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 ST. JOHNLAND. 
 
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 T . W H I T T a K l-: R & C () . , 1' U 13 [, I S H I', R S , 
 
 No. 2 BIBLE HOUSE. 
 

 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in ilie year 1871, by 
 
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 In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C 
 
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 THE LOVINC; TATROX OF MY VERSES, 
 
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 IS, WITH CHRISTIAN AFFECTION AND ESTEEM, INSCRIKEI) 
 BY HIS FRIEND AND BROTHER, 
 
 WILLIAM AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG. 
 St. Liike's Hospital, December, 1871. 
 
 
Hymn 187 of Pkayer-Book Collection. 
 
 I WOULD not live alway : I ask not to sta)' 
 Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way ; 
 The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here, 
 Are enough for life's woes, full enough for its cheer. 
 
 I would not live alway, thus fetter'd by sin. 
 Temptation without, and corruption within : 
 E'en the rapture of pardon is mingled with fears, 
 And the cup of thanksgiving with penitent tears. 
 
 I would not live alway : no, welcome the tomb ; 
 Since Jesus hath lain there, I dread not its gloom ; 
 There, sweet be my rest, till He bid me arise 
 To hail Ilim in triumph descending the skies. 
 
 Who, who would live alway, away from his God ; 
 Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode, 
 Where the rivers of pleasure flow o'er the bright plains, 
 And the noontide of glory eternally reigns : 
 
 Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet, 
 Their Saviour and brethren, transported to greet ; 
 While the anthems of rapture unceasingly roll. 
 And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul ? 
 
A Fablpj Apologetic. 
 
 EVANGELIZE ME ! quoth the Hymn. Am I a heathen, 
 or an infidel, that 1 need any such process ? Am I 
 not ah-eady in good odor with evangeHcal Christians ? x'\re they 
 not satisfied with me in my present form ? Am I not dear to them 
 in their chnrches and their homes ? Am I not a comfort to them 
 in their sorrows, when they truly desire not to " live alway " ? 
 Have I not been on the lips of departing saints, and after- 
 ward, in the funeral dirge, the sweet solace of the bereaved ? 
 Why. then, interfere with such sacred associations ? Besides, it 
 is too late. I am imprinted on memories, where I shall remain 
 unchanged, and am stereotyped in well-nigh all the hymn-books 
 of the land. Further, I am no longer your possession : 1 be- 
 long to the Christian public. No, my dear father, let well alone, 
 and only be thankfid for the blessed privilege you have en- 
 joyed through 3'our favored offspring. 
 
So 1 am, my dear Hymn, replies the author, deeply, 
 humbly thankful — more so than I dare express. Little could I 
 have thought, nearly fifty years ago, when you were born, that 
 you would be living now, a minister of consolation and holy 
 joy. Here I am silent, lest if I said what I feel it would seem 
 affectation. Far be it from me to violate the sacred associations of 
 your past and present, which I am bound religiously to respect. 
 Apart from any paternal fondness for my own — looking at you 
 only objectively, as we say— I can have no slight regard for 
 you, considering your cherished placs in the affections ot so 
 many of the people of God. I hesitate to fault you, that 1 
 may not impliedly fault them, yet, you know, I have never 
 deemed you perfect. Whenever I have thought how much 
 you are loved, the satisfaction has always been dampened 
 by the regret that you are not more distinctively Christian. 
 In that regard, full pious as you are. I have always been sorry 
 that you fail. For example, when the Christian looks wistfully 
 to the life above, it is not so much from discontent, as you 
 seem to make it, with the life below. It is not complaint that 
 "storm after storm rises dark o'er - the way"; much less is it 
 a murmur at our earthly existence as if only a " few lurid 
 mornings." Such language belongs to occasional moods of de- 
 pression, to which, indeed, most of us are liable ; but they are 
 not to be indulged. The good man, unless he be one of the 
 
born children of woe, has too many sunshiny days to wish to 
 be gone on account of his gloomy ones ; and, though his sky 
 be more or less overcast with cloud or storm, there is always 
 " the braid of heavenly light," or the " rainbow in sight like 
 unto an emerald " from the Sun of Righteousness, to cheer up 
 his faith in the house of his pilgrimage. 
 
 " Fettered by sin " are rather strong words to express the 
 " corruption of nature which remaineth in them that are re- 
 generate " ; and where is the freed man in Christ, if he still 
 be enchained by evil ? 
 
