New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-24

4 impetus
/ hoped that plans for the organization OF the SO
oiety proposed viii soon be under way.
The select choir OF thirty voices organized for the
new Madison Square Church will fegin its services
/ in the old church. Madison Square and East 2th-
St, tomorrow with the following programme:
organ prelude visone. 'f'heip ap
cSnsise- and Hear Me-; .Pfueger
This Is Not My Place of Resting .....,....'. Mozart
sP NJ ,,-
ss1 Rs n'o The he Nv Wi was 5 Raum@nn
AT Thine Altar Lo"iy Kneelns .HanscoIn
The evening prelude composed for the occa,
sion. and a special musical service VIII De given
every Sunday evening.
The First United Presbyterian Church will hold
tomorrow. under tie direction of Emile H. Manly
musical director, a special song service at p. M
The programme includes
Tenor solo. 20. Come titheT from the 4eth Psalm Buck
Soprano solo, Z win Ezol Thee Costa
Bass solo In Thee God % Put My TT rr:a spioksF
onertory Psalm arrangement festival re Deum' Buck
contralto solo, % for the Wings of MendeiSSOhn
Mrs safer s..tnar
gen po.tde allegro from First sonata MendeIssohn
Miss Emile II Manly organist and director.
The Conference of Religion whose chairman Is
Or. James NJ Wilton, and whose executive COM
mittee includes three COfST anu liz
EpscopaIiens. each of Presbyterians, Cnita-
r!ans and Jews and one each of Untversalist
Dutch Reformed and Baptist is quietly and steadi-
ly pursuing its work of education as TO the essen
tals Of religion especially in their bearing the
moral and civic problems OF society and the indi-
vidual The Rev. W. B. Alis. of Mount Vernon
has been elected general secret ary The conference
has decided a forward movement and has con-
sdered the feasibility Of adding TO the local meet
in.s Of the conference which are held every rev
weeks in churches Of various faiths, regular re-
lgioLs service IN some central 14G'y ~heF ERE nTd
may be discovered on the East Slde Also me con
Will cooperate when desirable with other
05g2nIa bd a5c sfek Hef6rm TO
The officers Of the NewYOrk Social Union are
planning 10 make the next meeting, which viii
be held the Hotel Vendome. Broadway and 4!st-
St on Ihursday evening, M MAI L. an a. a.
our city churches. Every effort is being made TO
bring together a large BODY OF young men from
all the churches in Manhattan and Brooklyn Bor-
oughs The speakers will be Alnet F Jenks, JUS
tice Of the Supreme Court Fred +. Crsne o. me
County Court and assistant sqPerin{endent OF Dr
6a3 of fq nion Seminar and teacher Of the
Mems Bible Glass at the Brick presbyterian
Church.
The Rev. DR.. r. P. Johnston, pastor of the Fifth
Avenue Baptist Church. expects TO leave here on
Thursday Of this week for Chicago 10 serve as
resident minister of the University OF Chicago for
three weeks. During his absence the pulpit will
be supplied by President ". Fl. P. Faunce OF
Brown University next Sunday, morning and even
ing: the Rev Dr. J. F. Elder March I. who will
preach in the morning only, the monthly musical
service being held in the evening, ana on Maych
Il President Charles Cuthbert Hail of Union Theo-
logical Seminary will preach IN the morning ana
the Rev DR.. D {. Hughes in the evening Last
Sunday morning Dr.. Johnston preached on The
Christian Life" and the evening on Buying
Back the Soul"-the latter an unusually solemn
and impressive discourse. well suited 10 STIR the
heart and conscience in this time OF revelation in
the business and political world
The Rev William Arnot Kfrkwood has begun
work in association with Dr. jefferson at the Broad
way Tabernacle. succeeding Dr. Charles r Sey-
mour. Mr.. Kirkwood came from Chester. Conn
He was brought up in the Tabernacle and for thir
teen years was a member there Under DR.. w NJ
Taylor's influence he decided to prepare for the
ministry was graduated from New-Yoris University
1870 ana from Union Seminary 1895 His first
passionate at the Parkvile Church Brooklyn.
from which he called TO the Clinton-ave
church. in the borough. caring for the At
lantic-ave. chapel, which ne left go TO Chester
His formal entrance into the Tabernacle work
marked by special service, IN which several
deacons took part a reception has just been ten
dered 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Kirkwood and they are now
well settled
Another assistant has been gained in Miss Anna
@ Carhart, a graduate of Smith College, who
comes from Dorset. Vt. where her brother, the
viii visit the women of the congregation and work
especially in connection with the young women's
organizations, students temporarily in the city and
similar lines. This increases the pastoral staff
10 six and the paid workers to thirteen. in add
ton to those employed at Bethany.