Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1915 — World’s Richest Church. [ARTICLE]

World’s Richest Church.

Trinity church, New York, which has just voted a handsome donation to the preservation fund of St. Paul’s cathedral, is the most richly endowed parish in the world. It has a fast-in-creasing income—not fully disclosed, but believed to be about $2,500,000 a year—which is mainly “unearned increment,” derived from lands given by Queen Anne that have become priceless through the growth of the city during two centuries. Out of this vast revenue are paid the stipends of the clergy and choirs of Trinity and of eight daughter churches, and the expenses of Trinity hospital and Trinity cemetery, and contributions to poorer parishes, and charitable institutions. Some time ago Trinity vestry voted a subscription towards the repair of the organ of Bow church, Cheapside, England, and were delighted with two return gifts, which consisted of a Roman tile and a chunk of stone from the old Norman crypt.