New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-11
rusT i CITY PASTOR SEES.
,,,,c or PERSONAL INTEREST TO
CHURCH PEOPLE.

,,s or PERSONAL INTEREST TO
CHURCH PEOPLE.
.,.,s,, Avenue Presbyterian Church, at
i"e .htrl-st. WILL hold is annual meeting next
Pa" ,.hen supper will be served and speeches
Aon""E so,o~al prominent men who interested
h'i' ,,,r.h work Mss Alice Merritt. of Brook
In Hee In I'm the year now closing, the church
Bas raised S2o"' pY NVQu'SriS h,,r w uur
ins ~ s,, Ga Friends Of the Free church idea have
.sat reason 70 be ghcouIaseu' tSpe.'iH as ms
g.,vrch for the people closes me year without a
deficiency.
.,o course Of Sunday evening sermons '"The
i".,,r,lon 90 the Churches to our Common Chris
~" win arl Life" in the Fifth Avenue Baptist
church. the Rsv pr S d. McconneN, of phila-
I.uhia WI preach tomorrow evening showing
as tH re Protestant Episcopal Church has given
as rs ,fsrns.
>. g.. so,,ey,hat remarkable that large crowds Of
o,o in New-Yorl. City can be induced to go to
Pp..,lor hats during the busy hours of week day
" ho,r the Gospel preached and sung. but last
,,on1,v afternoon Cooper Union packed to
.ha doors 10 hear u. i. Moody and the Rev A. c.
80, ON "Tterral Life" Mir Dixon spoke In his
anr Characteristic way Of eternal life present
s"s.sssjon. as gift through faith In Jesus Christ.
l ,r,phasizeI the fact that may receive
-. r. He drew the distinction between mere
I.yys,sn1. and NE \ corpse exists and even dead
store ma! ~ j. l.nov.jnr cod 49, defned Nv christ
g. "N.s5v gave ringing address the impor
ne of securing eternal life al once. Mr. Sankey
. AN rhr3w Out the Life Line ami scvera were
r. Inc last tew years. W. : Woedsn, IN voice
o. much sweetness and large compass. sang
~ viii spcak on THE Iigh: Of the World and
ne Reg DR. b. =. Tyler VII preside. NJ WeedSn
cornc, Tho doors VII open at 2Aj o'clock and
admission is free TO a"
A conference of the officers and representatives
~ forci.n missionary boards ard societies held
in January 1888. at the Presbyterian Rooms in this
city \ second conference was held in January,
issi in the Methodist Rooms, and third last Februs
a-y in the Protestant Episcopal Rooms All Of
thcse meetings were largely attended. and great
good was acc1nPSje ny te h, Men in,itod ~
nee, in the Reformed Church Building. No. 2j
East Twenty -sccond-st
The members Of the japanese dcputaton sent out
last September by the American Board have re-
.frnel and while no formal report has been made.
II IS probable that their interviews with the mis-
s,onaros and the representatives, of the churches in
Japan connected with the Board will have far
reaching effect. not only in Japan but In America
as well The Commissioners were DR.. j. l.. Barton
and " p Ellison OF the Prudential Committee: DR..
j. G. johnson. of Chicago. and d.. A. II. Bradford.
financial problems OF the Board should think that
the expense had been an unwise one. II IL inter
estng 10 add that the entire expense was met by
private subscription
THE Assembly Herald" for January gives seven
Of its thrty-two pages to a verbatim report of the
addresses at the recent meeting in Carnegie Hall
in the interest Of foreign missions, when ex-Presi-
dent Harrison John w. Foster. eX-Secretary OF
State and President Clark. of the Christian En-
deavor Society spoke DR.. John r. Davies. chair
man Of the Presbyterys Committee on Foreign Mis-
sions describes the recent missionary campaign
which eliminated in that large gathering, ana eX-
presses the hope that this movement viii be re-
peaied in every Preshy;ery in the Church. Among
c Iar ADOPTED by the Presbytery was
the following: THAT Presbytery recognize
nd no 81 or
olence and wise zeal Of the Rev. John X. Davies.
D D. to whose untirng labors chairman OF the
committee the splendid success OF the movement
so largely due.
The reports regarding the condition OF Joseph
Cook the well-known Boston lecturer, have been
so contradictory that The Congregailonalist' has
secured statement giving the exact facts which
shows that his condition is alarming the
public has been led to expect. He broke down in
Australia on August 81. and returned to this
try from Japan with the deputation Of the Ameri-
can Board arriving at Clifton Springs. y. y about
ten days ago. on the trip across the Pacific he was
able TO take his meals in the public dning-room
part Of the time, where he talked as interestingly
and nationally as ever many themes He slept,
however only under the influence OF opates and
nervous Indigestion necesstated extreme care with
reference TO his diet He was. moreover like others
in similar condition. the victim Of melanchoa,
and worried almost necessarily over his condition,
fearing that he might not live 10 reach ms naive
land The report closes as follows: MI COOKS
case then may be described as one or severe ner-
vous prostratOn due doubtless to long ana unceas-
ing activity lecturer, author and editor Tor me
last twenty years. but in the judgment of DR..
Barton and the physicians at chiffon springs there
Is reason TO anticipate favorable termination OF
20 the ranks OF the worlds workers. among whom
he has taken so conspicuous place