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In the Fourteenth Ward there is one Protestant church, one colored, and one Roman-catholic ; and there are four Protestant missions. In the single Protestant church and the four missions together, there are accommodations for 1,400 persons. The popu- lation of the Fourteenth Ward is 28,000, one-third Protestant ; so that there are Protestant church accommodations for one-twen- tieth part of the whole population ; or Protestant church accommo- dations for one-seventh part of the Protestant population, thus : 1,400 sittings to 28,000 total population ; or 1,400 sittings to 9,000 Protestant population.
Contrast with this the Twenty-first Ward, which has a popula- tion of 50,000, one-half Protestant. There are of churches, chapels, and missions of all kinds, 32; that is one church to every 1,562 persons. Of the 32 churches, etc., 26 are Protestant. Thus we have, say, one-Protestant church to every 2,000 total population ; or one Protestant church to every 1,000 of the Protestant popula- tion. In the Protestant churches and missions there are sittings for 18,000 persons ; thus, 18,000 sittings to 50,000 total population, or 18,000 sittings to 25,000 Protestant population.
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OF NEW YORK CITY.
A GENERAL VIEW OF ACCOMMODATIONS.
350 churches and missions of all kinds, with accommodations for 300,000 persons. Number of persons to be provided for, say, five- eighths of the whole population, or 500,000 ; leaving 200,000 persons without sittings.
275 Protestant churches and missions, with accommodations for 200,000 persons. Number of Protestants to be provided for, say, 250,000 ; leaving 50,000 Protestants without sittings.
A stranger passing a Sabbath in New York, and desirous of seeing something of Christian work, might adopt a programme like this :
9 A.M. Grace Mission Sabbath-school, 176 East Twenty-second- street, near First-avenue ; under the superintendence of Mr. Ralph Wells.
9} A. M. Collegiate Church Mission, 160 West Twenty-ninth-st., near Seventh-av.
10% A. M. Attend church.
2 P. M. Juvenile Asylum, 71 W. Thirteenth-st., near Sixth-av.
24 P. M. W. Thirteenth-st. Presbyterian ch. Sabbath-school, W. Thirteenth-st., near Seventh-av.
3 P. M. Five Points House of Industry, 155 Worth-st.
3% P. M. Attend church.
74 p. M. Attend City Missions, 27 Greenwich-st. ; or 70 Colum- bia-st. ; or some other.
OR THIS :
9 A.M. St. John's Prot. Epis. Sabbath-school, Varick-st., near Laight-st.
9& A. M. Alexander Mission, 9 King-st.
10% A. M. Attend church.
2 P. M.
Half-Orphan Asylum, W. Tenth-st., near Sixth-av.
20 P. M.
Madison-square Presbyterian Mission, under the super- intendence of Mr. David Wetmore, 419 Third-av., near Thirty-first-st.
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8 p. M. St. Paul's Meth. Epis. Sabbath-school, Fourth-av., cor. Twenty-second-st.
31 P. M. Attend church.
7à P. M. Visit Meth. Epis. Missions, 117 Bank-st. ; or W. Thirty- fifth-st., near Tenth-av. ; or some other.
OR THIS :
9 A. M. St. George's Prot. Epis. Sabbath-school, E. Sixteenth-st., near Third-av.
9% A. M. Tabernacle Baptist Mission, 189 E. Twentieth-st., near Second-av.
10 A. M. Fourteenth-st. Presbyterian Mission, E. Twenty-third-st., cor. Second-av.
10% A. M. Attend church.
2 P. M. Mercer-st. Presbyterian Mission, 118 Avenue D, near Eighth-st.
2% P. M. Hope Mission, 435 E. Houston-st.
3 P. M. Meth. Epis. Mission, 313 Rivington-st.
3% P. M. City Mission, 70 Columbia-st.
7& p. M. Attend church, or City Mission, 273 W. Twenty-fifth-st.
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OF NEW YORK CITY.
A CHAPTER ON NEW YORK BENEVOLENCE.
There are in the city of New York three hundred religious and benevolent societies, hospitals, dispensaries, asylums, etc. The receipts of some of the leading societies for the last year were as follows:
American Bible Society-
Sales and Rents $453,265 82
Donations and Legacies- 280,823 32
$734,089 14
American Tract Society-
Sales
$384,350 96
Donations and Legacies- 159,800 47
544,151 43
American Tract Society of Boston-
Sales $91,273 72
Donations and Legacies 44,192 50
135,466 22
American Seamen's Friend Society
98,230 17
American Guardian Society- 87,768 00
American Missionary Association-
253,000 00
American Board of Comm'rs for Foreign Missions
448,090 33
Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society 686,380 30
American Church Missionary Society- 50,000 00
American Home Missionary Society 212,567 63
American Sunday-school Union- 77,753 44
Protestant Episcopal Board of Domestic Missions 123,273 45
Protestant Episcopal Board of Foreign Missions 72,613 61 American and Foreign Christian Union 110,000 00
American and Foreign Bible Society 30,719 96
American Baptist Missionary Union 190,994 57
American Baptist Home Missionary Society 137,810 16
American Baptist Free Missionary Society 30,000 00
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions (O. S.)
