New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-06

true and lofty devotion7
Unity Of Purpose Needed.
While believe there Is q unity OF
purpose In the hearts OF the Christian
elerrymen OF New York. am con-
strained 10 believe that before this
purpose goes very far In convincing the
church going majority of peopl.
unified initiative and plan OF procedure
must be adopted. This is necessary.
IL seems to me. that the God-hungfy
masses Of the city may believe in our
faith and respect and reverence our
worship to the extent that they will
crowd our altar steps. They do not
care, nor should they, about the rea-
sons for our dfferences-the Christles,
reasons for the disrespsct In which ths
church so long has been held. Thoy
need not be Interested in the social
service programme OF the church II
He who has made US socially respon-
sible has been left out Of our deeds
and practices toward one another.
/ hope to begin In this department
next SATURDAY. a discussion regarding
places whero people may go 70 church
and be assured that God and his wor.
ship are pre-emlnently believed and
prsctised In the way above described.
CHURCH NEWS AND NOTES.
The Federal Council OF tho Churches
Of Christ in America has issued an ap-
peal 70 the churches OF America for
tho did Of missionaries and mission
activities in the Near East Ths Ar
menian Christians in Turkey are named
especially az deserving the sympathy
OF the American Church.
Sunday, November Il, has been got
20 be observed with prayers and offer
inCs for the relief of n suffering which
is the result of the European war
The appeal is signed by the Rev.
DR.. Smaller Mathews, the Rev. DR..
and Charles r. Crane, treasurer, 10
Fifth Avenue.
A Golden Anniversary.
One Of the oldest churches In Tho
Broux-St Jamss's Protestant Episeo-
pal-wlll observe It's fftieth nnniver-
sary tomorrow. No church in that sec
ton Of the city Ia moro picturesque or
has a more sympathetic outlook on the
community. Originally built far out OF
the city, with It's rich windows and
gabled porchos. 1t has during recent
years been crowded about with the in
coming Of the city's extension.
st. Jamess Church was conseorated
on All Saints Day, November /, 1865,
By the Right Rev. Horatio d. Potter.
The Rev. Or. Dix preached tho conse-
Grafton sermon.
Many prominent familie. have been
members Of st. James, Parish, and the
Revs. Drs. Thomas Richie, Charles {.
Tiffany, Joseph Blanch and Charles j.
Holt, and the present rector, the Row
dc ". l.. Pelton, have been its minis
tiers,
Report OF Episcopal Missions.
The treasurer OF the Episcopal Board
Of Missions has reported that S2s,OOO
more than the 100000 which was
sought 10 be raised as an emergency
fund has been received. This fund
was raised by giving zone days in
come" by Episcopalians throughout the
land, in addition TO their usual mis-
sionary gifts.
OF tae s428,OO0 New York gave over
$4,000, Newark ever $4,000, Long ISL
and over $4,000, Central New York over
$1,000. Massachusetts over $4,000,
Connecticut over $4,000. Rhode Island
over $1,000, Bethlehem over $4,000,
Pennsylvania over $4,000, Washing
Ohio over $1,000. Southern Ohio over
$4,000 Every diocese has participated
in this campaign.
From the missionary districts In
Japan, China and other countries have
come nearly $4,000. The largest git
was $4,000, from Pennsylvania, and
was designated for the reserve fund.
The next largest was $4,000. Gifts
ragged on down to one cent.
Besides the gifts 20 this special smer-
gency fund the Church gave for its
regular annual budget. including lega-
cies and all other sources, more than
S1,740.000. The total, including the
emergency fund, was s2.l56,5OO. This
Is the best record in giving TO its
home and foreign mission work that
the Episcopal Church has ever made.
Lords Day Alliance.
The twenty-sevcnth annual meeting
of the Lords Day Alliance OF the
United States will be held in New York
tomorrow At II o'clock the annual
sermon will be preached in the Marble
Collegiate Church. Fifth Avenue and
Twenty-ninth Street, by the Rev. David
James Burreil, IL, D., O member OF
the alliance board OF managers ard
president OF the New York State Sab
bath Association, an auxiliary OF the
national society.
tlc Lord bay Alliance Is an inter
national organization representing six
teen of the leading Christian denomi-
nations in the department OF sunday
rest and one day Of rest In seven. Il
has ton STATE and interstate societies
embracing the strategic centres of the
rotior md IS in touch wi'h scvera.
thousand ministers associations and
thousands Of churches
To Hear of Immigrants.
At a public and popular meeting of
The Presbyterv IF New York. at the
Mad son Avenue Presbyterian Church
on Monday night, there will be pres
entation Of the work Of the Home Mis-
sions committee Of the prcsbytery in
lhe consested and foreign quarters of
The city.
Addresses will be made by the mod
orator Of the General Assembly. the
Rev. President J Ross Stevenson. d. d..
Formerly ras'or Of the Fifth Avenue
Church; the Rev. Norman NJ. Thomas.
Kenneth u. Miller and Johna;han {.
Day, d. ID. A children's choir Of
hundred voices from the John Huss
Bohemian Church will sing group OF
bohemian national songs. This meet
Ing will be a rally of the Presbyterian
forces of the city in recognition Of the
splendid advances which have been
made in this work In the last few
years.
Oxford Professor 10 Lecture.
A course OF lectures Is 20 be given az
Auburn Theological Seminary, Auburn,
n Y, this month by Professor J. Estlin
Carpenter, principal emeritus OF Man
chester College, oxford. England, Oh
phases of Early Christianity" There
will be six lectures on six consecutive