New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-28
THAT 4 CITY PASTOR Sc les
ITEMS OF PERSONAL INTEREST TO
CHURCH PEOPLE.

CHURCH PEOPLE.
~ 6 Macarthur, the new president of thu
x.r.york Ministers Conference. will lead DIS
",on next Monday on Conservation" Dr. Mac
thur said in accepting the office conferred upon
sn by his Baptist brethren that he doing &
,ss- amount Of work than before. How
.s,, is possible it is difficult to understand. For
,~sn,y.iive years he has seemed to be doing the
rcrk Of at least two men, with plenty Of time for
n~smsional services. Just now. in addition to his
PASTORAL work, which includes great amount Of
uusttery 10 Yonkers. he is writing two books. Most
sn would think that they had sufficient amount
don or the book-writirg.
THE Crucinxion OF Jesus will be the subject Of
lss Rev Dr.. A. c. Dxon's sermon in Cooper Union
l,.xt Monday afternoon. There will be a special
long service At .. m.
The Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital. which is
Iupported by voluntary contributors and Intended
lmr the free treatment of those who are too poor
Io pay for medical advice, has jus, issued Its twen
Iue;h-sixth annual report. The number Of patients
Treated has exceeded all previous records by several
Thousands. and this in spite of the very careful
Irrutlny Of applicants for admission the part Of
I,he supe.ln tenGent more than eight hundred hav-
ing refused treatment because Of their evident
liability TO pay for professional advice. The number
Io new patients received into the hospital last year
was 1880. the total number since the hospital was
opsned IS !96 $50 or the patients treated last year
IaSs were children under nine years old The re-
sgious statistics interesting Roman Catholics
Il015; Protestant 1910; Hebrews. 1857: agnostic Is
The officers OF the hospital President. John SIN
clair icepresidents. George E. Sterry II. r.
Barnes and Andrew H. Smith: secretary. A. G.
Agnew; treasurer Charles Lanier. In special ap-
peal in behalf Of the hospital the officers say The
hard times OF the last TWO years has borne heavily
uooa char table work that depends mainly vol
unary contributors, Death has removed many Of
| ND haN-a annoy q
| from the city. The demands upon the hospital
steadily increase from year TO year. calling for
than justaed by It's overwhelming circle Of bene:
faries Win Increased expense and dm mi hd
those able to hsg aong their aa ~S o asd
sn ndo Of bed payments at conven. enee Of
donors second the c. r. Aglew Memorial Fund;
bird beques, by will; fourth annual subscriptions
CURED to enlarge hospital Checks should be drawn
10 the order of Charles Lanier. treasurer, No. l0S
Park-aVe
The Second Street Methodist Church will hold its
Jubilee services Tomorrow. The Rev. DR.. A. c.
Norehouse. having secured the Endorsement Of lead
| ing officials in the denomination. will be able to
hand the cancelled mortgage to Bishop Warren
who Will preach In the morning and then burn the
desm.nt IN tme nenSon 'aere w De pr Sn
ASiyne will preach in the evening.
speaker at a meeting held to discuss the public
school trustee system this week caused SOMETHING
0. sensation by making the following statement:
Some ladies engaged in work they fondly call re-
form have expressed the notion that the main fault
Of our public schools consists In overwhelming the
lower classes. and thus producing a damaging dis
content, This is a quotation which can be sub
s,antiat.d by the affidavits of three women When
pressed TO give the name OF the person who made
the remark the speaker said II was the wife Of
mar who was elected Mayor of New-iork on a
Democratic ticket. and finally gave her name as
Mrs Abnam S. Hewitt Speaking of the remark after
the meeting, man who had been disturbed BY the
address in which ii occurred said: Mrs. Hewitt is
right The daughter OF my coachman should learn
how 10 40 housework. Why should she go 10 tne
II suggested that in America Il was possioie
for the coachman's daughter, thus educated 70 De-
come the wife of a future Mayor OF New YORK
What the poor need is club-not social ciub:
but a poceman's locust said leading member OF
several uptown clubs short time ago. The trou-
Ehey should learn their pace" II was suggested
that the future OF this gentlemans son might be in
the hands OF the son OF one OF these poor men, Tor
In America not only do the sons OF the rich ana
he poor meet in business relations but in educa-
onal institutions we'll and what the gentlenans
kpn becomes may depend largely upon the influences
lrouRht TO bear upon him in his teens by the asso-
med by the law of force and not the law OF Kind
less The truth Is. there are too many extravagant
PLACEMENTS made by certain classes among the poor
and among the rich wel only extravaganza
seems worse coming from those who have had the
advantages denied to many Of their fellow-men.