 " Welcome the tomb " is a real utterance in extreme trouble 
 or suffering, or in the infirmities of age, but not ordinarily. 
 
 " There, sweet be my rest, till He bid me arise " sounds too 
 much like a sleep of the soul, a state of unconsciousness, be- 
 tween death and the resurrection. Sweet repose in paradise, 
 not in the tomb, is another thing. 
 
 " Flow o'er the bright plains " must be a mistake for " flow 
 through.'' 
 
 I fear to say I do not quite affection your last line, for I 
 should have to give my reason, and that might spoil it in 
 holier minds than my own. 
 
 My chief dissatisfaction, however, is not with your faults, 
 but with your defect in having too little evangelic faith. 
 
 But I must stop, as I would not be hypercritical, nor want- 
 ing in deference to the general estimate of vour merit just as 
 you are. That you will retain. Do not fear being neglected 
 
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 in 3'our old character. The devout sentimentality of young-er 
 days will not be displaced by the more sober product of age. 
 At an}- rate, I would leave something behind me of the 
 same tenor as yourself, for which, though it ma}' be your in- 
 ferior in poesy, I must claim somewhat more of Gospel and 
 more reality. May its future be as long -as your past ! May 
 all who sav with the patriarch, / would not live alway, be ani- 
 mated by the clearer faith of the apostle whose willingness to 
 depart was -'a desire to be with Christ, which is far better"! 
 
" / nvoiild not live ahvay." — Job. 
 " 7o depart and he ivH/i Christ, tvliich is far better.'' — Sr. Paul. 
 
 T WOULD not live alwa)', I ask not to stay, 
 -■- So ni)- work be but done, upon life's toilsome way 
 Whate'er be our portion of weal or of woe, 
 Enough are the days of our sojourn below. 
 
 I would not live alway, in conflict with sin, 
 With the wiles of the tempter, around and within ; 
 Though rejoicing in hope of the conquerors song, 
 The warfare that wins it I would not prolong. 
 
 I would not live alway, for suffering to grieve. 
 And give but a sigh when I )earn to relieve ; 
 Glad in labors of mercy, yet sadden'd to know 
 How misery's dark waters, unebbing, still flow. 
 
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 I would not live alway : the night of the tomb 
 
 I'll dread not since Jesus hath passed through its gloom ; 
 
 My Light and my Life ! by the way He then bless'd, 
 
 When He calls me to come, would I here have my rest ? 
 
 No ! I would not live alway, away evermore 
 From the presence of Him whom unseen I adore — 
 From those mansions of peace He hath gone to prepare, 
 That His brethren the house of His Father may share. 
 
 There, there, I'd live alway, those blessed to meet, 
 His brethren, my brethren, in fellowship sweet, 
 From all ages, all nations, there gathered the whole, 
 In the joys of His love, endless bliss of the soul. 
 
 Alleluia, Amen — henceforth be my song ; 
 Live alway I shall, yea, alway as long 
 As Christ Himself lives. — Not till He dies again 
 
 I cease in His glory and with Him to reign. 
 
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 praise my God while I have my being." — Psalm civ. 33. 
 
REMIxVTSCENCES. 
 
 I SHOULD not think or appending a " history " ot my hymn were it 
 not that I am so often asked for it, and the present is a good oppor- 
 tunity for compliance. The much longer composition, of which it is a 
 part, first appeared in a religious paper in Philadelphia — the Episcopal Re- 
 corder — in the year 1824. The legend that it was written on an occasion 
 of private grief is a fancy. In the year 1826, the General Convention 
 of the Episcopal Church appointed a committee to prepare a collection of 
 hymns, to be added to the fifty-six which were then the whole number 
 attached to the Prayer-Book. This measure was, in consequence of an 
 awakened interest in hyninody, owing not a little — I may be pardoned 
 for recording — to some publications of my own, one of them, " A Plea 
 for Christian Hymns," addressed to a special General Convention in the 
 year ; another was a collection called " Church Poetry," which, be- 
 ginning to be used in several quarters, gave occasion to the remark in 
 Convention that it was high time the Church acted in the matter, for, it 
 she did not, the clergy would take it into their own hands. The above- 
 mentioned committee consigned the business with which they were charged 
 to a sub-committee, to report at the time of the next General Convention, 
 1829. Ot that sub-committee I was a member, and had largely to do 
 in making up its report, which contained several ot my hymns, among 
 
