The sun., 1902-01-28
FOR THE CITY'S REDEMPTION.
SPEECHES ar RILIGIOt con-
FERENCE OPTiMISTIC.
Uptown NO, emcnt of Churches Dcpir-"'l
Progress VI d. Since the CHECKER
Ing IIali Conference where hcIirf
rs Gospel Agency Has Failed.

inE Hal Conference Where hclirf
rs Gospel Agency Has Failed
Tho religious conference arranged Ivy
the Federation Of Churches and Christian
organizations Of this city for the discuss
sion of the general subject, 'T'ir 'iodonp-
tion of oar GUY 10y representatives. II
the different denominations and intiru-
tions began it, srssions, which are 10 l1-'
-four days, al IN" lIpldwGy 1ah.snl"."
yesterday morning
The conference j. patterned af."r tho
celebrated one hc'd i'm iSsS at thirrorlN;
Hall known ~ the Chickcring Hail Com
ference. in which mon Of distinction aui
of many crocds participated. N tho
session of the present 'nufCfcuco h''i
yesterday the attendance was RAJ her slight,
scarcely exceeding a hundred Tn" note
expressed was one of optimism
At the morning session und"r the hond
Of the Forward Movement ti r"Ug,ouS
CommuniOns," ministers roprr-r ntiuc u'la
denominations made addresses Mo-, of
them, in describing their word, deprorr'oi
tho uptown movement Of churches ~
bcing fraught with danger IN thai II took
their Influence away from the very sect ions
of the city where II was most needed
DR. Henry A. ~ lmson, Of the hauoa'tin
congregational tnurch, Thought thai he
main reason for the uptown mo.' uHp'
was the excessive cost Of properly ~ h"
thickly settled parts. With bard IN 'I"~'
sections worth from s2,oN to S3,50 p too,
he said. it was n big undertaking 10 hu0id
"A church whero II was really uoedod Mis-
sons were not 30 difficult of maintenance.
but To establish new. self-.udalniny
churches had become too great an UNDER
taking for most denominations and tins
difficulty grew with every year
Dir Lclnder T. Chamberlain, in opening
the afternoon session, AZ which dinercn'
fields Of work were discussed spoke of tho
progress made since the Chickering Hall
Conference ~ being such a. 10 warrant
the greatest encouragement To Christian
worker
when the conference was held -" he said.
there was only one social rcttlemoit.
To-day there are thirty. Then there were
less than twenty institutional churches,
now there are more than hundred IN"
Tenement House Commission, the city
and Suburban Homes Company and similar
institutions should be added to these,
while the Y VI &. A has multiplied H.
work tenfold Added 90 II all il the fact
that within the part ninety days the CITY
has lifted itself to better plane Of civ
life ] submit that to-day there u fairer
field a freer course for iufueuCe~ Of good
work than you and have ever seen
before
Dr = Parkes Cadman II Brooklyn quoted
statistics which showed that there wa
one les Protestant per 90 since me last
conference DR. , Schauiiler. who l-
quite religious statistician. wac heard Go
exclaim That cant be-" but Di tadmau
said he got his figures from th" Federation
Of Churches DR. tadman sdld there wa
larger front OF battle against evil HI'I
added Religion - vital 20 this city what
ever MIR Carnegie may Civ" .. scl""l..
! would he would give ia mlhun- %"
churches We not only need kLDale ~"
for th. mere purpose ot turning o ulH
gold "" need aso the ghef lii'
Dr Cadman thcug'1 that she re-iois'IoU
~ n no'e II authority a. preaching "a-
wtai was ne"ded
Dr Schaufler - 'ha Pr,shv'euau ,i'v
Ml-stp. Suoiriv showed from hgur-- 'lIa'
the EpisroualiHu- were no, orly un'- fHt.
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