New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-15

,rrNs OF PERSONAL INTEREST TO
CHURCH PEOPLE.


y IT TvrdaI who has recently resigned
nv of the Broome Street Tabernacle car
the ,.n hin, IN Germany the degree OF Doctor Of
res -, which he received last week from the
r",'srsi,v of the City OF New-York. Mr. Tyndall
.dro.e OF Williams College bu; two years
h received he degree Of A. NJ from the Uni
Az 49,. and now he has the added honor OF Ph. ID.
We. ,hsss was on Mature as the Medium in the
I - Of Spiritual Truth" MIR. Tyndall has
nv ,hs pastor at Broome-st. for six years. and
- that time 80 members have been received
80 he church. The Tabernacle. between Broad
~ and the Bowery. is in the midst OF a popula-
,,or that is rapidly becoming more and more for
~ If is the great centre Of the Italian Colony
York and yet the church Is able TO report an
m:;rssc attendance Sunday evenings for the last
~ Of 81 The morning attendance averages AZ.
Mr TyndaI says Y his little Paper' The T la nn
Ssssspeakinr Protestant people have been so rapidly
,moyinc Of this part Of the city that we have
no ayn that we we oTsg ha
rssrs age or change it into an Italian church had
no. pastor various methods OF attracting and reach
rs The people and for the earnest spirit OF conse,
Va c,s,ion on the part of the church members and
ne elders and above and beyond al me increasing
Sonc this work and has been cementing our
hearts together till there was never such a spirit
~ unity in the church as at present.
"Roston 'a5" is the rallying cry of the Christian
rndeavor host throughout the United States and
deayor people, three years ago. no other city had
eyer seen such an outpouring. but Boston hopes to
.,,,nse New-York next month. when the fourteenth
International convention will be held, beginning on
July 10 Special Sound steamers and special eX-
cursor trans The Golden Rule is publishing
series of articles entitled, "'Welcome to Massachu-
wsch they may expect to see. An extensive pro-
eramme has been arranged for the great gathering.
While the Presbyterans are raising a million dol
lars in order to relieve the boards of the Church
from the very pressing debts which are hamperng
their work the Congregationasts are also making
strenuous efforts to clear the debt of the Home Mis-
sion Society. AT the meeting in Saratoga last week.
General o. O. Howard. the president. offered to be-
come one Of lao persons to raise the debt In let
fer to the friends Of home missions he said: Il
should be delighted TO lead this roll of honor by my
ewn subscription of 500" The suggestion was &C, &C,
roll Of honor" is rapidly filling up. 1t said at
Pttsburg that while the boards had been COM
yelled TO contract debts during the inanca. depres-
Ion Of the last three years, II was not known
that any special retrenchment In the way o. sun
day dinners had been observed during that time
There are many ways to raise church debts but
none perhaps more efficient than that adopted by
gregstionalists. and Dr. John Hail. VINO out Of his
modest income sent check for $1,000 to the Pres
tyterian Committee.
Downtown Methodism from the Standpoint of
Downtown Pastor" will be the topic next Monday
before the New York Preachers Meeting methodist
EpiscopaD and the speaker will be the Rev Dr. J.
A. e. Wilson. 1t seems pity that with such
topic and such speaker the official notice should
read The public not admitted II there is one
feature of Church work in New-York that the pub
lie should know more about than another II IL the
need OF the downtown district and how that need
may be 1t is idle 10 talk about saving the
Roman Catholics of Italy and Hungary ana the
Jews the wide world over or the foreigners OF many
faiths and without faith on our frontier until the
hundreds of thousands OF foreign people IN this city
have been supplied with the Gospel. The ADDRESS
O. Dr. Wilson should have the widest possible pub
llcty instead of being delivered behind closed doors