New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-13
Lent Begins Wednesday.

Lent Begins wednesday,
Eighteen churches. fourteen Protes-
tant and four Catholic, announce noon
hour services during the Lenten sea-
son. which begins next Wednesday
These are in Manhattan. Brooklyn mas
two. making twenty in oil. This is
90 per cent increase. Because Of larger
spiritual interest, as Christian leaders
believe. a daily attendance Of business
people of $1,000. or more than lOO.ooo
q week, is looked for. Never before
were such elaborate Lenten plans made
or so many people expected.
Trinity Church, at the head Of wall
Street, heads the list in prominence OF
speakers, and will probably do so IN
attendance. Nearly all preachers Will
be we'll known bishops. Trinity VIII
this year introduce new service
will be at p. m. on Fridays. and is ar
ranged for business men who are apIe
on that day to get of from business
somewhat earlier. Other churches an
rouncing these noon hour services are
St. Paurs Chapel, downtown; Ascen-
sion. in lower Fifth Avenue; Holy Com.
munion, in the shopping district OF
Sixth Avenue; Grace, Broadway AT
Tenth Street; Calvary. on Fourth Ave-
nue.. and the following churches fur
Their uptown: Incarnation, Transng-
uration, better known as the Little
Church Around the Corner; ST: bar
tholomew's and Heavenly Rest, IN the
midst of the new business district At
Forty-second Street, and Christ the
furtbest uptown, at Broadway and Sew
enty-first Street.
The Brick Presbyterian Church and
St Nicholas Reformed Church during
HOLY Week and on Fridays in other
weeks, the Madison Avenue Baptist
Church during Holy Week, st. Georges
Fpiscopal on Thursdays and Old John
Street Methodist Church. downtown.
are others to observe the season IN
this way. especially for business PEG,
ple. The increase in numbers OF
women in Offices has much increased
attendance at these luncheon hout
meetings, especially in the wall street
and Forty-second Street business dis
tricts. 1,,
Historic st. Peters Catholic Church,
in Barclay Street, will have noohosy
conferences, with Father ALEXIS tne
Passionist, as the lecturer OF an
drew's downtown, will maintain 1ts
noon hour plans, as during tne rest Ui
tho vear. St. Petrick's Cathedral Will
.
dav. with instructions. and there is
nrogramme of instruction for several
Other hours on week days. On sun
6ays in Lent, at high mass, the In
structions will be given by the Rev. 1.
]. Shealy, S. ].
In most cities Of the country these
Ienten noon hour services are held,
and this wear, according to reports,
win be more general than ever Tne
reason given for the new ventures IS
that owing to war and stringent IMAM
cial times people are giving more
thought 10 Themselves and their neigh-
bors. Boston, Philadelphia, Washing
ton and Chicago announce new ser
vices. and in st. Louis and some west
ern cities public buildings and audi
forums ere utilized.
DR.. Keigwin Celebrates Anniversary.
The Rev. DR.. A. Edwin Keigwin will
have been pastor of West End Presby-
terrain Church for ten years tomorrow.
He was called TO the West End from
the Park Presbyterian Church, OF New
ark. During these ten years ADVANCE
ment has been made along all lines.
The church is highly organized and ar
ticulated under five centralized depart
ments. The official boards number IN
all ninety-two men. The church sup
ports several missionaries. During the
ten wears Of DR.. Keigwin's pastorate
2.O03 new members have been received
into the church, 1923 upon profession
of their faith and $50 by letter from
ether churches. During this period the
total amount of money raised and ex-
pended is s4e6,sO6, of which amount
S366.25l was for congregational ex-
penses and 100000 for benevolent pur-
poses