New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-24
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ITEMS OF INTEREST TO CHURCH PEOPLE

| HENS OF INTEREST TO CHURCH PEOPLE.
Put your needle in again. said welknown
clergyman to the Pastor the other day in referring to
| The paragraph last week which gave his experience
| III trying to gct an old lady into home Every
word you said was true | have had similar cX
pcrcncc have been from one institution to another
trying my bc, to get the person cared for. and one eX
csc after another given, until finally went to
an influential lady and got usc Of the bed which she
mad endowed in institution but even then had
difficulty in getting permission for the patient to oc
clpy it. The authorities said that there was another
person there. And what you said about the liquor
business j, true also every word Of it. II is shame
that reputable citizens should lease their property for
| groc SHOPS
II. Paurs Methodist Episcopal Church will take
new departure tomorrow by holding afternoon ser
vice It i, 10 be popular service with congrega
tonal singing and plenty Of it. The sunday
J, Ia be present. The sermon will be short and the
whole service is to be brought within threequarterS OF
| AN hour. The seats 10 be free and general inv
tatlon j., extended to all TO attend This Is complete
departure from the policy which has been followed by
the church ever since il, establishment and it is hoped
thereby to give the older members who cannot go ont
al night and those who live al distance from the
church. the benefit OF two services instead Of one. As
they have. At the time the plan is to make
thi, service thoroughly popular by singing familiar
hymns. and By direct practical talks For the even
cvansci-tc piayermccting in the lectureroom
Professor Marvin Il. Vincent. Of the Union Tleo-
logical seminary. has written ar clc recently en-
titled How They Talk After Church" which is being
widely read. with considerable franinc>s. he lrt,
reported some If the comments made by church
.on. people The article /, In a happy vein. but it
end, with mi, practical moral: The accepted policy
# throwing IN. entir' burden OF the church one
man, shoulders Of making church financial
investment. which the minister j, to pay the diy
dcud. j., encouraging and inen,lfying the demand
for 200" talent which fill, pcw,. and making it the
objectionable ~in of the minister not to draw. To
more than ole faithful pastor his church /, cross on
which IT, is crlcihcd. while the people st down and
watch him there
~Th, Independent continues 10 publish letter, In
REGARD 10 the opening Of the gates Of the World, EN
pos, JON on sunday. Two weeks the opinions Of
ll9 senator, and Representatives were given the
major. Of them heinz decidedly against the sunday
opening, 1hl, week two letters by members Of the
Cabinet are published both Of whom. secretary Win
dom and Attorney -Gcncrd Miller cast their and
influence AGAINST The decoration Of the American
sabbath Nr. Miller holds that one day Of the week
devoted 10 r-t b. more valuable both economic lily
ana morally. than used in any other way, while Mr.
Window cApr',~cs hi, earnest sympathy vi the
Imcnt that would preserve ia" American sabbath
nviolarc. sixteen Governor, give their views eight
would have the gate, closed on sunday. i've think
they should be OPEN two express no opinion. and one
appear, to be undecided. Governor Hill Is not In the
list.
Professor W r. Harper. Of Yale University. preSf
dent elect II the University Of Chicago l. about
80 deliver brief -,rc, Of Biblical lectures succrs
1--we sunday evenings in the Ftth Avenue Baptist
Church. 80. ( West Forty SlNthst. The first one Is
10 Dee given tomorrow evening. and Will be an eA
position Of the prophecy OF Jonah.
Father Isuatu, il getting some severe rapS from the
clcreymcn also in hi, city. Under his own signature
Dr. f. = Macarthur says: We think that Father
Ignatu, had better turn h, attention 10 reform, In
hi, own uunncry before he prosecute, further hi,
viyal work u America. The nuH3cry Is a system Of
degrading slavery. even II one half that /, Taught u
mi, book T. Nurucry Life I'm the Church Of England +,
or seventeen Year with Father ignatiu~,' BY Mary
Agn,, - : b. BE-. true To-mcrrow DR.. r. Hebcr
Newton VIII give tire monk Of LlaithOny Abbey few
polut, Iu regard TO revival work
DR.. Rridgman. the pastor Of TIE Madison Avenue
I.apt.~ Church. of the flur Clcrgymen Ia tht>
city who's" service Nj, Emma Abbott liked sufficiently
well tn remember 10 o., git Of $1,000. IN the way.
bee D, aid Ia tine only Baptist Preacher In l, city
Who wear, robe. The Baptist Church does not
dictate touchus the character of the dress for It,
clergy therefore. B, lawful but unusual, to see the
robe worn ar the sabbath service.