New-York tribune., 1905-08-23
TORREY-A Y-ALEXANDER PLAN
Euangelists Hope to Begin Work
Here NeIt Year.

At a dinner for DR.. c.. Campbell Morgan and
Henry Alexander at the Murray Hill Hotel last
night, given by S. Edgar Briggs. announcement
made that DR.. Morgan had received a gift OF
5000 with promise Of S. 200 more. for the remodel
ling of the Westminster Congregational Chapel in
London OF which he has been pastor since 1904;
and that Torrey and Alexander. the evangelists.
would open a big evangelistc movement in this
country next year The London meetings are TO
be closed this fall. and the evangests will pre-
pare for invasion of America The protosef re-
vival will open in Toronto. Canada. early in. jan
uary.
The evangetsts will remain in Canada for
eral weeks. then come direct to New-York to open
a national movement. If arrangements can be
made young Mr.. Moody and others in charge of the
movement hope TO obtain Madison Square Garden
for the opening meetings. Mr.. Torrey will preach
and Mr.. Alexander usual. sing.
Speaking of the gift of s7Oo0 for the remodeng
OF the famous temple. Dr. Morgan said last night:
1T was entirely voluntary and from
group of persons interested in my work in London
The old church was fast going to decay and we
had remodel the entire structure or tear 1t down
We found it cheaper to remodel l hope to re-
open the church in September
DR.. Morgan gave a farewell address yesterday
on Evangelism" at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church. The Rev. James B Ely. superintendent OF
the tent campaign which is being conducted by
the Evangelistic Committee of New-York. presided
and there were many ministers and workers con-
nected with the various tents present. The meet
ing was in fact especially for Christian workers.
and there were Salvation Army lasses and Chinese
Christians present.
DIR. Morgan took up first the relations between
the city and the churches and he said that he ap-
proved OF Bismarcks saying, that great cities are
sores on the body polite He also said:
As social reformer 1 must consider the needs
OF the city. But perhaps some one here would @ 81 say
= stand here % not as Christian is social re
fcrmer-if he is not, he is an infdel Every
ke T9Hna an Ot great etes hs city of is
abode of evil but there Is also great deal OF
grows sPo% 10 upon o one who comes to it fqueny
sSewng Ser R Of grand thorough
fares. of vast extent, and 1t is chafaGteTlzeo oy
said there is the same mixture of good and evil
here The passion to build the city Is rlght, DlI te
pie of godessness The great city is splendid in its
6 fbe ny and we pray night by night for the
girls who are compelled to live here without the
Now. the moment you cut yourself off from the
world you cut the nerve of prayer The heart that that
church is the company of the saved. whose one vo-
cation is to 3y t6a 5af rSVer3 % 9l
ment A revival in church does not always I'M
ViyaI often means subtractions, rather; I would
rather have ten men caught by the DIV Dvlne PtSSIn Ph
but mixing in the world than one thousand ollie,
tante church ZEN bo0e ons wn I pan af
that If I have a farewell message to utter 1t is
that.
Dr. Morgan then took up the relations Of indi-
vidual churches to their neighborhoods. He
declared that il was the business OF every church
TO know all about its own locality to know every
abode of vice. every mantrap set TO catch the
souls of youth and he applied this ndifferently TO
churches in the slums great avenues. He
also said:
warn you in the name of God and humanity,
don't insult a hungry with tract-give him
bread Nothing is so full of shame in a city
church that does nothing the men and
women for whom Christ died.