New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-01
Observation-Disclosures
ITEMS OF PERSONAL INTEREST TO CHURCH
PEOPLE

PEOPLE
Interest has been aroused in the work OF the
Students Movement ut No. l36 Lexingtonave by It's
first anniversary reception held recently the reccpuoh
was enjoyable but II afforded food Tor thought 10
those interested In frendless students The emb
house is pleasant and hcinelike, but II is in"dcqnae
10 the needs OF the movement. Its parlors were ui'
comfortably crowded by one hundred persons. Its
library, chiefly medical works. continually used by
medical students, is ut best an apology Tor library.
There Is gymnasium and the facilities ahoroeo
its students in the Twenty third Street Branch OF the
yet there 1000 men students IN .ne t ns;
Bishop Potter called attention tc the iact Imh,
Ss sr nsG 5stSeo OF sn Mrs
Reid that the need met There Is rs great heea W
sn as se In d nS phansrepc to d.
much for Ncw-York students!
The new building OF the New-York Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children will be formally
opened on Monday next from TO p. IN. AT the
exercises at O'Clock Bishop Potter Will ofer the III
vocation. and after addresses by Mayor Groy' kipp
Mendes and Joseph II. Choatc. Archbishop Corrisah
will pronounce the bencdiction so imposihg III s'ruc
ture arc the two buildings adjoining each other the
one 10 be opened next week and the Charities nild
ing opened a few weeks ago ut twenty seconds.. anu
Fourthave that some people wish that n the arcn,,
height and II possible in architecture
Tho Reformed Church Building at No. o3 East
Twenty-second-st. viii be formally Op ned bv pup
lie reception on Tuesday. All the Offices VIII he
ready for spection aud the OF the various
boards will extend welcome to their new rooms 1he
Rutgers College Glee Club will sing and the president
Of the General synod will receive In tie general az
sembly room from 3 10 7 .. M win the 'h'e0
Charities Building, the Childrens Building. and the
Protestant Episcopal House in fOurth-ave, Assocm
ton Hall at Twenty third ST. and Fourth ave. and the
Methodist Book Concern at Twentieth st. and Fifth
ave.. that par Of the city Is coming TO De ceh'Te
the Observation-Disclosures. the prrsby teraiis, the Rap
lists and a few other denominations could secure
suitable sites In the same general neighborhood II
would seem to be wise step.
committee representing Sabbath organizations
throughout the United States has requested the
churches Of the land to make tomorrow day on
praier "tat tod will give courage to the reprcsen
tatives of the National Government intrustcd with
the honor Of the Nation In the management OF, the
affairs OF the Cclumban) Exposition. that they may
carry the expressed will OF the people and keep the
gates closed the sabbath and that lie Will confound
and put to naug the counsels and devices OF those
who combine for the destruction OF the American
sabbath this pivotal point in tie history Of our
George g. Mott Joseph II. Knowles Edward r. Cra
Gin ana Thomas A. Fernley.
Dr. Rainsford has summarized his Church Saloon
idea In these four propositions: o. That the liquor
trade is q permanent business; (2) That 1t is not
inherently q sinful business; 49, 1t must ever be
business fraught with certain danger to the community
and ~ There is therefore strong presumptive rea-
condolences In placing II in the hands OF the best
citizens. "The Christian Union says edit0riay, "We
find ourselves in substantial ACCORD with the four
propositions with which Dr. Rainsford's letter closes,
but dissent from his conclusion that 1t Will be
good plan establish saloons Of moral character by
putting them in the hands Of good men. DR.. Rains
ford and our prohibition friends seem to to fall
Into the same mistake, that Of confoundng the liquor
trade and the loon The probbitouist the saloon
IS evil and only evil. and that continually therefore
LEI us abolish the liquor trade Dr. Rsnsord says the
liquor trade is not necessarily evil; therefore let us
encourage the establishment Of the right kind Of
s Ts aSa s o SA odn ns Ct
both. The saloon Is evl and only ev1l and that con
ara az Inherently = sniai susipsss u; wilson q
prsacSed last week upon Dr.. Rans{crd's theory Of
the saloon, dssented from the conclusions Of The
Christian Union" quite much as from those Of the
rector Of st. Georges.
lac Marble Collegiate Church has opened a new
eunday-school at No. III Tenthave. The Church
House at No. 25 East Twenty secondst. which is the
local centre of the denominational work Of the Re
formed Church Of America viii be formally opened
April 4.
1t has sometimes occurred to those seeking the
greatest good for foreign people that money for them
should be given to mission boards already established
rather than to individuals who responsible TO
board II there could be society for the suppress
sion Of individual enterprises which did not need to
be suppressed Itself, 1t would though good
could be DONE not only In foreign lands but In home
missions and city mission work. IT IS much easier
TO give money for enterprise that promises to meet
= special need than to help an institution with a
grand history and fine outlook that has reputation
to l6so and that economically and
fact0rily supply that need. This Is especially In
the work OF reaching the masses III great city.
The American Tract Society intends to have at
the Worlds Fair the portable pulpit used by Whit
held in his Openair preaching the chair Of the Dairy
mans Daughter" specimen pages Of the socetys pub
locations In foreign languages together with display
Of its Bibles books and tracts Tue society Is also
engaged In printing a Columbian edition Of and
old tracts in English German, Swedish Danish,
French Spanish, Italian Polish and Bohemian. for use
In connection with the Exposition and these and other
publications will be distributed by Its missionary
colporteurs iu Chicago during the whole summer and
through other Christian workers. ministers, laymcn,
missionary abOrers In evangellsc meetings, etc. II
has promised to supply Mr.. Moody with tracts which
ne will need at the Evangelistc meetings which he
arranged TO hold in various pdrts Of the city during
the summer.