Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-08-15
A "REMINISCENCES OF A LITTLE BIT OF
CHURCH HISTORY, AND SEQUEL.

A few years ago, VIII n the minions Of James
Buchanan, aided by that weak old man 20 the
extent of his official power, were cndeayoring to
force the infamous lccompton measures through
Congress, and when the men who are now in
rebellion to the Government were striving to
force Slavery upon the people of Kansas, and
sowing the wind that has since rpened into the
whirlwnd which is now being harvested, brave
and God-tearing young minister occupied the
pulpit OF the arstocratc Church oft the Epiphany,
Fifteenth and Chestnut streets. The Rev.
Dudley \. Tyng, deeming it to be his duty to
denounce national crime and otenses against
the reli ion ofhumanity, even though they were
committed in the cause of Slavery, preached u
sermon upon sour COuntry's Troubles" during
which he committed the then objectionable Of
Tense of telling the simple truth The sermon
caused great sensation, and excited the ire Of
the eminent doughfaces of the congregation.
One very respectable member of the veStry stood
up in his pew and denounced the sermon and
its author during its delivery, and another, who
then had large interest in the peculiar institu-
ton, put himself at the head Of faction to drive
the brave young minister from his pulpit. This
same pious STAKEHOLDER (Pierce Butler) after
ward sold out to the highest bidder his stock
OF black chattels, and subsequent to the sale he
bid for cheap reputation for generosity by
giving each chattel bright new quarter as his
or her share of the thirty pieces he or she had
"Orou9ht under the hammer. The pouS slave
dealer and his party prevailed, and Dudley A
lying was driven from his pulpit for daring to
tell the truth. The Rev. William Otis Prentiss
of South Carolina, holder of slaves and n
warm a1mirer Of the institution, was chosen ns
successor, and he preached kid-gloyed.and
knock-softly religion to his hearers, taking good
care to smother the truth, when it was in danger
of giving offense to the highly respectable uor.
ton of the congregation who did not follow the
brave Tying to the Church of the Covenant.
adorn, having met with a ,al accident that re-
suited in his untimely death.
There have been many political sermons
preached, not only in the Church Of the Epipha-
ny, but in all the other churches of the country,
since the night when poor Dudley Tying had the
courage to tell the truth to the ariStocraliC
slavedealer of twenty dye-cent-p dispensing
memory. On last Sunday night scene was
witnessed in this very Church of the Epiphany
that brought back the memory of Dudley Tyng's
martryrdom, and which seems almost pro,iden-
tial in its retributive character.
Mr.. Pre- Itiss some time since returned to hi
native South Carolina, and Mr.. Cracraft, the
present rector, was his successor. On last
Sunday evening" at the close of his sermon,
Mr. Cracraft referred to the fact that during the
present week he had paid visit to the City OF
Washington, and while thpre he had ascertain
ed that among the Rebel prisoners taken at the
battle of Bull Run, the Sunday previous, by a
Connecticut regiment, was young South Car-
gilman officer, who proved to be n son of the