New-York tribune., 1886-05-28
ave-. who was cnt the forehssL Jaeger was held In
the Harlan Cnnr
THE CHURCNES ~ THE CITIES.
NEW METHODS OF WORK DEMANDED.
ADDRtssrs IL THE CHUgCH CONGRESS BY THE
REV. u. -. TYLER AND HE REV. W. $. RAINS

ADDRKssrs IL THE CnUgCH cONGgEss BY I'll
REV. Il. D.. TYLER AND HE REV. W. s. RAINS
FORD
CLEVELAND May 27 (SDcciaD Tie closing
session OF rho Church Congress proved and
instructive any OF the previous meetings aud ~
well attended Tho first speaker OF to-day the Rev. B
b. Tyler Of New York. VINO spoke The Pea ijustnent
OF the Churches to Meet Modern Needs Our C!tics'
lie said IN part:
II any one questions the necessity for a eadustment
OF the church to modern needs IN the cities the reply
society IN America the city growing fictor Ia all
problems relating 10 tho moral and spiritual iifc o. the
pcopc Ih"io Is danger ~ our gr AT cities Incoming
great moral ulcers On pie SAINT sund'y I'm Boston, In
1852 l2i99 persons attended church, rather more
Than 20 per cent ~ the population In the Ienlh ari
in New-York there is popnl ,tion Of almost 10000
with only five Protestant churches ami chae aud III
the seventh Ward the same d"Stiinli0n exists what
the Roman Catholic Church u DONG for IN great mass
OF human beings II has been impossible to learn.
We in places almost equal the bitter OF ontcast
London, whirn startled CBrsteudo u two or three
looking condition OF the people Of the ronth
ward III York. The reports are sad. Eighteen
thousand nine hundred and sxv,X tenemcnts con ain
an avertge or about tfty parsons each. or almost
loU0,OoO pcrsons This million Is unprccedcntly
crowded and it's physical and moral unhappness An
misery cannot he adequately described. comptra.
lively small per cent of the population is directly and
regularly the influence the Gospel. The moral
drs'itutiOn ~ much greater than the physical DO not
these !acts suggest that there ousht to be readst-
and blessed by Gospel OF Lord Jesus There ha
been quiet assumption In the statenersa TO he num-
ber OF churches ant ch3prs when keeps the
real condition of he people II Il here assumed tnat tho
pla cs Of religious instruction ami WORSHIP are well a.
tended. 1bs il not the fact The churches rule
by means cr.wdrd The people prefer the places OF
amusement and dissipation.
The Rev. W. {. Rainsford OF New-YorF, said:
Tho work of church and the work Of the state are
indisSoubly bound together We may as well nope 10
prevent The eastern winds from blowing on our shores
TO prevent Immigration. 1t is necessary To nave the
Inspiration of the church 70 ai the work or tn ATE
In keeping mp the IDEAS OF tho people. Otherwise we
cannot weave tho wool INTO the garments OF the Naoha
existence. We hayr ju'tbe un 10 reAi1 thl+ We nave
Thought To make much OF the development OF the ind
vdus faith OF the varons denOnin atoms The Nation
IL engaged IN the wonderful work Of mouling N fath
OF one grand whole out of the inarmoniouS falth or
foreign elements The main mission "f the church / To
teach u" nm erlying principe OF human lfe nni thr
grand principle OF humanity Of Jesus Christ The fc-
tories speak OF the cca-eless business activity,
and churches should all speak of our
mission In the world.
The Rev. Dr. william Barrows, Of Reading. Penn.
and the Rev s. W. Dixie. Of Royaltown W., spoke OF The
condition o. tho church In towns aud tle frontier