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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11625, 12 April 1901, Page 6

The new Hanson Place Baptist Church at Brooklyn. Now York, is to have a roof garden, or, rather, a "roof auditorium," reached by elevators or stairs, seating at least 1500 people, and providing a comfortable place of meeting during the hottest months of the yoar. As the promoters cleverly point out, "Peter worshipped God on the house-top," so there is nothing very extraordinary about holding services on the roof. Besides. American theatres close their " auditoriums" in the summer and pack their roof gardens on the hottest nights, and the Waldorf-Astoria and other New York hotels have a restaurant on tho top of the building; and even new public schools in America are built with breezy wlaygrounds on the roof. Mr. Moody boldly declared thai every church should have a roof garden. "We must do real hard work," he said, "during the summer months. The talk of everybody going out of town during hot weather is all bosh. Every church should have a roof auditorium. One objection may be made—that we will have to remodel our churches. Well, let us remodel them. Because churches in the past have been built with arched roofs is no reason for continuing to build them in that way. They would bo better with flat roofs." ■■ fitCYCLBS SENT FOR. REPAIRED, > v : . And returned quickly; also, for hire. Biding taught. BioyoJes from £3, tires .com 7s 6d; earring's tires guaranteed longest. Telephone, M. Postal address, " Penning, Auckland." ■"