New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-07
ST. GEORGES NEW RECTOR.
Old Pensioners Greet the Rev.
Karl ReiIand.
Mr.. MORGAN PASSES PLATE
Many Wage Farmers Give Their
Mite to Great Financier-
Policy To Be Broad.

]. Pierpont Morgan. his two daughters
Mrs. II. l.. Satterlee and Mrs. w. P. Ham
ilton. were among those who welcomed tc
the pulpit yesterday morning the new rec.
tor Of ST. Georges Church, In stuyvesan,
Square. Others included Mr.. and Mrs
Seth Low. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry w. Mum
roe. Mrs. Richard Irwin and William
Rhinelander Stewart. the last named the
treasurer of Grace Church, which Is St
I Georges near neighbor. It was stated
that Mr. Stewart came because OF long
friendship for st. Georges new rector
formerly assistant at Grace Church.
The Rev. Karl Reiland is the name OF
| the new rector, and he comes from st
Andrews Church. Yonkers. after short
service there, He was for some years
first assistant to the late Rev. DR.. William
r. Huntington. and not a few expected to
see him his successor.
Mr.. IRELAND retained one Of the former
st. George assistants. but brought two new
ones with him. together with two new
deaconesses. He was educated at Trim
ity College, Hartford. and studied the
ology both at Virginia and Berkeley SEM
inaries. In Guardianship and theology
he ranks, II is said. with the Breads OF
the st. Georges type, so no one is sur
prised when he announces that he Will
try to continue the policy and teaching OF
I ST. Georges under the Rev. DR.. Rains
ford.
There were one thousand people In St
Georges yesterday to greet the new rec
tor. Fully six hundred Of them were men.
In the south gallery alone there were
eighty men and fifteen women. Down
stairs the proportion was not so great, but
in some parts whole pews were filled with
the East Side, with a few from The
Bronx and Brooklyn.
II was to these wage earnerS that, after
Mr.. Reiland's sermon, four men famous
for millions passed the ofrcrtory plates.
These four men were Mr.. Morgan. Seth
Low, r Fulton Cutting and Henry w.
Munroe The plate OF Mr.. Morgan was
filled with envelopes. and before he
reached the lower pews he was COM
PEELED 10 rearrange the envelopes 10 pre-
vent their falling of. There were few
greenbacks. In envelopes people put only
silver.
When the communion was ready Mr..
, Morgan. Mr. Cutting and the other men
OF millions went TO the altar rail with the
rest and after the service Mr.. Morgan and
Mr.. Low were among those who went TO
count the money Of the wage earners In
the envelopes. They looked at the piles
Of envelopes. but upon offers OF some
others 10 open them and count the silver
they retired. speaking to scores as they
passed down the alsles.
The new preacher. whom most people
present had heard before. said he came as
a stranger, but not few shook their
heads. He spoke az a friend. for he made
appeal after appeal for assistance In the
difficult task ahead OF him. The service
was that OF holy communion, and SO al
most at once the new rector entered the
pulpit a voice that was easily heard
everywhere n manner at times dramatic,
the pulpit seemed to hamper him. ST.
Georges pulpit Is quite small. and alone
Of the Episcopal churches in America It
/ Is llIftllg al lIOlAk anu III All' ~
times he acted as II he would like TO
move about as he arose 10 earnestness.
hut there is tradition at St George s
that the pulpit must neither be made
larger nor changed in location.
Mr. Reiland used no notes His SER
mon was talk with men OF St Georges.
lie passed over the women. He came, he
said. at what he believes to be the psyche
logical moment. He described the old
fashioned church. in which the minister
did everything, and said 81 Georges was
not Of that type. and was not going 10
be Of that type under him. There come
into the hearts Of all men az times sprinGS
Of aspiration TO better things. Most men
stihe these aspirations They would like
10 give way 20 them, but they have no
time. They work hard all the week.
They are busy making a living.
Mr. IRELAND pleaded with St Georges
men, famous throughout the country for
work In past years. not to make excuses
not to XIII ambition. He warned them
that these aspirations are the voice OF
God.