New-York tribune., 1908-06-27
CHURCH NEWS NOTES

Three tents. under the direction of the evanses.
tic committee OF New York City, VIII open gospei
services tomorrow evening.
At 146th street and Seventh avenue a tent has
been set up In the lot occupied for the last
two summers The Rev DR.. Edwin F. Hallenbeck,
of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. will
speak Sunday evening and every ev9Pfng the foA-
lowing week. L. O. Thayer, OF Calvary Methodist
Episcopal Church. will lead the music Miss Alice
NJ Gamn will resume direction OF the children's 8
meeting
tent for German speaking people will open at
16sth street and Elton avenue, The Bronx Various
German pastors of the city will take part in the
opening meetings. All services will be conducted
in German, except the children's meeting.
At 1s2d street and East River tent for Firms
and Swedes will be opened with all the services
in Swedish except those for children.
The major part Of the work In charge Of the
evangelistic committee will begin the week follow
ing the Fourth of July. There will be three more
tents for English speaking people. several centres
work among the negroes, at least three tents for
Italians and services for the Spaniards in cigar
factories and out of doors. Various new aggres-
sve and progressive features will be introduced
the following weeks
At the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church to-
morrow the associate pastor. the Rev. DR.. Edwin
F. Hallenbeck. will preach at the morning ana
afternoon services. The Rev. DR.. Reuben A
Torrey, the evangelist, will preach on July D.
The special Sunday vesper services held In St
Paul's Chapel Columbia, will be addressed by some
OF the leading ministers in the country during
the summer months Announcement had just oeen
made that the Rev ]. Stuart Holden. vicar OF St,
PauI's, Chapel Portman Square, London, will lead
two Of the services in July and August
Mr. Holden comes to this country to speak at the
Mortified conferences, where he will be a leading
speaker in the last two weeks of July ana
early August. He has been specially active IN
the evangelistic work of The Episcopal Church
particularly extensive mission in London dur
ins the winter DR.. Arthur T. Pierson. OF Brook
lyn, editor The Missionary Review OF the
World: the Rev. Hugh Black, Of Union semi
nary; the Rev. c. c. Creesan, New York secretary
of the American Board of Commissioners for For
eisn Missions and Robert E. Speer, secretary OF
the Presbyterian Board Of Foreign Missions. are
among the other speakers at the Northheld con-
ferences
The eighth Sea Cliff Bible Conference begins to-
night It will continue daily in three sessions I'LL
July s. The conference is held in big tent near
the water tower, in the centre Of Sea GIN, Long
Island Sea Cliff is best reached by the Long isano
Railroad. trains running almost hourly or py the
COLCHESTER, leaving East 3lst street every
afternoon The conference stands for the evangel-
cal faith This years speakers include such well
known Bible teachers as DR.. James NJ. Gray dean
of the Moody Bible Institute Chicago c. L Seeheld,
formerly pastor of Moody's church. in East North
field; A. c. Gaebelein editor OF Our Hope" and
others
Professor Hugh Black Of Union Theological sem
mary. will preach tomorrow at both services in
the Collegiate Church of St Nicholas. Fifth ave-
nue. and 18Th street, the Rev. Donald Sage Mackay.
minister.
At the Church of the Ascension, Fifth avenue
and 10th street, the Rev. Percy Stckney Grant,
rector. the services Sunday will be as follows:
Morning service II o'clock. with preaching by the
rector: evening service o'clock, when Alexander
Irvine will give an address, reviewing the work
Of the winter.
The Rev Dr. A H Evans pastor Of the West
Presbyterian Church, in 42d street, between Fifth
and Sixth avenues will preach there tomorrow at
Il a m. on The Hopefulness Of God" This will
be the closing service of the
The Rev Dr. A c. Dixon. the celebrated pastor
of the Moody Church Chicago. is gathering large
audiences the big Broadway and 57th
street. where he will preach nightly till July 3.
DR.. Dixon will also speak at p. tomorrow in
this tent. and at II a. and p m. in the Cen
trail Presbyterian Church, in West 57th street. in
union with Tent Evangel The work IN Evangel is
very successful.
The Rev DR.. John Bancroft Devins, editor OF
The New York Observer breaches in the West
Tyyenty-third Street Presbyterian Church to-mor-
row morning and evening Evening subject "Old
Glory in the Philippines with special song
vice.
The largest foreign missionary organizations
Of the United States the American Board (Congre-
gationaD and the Presbyterian Board Of Foreign
Missions have just been holding conferences with
the new missionaries whom they are this year
sending out to the foreign field The Congrega-
tfonal conference was held at the American Board
| headuuarters in Boston and the Presbyterian one
/ in New York. The American Board has twenty
| seven Young men and women in its new mission
/ srv company and the Presbyterian Board is send
| ing thirtv-tvo These numbers said TO be
about the average number for each spring in these
I two bodies A larger number would be sent in
! each case il is understood, were it possible TO
| secure suitable volunteers. There are many ap-
plicsnts for missionary service in foreign lands.
hut the requirements of the missionary boards are
most rigid and an applicant must satisfy the Off
cals physical mental and splrltuai aoili'y 10 10
| the work the field
In order that their interests may not be entirely
| centred upon the particular fields to which they
.-. individually assigned the twenty seven Con-
| ,-..a+ionaT missionaries have devised a plan
| nberebv they may keep in touch with each other
during all their missionary service, although they
90 70 fields as far apart from each other as West
1 Africa and China, Eastern Turkey and japan
-ha GRO to send Joint letter around the circle at
| -. once each year so that each OF the twenty
! a,,e, may be kept informed of the work OF the
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