them the one before us, but not placed there, I need hardly say, by my- 
 self. One of them, " Shout the Glad Tidhigs," was written at the par- 
 ticular request of Bishop Hobart, who wanted something that would go 
 to the tune by Avison, then popular to the words, by Moore, " Sound the 
 Loud Timbrel." He hked the verses I made for the music, with which 
 he was greatly taken, so well that he had them struck off before the 
 hymns were published, and sung in Trinity Church on Christmas day. 
 " I Would not Live Ahvay " was an abridgment of the original, which he 
 had seen in the Episcopal Recorder, by Dr. H. Onderdonk, then rector of 
 St. Ann's, Brooklyn, with some revision by myself. At the meeting of the 
 whole committee, in 1829, the report of the sub-committee was presented, 
 and each of the hymns was passed upon. When this came up, one of 
 the members remarked that it was very sweet and pretty, but rather sen- 
 timental, upon which it was unanimously thrown out. Not suspected as 
 the author, I voted against myself. That, I supposed, was the end of 
 it. The committee, which sat until late at night at the house of Bishop 
 White, agreed upon their report to the Convention, and adjourned. But 
 the next morning. Dr. Onderdonk (who was not one of their numbei', but 
 who, on invitation, had acted with the sub-committee, which, in fact, con- 
 sisted of him and myself) called on me to enquire what had been tlone. 
 Upon my telling him that among the rejected hymns was this one of 
 mine, he said, " That will never do," and went about among the members 
 of the committee, soliciting them to restore the hymn in their report, which 
 accordingly they did ; so that to him is due the credit of giving it to the 
 Church. Among the contributions made by Dr. Onderdonk to our present 
 collection, the best known are his two missionary hymns. 
 
 In these reminiscences, one singular fact must not be omitted. Some 
 
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 eighteen years ago, a printer in Litchfield, Connecticut, wishing to disabuse 
 the pubHc mind as to the authorship of the hymn, declared, in a paper 
 with which he had some connection, that he had written it himself. Of 
 this, of course, I took no notice, but was not a little surprised when, in 
 consequence of it, some of my brethren, editors of Church papers, hinted 
 at their doubts on the subject. On being requested to assure them of 
 the fact, I replied in a communication to one of them, stating, if they 
 thought I was capable of letting the work of another pass for so many 
 years as my own, they would not be sure of anything I might say. 
 
 But the better story of the hymn it is not for me to write, nor 
 another, of a different kind, of the amusing compliments paid to the author, 
 as if it were the solitary mark of his life. 
 
To make the preceding account complete^ the /o/h7vin}^ pieces referred 
 to in it are inserted^ although often printed before. 
 
 I WOULD not live al\va\' — live alway below ! 
 Oil, no, I'll not linger when bidden to <jo : 
 The da\s of our pilgrimage granted us here, 
 Are enough lor life's woes, full enough for its cheer : 
 Would I siirink from the paths which the prophets of God, 
 Apostles, and niart\"rs, so jovfuUy trod ? 
 Like a spirit unblest o'er the earth would I roam, 
 While brethren and friends are all liastening home ? 
 
 I would not live alway ; I ask not to stay, 
 Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way ; 
 Where, seeking for rest, we but hover around, 
 Like the patriarch's bird, and no resting is found ; 
 Wliere hope, when she paints her gay bow in the air, 
 Leaves its brilliance to fade in the night of des])air, 
 And joy's fleeting angel ne'er sheds a glad riy. 
 Save the gleam of the plumage that liears him away. 
 
 [ would not live alwa}' — thus fettered by sin. 
 Temptation without and corruption within : 
 In a moment of strength if I sever the chain, 
 Scarce the victory is mine, ere I'm captive again ; 
 E'en the rapture of pardon is mingled with fears. 
 And the ciip of thanksgiving with penitent tears • 
 The festival tiuinp calls for jubilant S(.)ngs, 
 But my spirit her own miseren' prolongs. 
 
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 I would not live alway — no, welcome the tomb : 
 Since jesiis hath lain there, I dread not its gloom ; 
 Where He deigned to sleep, I'll too bow my head, 
 All peaceful to slumber on that hallowed bed. 
 Then the glorious daybreak, to follow that night, 
 The orient gleam of the angels of light, 
 With ttieir clarion call for the sleepers to rise 
 And chant forth their matins, away to the skies. 
 
 Who. who would live alway ? away from his God, 
 
 Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode, 
 
 Where the rivers of pleasure flow o'er the bright plains. 
 
