New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-05

Do you know that in New-Yorx civ in the down
Town district below Fourteenth-st. during the last
rev years seventeen Protestant churches moved out
while 2OOoo people moved in? 1 believe we need to
Church and until we do ger over It We are not going
TO reach woTkngIner Jesus Christ did not heal the
| Jesus Christ healed the sick because he had com
The church for workngmen must be a church
which which touches the IEes of the people at as many
ingman's district ought to be open every evening
lie as Veil as OF fa 9fG9f nf
| life The church that is open only three hours on
not only bad business Investment but ti Sometimes
! heard Mr.. Morgan a few months ago in ST
Louis say that he . held more meetings in his
church in the city, and he was the president Of
ming club B. Meyer = a ane t %Gep now SWIM of
largest churche5 in he c 3Re Of f fhe
WORK OF THE CHURCH.
Jesus Christ evidently thought that the physical
believe that when He gave the Church her commits
church for all ~ time Is her sP e oom@ssaa
as well the spiritual needs of the people
i.,t 90 not believe that the Church can compete
amusements. but do say that the Church ought
these people because there is no other organiza-
Christian auspices, that is doing it in helpful and
Christ is preached working men are not inter.
ested in social problems, and when a preacher
I
| ne makes fool OF himself, and the workingman
Carroll D. Wright recently said that strikes are
never going to settle the labor question, but that
Christ comes into the hearts Of the employer as
NE same fbPpy sac;s Teer Sae ind
cate it. God has given TO you and to me monop-
this g great question s Christianity is supposed to
make sPSealy OF the one thing thu that DIS is ever
| generation. yet most of us have been apoogizing
TO END LABOR PROBLEMS.
| believe that we ought to go out in the spirit
Of, prophets; and we ought to say openly and
boldly, God has commissioned US with gospel
that will solve these problems which perplex the
world We have the one thing which is ever
Finally. I believe that if must be Church in
which the GOSPEL Of Jesus Christ Is preached with tn
when we can hang sign outside Of our r church tbsn
expect people. to come in They simply will not
come I think most Of you have found this out
Command in it for the unconyerted man to. go 10
church He Is toid to come 70 G9rist ne Is co 6g6u
mand for the on-Christan to go to church But But
the Christian to go out upon the highways and
hedges and compel them to come IN ana that IS
your commission and mine.
PROFESSOR ORR's ADDRESS
Professor James Orr. of the Free Church College
Glasgow Scotland. while newcomer to Mortified.
is not unknown to the ministers who are attending
the conference. He is the author of such well
known theological works Neglected Factors in
the Study of the Early Progress of Christianity"
| "Rftschlonism, Expository and Critical Essays"
1.-THE Christian View Of God and the World" and
The Progress of Dogma" The following is the
substance of his address on repentance:
Repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord
Jesus Garlst are the supsraiTe ds these Two
great Gospel duties understands them spiritually
scrpuray, eXpermentay understaHq q me Waod9 9
these great Gospel conmands-faith toward the
Lord Jesus Chrstbut it may help us TO underStan no
little first at the connection OF these TWO gfaces'
One question Which has often been raised by the
ologans in regard to these two graces, is, when
faith or does faith first and produce repent
I5 1t Is n@t fer VERY 70 e redeoon is
necessary to convince that these two duties are
troduce any question of time between 49,. -
ali true evangelical repentance there is already
] Of st IN q God faith Himself The for it 9f
toward God But there is germ OF rain also IN IA
ing men to Repentance if there was mercy
bestow on them when they dfd repent Inc t99HghS
produce repentance It will terrfy and repeli but
viii not do Il; Behind the law there must be the
Gospei But it is Just as true that in ali genuine
faith there implied real repentance Can there be
spring from the heartbroken and contrite on ae-
of n Only the se aggy n 1t1 be so
that truly hates sin and desires deliyerapce from
gn more separated than the two poles of the mag
net they are two sides of the one state of soul
inst as a man cannot turn the east without
turning from the west, or turn from the west with
out turning 10 the east.
SPEAKS OF FAITH.
Now come to speak more specially of faith it.
self First there is q question often hears,
that when God speaks to us of faith, he means US
10 take the word in its simple, natural sense. The
faith he requires is not different in kind from any
other Only. instead of temporal, have spiritual
Blessings, ana instead Of the. witness Of
have the witness of God, which is greater.
The question with more substance in IL one some
times hears is Have the right kind of faith? II
soul truly desires salvation from It's sin, believes
Gods message in His Son, and Is humbly relying
on Him only as its sole ground of confidence, 1t
may be assured Gods own testimony that God
10 its favor But how shall it know this? There
is only one way-by taking Gods naked word for
II that is all-suicient, and if we have courage to
law hold of it it will bring peace and love and JOY
and rest into the heart
GREAT TO BELIEVE.
All If will be said it is great thing to believed
Yes it is a far greater thing than any of US here
"a ever understand. It is because people have
little sense of the greatness the marvel OF It, that
the life Of Christians IS often so poor ana
feeble thing. We have need Of the spirit Of God
that we may know the things that are freely given
MANY are kept back from the comfort of Gods
saIyafiou because there is hold still the
world thev are unwilling to let go Let grace be
sought to make the entire surrender, ana all Will
be Well And do not let timid hearts keep them
selves out OF comfort for lack Of courage to be-
lieve the promises
DIsosEYEp SUBPOENA; GOES TO PRISON.
william E. Nolan who disobeyed subpoena
fror, the District Attorneys office to appear
witness in the ''AT' Adams case, was yesterday
sentenced to serve twenty days in the City Prison