Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1894 — TO CONVERT THE BIG CITIES. [ARTICLE]

TO CONVERT THE BIG CITIES.

An Evangelistic Movement to Be Inaognrated Next Winter. There will occur next winter a series of religious gatherings tbe like of which this country has never teen. They will surely attract the attention of tbe religious world, especially as ♦he'movement is to be non-sectarian in Its broader purposes. The plan includes aggressive and continuous work, not only within the Episcopalian denomination, but within every denomination, the Roman Catholics included, and while as yet no formal response has been made by I those in power in the Catholic Church, there is reason to believe that they will give the movement their cordial a d. Tbe plan was first conceived by Rev. Dr. E. A. Bradley, the rector of St

Agnes' Church in New York City, and the president of the influential association called the Brotherhood of SL Andrew. Bishop > of Philadelphia. gave the first cordial approval, followed by Bishop Paret, of Baltimore, and Bishop Potter, of the New York diocese. Mr. Moody heartily approves of the proposit on and regards it as auxiliary to his own special religious work. He gladly consented to arrange for his Washington meetings so that they could be held at the same time that this series of meetings in Washington churches was to be held. In detail the plan is as follows: Eight weeks before the beginning of Lent there will begin a series of daily services in every Episcopal Church in Washington, in every Presbyterian Church there and probably in every church of any other denomination. There are to be held three services daily, morning, afternoon and evening. They are not to be what are called revival services: they are to be more in the nature of that extraordinary series of religious meetings whioh was held in Trinity Church In New York City during Lent four years ago, when Phillips Brooks preached for an hour te large congregations. To Washington will go some of the ablest and most eloquent preachers in all of the denominations. Suck men as Dr. Greer, Dr. Lyman K. Beecher, and every one of the clergy of Great Britain who has gained repute in this country. Later the meetlugs will be held in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and other large cities. It is believed that the Methodists and Baptists will oordi&lly co-operate.