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ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR. 



At the quarterly meeting held January loth, 1859, 

 attention was called to the importance of investiga- 

 ting at once any rights which the St. George's So- 

 ciety, through the Anglo-American Free Church of 

 St. George the Martyr, might hold upon St. Luke's 

 Hospital, and after some discussion a select commit- 

 tee of five was appointed to inquire into the subject. 

 This committee presented a lengthy report at the 

 meeting, held April i ith, from which and from other 

 documents to which we have had access, we have 

 gathered the following particulars : 



At some time previous to the year 1845, the Rev. 

 Moses Marcus, then Chaplain of the Society, in- 

 augurated a Society under the name of " The An- 

 glo-American Free Church of St. George the Mar- 

 tyr," the objects of which were to make provision 

 for the spiritual welfare of such of the British emi- 

 grants to this country as might be members of the 

 Episcopal Church, and afford them the temporal aid 

 and counsel they might need on their arrival here. 

 His efforts, in a measure, were successful, he havino- 

 been instrumental in providing the usual services of 

 the church for those newly arriving in this city, as- 

 sisting many in procuring employment, relieving tem- 

 porarily those who were in distress and aiding others 

 by information and advice in selecting localities in 



