New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-15
IN THE CHURCH PORCH.
49,, ,c,ors RywAys AND HIGHWAYS.

RELIGIOUS BYWAYS AND hiun
,..us IN me that in starting popular sunday eSo.>
S,.oos q, which the preaching and m'Sio "'o 60
ne r. hos, that can be obtained, ST. Barn 70,
~.vrch has done wisely. with COMPANY 1o,dou
an,,ors THE great preachers OF this city iato ~
haard in the evening. and many oil our w. sr,,ce
ns,rches are seldom opened for an eVSh"e roon,o
A, the same time, there are large num'eis waning
10 would like 20 hear these preachers IN ~. ,hev
w. 10 s,,re there are plenty Of preachers "nO' E
~ hear. but they feel. whether rightly or ,ror,n
49,, tho average evening sermon oil a u"'" rp,o,
-, ,s moi so good as his morning ssr''o" ~
a., want 10 hear d" talk by ur'1 ~ h,s hos,
welldlgested address by preacher VIZ rumber NJ
Vow, why wouldn't Il be good lue@ " -, sor,.,cos
.ur big churches TO start popula, ,roacbers NJ
with eminent special breaches - which with
course should receive an hoaor"'s 49,, collection
fouis0' s"ou1 .,,t easily be mel by the cohecuoh
o'her eApe"9e .nr,,,ces would be largely Attended
-gective way Of getting people
perhaps sun Ius, ,rould be to hold great popu-
out on SUNDAY 49, .rv,ce in one OF the theatres.
lar ounua' 80 ~ grand possible, but simple
HAVE 'no "A sor preachers choose SUCH men as
and fan'lai' HAYNES Phillips Brooks and Joseph
p'' - pos,on Drs. Lyman Aobot anu o'orIs anu
IN n Iobn W. Chadwick, OF BrooNvh, III. hui'eo''
t,e ~ Haven and--but why go ON Ahere 0
VI 10 "a -rea, preachers In this city alone VINO on
su'" 1,t wan and women who do not ordinarily at
cry - .,Ir,ous service Nor need the preachers be
"a tod IN ordained clcrgymen. such lay preachers
N Low George william Curtis, Robert Orahah'
- Wauamaker and host OF other devo'eu layihen
'vD' u,cb, he mentioned could say something that
MD arrest the attention Of even the most rfenGious'
,Vnorsoa We'll - the first place, il the right men
- q nm an ample expense fund could easily DC
I'D among our wealthy Christian laymen. Inc
=. t,,,d ~ music would cost something but not
- tho preacbers should be generously enumerated
- they would be expected 10 make II" greatest ehort
=, -. l;,.es and something would have 10 be paid
Gov the Use of tie theatre. though most managers
Mould probably ask only enough TO cover expenses
s.,t sfrvices might be continued all winter, and ]
m confident they would reach large class OF people
bou, the churches do not reach and cannot reach
hse iotted down the idea somewhat crudcly now let
s,re one take it up and realize it,
Religion in business is the cry of many preacher
and q very good cry il IS. But have you nouceu
tov- IN recent years business has got into Religion Z
Va am not going to indulge in cheap sneer at
rcuqion fr thinking of the main chance. "ha'
refer 10 is the growth in all the Churches OF great
rbUaptbropc agencies which require for their success
tl management the highest kind OF business ability
~, ,hroucb the magnificent new building OF the
N.,bodist ROCK Concern aud have some Intelligent
,.rone eXplain 10 YOU what Is done In that building
rben glance at the various reports and sec how NE
gigantic business is managed In all Its ln'rlca'e
notifications and you Will get some IDEA OF 'hs
business ability of the men who manage IL WIFE sum
spepdid success You will find similar instances Vi
business ability in all the Churches. These men VINO
manage church institutions and agencies have ohiS
deponinational reputation The great world hardly
hears Of Them And vet as business men, they Stahu
m the same plane with our successful hhahclerS
great merchants and railroad kings But let me
whisper to you: they don't get such big salaries.
Miss lane y Bancroft Ph. p, OF this city, the
head OF the deaconcss movement in the Mothons'
,hurch. Is speaking in the West on tbs s"O'0''
Mis-, bancroft went to Europe few years ago 10
investigate the work of deaconesses At haiser"er'"
She found that the pioneer order of deaconesSes' e'aO
she'd ffty-thrcc years ago by Theodore FIedner
+. doing a noble work. Women are there htte' sor
f,rctrn and home missions. for teaching III hihucT
carens and for nursing in hospitals. There arc
twenty eight branch houses in Germany. and homes
are scattered all along the Mediterranean me
MetboAsts of Germany have had the ordei lof Jour
teen years. and have now five mother houses
,rLere WAS something pathetic IN the recent APP
oeorapcc IN Boston Of Adirondack" Murray as
lecturer Mr. Murrays crratlc career since he with
drew from the ministry some years ago Is wei KNOWN
and need not be referred TO here. mat lie Is sun
man of brilliant parts j. evident from ms lecture
which was statement Of what Christianity Is, from
~, ,,,,,.,.,- ,o,nt of view His definition Of
Christianity need not be stated here "a it can easily
tc guessed by any person of intelligence Eut one
massage in the lecture may be referred to- have
Gomez he said to that time of life when pubic
man realizes how slight is the influence Of the spoken
word on human minds. An uttcrance which mas
been pondeTcd for years which has waited pauehuy
fr years 10 be invited. and which sums up and ends
nv lfcs last expression of my religious Thought mas
held your minds for an hour. and viii lose them in
an hour As dies the sound OF my voice in your
ears 50 will die the influence of my teaching in your
lives / know the orators fate His sadness Is the
greatest sadness among men for he must mourn,
al lies decline. life spent in vain Could any
thing be more pathetic than this! And could
ANYTHING more strongly emphasize the mistake Of
the Christian preacher who builds VERIFYING on the
influence OF cphemcral oratOly Here Is man OF
genius. whose words were powerful to sway men,
cones,ns tina, at the close OF brilliant career he
has nothing 10 show for it all. At the same time
you may around you scores OF quiet mediocre men
IN The Christian ministry who without Mr. Murray's
genius Will leave an enduring monument of good
behind them. Maybe they are only little cogs in
some great ecclesiastical organization. but they have
done something 10 make the organization more helpful
to humanity. And if they do nothing else, they VIII
leave the fragrant memory of life well spent in
'' NINNf OF mon. Anu Sft tI'iN 1iN li"hv'ii'0'
col cure Young clciyymcn chGiing because they DO not
pess the fatal sit of UTdtOry-faial. that Is, II not
lacked by something nObler and better
lleie is no doubt that DR.. 1amace's Life of
'li>t which he IS now preparing will be eagerly
iral by his many admirers but it IS a question
' H'tAer there not already too many lives Of
'frist Not tina, have ever read. and have
rad most OF them, Is entirely satisfactory. The
authors all unconsciousy read into the record what
'hey would like to there and they all fall below
Inc grandeur and majesty Of the subject To read
lhem Is like going to see a dramatizatlon OF some
nope poem Everything Is represented as in the
b1'n, DuI everything is cheapened and vugsrized
~ 'puisc Heic are good lives of Christ /
Out the best Of them fail 10 catch the
Pirlr u t9 Master because il IS simply i'm
you cannot decribe it. Dr. Talmace bo,yeyer * a |
remarkable man, and may achieve the mpos,.blc LET