Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-19

Newmsn's sermon-SaIaries OF MIN
tsters-Tbe Atm OF CathoIieism-The
Opening Of the international sunday
school Convention at BaitImOre-A
Large Delegation from Tennessee,
Etc. Etc.
BALTIMORE, Md. May IL, 1875.
To tie Editors Of the Chronicle.
Leaving our pleasant little city Of
Knoxville at noon on the 9Th of May |
had rapid aud delightful journey to
Washington City aud Baltimore. At
the town Of Jonesborough was Joined
by one of East Tennessee's most
accomplished Christian gentlemen and
ministers, IN the person of Rev. p, d.
Cowau, editor of the tennessee Pres
6yter, who was accompanied 10y his
good wife, who has proven 10 be a
happy addition to our delegation to the
international Sunday School Conven-
ton.
1t was gratifying, indeed, to step out
of the train on TO the streets Of the
most beautifully paved city in the
world-the National Capital in which
/ spent six of the most pleasant and
profitable years of my life.
1t has been fashionable for persons
who have resided here to prepare anu
deliver lectures entitled Ten years at
the National Capital" &c, &c. # |
should follow in their footsteps L might
make capital" hit. As Rip Van
Wrinkle said, when his wife fell into
the river and cried unto him for help,
will go home and think about it.n
One of The pleasantest ATTRACTIONS in
alighting from the rain at Washing
ton, is found in entering and passing
through or to the Avenue, the magnif-
icent depot built within year past by
Tom Scott aud the Pennsylvania RR.
| have seen much more extensively
built depots in the larger cities of the
North, but have never beheld one so
grand and palatial in all its beautiful
aud costly departments. And the per-
feet connections now secured by this
great Railroad, has snatched from the
grasp of the b. 4 o. RR. almost the
entire Southern travel. The trains al
most fly over the track from Washing
ton to Baltimore, leaving The distance
minutes. The sensation of passing
from city to city at such fearful rate
is pleasant to me, as / prefer, If / am
ever to be smashed up in that delight
full composition known as hash, to
have 1t done quickly and completely,
rather than i'll slow, torturing way.
1t is said that one can become accus-
toned to almost anything. and so rap
i'd transition from one point to another,
has become inviting to me, and /
think also TO the public generally.
Desiring to hear Rev. DR.. Newman,
who was my pastor for three years at
the Metropolitan Church, / entered
this beautiful and thrOnged temple of
God on Sabbath morning as the
chime of bells were discoursing sweetly
the favorite song OF our First NJ. +.
Church SUNDAY School in Knoxville.
Beautiful Eden" The melody of
the chimes is captivating indeed, but
after all their music does not sound
80 sweetly TO my ear as that made by
the loving little children Of our school.
President Grant was present.
The Metropolitan Church has all
the necessary accessories to a grand
and inspiring service. Then, DR..
Newman fills the pulpit completely as
their ideal, to the thousands Of his ad
mirers, in his large, handsome person
age, in the breadth of his culture.
almost boundless range of his learning,
in the power aud polish of his ora
tory which is guided by the emotions
ard aspirations of a consecrated heart
to God, and enriched by the researches
and triumphant conquests of his i'm
perial intellect. The vast audience
was moved on in interests and feeling
until they were broken down into
tears as the words of his closing periora-
alton died away into the remote cor
ners of the edifice and be lifted his
voice up to God in short, sweet pray
er at the close.
Washington is blessed with fine
churches and able ministers DR..
Newman gets salary of between six
and seven thousand dollars Rev. DR..
Mitchell, of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church, gets six thou
sand, while many others get similar
salaries. And the first-class churches
of all denominations pay their minis
ters a salary ran ing from two to five
thousand dollars, with vacation of
two and three moths during the sum-
mer. DIR. Mitchell has a vacation of
lbuI nOlltls, anu Eoes bu JOuIuey 10
Europe Tor rest and to enrich his pulpit
labors with the advantages of travel.
With fine collegiate education and
natural ability as their basis, and with
ample means to travel in foreign lands
and to enlarge their libraties With the
choicest gems of literature, to provide
for and educate their children, is it any
wonder they become a great and mighty
power for the elevation of society?
/ imagine that if one-hah of these
large salaries was offered Que OF our
East Tennessee ministers they would
be shocked for the moment with almost
the quickness of lightning stroke.
But, dear friends, / am sure the result
would not prove fatal, and many of
them would enjoy the peculiar sensa-
I tion for a few times at least. Try il
and see, if, instead of killing, it does
not add new life to their efforts one
hundred fold. How long, oh, how
long, shall the prosperity OF our be-
loved East Tennessee be retarded, as
/ believe it has been done, on account
/ of starved ministers and the people
not rendering unto God the things
| that are Gods. The wealth Of