Ne"
York, as rector OF one Of the large par
ishes. he steadily grew in influence, unC1
he is now president Of the standing com
rnitree deputy to the General Convention
chairman Of the committee on fabric o.
the cathedral, besides holding many other
places of responsibility. The endowment
fund of the Church Of the Incarnation has
been increased in fifteen years from S3ZoN
70 5000 and the total gifts in that perloc
Of Incarnation people have been AIOoOVo
The rector will deliver an historical sermon
+o-norroW