New-York tribune., 1896-11-22
WHAT A CITY PASTOR SEES.
ITEMS OF PERSONAL INTEREST TO
CHURCH PEOPLE

Mr. Moody !s ar optmis. lie says that he could
no, be a pessmls, +; he lived to be a thousand years
Old He IS c0nhlea. tha; the Lord is going to win
the ba,tle and 50 he believes that the sun j. shining
even though a cloudy day appears Blu. |. Is well 10
recognize existing conditions II IL IN op,im.st
lie is a wis. man who carries an umbrella when T.
rains althoueh ne may be certain tha; somewhere
a hail
200 or 500 people NEE. twice day 10 near mo
evangeiis. there is district containing 5000 people
IN which there Is no, a Protestant church-buiirs
sunlay-sch3oi room or mission hall. Il is true that
iher" are dependcr. churches and ehapels and few
struggling Independent churches bos4ersss upon tha:
territory bu; T. the 5000 people moved bodily
out o, New-York there would sill be enough people
10 demand The entrs time and strength OF all the
pastors SInda y-schoo teachers. SundAyschooi visi
tors missionaries and volunteer workers nov engaged
hy all the Protestant bodies laooring on the Lass
side What is needed In thai part OF the city suffer
na,nie and likely 10 suffer more In the nea- future
he IN. removal Of Others il not more churches or
mission enterprises. bat more Christian workers IN
the churches. chapes and missions already estab-
l!sned there. There are dozen or more churches
rcprcsentng nearly as many denominations every
men and women as are 'raned in the Moody ustl-
iu'e IN chicago the Norinaeld Training school also
for Christian Workers carried on by the New-York
City Mission in this city
The city clergymen OF various denominations who
hold weekly meetings have decided TO discuss The
IDEAL Newspaper on December :. in the Fourth Ave-
rue Presbyterian Church.
Every religious paper Jas; week had articles cuo-
ezlng Dr. Siorrs. o; Brooklyn. whom Dr. Cuyler de-
carei In THE Independent" TO be the acknowl-
edged king OF the American pulpit" In addition 10
several articles regarding Or storrs THE lndepen-
dent" publishes in full his sermon on The Glorious
Gospel II the Blessed God" a significant statement
In that sermon Is the only ministers OF religion
who were in Brooklyn when he went there IN 1876
church' and he Rev sylvester Ma.one OF the Roman
Catholic Church ot Saints Peter and Paul. lie added
that he knew OF no one IN ofH remaining II me
pulpit then occupied by him
The new sys;cr, Of Bible study and sunday-school
methods introduced in the Manhattan Congregational
Church. Eghty-thrdst. and he Boulevard. by Pres
ident Iervey OF the Teachers College attracting
much attention Besides the normal classes that
meet In connection with the Sunday-schoo 2:l5
hours Professor ". Is. Dare of Dickinson College.
spoke last evening the Teachers College Meth
the church. DR.. Henry a. Smson. Will speak in the
Manhattan Church on The State of the World at
course on "The Historical Setting OF the New Tes,a-
ment." The hall in which ne Manhattan Church
pc ,ple comfortably There are well-furnshed pdrors
attached and an % pe ha h foeur os io tof
most cordial support from many congregational :am-
lies scattered in the upper part Of the city vel
from some OF the best-known of the older residents
downtown. IL embraces arge group OF enthusiastic
yodns beyond the expectation Of those Who
favored It's organization.
There will be rally OF the Brotherhood OF the
Kingdom at the rooms OF the Industrial Christian Al
lance No. 10 Bleecker-st tomorrow evening. The
recep,on begins at o'clock. and after dinner the
Rcv Leighton Williams will speak on The Socia,
Movement in England" The discussion open TO all
vr,ll close al O'Clock. in time TO allow those present
- attend other evening engagements These confer
erres which are open the friends o! the Brother
h"ed are especially helpful because OF their nfor-
mality.
DR. Francis F. Clark. president OF the Christian
Endeayor Society. writes interesting letters from
Europe. where he Is spending year. His friends
expect him back In time Tor the International con-
,a,tfon in San Francisco next July.