The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-24
m Many TONGUES.
The Strange Languages In Which Services
Are Held In New York.

No lDOphole 81 an excuse for rot attend
ing religious services On the plea Of unfa-
miliarity with the language iu which they
ar held is now left open for the foreigner
In New York. Let him come from what
ever country be VIII be- can b. taken. al.
most without exception, % some church
OF mission in this city where the tongue ~
tho preacher VIII rot De strange a. bis
ears. some Oi those foreign cOugrc CATIONS
are Wei known and have been many years
established. while others are OhscLrs little
tDolfs almost ycr heard 81 in a general
way. and many ~ them are II recent
f1fHstiyn. German. French and Swedish
ehureLc- have long existed ia New York,
bnd many u them have made their inilu-
encl powerfully felt in the charitable work
u the CITY. The great number Of Hebrew
syn8gcgues forms class by themselves,
but in addition ~ these there are several
Christian mission churches in the different
Jewish quarters where the services are
conducted in Hebrew.
j pc ma. Orlty 81 Italians, being Roman
Catholics, attend the various churches of
that faith which happen to be in their
neighbofhood There are, however, few
Protestant Italian communities, one of
the most hOurishing being the church in
BrOOIne street under the control of the
New York City mission The services, en-
tirely In italian, are under the charge Of
the pastor, Antonio Alright. 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 Blocker street and the other I'm East
One Hundred and Twelfth street, the
heart II Little Italy"
The Armenian language from the pulpit
moy be heard in Second street, near the
Eowcry where the CliyCt Memorial church
has mission and 40 -. Bartholomew 3
Parish house in EGSt Forty -ccond street.
Scrviccs In modern SyFiac dialect are al
- held IN the latter place for little colo.
~ " syrians from Mount Lebanon. a.
Sthcr Armenian mission is under tie
charge NJ the Adams Memorial Hresbyte.
rian) church and e. an Thirtioth street and
Third avenue. This neighbOrhood, by tho
way, has become the rallying Ioint for
most 81 the Armcnians In the city, and
lnrgc numbers II them live ihcrcabout
within few blocks radius While the
fpanlsh are 80 a nation Roman Catholics,
there arc az least two Spanish Protestant
churches iu this city. The Congregational
and Presbyterian denominations have each
O sturdy Welsh congregation, where the
peculiarifies II the Gaelic tongue sound
strangely ~ American ears Religious in
siructiOn DO Arabic 10 little band ol
Christians who speak that as their native
tongue gOcs On every Sunday down IN
Washington street. The Russian Orthodox
church Do second avenue BIZ attended by
the few Russians and Greeks IN New York
Regular preaching services IN Chinese are
carried on al - Bartholomew Parish
house, and probably elsewhere, I'm conncc.
tion with the many Chinese Sunday
schools. And even after this list, which
seems q considerable one, has hern givcn.
there doubtless remain other places in the
city where Christian religious worship Is
held I'm languagcs yet more unfamiliar
New York Tribune.