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sary to recapitulate the names of the various minis- 

 ters who have since been in charge of the Parish; 

 suffice it to say, that at this present time the position 

 is held by the Rev. B. F. DeCosta, D.D., and the 

 congregation worship, by invitation, in the Church 

 of St. John the Evangelist, West nth Street and 

 Waverly Place. 



Experience having shown that a separate church 

 for British emigrants was not needed, in 1878 the 

 Vestry of the church made formal application to 

 St. Luke's Hospital for a transfer of all the rights 

 and privileges acquired under the deed of covenant 

 of 1852 to the St. George's Society, and although 

 at first the suggestion was somewhat favorably re- 

 ceived it was finally rejected ; one result of the dis- 

 cussion which then ensued, however, was to induce 

 St. Luke's to designate by name a particular ward 

 for the use of British emigrants, in accordance with 

 the first article of the agreement, and which up to 

 this time had been neglected. The ward select- 

 ed is in the south-west wing, on the ground floor 

 of the hospital building, and is indicated by a tablet 

 as the "Ward of St. George the Martyr." The 

 St. George's Society can therefore point out with 

 some pride to the fact that the first idea of a church 

 and hospital, or a church hospital, originated with 

 its Chaplain and Secretary, the Rev. Moses Marcus, 

 and that the present valued institution of St. Luke's 

 Hospital is built partly upon ground obtained solely 



