New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-04

nSvt No. s""e orons souls past come howh enu
hep VS.: SI HInrey and Daniel Baker and Edward
pavson and Truman osborne ana ,@'' that Alexanr
anu ms G-c a' Of the Christian churches wome
down How can YOU rest up mere C %n down and
Is dying ior isck n % praVer Come down and hep us
preach in our pulrits come ao" ,st along without
cora h,s AM than We can Lord God Of Joshua, lie,
the sun OF this century stand SUI iou nntil we can
yne o the i've kings of hell tumbng them down
the precipces az the ol1er nv II WI! so surrey be
done that cannot restrain the laugh OF ,rn'" th
And America for God, that VIII 500" '"ei" '''
world for God.
AN APPEAL FOR FUNDS.
The audience 60; UP rnd sang All i'a,' '"'
Power of Jesus Name" Ia the ola tune VI 'o
onation" led by Alfred Hallam. who waVeu 'he
baton and the Park sisters. VINO Pia!tu ''''
md then the Rev Or. Charles l.. Thompson.
chairman Of the Committee of Home MISSIONS VI
the Presbvtery Of New York rose to make an APP
r.a, for lneral contributions He said In part
II has b.en assigned to me to summon you 10 me
srprome privi.egc Of this hour, you, VINO Io-Is..
are the pyramid top OF n,r Once 10 be n
roman citizen was mans proudcs tIte' nov .t.,o
America was the dream Of hundred grea, Sou -
in the cabin OF the MayiloweT , IN me whrS thev
sealed f their charter degrees Of Longitude
aong barbarous coast emoodet , III urh,s which
III a, W. faned across the continent We
dream tonight Of the end OF me happy people
OK, rnI From, oc,an to ocean. and from all our
shores send christian truth liberty anu "oP'
We have NOT forgotten Mr. President the e, h ,a
you gave ou r wGe General Nssemby You modified
an order Of Indian Department AZ TO "o io o
ucSoos Ne reioced when last week BIZ cutting
of all appropriations 70 Indaa Wax 20
Wn trust II viii become a law II eno9des a
principle which Il dear to Presny,er'ah me- H arst 70
assert II in our Indian work II entail on VI m.r
heavier burdens bit iresny . ,I .go,ns, their
money And now that and every oher depar s,n
OF work educational ana have had 10 caii
hat We have had cut down salaries an a Inc
cutting has reached the qIcs Some Of the bravesi
men men and women OF our church We have piihcnad
the missionaries I'll l. ior one am ~ the East be
forth. let the prosperous chur'hes Vi '"e '
s,nds Ne are not calling FOR Il wreckins ccmpany
either Presbyterans have no use s0 almos, feel il
onplwerinss arouni the oil boat know he pun OF
God on your SOUS Oh. rise anu 'an, t' nn,hus
sr re and e, il free, The Weaern scae await iIs
coming the far-away Alaskan, Gro%n ' san
an" nb No. the order 10 forth from this meeting TO-
ngh'hs hat Sog c9 In ac IN hour the colonel
the bneer boy and bale him play for MN ne s SNes
L me hTar a T' az h. answered Il have never
learned TO play retreat but c'n sounl c .ern
Church ever learned to play retreat o. ,oumd
the charge, From the din dugcuis OF m ha
,o the gIitiering glaciers OF Tacoma; !. w. ~
known ,o-morrow. the imperial city 81 New, f9fk
the od-tme friend OF the Na'on o,n,r ry move on
And the voice OF this audience shall BE- Nno"n sS
the voice Of God campirfs %, nT, s.rouragp
preachers and teachers VIII take heat' an" ''
YOU and bless God
II was an extraordinarily long appeai that
Dr. Thompson made. and when ne hah 'lnS,n
the ushers In evening dress passed oa ,
about In the audience. while the park s,s'rtS
PLAYED = charming duet Having hnishen h'
collection the ushers .ormcd in double column
and marched down the central aisle 10 l"c
front Of the platform where l'r lhoinpSoh is'
them and a skod blessing on the gift or money
When the ushers retired to count the collection
President CLEVELAND introduced Booker WASH
ington. principal o, the Tuskeeee INSTITUTE" ~
Alabama 20 make the closing speech 81 the
evening II was nearly II o'clock and Mr.. WASH
lngton was st!i, speaking when MT Cleveland
quietly left the platform and FASTENED to car
risge which was to convey him to train for
Washington.
MIR. WASHINGTONS SVEECH.
Mr.. Washington. who Is a coored man. spoke
at considerable length. and the audience thinned
,ut Arceptibly before he closed his speech. He
said4h part:
The American Church has never yet compre-
henled It's duty to the millions OF poor whites In
the South who were buneted for 2V years between
Jation Who we're d,sregarded by both the master
ana the slave 1t needs no prophe; to tell the char
Write boy in country districts OF the South is In
sho es h "na % boy y IN ann
dollars worth OF education and your boy twenty
a eadnr SnG Se other has 5raes and
reading rooms in every ward and town. when
hears lectures or sermons once In two months. and
the other can hear lecture or sermon every day
Ny friends there Is no escape: you must help us
raise civilization or yours will be lowered
When the South II poor, you are poor: when tho
South IL gnoran r; you are Ignorant when the
you help the South you help yourselves. Mere
come 1t seems me, when In this ma tier we should
riae above party. or race, or color. sectona,sm
citizen. Christian to Christian and II the negro no
who hes been oppressed and denied rights In
rise can be the medium of your rising into the al
mosphere Of generous Christian brotherhood ana
for all that ne has suffered in the past. When You
a. he poor whites are ignorant so long there vh
be crime against the negro ana civilization "'''
The ushers had not finished the count o, the
collection when SIR. Washington's speech came
10 end. and the hymn America" was being
sung when they left the committee room and
announced that the amount OF the collection
was much smaller than had been expected
We expected $4,000 at least" said one %
them. as ne made his way to the platform. but
| Il amounts TO only 3 600"
The meeting was closed with bcnedIction
! by the Rev Di. ID. J. Mcmillan. secretary of
| the Board Of Home Missions
| The immediate purpose OF the rally was 10
wipe out. or at least considerably 10 reduce the
big deficiency IN the fund devoted to the pur.
missionary work OF the society. This deficiency
at the beginning Of the present fiscal year was
1924 $50 Special gifts received ~ TO the first dav
| Of the present month amounting to sl3l9ls
brought down the adverse balance 70 sI93 $40
Consequently. in round figures the Mission re-
1uired nearly 100000 To relieve the burden OF
! Indebtedness that has hampered It's operation In
the last few years. In many quarters the idea
prevails that the organization has drlfted into