The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-15

| list and the First Presbyterian, the
/ latter with it's tapering spire rising TO
tho hight Of 176 feet. The building
| is costly, (s110000) but from this
point ofobservation failure, though,
| looking at it from an easterly or
northeasterly point, it is very beauti-
| full. Turning then to the south cast
corner. you have the new white stone
| building of Wesley Methodist
| Church, Grew. @. N. Sims) tho rafters
of which are being set and covered
| in. It bids fair to rival anyin the city.
Its froat is to be hanked by high tow
ers rising to the elevation of one
hundred and twenty feet. The work
is going on with energy and rapidIty.
just back of Wesley" is the nom
desoript edifice, raised by the Episco-
pal Church, of which Mr.. Stringfel-
| low was Rector during the war. 1t is
ike nothing In heaven or on earth.
Il is medieval, aud yet little too
airy. It is of red brick, belted and
4 capped, and spotted with the yellow
Milwaukee brick. It challenges ad-
miration, is like nothing bat itself,
and must stand approved by culti-
waited eyes that love originality and
| character. Opposite this is the Third
Presbyterian Church, and still nearer,
the steeple Of the German Evangelical
| Church, of which the excellent and
pious Mr.. Quinius is Pastor. Then
| over the roofs you gee the steeples of
| the Fourth Presbyterian Church and
!" Christ Church, with its singular
hoe sigao," which every body in
quires about as to its meaning, and no.
body understands. It's a kind of
double cross and crosier, and yet it is
neither. It's the ecclesiastical What
is it2'' of the city. Other religious
edihces are at various distances
overlapping the houses. All the
church societies seem to be doing
something in the way of building or
improving.
But it is not ouly the buildings
that are noticeable, out the rank of
the ministry that is worthy of note.
Presbyteriapism seems to be strong
he7s. There are no less than eight
organized Presbyterian Churches. The
Second Church, under the charge of
the Rev. Mr.. Edison, has large num-
Der of young men and women In its
membership, and he secures their
hearty cooperation. Rev. Mr. Inger-
soil, of the Congregational Church, is
a very attractive man, and MS church
is growing. lie now holds in his
hands a call from Brooklyn, to a large
church, who offer support of four
or five thousand dollars besides u
compact membership of over four
hundred persons. 1t is thought he
will accept.
One of the most popular men at
present is the Rev. Mr.. Sloss, of the
Third Presbyterian Church, whom /
had the pleasure of hearing last night.
He is beneath the average height,
broad and we'll set, with fair, healthy
complexion, but as | listened to him,
as he detained upon Luther upon
ton of the Sixteenth Century, /" - The
CaHacl at Rome" and That great
man who had been waited to our
shores with love-fragrance sweeter
than the flower whose name he bore, "
/ could not but think that, like the
eloquent master of Notre Dame, he
grew taller to the gaze of his auditors.
Since being here | have also been
privileged to hear our former Pastor
of Trinity, Rev. q. N. Sims. I know
of no man who has so great an amount
of personal magnetism, when he ad-
dresses an audience. BY the easy
flow of his language and his wealth of
sympathetic thought, he holds them
eia YdppOrt-spell-b ound-through and
through to the end of his discourse.
But the city has no preacher Of
higher culture than the Rev. g. III. 4
Marshall, Of tho Fourth Presbyterian \
church. His sermons, which are all
caresally written, are gems of per-
feeted thought. In dealing with
analogles he has rare gifts, and these
made tributary to the great end of
leading to Christ and ennobling the
christian in his life Of holiness. This
is the Church attended upon by the
family Of our toWnsman, Governor
Baker, who, l was proud to learn,
was a practical worker in its Sabbath
School, where I found him In the
midet of large class of young ladies
and gentlemen as their beloved and
admired teacher. The Governor is a
veteran in this work, for my earliest
recollection of him was, as the teacher
of Sunday School twenty years ago.
In the Old Presbyterian Church of |
1@f1 AofAA~a SAm@NSOAO 0tKGGbs uGdI L
Main.
Had l time, | would like to saw
something of the Young Mems Chris |
tian Association, who are making
their Sabbath days work tell.
At the Congregational Church | |
met the Mr.. Sinker whose connection
with the explosion at the Fair was so |
unfortunate. He is man much hon
ored for his uprightness and probity.
Before / saw him, / was told an i'm |
portant item connected with the ex-
plosion, which was that the man run
ming the saw had tempered with the |
index, so that it did not indicate the
amount OF steam up, but registered it |
below the fact. ..
At dinner yesterday, also, I met our
old citizen NJ. A. Lawrence, ESQ of |
Chicago, looking younger than ever:
and, as my eye swept over his yener-
able head, | could not see that there |
was a single grey hair added BY the |
weight of years. Asking him whatho
was doing ia Hoosierdom, with the |
peculiar peculiar twinkle he has in his
eye, he remarked: " / onIycome down
to do little courtia0." So, after tho.t.
asked only a question or two about
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