Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-07
A STRANGER IN NEW YORK

Arthur Swan. in the Sioux City Tribune.
Mon cher Ibbie ct mein lieber Heinz:
Being aware. old chaps. Of how deep
" tnterested you W are in churches
and clergymen. ! shall today indulge
my laziness to the extent OF address
ing you both. at once on that topic.
There are In the city Of New York al
most $500 churches. OF these more
than 1000 are Protestant, nearly 800
Catholic. and about $50 Jewish.
You must not take this to signify
that New York Is to any alarming ex-
Sunday evenings the churches that do
not present concerts Or moving pic
lures for the edincation Of their con-
gregat1ons are as 6 rule filed with
empty pews. The vaudeville houses do
an enormous business on Sunday
nights.
A series of prayer meetings "for the
welfare of the city OF New York" was
recently planned by the clerical con-
ference. AT the first service. which
was held in a church on Fifth. avenue
last week. there were about 200 clergy
men present: The second meeting oc.
CURED last Monday. 1t was attended
by "a ONE and 80 ministers.
st. Paul's chapel. on lower Broadway,
u the oldest church in the city. It was
built In 1895. II o go there today.
You can see the pew occupied by
at the head Of Wall street. was orig
tnally erected in 1896. The present edi-
dee II the third to be built on the old
site.
There are many Episcopal churches
m New York. as q matter Of tradition.
OF the mor noteworthy I shall name:
Church OF the Ascension, at Fifth ave-
nue. and Tenth street. Percy Stickney
(SHAnS Rotor (1eVa 0tfonHoH hnRA tVr,1nA
for the funerals Of the poet Glider
and Clyde Fitch. in 1909); st. Georges.
on Stuyvesant sQuare-badly located,
100 years old as a parish, J. p. Morgan
q member; Grace. on Broadway.
known for Its chimes and outdoor pull
pit: b Cathedral Of st. John the
Divine (still in course of erection), on
Morningside Heights.
The most famous Presbyterian cler-
gyman In the city-and the country, I
dare say-is DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst,
Of the Madison Square Presbyterian
church. which is one of the prettiest
examples Of ecclesiastical architecture
N New York. Or. Parkhurst writes
"uphft articles" for the Evening Jour-
nal. generally conceded to be the yell
lowest newspaper on the face of the
green earth. OF the fashionable Fifth
avenue Presbyterian church the Rev.
j.. H. Jowett. an Englishman, is now
minister, ana the puplt OF the Old First
Is occupied by DR.. Howard Duffield.
The Fifth avenue Baptist church
(Mr: Rockefeller's) has been without a
minister since the departure of the m
bilious Mr.. Aked. At the First Bap-
fist church, the Rev. I. NJ. Haldeman
Is h preacher. and DIR. c. A. Eaton
is in charge of the Madison Avenue
church. OF all the Baptist churches in
the city. I think the Mount Morris, at
One Hundred and Twenty sixth street.
Is the most progressive. j. H. Randall
is it's minister.
The leading Congregational churches
are the Broadway Tabernacle. at Fiji
ty-sixth street. DR.. G. E. Jefferson. pas
tor. and Plymouth church, in Brooklyn.
of which the Rev. Newell Dwight Hills
is now In charge. This congregation
has been served by Henry Ward Beech
er. and DR.. Lyman Abbott, now editor
Of the Outlook.
There is a large number OF Meth
odists churches in New York. The
John street church last month cele-
brated its 145th anniversary. This is
the oldest Methodist church in Amer