New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-03
WHAT A CITY PASTOR SEES
ITEMS OF PERSONAL INTEREST nc
CHURCH PEOPLE

Practical philanthropy Is In few places In
this charitable society better advantage than al
the Tenement-House Chapter Of the Kings Daugh.
tiers and Sons at No. II Madson-st. The workers
share their lives with the people among whom they
live but their usefulness Is greatly handicapped by
lack Of money 1t has come to the knowledge Of
the writer through a conference regarding sewing
for the women under the care Of the chapter that
the gift % few sewing machines would be a great
boon. Help Is in sight for OF the worthy
women through the East Side Relief Work Com
mittee. II they could machines for the shirts
and dresses TO be made. dozen machines, new
second md. would be greatly appreciated. They
would remain the property Of .he chapter. and
would be loaned for a week a month trust
worthy people Twenty thirty machines could be
proftably employed in this way.
DR.. David J. Burrell. OF the Marble Collegiate
Church. prepared paper for the Summer School
OF the American Institute OF Christian Philosophy.
entitled Christ at the Bar OF the Higher Criticism"
which has just been reprinted from Christian
Thought" and is receiving a wide circulation. Dr.
BurreI believes that the false methods OF the
Higher Criticism are so pernicious In their results
as to warrant a bold attempt at reduct!o ad alb
surdum. He thinks that this best be &C
compished by a frank and fair application Of those
rules to the doctrine OF the Inspired Word" The
paper purports to be written In 1918, and II will be
read with interest even by those who question this
form Of argument.
The Rev ID. f. Finks will lecture on Picturesque
Home Missions In the Calvary Presbyterian
Church, In West One-hundred-a nd sixteenth-st.i
near Fifth-ave. tomorrow evening and next
Wednesday evening he Will describe a recent trip
from New-Mexco to Alaska.
The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church has three
prosperous missions, two Of them manned by pastors
OF experience In mission work. In this way the
church reaches upward OF 1900 people who are
t,lar bipu
Sunday school. the mothers meetings. or who In
some other way into direct touch with the
work OF the churches. in addition to the usual
Der Of adherents For the support of these missions
over $1,000 asked a recent Sunday by
the Rev DR.. .ohn Hall. the pastor Of the home
church. and nearly $4,000 was received at the Offer
Ing taken for this purpose 1t is expected that the
balance win he secured within few days. The
work OF the church through It's chapels Is widely
scattered TIE Alexander Chapel Is on the West
Side. downtown, in Klngst. The Romeyn Chapel Is
in Fourteenth-st near Avenue A. and the third Is
at Sixty -thrd-st. and First-ave.. where building
to cost 10000 is in process OF erection Sunday
school, day nursery kindergarten and similar work
have been carried on at this place for nearly three
years. Yesterday the Pastor visited the building
and the little children in the nursery and in the
kindergarten one tot about two years old has been
In the nursery every day except sundays since she
was few days old. This neighborhood formerly
bore the suggestive name OF Murderers, Row. The
Fifth Avenue Church is doing a splendid work for
those directly responsible 20 it.
In giving a spirited interview with the Rev
Thomas l.. Ciulick. OF the wcll-known missionary
family whose name has been connected with the
Hawaiian Islands for than half century
The EVANGELIST refers to the action ar the Ad
as "a matter which IL not at all to
the credit Of Government or our country and
the sooner 1t be forgotten the better 1t refers
to this incident in the political history OF America
as zone of those enormous blunders that Will not
down bidding especially as the more It's
secret manOeuyres unco\e cred the more It's
shame appears" Mr. Gulick was born in Honolulu.
where he grew up with General Armstrong ana
other of missionaries AMI knew the present
Queen from the time that they were children to-
gether going to the same school He has just come
from the Hawaiian Islands and answers two or
three pointed questions thus: !. Was not the rev.
olution engineered by few men. but would never
have amounted anything but for the secret aid
Of our Minister Mr.. Stevens. with the force OF his
Government behind him. Answer; No 2 Would
there have been revolution IL he had not been
there" Answer: Yes. 1t would have taken place
II there had been American Minister and no
ship Of war within i.o0 miles OF HONOLULU" but
Who would have made IT." Answer THE best part OF
the population the men Of substance who have any
thing TO lose by misgovernment the men OF stand
ng and OF character" The editor closes the In.
te rview and the comments upon II with these
words: Here ends the lesson, and may the powers
hat be lay Il to heart, that We may be spared
my more such painful exhibitions at least for the
emainder OF the present Administration"