New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-16

Manhattan borough is to have two
hundred new churches set MP at once
They are churches without buildings ana
are the centres maintained by the Evan
reiietic Committee Last year this COM
mlttee had l49 That they are churches
is proven by the fact that they have
regular preachers. cornettists is not or
cams. solo singers. and regular times FOR
services They even have visitors anu
follow M men who express Willingness 10
be visited In their lodging places so the|
form two hundred new churches in Man
haitian borough. with a few more In the
Bronx.
To man these centres there is total
OF 225 workers. Of whom l25 are preachers
and Law speakers. most OF the latter VOL
unteers. fifteen singers, and no FEWER
than sixty cornettists. The preacher VIII
use twelve different languages. Recently
there has been discovered a Lettlsh
colony I'm The Bronx. and services are TO
be arranged for it, There will be twelve
tents. six OF them for services In Eng
lish and six divided among other Ian
guages. The open air services have begun
in Madison and Union squares and IN
Wall st and the shop meetings VIII start
this week in full force. Last year osocp
was the record Of attendance at meetings
held in these summer churches This year
efforts are making TO bring the number
10 10000 The committee figures out that
3n5.OOO Of New Yorks population do not
GO 10 religious services of any kind, sum
mer or winter.
New York's summer work this year is
10 have a great increase OF roof garden
church porch and street parade meetings
During June meetings are 10 be held on
the roof Of the Ethical Culture Building.
In Central Park West The Madison Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church is fitting up It's
roof garden and will soon start services
The Second Avenue Baptist Church has
started its porch meetings, With crayon
talks. and many languages are heard by
many people The Harlem Presbyterian
Church, on Mount Morris Park West, and
the First Union Presbyterian Church. In
Lexington av.. will start tomorrow night
their porch services, with choirs. The
Collegiate Baptist Church has outdoor
services in Eighth av. and the Elmendorf
Reformed Chapel in Third az. Calvary
marching in Madison av. and its porch
services.
In The Bronx the pleasant Sunday az
ternoon plan is being tried. Judge Gibbs,
OF The Bronx County Court is 10 speak
in S. Margarets Episcopal Chuch, in
l6sth st, between Prospect av. and the
Southern Boulevard, tomorrow. at
o'clock. and Prospect Avenue Methodist
Church. Woodstock Presbyterian and st.
Pauls Lutheran churches have accepted
invitations to attend. There will be organ
recital, hymn singing and Bible reading.
The Daily Vacation Bible Schools will
have forty schools this summer Teachers
are drawn from colleges. A training
school for these teachers Is already In
operation in the Madison Avenue Baptist
Church House This city is the headquar-
tiers for these vacation schools, but the
movement is national. The Federation OF
Churches and Presbyterian and
Baptist society viii also have schools in
this city this summer
Walter H. Stillman, prominent in the
Churchmens Association at Columbia.
takes UP al the end OF this month sum-
mer work in Episcopal parishes Of Man
haitian and The Bronx. a Central Com
rnittee of Church Clubs in The Bronx has
been formed and next Friday night in
the undercroft Of synod Hall OF the
Cathedral Of st. John the Divine Man
haitian clubs meet 10 organize. All are
affiliated with the Seabury Society of New
York. and interested in Montenac, the
new summer place on Greenwood Lake
for young men The aims are to put bet
ter businesslike methods into Christian
work on its material side and to develop
laymen and mems clubs that they may
bo more useful to their respective
churches.