New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-12
CHURCH AND RELIGIOUS NEWS AND NOTES.
WORK OF ST ANDREW'S METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH DISCUSSED BY IT'S PASTOR.

Is The Rev Dr. w P Huntington gave the second
N his series OF talks on Tho Sermon on tho
Mount at The MONDAY service at Grace lauren
YESTERDAY speaking The Second Beattuoe 20
Z good sized congregation. He said:
blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be
rretfll those who make life troublesome for the
rs, ,si5 n - bos Il Is naf bestituGe Of the pes
sifiaists the uourrers who go about inc sreetss,
For whom then. is the promised comfort avail
{. First. for those who mourn not aloud but 81
surely are n more hopeful way than those Tno
ss- ne comforf 81 forgfveness but for those
or is a1aaba 0 is s oonfe ssI an
almost ssps-ann astsd Men have discoveTed or
hin that they haze disea"eren II these more EN-
should be parriculariy distressed over their little
natural infrmi1ies. good God. knowing all, VIII
Yet there are sim left some among us whom the
Gospel OF the divine good nature does not wholly
e rhey have ed f the S oton nor and peTfumed
Eaters but only with the result OF nseoTning con,
them. what fheT need Is a Gospel of forgiveness.
n whaf Re said to Simon the Pharisee about the
nsa whish vas nnes MS sS sun Tet g41h
which are many. forgiven; for she loved much:
iittleS The wonaan's tears brought her sbsoIution
Had she not naourned she could not have been
The beatitude also applies to those who mourn
trseen sorrows and sorrows The sorrcW that is
sues in despondency or even. perhaps in d SPAR.
wins beagirude. hut the soTTowfUlness which ls
Hinged With the light. though ever so faint, Of q
I VINO has not eeen instances in which rough lrcui-
ystsd Pat'ires ugdsT the npe9de OF SoTT0 ha1
education could have impaired? Affection rightly
so afss 6 SI 1 Us ts pgsnF ss
and puts in place Of i a certain winning and love
dent all onlookers that in the Of that
person at any rate it was well worth while to have
SIN another interpretation of the eeatitude
mskes i apply % those who have learned to SUN
st'tGte for 2 cheap and shallow optimism phil
Of tragic element in the experience OF. the world
s a . sa d on a the T evfr M II we ss 1
-as those who are actually present see them, the
we heard the groars and curses Of the baftie6eId
and The trenehes-could we With light hearts go
For those who mourn after fhs sort there is a
SaTen shan baSe g 81 Of Witch tbe Shat q
esio% hearted have no knowledge.
mass meeting on the subject Of Marriage and
Divorce viii be held in ST Agnes's Chapel OF
Trinity Parish Coiurlbus-ave. and West Ninety
second-st.. tomorrow afternoon. at o'clock at
- which the Rev DR.. Morgan Dix. rector of Trinity
Church will preside. Addresses will be made by
:. Bishop Greer. Bishop Courtney silas McBee and
Francis A. Lewis. of Philadelphia.
The Rey. DR.. !. Lewis Parks. rector Of Calvary
Episcopal Church Fourth-ave and East Twenty
the vestry OF the parish had permanently closed
Calvary Chapel. In East Twenty third-st. where,
FOR many years, successful work had been car
rseo on among the East Side poor. Dr. Parks said:
vesfry 70 be a duty toGaid the parish consdered
a. na 59e 2 some quarters m; was
tins needs no proof and the should be self
sill reh ne be- 81 T Tf9S on MhfTe
tie vestry answered as they did for the following
an which the chapel stands has for years been I'M
aersoing a social change: the population has
changed in race and religion The Protestant ele-
tne1t 10 which the chapel was intended TO minis
: controlling fact needs mention than the invariabie
] e xo the paToss PsGPe Of ths chapel to
4oenee; while tie nominal roll of parishioners of
eating eight hundred people, the congregations
th,roaghout sunday in the fun season, counting
OF whom third are children.
Before finishing the proposed arrangement TO
close the chapel permanently Dr. Parks wrote 10
Bishop Potter. who then IN Cooperstown
n Y for h4s advice and Judgment the ques-
ton. To DR.. Parkss letter OF inquiry Bishop Pot
ter replied follows:
Your letter of the 2sth lit reached me here yes
teIqay and beg 70 say that ] am in hearty sym
lathE WIN the line Of action which it proposes
~ conviction as the relative value of chapels
differed snce preached sermon at the con l5
-Reout iS14 lou VIII find that sermon in volume
OF mine entitled Sermons of the City 1 refer
ii built Grace chapel in 1916. really Initiated the
policy OF chapels which has widely prevailed
But i Was vicious policy and had in it the
essential fa4lacy ct the spirit Of caste. Our Ro
man brethren know. in such matters. better, than
Of people different hours but they all in
aslle same church. And st Georges Church never
did q nobler Christlike thing than when
81 abolished the chapeis, which it had largely
multiplied and concentrated lis great work in the
All thai you say in your admirably reasoned let
sle.giaporhood have brought you TO a point at
which. I think. the concentration Of your work in
beg hereby 10 signify M cordial consent to such
action the part Of the rector wardens and ves-
chanel in East Twenty tird-st- q necessary
Part Of this plan
The Church and the Capitalist viii be the sub
sect CT the Rev Dr. George p Ecknan's discourse
tomorrow evening in ST Paul's Methodist Episco-
s-al Church West End-ave. and West Eighty-sixth-
at II IS the first Of TWO the relation OF
Christianity 70 socialism IN the course on The
Al the morning service The Re-. DR.. J. Q. Wilson
az Brooklyn, VIII preach n exchange with the
pastor.
At the Metropolitan Temple methodist Episcopal
n Seventh-ave. and FoHrteenth-st-. pastor the
-Rev Robert Bagneil, will preach tomorrow morn
sng or THE Command to Advance" and in the
evening on "Present-day Reveals On Monday
evening at the open parliament" the topic for
discussion will be. Resolved, That the trusts are
p product Of the times for which political party
Ia slBoly responsible On Tuesday evening the
-sEcks oratorio- Triumph of David" The solosts
Nafl be Miss Edith Pratt, SOPRANO; Miss Lysbeth
s.EnoE Wells CARY ana Forbes Law DugaId. barry
tones. The regular prayer meeting will be he'd
Wednesday evening. On THURSDAY evening the ex-
position Of the lesson for the following Sunday will
Ee given by tne Rev- Howard V. Ross, assistant
VII be conducted by the pastor which the intro