New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-02
WHAT A CITY PASTOR SEES.
.nrus OF PERSONAL INTEREST TO
cu1,RCH PEOPLE.

Cur,RCH PEOPLE.
Meetings Of people interested in
Three ," Cor the working people have been held
oaL The one on WeoneSua' ''e' ~ '
l''s me. I-r,on. which filled 'he large nan' was
.a. ,he charge Of the oo0'a' ''o'' ~ ~
uno.' -. george and his friends succeeoeu III
While mem, ,eeting II did not prevent the audi
capturing NV ting resolutions favoring the report
ence from " House Committee. now before the
"a ~, and also scoring TRINITY |hurch ioi "s
Les's'a I'd the Board OF Health in reference
atutuu. auction OF water on the upper hoors OF
10 'he The Federation Of East Side workers
the mousse afternoon took up the same topic
on lhd ~ an address from Mr.. Glider, the
anu TO- ~ the committee, In explanation OF the
o"" A, this meeting resolutions were aoop'eu
rep ,,s the recommendations or the committee
aPp gtns the Legislature speedily 10 pass the
ana "eaested The meeting also requested the
pIs .s,on of the supplement reports presented by
puo,,ittee including the testimony, that the
inc nv, NAV know the facts upon which the COM
p.oo made its report. On the evening OF the
"' dow the City Vigilance League continued the
discussion
a., cuder has been indefatigable in his labors
,hs tenement House Committee. and his efforts
80 very deeply appreciated by those VINO are ne-
yo,,pg themselves to the elevation OF the tenement
,,Iation The people themselves who live III
nose houses are also grateful for the action mus
,r taken and II is hoped by workers and residents
,ua that the Legislature Will not delay acuoh
on this question which affects the health. safe'y'
No. aud morals of so many hundreds or thousands
=, reonle II is an encouraging sign OF the times
A., the tenement-house problem has been pusheo
"a the front, and that the investigation mas peei
corr,ed on conscentiously by men VINO nave pro"ei'
ito ito study love for humanity. 1t now remains
Gov those who like them care for the oodies ana
~. - mon 20 hiring whatever influence they can
90 hear upon the Senators and AssemDiymeh WHO
have the bills in their keeping
The Calvary Baptist Church has had Its present
,stor DR. r. s. Macarthur. for nearly quarter
- q century The anniversary will be held In May.
. large committee has been appointed to prepare
MANS for the celebration. twenty-five years III
.,ngle church is long time for city pastor ana
there are few men older in the pastorate than ne.
This IL the only church which he has served and
his nopularity has increased with the years. not
o,one IN the church and city, but throughout the
country After the celebration next summer. Dr.
Macarthur expects to take trip around the world
No man deserves a vacation more than ne he mas
Iabored unremttingly, and has made spiendld
record as preacher pastor. writer lecturer and au-
thor His people united and at the close OF 1874
the trustees were able report their valuable prop
erty entirely free from debt. and the year just
PASSED Is said have been the best In the history
of the church. notwithstanding the hard times. the
income Of the church was most encouraging, ana
contributions for benevolent and missionary objects
were large Besides the work In the church ouid-
ing In West Fifty-sevenhst., the people are carry
ing on an aggressive work at their Sixty-eighth-
st. mission and holding services every day In the
week. In this mission there are free kindergarten
Christian Endeavor societies and other forms OF re-
lgious and benevolent work. Al the coming Len,e zen
season there will be evangelistic services az the
Home Church. Dr. Macarthur is now preaching
series Of SUNDAY evening sermons upon the young
The annual meeting of the church and society OF
the First Congregational CHURCH Of Montclair n;
year about $4,000 was raised for benevolence and
1880 for home expenses-a total OF more tna i
Ss s1r ana ' 1su sd'a ns "r IS full
can be no further growth without additional sn,
a foreign missionary the Rev. J. b. Eaton. Of
Chihuahua Mexico and home OF IN aq
II is also leading In to Interest esr6 5ns
OF he Cities ei Of Bss Brador
worker Of the Whittier House, in Jersey CITY Is
f ord Of es Of its
assistant to Or. Bradford is the Rev TiIom%s @
io sfca% Seminary Like Dr. Macarthur Dr. Brad
ford is able TO do an immense amount OF wS Iso
S S@a pastor Of his church for about of
century.
Professor Matthey SwTe o0 Of the IS P re iSe
city in the interest Of the institution ,o started
and 10 four obtain ra% had am
auate supply of ministers Tor the work Of presSy,
cream sreat need e the Seminary and though
Without dollar of endowment. 1t has been sue,
cess from the nrst Students have come in s sue,
the needs of the Home Mission churches can be
properly met by ministers trained on the ground
made possible thus far only by the self sacrificing
services of the faculty who have taught without
cchurches and a few individuals who have borne
the needfui expense The time has come when
r,aS oermanent This is the only seminary
begun BY the Presbyterian Church in twenty-four
Cars during which time the number OF commu-
Sicants in the denomination has doubled. while
tba evnenditure for home missions has Increased
naariv three-fold The Omaha Seminary is by no
means a local enterprise but concerns the whole
Preshvt terrain Church a truly Az the great cause
Of home missions OF which 1t can be made most
efsnIent helper. The last general assembly com
,nnnded the institution to the benevolence OF the
church for an endowment OF 10000, and this
amount would insure It's continuance and lasting
usefulness