New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-17


Scotch Presbyteriaa Church. Central Park West
and West Ninety-sixth-st- DR.. WyIIe replied:
II Is highly significant that a great metropolitan
ION re1sTi, Ae lie IrDune should seek opin-
IsRt, the efficiency Of the church IS to be deter
aq Dy the number OF people reached and nfiu-
The inquiry while Of great Importance ia most
dlnoult to answer There are no statistical abies
extant giving the record OF church attendance ~
I'i- cary age OF the church and all have to
LNeW-1ork and other great cities canvasses have
are able also to draw UDoa our own o5sa0
ana compare the present with that portion OF the
As understand the question propounded the IN
4iStTc+ ~ 20 cover not simply the metropolitan
Ihe ruEa! parts Of our country Nor is the Inquiry
lslue WIN reference TO any particular sect or sec
non or the Christian Church but covers all re-
am conyinced that church attendance is quite as
- ms Guy as It was IN former years Nat
o. me enureh and this is matter for profound re-
ords OF church attendance made some years ago
were somewhat Of q surprise and quite gratifying
places there are to-day a large churche9n D ,y
latOn and the various houses OF W0rsIi3 are Vsen
n4!ed II Is doubtful whether any other Institution
church; ana certainly no man in the connun ig
speaks stately 70 as many people does the min
When one passes oat into the rural comnqni-
sau1eh one. - IS certainly true that many people
IN the country do not regularly attend a place OF
church attendance TO the population is holding its
own. Let any one go back in his mind twenty-five
years and reflect. He will come to the conclusion
that then there a large number OF country
people who did not regularly attend church
Naturally, the whole question - a matter OF Opin-
lon and | an willing 70 give mine for what it Is
Never were there more young people connected with
tne Church ana churcn societies Never was me
goins backward, but forward No Christian should
dsncs to say that Jesus christ and religion ana the
SacH are losing ground TheTe IS ucP TO 0s
kingdom IS cominE the shadoES Of sL9 are aeepg
saviour's triumph.
At the Church Of the Puritans. ons-hunarsd-and-
,hirtiethst and F1fth-ave.. all OF the regular ser
vices Will be resumed tomorrow. the Rev. DR.. c.
T. Young, the pastor. preaching both morning and
evening The junior and intermediate societes OF
school at .. m and the Young People Puritan
Il a and p. n
Services have been resumed at the Harlem Pres
byterian Church. Madison-ave. ana One-hundred-
and-twenty -ffth-st.. the Rev Daniel Russell. the
pastor, having returned nom his vacation M
En5sen VII H. p WoTd Az he evenins service his
At th!s service the music win be rendered by an
augmented choir.
At the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. Fifth
ave. and West FIfry-ffth-st-. Robert E Speer.
secretary OF the Board OF Foreign Missions OF the
Presbyterian Church, VIII occupy ne the ggiplt to To-
morrow morning and afternoon SpeeE ltS
visited large number of mission stations n dis
tant parts 81 the world and IS recognized as one
OF the ablest speakers the subject or foreisn
missions. Tho services Will be az II a m ana
A:S0 p. n
The Episcopal Church Of the Ascension. Fifth
ave and West feminist. the Rev. Albert stickney
Grant rector having been closed several weeks on
account OF repairs, will reopen tomorrow MI
Grant will ofFlciats at both morning and evening
services.
The Rev Dr. Anthony II. Evans. the pastor. viii
preach at both services in the West Presbyterian
church. West Forty-second-st. between Fifth and
SJv+b ayes Tomorrow Charged with che Power
of cod being the subject OF his discourse at me
II a m service and The EMANCIPATION OF tuIllii7
NV at the D. service An elaborate IIuslC'II
programme Will be rendered both morning anu
evening.
The Rev Or. Jcsn Robertson. late or GLASGOW
scotland ia TO address the old Fulton Street Noon
PRAYER Meeting No lis Fulton-st-. Manhattan.
every day for two weeks. excepting Saturdays, b.
ginning on Monday. The forty-seventh anniversary
of the founding OF the Fulton Street Noon PRAYER
Meeting viii be celebrated on SeDtember ~ and the
services that day will occupy two full hours with
an address by DR.. Robertson on Prayers with
other special exercises