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will average nearly sixty in this parish alone, am
therefore must count among the thousaw i'i WV
whole diocese every year.
MR.. MACARTHUR on BAPTIST WORK.
OTHER DENOMINATIONS oUTsTRIePED IN EXTENSION

whole diocese every year.
MR. MACARTHUR on BAPTIST WORK.
OTHER DENOMINATIONS oUTsrm'PEp IN EAihNSio'
LITTLE RELIANCE on REVEALS.
The Rev. Robert s. Macarthur. pastor OF the Cal
vary Baptist Church, who was found at his nome on
Friday evening, cordially gave HE lkiDoNh
reporter summary of the condition OF the pap''S'
determination in this city. THE Baptists OF New
York are pushing noby forward" SAID he. In inc
rast i've years their growth in numbers has peeh
exceedingly rapid The total membership OF all tne
churches is about 10000 and about 13.ooo chill
dren belong to the Sunday-schoos. The pulpit was
never better manned. In influence. wealth. Social
standing and spiritual power the Bapt'sts aio
stronger and rank higher to-day than ever oeioi'
In church-buiding they have done more III t"eSo
five years than in the same length oil time III az
their history The Baptist Church is certainty
keepinq pace with the expansion o. otner rel'sr'u'
bodies in this city regard to numbers WIN '"o
pcssible exception of the Episcopal Churcn' coh-
corning which should have to refer to STATISTICS
+, chuch-building it has ou.sripped all other oe-
nominations.
."Tbe Church Is making special efforts to meet the
RELIGIONS needs of the enementhouse population OIL
the CITY. The Baptist City Mission Is organized 10
meet exactly the wSnts of this class. Through the
liber,lity of j. A. Bostwick, of DIR. Armita2os
Church, Emmanuel Church. our second MISSION
church. was built in Suffolk-st. Fresh vigor was
also put INTO the Mariners Church lot sailors a'
Oliver and Henry SITS, and this is accomplishing
successful work. On the West Side marked move
ment is on foot in charge of DR. Edward Julson,
who left large church in orange n. d. anu 70
condnctinp prosperous work among what NAV De
called the better class OF the poor AZ DruioIu s
Downing sts lie has ordn Gnrma ss peope There
is a successful mission also at Laight ana arlck
ais where Dr. Halsev w. Knapp ga,nereu VI
y large congregation. He has recently ,rJNeu
further M taking the Nacdougal Street Chnrcn as
his centre of operations. while another pastor VIII
take charge of his old church. Ihefe " pIospJi
ing mission for colored peone-mostlV from .no
Sontb--at Seyenth-ave. and Thirty-lourtn-sb All
other feature of labor IS the vigorous tent-"OlA
which has been conducted for three successive yeaiS
at Srcond-ave and lwentleih-st ~, -
"Tbrce marked features o. our growth are our
ne churches our successful mssions.and oar larga
contributions TO benevoence Az our Iast ahn ,
meeting in October, 1857 our churcheS
reported for bcneyolence outside OF nome Worn'
over S250.O00; the total amount ior al PURPOSES
currenf expenses and church Improvement was De-
tween 300 600 and $5OO030. These contributions
are much larger than ever before. our cnuIcnes
have become united IN the past zen years as nero,
before Previous TO that there were TWO assoc'a,
tons; they are now united. controversies oncg
alternating church from church have All pas7em,
away and there is now absolute harmonS ~. az az
our plans Our spiritual progress Is indicated ny
the irnits / have mentioned, showing ~ 10 DE- III
| good condition / say without hesitation
| tbSt those features in church work which
EN- fo iudtca,e genuine fervor OF re-
| giouq feeling have been GROWING. Iners -
| greater feryor in missionary zeal ana rsllRiouS
| Enterprise than there was ten years ago. Inc
churches of our denomination never before occupied
| so iuh leniial position and had such ehcouIashs
PROSPECTS, agnow. -
Regarding church attendance. my own con-
gregatiOn has been counted twice eaoh cuhuay Iot
| eleven years The average atteudance LOT the las1
fo wears has been larger than before, and ls grow
ING larger each year. There Is less tendency 20 IN
crease the numbers by special reviVal EFFORTS ,nnl
| D.. and ma 1
| the ordinary services. This indicates much
more healtniu and hopeful growth tnan II through
| the spasmodic efforts once made. We are put
| ting more confidence in the daily honor OF God IN
| HIS own hou than III spasmodlc attempts NhCh
are necessarily followed by reaction; our pIaNeI
| meetings, one feature OF our regular "orh-o'
which there are two each week, one Tor young peo-
ple-are large. In Calvary Church the average
attendance on them is nearly one-halt that OF ino
| "Onf nome mi>sions more generally supported
| than foreign missions For the year ending Ootoper,
| 1SS1 calvary Church gave the American Baptist
| Home Mission Society sos. 020. while foreign mis-
| SONS received only $4,000. The proportion Is not
Lec, se a speciai effort was made to celebrate the
inblee year of the soci'ty he interest Ia either
class OF missions IN comparison WIN thp JIM n.S
not greatly varied ia ten years. although OWING W
foreign immigration the interest III home MISSIONS
| has increased somewhat. , =.
| As for denOinInatIonal differences. the lines hre
| NOT IN a marked degree less ngadly defined no"
| than ten years ago At tue same tme distinctions
| are observed kindly but hrmIy, III toGai iiiy
| Each denomination has come TO respect the other
position p rnaps more than formerlY' "hlie not ~
| all abandoning its own.
In me hods OF work there - tendency TO eNalt
the importance of Sunday labor to EXPECT
| be I'm and work tor the conversion OF the young
| IN "a greater degree than IN former years. vi TO-
! yiyal work here j have already gwen my opinion;
| 'Inlconcuslon regarding my satisfaction WIN lnc
preseut position OF our determination III this COM
| inunIty-its influence for good It's comparative
strength and the sincere devotion OF the great mass
OF IT'S members. say: There ~ always room lor i,
provement anu WI Chrlsts lde1i auu tnat ol .ne
| Apostles III mind, | snail say am not satshea.
But with the standard hitherto set up ana SUI set
| like Tho APOSTLE Paul, however We wish to ioTget
| the things whIct behind and To press ior"atu.
| We have no sympathy with the so-chlei new
| theology but stand untlIncnngly by the Apostle
| when he determined to know nothing among men
| save Jesus CHRIST and Him cTucihcd"