The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-27
THE UNITED STATES CHURCH
ARMY.

row.
Some weeks ago the rector of Trinity
church was requested by the Board of
Managers of the Church Army, whose
headquarters Is in New York, to allow
representatives of the Army to explain
their work to the people of New Haven
through the instrumentality of Trinity
parish, in services conducted in Trini-
ty church. After consultation with
members of the Vestry, DR.. Douglas
decided to invite representatives of the
army to come to New Haven next
Sunday for the purpose aforesaid.
Accordingly at the regular morning
service at half-past ten o'clock next
Sunday, the 2Sth inst, the rector and
the Rev. DR.. William NJ Hughes of
Morristown, N. j., who Is a member of
the managing board of the army, will
explain to the congregation of Trinity
church the methods and purpose of the
Church Army in addresses which will
be made instead of the sermon. At the
evening service at half-past seven
o'clock General Hadley and other MEM
bers of the staff of the army will them
selves make addresses setting forth in
detail the operations of the army and
all citizens of New Haven who are in
terested in such matters are cordially
invited to attend this meeting.
1t may be said here that this Church
Army was founded shortly after the
last general convention of the Episco-
Pal church, about six months ago, and
that it's president is the Rev DR.. E. A.
Bradley, D. D., vicar of St. Agnes
chapel Trinity parish, New York
Other members of the managing board
are the Rev. J. Newton Perkins, the
Rev Edward Walpole Warren, D. D.,
of New York, the Rev. William B. Bo-
dine. D. D., of Philadelphia the Rev
William M. Hughes, D. D., of Norris
town, N. j. Gen Henry H. Hadley is
the chairman of the Department of the
Atlantic and the Gulf In general, the
purpose of the Church Army is to reach
the large body of churchgoers, who
reside in this and every city and COM
munity, who are not necessarily i'll
disposed to religion, but who hold
themselves aloof from the church for
one reason or another. 1t has been
frequently said that the Episcopal
church, and indeed many other church
es. have no message for people of this
kind. Following the example of the
Church of England, the parent of the
Episcopal church in the United States,
the Church Army has been established
fr,, ,sG
ing this very kind of work AS is well
known, the Salvation Army was start
ed quite outside of all ecclesiastical
lines, for a somewhat similar purpose.
Aside from other objections which
have been felt for certain methods of
the Salvation Army, it has been
thought by those who have watched
that movement that it's effectiveness
would have been far greater if there
had been a determined effort to lead
up those who have been won by the
Salvation Army methods so that they
become finally attached to the Church
Of Christ. The Church Army is an en-
deaVor in this direction beginning
their operations among the people and
largely according to the methods of
slant effort to secure a membership in
the Church of Christ on the part of all
those who have been won by the in
strumentalities of the army, but in all
the operations of the army proper
there is no evident connection with the
church. So far as the ordinary nstru-
mentalities of divine service are con-
cerned it is a lay work conducted by
lay people. It's operations in some re-
spects, will doubtless be regarded as
erratic and possibly even as grotesque
by those who are accustomed to the
regular and staid services of public
worship as ordinarily conducted in the
House of God. However, as Mr. Moo
| dy himself recently remarked to very
| large audience in New York city, when
| st. Paul was preaching on Mars Hill at
Athens and in the city of EDhesus, it is
| evident from the nara tive that his APP
pearance was regarded as grotesque
and his doctrines as cratic. If the
| Church of God to-day is afraid of being
| called singular and unconventional it is
| certain that she will never reach the
| vast outlying body of human souls who
! hitherto have not been drawn within
| ner IOlu.lJ Is d Idct THAT, dS Milton
says 1.-THE hungry sheep look up and
are not fed" and it is worth while risk
ing an appearance of singularity in an
effort not to neglect these people, who
are not only citizens and voters in our
| republic, but who, in the intention of
| God, should be baptised members of
| His Church.
The meeting at Trinity church on
Sunday evening is one to which per-
sons of both sexes and all ages are in
vited. Week day meetings, the hours
of which will be subsequently an
nounced in this paper, will also be held
| in Trinity church.
1t may. however. be here stated posi-
lively that a meeting conducted by the
Army staff will be held in Trinity
church on Monday afternoon at four
o'clock, to which all are cordially invi-
| ted.
GO AND GET A BEAUTIFUL SOU
VENIR TO-DAY.
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