pastor

His wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Henry_Parkhurst

Parkhurst, pastor of Madison Square Presbyterian Church in New York City, was quite often in the news. NYT of Jan 8, 1916 select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70811FC39591A7A... reported an accusation by stockholders of the Franklin Company that he had written letters to Franklin stockholders encouraging them to agree to a sale of Franklin to the American Candy Manufacturing Company, of which Parkhurst was a stockholder and Vice-president. Litigation over the sale had driven American Candy into bankruptcy. NYT of Jan 26, 1916 had more on the story select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30B1EF8355C1373... NYT of Dec 22, 1916 select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70811FC39591A7A... reports that Dr. Parkhurst was honored on 12/21/1916 for 36 year of service by the New York Federation of Churches and mentions that he believed churches had not taken enough action to prevent the "European War."

Thanks, we'll update the record.

Bouck White (1874-1951), Congregational minister, arrested for disorderly conduct when he appeared at a church service to preach about the immorality of wealth; his wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouck_White

Bain caption has it right, LOC caption for some reason truncates the admittedly rather unusual first name.

pennylrichardsca & Wystan: Thanks for the further information on Bouck White. An article in the New York Times of May 11, 1914 gives a good retelling of the events leading up to and following the moment captured in this photograph. trialsanderrors: Yet another case where the Bain caption card transcribed by Library staff did not match with the information on the Bain negative itself. We will get them in sync when we update this record. Thanks!

Very interesting and detailed article, thanks. The church, attended by the Rockefellers, was replaced by a newer building in 1930, and was on West 57th Street, near Carnegie Hall. White's action (with 20 of his followers) at the church was in response to the Ludlow Massacre in Colorado, which had taken place on April 20th. A more sympathetic account of White's actions that day (for which he served 6 months in jail) is told here: www.archive.org/stream/fromprisoletters00whitrich/frompri... When supporters petitioned Governor Glynn for his pardon, he wrote the governor to assure him that he was not sorry for his actions: "" Repentant ! " I am, sir, the most unrepentant pris- oner a New York City jail ever sloughed into a cell. Let another Ludlow massacre happen, I would repeat my deed to-morrow. So far from life in prison having wrought in me a penitential work, it has tightened and reenforced in me a remonstrant mood."

Caption: Loren King, president of the Ohio District Conf. Mission Board (L), and Norman Destine (R) , pastor of the Roanoke Mennonite Church, Eureka, IL (and a member of the General Board Executive Committee) discuss a mutual concern prior to the beginning of an MBM Board business session at La Junta, Colo. in 1964.