New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-17
GOSPEL TENTERS RALLY.
Children from the High5cays and By
tcdgs attend Meeting.

J. b Ely superintendent of the Greater New
York Evangelistic Committee. and his assistants
gathered between 200 and 1.400 children VINO regu-
larly attend the gospel tent meetings, at the Cal
vary Baptist Church yesterday afternoon Inc oc-
casion the first of the three rallies that are 10
close the evangelistic work of the summer months
Another will be held this evening at al the tents
and the last to morrow evening at the Fifth Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church
The youngsters came in crowds from the dit
ferent parts OF the city crowd of Italian boys
represented tent No. /, in the Upper East slds'
The girls were not permitted by their mothers 70
attend Girls and boys came from tent NO. Z, II
Hers Kitchen The crowd from Catherine SIP
tent No. 4, made UP chiefly OF glfls- AT inc
last rally the bows of the section took exception 10
the presence of a better dressed crowd than them
selves in the front seats and they determlneu 10
attend no more rallies. Mixed throngs came from
tents No s. in 164r1l-st. from No s. in lioth-st'
and from the open air services of Abingdon square
The crowd that filled the Sunday school room OF
the church was thoroughly representative OF the
various nationalities which make up MAMA ''dh ,
cosmopolitan population. There were olach cu
dren as well as white ones Most of the Delegates
were ragged and many were dirty, out an were
on their honor TO appear we'll before the delegates
from the other parts of the city Many VISITORS
crowded into the gallery, or lined UP IN the pack
of the room with the workers
When Superintendent Ely opened the services
with songs which most of the children frst heard
last June they responded heartily. Their voices
might not have been exactly in tune but they
made up for the lack of artistic finish oy energy
and enthusiasm. They sang AT the Cross Won
derful WORDS of Life" "A Shelter in the lime OF
storm" and repeated the Lords Prayer after the
Rev DR. Beville Then each delegation contrib
uted It's part toward the exercises The most pop
Ilar OF these efforts solo by a little Italian
in his native tongue and the song. I'll Be sun
beam rendered by Pee Wee microscope
darkv from Hells Kitchen, who mounted the piano
for the benefit Of his audience The children paTt
of the programme was ended with the 'Slofy
song. = 49, r;.,- Mic
sions Association the speaker.
After the meeting the children collected OUTSIDE 1I
and a panorama photograph was taken OF them.
Each hid will receive section Of the picture as
A souvenir. . ,...o o,,
The executive committee of the evange.istiG COM
mittee will meet Monday afternoon TO discuss
plans for making the work begun on June Ia PCT
petual There is a great demand that some ar
ranccment be made to continue the work anong
the 100000 adults and 80 coo children now Interest,"
The committee has spent $4,000 of the 1870 CON
tributed toward the work. and the surplus Will pe
used to keep the hfty-seven workers IN the nero
as long as possible Next winter a convention OF
delegates from all parts Of the country WI 6a'5e e
IN Manhattan to consider the plan OF Iidhhs LiLe
summer evangelistic enterprise national III cHdr-