Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-11-24
A Bishops Vanity Illustrated.

"H"yS oahtiFi ut - ee~sssn
The daily papers gave a glowing ae
count of the wedding of daughter 0
Bishop Simpson (Methodist) with :
happy individual named Weaver
who was doubly happy from having
in his pocket a commission from th,
President making him Consul to som,
remarkably uncommcrcia town il
Italy. The wedding occurred on
Wednesday evening.
This wedding must have been q
"grand affair."" as the papers called il
a "wcdding in high lite, and as it was
graced by the presence of General
Grant, the inevitable General Dent,
| (tho Presidents brother in law), Ex.
Secretary Borie Senator Cattell and
Daniel NJ Fox Numerous clerical
dignitarios were also in attendance.
The Spring Garden NJ. L. Church, in
which the nupt;al knot was tied, was
gaily decorated with cvergreens, rare
flowers, and tiUiHg fsh, which sported
in the waters provided for them, as
though they shared in the general ioy
OF the occasion. The dresses of the
bridal party, as described by our To-
cal Jenkinses, were rich and rare. gay
and gorgeous, such as sinners rear -!
The worlds vanities are seldom more
extensively exhibited by the ungodly
than they were on this occasion. The
bridesdress, cut a Ia Pompddour, con-
tirbuted to immortalize the most cele.
brated courtezan that ever graccd, or
disgraced, the court of st. Cloud in
the palmiest days of social corruption
in France, while gems and pearls ard
"barbaric gold' eliltered and shone
on many Christian form, and the
scene, generally, was one over which
the simple Wesleys and Asburys could
they have beheld it, might have wept
with sincere sorrow. Even the music
in the church was operate, and was,
proDaoly, composed by some errng
child of the "Scarlet Woman of Baby
lon"
In the early days of Methodism and
until within few years past. il was
the boast OF the Methodists that their
church was free from the pride and
vanities that had erept into the older
churches. They prided themselves
upon the simplicity of their church
edifices, the plainness of their dress
and, indeed, upon the general power.
ty of their membership They glo-
ried in the resemblance of their world
y circumstances bore TO the "meek
and lowly jesus and His Apostles.
But, now, how changed Now we
find Methodist Bishop not only in.
dulging in all the vanitics Of earth.
but making public parade of his ad
miraiion for them. thus giving them
the sanction Of his supposed sacred
Office, and inviting those who look up
to him as their spiritual teacher to
cultivate that 'prido" which "gocth
before destruction" and which is the
worst enemy of the religion of Jesus
Christ.
With what grace can Bishop Simp.
son now preach against the "prde of
the eye" and the follies and the vani
ties of the world z How, now, can he
nveigh against the worship of Nam.
mon and the "bcggarly elements of
the worldY We cannot but rcrard
this exhibition Of his love of vain show
as inconsistent with his calling, with
tonets and traditions of his Church.
and with the teachings of its foun-
ders, as well us with those of the great
Founder of Christianity.
But, after having seen this Rever-
end Bishop dabbling in the dirty pool
Of partisan politics, and lending his in
duence as lobbyist for oflice.seekers
in Washington, VIC cannot say that
we arc surprised at this last evidence
OF his unfitness to teach the simple and
sublime truths of the Christian Cos.
pei. Shoddy captured His Reverence,
,s, nc time ago, aud a shoddy wedding
sob. sob, >a,seragi!y aud under bis min.
isterial sanction aud personal super.
vision, might have been natural to
ollow
1t may be said by some that this
wedding was private family matter
and that, therefore, we should not
have thus commented upon t. We
certainly should not have thus spoken
Of il, il it had not been ostcntatiously
placed before the public eye by pre-.
vions advertisement and by minute
and full description of the occurrence
and ofevcrything and everybody who
participated in the festive affair, by
press reporters who were evidently
bcsought TO set the matter before the
wicked world in the most gogeous
manner The Bishop manifcstly de.
sired the fullest publicity given to the
fact that his daughter was married in
grand style aud that Gen. Grant and
a number Of other dignitaries, polili.
cal, military and religious, were pres
cnt IL was an ostentatious parade
Of human vanities which His Rever-
ence, who occupies public position,
desired all the world to see. Hence
it is a Legitimate subject for public
comment, and no candid Methodist
will dispute that ii is a proper sub
ject for public ccnsure Sunday Mcr.
euTy.
"Julius, s'posc dcre arc six chickens