The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-25
N MANY TONGUES.


No loophole Of an excuse for not attend
ing religious services on the plea of unfa-
milinrity with the language I'm which they
are held is now left open for the foreigner
I'm New York Let him come from what
ever country he will, he can be taken, al
most without exception, TO some church
or mission I'm this city where the tongue Of
the preacher will not be strange to his
cars. Some Of these foreign congregations
are well known and have been many years
established, while others are obscure little
bodies, almost never heard Of in n general
way, and many Of them are Of recent
formation. German, French and Swedish
churches have long existed in New York,
and many of them have made their iniu-
ence powerfully felt in the charitable work
of the city. The great number Of Hebrew
synagogues forms GLASS by themselves,
but IN addition to these there are several
Christian mission churches in the different
Jewish quarters where the services are
conducted in Hebrew.
The majority Of Italians being Roman
Catholics attend the various churches of
that faith which happen TO be I'm their
neighborhood. There are, however, few
Protestant italian communities, one of
the most hourishing being the church In
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New York City mission. The services, en-
tirely in Italian, are under the charge Of
the pastor, Antonio Arrighi The Judson
Memorial Baptist church and st. Barna.
/ bas' chapel, Episcopalian, have regular
italian services, and the Methodist denom-
ination maintains two congregations, one
| in Bleecker street and the other in East
/ One Hundred and Twelfth street, the
heart Of Little Italy"
The Armenian language from the pulpit
may be heard i'm Second street, near the
Bowery, where the Olivet Memorial church
has a mission, and at St. Bartholomew 8
Parish house, I'm East Forty second street
Services in a modern Syriao dialect are al
so held in the latter place for a little colo
ny of Syrians from Mount Lebanon. An
other Armenian mission is under the
| charge of the Adams Memorial (Presbyte
rian) church and is at Thirtieth street and
Third avenue. This neighborhood, by the
way, has become the rallying point fol
most of the Armenians in the city, ant
large numbers Of them live thereabou
within a few blocks radius. While th'
Spanish are as a nation Roman Catholics
there are at least two Spanish Protestant
churches in this city The Congregations
and Presbyterian denominations have eacl
sturdy Welsh congregation, where th
pecuiiarities of the Gaelic tongue sounC
strangely to American ears Religious in
struction in Arabic to little band 0
Christians who speak that as their nativ
tongue goes on every Sunday down il
Washington street. The Russian Orthodo-
church in Second avenue is attended b.
the few Russians and Greeks in New York
Regular preaching services in Chinese ar
carried on at st. Bartholomew Paris
house, and probably elsewhere, in conucC
tion with the many Chinese Sunda
schools. And even after this list, whic
seems a considerable one, has been given
there doubtless remain other places in tn
city where Christian religious worship
held in languages yet more unfamiliar
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