 And the noon-tide of glory eternally reigns ; 
 
 Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet. 
 
 Their Saviour and brethren, transported to greet. 
 
 While tlie songs of salvation e.xultingly roll. 
 
 And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul. 
 
 That heavenly music I what is it I hear ? 
 The notes of the harpers ring sweet in mine ear ! 
 And see, soft unfolding those portals of gold. 
 The King all arrayed in His beauty behold ! 
 
 give me, O give me, the wings of a dt)ve. 
 
 To adore Him, be near Him, enrapt with His love ; 
 
 1 but wait for the summons, ,1 list for the word — 
 Alleluia — Amen — evermore with the Lord. 
 
 1824. Revised 1859. 
 
SINCE o'er Thy footstool here below, 
 Such radiant gems are strown, 
 Oh, what magnificence must glow, 
 
 M\' God, a ho lit Thy throne ! 
 So brilliant here these drops of light, 
 There the full ocean rolls, how bright ! 
 
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 If night's blue curtain of the sk\', 
 
 With thousand stars inwrought, 
 Hung like a roval ranopv 
 
 With glittering diamonds fraught, 
 Be, Lord, Thy temple's outer veil. 
 What splendor at the shrine must dwell ! 
 
 The dazzling sun, at noontide hour. 
 
 Forth from his flaming vase. 
 Flinging o'er earth th.e golden shower. 
 
 Till vale and mountain blaze. 
 Hut shows, O Lord, one beam of Thine : 
 What, then, ilie day where Thou dost shine ! 
 
 Ah ! how shall these dim eyes endure 
 
 That noon of living rays. 
 Or, how my spirit so impure 
 Upon Thy brightness gaze ? 
 Anoint, O Lord, anoint my sight. 
 And robe me for that world of li.ght. 
 
 1824. 
 
As tJiis little book is kindly sold by the publishers loitlunit any projits 
 to themselves, fo? the benefit of St. yohnland, a brief account of the same 
 is subjoined. 
 
St. Johnland. 
 
 ST. JOHN LAND lies on the north shore of Long Island, about five 
 miles east of the town of Northport, and about forty miles east 
 of the citv of New York. It covers an area of over five hundred acres, 
 one-half of which, or somewhat less, is good arable land of light soil ; 
 the remainder woodland, which, when needed, can be cleared for tillage. 
 The northern boundary lies immediately on the Sound. A large part of 
 it is an extended line of bold bluff, covered by a fine old grove of 
 chestnut, oak, and cedar. This is a protection against northerly winds 
 for the gentle slope, declining southward, which is the site of the 
 several buildings with which the village is already begun. The place 
 throughout is diversified with hill and plain, with meadow and wood, and 
 has numerous sites commanding views of scenery which would be thought 
 
 beautiful anywhere. 
 
 Little as yet has been done in carrying out the original design of 
 providing cottage homes for certain classes of the industrious poor who 
 could be supplied with work from the city. This has been delayed in 
 consequence of the want of easy conveyance to the place, which, how- 
 ever, will soon be afforded. In the spring an extension of the railroad 
 will be finished, with a station not more than a mile and a half distant. 
 
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 In the meanwhile, much has been done in the way of charitable institu- 
 tions, which, indeed, are likely to become the main feature of the place, 
 making it a domain of charity. Among these the principal are the fol- 
 lowing : 
 
 ST. JOHN'S INN, 
 
 THE OLD MAN'S HOME. 
 
 This consists of three buildings, a large and central mansion connected 
 by enclosed corridors with a spacious wing on either side, erected entirely 
 at the expense of Mr. John 1). Wolfe, the President of St. Johnland. 
 It is well equipped in every respect for its i)urpose, wliicli is the entertain- 
 ment, in their declining years, of respectable Christian men who tlirough 
 the vicissitudes of life have become unable to command the comforts of a 
 home. Accommodation is provided for forty such inmates, but only half 
 this number will be received for the present, one of the wings of the build- 
 ing being occupied by orphan or destitute children. The terms for an old 
 man are three dollars per week, which covers all expenses but clothing. 
 
 An extension of this edifice northwards contains apartments for ten 
 grown girls, orphans, under training by the Sisters in the several industrial 
 and household departments of the settlement. 
 
