Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-08-16
!. CHICAGO SUNDAYS.
Where the Worlds Fair visi-
tors Go TO Worship.
Some of the Prominent Churches Of
the City Pointed Out.
Ihe Psr6s and ofher Aesssts eeaerasty Pre-


Paris and the Alps he that a. IL nay.
the fact Is that suddenly grew tired Of
the World $ fair and concluded 70 see Chi
cago for awhile
And the one prominent fac. IS thst al
the big shows Of the White City have not
made particle of difference in the pnbhc
resorts Of Chicago any day in the week
All the leasain. theaters are running full
aud solne new ones are open All the
puhiie resorts are tbronged. Lincoln
park, Garfield park and other places have
even larger crowds on Saturday and sun
day than before, all the boating and other
riding institutions do their usual business
and On the very Saturday that the fair
presented unusual attractions in the way
Of music and titled visitors the excursion
steamers carried 1900 people 70 Miiwsu-
kee at 81 for the round trIp, the largest
number so far on record
After attending services at the second
Baptist church, the people's church as II
were, | thought il but fair to recreate for
SUNDAY afternoon at Lincoln park, but
changed my mind when ! saw the street
cars. To merely call them full would be
criminal moderation. They were double
jafnmed People hung on every strap and
hugged each other in elinging on to the
steps, they loaded the roofs. they bul9ed
out at the windows. And at that very
hour one could have had whole seat to
himself on any car running 10 the bite
City Having made a great disturbance
about itand gained the Sunday opening.
the people, having gratifiest their essential
cnssedness, as ii were, 70 somewhere else
Another important fact. and very
gratifying one 10 visitors, is that all the
preachers have stayed at BONE this sum
per. So far as | can learn by a diligent
inquiry there is not regular pastor out
Of town except temporarily for sickness or
OF her reason, and the visitor who remains
over sunday can hear an! one OF several
noted pulpit orators, Evangelist Moody
included | began with the Second Bap-
tist for many reasons 1t is III many re-
sy,ects the historic Alurch Of Chicago
Located on Monroe street, not Tar west OF
the river. il escaped the great IRE and the
old part Of the structure stands as II d1d
when Chicago WIS comparatively VIII
are II will seat ,1ss people and at the
morning service was just comfortably
full, hut on both the last Sunday evenings
1t held 10, less than 2 CEb people
1t is commonly called the Peoples
church The congregation IS corn posed OF
dwelIers in every part Of the city AMI the
church has made great record in contri-
buttons for lenevoleuce and education Ii
has long pursued the so-called European
system, hst Is, it is open every night n
the week and most Of every day and Ali
dmy on Sunday, having thres sunday
schools Ia succession. the last one deFo'td
Il. 4 4 "a 1.~F
Dr. William NJ. Lswrenee. made record
in Philadelphia during the Centennial
and came here few years later. Incl
dentally may add that IL eonrersa-
tior had with him he informed me that,
according to the records of his church IN
Philadelphia, that city did not fully re
cover from the Centennial till the boom
Of lsso 80 large a drift Of helpless hu-
tnauitv did it leave there / suppose,
however. that the pastor Of a o0ngrega-
tion noted for it's benerolence would ce
troubled by appeals for aid long after
other people had ceased to notice them
By the recent COLI pieIion Of \ new one
the number of regular Baptist churches
in Chicag,, j. brought up 10 thirty seven,
and every minister h wing REGULAR
charge is hard at work yeept DR.. o. +.
Clifford Of the Emanuel. who IL absent on
sccount of sickness DR.. p. :. Henson OF
the First Baptist also attracts large oon-
gregations during the fair. in fact, most OF
the lime. Chautsuqua knows him well
and 50 do many other educational organ
izatinus, a. be IS a popular lecturer.
Among the EpiseoJsalian visitors there
seems to he a great pressure 10 get lnto
Grace church and hear the eminent Dr.
Locke and his somewhat famous boy
choir. English visitors say this rs such
VERY "high church" establishment that
the Archbishop Of Canterbury would feel
straitened IN IL The boy choir is said
to he second to none in this country
Epiphany. DR. Morrison in charge, is
also very noted Episcopal church, its so
ciaI relations embracing not only many of
this city1s leaders but those of other
r,laces. Another historic church is the
Second PRESBYTERIAN which recently cele-
trrate1 its fif1y-irst year, the pastor, Dr.
Simon ). Mcpherson, being assisted by
DIR. Rober; W Patterson and DIR. j.
Monroe Gibson, who were the first and
second pastors These three have served
during The entire life of the church and
| il Is very remarkable indeed that so old q
church shoula witness reunion Of all It's
pastors. Dr. Gibson preached the sermon
| and found prophecy Of the World 5 fair
in that passage Of Isaiah b-einning: And
in this mountain shall the Lord Of Hosts
make unto the people a feast, etc. The
most noted Presbyterian in the city. If
may 20 by wha; | hear. is DIR. j. II. Bar
rows cf the First. though DR.. Witbrow OF
the Third, and DR. Hail If the Fourth at
tract many of the fairs visitors
The Cougrezatianalists rank very high
in Chicago ard many Of the wealthy and
prominent men II the city are members OF
| the Plymouth, DR.. Ggnsaulus. pastor.
| Tie New England Congregational u the
great church for a large section Of the
north side, much as Beechsr's WAS in
| BROOKLYN. and OF, the west side that honor
| seems 10 he SHARED by the First DIR. Good
| wiu, and the Union Park, DR. Noble.
| Among the Methtsiists. DIR. Bristol Of
/ Trinity and Dr. Bolton of Centenary are
I very much sought after. 1t must not he
/ concluded that those mentioned here arc
/ the. only great preachers in so great a city.
| ht1t these are the ones to which uio~t Of
| tE,,. visitors talk with are taken or di-
| r,z.tszl 10 hv their resident friends
The Catholics, Of c1frse, are very pu-
1 snercus and isere, ae elsewhere. their
sl.l fetAs are ogei4 81 all reasons. There s
preacAin. at a8Aay flIea.srs and 1subiic
halls. and Mr. M~ody s.4s leased the En-
hire thsarer 3, s50 per week. The news
g.Sgper rnep say that be si.engs= aisprif a.
much u1oGaey ia advertising as the theaser
managers there did sfa az raek ;nAetipg
be gixes cat printed cards u .t-vftsi lon 20
te distributed sIs8olg TIE *3Sstnrs 10 the
fair. OF denominations somewhat oT7 of
fhe asaal lire Chicago has bswliaerlBx
vari..tr. and smeag ttese Sweslenhfsy-
sjss preacher. RsT l. z Mercer, is just
aasx attracting HnziEA ATTENTION And
aaay adsl without inssaaing 70 mix things
raat seven Erss-class fheaterSs snef hs
4 :fsseagyss. Mericksr's, etc, are FgzpFsiEE
EGE;as thrugsgis the summer, and beside the
( gsssgal popular re=prts there are TWO new
and iraraense samEger gardens on the lake
shore which are filed every night
# Ii Is Just a. well to add here taaf all the
historic parallels 20 Chicago in common
use ars misleading AMI some Of them at'
srri. II has been compared n ttsrn &c
great and wicked BsbyioA- TO SinsTeh-- tt
Tyre, to Venice rising from the salt marsh
assd sand hiIi 10 unrneassrea op1lsncs, aDf
! 70 Amsterdam when II Was wc.rlsfs riar'
aud conliucted the exchanges of Eurrps
l.