, 1873-11-24
CHICAGO IN 1880.

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Tho tcy. hc1ntt w. COHs11nlfs8 EARLY |
"Reminiscences OF NIetaaodfHln in Chi
cngo-TMo Great tsovival i'm tho Wills
ter 0R 1S3N-Convcraion OF MIR. Gar.
rott, Etc.
Tho nov. solah ". cogahall, Of the Now Bed
ford Oonforoncc, preached In tho Clark atrsot |
Methodist Church to small audience yesterday |
morning. Tho pastor Of tho Church. In intro
dnciug him, remarked that ho uns tho connoct-
ing link netveon tho old aud tho now, and car
rled about him many reoollootions which lad not
yot been In print. Ho took as lila text: "Ac-
cordlng to this time it shall DO aaid of jacob and
Of Israel, What hath God wrought 7"-Numbcrs
xiii: 23-anl said he had nothing any rospeot-
ing tho toxt except that 10 used 1t as q motto
as q starting point, according to modern usage.
Ho entered tho Now England Conference uu-
der Bishop Roberts, whom ho distinctly romem-
berod, in Juno, 1889. Tho anti-s'avcry contro-
vorsy had commenced by tho publication OF tho
Li6erator by Garrison tho preceding yoar. In
tho uintor Of 1885 1t roacllcd tho MethodatB Of
Now England and at the following session OF
tho Conference, hold in Lynn, 1t WAS found tho
Abolitionista had q majority, but tho Church at
that time was bitterly pro-slayory, North ns well
rs South. Immediately there commenced q
violent controversy, OF which most Of his hearers
had not tho loast idoa,-a controversy which
finally eliminated in tho late rebellion. When tho
work was begun, tloy gave themaolvosa hundred
yoars Of prayer, Of preaching, md OF uniting to
abolish slavory. They did It in rather 1oas timo
by Coda holp and tho help of tho Bouthorn
robc]H.
About tho time Of tho Boston Conference Of
1888, their Abolitionism Buljccted them to occlo-
siastical, to political, and to commercial proscrp
tion. Abolitionism Was orime to DO punished
by tho Judges, aud he had been arraigucd at tho
bar of m Annual Conference In tho presence Of
Bishop, aud heard him Say, in reforonco to his
crimeB Of that color, If you elect him will not
ordain him." And that whs done within ton
n1ies of the Hub"
1t tho Boston Conference OF 1883, himself and
homo others were arragned for thoir AboltioniBm
by Bishop Heading. Their trials dragged through
ono, two, three woeks, into the hoat Of June.
The conference lasted seventeen days, and they
woro weary and domoralized, for tho whoto body
seemed to be stricken with n singular spirit
| which ho had never soon boioro or Hinco. Eight
OF thom wero compelled to locate, and he turned
his face Westward. A great many other peraons
wore turning this way at that tmo.
The panic OF 1857 had commenced immediately
after tho Inauguration Of Martin Van Buren,,
and 1t swept over tho 1and like tornado. 1t
was continued into 1880, and 80 and 40 and II
up to ~, period Of five ycars, and tho proscnt
panic was not to bo compared with it, compara-
lively speaking. Els objective point WAS
Chicago. It took night to 70 from Now York
to Albany on tho boat aB nov; from Albany to
| Utica ho travelled &c miles by rail beyond tho
latter point not an inch Of rail extended. 1t
| Utica he took canal-boat for Buffalo, and was
| mi In hat two
making threo nios m. hour and sayonty-two
miles q day, and tho passengers wero aatislod,
thinking they were doing an exceedingly big
thing. At Buffalo ho went On board the II Now
England eteamer, commanded by Capt. Bur-
DICK. Including two days OF heavy guile Of
wind on Lake Eric, when they laid in Grand
River, they wero ton days on the way, making
seventeen from Now York. He hoped
to make quicker time when 10 went Eaa.
to-day [Mondayl. The boat enterod tho Chicago
River on Saturday night, aud tho next morning
thoy found hor moored alongside Of dock or
tho North Sido, in tho vicinity Of 3 large hote
called tho Lako House-perhaps ono Of tht
largest In tho Prairie 9tnto at that time. III
went ashore and ato 4 breakfast, some Of tht
maternl of which he distinctly remembered to-
day. Ho made hia way to tho house Of ths
preacher, which was on the prairie at the foot o.
Clark atrcot. They did not have to go fur it
those days before reaching tho open country
This preacher had heard Of him, which he conBid
cred fortunate, and invited him to no to church
Chicago ut TINT ti1no contained but little NOR.
than 5000 Inhabitants. There was respectable
hotel on thu North sido,-tho Lake House,
and another lttlo two-Btory hotel upon the weB
Bidc Of Clark atroet, below tho clusoh, where hi
won't once to moot q MethodiRt preacher on Iii
| tn, hmm in 1ur