1907 In Review Church Activities and Missions Rise
A condensed look at 1907 church life and mission work across denominations. Episcipal and Protestant bodies pursued foreign missions and federation efforts while youth groups and associations expanded, with notable events in 1908 including Lambeth Conference Pan Anglican Congress and the Federal Council formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal General Convention
Christian Endeavor Convention
International Convention
The
Young Men’s Christian Association
Presbyterian Assemblies
United States
America
London
Fraakly
Church of England
Episcopal Church In
Warabeth Palace
Bank of the Thames
Archbishop of Canterbury
Anglican Conference
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Philadelphia
Protestant Churches of America
Organic Union of
Foreign Mission Department
Baptist Church
Baptist Young People’s Union
Presbyterian and the
Reformed Churches
Methodists Expand Foreign Language Work in New York
In Manhattan New York Methodists enlarge their outreach on the upper East Side centered at Cornell Church among Bohemians and other language groups. They also expand Lexington Avenue efforts and operate the Bowery East Side parish, with Italian, Swedish, Japanese and Jew communities involved, as New York is portrayed as the world’s greatest foreign mission field and a test of Christian cityhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Upper East Side
Cornell Church
76Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Fifth Street
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
Bowery
Germania
East Side
Lower East Side
New York Conference
Brooklyn
the Battery
New York
Fifth Avenue
Christianity Under Fire at Madison Ave Baptist Bible Class
The Madison Avenue Baptist Church hosts Everybody's Bible Class in Sanders's Hall at 30 East 71st Street tomorrow at 9 4 a m. The discussion titled Christianity Under Fire covers the faith of forefathers and modern thought with representatives from all religious schools invited to ask questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
Madison Avenue Baptist Church
East 71St Street
Patrolman Terhune Dismissed For Perjury At Police Court
The article reports Patrolman Leander E. Terhune being dismissed from the Police Department for perjury after a formal hearing attended by Police Commissioner Bingham and many officers. Terhune was previously tried on the charge and acquitted in General Sessions, while fellow officer Edward A. Kearney testified against the suspect. The dismissal followed Terhune’s second trial and a strong admonition from Commissioner Bingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Leander E. Terhune
Police Department
Terhune
Edward A. Kearney
West 152d Street
Kearney
Court of General Sessions
Hanson
Kreuscher
Pound” Kearney
Thieves Run Loose on Upper East Side Homes
East 62d and East 65th Street residents report burglaries in the past week. Robbers entered the Coffin residence at 26 East 62nd Street on New Year’s Eve stealing silverware valued at 200 dollars. Dr Leo Stieglitz of 60 East 65th Street reported two overcoats stolen from his home. Police field numerous complaints in the last two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East @th street
Henry S. Coffin
East 62d Street
Leo Stieglitz
East 65Th Street
Bureau of Buildings Office Busier After Year End Demand
Superintendent Stewart of the Bureau of Buildings at No 21 Park Row reports a flood of requisitions for supplies this week. His hand is lame from signing orders after a slow year and December’s low balance. The year’s supply fund sits at about $290000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Bureau of Buildings
Park Row
Copper Production in 1907 Dominates US Output
The Engineering and Mining Journal reports U S copper production in 1907 at 895 104 000 pounds, with 1906 at 917 720 000 pounds. Arizona leads 1907 with Michigan second, per the latest issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Canadea
Canada
United States
Arizona
Michigan
Outline of Gospel of John to Be Presented January 12
A short outline of the Gospel of John will be presented on January 12. The program includes ten minute preludes on the socialism themes in Moses and the Prophets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Week of religious services and lectures across New York
A roundup of church events and talks scheduled for Sunday and the coming week across Manhattan. Bishop Burt preaches on civil and religious liberty at Christ Mission. Miss Jane Brownlee speaks on moral training at Calvary Baptist. Christ Church hosts evening services with Bishop Paddock. New Year’s services planned at Manhattan Congregational Church led by Rev Dr Stimson. Champe S. Andrews discusses medical quackery at the West Side YMCA. Week of prayer at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian. St Matthew’s holds a special musical service. National Bible Institute opens its Lay Evangelist training with Dr Hallenbeck and Don O Shelton. Harlem YWCA hosts J Campbell White. Metropolitan Temple hosts evangelistic campaign with Dr John Wesley Hill. New Thought Church at Carnegie Hall presents life and healing topics with Dr Julia Seton Sears. Dobbs speaks to men at Mott Haven Reformed Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bible Institute
