New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-15
WHAT A CITY PASTOR SEES.
ITEMS or PERSONAL INTEREST ~
CHURCH PEOPLE

CHURCH PEOPLE.
rho conservation Of Grace Chapel, on the East
side this week is another illustration oi VIC ',,
tina. the Protestant Episcopal 'hur''' "'' Wv
wise leadership Of Bishop Potter Is ""Ne ~ -,
changed conditions OF the city. NO one ''r ieaN
his Sermon published In Inc iriou,e o ,,. r,or
dav wi,hont feeling that he Is one OF the II" me"
,Sn,,rant In church life VINO have given the matter
ina, study which enables them to SPEAK au''oi''A
.velv His month in Stanton-st last summer anu ''s
frequent visits to the Pro-cathe'iai ~
other downtown churches. cannot ran ~ DC u ''
Great advantage. not simply to the people y, "'S
.,,.n ammunition. but to all who have the welfare
y. .4a,n ,oIIow-men at heart. There is this d!f-
90 e- me-. roo between the utterances OF bshop
Potter and those Of any OF ms ,bov sneak of
% rohipns which confront them there Is dat,
ger Of their statements being cons'uhv." ,hep ne
e. discouraged minor prophet. but wheh tne
~ D,h 80 %ew-York treats these problems. con.
trasting the wicked. wasteful. wahton iuauty
LIZ no "dcen and deadenng poverty, II Is taken
WIN ou VOID az sagac.ous leader. and such he IS
No one Interested In instl'n''oi n,,o ~ tho c,tX
Should fail to inspect the splendid group OF build ,I
ngs which are arrang 81 To pro- .Sosc Who c1me
nuSar It's inNucnce DIR. Huntington the rector OF
Grace parish has done mne6 sanas The COM
city. but no other accofhll hanai ''''''
notion Of tie ne" Grace 'hape''
y s,,,e If the severe weather. the meetings In
1-oonor Union for five days last week were un-
e,icroSsfnl.
rbrrsdav several hundred people were P'eSe"''
~, r,,ors q, the aftcr-meetng expr' ssed theln-
.,o. "a ,reatlv encouraged by the fact that not
ICES than lGD persons. mostly men, signed ch,us
Turnr The week declaring that they man , n'vo,
CChr,stions one woman last Monday aItr'i'o ,
III ,hnt che had come forty miles TO attend me
r,eeinr Next Monday at so o. III, w y,
C. 5'Npn, 1l and the Rev DR. J. r. Davies OF
the Fourth Avenue PTesDS ''r'A" nun - ~ '
side.
Tho presbvtery on Monday adopted the interest
,nr ronort OF the Committee on Temperance pre-
sente1 by tho Rev D. Stuart Dodge Aiier sew
oval recommeni a,lons as t. the duty Of Christian
citizens and church members. the committee closed
its report with these earnest words; I'VE 'oel CON
,,,ro, n recall the fact that other great moral
r.forn more needs the positive and persistent
leadership % the pulpit THIS cannot be- le'i to
tho platform to the religious or secular press 10
TEMPERANCE publications or to benevolent orsaniza-
tons OF any name. The church must hold the
foremost place In this conflict. II IL her natural
right and recognized duty. NJ VIDE and permanent,
success can be expected until III" ministers ~ the
Gospel are everywhere AMI Enthusiastically prominent
in lighting Indifference. arousing ana guidlns pun
Nc sentiment. and making manifest the power OF
the pdlp, IN marshalling the torc,s OF righteous
ness against this universal ani desoatrs zoe o. the
Church and OF mankind.
The Fifth Avenue Baptist Church has Just issued
IT'S year book which contains fine cut OF the
church and parsonage in Forty-s!xth-si. Just west
>. r,t,,ha, +, ,Sq- the church rave In benevolent
offerings 81, $50 c. ana for home expenses SlS2,5 a.
d 'o'oi - ''N' 49,, e.. ,t,. a., 81, D, VIZ
aseho''S iV' " . .,.,o,,,. 49,,
'iuo' -, I a., ,,.,,,, 49,,
p"''""'',' 80, -, 49,, -. ,r,,,.
appropriation Tor lr'"H-''' W." anu M VIZ
ment for the inmates % the baprs' Home ior me
.,aa consisting az music AMI Rotations flowers
-, -, a.l utrs,,. ,r.,ffrcs ., the sck IN
'or al present anu h'''' t''''''7
their rooms \ day nursery AMI kindergarten. a
concert ana i'rlu'' ''''N' '' Wv -N''"'''N' 49,