Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09

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ond tent was started in another section OF
the city.
We do not find it difficult to get tent
or street audience in New York Up al
Fort George, where we hope soon to open
tent No. 6, about 1000 persons stood pa
an open-air service l conducted near the
trolley car terminal the other day.
"One reason for our success is that we
make point OF adapting our service to the
audience. In every case there is q good
speaker. a man to lead the singing and an
organist, but the conduct of the meeting
differs.
For example. in tent No. 1, over In East
10Th street. which is intended to reach the
unchurched Italians, both the chiIdren's
and the adult services are conducted in the
Italian language and are of the simplest
character. Were the preacher to ask those
of his audience who would like to lead a
Christian life to stand, a question some
times put to an English-speaking audience,
the Italians would wonder what in the
world he talking about
They seem to have the most distorted
notions over there of what we are driving
at; nevertheless the tent, which seats $50
is none to big to hold the crowd which
comes every night and needs to be taught
what Christianity means before it can be
asked to choose to live 1t.
And let me say that New York offers
as big foreign missionary field as any city
or country in the world 1t has now an
Italian population of 4O0, O00 In one day
last month II 600 immigrants, mostly from
southern Europe, We're landed at this port,
and during one week the total of foreign
arrivals was 10000.
Tent work among Italians thrown away?
Far from It.
AS result of tent services In Philadel-
phia there is now an Italian Protestant
church of 200 members nd jUh ~
men are studying for the ministry. l can
see no reason why this record should not be
duplicated In New York.
Tent No. 2 situated at 18th avenue and
Goth street, is In the heart of a n-church-
going district. which Is also one of the
most thickly populated in New York In
deed, the block bounded by 61st and ed
streets and West End and 10th avenues Is
house-to- house visitor declares, the most
densely populated In the world, in some
cases sixteen or eighteen persons living in
four rooms. The residents include Poles,
Italians, Irish, Germans and negroes.
so far the tent services have drawn
audiences OF about 200 or $50. but we hope
this number to increase. The second even
desire to live better life.
I'VE hope for a good deal from the chill
dren's service held at o'clock every night;
In fact, in every case we consider that serv-
ice a most important feature of our work
A woman visitor to distribute literature in
their homes and to work among the chill
dren is included in the working force of
every gospel tent.
Tent No. 8 is at Lorillard place and
Pelham avenue; Tent No. 4 in Catherine
Slip; No. in Abingdon Square. where we
have already given some stereopticon illus
trated talks in the street; No. 8 will be
planted at Fort George, and we are plan
ming a seventh near Union Square.
I'VE are out not for what we can get,
but for what we can give. We take Eo
collections. sell no books It has been
thought wiser to make these meetings alb
solutely free"
rs not curiosity strong factor in get
ting crowd together inside tent or out
side OF itg'
Perhaps. But what right have to pick
] out mans motive for attending re-