News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-06-18
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along the corridors and entering the
vast, cool auditorium. The seats
are all free, and people know il. No
one intrudes. Voluntary contribu-
tions alone sustain the tremendous
Christian activity carried on here i'm
various ways. While il is true that
the great middling classes predomi-
nate, yet there are the rich and the
poor. Near me sat an ex-governor
of Massachusetts who is deeply inter-
ested in this popular church. On n
previous Sabbath the present gov
ernor of another New England State
was pointed out to me, while follow
ing him down the aisle was a humble
woman, who must, perforce bring her
almost infant boy in her arms il
she came at all. Hundreds of young
men and young women made an
easily perceptible majority of this
audience.
Situated at the Junction Of n cross
town thOroughlare, Berkeley Street.
[ which Icads at once into thc Buclc
Bay region or weaith on one Side,
and the great district of the thrifty
householder class on the other; on
Columbus Avenue, near the Provi-
dence Station with its suburban
| travel, in easy reach of the great
boarding-house district, the building
is particularly fortunate i'm location.
| 1t is not three minutes walk from it's
doors to the Young Women's Chris
tian Association upon the east and
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton upon the west.
1t was now 1890 o'clock. The
broad avenues are sending in the peo-
pie yet. Signs of eagerness TO secure
good seats are on all these faces. We
are courteously provided with pro-
grammes printed especially for the
services. Thethrongp parts-upstairs
some; hither and thither along these
fan.radiating many aisles, others. IL
is already n mass of people that
would crowd to repletion most
churches. Still there is room. The
grand organ-a memorial gift of
bereaved father for noble son-is
breathing solemn notes that jar and
echo along the ample spaces, or plead
ing softly with notes that rise high
towards the groined ceiling. The
problem of how to reach the masses
look around you nowl A writer in
the Boston Home journal recently
put it well:-
"You will find here what you want 10 fill
your pews. These people wish 10 come here.
but they do not wish TO go there. This is
home. That is not. Make your church their
home, and they will comc-many Of them, or
of those like them. They are very Athenian
in seeking something new. The claims of this
preacher 60 attention are such as Co warrant
the assembling Of large audiences Co hear him.
He is in earnest. He has something 60 say
He says IL In a downright manner simply
clearly and strongly He s pictorial. lie IL
n cultivated gentleman who has large vo-
cabulary out OF which he chooses the words
that win carry his meaning to the wayfarcr.
He has that high art Of expression which
characterizes the articles In the Nineteenth
Century, and which consists in an absolute
| avoidance OF sef-adulntion, prctsntion, show
| and rather in the exhibition Of the subject In
hand in the most forcible English and yet In
an ornate way"
| am indebted TO n friend who
| watches Boston churches closely for
the Herald pen-pictures of DIR. Haynes
when preaching at fremont Temple
"a hall far less fitted for all the fine
effects of oratorY than this handsome
church -
Last OF all comes in the man who. Il 60
lead this immense house OF worship. man
neither tall nor short, an averaged-sized. well
| knit man, with n small compact head, dark
| hair, partially shaven face, possessing conf
dence in himself, but assuming nothing tax
| ing IL all In as II he were 60 the manner born.
| He continues wrapped In his overcoat mods
| to his deacons sniffs the air like "a race-horss
preparing for the start: with "A serious pur-
pose and reverent spirit calls the congregn-
tion to their feet, while the chorus choir leads
the singing Of the Doxology. In front Of him
an attendance that packs the immense audi
torum from floor 20 ceiling. We can see the
preachers eve kin lie and almost feel his heart
swell with emotion as he casts a glance over
the multitudinous throng, and thinks whether
his message can be better adopted Co their
needs. One with any soul and Imagination
cannot help being moved at the sight. IL
thrills you through and through. Here h
such an audience az cannot be found elsewhere
in Boston, or in New England. An audience
which carries the preacher, whether he will or
not, beyond helines Of fdenominational teach
ing and fills him with that purpose to broad
On his instructions to the needs Of the univcr-
sal man"
There is more of Methodist fire,
more of the splendid elocuticnary art
of a confessedly well equipped voice,
decidedly more Of the thrilling result
of address than Mr.. Haynes ever at
tanned in fremont Temple or Music
Hall. Tho man has grown, TO be
sure, but there is something more
than mere mental or spiritual growth.
His heart is at home, evidently,
among Methodists. He has gained
immensely by the change TO this more
compact auditorium. / amtold now
as never before, his ministryis attend
ed by students to study his methods
of address. Young ministers ought
| to hear him read Psalm or n hymn.
The sermon we heard was on "How
to Believe in God" Such pictures,
drawn until they lived on the inn
agined canvass such pathos at
times; such high and healthful excite
ment; such stiffness in the rooml
Jordan, Peeks, Goldwaithe, Nc
Closkey. are we'll deserving of their
reputation. The chorus, of a large
number of voices leads the closing
hymn. Rev. Mr.. Gunnison, assistant
pastor, adds a notice or two, and
gracefully dismisses thecongregation.
DIR. Haynes has just said This IL
the Strangers Church. | shall be
honored if visitors will come TO the
chancel rail and shake hands with
me-" We join the procession that
takes this greeting. IL is a world
wide visitation. Men from all parts
of the country attend and give a
word of greeting, many Of them evil
IDENTIFY not of the Methodist Church,
but cordially in sympathy with this
cosmopolitan service. The Sunday
school succeeds, and then i'm theafter-
noon there are various missionary
endeavors connected with the church.
The evening service is much a repeti-
ton of the morning, except, il possi-
BILE, rather more popular, in that
large numbers of exceedingly young
people fill these ample spaces. A
grand opportunity to do good, and
a grand effort for the attainment of
the fullness of the opportunity.
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