New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-03
WHAT A CITY PASTOR SEES
ITEMS OF PERSONAL INTEREST ~
CHURCH PEOPLE.

The cause OF foreign missions Is to be preseh'e~
in all the Presbyterian churches and chapes ~ III.
New-York Presbytery on November ~ ana aiso a.
the prayer-meetlngs the following week III "'u
ton to these services there are to De several me-
ings in various districts thro ghout the clty; LII, u
minating in a general meeting In CatnesIe Ira.'
Hall on November 10 II Is expectesu ,ate Foster will
be among the speakers: The meetings nave iobn r.
Dawes. Of the Fourth Avenue Church is chairman.
The dedication Of the Grace Methodist Episcopal
Church in West One hundred "a nd -fourthst, rev
days ago not only marks the progress OK Me'hoc-
ism In this city, but also test!fes to the sp'eha'a
efforts of the young pastor VINO mas raiseu ue
money to erect this fine building Seven or esht
wears ago DR.. Triple came here from the Drew
seminary He had had no pastoral experience and
knew little about New-York He was sent 10 d.
Lukes Church. near Bryant Park. where, against
terrible odds, he built up a good congregau99h. ne
made friends IN ms denoW han Was Vas gecded
10 have a church built for the congregauon r "oi.
shppings in chapel on the west sde D1, ibp,ee
Gse 'i for this field The minister who has
Shurrh cI has NV sincere Sympathy Dr. Triple
had a congregation to gather as weh as ou a,
prises The effort nearly Frustrated him !ast spths,
but few weeks of rest on the piays ss M OK
Europe restored him to his usual heath he -
now receiving the congratulations OF MS rreh ns
,Ipon the completion OF mis- house OF worship ah'
is looking forward to a busy winter.
BROOKLYN has been nOnOrei IeCeHNy W wv 800
conventions one held by the American Board and
the other by the Christian Endeavor Society. This
week a third convention is TO be held IN tna' city.
The week beginning November WIZ Witness
great gathering Of women Interested IN the WORK
AZ women under the auspices OF the international
convention Of the Young Womens Christian Asso-
Citations. President Low. OF Columbia College, Mira
Mary Lowe Dickinson and DR.. Lyman ABBOTT are
among the speakers announced Some OF me Prsc-
tical topics announced these: nnihs 70 Cniis'
,fop 70 IT
Missionary and visa9n on ne is se
ence. Cooking Millinery. Dressmakng. Nursing;
Mothers Meetings. Hygiene. etc questions OK
Ing Money, Sources OF Income. Rules Governing Sc.
lection and Name Of Members Junior W. Mor Xou,s
Ineligible aas Tor Full Msmbsrship.LtIe Children in
Kchsn Garden Hdms: and Or and
Girl Abroad. in Vacation Homes Fresn All rih as
m,scelIaneous discussion and thoughts which shall
have arisen calling for comparison OK Views ana
experience.
Cna q, the best-known and most popular Catholic
prests in the lower part OF New-fork Is DR.. Fat
rick F. McSweeny OF St. Brigd's Church. IN
Tompkins Square. Although he is a strict Catholic.
working faithfully for his Church, he joins hands
heartily in movements for the moral improvement
of the East Side. In THE Catholic World' for
November Dr. McSweeny has an article on "a
Study of the Sunday Question" from which these
paragraphs are taken:
had the grit and courage to grapple with this ap-
parently all-powcrful monster-the saloon-in the
big city of New-York. Here then Is not question
of politics; there is question Of religion and PUBLIC
pion than that Of the helpless women and childrea
Of the poSG ,b rs no spss sha' Total
Convention OF last August. When we THINK OF me
%d and Ssp Is a ws aG
upon the destroye OF domestic peace ana napp;;
to open his mouth at all. when there is question
of closing his den of vilany on the Lord Day
ming OF an avenging God. | have known saloon
keepers who are In the business much AGAINST their
trade. or even physical strength to make living
in any other way-and they were good men. too
to be ashamed to put their names over the deer.
and to denounce It themselves. warning their chill
dren never to enter into it; These men. am happy
to say. are not seen IN the vulgar and disgusting
parades which are made in our streets; they feel
that until TO Use the words OF the Third Coanc.
traffic. ana embrace more becoming way Of max
ing living they should at least make Opposl-
ton to the enforcement OF the Sunday law.
I'VE are told by some that, II they cannot enter
it in their homes This. feel certain is not true,
very many of the abuses OF drinking caused
the man is restrained by his wife and family.
Moreover. even If he continues his habit OF wast,
at midnight: whereas before he had still all OF sun
s s that at Sow much OF his weekly es wages e h
fan to reach his family and even II they have 10
thing left in his pockets Before this the barkeeper
emptied them completely Then they tell US that
he will get his beer or liquor outside OF the city.
Better so: he will have farther TO go for IT, ara
his wife will see that he has less 70 spend. even II
he does not use some of IL for paying her fare
OF the teeming town to the health giving air Of
Coney Island or some other place. | have peram-
bulated the tenements as priest for thirty-ivs
years. and ought to know something about them
Let all who love God and the people stand firm for
the Sunday.
Services in commemoraton OF the dead will Re
held to-day at II a. in ST. James's I.uth-
eran Church. Madson-ave. and Seventy third-st
OF which the Rev. DR.. J. b. Remensnyder Is pastor