New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-30
NV Mary Kay, for the Evansotizt1O Committed

A., rr.v FIR %he Evsngsisrc Committed
o11y a few short weeks ago members OF the
r-,anes1icel Committee were looking FORWARD
with eager expectancy and serious cons10eI @Ii0l
soros with half doubt, more with whoIenear Ie0
hone TO the work OF the tent campaign Inen
IN nrospect. Now they pause to look oack WALL
4ov. thanksgiving, regret and stlA Win nop0'
low and thanksgiving for the Work acco"S-
-Its,a6 regret that the season for closing Is at
hand and hope for possible partial conrlnus-n0
swing the winter and certain resumption an
other spring.
The work is by no means abandoned ohIy
s,.o,r,+tr,,e5 because Of the cool weather, which
o,aa-s tent work impracticable Meanwhile So
80 -o the people who have attended the
.,o.,,os n he deprived Of the privilege that
,- ora under discussion for the erection Oh
.t1a +antIil1e buildings suitable for winter
The meetings at Washington Helghts were
tn bA closed last Sunday. So tnsistent were l-+7
,,aon1a on their continuance that the Kew III
" ,roC,ord. associate rector OF 81 George
r--,sconaI Church volunteered TO supeEliI 'eiiu
one weeks further services
h,5 now the question arises, What are the
.,1+sq What is the situation to-day compared
with that Of last May?
= was prophesied by many thaC e'ai99li0@
I'll, could not be done TO any great extent III
>-a-vorl1 City: that the city officials would not
- ,;oa-gas for out of door preaching; that
S., S. ,o,,1d not be raised for tents that land
oo,,1d not be obtained for such purpose IiiaI Il
+ar+s were set up there would be no hsteneFS'
-. -,eo1le in this city did not care Tor tl1I
sort Of thing ...,ar.ao
[zo9v have the prophecies been fulhlledF
w.. o,+v officials, from the Mayor down, with
80 avoantfous have given Christianity the DesC
,oss,rIa chance to prove what it can do TO save
n-ar,-york to a better life at least II not 10
CHRIST The police have been most Wiling help-
3, - -aliabIe in their cooperation. several
IuI anu live sympathy with the work
- hos heen provided Sufhelent 10 carry vi
the work as originally contemplated 10 -
land have been obtained WlI without = ou' -
Fact more were offered than could De uSeu-
49, +an+s were erected in neighborhooos rep
resenting various types OF people anu lIlTG o.
crowded nightly and on SUNDAY I--0I - 81
hundred tents could easily i-''o
ea 6es,Ii+e9 The evangeIists are characterized
by a spirit of consecraJed hqInLllly ~ It
content TO do the work ana leave results ~ :,
60 .sBnep humble, don't eXaggerate hSuTes'
U,o the warning uttered early IL the caIhpaISll
Figures can be given however II can o9
stS NAT 05I meetings have been held.
itb a total attendance of 40U001' that I4i tGe
bas hean a distribution or ZuUOuV ~ LI| 49, 30
Bibles. 5000 Gospel Portions anu 10o'000
Pfght With Cod cards . rI.1.-
Eyitchen but there is also much praylIls, ~
- s+t1 he some shooting, but there Is more
vhouting Go to Cathars Slip and hear lei tb the
scrub women vying with one anoIne[ I'm, III LIZ L
s+ ,S +ba numb of consecutive Gays Lley
boasts ne % ID. without getting drunk Enter one
of those nosoe teneents and NEAR on ms his f l'
VIII 10 toi,o with his little dirty children,
near 9l,,s sli lives me. this know" Wander over to
the upper East Side L t s laly being hna S5sPSs
me sIs ,ttar darkness of irreligion into the
Gbnrch Of God TAKE the car to The BFo1s or
to washington Heights ahG SgS oe peoDIe m
cIean respectable, even @I40 p7O+'0' 49,
ing the tents at every service. 49,
e greatest Of all has b 6es6 e9ne Of PF
the CLiIuIet Iss-av-s uho In few years VIII be
ALnerlG iars and honemaers have become home
Ty aF sas s go sas4s s to n sss bs s 6s
A mag nlilc 81 the open air meetings. So great
riea On ntSu has been the work there that