New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-04

teen years He said yesterday relative TO the dis
tribution Of churches on Manhattan Island for the
most effective work:
s Are the our most sc. e5T5GhS % led
cation with reference 20 the population OF the city
figures made from the canvass of the Federation
In the XxVIIth Assembly District. on Murray
Hill with an average Of between one and two fami-
Churches with 2 persons are To s eacS c ToesaR
the East Side. in the Fourth Ward with an aver
there are only two church bGiid6gs she w GTeing
ard There 20 e aG o Ghurch building In the Tenth
a population Of 9 S9S to each church. on the East
what better. Yet in the XXVIth Assembly Dis
triet; old YoTkvtlle there only two church
building. on the West Side. north OF Fourteenth
81; IN me old Ninth Ward. there only
building. with a population Of 5,295 the church
don. where in the district there are seventy
of pe1so oGd tn Zach b1 an average population
MIN buildings s for an average population of be-
A closer study shows that the churches are I'M
dnIy massed along certain avenues. while crowded
these churches are again insuffcientIv served bV
TOO rev workers. sometimes the pastor alone or
with only one assistant. Again, many of the
churches are largely religious clubs. with little in
membership: and churches OF different denomina-
tions are planted near one another. often dup-
91e anGther In an Injurious way Can The present
may be suggested
First the Protestant churches in a neighbor-
hood Should cooperate in a parish system whereby
every family in the neighborhOOd shall be reached
with religious and charitable influences.
Second. In the planting OF churches the
needs OF the neighborhood should be considered
and churches once planted should not be removed
unless their place Is satisfactorily filled.
In all our churches. especially in the crowded dis
Fourth. and last-Our churches must develop =
6roader scope in their work realizing their
set. and seeking 10 minister the whole pOpula-
ton. and not only to their own church membership
am glad TO believe that this spirit is increas-
ingly manifeSting itself among our Protestant
churches. and look confidently to see an Improved
condition in the near future.
The late Rev. DIR. McCosh. OF Princeton. wisely
said: The congregational system cannot possibly
serve all the purposes of the parochiaI 1t leaves
gaps. There should be some substitute devised.
Gus denominations "A modified system under which
the minister would be responsible for every family
which we ought all 10 work Look not every
man on his things but on the things OF
others" Let us not hold our part larger than the
whole one denomination more important than the
one Church OF Christ
have spoken only OF and for Professionals. but
would also urge the most friendly attitude toward
both Roman Catholics and Jews. and cooperation
with them in all possible ways for the promotion
OF I'll good causes which they and We may have in
common
At ST. James's Methodist Episcopal Church Mad
ison-ave and One hundred and y-sixth-st the
choir will sing Elijah tomorrow evening under
the direction OF Paul Ambrose.
The Rev. NJ. s Littlefed. pastor Of the First
Union Presbyterian Church. will speak at the meet
ing OF the Harlem branch OF the Young Mems
Christian Association, No West One-hJIndred-
and-twenty- fifth st. tomorrow afternoon. Az
tractive music will be provided
G. b NJ Clouser will lecture at the Temple Court