New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-16
,ruiT CITY PASTOR SEES.
r-,,s OF Personal INTEREST TO
CHURCH PEOPLE.

psv Dr. John Hail. the pastor OF the Fifth
Inv presbyteran Church. is In dilemma So
~ reports have gone out regarding his own
No. ,.h and that Of his congregation that he is
"snslr,ed with letters asking for money. To
o'e ., the requests thus made would soon exhaust
gram salary which he receives; to answer all
the ntters containing these requests would occupy
iss The lime needed for preparing his not
ssswe Of the requests worthy OF help but that
ms': few come from people who find II easier TO
IN ,,,e letters than to saw wood
Tho Baptist ministers will listen TO paper next
,,.sday on "New-York 1t Might Be-" by the
W. walter Rauschenbush. Last Monday Dr. Mac
,,,sur gave biri's-eye view of his trip around
fo-i5: the Methodist ministers will discuss THE
ins ,,sters Twofold Work" the paper to be read by
NJ Rev. DR.. r. F: Pardngton, of Brooklyn. and
tss question. How Shall CONGREGATION BE Pre-
uarei to Enter and Leave Gods House," by the
Esv Dr. j. II BaAaeh, of Japan.
The plan OF the Excise Board to lessen the number
- saloons in this city is receiving general approval
The problem before the Commissioners is how to
"A away with a certain number equl;aby. If no
,,c,nse was renewed which is now held in the name
~ A brewery or its collector there would
doubtedly be "A reduction. II no new licenses were
given in election district and none We're renewed
n that district until the proportion of the saloons
number would be reduced in many wards fully 80
ner cent The Christian Advocate" says this week
eduorially: ANY pan TO reduce the number should
receive the support OF every friend OF temperance.
n The rsTn OF done ts y Is not Alto
gether the direct result OF the amount OF liquor
sold Inc SAIGON nse Is ,bere a' ave and the
more widely distributed. the more the plasue-spots
q thu city would do great dea more harm than
le in a single tenementhouse
Industrial Schools" will be the topic for the No
yember meeting OF the Federation of East sale
Workers to b. held at No $50 East Fourth-st. next
THURSDAY az p m when lepreseni9a W. S o, IN, me
american Female Guardian and Home for the
Friendess and the Federation will speak
At a meeting Of people interested in philanthropc
work. a fen days ago. paper was read on The
Possibility OF Saving on Varying Income. The
speaker deprecated the fact that SO large an amount
Of money is paid by the poor 10 the insurance COM
Ianies that make specially Of their patronage
TIE temptation to Guido ones neighbors In case OF
a death leads people to carry much larger insur-
ance than they afford. The result is that many
policies are allowed to lapse. Ii must be admitted
however. In behalf of the working people that they
have a pardonabe pride which it is vel to cultivate
The father who has scrupie against going 10 the
church for money "a bury his dead is wiling to
., the city take the body Of his child to the Pot
ter's Field Is more 10 be cansured ;han one who
will spend than he should on an elaborate
None should b. laid aside through the Penny Prov
dent Fund Of the Charity Organization Society as Is
spent In industrial Insurance would seem 10 DC la Az
one Insurance Is wise investment for the
poor man as for the man in better ci'cumS "a noes,
tbe trouble is tina. many people who ara recipients
OF charity hand a part OF ever dollar which Il
even 10 them 10 support life 10 the Insurance agent
80 that instead OF the money doing present good,
/. l. providing for fine funeral display Some years
hence Here as els where the true remedy Tor an
avil is 10 furnish something better. ANA thai the
penny Provident Fund is doing. Il has established
stations in hundreds Of churches. schools stores
snd chldren's clubs. and il is doing splendid work
in teaching the children habits Of saving that VII
rrevent the necessity q the.r becoming objects OF
charity by-and-by. Sub henefcent WORK needs
every encouragement and IL = gratlfyirg to Know
:, such a kindly reception in the public schools.