The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-10-06
REV MIR. STURGEON ON THE NEWSPAPERS

| ~sA1|' nANs' Ok ohULON ON ldE NEWSFAfEHS.
The Rev. c. Ii. Spurgeon, in depositng a
bottle in the foundation stono of his new
church building In London, said That
bottle contained not the current coins of
the realm, for they had none of them to
spare. 1t contained no newspapers, for
however much they might appreciate the
newspaper press, they still thought it inar-
t'ropriate to place papers in such place.
1t contained the Bible-[ loud cheers -
the oId-f'shioncd Baptist Confession Of Faith
which was signed by benjamin kcach,
their former pastor; the declaration of tho
deacons which they had heard read, written
on parchment an edition of Dr. Eippons
LYNN Book, as published before lie died !;
and, lastly, programme Of that days pro-
cccdings. Cheers. These would be for
the perusal New Zealander, who was tosit ON
the ruins of London bridge, when this great
nation had gone to decay, if ever it did;
and if such were the case he had no doubt
that they would eventually be stored up in
some Australian or American muscum.-
lCheers and laughter. The reverend gentle
man then duly deposited the bottle in the
stone. At meeting in the evening Mr..
Spurgeon said, DR.. Campbell, it appeared
had been misled into making another en-
gagemeut for the day, owing to statement
in the papers as 10 the ceremony being
postponed in consequence of the builders
strike. Mr.. spurgeon said that the reverend
doctor as an editor, should have learned by
this time not to believe everything Which
he saw in the parcis. Loud laughter l.
At any rate, his friend ought not to believe
in those paragraphs unless he knew of his
own knowledge that they were true. Laugh
ter and cheers For his own part he only
wished he could compel the papers to make
good their statements, except when they
were abusing him. [Chccrs and laughter.
Some Of the papers had discovered that a
magnificent fortune had been left him, [Mr.
Spurgeon Of which, however, lie had him
selfno knowledge whatever. [Chcers and
laughter. lie could only say, that he would
divide the dividends Of that fortune amongst
the editors of those papers. [Laughter,]
The fact was that no one had left him
sixpencc: Hear, hear But if he might
judge by the headache and weariness which
he felt at that moment, it seemed as if some
one was thinking of it. Laughter But he
would say to such one, "Don't do anything
OF the kind" Laughtcr.I lie approved of
ministers getting good salary for preach
ing; and in this respect he would cordially
say that he was for his own part perfectly
satisfied-[checrs] but if ever any one left
ministers large sum Of money, they gen.
orally lost their voice, or got an attack CT
bronchitis, or something of that sort, which
put an end to theirpreaching. [I1ear, hear,
and cheers l;everting to the Press, he
would say that he cared not how they
attacked him or attempted to combat his
doctrine, he would come out all the stronger !;
but when the Press began to praise him,
then he felt the necessity Of Divine support
to keep him humble. [IIear, hear] The
reverend gentleman concluded by thanking
the Crystal Palace Company for the loan
Of their chairs, when he had applied in vain
TO some Of the neighboring places of wor-
ship for the loan of their forms.