The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-01-23

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To TIE NAkK.-Cemplsint having been
ma6s BY some Of the Pensioners Of Rev.
Thonas Starr King. pastor Of the Hollis
Street church, Universalist, in this city, tina
b. was spending too much time in lecturing
~ preached . discourse on the subject
caassifyise the complaints under twelve
hesds, and concluded BY Notifying the Rrum-
llers that If they were sill dissatisAed, be
vas ready TO Dissolve HE connection with
tAen q any time, and begging them not to
WITHHOLD the oppression Of any dssire thsy
might feel 70 thst effect, out Of regard 10
~ fsasinRs, - the salary he wss receiving
fism them wss smaller than he could gel
slsevhers.-BOstoa COaore9asionsiist
Quite parallel TO this 10 another story
going ths rounds" Its Is follows: ~ n
expected Application Rev. Thos. Bar
ny, famous preacher Of London, was re
marking one day upsn inat,entiou in places
Of worahip. in allowing persons to stand
when there vas room 10 Pews near BY -
He he'd IN instance, he said, in his own ex-
larisncs- He was preaching in chs pei
not over crowded, and in one Of the aisles
stood young woman. not robust. lesning
On . pew in which were only two young
nsa. Would you believe il. said the prea che
o. thsse they sal, and never gave seat 10
thai young woman. They need not give
NJ thsir own sesi, though that could not
have been tso much, we're the chapel crowd
sd-h they had been gentlemen, and che
. servant girl. Mo- no! there they sat
How strange the coincidence, said the
preacher. il was just such chapel as this
the aisle just like that wonder just this day
OF the week and Of the monih-yss, and
this very yssr-snd in this very plscs--it
i this very night--there is the Plsce-thsre
sAs aisls-there the pew"
0Dr. Chalmers, the great pulpit orator Of
Scotland, ussd sometimes to send an arrow
80 the marx in the same way. He was once
addressing the Directors Of the Msgdslen
Asylum in tbs Iron Church. Glasgow. Tne
church was crowded except the front pew
Of the gallery. UlicA @as rese,vsd for The
&sSissrat<s. II was before The Temperance
Reformation had been dreamed Of, in 1915.
The custom Of inviting clergymeH to ocea-
sions where the company wouns of " ilh
getting drusk. was beginning 70 decline
Il had been "one Of The established ussees
Of social or fashionable hfe." Dr. Gre.
Men went on to condemn the practice -
at i not for him." said he, ITO stand seso.
sisted, for single hour with an ssssmblsge
Of men, who begin with hypocrisy. and end
With downright bisckguardism. II 10 not
for him to watch the progress Of the con.
ing yibaidy, and to bit the weil.seiected
moment, when talk and turbulence spd |
boisterous merriment are on the eve Of |
bursting forth on the company, and carry. |
ing them forward 70 the full acme and up. |
roar Of their enjoyment. Ii is quite in vain
70 Say that be has only sanctioned one psrt
Of sach IN entertainment. He has ~ rood /
~ given his conniyance 10 the whole Of /,
And left behind him discharge In full AZ |
al IL denominations; and therefore, be the, /
who they nsy. whether they rank .mopps, |
the psosdest aristocrscy Of our land, or are
chsfiotsd in splendor along, d the weslth- |
est Of our citizens, or founce IN The r0tes Of |
nseisarscy, il 10 his part TO keep as purely ana
ndiRnlntIy aioof from such society a. THE, |
Is be would from the vilest and most debas- |
ing associations Of proAigscy."
The tremendous force Of this sllusion 10 |
the magistrscy may be conceived by re.
msnbering the we'll known conspicuous po,
sition occupied by them 10 sight ofthe whole
assembly, and right in front Of the unex-
pected broadSide from such pulpit seven
ly-fouS. DIR. Chalmers threw . most pecu.
liar emphasis into the words In italics wi b
his voise, and accompanied the uttersnce
With . HASH Of his eys and q stamp of bic
0vt, throwing his right arm at the same
inc assoss tie desk, and brandshing il
vIth clenched Ast full in the fscss Of the
rewn Couacil sitting In their robes Of State
aEsee HIN. TSs eyes of many 10 the au.
iencs were instantly turned towards the
,agissrataa. Aal upon them the words fell
hs tbuadsrbois, and startled the whole
'ssubly - With . shock Of electricity.