School For
Assembly
Presbyterian Building
Fifth Avenue
Edwin F. Hallenbeck
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Don O. Shelton
Hugh R. Monro
Harper G. Smyth
New Thought Church
Carnegie Hall
West 56Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Julia Seton Sears
John Francis Dobbs
Mott Haven Reformed Church
Dobbs
Trade conditions ease after holidays with mixed signals
Dan's Review notes quieter business post holiday, stock taking and plant overhauls with idle mills reopening. Output cuts persist in iron and steel and New England mills as better consumer demand may revive purchases. clothing makers see cancellations and delayed shipments. Bradstreet reports general post holiday quiets but improving financials and easier money. banks resume cash payments and currency premium fades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
New England
New York
Bradstreet
Seaboard Air Line
London
Wheat Market Slips as Argentina Harvest Hopes Weigh On Prices
Favorable Argentina harvest prospects and a corn drop dragged Chicago wheat prices lower. May wheat closed easy after opening strong on Liverpool price gains, with clearances at 499 500 bushels and weekly exports listed at 5 100 000 bushels. Primary receipts stood at 44 000 bushels. Carload arrivals in Minneapolis Duluth and Chicago totaled 341 cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Argentina
Liverpool
Brad Street
Minneapolis
Duluth
Hicken
Linoets
Muay
Gye
Sige
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Young People’s Missionary Movement
Pittsburg
Silver Bay
Young Men's Christian Association
I i
North America
Young Women's Christian Association
Grace Hedge
Christian En
Deavor
Pacific Coast
Methodist New Year
Bossanik
Naples
Savoy
Promenade Caracciolo
Vesuvius
Capri
Savoyotel
William Burt
Methodist Episcopal Church
Italy
Europe
Christ Mission
West Sith Street
Dr. MacArthur
Calvary Baptist Church
Jane Brownlee
la Grange School
Toledo
Christ Church
Broadway
71St Street
Bishop Paddock
Henry A. Stimson
Champe S. Andrews
Public Health Defence League
West Side
West 57Th Street
Stevenson
Dr. Hallenbeck
St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church
Sith Street
Central Park West
J. Campbell White
Laymen’s Missionary Movement
National
India
Harlem’ Young Women’s Christian Association
Mr. White
Metropolitan Temple
John Wesley Hill
Chicago Grain and Provisions
Hotel Metropole
West-End
Tarife Frey
NEW York Tribune
N.Y
Pairo
Egypt
George Nuangovich
Clark's Tourist Agency
Orient
Fall South
Ezbekieh Gardens
Opera House
Angleterre
Khartoum
Blue Nile
Haelfaya
J. Lippert
Tiffany & CO
Regent Street
NEW York House
Paris
Avenue DE L'Opera
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company
Diamonds
England
Belfast
Kerasissu Ep
E.M the King
Walpole
Walpole Brothers
Spaulding & CO
State and
Jackson Sts
AVENUE DE _L’OPERA
London Hotels
Carlton Hotel
Gibraltar Hotels
GEGIL
Gibraltar
Cecil Gibraltar
Midland Grand Hotel
Manchester
Leeds
Bradford Morecame
Midland Hotel
Adelph
Queen’s Hotel
Derby
W. Towle
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Hotels
British Isles
Shanklin
Isle OF Wight
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Enoch Butel
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Turnberry
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Queen's Hotel
Crystal Palace
West End
Norfolk Street
Embankment
Fiver
European Railways
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Old Country
St Pancras
Great Britain
North OF Ireland
Messrs
T. Cook Son
Madison Ave
Fifth Ave
Messrs. Thos, Meadowa & Co
New Bt
W. Guy Granet
General Manzzer
Vyenor
Savoy Hotel
Hotel DE
Central Railway Station
Bath
Port
France
Belgium
Holland
Paris Boulevard Des Caplcines
Place DE L’opera
Tarife
HOTEL
Chatham
Aris Hotel DE L’athenee
Rue Scribe
Grand Opera
Modern Hotel
E. Arm Bruster
Aris Hotel DE Lille ET Dalbion
Telegrams
Lillalbion
Henri Abadie
ARIS
Ave’ de l’Opera
Montana
Avenus
Hotel du
Brussels
seNonoret
Monte Carlo
Hotel de Hermitage
Bay of Monaco
Mediterranean
Hotel DE Nice
RICE
Sea View Grands ‘Bretagne
Sardin Public
Mott
SAVGY
Rome
Cgdhotel Quirinal
Grand Mall
Saeed
Ome Royal Hotel
Wintergarden
Vic Ludovisi
Queen's Palace
ENICE
Grand Hotel
Pianta
Ilan
L DE LA Ville
Germany
Ivi
Erl Kurfursten Strasse
Tscheuschner
Resden
Hotel Bellevue
R. Ronnefeld
Sendig
Hotel Europaischerhof
Art Centre of
Europa Continental Hotel de Luxe
Munich
Hotel de Russie
Uremberg
Cme
Wurttemberger-Hof
Bagiesbaden
Hotel de Luxe
Nssauer-Hof Hotel
Iesbaden
Wee Palace Hotel & Baths
Austria
Hungary
Swi
Senna Hotel
Bristol
Buoarest
Hotel Hungaria
Daaute
Ivery
Charles J. Burger
Imperial Hotel
Vienna
Lorenge
Arno
G. Kraft
Riviera
Paul Marini
Menor
Eden Palace
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