▁prominent ▁lawyer ▁and ▁secretary ▁of ▁C athedral ▁of ▁St . ▁John ▁the ▁Div ine . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁George ▁Mac cul lo ch ▁Miller ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 2 ▁in ▁Mor rist own , ▁New ▁Jersey . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁politician ▁Jacob ▁W . ▁Miller ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁Mary ▁Louis a ▁Mac cul lo ch . ▁His ▁father ▁and ▁J . ▁Pier pont ▁Morgan ▁were ▁direct ors ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York , ▁New ▁H aven ▁and ▁Hart ford ▁Rail road . ▁He ▁graduated ▁from ▁the ▁Bur ling ton ▁College ▁in ▁New ▁Jersey ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 0 ▁and ▁later ▁Harvard ▁Law ▁School . ▁ ▁Career ▁George ▁Mac cul lo ch ▁Miller ▁and ▁several ▁others ▁began ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁char itable ▁collections ▁among ▁churches ▁and ▁business ▁groups ▁in ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁ 1 8 8 2 .] ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 3 , ▁a ▁committee ▁was ▁appointed ▁" to ▁take ▁steps ▁to ▁have ▁Hospital ▁Saturday ▁and ▁Sunday ▁observed ▁throughout ▁the ▁United ▁States ." ▁M embers ▁of ▁the ▁committee ▁included ▁Miller , ▁Charles ▁Lan ier , ▁Morris ▁K . J es up , ▁Samuel ▁D . ▁Bab cock , ▁Corn el ius ▁V ander b ilt , ▁J esse ▁Sel ig man , ▁Jacob ▁H . ▁Schiff , ▁and ▁Charles ▁Stewart ▁Smith . ▁The ▁goal ▁of ▁this ▁organization ▁was ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁second ▁collection ▁in ▁churches ▁across ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁have ▁the ▁money ▁dis b urs ed ▁to ▁hosp it als ▁for ▁assistance ▁to ▁ind ig