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1 inTroduCTion THe CHAriTy TrAp iit ends at Trinity Church. It’s a famous view, down thef you stroll along Wall Street in New York, you see that narrow street to the elegant spire of the brownstone church. You can find the view in countless postcards, guides to New York City, and snapshots that tourists took themselves. For two centuries Trinity has been the “Wall Street church,” and remains so to this day. If you went to Trinity on Easter Sunday, 2008, you heard the children’s choir and a stirring sermon by the rector. In the Prayers of the People you prayed for the Episco- pal Church, the Archbishop of Canterbury, bishops in the United States, and Trinity’s companion Diocese of Matlo- sane, South Africa. You prayed for the American president, the governor of New York State, the mayor of New York City, and the secretary-general of the United Nations. You prayed for the homeless and destitute, for all who have hubbard Pages.indd 1 7/10/09 9:57:58 AM

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