New-York tribune., 1912-02-17
LENTEN SERVICES.

The Rev. Dr. Charles l.. Slattery, :ectol
Of Grace Church. Broadway and 10th street
issued yesterday an address to Grace Par.
ish on the subject Of Lent, a season that
begins next Wednesday. Even in a grea
city where the demands upon activity are
lncessant, Lent gives us the excuse to dc
less and think more" he says. "In time
when each one Of us is forced to be con-
stantly giving out whatever no has ac-
quired, we run serious risk Of losing quality
lin ourselves, so that year by year what we
give IS OF less use to the world Lent is one
OF the times when we may see TO the
enriching of our own natures"
The address not only announces plans OF
Grace Parish for Lent, but II gives sugges-
tions for reading of books, especially selec-
tions OF new Biographies and new essays,
the latter not strictly religious essays.
Grace clergy will take the noon hour sery-
ices this year Tie rector will give series
of addresses on Fridays on the Greed, y
and on Wednesday afternoons the vicar a
series on the Parallels There will be a
new plan this year for Holy Week. Except
Good Friday, the service will begin at II 30.
to be followed by organ music till 1890,
when the rector will make addresses daily.
Trinity Church viii have another series of
noon hour meetings. with foremost divines
as preachers. AS heretofore one preacher
will remain a week. Lent will re opened
for the part week beginning next Wednes-
day by the Rev, DR.. Henry Lubbock, of this
city. Following, for the full weeks, save
Saturdays, the preachers are to be:
Week Of February 26. Bishop Spslding of
Utah: March 4, Chaplain Knox, OF Colum-
bla: the week to lie closed by Bishop An
derson, of Chicago; March II, Bishop VIII.
Jams OF Michigan; March Is, the Reg. DR..
W. H. Van Allen, OF Boston; March 25,
President Powell of Kings College. Nova
Scotia, and Holy Week, including Good
Friday tho rector, the Rev. DR.. William II.
Manning.
Last year the plan OF n Initad II unity
Parish service on Wednesday evenings was
tried Such plan is to be repeated this year,
the services to be held I'm Trinity Chapel,
18th street, just off Broadway. The rector
will speak on st. Paurs teachings in his
Epistle to the Ephesians.
Each year larger emphasis comes to noon
hour services In Lent at uptown churches.
The tendency is northward, as In business
Incarnation anu .
churches now offer quite as strong lists as
Grace and Trinity. The Incarnation will
adopt the full week plan for each preacher
and these preachers are To 5e, In order,
Dean Grosvenor of the Cathedral, Professn-
II. S. Nash OF Cambridge, the parish clergy
Professor A. p. Hunt, the Rev. L. f.
sturges OF Morristown, and Dean Hodges
OF Cambridge. At st. Bartholomew, under
the same full week plan, the preachers will
be Bishop Burch, Dean Hodges. the Rev.
ID. NJ. Steele, Of Philadelphia: Professor H.
y. Nash. the Rev. Dr. Il. s. Rousmanlere.
of Boston. the Rev. w. n. Guthrie. Of ST
Marks, OF this city.
For the first time in Lent the Brick Pres
byterian Church will have noon hour SER
vices. The pastor will give the ADDRESSES
part of the time, At Calvary the weeks are
TO be divided. and preachers will include
Bishop Lloyd, the Rev. Or. Henry Mottet.