 THE CHILDREN'S HOUSE, 
 
 built by Mrs. Sjjencer and Miss Wolfe, provides all things necessary for 
 the comfort and education of twenty-five little ones, crippled and orphaned, 
 or otherwise destitute of the motherly care essential to their impaired phy- 
 sical condition. Most of the young inmates of this house were formerly 
 patients of the children's ward in St. Luke's Hospital, transferred hither 
 
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 when no longer susceptible of benefit from surgical treatment. As they 
 become old enough, they are transferred to eitlier the Boys' House or the 
 grown girls' department, and taught the type-setting or some other suit- 
 able trade whereby they may hereafter support themselves. The patronage 
 for a beneficiary of the Crijipled Children's Home costs $ioo per annum, 
 with such contributions to the child's wardrobe as the ]iatron may be dis- 
 posed to make.. 
 
 THE BOYS' HOUSE, 
 
 built by a mother in memorial of a beloved boy, recently opened, 
 is the house of the older boys — a fine, cheerful house, with a handsome 
 school-room, a library or social room for evening recreation, two good dor- 
 mitories, and convenient lavatory. It is designed for thirty boys, has already 
 twenty-four occupants, under tlie schoolmaster and his wife, who reside in 
 the building. The sum of $150 per annum is named as the charge for 
 a boy not entered as a printing apprentice nor under training in the 
 garden on the farm, but simi)ly getting his board, clothing, and a plam 
 education. For an apprentice to the printing or other industrial work, 
 there is an entrance fee asked of $150, which is in full of all demands. 
 
 THE 'J'YPE-SETTIN(r ROOMS 
 
 of the stereotype foundry, as already mentioned, give a remunerative trade 
 and consequent means of self-support to lame or otherwise enfeebled boys 
 and girls. Of this class of beneficiaries we have had twenty-five boys and 
 five girls, and the average number of apprentices is twelve, who, under 
 their able and taithfiil superintendent, are constandy turning out work for 
 
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 New York publishers which would do credit to well-established city- 
 houses. 
 
 THE CHURCH, 
 
 among the institutions of the place that might have been mentioned 
 first, is the central bond of them all. The edifice, built by Mr. Adam 
 Norrie, is a goodly one, graceful in proportion and design, with nave and 
 transept, furnished with an organ, bell, etc., and capable of holding upwards 
 of three hundred persons, standing in the midst of the rising village. The 
 resident pastor holds regular services in the church, and more familiar 
 devotional meedngs among his people. 
 
 Here is that " Church of the Testimony of Jesus," which the founder 
 once desired to establish in the city, but which is now most appropriately 
 the church of a parish composed of the ministrants and recipients of chari- 
 ties, bearing practical testimony to Jesus. As an Episcopal Church re- 
 cognizing tlie wider church of the brotherhood in Christ, it should com- 
 mend St. Johnland to all who desire to see the former in more fraternal 
 communion with sound branches of the latter. It is one of the germs 
 appearing here and there, of Christian union. 
 
 AVHENCE THE FUNDS FOR ST. JOHNLAND, PAST AND 
 
 PRESENT ? 
 
 The answer would be a long story, telling of the liberality of those 
 who supplied the means for beginning the enterprise, thus encouraging it, 
 although then tliey had not much confidence in it themselves ; of the 
 subsequent benefactions of those who in large sums i^rovided for the erec- 
 tion of the buildings and making other improvements ; of the contributions 
 
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 of many for the sui)port of the beneficiaries of the place, etc. For such 
 information those who desire it are referred to an account of St. [ohnland, 
 to be had of Mr. Whittaker. No. 2 liible House, of which a new edition, 
 bringing the account to a later date, will appear early in the year. 
 
 But without waiting for that, it is lioped that our readers, from what 
 has been here said and from other sources, are satisfied that the wor'K is 
 worthy of their patronage; and if so, that they will be disposed, according 
 to their abilit\-. to aid it. I'his they may do by contributing to the sup- 
 port of its beneficiaries of ditTerent classes, according to the rates specified 
 in the i)receding pages. These are less than cost, but even at these rates 
 many of the children and several of the aged inmates of the Inn are un- 
 ])rovided for, whom we should be gkid to have remembered. Tlic avails 
 oi the stereotype foundry are considerable, with the prosi)ect of steady 
 increase. Patronage for this branch of industry is solicited of city pub- 
 lishers, who may see specimens of the work at the iiible House. 
 
 The produce of the farm and vegetable grounds, of course, is valua- 
 ble where it finds so many consumers — the present population of the place, 
 young and old, being more than one hundred. 
 
