New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-19
ROOF GARDEN ON A CHURCH
PLAN TO BUILD A BIG TABERNACLE IN
BROOKLYN FOR INTERDENOSII-
NATIONAL WORSHIP

public meeting was held in Carnegie Hall
yesterday afternoon to bring before the public
the building Of an immense tabernacle and audi
forum for interdenor1inationaI worship. The
idea was first suggested by the late Dwight L.
Moody. and has been followed by the Rev. Arnzi
c. Dixon. pastor OF the Hanson Place Baptist
Church. in Brooklyn The auditorium at Car
negie Hall was filed with people to listen to
speeches by Mr.. Dixon. Countess Schimmelmann.
of Denmark, and the Rev. DR.. D. J. Burrell
DR.. Burren presided and the service
opened by half an hour Of song by the nine
jubilee singers from Fisk University. at Nash
willie. Mr.. Dixon spoke of the plans for the audi
forum. The building which is projected viii be
built in Brooklyn, probably at South Portland
ave and Hanson Place. The Hanson Place Bap-
fist Church owns the ground. but the Board Of
Education wishes to purchase it for high
school, and there is some probability that II viii
The auditorium. which will be built about
1905. when the amount OF subscriptions will
probably be large enough. will be Of Gothic and
Renaissance architecture and of granite and
limestone. 1t will be three stories high, with
tower at the corner. The auditorium proper win
be on the ground floor. and will accommodate
about three thousand people. 1t will be circular
in form, with raised seats. like theatre A
small auditorium can be formed by closing
doors 1t will hold about two thousand people.
and will be used for regular church services
The principal feature of the building, which Is
entirely new in Church work, will be a roof
auditorium, accommodating about fifteen hun
dred people. The seats will be covered but the
centre will be open u will be used for Bible
conferences, evangeliStic meetings and conven-
lions of different denomina lions held in summer.
Mr. Dixon said that he considered il the ten
dency of the people to so to the roofs in the
summer and that this nOticeab bic in the
theatres, the hotels and public schools. and even
the Young Women's Christian Association had
a roof garden in its immense building in Chi
cagO. He also referred to a statement made by
Mr.. Moody last summer, in which he said: at
is no use talking, things have got to be revo-
luuonized in New-YOrk before we can reach the
masses. Some people may be surprised and
even scandalized, but unhestatingly state that
every church in New-York should have a roof
auditorium The thing is perfectly practical
and there is no reason in the world why we
should not save as many sinners in a roof gar
den as in church"
Countess Schimmemann indorsed the project
and spoke of her mission work in foreign coun-
tries. The Rev. DR. BurreH also enthusiastically
Endorsed the movement.
subscription cards were issued for subscrip-
tons, which will run until March l. 1905. BY
mat time the amount is expected to be realized
Inc subscriptions are to be sent to the treasurer
FRANK r. Wyckof, Of No IS West Twenty
thrd-st.
Another meeting will be held this afternoon in
cooper Union, at which Countess SchimmeImann
VIII speak IN Danish German and English