New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-17
WHAT 4 CITY PASTOR SEES
ITEMS OF PERSONAL INTEREST tn
CIII'RCTI PEOPLE

CHURCH PEOPLE,
,,, tho numerous plans suggested for the
,ronsr acknowledgment o; the debt which Inc city
owes TO Or Parkhurst the Pastor has not seen one
lacking TO the erection Of n memorial puiiu'"s III
lower New-Yor; he devoted TO me chuse III
charity \ building similar in purpose TO that OF
the magnificent edhce erected by John = Kennedy.
In Fourth-ave. though simpler In appearance anu
,ces oxnensive situated below Fourteenth-st anu
east OF the Bowcry. to be used by the benevolent
agencies working in that pat OF the cry "ou'u o
n memorial worthy the name OF the relor"e' "'"
the occasion which has added lusre 10 MS ho"o'e'
name Another building. II the one suggested doeS
not seem appropriate. would be a model tenement
house 10 be known as the Parkhurst House. Per-
hans the city will tear down some OF the vile ouiid-
ines now called houses and nave Farknu'S ~
Square II would be an easy matter 10 move wv
people from of the crowded blocks 10 so"e "''I
mart of the Greater NewYork and use the space TOT
the half million people who must stiil remain III
lower New-York.
The American Institute of Christian Philosophy
has elected Chancellor Henry NJ MacCracKeh' Vi
the University of the city of Ne"-forK' presuen''
10 succeed DR. A. II. Bradford. OF Montclair' \. D.
who was Obliged nv press of other duties TO resign
the Office Both Or. Bradford and DR. MacCracken
were closely identified with DR.. Deems in the work
OF the institute from its early years
Eugene Reveiaud. devoted patriot. Roman
Catholic by birth and training issued re-
markable pamphlet urging all true patrio's Vi
his nation to ally themselves with Protestant
ism Before his conversion a brililaht iea"e'-
writer in the political papers. he has since
,hen given himself to religious journalism. ana II
now engaged in the brave attempt to give to france
q daily newspaper of an ou;spoken Christian CHAR
acter lie has been member oil the boat' o' ~
rection Of the McAll Mission. ana as Ne u no" III
this city In the interest Of his paper ne mas con-
sented TO give one afternoon OF his brief WISH To the
aid OF the McAn Mission. All friends OF the mis-
sion are invited TO hear him speak In the lecture
rom, az the Broadway Tabernacle next tfidhy' al
y IN.
No one interested In religious work. especially
In cities can be oblivious to the Importance OF the
,r.,t administration which attended the recent
welcome to General Booth. 81 the salvation
Army Peop.e o. all denominations In IN" com
munl:v representing all branches In the Protestant
church have We'd with one another IN i"suiying
10 the value OF the Army. which numbers now
more than 10000 soldiers. ana Twelve or thirteen
thousand officers. The rescue work. upon when
especial emphasis IS laid by the Army. Is or" OF
the noble.t features Of Christian work. ENLISTED
under the banner Of the Army ,ither a soldiers 81
auxiliary members. hundreds ana thousands
~ men and women prominent In various walks
NJ lie Wealth ~ well poverty has "bc"n con-
verified 10 the drum" and fallen into line" II Is
said that three boxes at the Carnegie Music Hall
on single night represented No"""".
In one o. his addresses General Booth invited
honest criticism II is easier TO critics" than II
Is 10 do the work But there one or two
features TO which attention may be called. now
that the celebration IL ended. one would gnther
from the addresses Of General Booth ana others
high I'm the Salvation Army that All IN" "orH
which is done for the poor and degraded In Eng
L. Homo. - IA.
infer that the church Is doing nothing Tor the
moor and ESPECIALLY fOr tn" outcaa'. II IL upon TINS
assumption that pleas are made for N" slne"7
OF war" 40 church member viii claim FOR mo
ment that any denomination OF all the J"nonllnh-
lions ar. doing what they can should for the
tenement house people the homeless classes the
vicious and degraded. But the Roman catholic
church, In. Hebrew church and IA" Protestant
Church are pouring out thousands and millions Of
dollars Ia am-loratIon and evangelzh non Inc
Five Points Mission. started hair Il century ago bS
IN. Nethodis, church. transformed the bloody
sixth" Ward The Slum Brigade OF the Army IN Ch"r-
ry-st is doing work which angels might covet'
but the same kind Of work. with sacrifices equhlly
great. has been carried Oh for nearly two decades
around the corner. In Water-st. by Jerry MoAuiey
and his able successor :. II. iIadley. The Rescue
Work for Women perhaps the most discouragng
OF all the forms OF Christian work IL done with
! efficiency and success by the Salvation Army and
also by Mrs Whittemore In her Door o. Hope.
and by the Cremorn. Mission workers. and else
where In this city. The impression Is given In the
hubble meetings that the soldiers .argely resi-
dents OF the sums statement which many OF
those who attend the meetings would be slow 10
admit. In the public addresses the implication IS
made that the Salvation Army reaches those
whom the Church cannot does not reach. At
tention II never called 80 Tar AZ IN. INFORMATION
goes. to the fact that many OF the soldiers and
attendants who sing heartily the Army SONGS
have left their own churches for this purpose. II
would be interesting al some OF the meetings ~
| have the church members rise.