The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-08-02
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tor of Prospect avenue Presbyterian
church, Jersey CITY Heights, Is in an
ugly scrnpc and promises to make II
quite interesting tor half Il dozen
prominent mcmGers of his cOngregs-
linn before he shakes himself loose
from the bonds he has given for hisap-
pcarance before court of Justice, 10
answer charges AGAINST him for seduc-
ton and breach of promise, and also to
satisfy II certain application for main
tenance in proper form by an eXpec-
tant mother. All this looks very ugly
for the reverend gentleman, STILL he
may be innocent, and the most limo
cent lamb of his flock. He says he is,
and awaits the issue with christian for
ttude. He boldly asserts that half n
dozen of his prominent church menu
beers know ~ much about that little af-
fair rs he does, and he and his lawyer
know who they are, and the world
will know at the triul.
Now, there are abou, one hundred
church members who consider them
selves prominent IN the church, and
the speculation in family circles is
great to know Just who the six are
The ladics Of various households are
very anxious and inpuiring. The gen.
tlemen shake their heads and think
"whata damned wicked world this ISL
the children wonder what ID is all
ahout-the jarring and swapping and
sullling between father and mother,
aud the profauc, heather outside sim
ners--including all Bergen Heights,
outside of that particular temple of
worship, are winking, and blinking,
aud smiling and sneering at sacred
things. o! il is bad, very bad; but
the worst phase of this ticklish bust
ness is that there is universal and ill
concealed pride IN the whole commu-
nifty that Bergen Heights can have its
big pastoral sensation aswell as Brook
lyn.
1t all came about in this wise. There
was II congregation of thirty pious
people on the Heights who thought
that their church was more than
sabbath days journey OH, and re-
solved 10 form one for themselves
They first worshipped in very print.
tive style in an old abandoned store
house, and prOspered in u homely way,
and had no occasion 10 fight over new
tangled doctrines. They bad an old
school preacher, met in an old store
house, and We're old fashioned alto
gcther. But they had rich men among
them who, duly recognizing the small
hole through which they would have
TO crawl into the next world, if they
could get through at all, resolved to
decrease the size of their pile, and in
crease the dimensions of the hole by
building new church. They built it,
and were patiently awaiting their re-
ward. But new church had to have
n new preacher and n new organist and
u new organ. All these came trooping
like angels with new wings, and with
them new members, making up now u
total of two hundred.
The new preacher was the young aud
handsome and reverend Glendenning,
twenty-tour years old, and just gradua-
ted under the finishing touches of the
noted Dr. McCosh, Mt Princeton. He
was dashing young divine, and il
was evident that he was to become
fashionable. He lived in u beautiful
parsonage with his mother and sister,
with sin and Calvimistic lore
in the new church on Bergen Heights
for fifty dollarsa week. The old church
building back slid into whisky shop,
and all the old things were changed.
The new surroundings, aud the new
preacher especially, Infused new life
into that congregation, and that's the
reason it's so lively in that much per-
picked christian community now.
Miss Mary Pomeroy moved among
that happy people-they were really
happy before she came. Her parents
were dead, and she took up her resi-
dence with her uncle and aunt the
former being u member of the board of
and both members of the
new church. Mary was comely and
shapely, and twenty-five. But she
had no religion. She was simply good,
and pure and pretty. That was all.
She attracted the eye of Rev. Glend-
GINNING, and he labored with her pub
licly and privately and converted her.
She Joined the church. Being mu- 4
stefan, and having an Independent
spirit, she turned her talent TO account. |
She became instructor of the piano i'm 1
the first families of Bergen Heights.
and singer in the choir of the new
church, and she walked gaily behind a
smile, which was like the brightest
in the shady places of Sc
iere creed. Her smiles was meyer
quite converted.
The dashing young divine walked
md talked with this fair girl by MOON
light, aud preached at her from the
'ulpit His attentions were lavished