 The chief revenue of St. Johnland is in the good-will of its friends. 
 This we have largely enjoyed, and would acknowledge with gratitude to 
 them, and still more to Him whose instruments tJiey are in bestowing 
 upon us the signs of His tavor. We humbly pray for its continuance. 
 
 Among those to whom the subscriber would commend this charity, 
 or combination of charities, he hopes may reckon many of his former 
 l)upils who are now "well to do" in the world. Should these pages 
 meet the eye of any one of them, perhaps he may be inclined to cheer 
 his old School Father in the last work of his life. 
 
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 Donations will be appreciated of whatever amount, and appropriated 
 either to substantial improvements on the place or to meet its current ex- 
 penses. Those for the former purpose .may be made to Mr. Howard Pot- 
 ter, Treasurer, Brown Brothers & Co., New York ; those for the latter to the 
 subscriber, to whom all communications about St. Johnland may be addressed. 
 Clothing of all kinds is always acceptable. 
 
 \V. A. ML'HI.KNBERCi. 
 
 St. Luke's Hosi'itai,, New Vork, December. 1871. 
 
OFF! GEES AND TRUSTEES 
 
 OK IHK 
 
 CORPORATION OF ST. JOIINLANI) 
 
 P K E S I U E N T . 
 
 JOHN DAVID WOLFE. 
 
 \' I C E - P R E S I D E N T . 
 
 ADAM N O R R I 1^ . 
 
 TK E ASC R ER . 
 
 HOWARD I'OTTKR. 
 
 S E C R E r A R V . 
 
 WM. ALEXANDER SMITH. 
 
 W. A. MUHLENBERG, 
 HEMAN DYER, 
 WM. H. ASPINWALL, 
 E. P. FABBRI, 
 JOHN COTTON SMITH, 
 EDWARD A. WASHBURN, 
 FREDK. S. WINSTON, 
 CYRUS CURTISS, 
 JAMES M. BROWN, 
 ROBERT S. HOLT, 
 
 TRUSTEES. 
 
 ANNE AVRES. 
 
 CATH. S. JONES, 
 
 GEO. I). MORGAN, 
 
 WM. E. CHISOLM, 
 
 F. E. LAWRENCE, 
 
 THEO. W. RILEY, 
 
 JOHN H. EARLE, 
 
 J. PIER FONT MORGAN, 
 
 HENRY C. MONTGOMERY, 
 
 HENRY C. POTTER. 
 
 F. G. FOSTER 
 
The Objects of the Society, as declared /// the Certificate of ] iieorporation, are 
 
 as folUnos : 
 
 'J"o hold the estate known as St. Johnland, Suffolk County. New York ; to 
 have the supervision of its affairs ; and^ to see that it be rightly used for the purposes 
 for which it has been created, which purposes, in the main, are as follows, viz. : 
 
 First. To provide cheap and comfortable homes, together with the means of 
 social and moral improvement, for deserving families from anrong the working classes, 
 particularly of the City of New York, and such as can carr\- on their work at St. 
 Johnland ; but this provision shall never be used for pecuniary emolument, either 
 to the Society or to any of the Agents in its emplo)'. 
 
 Srcoiitt. To maintain a home for aged men in destitute circumstances, especi- 
 ally all Communicants, who are esteemed entitled to it by the Churches to which they 
 belong ; to care for friendless children and youih, and especially cripples, b\- giving 
 them home, scliooling. Christian training, and some trade or occupation by whicli 
 thev can earn their liiture livelihood ; and generallv to do such other Cluistian offices 
 as shall from time to time be required, and are practicable, by the Society, con- 
 sistently with its benevolent designs. 
 
 Third. To assist indigent boys and yount; men who desire literary educalimi. 
 with a view to the Gospel Ministry, by affording them the opportunity for snch 
 education, and, at the same time, means of self-support by some useful employment. 
 An Evangelical school, or college, chiefly for training for the Ministry, would come 
 within the scope of the Society. 
 
 Lastly, and as embracing its whole, to give form and practical application to 
 the principles of Brotherhood in Christ, in an organized congregation or parish, 
 constituted by settled residents of St. ]ohnland. 
 
 FORM OF BEQUEST. 
 
 1 give ami bequeath to the Society of* St. Joluilamt, a corporation created in the year 1870. 
 under the laws ot the State of New York, or to the Treasurer thereof, for the time being, for its 
 corjiorate purposes, — _ — - 
 
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