New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-09
WHAT A CITY PASTOR SEES.
ITEMS OF PERSONAL INTEREST ~
CHrRCE PEOPLE.

CHURCH PEOfLr<
Are the Methodsis and the Baptists sinners
above all Others? Are they the only denominations
that neglect the lower part OF NewYork or rather
spend their energy In evangelizing the upper p"i'
of the city, asks my friend Unfortunately 10
The great Congregational Church has done mag
nfcent work in Brooklyn for more IMAM na'i "
century numbering among is pastors not oh'y Tue
foremost preacher in the American pulpit. az ~.
Stoors has been called. and the most popular
preacher in this country" as Mr.. Beecher was
termed and among its other pastors many nope
men, and In the upper part OF this city IL mas idu
the splendid ministrations Of DR.. william NJ ia'io''
Of the Broadway Tabernacle and Dr 3 H. virgin.
OF the Pilgrim Church. to mention only TWO VI
many that might be given. But this important
church has found the lower part OF New-iorK ui-
suited 10 It's ministrations. Between Thirty-four'h
and the Battery where perhaps three-quarters Oh
a million people live. there are to-day one "e's"
Congregations Church and one East Side church'
which is little more than a mission ASIDE from
these two enterprises, the CongregatonaHsts Oh
New-York as a denomination are doing little TOT
the It is true that through that admiraple
City Mission Society at whose head Is Dr. Schaui-
fer. very great work is carried on. but as a de
nomination church work Is sustained except
that already mentioned In the upper part OF New
York. however. and especially above the Harlem
the Congrega onalists planting wisely II seems
a pity. however that along with this commendaole
work in the districts there Is not suihcieht
wealth and enterprise TO establish large mission
church downtown. on the frontier the CongreSa
tonal polity Is recommended because II Is said that
all classes unite upon II; In no part OF the
known world is there a greater variety OF classes
than below Twenty-third-st Why cannot that
which has been found successful In the far west
and in Northern New-York and in Brooklyn and In
New England be applied the lower part OF New
York?
Professor W. NJ Ramsay. d. c. L.. OF the Uni
laIt
at the Union Theological Seminary. Park-ave
and Seventieth-st, on Thursday evening. October
IS His topic will be THE Historian Who Wrote
the Acts of the Apostles" DR.. Ramsay has Sc
cured a furlough TO enable him to come TO this
country TO deliver the Morgan lectures az the Au-
burn Theological Seminary. His lectures there
will be his recent work on "St Paurs Travels.
the Narrative, Its Authorship and Date After
finishing his course at Auburn. he Will deliver t"o
lectures at Harvard University, and Will probably
reach New-York about October l6 Dr. Ramsay s
book on THE Church in the Roman Empire Be-
among the German critics. With whom he failed
to agree; and won for him the unusual di'tnr,,on
delivered at Auburn arc 70 be repeated before 70
Mansfield COLLEGE oxford in place Of those nat a
| liver.
The ocean parties of the New-York Association
for Improving the Condition OF the Poor whose
shsf asfe his ss bo n@vs
/ total OF more IMAM Zl,WN people, nave uccn t"'
| recipients Of this form Of fresh-air work Two
thirds OF the number have been children Having
sent a large number OF mothers and children 10
the seaside for the day through the Kindness OF
this association. | am glad to give my testimony
| to the good results secured. Each person has had
| a luncheon OF sandwiches and coffee tea or milk.
| and those who have wished 10 do 30 have had the
| from 800 to 100 benefciares and only those who
| cannot afford to pay are taken. feature which
10 commendabe in the work OF this excellent chhf.
,ty that parties composed exclusively OF color"1
| people are made up during the season. when no
white person is allowed to Nearly ln,eN people
! started. Last year a free home was established
| at West Coney Island where loo children are ac'
| commodated at time. This home Is Intended a.
! a retreat FOR enfeebled. ailing and crippled
| children whose parents are unable TO pay ioi
| their proper care These forms OF fresh al
| work constitute extensive humane and non
| sectarian enterprise. and much needed de-
The Boston Committee Of the Open-Air workers
Association of America has sent suggestion 10 th'
| pastors Of New-York city and It's vicinity callins
attention to the value OF praise service precedn'
| the evening meeting to be held the church step
| during September The committee says: We hea
| Of pastors who are trying IT with encouragng re
| suits New faces seen and new life At IN
| regular meeting IL recorded Not even prelini
| nary notice is needed. Merely gather severa
singers the steps, ten minutes before ne service
| and sing a few selections. These should be fol
lowed with exhortation, Inviting those VINO nave
| listened 10 come inside" The Rev r. A. Torrey
| OF Chicago In president OF the association. an(
Frank N Marston. Of No Water-st. brooklyn
| Is secretary Mr. Marston thinks that the pastors
OF New York and Brooklyn could ADOPT something
OF the kind with benefit TO many people