The origin and history of Grace church, Jamaica, New York . TiiK Rkw Aktiiuu Grace Memorial House, 1913. OF GRACE CHURCH 251 The general financial condition of the Parish had vastlyimproved during the years of 1908 and 1909. The saleof the valuable lot in Trinity Place, New York, for whichnegotiations proceeded for two years was ^40,000 was thus added to the available funds ofthe Parish. The equity held by Grace Church in theReade Street property. New York, was later on added tothe endowment funds, under Mr. Homans rectorship, andother sums gathered of large amount
The origin and history of Grace church, Jamaica, New York . TiiK Rkw Aktiiuu Grace Memorial House, 1913. OF GRACE CHURCH 251 The general financial condition of the Parish had vastlyimproved during the years of 1908 and 1909. The saleof the valuable lot in Trinity Place, New York, for whichnegotiations proceeded for two years was ^40,000 was thus added to the available funds ofthe Parish. The equity held by Grace Church in theReade Street property. New York, was later on added tothe endowment funds, under Mr. Homans rectorship, andother sums gathered of large amount to endow the church-yard for its care and improvement.) The burdens of seventy years of life had been carried bythe rector, and in 1909 he offered either to resign hisrectorship and to be retired as rector emeritus, or asked forthe services of a curate or assistant, to meet the increasingdemands of a widely extended parish, and its rapidly de-veloping population in the center of the Borough ofQueens. After two years of deliberation the following action wastaken by the Vestry: Gra
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