The Christian Herald was an American weekly newspaper reporting on topics relevant to Evangelical Christianity , with an emphasis on engaging with humanitarian causes at home and abroad. It was inspired by the London-based newspaper which ceased publication in 2006.
15-642: Under the leadership of Louis Klopsch , the Herald sponsored a variety of domestic ministries, including The Bowery Mission and Mont Lawn Camp . A take on the London-based newspaper of the same name, the American Herald was started in 1878 in New York City by business manager Joseph Spurgeon (a cousin of Charles H. Spurgeon ) and editor Dr. B. J. Fernie after they conceived the idea with Rev. Michael P. Baxter,
30-607: A book of quotations. In 1899 Klopsch read the words of Luke 22:20 ("This cup is the new testament in my blood, which I shed for you.") and conceived the idea of printing a new edition of the Bible with Jesus' words rubricated . He was encouraged by Talmage to put his idea into practice. Published by Klopsch in 1901, the new Bible was a success, and the idea of printing Jesus' words in red became widely adopted. Klopsch died at German Hospital in Manhattan on March 6, 1910. A memorial service
45-679: Is a 200-acre summer camp located in the Pocono Mountains in Bushkill, Pennsylvania . Every summer it serves as a sleep-away camp for hundreds of children from underserved neighborhoods in the New York metro area and Philadelphia . Mont Lawn Camp is owned and operated by The Bowery Mission and is accredited by the American Camping Association and the ECFA . In the offseason the camp
60-597: Is used as a retreat center for church and corporate groups. Mont Lawn Camp is located adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and includes 43 buildings, a large lake, pool, chapel, barn and a dining hall. Available activities at Mont Lawn Camp include rock wall, hiking, archery, canoeing, challenge course, and swimming. The Fort Plenty dining hall operates with support from parent organization The Bowery Mission in New York City. The Diebold Chapel, first dedicated in 1963,
75-499: The Christian Herald , having ceased any and all publications, was dissolved. Its continued impact on The Bowery Mission in New York City has been cited as one of its "most significant and enduring effects" of its humanitarian commitments. Louis Klopsch Louis Klopsch (March 7, 1852 – March 6, 1910) was a German-American journalist, publisher, and fundraiser for charitable causes. He originated red letter editions of
90-737: The First Reformed Church of Piermont in the 1850s. In 1898, the Christian Herald bought the property and incorporated the camp as the Christian Herald Children's Home Association. On July 4, 1905, a ceremony was held to dedicate a new Children's Temple with Jacob Riis as the chief speaker. In response to encroaching suburbanization the camp moved to its current home in the Poconos Region of Pennsylvania in 1961. Alfred P. Hampton, known affectionately as "Mr. Al," served as director from 1972 to 1989, after first serving as
105-654: The Indian famine of 1896–97 , and again for India in 1900 , when he traveled to India to distribute relief funds. His relief efforts for victims of the 1908 Messina earthquake were recognized by Victor Emmanuel III of Italy . Klopsch received international awards for his efforts, including a gold Kaisar-i-Hind Medal from Edward VII for his work in India and the Order of the Rising Sun from Emperor Meiji of Japan. In 1895 Klopsch purchased
120-482: The American edition of Rev. Michael Baxter's religious newspaper The Christian Herald . Klopsch soon put Talmage in charge as editor, and the circulation increased to over 200,000 by the time of Klopsch's death in 1910. Klopsch conducted various charitable fundraising drives through the Herald , raising over $ 4,000,000 for relief efforts worldwide. Major campaigns were run for relief of Russian famine victims in 1892 ,
135-542: The Bible. Louis Klopsch was born in Lübben , Prussia, on March 7, 1852. His father, Dr. Osmar Klopsch, emigrated to the United States after the death of Klopsch's mother in 1853, settling in New York City. Klopsch was educated in public schools and graduated from a journalism school. He married May E. Merritt, daughter of Rev. Stephen Merritt, in 1886. His first publishing enterprise was a free paper called Good Morning . This
150-423: The editor, a post he held until 1966. In 1948, the Herald started the "Family Bookshelf," a book subscription group of Christian-friendly literature. Declining circulation forced the Herald to relocate from Manhattan to Chappaqua, New York , in 1971. By 1992, the newspaper ceased publication, but the charitable outreach arm still exists, having relocated back to Manhattan in 1998. In the early months of 2006,
165-667: The financially distressed Bowery Mission and its building and became its president. With excess money from a food fundraising drive for the mission Klopsch founded a summer camp, the Christian Herald Children's Home , in Nyack , New York, for poor children from New York City. Klopsch authored Daily Light on the Daily Path (1906), a book of daily prayers. He edited and published A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and others (1895) and Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896),
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#1732852161235180-429: The founder of the original London-based paper. Along with the newspaper, Spurgeon also ran a charity under the same auspices devoted to poor relief and evangelizing. Thomas De Witt Talmage served as editor from 1890 to 1902. In 1898, the Herald was purchased by Louis Klopsch , who further expanded the charitable operations and spread the publication to overseas locations. In 1927, Reverend Daniel A. Poling became
195-896: Was followed by a publication called the Daily Hotel Reporter , launched in 1876. He then purchased a printing office. From 1884 to 1890 he ran the Pictorial Association Press, which distributed pictures to newspapers. From 1885 to 1903 he ran the Talmage Sermon Syndicate, distributing the sermons of prominent minister Thomas De Witt Talmage of the Brooklyn Tabernacle . He was named one of Talmage's literary executors on his death in 1902. In 1889 Klopsch arranged to travel to Europe and Palestine with Talmage, and while in England Klopsch arranged to take over
210-618: Was fully renovated in 2007. In 1894, the Christian Herald established a children's home at Mont Lawn in Upper Nyack, NY to serve children from immigrant families living in the Lower East Side . The first children arrived on by horse-drawn wagonettes after voyaging up the river on the Steamboat Crystenah. Mont Lawn was the estate of the Rev. Lawrence Jewett, who had been pastor of
225-592: Was held for him on April 14, 1910, at the New Masonic Hall on 24th Street. Speakers included Episcopal bishop James Henry Darlington , Judge Arthur S. Tompkins , and Rev. John Wesley Hill . Klopsch was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Tarrytown , New York. Writer Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr , a friend, was buried nearby at her request after her death in 1918. Mont Lawn Camp Mont Lawn Camp
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