New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-30
CHURCH NEWS And NOTES.

Those who attend the class FOR Sunday school
teachers conducted b. the Peoples Bible lhs''uo
at No 80 TIfth-ave. on Saturday AFTERNOONS W."
IN the next few weeks hear well known 0ui'uoy
school workers end pastors lecture on inc et
Sunday school lesson A class discussion follows
each lecture At this afternoons session, at S-50
O'Clock the institute VIII be addressed BY the tteV
Robert BsEnen. pastor Of the Metropolitan rem
pie. on Jesus Calls -Four Disciples.
The Lincoln Legion Is attracting much attenuoh
among the churches Of this city and State II mas
also been started IN Ohio Indiana, Illinois ana
other States. In 1886 Abraham LiAcoln wrote
pledge OF abstinence. AID advocated II at tl7
Fchooihousea and church in Sangsmon county III
The Rev Dr. Howard H. Russei. the superlntehd-
ent OF the Anti-Saloon League. made the fact OF
IEncoln's Interest in this question which he had
discovered the basis for the new department OF
Temperance work in TIE churches. naming II the
Lincoln Legion. At the launching Of the legion. at
OberIIn. Ohio. recently Cieopas Breckenridge.
farmer from Illinois and his ne!ghbor. Moses Mar
tin testified 10 signing the pledge in Lincoin's
meeting AZ the South Fork Schoolhouse in 1876
The first series OF Lincoln meetings in this city
svil be held at the Metropolitan Temple. Seventh
ave and Fourteeuth-st-. from Sunday night jan
nary 81. Sunday night. February Z, and. in add
ton brief address each night by the Rev. Dr.
Russel. there VIII be various evenings nd
dresses by the Rev. DR.. Charles T. RayAs and
Bradford Williams. cf brooklyn: the Rev. George
S Avery. Of the Christian Home for Incorporate
Men. Mount Vernon. and others.
The Rev DR.. Donald Sage Mackay on Sunday
morning began his sixth year % service as min
lister OF the Fifth Avenue Collegiate Church. IN
these years the membership has been considerably
more than doubled. and the benevolent Offering
have risen from $1,000 to $500 a mission 81
Eleventh-ave-. IN addition 10 Vermilye Chapel
which is supported entirely by the Fifth Avenue
church. has been opened, with fun corps Of
workers Last year the church gave su.lS6 to for
sign missions and Sl6l7s 20 home missions.
Christian Endeavor Society Of the Madison Avenue
Reformed Church. One-half o. the members are
wearing red roses. and the other half white. Each
side Is doing Its best 10 obtain many mem
bers possible to be victorious n the and
enjoy the dinner which is TO be provided by the
losing side.
The Mems Club Of St. PauIs Episcopal Church
West End-ave. and Eghty-sixth-st. viii give Its
third annual dinner on Thursday. at ESQ p. n.
Breton Hall the new hotel just opposite the
church. at Broadway and Eighty-sixth-st-
The Rev Dr. J. L Campbell tomorrow closes
psstorate Of fifteen years IN the Lexington Avenue
Baptist Church. In that time he has received more
than fourteen hundred members. most Of them by
baptism. Tomorrow there will be baptism both
morning and evening and special communion
service at the close OF the evening public worship
On Thursday. April l. the church Will give a fare
well supper and reception TO the retiring pastor aud
his wife, at which the Rev. Drs Lorimer. Biting
Woelfkin and Hartley viii speak. On Friday DIT
and Mrs. Campbell Will leave here for Boston
where he will at once begin his new pastorate with
the First Baptist Church. IL Cambridge. the
first Sunday ia February.
meeting in the interests OF Hampton will he
held at the Central Presbyterian Church, West Fiji
ty-seventh-st.. near Broadway. tomorrow at S .
N. Dr.. John Graham Brooks, William Jay Sch!ef-
felin. president Of the Armstrong Association OF
New-YoTk; Principal FrisseI, Of Hampton. and
Professor ". 2 Evans. principal of the Armstrong
Manual Training School. OF Washington. D. C.
viii speak.