New-York tribune., 1908-01-04
GENERAL ITEMS OF THE WEEK.

Bishop William Burt of the Methodist Episcopal
Church who for twenty years has superintendent
the Protestant work in Italy and Central hurope'
will preach at the services in Christ Mlssioh' W
al West 5?th street tomorrow afternoon at 500
o'clock His subject will be THE Progress Oh Cish
and Religious Liberty in Europe
At Dr. MacArthur's Current Events Class, a'
Calvary Baptist Church. Tomorrow Miss Jane
BrownIee will speak She is widely known as liie
originator of the plan for child training aoop'e
by the La Grange School, of Toledo Where II
has heen used for a number of years with such
marked success that she has been called INTO ti'e
lecture field In almost every state in the Union
Her subject will be "A Plan for Moral framing
for the Public Schools"
series of special evening services will be begun
tomorrow evening at Christ Church, Broadway
and list street Bishop Paddock will preach To-
morrow evening and other well known speakers
will be announced from week to week
In the Manhattan Congregational Church to-
morrow there will be New Years services. ooth
morning and evening. The pastor the Rev Dr
Henry A Stimson will preach at both In the
morning there will be reception OF memoers' anu
the service will be followed by holy communion
Champe S Andrews former counsel for the
Public Health Defence League, will speak on
Medical Quacks and Quackery' at the regular
mems meeting at the West Side branch of the
Young Mems Christian Association. No Szo west
57th street, tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 o CLOCK
At the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church next
week will be celebrated week of prayer Dr
Stevenson and Dr. Hallenbeck will preside at even
ing services Monday Wednesday and FrloaS
at SIS o'clock. Afternoon services Will be heo Oh
Tuesday and Thursday at 4:30 o'clock
There will be special musical service to-mor-
row evening at o'clock at st. Matthew's P1oleS-
Park West.
The opening public exercises of the National Bible
Institutes School for the Training of Lay Evan
gelists will be held in the assembly nan OF 'e
PRESBYTERIAN Building, No. 156 Fifth avenue, on
Thursday evening at o'clock. Addresses will be
given by the Rev. Dr.. Edwin F. Hallenoeck' asso-
cate pastor of the Fifth Avenue presbyterian
Church. on THE Ordination of the Rank and flle
by Don o. Shelton, president of the Natlonai bloe
Institute and others. Hugh R. Monro will PRESIDE
and there will be special singing under the leader
ship Of Harper G. Smyth
]. Campbell White, general secretary OF the Lay
mems Missionary Movement and for ten years Ma
tional Young Mems Christian Association secretary
of India will address the Harlem Young Women
Christian Association tomorrow afternoon at 4;l'
o'clock Mr. Whites wide experience and his power
as a speaker attract large audiences wherever he
goes.
At the Metropolitan Temple DR.. John Wesley Hill.
the pastor has arranged for a great evangelistlc
campaign which will begin Sunday morning and
continue throughout the month of January Dr.
Hill will preach short practical evangedlstlc ser
mons every evening next week. excepting Saturday
evening Mrs Minnie Castle Davis will sing at all
services as will also large chorus choir of one
+ hundred voices.
| The New Thought Church holds Sunday service at
| Il A m and D. m. in Carnegie Hail. West 56th
| street and Seventh The morning topic
will be The True Idea of Life; the evening, WHO
Touched Me?" Julia Seton Sears is the speaker
"A New Years Message: What Claim Has Christ
on Men Today" will be the subject of an address
bv the Rev John Francis Dobbs. pastor of the Mott
| Haven Reformed Church, at the meeting for men
| tomorrow afternoon at 430 o'clock Mr. Dobbs is
! a favorite at the mems meetings. He is young
| man and always brings message that appeals 10
young men.