New-York tribune., 1905-08-12

-NON lLIdt lue last month OF the
Is "eA under way, there comes fitting time for
summary and retrospect in the field of summer
religious endeavor especially fitting as enough
ground has already been gone over TO give vaIu-
aole experience and teach useful lessons. and
still there is enough time left to profit by these
lessohs- In this city the seasons work has CEN
lreo III the tent campaign. Something of an ex-
pertinent here at the beginning of the season. it
mas proved a great success. The Examiner
gives comprehensive review Of the work 10
date. The article says in part:
Since June IS. when the first tent of the pres
@ eIL movement was pitched, there has been
-IIeeuilss, attendance and Gospel message At
present the work is being carried on at Ten diff
7ae+io 80, points OF the city Some seventy-fve
-ileetiIss are held weekly, with an aggregate
attendance Of fully 10000 The work has met
the expectations Of all. and been a real surprise
/ 10 many. During the preparatory stages Of the
work considerable time and effort we've snent in
overcoming the mountains which were seriously
pronounced by some 70 be fnsurrnountable II
was said to be impossible TO secure lots in New
YORK tor locating the tents and this has truly
oeeI d ulIlcuIty greater than NAV be found in
any other city IN the Union BY persistent and
PrayerIuI enorts. however. on the part of many
more lots have been offered free of rental than
can De occupied by the number of tents provided
II there We're twice as many tents, lots would be
ready for them.
ATTENDANCE.
many LeIl ana rightly, doubt. that the
people OF New ork would not come to services
IN the summer season, especially the nom
churchgoing class While all the tents are not
equally successful from this standpoint vet all
together the average attendance inside the
meetings, including week nights and SUNDAYS
mas peen 35O On favorable nights, even at
/ hIu"e eek meetings, the tents have not been large
enough 10 accommodate the people. Most of the
tents are so located that not only those who are
III lhe services are benefited but many at
tne windows Of their homes are reached At
Hells Kitchen 60th-st and 1Ith-ave the at
tendance during the last week has more than
taxed the seating capacity of the tent due
chle1y TO the use of pictures of the audience
at present not one in fifty has any church con-
necuon whatsoever. Both rere and at Catharne
SIlp the difficulty has not been primarily the
/ securing OF an attendance but finding sufficient
workers to deal with .ns n terested ones There
is prooably no more destitute section in any city
III the world than here In the first named
place race riots are frequent On a single night
at least 100 bullets were fired not stones
throw from the tent door Among the first
listeners IN the service was a band of forty
thleves. The police force in this section have
nailed the tent work with delight. declaring 1t
duties
The attendance at the Italian tent is most
encouraging Here is located one of the largest
tents ana II is almost nightly filed and on
some occasions packed, with many standing
Mr. Nard1 the Italian evangelist reports that
1u!y ZOO are now ready to declare their faith
publicly and join some evangelical church The
enort however, has not been to proseIyte but
simply 10 lift before the people the redeeming
of God may direct
The tent in The Bronx now situated at 164th-
ST. and Boston Road, is nightly packed. and al
ready a large number have declared their faith
in Jesus Christ. Seven churches are united in
the work of this tent, and most of the pastors
are nightly at the meetings. leading souls TO
Christ.
At 146th-st. and Amsterdam-ave for the first
two weeks or even more. the meetings were not
largely attended and the struggle TO interest
I the community was very great
CHILDREN's MEETINGS.
Every night in all the tents children's meetings
are held in the early evening. From two hun
dred 10 four hundred children gather They
come directly from the street. and in a marvel
lousy short time they become reverent and at
tentive Only a few meetings and they can sing
from memory familiar hymns and the Glory
song IN such a manner as TO stir the coldest
hearts Mrs. Margaret BottOme, the leader OF
the hosts of Kings Daughters. and other kind
women have sent literally loads of flowers, which
are given in kindness TO the children and sent
with messages Of love 10 many desOlate homes.
More than fifty ministers of NewYork have
either taken part or promised to take part in
these open air services. The reflex influence OF
such work has been again and again testified to
by the ministers themselves. 1t has opened to
them a new and untried field of usefulness.
Large crowds have frequently stood for an
hours service in Wall-st. by the Custom House
and in front Of the Stock Exchange BY this it
IS manifest that the Gospel appeals TO all classes
alike.
At Abingdon Square, where the stereopticon is
used, the results have been most marked. Here
lively helping. On one evening, July p fully
five thousand people gathered. A large band Of
workers assisted in the audience and addressed
the people from boxes and chairs. each speaker
standing twenty to thirty feet from the other,
thus all speaking at once. Hundreds of flowers
we're given away, and with each message or
verse of Scripture given to the recipient.
Would that ii was possible TO bring the con-
dttions workers are continually finding
them 10 the attention OF Christian people.
Former ministers of Jesus Christ, teachers OF
Bible schools and Christian workers, besides
those who have never known or tasted of Gods
love manifested in Jesus Christ are going down
into eternal destruction. Truly millions OF
animals are better off than they Thousands Of
people, no doubt in this city giving more
sacrifice and personal attention to the treat
ment of their dogs and cats, and are surely
more tender and patient with them in their
shortcomings and failures, than with
those for whom Jesus died. We can scarcely
imagine that Sodom was worse than Hells
Kitchen, or that Lot had harder time TO
cape from his surroundings than any poor
sinner in this section who attempts at the call
Of God TO turn from sin and the present and
eternal destruction which awaits him.
The hour has struck. Gods time is here. The
felds are ripe and in the midst OF a
great revival. Prayer may now be proved in
its sincerity by action. God waits and calls and
weeps together with the waiting, calling and
weeping multitude