New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-19
IN THE CHURCH PORCH.
CHANCES At PULPIT AND PEW

CHANCES At PULPIT AND PEW.
There Is A great deal Of cant about the poor man
being kept from worshppng his Coz by the existence
Of wealthy churches don't mean TO say that
wealthy churches and wealthy Christians always DO
their duty to the poor for they do not Bnt granting
them to be faulty as you please IL IS simply
absurd 70 say that tley, by their exclusive pohcy'
make il impossible for the poor man 70 worship his
God There are some Christians who persStently
refuse 70 20 to church at ali because they are not
invited BY somebody-they don't know who-to occupy
a front pew In st. Thomas, or the ti'h avenue
Presbyterian Church. They remind me OF worthy
couple. man and wife. whom gentleman eheaseu
last summer TO take Of him and his family wiue
camping out The camp consisted Of two pretty rusuo
buildings, one Of which he assigned to the couple.
II was really the better of the two buildings as IL
had been erected for the gentleman himsei' ou, NC
preferred the other because II was nearer 20 '"o
water. What his surprise therefore, "heh inc
couple came TO him the next morning 20 thro" up
their situation on the ground that they had been
thrst off by themselves though they were Interiors
They guessed they good as other folks II theS
was poor. The gentleman explained the SITUATION
10 them tried argue them out Of their toohsh
notion but all In vain They wouldn't stay when
they weren't as good o. her people and so tley
left as martyrs to the great principle Of equality
similarly there are poor people who wouldn't go TO
the finest church in the ctY unless 1t was already
crowded with lot OF gifted ged society folks They
are anxious 10 take part In social function rather
than to worship God
The moor are the Church. according to Father
HUNTINGTON and this assumption he proceeds 10
show how the poor can convert the bemgh'eu rlch
people who contribute most Of the money for carrying
on the work of the Gospel. social agltatOrs uSeu
10 be content with telling the poor that they were
inst As good a, the rich, but Father Huntington
seems 10 think that they are very much better Oy
virtue of their poverty. Now, if it Is true that the
poor are inherently better than .he rich II they are
| The Church let them be the Church, excommunlcate
| all wealthy people. and carry on the WORK Oh
Christianity themselves. OF course they "oulu a' oh'o
end mpossible TO do anything because OF lack OF
| money but that is a detail unworthy the at
tentiop Of theorists Seriously such talk does great
deal OF harm and good. The poor nave thelr
fuu share Of responsibility for the present I'M
satisfactory condition IF the Church And II IS very
unwisc 10 coddc them, and make martyrs oil the'h'
| An of us iu the modern Church, rich ana poor
alike have wandered far from the Masters ideal
Of religion and nothing can be gained by ignoring
tho fact.
GLOW are Won getting on 20 said the other day TO
a leading member Of suburban church "ohN
! so so - was his reply d" lou see there i ONLY one
rich man in our church and he has TO pay all the
lin, including the pastors salary has been doing IL
! for ton or twelve years now We are afraid he VIII
! get tired one Of these day, and so We have been
hopng to get other men with money /" JON tc
| church. But though many such men nave come
into the town recently. We have failed to get any OF
Them our pastor Is a good man, there i none bet
ter but lie il not hustler. and he is not SNOWY
preacher The pastor Of the other church IS, and
50 he get, all the moueyed tell You 1t Is pretty
! rough ON rs Th, good evidently doesn't
think that rich men should be driven out of The
| church.
The religions papers are still prai,ins the Rev. Dr..
Wayland, fine speech at the New England dinner and
some point 10 il example Of what can be done
| In the way Of aftcrdInner oratory by man VINO
! doesn't drink wine. ~ a matter Of fact no after
dinner speaker Of any consequence depends on wine
| f,r hl, Inspiration. and men who are hdbtual
wine drinkers abstain when they have 10 make
spccch Dr. Wayland's great hit however, calls atten
ton To the fact that there clerymen who can
| make a capita! after dinner speech In thl'
| respect american ccrsymcn differ very widely from
their English brethren, whose postprandial odtory
/ i, ant - be Of an exceedingly hating character.
Tho English Clergy undoubtedly excel ours in certain
line, Of abstru>c scholarship. but in brillancy pun
sency and mental acrtnes clergy far surpass them
II may not bee generally known that there are
/ number 81 Protestant missionaries In Brazil Tho
/ Prcsbytery Of Pcmambuco. TOR instance. has nine
/ churches, seven minister, and 30 members. There
Is a aouri,hug Protestant school AT san Paulo ana
farm school has been established AZ Jahu. monthly
bulletin containing the latest reports Of missionary
work in Brazil !, published by the Rev DR.. Donald
| NcIaren OF 30 81 Lcwis-ayc.. Brooklyn. who viii
gladly give all information in regard to tie work
don't wonder that the servte sisters Of Chicago,
were Indignant at the advertised intention IF two
prizeGghtcr, To devote a part Of the proceeds of
..tc encounter To- them. OF they spIrned the
| gift but j, II not fact that churches have pNhted
| from even more doubtful thing, than przen-ht
The question j. not asked IN criticism but merct to
suggest the difficulty Of being entirely conslStcnt ID
such matters. Here. for instance Is church Ntrug
! Cling To- paw on heavy debt Along comes We VIII
say a druggist. whose fortune la, been chiefly mac
~ lquor selling or grocer N,o ma doic a ~
hquor bu~nc>, for years ana 9uefe TO PAY on tnv
lot lut what is Tie use of dl-mNains me question
suppose there isn't church M tie country tiat
wonldni accept ,n,h an ocr. ana Auy,N isnolG '.[
distilled damnaton.
II is not often thai two clcrrymcn exchange par
l-l",. and that each considers that he has mace d"
change for the better. But heard II such ,aNc
| the other day. At last" said one Of them, whom
! Sc viii call smith, on taking possession OF hs new
charge, at last have a parl>h when Iu,t SUI.
! parish don't know And par~on number two. who
may be- called Brown. exclaimed on The trNt day Of
! h's new pa,t,ratc. Thank gooduc,S have dc
,rahlc church at last. took back on nv last charge
| a. nightmare Al tn, is funny enough. but SUI
more funny Is the fact that each oonsretatioh Is con
graduating itself on having at last drawn q minis
ieral p,zc and is voniernt how II eA,,ed 50 i 2
Whole incident is an illustration Of the fact that all
ccrsymen not httcd for all parishes
The Rev Louis Albert Banks. Of ST. Johns Metho-
dist Church. south Boston, i said by The Boston
| Transcript" to be IN" coming preacher and evangelist
nf the age. Though only thirty four years Of age, he
| h, had romantic and varied career Vt sixteen
he was licensed 10 preach and at once converted zoo
people m The Waln Malla Valley. From seventeen
To tv"rtyonc he studied law and was admitted e. hc
bar continuing to preach also during portion OF tm'
| time Then he held various paNtOrate>. In Oregon.
| Washington. Idaho and Wyoming lie also edited
The Pacific Censor temperance organ. and while
editing this paper IN lN-O an agent Of the salopiS Shot
him. For two months De preached sitting across three
chairs Then he opposed ne anu hnc,1 notciN. io'
f.. la lrDt