New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-06
WORKING FOR MANKIND.
GLOOMY AND A CHEERFUL VIEW.
ARR pEprw KEPT AWAY FROM THE CONFER
ENcE BY HIS LANE FooT-DR. HALL

AIR pEPEw KEPT AWAY FROM THE CONFER
ENoE BY HIS LAME FooT-pR. HALL
STRIKES KEYNOTE OF HOPE.
Az the meeting OF the Church Missionary Conference
at Chickerng Hall yesterday afternoon f. b.
presided The Rev. DR.. Morgan conducted inc ue-
votonal exercises There was large a''enoanee anu
many of the people present had undoubtedly DEC" az
traced by the name of Chauncey NJ DePew' "no was
announced TO speak on Christianity as the worms
,,roat rn,ifino powers But TO their bitter disap-
pointment Mr. Depew could not do so. as his doctor
did not believe that would be safe for him 10 use MS
injured foot yet.
several able addresses telling about the work being
done were delivered. The Rev. DIR. CRAWFORD ea'0
many interesting facts about the Methodist CiS MS
sions The last two years had been years OF as
aster They had lost many good men, among them QUO
,hat lowered above the rest, John b. Cornell for SIX
teen wears president of the New-York Church Ex-
tension Society. Mcthodism must be aggressive vi.
nothing must be evangelical or die. lie felt tha' wc
zine had como for advance. Methods must DO
changed He knew Of churches formerly cro"uco
now hall empty. No mattcr how eloquent the preach
er the people did not come. The chuThless pcopio
must be approached and dealt with with persistence
and churches should be kept open on week days.
There vas.he said lack Of earnestness and inter-
est in religious matters in New-York. He rcmem-
tered the time when New-York was Oou-De"rns'
sabbath keeping city, when there was no 'rao III 0
streets, and no stores or markets were hcp' op''.
except the fsh market That time he hoped a0o
believed would come again.
The Rev. Dr. John Hall spoke about the fioso'
rfnian Church Extension Society. He took nope
sul view of religious work I'm the city. stahd M
fore yous he said as OF this foreign popuaioh
in relation to which good many STRONG statements
have been made, and behalf Of the foreign popuia
ton ask you take kindly an attitude toward us
as you can. and to speak as favoraby OF US as con-
sisently with truth you can possibly do and leu 'he0
not BIO any temptation put in our way when we come
TO live among YOU to think unworhily OF the iath
that you hold in consequence OF the things 'hat VIC
see in the life Of the city and in consequence OF the
things that read in your daily press No"
would like to express my own conviction ana 'ha'
would be against any Respondent tone III reiauoh ~
this city of New-York in its religious He zap
plauseJ have lived here fer one and twenty years
have been in the Presbyterian the Congregational
in the Baptist and in the Methodist chuIches as
preacher and hearcr as some Of those brethren
have been from time time in the pulpit I'LL
can honestly and truly say here that as lar as my
observation has extended, religious life has never Ueeh
IN so good condition in these twentyone years as IL
IS in the year in which VIC are met together ana
should be very sorry If the press OF If the general
nuhlIc took ND the notion that were gathered
together because despOndent and cast down,
and baA the feeling that we were forlorn nope
yanly yugglinC I'm a cause that Is passing from orr
hands. Applause.) That is not true to the truth
of things We must be grateful to God for his Kind
ness and grace, and trust Him while we WORK In inc
time that is 10 come loud applause)
Dr. Halls cheerful view abundantly justified
by the magnificent returns he had to present Of the
missionary work Of the Presbyterian Church IN THIS
CITY, He made several practical points on the gem
eral question that appealed TO common sense ana
were much applaudcd by his hearers; for Instance
when he alluded TO the necessity of churches moving
uptown as their congregations moved uptown, which Is
the only reasonable way for keeping up the attendance
and the number OF members on the rolls
The Rev. ". T. Elsing, missionary of the New
York City Mission talked about the excellent WORK
of chat body and Of itS needs for the future conihu
ance and spread of its prosperity.
H. Fulton Cutting took up the subject on which Mr.
Depew to have spoken. and made an address IN
which he showed how Christianity had been identified
with the uplifting and progress of the human family
from the very Of the Christian era 10 the present
day. -, ,~ o.s,o,
The speakers were the Rev DR. josiah strong %nc
the Rev Dr. Frank Russell. on House TO House Wis
itaton,' and Bishop Edward G. andrews on line
Andrews said that this latent power was beyond the
power Of man 70 describe The three great p9weI ~
100000 COMMITMENTS in Newiork churches are
se HR sS cbr'aP 1s sG whI he
suggested in ringing speech providing I3r the ap.
pOntment OF committee OF twenty -HNt WIN power
TO add 10 their number, from the different churches
and missions of the city for careful study and exc
cutiOn Of such plans may seem 10 them wise for
the more efficient cooperation in aggressive Christian
work both the part Of the churches and OF exist
ing mission organizations The following we're APP
pointed as this cOmmittee: Baptists. the Rev. DR..
r. s. Macarthur, the Rev. J. L. Elder and the Rev.
J. J. Bronner: Congregationalst, the Rev Dr. josiah
Strong: Lutherans the Rev Drs G.. L. Wenner, +. F.
Biermeyer and J. f. Krotel Methodsts. the Rev. Drs.
J. ;. Chadwick. o. IT, Tiffany and Ensign McCheSney;
Presbyterian the Rev. Dr. c. ii. Parkhurst the Rev.
II A. Ramsey and the Rev. }. NJ. WOrrell; Protestant
Ept ha Rev Y
Henry Mottet and the Rev. W. s. Rainsford; Re
formed, the Rev. Or. Roderck Terry. the Rev. J. r.
Duryee and W. F. Brown the City Mission. the Rev.
Dr. A. F. schaufler the Episcopal City Mission,
Archdeacon a. Macksv- Smith the Baptist CITY Mis-
sion. the Rev Richard Hartley: the Methodist City
Mission the Rev VI. d. c. Crawford. and the Evan
gclcal Alliance, the Rev. DR.. Frank Russell