New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-18
WHAT A CITY PASTOR HEARS.
ITEMS OF PERSONAL INTEREST TO CHURCH
PEOPLE

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PEOPLE.
| President Calvin W. Stewart. Of Whitworth Col
| lege In Sumner Wash and the Rev. DR.. Alexander
Alison pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. OF
Seattle have been sent to the East by the college
and the Synod of Washington charged win an I'M
portant mission. Citizens OF Seattle nave oie'eu
the institution fine land endowment OH WIN, VIII
be University Heights In their CITY, cohsis"'s vi
2C0 acres conditional upon the removal Oh 'e ns'-
tuition to Seattle and changing 1t into the University
of the Pacific Northwest The presen, vnt OF tb bt
land is 100000 and in five years IL Is eNp1c.ea 'a'
1t Will be worth at least sI"T w. ioard Of Trustees
must expend $4,000 In buildings anu IVA ,i
by January @ This d is Sn it % be
added that 1t not for the nahSln o,,I No.,
have been made DR. willis G. Craig. the moderator
of the General Assembly, and Ex-Governor Aiger'
or Mc ahe MOVEMENT Dr stewart ard Alison
may be addressed at the presbyterian Iio"se' No.
IS Fifth-ave
The annual dinner of the alumni Of Drew Semi
nary Methods; EpiscopaD Will be held at clark
on Monday evening. DR.. Behrends. OF Brookyn'
Dr. McC,hesney Of this city; DR.. Graham. of Troy,
and others are TO speak
one of the most quiet and effective associations
in this city is the New-York Sunday-schooi AS
ISOLATION of which Ralph Wells Is president ana
Dr. a. r. Schaufcr vce-president. Hundreus OF
Sunday school superintendent and teachers who
dren in this city, Brooklyn. Long Island New
Jersey and Westminster County. are taught weekly
by trained how to lead teachers meetings ana
teach classes from the little tot TO the aged men
will be held Monday evening IN ihe ht3an ohor
Tabernacle. which all SUNDAY school teachers
viii begin at 7:i5 D. M and 'alf hour later meet
ing of sunday school superintendent VIII be he,d
when Dr. Jesse L. Hurlbut will deliver lecture ana
give an illustrated lesson THE Training of sun
day-school teachers" pr Edward Judson has been
requested by the Association TO conduct class 10
meet the wants Of teachers in lower New-York on
the West Side The class will be held every thurs
iav evening in the Memorial Church in Washington
SQUARE and like all the work OF the Association.
it is to have INSTRUMENTATION character.
A business meeting Of the Bible Study Union VIII
be held in the Collegiate Church at Fifth-ave ana
Forty-eighth-st.. next Thursday. at p. m. In the
evening there will be public meeting in the church
at which ii is expected DR. David Gregg, OF Brook
lvn will preside. and DR.. David ii. Greer, OF this
city: DIR. a. II. Bradford. OF Montclair; Mrs Alice
Fireman Palmer. of Cambridge. and others VIII
speak. This meeting is an outgrowth OF the Sun
day school Lesson Conference. held In Boston a
year ago the result Of which was minute calling
for "the organization of n course OF lessons so
framed as to promote systematic stncy 9l me
Bible some graded system: WIN tnr ann .,
teachings of the Bible with constant rsierrnce 10
the development Of Christian character Inc call
fGr the ass dsns Is mn mister IN IN St.
TaIsh and By ,d Ips 49, {" nh, nSs MoS sps
appended to the call including President Garter,
Of G0 TSwn dr. Of h XG ssarn OF
University; DIR; Ward. Of The lndepend,e1nt.; Dr
the Vale Divinity school: Professor Bearisee o,
the Hartford Seminary; Professor stevens Of The
Auburn Seminary; Professor Brown OF The New,
ion Seminary Professor bow Of the smith nS fG rss
dent Frissell. OF the Hampton Institute
DR.. p. b. Tyler will answer the questions to-
morrow in the church Of the Disciples. "wiil the
World Outgrow the BIBLE?
The series of prayer meetings begun by the Pres
byterian Ministers Association which includes Con-
gregatlonalists. Reformed Episcopal!ans. Reformed
Dutch and the various branches Of the Presby~
terrain family has been remarkably successful.
For two weeks the meetings were held In the
Fourth Avenue Church (Dr. Davess) This week
the union service held on Thursday evening. in
the University Place Church DIR Alexanders, ana
character will be held In the Old First Church at
Ffth.ave and Twefnst Pr Du Ne rs So ser the
and most earnest and hopeful spirit was mani
The Attitude OF the Chinese toward Christianity
Monday at the Methodist Ministers Meeting at No.
l5o Fifth-ave. the speaker Will be the Rev George
H. Smythe, OF CHINA
Dr. G. H. Daniels. for several years district secre-
tary of the American Board In this city. who was
elected TO take the place Of DR.. Alden as cor
responding secretary, at Boston, has been sue
ceeded in his former Office by DR. G. G. Greegan.
for six years the field. secretary OF the board. who
takes up his work with a large experience among
the churches and unusual familiarity with the
details OF the board work For both OF these men
the promotion is most commendable.
The Baptist Congress will be held on December
g. G and T. in Augusta. Ga. The Rev. Dr. W. III. +.
Faunce and the Rev. Walter Rouschenbusch, OF
this city, and Professor a. ". Small. of Chicago.
will discuss 1.-THE Church and Money Power"
Other topics "Emotonasm In Religion.
shall Our Young people be Organized for Chris
tian Work? 90 What Constitutes Valid Baptism
ethical Versus Forensic Conception Of Salvation
and 1.-The Indwelling Christ"