The sun., 1901-03-17
THE "CHI nCH or THF TRrTY PoOR.
4 D-nnltlon oi the siass for whom II II Ia
tended WHY ~ Il Needed.

| 4 puiat hat none the less intense contro-
| versy has arisen among some OF the preshy
| terian minIs'crs on the upper Wcu Side oi
! the city about the cdvsabltv Of est ahli shing
| m independent church in tie nrighborhood
| NJ Eighth avenue and il6th street. The
| founder of the new church which has heel
| started there is prcshy terinn Their. are
| five or six Prcsby terian churches within
! a short distance of II. the pastors OF thcm feel
| 'hat the new man has encroa"hcA upon thcir
Grounds There are barely enough Presby-
| terians in the territory, they say, - Keep
| the older churches alive; "A new one must
either starve or deprive one Of III" others
of su tenlncr They accordingly hnvo an
| nounced their intention OF preventing the
| Preshytery of New York from max ing any
! EXPRESSION Of good VIII toward the new
church
In sneaking OF the matter the other day.
| the Rev FranrisP Mulaly. veteran hghtrr
Of cant In the New York Presh terry. aid
| that he thought his hre'hren ~ tie uprer
We Side were right IN their belief that there
were alrc2d, 100 many chnrIh&Gs & IN their a,s Us,
| much gospel but too many churches tie
expressed his belief that there was room,
however, for church mat wound IND l,ss
members among the. men and women OF
small salaries but Of moro or less pre'en-
| tious social position among themselves.
the bookkceper- and clrrl~ = and n many
who receva al arics Of fro-l g. fo $50 n week
md whose higN"st anlNit'oN g. 20 hr rro-
notei some dav 10 n nl0cn recon'ueu sod nv
he payment Of s25 veok for their snrv cns
I These. said the old minister, are the truly
poor"
They are the poorer because they n,ust
concna their povcr'y The nan who sweons
tho s're"t-. she man who digs d'tche ~"
man who drives a trek may dres < IN shabby
clo,hos aud none will think tho less NJ ti"t
But tNn man who lahcrs With pen and blot
ter and ru'or receives no Frnpt"r reward 'or
his work 'taN tNev, and often not e. much.
vnt his snf- reSnect. ard very often hia coz
tnurd emrloyn mont. tenend upon TIA m
ponrancn outwarNy Us vito a0' hls chill
d~Nn must he dressnd ~ prOro -t'ou1ta cv-
nense They wrst live IN ar1rtrr"n's rhosA
r"ut out ~ al proror'ion 10 iNa s"1le II
living ,rh'ch Mia -roo0S sNOulI cot Tur hir,
Two only oprur'un'tv for sowing - IN 40
purchase Of food and the rosrlts ~ Il ere
Of ."nN NNlppv NO
Mon aol ,vo,oou I'VE thpss a-e rot co,,fort-
n'Na In CturoN"~ SucN asqre '~o.idsd ovor
hv tho nas'nrs ".hO ara CNrrplnininc aVa'r,t
I've rev NJ prrvn0's enterprise IN iiG'h
street 1h's Is nor A'toro'No~ - farlt ~
thc uaStors II is the far't ~ t'e couCro-
ca'igrs and oF tie si~'Crln FOR eyls'oNoa
Nctvern 'Ne ChuroIcS Thqt cnurch thrivos
hest wh'"N hR, 80 wealtNi"st corGrega'jnn
toward Tho "rrolln,ert or Ne r,ore prosrorous
NOV bors of hIs co",. .lunitv Only whom the
r. Nei revenues of tho church ~" positivclv
asS,rrd may he look sNnut for those who are
f1irl" NOT ahr 20 Vel a." church Fvan
passive alton 'Aoce on tho sorry COS n such
church is eN1le'Nlpg 0f a wNrti0,1-
ti0n 20 tho sp'r't or the Slimlv naid clerk
Hn has chosen tn avoid manual labor and 10
enter q fold whore compensation "a Al
hoCausa thnre are tNOusaudS l'He hi~1 who
would ratNnr DO "nica work" ~ email nav
than work wltN tANir hanis NJ trade for
n moro lhera' living Tis wife sits hy him
h ttnr ~ heHrt hecau 80 her dross Is hut \ moro
CNnaD I'm ta'ion W thc d-"es Of other women
N tho cNngrerati"n When the c0ntrihu-
flNn ulato Is Nne4el hA rnuot ut I'm far moro
than he c1n AFFORD or fncl thni h's poverty "a
Noosed 10 m Within sight ~ Vim
r." str" "'er diS"iul'ne ~ thc church y,
Pome hns inpre~ sod the lcssou ~ -" id0w's
ar9logv hetwoer - methods Of making
collections and tha' of slrh chm -Chos rs those
~ tNn llppcr Nr-' side TNSro no p-ptastnpt
CHURCHES IN the city whP-e a. Individual p0s-
tor h"rn and there lns boon 10y f0rco Of hla
. c-s1nqity and rr'N Ncn nhlo 70 m qkC hi moor
roorln fo"l, whHn In the church NJ my rat,
on n social clualjtv with hi- we0lthlar me.n-
hNrS But " a. ~" Rov "" prNvan say.
hn - ~ "s'n 'ah church u't0cotnor for ~"
NnT without I've Hna pnd he w'ia Ie viii
nui himself not much hettnr on than tho man
who s"ot~ fn prr-unAa tive EMISSION" or n
fnSHipnn'ln cNurcH tNat il Is not 4 charita' Is
rpon " will ho n confession OF tho sort t'a'
thc vary p"oulo for whom - Is irtardad
spend al T. cir ycs IN avoiding Whether
the minister's en'erD-ise ie admirable or no.
and whether u j. CirclmspoCt or rot il pro-
v'des material for n heap Of thinking 30 ho
don" hr some of those WHO regard IT IN
f1vprab!v