New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-11
IMPORTANCE OF CITY WORK.
he said in part:

IMPORTANCE OF CITY WORK.
Continuing. he said in part:
First as some OF the things We must al agree
upon TIE city work in this land is Of UNIQUE I'M
p6rtance in tnese c.osing years OF the nineteenth
century For. whether we would welcome mn. 1 90
keep them back. flowing OF all soIts OF Pegpia ~
our cities has set in The reasons for this have
nov non " IN rich the Very restless the very
bilious and the very poor, alike throng When you
Wew-York' pre-enlinently draws the rich the am
bilious the restless and the poor Dy N!Itu5 dlIDr9
port OF this country put o. ne VOL rSe,nenbsr
problems without nuInn.r- w men 49, ,ovard the
great cities j. complicated by me lriin's Anon
movement you have pronem - az VIZ S ~
ferred are accentuated rs insular position the
crowing OF It's population together. by the i'm
moral-T use the word in it, widest sense-tene-
Ism in addition its unntelligent ana dishonest
government in past years l u-te9E ma l.u -,
schools. the separation OF casses-a se2dr dr 49,.
which il peculiarly accentuated In New y or< WIN
results peculiarly disastrons-tne sepAIauon o. ~ n
uptown downtown and the out-oi-soNn-ata Us AZ
things, | say. make sympathetic co-operaton OIL
derstand that there can be no steady ADVANCE III
any nn IN the diffusion OF an intelligent ami
true spirit nationhood except In so far as a.,
cannot be any substantial advance In TINS dlrsc-
ton by parts. If one part hangs back all parii5
est hnger. and the head is racked with pain
ATTITUDE OF THE CHURCH
Now what has the Church 20 say 10 this? What
part does the Church play in dealing with these
problems? The Church witnesses for those great
moral truths which the foundation OF all stable
founda ons-fea,ty 10 truth. service 10 MANKIND
| and charity to each other. May God in His mercy
gran, that we may boz kept TUE 70 His simple and
cer.oin standard Of Christian duty. When first
came TO New-york. in 1876. | preached for four
months Of that year in teni IN siXtn,ay s.f On
| I formed in those four months well-Erounded est
V"rk ard Of the comparative failure Of the Church
10 deal with that mlss.oA.. HihSe ,nen mar
| learned some OF the difficulties OF our city "o'h
| and ~ them ! want 20 speak.
There are some special ways in which the churches
NJ W. are too inlyiiuaL We are simply
a banl Of people gathered together here and there
| and there is no system by which the strong
churches can help the wax dhtre are no nean
suggest W. lind that The evil forces are well or-
gar 6aD 9p b , nor any ndyda Sly OF
pie. am simply stating facts, So mat We may
The churches are too putocra,ic. They run after
! the rich and the Fashionable too much Ihs map
that in the districts where The people are rich thee
are too many Churches ana WnTre me @re
cratic. The churches in this country ar s Iar more
more class feeling in the chrrches mere man d"
DO yoi remember the hrst attempt make use
! Of the electric light In New-York? You remember
! that great high poe Nas erected in MADISON
sIsscGric tights and the people believed that tho
one cluster would cover AL the needs o. me sIu4Ie
result? The bright cluster of iighi caused only
| and came back 10 the OIL sireeuamp pan
APPLIED TO CHURCHES.
So f. IS with our churches Tho fault is that
they cluster their lights and they shine above the
wants and needs OF the people most OF the time
Their lights DO penetrate into the dark corners
Of the city.
Now what have We to face? We have TO face
a condition OF child life which should n9L De 10 10
Grated for moment In their tenem ent homes ,nrS
suffer from the intensity 81 me nea' IN n,lne 10
and cold In the winter They nav no,po pa bv ~
play in and child labor a ! was hIoims' p
competent authority rec,n{, mas oo dt cen, This
! is robbing the cradle and i mistake 'hA' no
country can afford 70 make ,,r uhs, T.,
ought to be. There Is no shelter for them on W. o
station such things ought not be When
came Ne~York fourteen years ago taere ~, ~
10000 There were then more than two H af,y
dred churches below Fourte. ntn-st since sae" ~
starved out Therefore. there are today ieMrr
! churches and missions south Of Fourteen,h-st tndn
there were thirteen years ago. ye, there are -"'v'
more people living beow that line. .,,s a-on,al
Ont Is il because people cannot b. found 10 10
the work? No; because there is no money 10 pay
pay men 10 preach the Gospel for kiadersaf , I'm
work or nursing the sick Cln nat De ca ,' fnow
Christian duty? At the same time as y ~, ,enitn
yourselves there has been vast display OF Wetrn
and .extravagance in this CITY thit l. nstJlS ~
| christian Never In the ages since thrlst was
| born has society made such an os'e"'''''"S '''"
| OF riches.
1T CAN BE ALLEVlATED
The state OF things l have sought TO picture the
state OF the children the state OF the poor the
| paucity OF charities and missions where they are
most needed can largely a.eviaied 10y the spend
ing OF money in this direction
1t is sometimes said that the people don want 10
| 40 - church that they want 10 he drunken. and
| want TO be goddess But what II they DON'T II
| IL our mission 10 20 and compel them 10 come. III
! many NJ us had been brought up many OF them
| have been and in their surroundings. II II prob
| able that We should want 10 be In 81 George :
! Church to-day. ,,, -,
But God hsip me lead. and not 70 hold back. the
| cross OF Jesus Christ IN these last days or the