New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-08-22

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lightning lAppause What e"ing 90 ns sp TnoWn not
anv through the papers hut through the ytors dis d
strangers who here There Is no ornfD here See
what Won have dohe for cause Of Christ. am snls
yon done in the times tna ioves Won as well
inside world y We tooS wSsn
of love- aud yom know e and how You stood
for the right the truth have waRG yee Sa
as ipmenee Of this We know what you
done in building free s eo@S not stand all that
. m had the LORD Re ssa him q
The 'e PROCEEDINGS Of your twenty nfh anniyer'ary
here. recoec how eloquent bTV salf deem down in
my heart that you had all you could stand and little
a' IN then the world standing
having little PRIDE soSu1 not nm been nI Tor ySe
West You would never have had HIN.
Mr.. Halliday-He came from Connecticut.
The speaker-But he amounted TO nothing untll ne
went West. lAppausel hope there are no reporters
here tonight: lLaughterl What want to say, dear
e are in s Of that
respect think many Of you are banging on Brother
danger. You have got to pass through fire This afile
ton must pass in moment We eana0t ere our
fM Mr.. Halliday Nor We eitaer; IApPlause.l ,o,,
The Speaker-We believe that the hearts OF the whole
world are turned toward ycu and the hearts of the
whole world lovingly, lovingly Their hearts are with
you, and they have faith In You from 'ne minister do"n
/ am glad met you here tonight.
REMARKS FROM OTHERS.
The address was closed with shor5 prayer, in which
he asked that the clouds might and the sun
come again In all its beauty and all its glory. AS
soon the prayer concluded Dr. Edward Beechers
Go;1 ha. 7 yapa Qan
ious know who this brother is. since he is stranger
to you and las not yet been introduced He is Con-
gregational minister formerly settled IN tne e S U
Wagner He Is man worthy of all confidence, SOUND
of heart and always iaboring steadily for the cause OF
Mr. Halliday, laughingly-Is he SOUND of head as well
| VOice-He Is proved that. [Laughter]
Here another gentleman from different quarter OF
the room. whose name was not announced, rose am
from the West too. said he. and humble member OF the
church to which your distinguished pastor once minis
tered in the West and simply wish to say for your com
fort and, possibly, gratlfcation that ana wen &C.
quanted with his eldersthose OF them now iving-and
the universal verdict with that eldershp Is: Not Guilty
Rossiter Raymond-These people who have spoken,
about the West with confident air, but find they
all come from the middle. These brethren know very
genuine, unaduterated West and have lust returned
from the protracted trip which 1t is my duty to make
this Year during my Journey the same e1pe
| rience which have had so often before, which
also in the telling Of it to my brethren at home viz.
| that our Church is not bounded by any lines OF
geography tme that the service OF Sabbath day
confined to the Sabbath or the Church building in
takes o Tine aSd the s0n gS Ons WHICH
join preached and prayed and sung IKE reyer
in the West sweep around and belt the world, being
passed from hand 10 hand by those s who RE re,
S syG thai af IN oa may
urly proud of the privileges have enjoyed and the
secution may do good would not for any reason,
Sir discaim our share OF necessary discipline only
that away and fancy that great deal said about
the church has been said by the church that very
church or the pastor We have conducted work here
which think have received the credit due.
times dear brethren, have you ana yearned
many times have not hearts burned express that
gratitude. love- and faith which we could not put in
| words before himl Even after 25 years of faithful
service when we 5 to gather a e around kdn ~ dnd
how utterly we trusted him. how profoundly
we loved hm-eyen then. alas got strange lips to
burning eoquence that lit the festivities of the Silver
Wedding moi so ft 10 flame as was the IRE OF our
time has passed away; voices that were eloquent
sre silent faces are averted from us that
IrEs of Us frenshp but WIN thank Goi this
hour belongs to us II is now our time to SPEAK We
put heels upon the serpent of SANDER appause to
who have shrunk from no investigation and feared
inquiry, lodged no truth, and neuer doubted our
paser one moment. lHere the applause became
SO prolonged that the speaker was compelled to sop.l
TO us have held counsel with the assassins to
us, who when friend, not stranger but our dear
old friend fell among thieves did not pass by on the
other side who did not take great pains when he
passed Shiny channels to get our clean skirts ont OF the
mre-to us this hour belongs 1t is our turn 70 speak.
Thank God. speak for ourselves at last IL Is our
Our brother who spoke just now, from the West
has truly expressed our view or the case.
Se the report of our Committee They know the truth
we knew ii all the time We knew tins transparent
character which had been acquainted with Is years
We did not stand he condone fault, hide sinner
confess our faith IN ne Applause we stood
less life by the shadow OF passing cloud lAppause
And hereafter or when the time shall be most
not call for other TONGUES; we will o,,o say
ourselves to our pastor that ne thrice wee3 rn
sides and homes to the work of Christ among the poor
diving gratitude and confidence of our own souls
Loud continued appause0 God make us worthy 10
stand up at last will stand unbenenng, unshrink
ing, full of faith to meet the light OF The Judgment DAY
aud that light Uncomfortable, 1u OF Reckoning glory
NJ Rlynond's remarks were received with consider
able emotion, aud tears were visible IN many eyes, Inc
applause which greeted Its conclusion was LOUD ana
prolonged.
The Rev. Mr.. Hart then spoke as follows: May
speak one word We told 10 bless them that curse
u.s. pray for them that despiteully use us. Iwould
speak TO all TO remember well what Theodore Tllton
once was Zone faint Kisses were heard as this
name was nenioned). the Superintendent OF our
sundayschool and the intimate IIlehd OF our pastoI
and suggest that do not cease. even now to pray
Amid the silence which followed this Christian ad
vice Robert r. Raymond spoke. rise, he said, TO mar
rpte instance In my own experience which / have
often had upon my lips 10 tell. but have found some
thing choking it down. The remarks made by my
brother seemed TO bring II again 10 my lDs Perhaps
there IL meaning in this that ought TO tell it, In doing
so / must lay bare spot in my own heart
perience of my freside. 1t is known to many o!
NV brethren that n number of years ago /
had the misfortune to lose NY youngest
son, who was just about finishing his course iu
the Polytechnic, by a sad accident in the AdirOn-
dacks. He went there full Of exuberant vitality,
TO hunt deer. At the residence OF the family of
friend on the Hudson received morning from
him nencilled letter written unOn his knee In the