New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-11


Immediate future. partly IN connection
with the opening OF the new Cathedral of
s. John tho Divine. These include the
brotherhood OF 81. Andrew. which inaugu-
rates an annual conference this year. the
opening one N be held az 81 George
Church. IN Stuyvessnt Square, on March
%: the cooperating COMMITTEES or tAe
Iavmer's Missionary Movement, repre-
senting tho mature men OF the parishes
the Federation OF Parish Mems Clubs
and the Seabury Society. Finally. there
Is 70 he held. through the courtesy or the
rector of Trinity Church and the vicar OF
Trinity Chapel. 25th street near Broad
way. on April and .. a quiet hour or
hours
Tho quiet hour AZ Trinity Chapel, %
which all men Of New York are asked. viii
be conducted BY the Rev. Father Tiggis, OK
The Community Of the Resurrection. an
English society founded twenty years or
moro ago hv the present Bishop Gore
Tho time will be the afternoon, and there
VIII he supper served By Trinity Chapel
20 be followed b. an evening service ana
address Next morning az S o'clock there
will be a celebration. with sermon. on
the week following, which Is Holy Week,
Father Figgls viii be the MONDAY preach
or At Trinity Church. Broadway and Wall
street. in St. Paul's Church. Clinton and
Carroll street. Brooklyn. on April = the
Rev. Father Frere. superior OF the same
order, Will conduct a quiet day. IN the
morning for women and in the evening for
men.
The Brotherhood OF St. Andrew will
have at ST. Georges Church the national
president Z. II. Bonsall. and the national
secretary, Hubert Carleton. II Is pur-
posed 70 make these conferences annual
The Federation OF Mems Clubs. chiefly OF
Manhattan. may attend tile Cathedral SER
vice on Sunday, April @. in the afternoon
in a body. and the missionary people. CO.
operating with the Laymens Missionary
Movement. seek 70 help tho General Epis-
coDal Board OF Missions in the Diocese Of
New York The Scabury Society. I'm
which are Young men interested in and
working for missions. plans dinner i'm
uediately after Lent. 20 be held at Trim
itv Chapel parish house. 10 make plans for
work next year. The society hopes 70 be
able 10 maintain a secretary for work
among Young men OF the diocese OF New
York, training them for personal work in
their parishes and for general work in the
diocese.
Three Methodist conferences IN which
are Methodist churches OF this metropoli-
tan region meet on March % next, and
gossip is busy about some OF the more i'm
portant positions 20 he filed Tho New
York Conference meets in Calvary Church.
Harlem, Bishop Smith presiding; the
Brooklyn. technically known as the New
York East. at New Rochelle. Bishop Nuel-
sen presiding and the Newark at Central
Church. Newark. Bishop Warren presiding
The terms % two district superintendents
IN the New York and one I'm the New York
East expire. These now are the Rev.
Philip NJ Waters. the Rev. Arthur jamie
son and the Rev. Or. J. s. Chadwick. For
the superintendency IN New York the
names Of the Rev. Dr. G. ?. Eckman. OF St
Paurs Church. IN West End avenue, and
OF the Rev. Dr. Allan MacRossie, Of 81.
James's, Harlem. have been heard. so
also has that OF the Rev. T. II. Baragwa-
nath. az the washington Square Church,
but u IS now said that the St Paul and
the ST James pastors are not likely TO re
tire
In Brooklyn the name OF the Rev. DIR.
r. = Henderson, OF Hanson Place Church,
has been heard for the superintendency.
and so has that Of the Rev. Everett Rich
ardson. OF Bristol. Conn. In BROOKLYN
there IS a difficulty confronting the pre-
siding bishop in the number OF men be-
longing To the conference and requiring 70
be placed who have been absent for some
time. These includ. the Rev y. v How
eli. who las been with the Chautauqua In
stitution for some years and who has re-
signed and will ask appointment. and also
the Rev Or J. ". Johnston. for some
years pastor of tho old John Street Church.
who has been abroad a year, or nearly
that period, but now returns. lie might be
made superintendent. some say
There viii be fev. ~ amy. pastorate
Changes. f. Is said. In the prominent New
York and Brooklyn Methodist churches
/ this year
\ Methodist church thar Is historic IS
10 close up at the end OF this conference
wear. Il IS the Thlrty-seyenth Street
Church. the Rev +. g. IIoag. pastor. be
tween Second ana Third avenues. and II
is 10 10 consolidated with the Fiftieth
street Church. the Rev. !. J. Blythe, pas
tor. between First and Second avenues,
better known as t1e Beekmm Hill Church.
The property Of the Thirty-seventh Street
Church has been sold. Tho consolidation
is made necessary by changes IN popula-
tion and is made for greater ef1iciencv.
This church now to 20 out Of existence
PLAYED a considerable part in the civil War
times IN New York. II had r pastor who
was a fine speaker and who took the stump
for Lincoln in the 1854 campaign. When
there were draft riots a Gag. made by the
women Of the church. was shot through
several times and the mob demanded 70 ~
be hauled down. II wss not hauled down.
but remained 10 wave ~ the end OF the
war i is now preserved by the church
and will be removed n Beekman Hill
The Beekman Hi Church. with which
the THIRTY seventh street church Is 10 he
merged, was formed I'm 1850 by twelve
persons. who met IN the old Beekmsn
mansion. This mansion. quite near to
where the church now stands. was held
BY the British. and IN Il Nathan Hale was
tried and condemned Tho last night Of
his life he spent IN the greenhouse IN the
mansion garden.
The consolidated properties viii r.
worth $4,000. possibly somewhat more
Decision upon the pastor will rest With
the spring conference, which meets az New
Rochelle on March 20. Both churches
were some time since placed under the
care Of the Methodist Church Extension
Society Of New York. the aim being 70 in
sure them an income. Membership IN both
will be about two hundred and nifty.
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GENERAL ITEMS OF THE WEEK.