New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16
BOROUGH GOSSIP
York Street Church to Hold.
Farewell Service.

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The York street Methodist Episcopal
Church will hold its last services in its
old building az York and Gold streets.
to-day. once one Of the leading churches
If the denomination in BrooklNn and sit
uated i'm the centre OF tho best residential
section. the organization is now COM
irellCl TO dishand through the complete
change i'm the neiShborhooG Where
fashion once reigned the noises are now
occupied by Italians. poles. Lithuanians
and other non- English speaking peoples.
There viii Doe a reunion of the ola mem
hers and former pasto.s TO-DAY to bid
farewell TO the old building. H. the NOM
Ing Or. Charles T.. Corner one of the
oldest ministers of the New York Con-
lc,e nce. will preach ON My Passionate in
York Street: the Pastor, York street in
History" I'm the evening addresses will
he made by Dr.. W. y Layton district
superintendent of the brooklyn North
District. and Dr. James - Hc.mes. su-
pr.intecGcnt of the 6rOoGl In church So
,ie,y; the Rev. William Hamilton. the
Rev. : * Smith and the Rev W. NJ
hughes. former pastors: ". Fleming ana
Or T.. W. Cunningham. son Of the Rev. T.
Cunningham. the present pastor and lon-
;ho superintendent of the SUnda! schoo.
Mrs. ". NJ Hughes VIII sing.
The York Street Church HAD lis begin
nuns in IS. when title hand Of people
lett the Sands Street Memorial Church
% form a church Of their own. The
church was organized The next year and
. frame church and parsonage were put
up. The Organization became Independent
ir 1885. IN lS5l the pres mt brick church
ard parsonage wer" built. and the sun
da, school room WIS uilt two Years
l3.cr. The church FOR Gears WA po"-
uicr orc and WAS c'oNded To ia, doors
a. every service Tho membership he
came three hundred and dftv and Tn"
Sunday school attendance reached six
hundred
Thea tire aoShborhood ncean to change,
the forcien non Protestant elements came
I'm ana the membership began to decline
When il was determined to disband the
members numbered nrn"ty-oisht and the
Sunday school pupils ffty-tour These
PEOPLE for the most part live i'm other see
tious of tho city and have found It incon-
Vcrient to attend the services. The Sands
SuoCt Memorial Church will get titty-two
Of the ,mbers to replace the band that
went out from " to York Street ninety
one years ago The other members viii
find church homes all about the town.
Some letters. Mr. Cunningham said yes
tcrdat would travel "a far away as
South Dakota
Though time will have eliminated tho
Old church within few months, for tho
Brooklyn Church Society has already
found purchaser for the property, the
organization has left strong impress on
the city and the country. II has sent out
eleven ministers and has contributed It's
workers to the building up of other
churches II is the parent organization
If the Hanson Place METHODIST Episcopal
Church. which was built 10y the Roy.
joseph Law.
Nlr Law was the pastor who built the
uesent York street Church in ISL. With
him in the organization Of the Hanson
Place Church was oXMayor Samuel
Booth and other members of the York
Street Church The old church has also
exercised great influence over the devcl-
opment of the Simpson. Symmetrical and
Fleet Street churches. Among its former
pastors were Phincas Rice, }. J.. Glider,
uncle Of Richard Watson Glider. and
Ruoll Goodsell father Of Bishop Daniel
4. Goodscu Mr.. Cunningham, whose
duty IT has been to disband the old organ
ization. will he assiencd new charge
wnen the New York East Conference
meets on March %.
Miss Helen Keller and her teacher, Mrs.
John Macy. will repeat their joint lecture
on The Heart and the Hand on Wcdncs-
dav evening at the Academy Of Music.
under the auspices OF the Brooklyn In
sti,ute of Arts and Sciences. Alfred II.
Brown, president Of the department Ct
dramatic art. of the institute, will give
so,cM exhibition in natural color uho-
,oorapns on Thursday evening His
subjects Will be The Spain of the Moors,
Nelasquez and the Prado." The Boston
symphony Orchestra will give concert
ON Friday evening. Otto Track. 'celst'
viii be- the assisting artist. Herbert W.
Gleason will give another of his illustrat-
cd lectures on our great national parks
on Saturday afternoon and evening. His
topic will BE- Mount Rainier and the
crater Lake, National Park
The Williamsburg Sangerbund is TO
give an educational concert in the audi
torium of the Girls High School, at Hal
sev street and Nostrand avenue. at
o'clock this evening. The concert Will he
under the direction OF DR.. Felix jaeger,
musical conductor of the Williamsburg
crs
The programme is to be a varied one
and of the sort that will interest any
audience Several songs are to be rem
dered i'm English. and the chorus will In
clude the work of the great composers
Although the programme has been ar
ranged mainly for the pupils OF the boys
and girls high schools and their par
cnts. every lover OF music is welcome TO
attend the concert
One of the songs TO be rendered is the
Kaiser Prize Song which will be sung
by a chorus of 125 voices.
The Williamsburg Sangerbund is prob
ably the largest singing society in the
borough and has sung at many public
concerts in Highland Park since IT has
been under the supervision Of Park Com
missioner Kennedy.
Articles Of incorporation of the Kings
County Historical Society were approved
last week by Justice Kelly. of the Su-
preme Court. The object Of the society
IL TO promote and encourage original his