The Washington herald., 1911-06-11
THE TREND OF THINGS


At the annual meeting Of the Pastors
Federation OF Washington city recently
held. the following officers were elected:
President. Joseph t. Kelly; vice presi-
dent, ]. W. R. sumwalt; secretary. J..
Howard Wells; treasurer, ]. D. Buhrer.
Membership committee, H. W. o. MI
lington, Floyd c. Douglas, Frank C..
Goodwin, W. R. wedderspoon, and
George A. Miller.
Big Work of Booths Volunteers.
The Volunteers of America, with Gen.
BsIlington and Mrs. Booth as leaders.
have decided through their grand field
council just held in Cleveland IN ap-
point advisory boards of not fewer than
five leading citizens of each city in which
Volunteers have considerable philan-
thropic work. Such board has been
found helpful In few cities, where al
ready appointed. The council also named
a board Of five members OF Volunteer
organizations TO supervise Sunday school
work, which is growing among Volun-
teers The council learned that philsn-
thropic work OF Volunteers has made
much progress within the year. Almost
$500 families were helped last year in
the poor sections of large cities. and
0,944 persons were fed with substantial
meals, this large number not including
the temporary assistance extended at
Christmas. Homes of mercy cared for
5000 women, and almost 10000 lodgings
were given in the year. In the medical
dispensarfes 1900 new cases were treat
ed, and 17,767 old ones cared for, or
almost 1900 cases in all. Nearly 1,000,-
900 persons attended the indoor Sunday
and week night meetings, and 100000
the outdoor meetings The Prisoners
League, the special work of Mrs. Booth,
has now 1000 members, and OF dis
charged prisoners going under Volun-
teers' care, 20 per cent are living re-
formed lives. By correspondence and
service the Volunteers are in touch with
5000 men who are to-day behind prison
bars.
The Greatest Parish in the World.
Trinity Church, New York, rich as
everybody agrees beyond the thoughts Of
money values, is g, 2,S5S, ,S94 in debt. Con-
trary to its former practice, it now tells
in its annual reports the values Of its
properties, its income, and it's debts. Its
reports for last year, just issued, values
productive property owned at s15, Ii, 900,
Of which s13,S5SOO0 is real estate at city
assessed valuation. According to New
York practice, the true virtue of this
real estate is about $40, ,000, 900, but no one
can be found who thinks it might be
purchased for that sum. The debts are
incurred for the erection of business
blocks. All old tenements, those which
rightly or wrongly brought scandal to the
famous parish, have been torn down, all
of Them and to-day nobody can point to
a single Trinity settlement with re-
proach. Practically all are far better
than ordinary ones. New buildings for
rental are erecting in order that real es-
tate may be productive. The income from
real estate rents last year was SOL, ,26S.
So many pews in Trinity's ten churches
and chapels are free-that pew rents
brought in only $16,626. People who be-
long and worship in Trinity's churches
and chapels contributed last year $9S, $50,
a large sum when 1t is remembered that
only two of the ten are attended by peo-
pie of even the middle grade, and none
of them by the classes that belong to st.
Thomas, St Bartholomew or Grace par
ishes- Trinity parish has S595 members,
a gain for the year, but they are First
and Ninth avenues. not Madison, and
Fifth avenues.
What Trinity Does with Big Income.
The productive real estate of Trinity
parish, New York, placed in the report
just issued at $13,OOO,0O0, and worth S90,-
100000 at least, does not, Of course, ir-
clude its churches, chapels. cemeteries,
and Institutions. What may be ths value