The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-08

answered them. If there were any
doubt which she had, she waited
nntil came home. @. Mr.
has been your habit in regard to personal
visits, or intercourse with your parish 81
large, or with any narrow circles among
your pensioners, or among other residents
or Brooklyn? A. In my early years ]
attempted great deal of visiting. AS out
side demands wasted my time / made ar.
engagements by which I could be seen
at my house or at my church by whomso.
ever wished; still subsequent to that
found it impossible either to visit or to re.
ceive multitudinous calls. and for the last
twenty years, with the exception of we'd
dings and funerals, have done very little
visiting. Nov and then
HAD PARoxYsM OF VISITATION.
but In general it may be said am not a
visiting preacher. @. And have there been
any circle of intimaciss between your
family and other families of your
congregation, or of your Brooklyn
neighbors? A. Yes, sir. was cautioned
against that, but always studied my rights
on that subject. have always said that.
because / was q minister 1 was not any
the less a gentleman and a citizsn, and j
would have my circle and my intimaeies;
didn't care who WIS jealous nor
iutimacies were then of whole
families and with your whole family? A.
/ almost in every case. q. And were these
intimacies entirely or principally with fan1fs
lies of your own parish? a, think with q
single exception. @. Had you intimacies
with any family of your brother clergymen?
A. Yes, sir; the exception was DR.. StOTrs.
| Q. Otherwise these intimaeies were
in your own parish? A. Altogether
Q. These family lntimacies were confined to
your family? A. Yes. sir @. During this
time have you had a large personal acquaint-
ance with men engaged in public affairs or
in the affairs of religion and church? A.
You mean to the nation at large. @. Yes.
SRI in che community at large?
A. Yes have met very many; have never
formed any particular intimacles or ac-
quaintanees with many. Q. Has yo1r cor
respondence been extensive? A. L should
say not If / should Judge from my i'm
preston, bat if you were to bring the letters
it would bs found I bad been lee5ur-
ing the last tTenty-four years.
@. What has been the average of public oecs-
sions on which you nave spoken, being the
period not embraced by The Occasion? III /
don't understand your last remark. O.
Daring period, say running back TO q tine
% years ago., what has seen the average
pumber OF times of your public appearance
nos embraced in the line cf your vocationgs
A. Tshould say that from the year 1914 d
the year 1873; 1 have delivered about
twc-On Sunday and four fall grown adj
dresses during the week, and oftentimesi
two \ day. q. When did you first come to
be acquainted with Henry g. Bowen? A.
In the year lS4Ts- that is the year thai came
to Brooklyn.
O. md what relation had ne to the sOci-
ETY. or church to which you were then called?
a. He was one of the original members
and
A LEADING MAN
a..
present Church @. And had you bus
mess relations, and in what con-
nection, except as pastor of the
church? A. In cornection with the Inde-
pendent and in one instance with the
equipping of regiment which Plymouth
Church Substantially raised a. the outset Of
the war @. Wes Bowen the proprietor
or part proprietor OF the independent
during the period of yours connection
with il? A. He was the eo-proprietor
when took editorial charge, and 1 think
he became sole proprietor. Q.-And so con- |
tinued until you left? A. Yes ,,sir, as l am
informed. q. Were you intimate friends |
and associates, andif so, for what period Of
time? a. The first two weeks I came to |
Brooklyn was gEless of his house: subse- |
quently we worked hand to hand
in establishing sS. Plymouth nan Church. Tt:
useful N the fiscal affairs of the church.
@. During the period of time-shat you were
editor OF the paper how close was your
A. / saw him nearly every |
day, so it NAV be said we ware very inti-
sir. @. And his family with yours?
A. Not so mnch. q When was
your connection or any joint
interest with Bowen dissolved and
in what manner?s A. Do you mean when
my business relations with him ceased? @.
II
Yes. A. L should say III september: gave
notice, according to contract, that the end /
of the contract was in September, 1866. Q.
Prior to that time had any attitude OF that
paper toward yourself made any diff
ference in your disposition to Bowen's /
a. Yes. @. What was that? A. Well, do !,
You ask me what led me,linaIly to break obi
from the paper? q. Yes; 1 ask what arose
bstween the paper and yourself that led to I
your dissolution with that paper. A. Dur Il
ing the period OF reconssructive measures.
as they were called, and after had left the
Independent, pursued line which caused
them to criticise me with more
or less decision, and in 1866
when L wrote the Cleveland letter, as 1t is
called, which was written in August, 1856,
the Independent criticised me in manner
so sevese, az the time when the whole pub
lie pretty much. with the exception of TIE
democratic party, were down on me that L
felt a paper that had dealt position from
its bin tn, was now being used 10 destroy me,
that knew that SELF aspect should lead me
to curse my connection with it, and gave
notice of its termination and
CLOSED THE CONTRACT.
according. @. At that point what was the
form and extent of your obiigatioaa A. was
under contract to furnish sermon week. l
don't remember precisely, but have an i'm
preston that i was also to furnish one ar
ticle a week, eltner an editorial or a star ar
ticle. as they were called. 1 am not
positive about the last, but its my impress
sion, O. That was a deferred contract for
pecuniary compensation A. It was. Q.
You dissolved it? A. terminated it ac-
cordibg to the terms laid down in the con-
tract. O. Now, from that time onward,
what were your personal relations with /
Bowen, from August to December
1870? A. Well, sir, they We're
vary nnuch diminished: there was /