The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-26
BfPTIsT MINISTER'S TICITIONs.
Why should not the Inert Deacon. Take the
Hint and Go to Works

The Baptist ministers met yesterday in
their weekly conference in the Mariners Tenn
pie for the last time this summer. Their topic.
Church Work in Vacation" was introduced
by the reading Of an essay by tho Rev. Dr. A. L.
Osborne OF this city. He took the ground that
church. as such. cannot properly take yaca-
ton. II ii is conceded that it is within the
province OF the church to discontinue its ser
vices for vacation. that vacation will always
result in evil Tho majority Of the church
always remains in the city during the summer
So 10 the Sunday-school children. They are
shut out Of the church while parks and gar
dens saloons and theatres are open. II open
places will receive them. There are fifty-eight
Baptist chur hes in New York. Close thcm all
losing one church for four years and ton
months. In this city there are two hundred and
forty incorporate Protestant churches. Let
cach suspend for a mouth in year, and 1t Is
ihr same AZ one church dropped out for twrn-
DR.. Osborne. while emphatically against inter-
rupting "A church's functions, believed Just as
firmly that pastors and members OF churches,
especially ia large cities. should take an annual
Dr. scudder OF Brooklyn said that he goes to
England and breaches, and an English pastor
comes here TO supply his pulpit,
and logic on It's side" Dr. Osborne said in con-
clusion. that the secular press has much 10
say every summer on cur running e the sea-
side and mountains and leaving our fork 10 be
scattered or devoured. and the multitude to
perish The occasion should be- removed II Is
a blot in all our large cities upon our modern
Protestant Christianity. We the pastors can
change this II we will We should show the
world that Christ's churches never vacate
that. while their pastors or their members may.
the work Of the church goes on.
Brother Rhodes decamed against the custom
Of pastors going to the country b"caus" II r.
Fashionable, or because they can have a good
time. Let the poor dysp"pte : 70. The others
should stay aud work. H~ own work is moro
urgent IN summer than az any other tim" in the
year. In August last he attended fourteen
funerals, HIS vacations areto Kockaway beach,
no place like New York for pleasant short cN-
cursluns.
Dr. samson recalled the time when he was
preaching IN Washington. \ church he said
i somewhat ike government. Ip q the end
of the war the President never went away from
Washington, hut WAS within call. II was mar
vel TO everybody when the last Administratio on
came in, 10 see the President running every
summer 10 Long Branch. Even. Adminisira-
ton newspapers sharply criticised the custom
In England II the Queen goes 10 Scotland oI
travels about. the newspapers scoli. Some Oi
his richest shcavcs Were gathered In summer
One day in a week 10 Coney Island or 10 Rock
away Beach is enough vacation for him.
Brother Sarlcs thought that the dcacons
might visit the sick and bury the d"nd. and LET
the pastors take rest once in Wi !ir. Deac cons
don't have mach TODD. he said, and there l. nc
law. human or divine, against deacuns max inL
thems selves useful. Applause. and a han
snothrrcd exclamation. j matt : so. Brother
CaIihoppcr said Amen - the whole Ot IT,