New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-09
WOMEN RALLY
TO AID CLERGY
START REVIVAL
Girls Also Wide Awake to
Religious Trend, De
clares Mrs. Baker.
TEXT ON TITHES
FOR NEXT SUNDAY
The Rev. c. w. WEIGH Urges :.
Preachers to Give Mo-
mentum to Project.

Ministers have Deen invited to give
the project for revival mere an IN
creased momentum Sunday morning by
preaching from text which typifies
all the religious blessings in store Tor
New York if the clergymen themselves
bring in their 1.-THE of prayerful IN
terest.
- have every reason to believe that
they will cooperate by doing so simple
a thing as to preach on this text" SAID
the Rev. Charles Whitefield Welch,
chairman of the committee.
When asked to explain the meaning
of the text selected from Malachi, he
said: ~
"Why. it's meaning is written all
over it, The revival we need in New
York is one that will fill the churches
with an overlooking Of exuberant en-
thusiasm. Such enthusiasm cannot
come as a result of oft-repeated platl-
tudes and dull Journalism. nor VIII the
exuberance needed come OF the dead
drag which many ministers feel IS
thew labor necessarily against routine
burdens of the ordinary parish.
Back to God and His Christ and the
message of His Gospel must be me
slogan Of Christian people IN TINS CITY
if we are to test God or put HIM On
trial as to whether He Is wiling 20
keep His word and pour heavens Dless-
ings all over the church LIE OF New
York. We ministers and church ON
Gals must bring back that part OF our
time. energy, initiative and alteration
which belongs TO God before we can
expect Him to open the windows OF
heaven and thereby make our tasks
easy and our burdens light
III can only say that every minis
ters' club, association, conference ;hd
presbytery should attend the union
communion service Monday afternoon
in the Madison Avenue Baptist Church
If they would impress the city that
they themselves are interested IN
citv-wide outpOuring Of the spirit OF
God. We cannot expect as leaders IN
the church to bring our people nearer
to the Almighty than we are our
selves"
From the parish house of the Park
Avenue Presbyterian Church circular
letters are to be sent to 400 minis
ters and laymen, calling their atten-
ton to the union communion service.
Reports received by members OF the
committee indicate that Mondays
meeting. the fourth in the series, Will
bring out the largest attendance yet.
Several leaders of the movement are
so hopeful Of a revival that they pre-.
dict daily afternoon conferences OF
clergymen for prayer after Monday
service.
Not only the men, but women en-
gagged in religious work, are rallylng
10 the support of revival. Mrs
Stephen Baker, of s East Seventy-htth
1tnfl nN
Mortified Committee and the Studio
Club of New York, 80 East Sixty-sec-
oud Street, finds that girls are wide
awake 10 the religious trend Of the
time. Mrs Baker is for a revival in
New York and she is for Billy Sunday.
"A revival must bring about real
change of heart if II Is TO have my
support" was her comment when the
plan of local clergymen was outlined.
II believe that there is a crying out,
not only in New York and this coun-
try but all over the world, for relig-
ious things. People are trying to
satisfy this hunger by doing charity
work. giving relief TO the poor and en-
gazing in the many phases of social
betterment. But they find that al!
these interests do not satisfy the need
for God
Unless all this social welfare work
is based on fundamental religion in
the heart, it seems to me we are try
ing to harvest the fruits of religion
without ever having planted the seeds.
II is almost like trying to build a
church. beginning with the steeple.
Girls are becoming more and more
interested in religious discussion as
it relates to their own problems. At
I - Il lact
mer we had 720 girls attending meet
ings where emphasis was on personal
life. Most of those who went to the
conference were so-called society girls,
although we had small number of
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