The New York herald., 1876-09-17
CITY EVANGELISTIO MOVEMENTS.
UNION GospEL SERVICES IN CHICKEnING

HALL-THE UNION MISSIONARY SOCIETY
SCHEME PoR CITY AND COUNTRY.
The evangclists movements inaugurated here last
winter by Nessrs Moody and Sankey, and continued
with less in various forms since is to
be advanced still more by local evangelsis during the
ensuing fall and winter Two movements foot,
Of Which, under the direction of the Rev. Samuel
Colcord, is TO bo naugurated tho LIST OF October in
Chckcrng Hail. which has been leased for a term of
three years for Sabbath services morning and after
A volunteer choir OF 200 singers. under tho
leadership OF Mr.. Charles l.. Gunn formerly Of tho
Church OF tho Disciples, Is already in training
for this enterprise. 1t Is not de-
signed by this movement to interfere with
any existing church denomination, but iis
purpose is TO reach tho outlying non-church going
masses Of high degree we'll OF low. Mr.. Cocord
is graduate OF Dr. Tyng's House of Evangcliss, and
has been engaged in missionary abors in thus city for
somc time past. His enterprise has tho sanction and
fullest confidence OF Drs Taylor. Tying, Jr., Ludlow,
Elder Chapman, Sabine, Tucker, wedcknd, Hep
worth, Deems Ky lance, Ormiston and many other
leading ccrgymen Of the different demon nations IN
this city. Hence 1t will DO that the services
to DO entirely undenoninalonaL Rev. l.. S. Hobart
and Messrs George W. wetmore A. f. Austin and
benjamin c. Wetmore treasurer, are an executive
committee to look after the material interests OF this
movement whose success, judging from tue
and character Of those engaged in IT, Is already
assured. Another evangcstio movement, moro COM
picatcd and. presume more expensive too 10 10 DO
inauguratcd hero or in brooklyn in short timc IL Is
TO DO carried on by the
UNION MISSIONARY SOCIETY,
body Incorporated under the laws Of this State last
June The object OF this society, as declared by its
constitution, Is 'to employ, as the Lord shall direct,
open fields and supply means, persons full OF the Holy
Spirit and wise TO win souls cyangclists in places
desiring and needing special help and to establish per-
mancnt union meetings IN the principal cities, 10
which undenom national Sabbath schools and revival
meetings shall be hed,' &c In one or moro cities,
when means are supplied one place shall be furnished
home Tor evangeists and Christian workers,
where instruction and training for CHRISTIAN work may
be had Tree and when necessary treatment regain
health to perform missionary labor. Then follows
list OF qualifications for membership in tins Union Mis-
sonary Society, the time, manner Of their meetings,
tho collection and disbursement OF moneys, the ap-
pointing, counselling sustaining and dsmssing OF
evangcsts missionaries and agents, the selection OF
fields OF labor the calling OF conventions and the pub
cation OF paper to advocate their interests Twenty
trustees, including president, vice president,
secretary and assistant treasurer and assistant audit
ors, business manager and Office editor, are to keep
the machinery OF this complicated concern In motion.
The officers OF this society are:-Rcv Bishop J.
Weaver, d. d. President; Rev. :. ii. Patt, A. NJ. Vice
President, Rev. II. A. King, Secretary Rev. George A.
Sparks, Assistant Secretary Marshall Driggs Treas
urer; Rev. IL. A. King, Assistant Treasurer; Samuel
X. Smith and f. 5. AInsworth, auditors The list of
trustees embraces minister's and laymen OF different
denominations, scattered throughout the country from
mainly, II not all believers in and advocates OF ''ths
higher life" whatever that may mean Two motives
not declared IN their constitution or prospectus but
may be gathered from cOrrelatve iacts and circum-
stances These are-hrst, the dsintcgration Of the
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR Tux PROMOTION or HoLI
whose breaking up we have chronicled from time to
time, the pieces fell apart The excessive pie,y of
this ASSOCIATION than IL could carry around
the country successfully and II has been crushed by It's
own weight Men unused to travel on such high
plains OF life above their fellows are likely to become
gddy IRON the altitude and to topple This
to be the with the National Association for
the Promotion OF Holiness. The new Union Mission
AIRY Society OF New York has organized so to be
ready when Philadelphia neighbor expires carry
over this land. They, too will hold camp meet
ipgs at central points in the summer. and Will hire
halls and preaching places in large cities the fall and
winter and thus carry ON their operations ANY
person." they, mot living IN the practice Of any
immortality. who believes repentance and holiness OF
heart necessary to salvation and pro faith In the
Lord Jesus Chrisi,n shall be eligible to any oalce in
The society. Is there an Implication here that holy
persons practice mmoraityy
has published here Tor few years in the interest
OF Church Union, as the name implies, aud yet what
OF union have been unable to discover, is
recently in very delicate position parity owing to
the hard tines and partly to the want Of point aud
purpose in its pub bicaton ana the consequent want OF
patronage and party also TO the publication OF another
paper in very much the same interests in the Same
neiehborhood Both advocate Un'on in Christ, but
union in the Church, neither of them, OF course, ex
ORGANIC UNION OF THE DENOMINATIONS
II, therefore, the CAureh Union should at any time
collapse Union in Christ might possibly succeed,
though II, too, has had hard and trying time cking
out n living. And one of the reasons Tor the
organization OF tho Union Missionary Society
is TO keep 1t alive, that, It's
rivals in New York Philadelphia shall die
ing their ground, obtain their subscribers Dnd
live. Preceding the camp meetings which this Union
Missionary Society are 10 hold next summer eabor
ate programme, nearly nicd out already is TO be pub
lished. The meetings are TO last two weeks each
place, and Round Lake ground has been promiaed and
ocean Grove applied for and other places will also DO
II resSe q he
discuss at these meetings topics which they
made a speciality and in which they excel Some OF
those topics are eminenty PRACTICAL some vision
ary, become higher lie travellers But the scheme,
such 1t is and to cover city and country is be
inauguratcd here In Brooklyn within few weeks II
no unforeseen and extraordinary hindrance inter.
feres with The prorrammo