Evening star., 1894-12-15
CHURCH ATTRACTIONS.
Some OF the Methods In Use In New
York Churches.


'o'"s VI INC Metnoos IN oso "A No"
YORK Churches.
From IN. Nav yorx Aavsr,,so.
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- 'ne rev. Dr' WHham .. naihsloro
created sensation a year ago by the posi-
ton which he took I'm regard to saloons.
what will tba tennar.nca advocates think
,,,ha, ,ho,. - - ..a-
""eA my io"u "ha' he saio " q fepoi'oA
yesterday?
DR.. Rainsford was asked IL he had
changed his views in regard tn the LIQUOR
business Aftor ron,,,;n, tha& ho naa not
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he i"aoe 'he hoiowihg aooitionai oeciara-
ton:
II am in favor of opening the saloons
Sunday afternoon. l do not think 1t Is
right to allow a rich man to buy all the
liquor he wants in a club, and to give no
such liberty to the poor man."
There is bar room at the corner Of Sd
avenue and 10th street which is some
times called "Rainsford's saloon" and
those who hear 1t SO spoken of infer that
1t is the outcome of the suggestions made
by the preacher twelve months ago, that
1t Is visited by members of DR.. Rainsford's
congregation. or that he exercises some
sort OF supervision over It. This Is not
true, but the history of the saloon Is In
teresting, nevertheless. At first blush the
public understood that DR.. Rainsford ad-
Vocated the ownership or saloons by the
churcneS-that Oar room snoulu De run
as an annex he declares that ne mas
never advocated the cnurcnes as corpora.
t IONS gong INTO the nquor business. .t bu'
ne REGARDS the sa;ooh as, 10 large extent
the poor mans club. Inc man goes there
because ne hkes company ana nus aesre us IS
70 MAKE tne arihkhs mere ihcioeht: 10
sen nquor 40, nov ever, tne oniy ann u, VI sne
oaI ISeepes' anu lhe piace, iis.eau ~ VI pSiile
conoucteo on the piah Oh Social olsaIiiAa- s
.,oii' mas Aos tne nlaiis ing VI p.s pusiposS,e
tne sale oi lnloAicahts IL. i.sioiu ''
nharao,ar ,sro~iSa nIaoas 90 - u,hioh Mnnor
INC ao'ei az piostae p.ao.S a. y, ~ do Hda,o,
can pe o%pIaiheo, % ou. az wnicI tme Sooias o.
u. easies WI oe enlpiasi@eu anu OH iuea VI
P[Oll P, pe eiiinihaIea. @
nc n s 'aiistoiu eeIoo,. 10 uea'
piaSe' er Wel n'aeu ISL up, VIII fit,S 4 1he
Sass mn iois anu eheiiS LUZ OIi ,ae -,
Cpposite cH Soiner anu niuch heafer St.
ueoi &c Snui en- ~ an oiu parroonl u WHICH
~ - na' oeei, iiipossioie 20 ciose, oeoause ,
saIonn :, nnnn .ara,,od ILL.,. no t, "nen s1
aoSSiSI,, 20 y'e a. q n'eIse ns -no po,ns
sand tnI't,t,t - ~ 'neie W sSay. IT. IT. ,ul n.sis
to toru tousn. inersgphca,ion ior ~ ,ne LICENSE sc
h III tne . new saioyo AS coicessioh 70
niit. % .ne ~ o y, 1he PIace gave MN MN
a pOnu lof si.VV that tney would NOT sen
W niiiols, anu 'nal poIu is III lie PIeach-
- possessn. Sn l. rs sau .iiai IL aiSo sl- M
t .,e" ei"Tse tne saie VI nqIoi W,
~ D. wo lha. 10 al tIie cohheSl lioh Di'
f'alnslora M mas Win tne sa.oon.
Nhen ne was asked yesterday II ne nao
e,er taheh any steps toward puttihs ms
ioess INTO pracuce ne sald:
i
II Is my opinion that we shall eventually
nave some apphcalon OK the Gutenberg
Sysueni.
we ny 10 make the people 1eel con-
Giiueu LII. ftdihsIord, tnat St. Georges
Church Is trying to help them. We work
on the Idea that the church Is a social or
ganlzatlon, based on the teachings of the
savior. We have club rooms and gym
nasium, and fully fifteen hundred young
people visit the church during the week
lays, while the Sunday school numbers
more than two thousand children"
one or the novel features for attracting
people to church is that adopted by the
Rev. A. b. Wilson of the West Eighteenth
Street Methodist Church. DR.. Wilson has
two seats set aside for women who bring
their babies. Thousands of women who
strings are denied the opportunity to at
tend church, and DIR. Wilson's innovation
Is for their benefit. A room is set aside as
a nursery, and a committee of young
ladies Is In charge. If a baby behaves
himself like Christian he can hear the
sermon. IL not, he is taken into the
nursery and given a toy to play with, or is
amused in some way, while his mother
listens to the preacher.
A special feature of the music In DR..
Wilson'S church is the children's chorus
There are perhaps $50 OF the little fellows
ranging in size to the veriest tots, and
their music is a great attraction. There is
one boy about as high as the back of a
chair, whose singing never fails to attract
especial notice. They have a choir bal
cony to themselves.
Every Sunday Dr. Wilson prints an ad-
vertisement in a newspaper whose readers
are supposed to be in greatest need of his
kind solicitations. He announces his spe-
cial features, using about as much space
as recently announced the attractions at
Buffalo Bits Wild West show. The doctor
h,,t = - - 80 s, ot oiiis 90 W eIe PAPER,
yertisement. Which 10 nIa"ad aUona -, ms aha