New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-07

OR JEFFERSON ANSWERS an EDITORS REMARKS ON
WHY YOUNG MEN DO NOT GO TO CHURCH.


North Carolina and the report from the mission
field is that these the first received by cIored
people from members Of their own race in the
The Peoples Bible Institute will hold its next
regular session this afternoon at $50 o'clock IN
the hall of the Methodist Episcopal Mission build
ing, No 100 F1fth-ave. The Rev. Henry Wood field
secretary Of the National Temperance Society. will
class discussion follows the teaching OF the lesson
AT the Metropolitan Temple Seventh-ave and
Fourteenth-st- on Monday evening. there will be a
musical entertainment by the Mrs Virgil school
On Tuesday evening the Illustrated lecture win be
given by the Rev. G. W. CowlCs From Canni-
balism TO Christianity" The regular class and
prayer meeting will be held Wednesday evening
and gospel meeting in charge OF the Rev. H. v.
Ross assistant pastor, on Thursday evening The
Rev Robert Bagnell the pastor: win conduct the
tonight will be given by the Beasey sisters
The membership of the Religious Education AS
ISOLATION whose executive offices are al No. 153 La
sane-str Chicago, is steadily growing. and the gem
eral secretary, the Rev. DR.. Ira Lndrith confident
ly expects to report increase of 100 per cent by
the opening OF the next convention. in February.
1905. Many individuals and institutions are joining
the association Colleges. universities. Libraries.
churches Sunday schools and other institutions are
uniting institutional members. wnie. the ind,-
every educational institution in the land be-
Sues ag@ry ever Io1aT reIgous organiza
ton. The Canadian membership has nearly dou-
and the association has members in several foreign
countries.
The clsrgqmsu OF New-York rule. hard
working men Who find little time for anything OUT
side of their parish duties Some however. manage
to do considerable lecturing after dinner speaking
or literary work. Among the writer's none IS more
prolific than the Rev. J. Wesley Johnson. OF the
John Street Methodist Episcopal Church. He 10
the author OF number OF S1ceessIu D49As ana nas
latest. The Mystery or Mlr1arn-a VIII pc Issued
publishers
The Bethany Gospel Church. an independent con-
gregation. worshipping in a private house at
No. 81 West One-hundred-and-thirty-s econd-st-.
under the pastoral of the Rev. r. ID. Rutenbers
will at the end Of the present month move into a
new edihce TO be built BradhursI-ave and West
One hundred-and- forty-second-st. Manhattan The
new building viii be portable structure OF Lne
ton until II is ready to construct permanent
church
Tomorrow will be childrens' day at the Presby-
teriar Church OF the Covenant. and at the evening
service at o'clock the Rev. Dr. Fasnani will speak
70 tAe nIIle ones
The 1O5th anniversary OF the conservation OF St
Marks Church. Tenth-st, and Second-ave.. will be
celebrated at the IL o'clock service tomorrow morn
ing. The church was consecrated on May g. 1888
rector the Rev. Dr. L, W. Batten
IAN Amazing Guess is the subject OF the Rev.
at the West End Presbyterian Church. Amsterdam
ave. and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES In the evening
he will preach on Friendship Through Sim The
Junior Christian Endeavor Society of the church.
OF the largest in town. will give Friday
entertainment to help fresh air work and help
build q. chapel In China The West End Church,
according to it's custom, IS to remain open all
through the summer. The Rev. William Bishop
Gates will be IN charge in the early part OF the
season and the Rev. DR.. Lansing through Septem-
ber- The Rev. DR.. William Patterson. OF Philadel-
phia. and the Rev. DR.. Cleland B. McAfee, OF Chi
cago are to be occasional preachers. All activities
OF the church will continue without interruption
throughout the hot weather.
On Thursday evening. May s. the Mems Club OF
St Andrews Church. IN West Seventy ixth-st.
gave it's first annual dinner. Covers were laid for
Seventy-tve men. a programme OF speeches and
music following the dinner.
The Manhattan-BrOoklyn Conference OF Congre-
gationaI Churches will be held Thursday. May
Il. at the United Congregational Church Lee-ave.
and Hooper-st Brooklyn. Addresses BY well known
ministers Of the denomination will be made and re-
ports OF the years work will be read
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