New-York tribune., 1897-01-31

such conception Of religion must appeai ihise
IL TO the emotions. 1t Is through tue eho'ohS'
indeed. that the evangelist does his most eiiec-
five work. He therefore learns to play OIL 'nc
human heart until II responds to him just Us '''e
organ responds to the touch or the iiias'e' '"''
clan. He relates moving and pathetlc s'oi'e''
describes the primal innocence or Ire peio'e
Gin has marred II, tells how that Innocence ""!
no recaincd and then. when the hearts or MS
hearers are in melting mood. leads thenh
coptIyc by the singing OF sensuons Gospei hymns
This Is the reyivalisi's method OF saving NEIL
II Is not n new method; II goes back to the days
of the Apostles. and will always be found ehec'
tive while men and women are what they are.
Rut there IS another method Of regeneratlhg
mon and women at least quite as effective tiat
also runs back to the early days of the Church'
II is that of continuous and organized evangei-
ism. and Is admirably represented by the work
Of Grace Church, in this city. whose parish
Yearbook has Just come to hand. ME many
other churches are doing the same sort Of work,
no other Is doing it with more wisdom ana thor-
ouohness Some idea of it's extent may be
oalned from the fact that the merest summary
of ii in the yearbook takes up l'o pages. Inc
staff Of workers for the mother church In Broad
ssts OF eleven cergymen. eight deaconesses'
more than hundred teachers ana parish 'is''-
ors. and many more men and women who give
part OF their time TO the activities OF the PARISH
II IS this multiplicity Of workers, VINO are WORK
ing with unhagging zeal every day In the year.
that gives such parish as Grace Church SUCH
n tremendous momentum. AS ChrlsuahH'ns
agency it is incomparably superior 10 the oiu
type of parish with its one pastor, ana, maybe
half a dozen volunteer helpers, who 40 the pes'
thev can in n spasmodic and haphaZard way
The new type of parish is highly organized
machine. whose object Is to enlist every mem
her. II possible in the work that the Churcn was
established to do.
II is impossible here to do more than mentlon
n few of the activities that Grace Churcn Is
carving on. The chapel Itself, with its group
Of splendid buildings, though not yet opened
wear. has already become beacon light OF re-
ligion and civilization on the East Side. sell
help is inculcated in industrial schools and EN-
ployment societies. There are CLUBS ror Doys
men and women. A social settlement ana po
ltical science club and a city history cluD, are
doing no small part In the promotion OF gooo
citizenship. There are kindergartens ana Gay
nurseries for the young. homes Tor the neeu!
and HOSPITALS for the sick. The value or sucI
an organization in city like New-York cannon
be estimated. 1t deserves the most generous
recognition and help not only from Episco
palians. but from all who Nve righteousness anc
hate inuuty. For it is doing n work for hu
mant, no less than for the Church. In his
preface to the yearbook DIR. Huntington, the
rector. happily says that he and those who arc
cooperating with him are "meliorsts.' Ihe!
stand between the hopeless pesslmlst and th'
too hopeful optimist. They see the evil IN th'
world, but they also see its good, and they De
eve that the best way out Of 1t all Is neither t'
utter ieremiads over the evil, nor TO rest conten
with the good, but TO try every day and hour t'
| make things better than they are. 1t is In tina
spirit that the new. type Of parish OF whicl
Grace Church Is an example, Is doing its work
We have referred to these two methods o.
work-that Of the reviyalst and that or th'
highly organized parish-not TO institute an!
comparison to the dlscredit of either but to cor
rect the impression. encouraged by some evan
gelists. that they represent the vital working
| force of Christianity.