, 1866-10-21
REV. DIR. E. H. CUAPIN.

Cat In ChuFcn-The Congregation
Appearance OF the DocGor-Rcaem.
b1anco to Secretary stAnton-An Auouy.
nous Letler-An Anxious IuauIrers.
msstake-The Sermon-Thc Phlladcl.
pf11a Canard-Warntng TO the Pred
denf-Dr. Chaplin as u Public Speaker.
lFrom onr Own Correspondent
NV Yoak, October II, 1865,
heard the Rev. DR.. E. H. Chaplin preach
this morning in the hall Of the Cooper Insti.
tutc building. When I consider how long
be has been man OF national fame, In how
| many towns of the North he has lcctured
since 1853, to how many speakers of one sort
and another have listened during the last
dozen years, It seems strange enough
that never happened to hear him
speak but once before to-day. II WAS in n
little town of Illinois, during the winter Of
1s5sS, where he delivered his lecture on
Lying" OF that I remember the crisnV
and pnngent sentence, lilies OF action ia
blood relations to lies Of speech y and al
Ways recall It when I think how the Presi.
dent made Senator Fesseuden and Senator
Ttumbnll and Senator Sherman believe he
would sign the Civil Rights bill and tho
fEeedmen's Bureau blu or course he mover
exactly said he would do 90, but lilies Of
The hour Of service was eleven O'Clock. I
vent early, 70 ns to see the congregation.
They begun to come In at about anartcr
past ten: There were half dozen ushess,
OF say "se1tons," who pointed out seats.
served for the members Of Dr.. Chapin's
church. Gentlemen not accompanied hv
adies were Invited to take back seats. one
consequential individual got angry because
be could not choose his own seal. and sta!ked
some black-and-~hite cat found its wav In
rom one Of the side doors, aud trotted
about 10 tquiteat.home fashion among
the seate-givlrg q sober, faced and long
bearded sexton clever run. &c GanllT
caught her. aud carried her of by the napo
or 9 ~ 1nc neek. TIE audience numbered about
l;Ro persons, judge filing the hall some
thing mora than three-fourths full. The
faces were, In = noticeable degree, those Of
intelligent men and women.
The platform was covered With green
6alze 6s1 i u large enough to give seat room
the wall, from one end to the other. & an
easy scat upholstered In cherry red. Near
one end was q cabinet organ, behind which
sat the 9uartette Of singers comprising Tie
Sno' r@ oaas H. the middle WIS an ordinary revolv-
covered with green leather, % and beside dde
tnis stood a common caue-bottomed chair.
Near the front WIS m iron stand, With its
tWo feet Squire top, covered with red plu.h
se!Sef, On which lay the Bible aud hymn
veat'onal a. It well could have been. ''e'"'
VI; Ghapin entered from side door. near
the right hand end Of the platform, a mo-
ment or two before eleven He walked
b,askly to the two chairs, laid little port
seated ssTaPs Of in the
On its pivot, stepped to the stand, opened |
The Bible somewhere In the latter part.
looked at IL u moment, and then turned and |
at down in the arm chair, while |
the choir sang beautiful and reverent
eha9t: This over, be rose and |
parable Of the sower, the story Of tie Grain
Of mustard seed, the narrative wherein il il
told how Christ stf11ed the tempest. 0ne
saw readily enough that he vas going to !
speak someWhat on Faith. Alter tie Lesson
So1to1 Same :. simple simple and touehin; pra{er-she
the Bible. Then followed tho reading OF
b ymn, the giTing ont Of half q dozen notices.
singing, the sermon, 4 very brief PRAYER. an,
other @ hymn, and the benediction.
+ !he Doctor has grown stout in these dozen
now vesy, broad ahouldercd gentleman.
Inclined to cozpnlency, was
aot near enough to the platform to
zee his features infinitely. BE seemed
= sfae eS gassss tSo ion on b. nose and
gard when he looked Into the back part Of
he room. His hair Is beginning to ana a
'lEer5 color. and he Is slightly bald around
nc eF9Nn. Ae wears full whisker, about
n ,5,i inch lopg, which shows IS much grey Is
'rnshcd ;and, generally, the Doctor presented
Fery neat and trim appearance. There was
something about his step and action that
emlnded me Of Nj. Secretary Stanton, He
saiksd "a upon The platform Al the beginning,
,is inner Office to the Adjataut Gen.
ra!'s desk; and he sat Ia his chair
2. nst as ! hare seen Nj. Stanton
II IN hls office while talking With the per
ons admitted to TINT room. Tet he la
.tEer man thsn tho Secretary, though, sp-
'afently. not much taller Occasionally.
90, for an Instant or 50. a. he stood By tie
ttls stAnd, there Was something In his atti. \
nde that reminded me Of good Old Preston
ling, as he WAS while In the Senate, or
ourse, he has great deaf more ease and
race of manner than Ar. Stanton has; he
- even more than Mr.. King had. and he !
rs almost suavity Itself
have mentioned that he read half 1 dozen
n..ees: que ~ Aae1 doing 50 he paused moment,
ne closed hymn book in one hand,
18th q toret1ger marking the place {
nd, With Just the least Bit Of humor n his q
,AnneS, made another annouuctnent. &c 6
ad received an anonymous letter during the .
hings, but this WAS courteously worded and
ppFared to be sincere In It's character. It y
nom tSs teIs T. S'e fsh: sas' !sh Il sh0ele I'D
o ora, cs let u eat dirk and pe meW today,
=" he continued, "to preach from this =
IT II 1t were in the Bible, but It isu's there. y
Is not recorded that our Lord ever made v
remark anything Ike this, and am sure =
., never s..,da did; ,ls Paul o quote. some . :.
ID heathen philosophers, but our Lord
ught different doctrine. And now."be
'ueluded, after hesitasing q moment, IL !
y member Of my congregation has had | p
,1tetT or trouble with this text hope Il Il!
III at once be dismissed, for th res no such n
IT In the B!hle-no such command or per- | q
isslo1 in our Lords teachings.'' p
The sermon was from Marx ": 50 and 10, u
be verte8 recite how Christ arose and re- n
lkcd the winds and ca1med the sea- Or. It
aApin used chIcdy the words "why are ye E
fearful ?-how u 1t that ye have so little u
th!" he began With the picture or = "
orm at sea, and, without really meutiou-
6 IT., turned eTaJbody's thought to the
9 loss Of the En<aino !Sar, gone down, as bo IN
ID, into that grave on which lore can Il
CIV no flowers, and over which man can fe
lite no epitaph." We talk much -vf rhe IA
arty Of nature and tho tenderness of n.. N
re but, Rfter Al, there Ia nothing so Dill ! 90
. and unrelentlng Il nature. The arru- N
ut OF the discourse Was to show that thera vi
Power above what VIC call nature that r,
MS condition would be miserable indeed If tn
d scientific, and reltgiona Interpretation ~ r.
{ phenomena Of nature is needed, 70 thst ca
y may be rubbed Of their power to csuse
pcEkutioua fear; that when Chrtt eaia
'eaee, Be STILL" he allAyed 1 greater Ill