207,526 65
Presbyterian Board of Domestic Missions (O. S.) 168,241 56
Presbyterian Board of Church Extension (O. S.)- 35,870 28 Presbyterian Commissioners of Home Missions (N. S.) - 128,503 41 Presbyterian Commissioners of Education (N. S.) - - - -- 20,455 49
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Presbyterian Commissioners of Publication (N. S.)- 18,825 17
Board Foreign Missions, Reformed Dutch Church- 68,685 41
Board Domestic Missions, Reformed Dutch Church 24,589 98
National Temperance Society-
26,592 45
American Freedmen's Union Commission 50,000 00
$4,766,698 81
Here are twenty-eight societies, whose receipts in the aggre- gate amount of $4,766,698 81; or, excluding proceeds of sales, $3,837,808 31. Most of the foregoing societies are national in their character, and receive donations from all parts of the country ; yet an analysis of the treasurers' accounts will show, in not a few in- stances, that 10 per cent. of these contributions are from New York city alone. Let us now examine the reports of some of our local societies, depending for their support directly upon the gifts of the citizens of this metropolis.
New York Association for the Poor $51,643 49
New York Sunday-school Union 30,000 00
New York and Brooklyn Foreign Missionary Society- - 43,802 59
New York Children's Aid Society- 93,577 07
New York Juvenile Asylum 87,439 20
New York City Mission 29,064 28
New York Five Points House of Industry 67,186 73
New York Ladies' Five Points Mission 16,682 78
New York Howard-Mission- 26,000 00
New York Female Assistance Society
24,751 46
New York Ladies' Union Aid Society
5,079 73
New York Ladies' Christian Union 12,817 04
Wilson Industrial Mission 10,668 07
New York Bible Society *: 23,915 43
New York Port Society
30,000 CO
Union Home and School 20,259 97
Female Benevolent Society 8,889 CO
New York Protestant Episcopal City Mission 26,899 92
Methodist Episcopal City Mission 31,853 72
New York Prison Association 13,250 96
New York Society for Ruptured and Crippled 19,942 41
New York Widows' Society- 13,165 25
New York Nursery and Child's Hospital- 29,394 04
New York Half-Orphan Asylum 15,776 78
$732,059 92
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OF NEW YORK CITY.
Included in the enumeration above, there are twenty-four soci- eties, reporting a total of $732,059 92. Let us add to this sum, for our other organized city charities, about as much more, and we shall have. say, one million and a half of dollars as the regular annual voluntary contribution of the citizens of New York for the support of the local religious and benevolent associations. But this is very far from being a complete view of the beneficence of New York for any one year. The reader will easily recall recent exam- ples of large-hearted liberality such as the gift by one citizen of $1,000,000 and more for the erection of improved dwellings for the poor ; another of $500,000 for a theological seminary ; another of $100,000 for the New York University ; another of $60,000 for a Foreign Mission Board ; another of $60,000 for a seminary on Lookout Mountain ; another of $30,000 for Williams College; the large Centenary donations of members of the Methodist Episcopal church, etc. And within a brief period $200,000 have been raised by the Southern Relief Association ; $200,000 by the Young Men's Christian Association ; $100,000 by the City Mission ; $50,000 for the Woman's Hospital ; $50,000 for the Publication Fund of the American Tract Society ; $20,000 for the Bible House at Constan- tinople, etc. And there are various proposals now before the com- munity for the establishment of missions, hospitals, industrial schools, homes for women, etc., involving the raising of at least $500,000 ; all of which projects will, no doubt, soon be accom- plished. The pastor of a city church the other day stated that the benevolent contributions of his people for the year amounted to $96,697. And two other churches have each reported lately, for the same period, more than $62,000. A new mission chapel was re- cently opened, the cost of which is said to be about $60,000. The income from pews in one church is said to be $19,000; in an- other, $16,000 ; and the cost of maintaining religious services in the two hundred and sixteen regularly incorporated Protestant churches cannot be short of $1,500,000 annually. From all of these statements it will appear that while New York is rapidly growing in wealth, the liberality of her citizens is increasing also ; indeed, it is perfectly obvious to those who are familiar with the facts of the case, that there has been, within a few years, a great advance in the spirit and style of giving. When the business enterprise and energy of the merchant princes meet their appropriate reward in magnificent incomes, it is looked upon as a legitimate result, as the natural working of the laws of trade ; and when the outgoes for Christ and his cause are on a royal scale, commensurate with the imperial
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wealth of the people, will it not be as natural to expect far more glorious results? Bishop Taylor said, "No man is a better mer- chant than he that lays out his time upon God, and his money upon the poor." We have many of those active business men well known on 'Change, who have found that wisdom which " is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold ;" and who esteem it an honor and a privilege to devote time, talent, and property to the best interests of their fellow-men. It is in grateful recognition of the wonderful prosperity with which Providence has crowned us, and thankful for the benevolent dispo- sition God has given our business men, that this chapter on New York benevolence has been penned.
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