The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-12-11
SUNDAY IN NEW YORK

| anu nisnt the nurrV aEQ DuStle goes on,
One can always hear the rafting and
ciashlng of cab and bus, the jingliug
and tInkliDg of the hawKers' bells; the
humping and rumbling of the heavy
drays and beer wagons; the dull roar OF
the horse car and fierce rush of the
elevated car; the tramp, tramp, tramp
OF the neVer-endIng throng; the sharp
screeching OF the car whistle aud heavy
boohing of the steamers whistles The
air is full of commlngled sounds all the
time. OF course there is rising and
falling, ebbing and flowing of this
ocean of SOUNDS; but so as to keep
about an even balance to
its endlessness. The people are
always coming, coming from
everywhere, and they are always going,
going to the ends of the earth. So, like
the troubled sea, the great metropolis
meyer rests.
Sunday Is no exception to the rule.
A villsger would not know by the ap-
pearance of things. Sunday from another
day. A chime OF bells now and then
only adds to the confusion of sounds
which already fill the air. An observer
will see that the men are not at work on
the streets, and that many of the stores
are closed and the parks are unusually
thronged with people Sunday is not
quiet day here. The rush and roar of
the week go right on over the day
OF rest. The people who go
to church worship in the din
and clatter of the outside world which
presses into their holy places. The mel
ody OF their great organs and fine sing
ing has to contend with numerous dis
cordant sounds that come in from the
streets. The preachers voice is confront
ed with noise equal TO the rushing of
many waters. But l presume the old
New Yorker, being accustomed to the
mingling of holy and unholy sounds,
can sleep IN church about as well as his
rural neighbors.
spent Sunday in the city as follows:
Went to the Church of the Strangers
in the morning This Is a down town
church, quite large, but rather plain in
all its appointments. The ~ongIega-
tiCn Is large, but not fashionable. Il
was largely composed OF young men,
whom took to be mechanics and
clerks. saw few old people, rather
PLAIN, among them. The services are
semi-rItualistic. The congregation, and
three o: four hundred children, led by a
preceptor, do the singing. The child
rem lang one hYmO alone. DIR. Deems,
the pastor, went to New York as q
Southern Methodist, bat was adopted by
Commodore Vanderbilt. and eslablIshe d
this so-called non-sectArian church He
is little bodied, big-kouled, warm
hearted, active-brsined Christian gen.
tleman; just the kind of man 10 build
up conglomera.e society. As a
preacher. he Is considerably above the
average, with Gitct, fluent,
tOrcible style. To me his
manner was soneNh hat affected
He announced for his text, / Cor. 10
4-s, and gave US a good, practical dis
course on Pauline Charity.
In the afternoon l went to an up town
church, on Fifth aven lie, and heard DR..
John Hall. 1t ranks among the great
churches of the city. and is supported
by very wealthy Presbyterian congre-
| CATION. The audience was large and
elegant; the worship simple and beauti-
full /; NJ choir, but grand congregational
singing. The people stood up aud
1 nFAlcpn tho ruif
voices. 1t was the kind of singing that
stirs The devour soul. DIR. Hall is a
large. broad-chested, short -necked, big
Drained Scotchman. He took 8 PLAIN
text and preached a sound gospel SER
mon on Influence of the
Holy Scriptures" He has a
ane voice. rather q broad brogue,
and talks in q straight forward
way fhat commands the attention OF The
nearer. But think one wants TO bear
him q number of times 80 appreciate
his ability. 1 am sorry that he covers
his finely developed body with q great
black gown.
In the evening went tn the Lexing-
ton Avenue u. E. Church, aud heard q
short discourse from a Kansas preacher.
and that thousands of New YORK
ers attend church on Sunday, but many
more thousands go By the churches to
the parks and VARIOUS resorts in and
near the city. There were for instance
about fifteen hundred persons In DR..
Halls church, but there were, no doubt,
as many thousands IN Central Park.
The churches were closed by Ten O'Clock
but the beer gardens and other places
of amusement were patronizeI 20 a much
later hour. g. r r.