The sun., 1893-07-29
N0N-SECTARTAN BAPTISTS,
THEY INrITE RoMANIS1s TO WORSHIP
IN 1HEIR SANCTUARY.

Their Guests the Consrrgat'on OF the
/ burned 81. Mnry's Church OF Long Isiusa
tuy-Fnth-r Nc :suire to Say Hts First
Mass tndrrth- Bnpti-ts' Root Tomorrow
When St Mary's Church. purochial residence
and school in Long Island city were destroyed
In tho big liro OF n weeE ago which wiped out
whole block the Rev. I. T. Giflln, pastor Of
the East Avenue BAPTIST Church in that town.
with tho Board OF Trustees. consisting
of J. G. Schornmakor. i. l. New. L. Fleet.
and William TimpSon. sent n letter of sympa-
thy to the iov Father Dohorty. assistant pas,
tor OF tho parish rendering to him the free use
OF their church Tor worship 'untl other quar-
tcrs were obtained or the burned church 70.
luit. futhes John McGuirc. the rector de.
cided yesterday to accept the tender OF tho
Baptist Churcn as u temporary pace OF wof-
ship. and he will say mass here to- IN orrow.
The Baptist Church is located In East ave-
nue. and Eighth street. 1t lis frame struoture
and capable Of seating several hundred peo-
pic. Tho battsnnl tank is built Lack of the
pulpit. ami shows up plainly with Its polished
marble front sunday morning services begin
at TO-, O'Clock 80 that Father McGuire will
have ample time to- conduct his services and
he new Mr. uiin Is al out 30 years old.
He is tall wel-buiit. and has pleasant man
ner oi speaking. 10 n reporter hc said last
nigh that before making tho offer to Father
Mcclure he had talked the matter over with
We. came to the conclusion" he said that
In rendering the free, use Of our church to the
congregation OF st Mary's we were not SUR
rendering any principle nor doctrlDnl dogma.
1t was our duty 10 help our neiChbors in dis.
!rcss. | know that We VIII ,Ue criticised
Tor doing 50 in certain quarters. but IL We have
added tothe hnppineSso oi 0ur, nthOic brethren.
or lightened their load in any way 10y giving
them the use Of our church. then we care very
little about criticism. We are here for doing
gool. and l hope TO see the day when ali
churches shall 10 n hand in hand for one CONF
Of souls. Apnrt from the friendly aspect Of
the matter. 1t will have II good moral etIert
In connection with this let me state that the
trustees Of tho church were aetua'ed ly no
ing hand to tho Catholics III the best
way they knew how. In matters OF
doctrine we can never agree With the Eonan
not aid them. There was Il recent attempt
made to convene a congress- Of religions Mt the
World 8 Fair In Chicago. Tho idea was u capi-
tai one Every Church has it's own good fea-
tures. and it is pleasing to know that Long
Island City Is not tackward in recognizing
this fact. and also the great principle whi:ll
should underie all religions. the iatherhood
A public meeting WAS held In this church
last night. where contributions were received
oaid Father Mcclure III rebuilding his church.
Quite large sum OF money was raised.
night, but in letter printed over his sigma.
ture in u local paper yesterday. among other
things he says the following:
'.G@l M f., as1 sG nsseS sraey
ny M Eat Avenue Bapist lIenas and a similar xlndly
a OF whch tends TO sent u, lonx sep forward in tho
direction Of that universal brotherhood" for which
all striving.
thus are temporarily provided for and our hands
made free for push with the burden tnt Ia upon
us ot reconstructng our church and other needed