The Hillsborough recorder., 1870-11-30
The Church Of the Strangers.
DIR. DEEMsIB GREENSBOROUcHl
He and VANDERBILT, Of Neso York, hare
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! Church.
(From our own Correspondent.)
At the meeting OF Conference in Green's
boro Saturday DIR. Deems, of New York,
asked leave to address the audience on the
character and condition of his church in
New York-the Church of the Strangers
1t wasranted. The doctor said:
ssThe Peculiarly, sir, Of my church Is
One Of Che main reasons why I wish To-
ten this large audience something about
it~ 1 went to New York as agent for the
Greensboro Female College soon after the
war In December 1865. commenced ed
iting and publishing newspaper cut OF
my own pocket. / encountered fear
FIJI storm Of opposition from the people
north, never entering their company but
what the Anderson and the Salisbury pris-
oDs were thrown up TO me. Every man
and woman visited to lay the plan for
building and ask an endowment for the
College wanted TO know" il ever visited
the Salisbury prisons?n So didn't sue
ceed either ii keeping up my paper or get
ting funds for the College. ! sunk two
thousand dollars the first year trying to
PIT the paperon sound basis. ! tell you,
my friends A never so suffered poverty as
did I'M New York. 1t Is the only place
/ ever saw child of mine get up from the
table and not have enough to eat One
Sunday had been over 10 Jersey city to
lecture to Young Mems Christian Assoc
citation and as came on home and had
stepped in the ferry boat lady followed
me. She had heard me preach in Greens
boro. She followed me in the boat and
said to me:
"PREAcH THE GOSPEL.
I told her my circumstances, md that ]
had no where to preach, and all ..at-and
she said, II give her very words, NO
odds about it; begin to preach In an attic
begin In acellar--begin ina tub.--I feel
it in my bones. you are called to preach
here. in New York.n
/ thought over what slie said, and the
next day determined, come what may, !
would find some place to preach. Iwent
up to the Old University and asked
the janitOr IL there wasn't room there !
could rent? He looked at me and measur-
ed me over and wanted to know what !
wanted room for? / told him TO preach
In. He said he had no room that would
suit me for that This implied that he had
some sort ofa place, and / asked him to
show me what kind OF a room ! could get.
He took me in small chapel and asked
him wias lIe w0ula resat u fors Iie. said
S25 month. told him I would take IL,
and went home nd enclosed him a
months rent in advance. ] then put q
notice In the New York Herald that !
would preach in the Chapel University
the next Sunday. ! had sixteen persons
that Sunday to hear me, aud ten Of them
were from my own family. The next
sunday had thirty; and the next = good
congregational soon they continued tc
increase till ! had frequently to stumble
over them In getting TO the pulpit
But the place was too small FOR tho
crowd; and was not able 70 pay the rent
for the little Chapel any longer. What
was to dog The next sunday I stated
that had preached there for a month ol
more, but was not able TO longer contin'
nc the services as II all came oat Of nss
own pocket. -
LONG, LEAN. LANI< NAN
Who was sitting away back. llie was q
general In the confederate army.l rose q
his feet and said:
/" II that the only reason you Intend
s,lspending the servicess Z
II rather guess Il Is, = said 7, "as I'm
pretty fond Of preaching whenever gel
d chance.
"well, we can takeup eolIectlon ant
provide for that, reckon, saIdii
50 they took Il up and rai-e'l 4 plenty
But the crowd was getting tod large fOl
thisl little Chapel What could dog
About this time that good man and Illus
trious christian, DR.. Baker, ,licel; and IN
his Chapel I Icontinucd my services. =,
Crowds fiocked 70 me, and my church
was crowded every service.
But while the congregation was incrcas
Ing my paper was coming 20 grief. l cor
responded with this conference and they
told me by all means not to think of estab
fishing Southern Methodist Episcopa
Church. And the Bishop here, who Is q
man Of few words, wrote me: Stay
where youarc. God bless you, fraternally
BIsHoP PIERCE.
One night, as ! was going out Of tlis
church, a young man met me and said,
Sir, 1 want 10 Join your Church."
kaid l, "My dear sir, have no Church!
He had pulled his certificate out Of hi
pocket, and putting Il back he said:
{ don't know what shall do; hav,
been three months hunting Church In
this city to connect myself with, and at
last I thought had found it, The younp