The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-07


tiles AZ all. Ills conduct for years has been
Other than that Of man Of docency and
courtesy and since his trial It has been
that Of an iron-patcd prctcndcr who
kuows no shame. What the rclic Gus jour
nal he attacked said in complaint against
the Use Of u scandal preacher for an adrcr-
tislng card was true, and lie opiuious are
those Of all gentlemen and of nearly the
entire religious pulhc-all these I'm fact
except tie few whom hc and his partisaus
have bulled into believing in him HIS
landlords covct his presence iu their hotel
NJ an advertisement. They nre short
sighted nicu. bccausc the notoiiety Mr.
BETCurR is giving their house viii eVcntu-
ally do IL serious damage. llut they flrd
il biirgs them present profit. and nlls their
house with hi. admirers OF those who wish
TO see the phenomenon. 80 they turn
their perlors into n daily praying hall for
his and their benefit. erect huge tent on
their lawn, and practically make their
hostclry no longer the Twin Mountain
House, but BEEctEn's Exhibition Ground.
THE hotel keepers could not, Of course.
Keep open their bar on sunday. II would
undoubtedly he "A source OF much greater
pront TO them IL they could. Before and
after the performances in the tent the
sort Of crowd Mr. DrFcliEE draws would
undoubtedly consume "a great quantity OF
liquor. But 90 provide the tipplc would
be a hazardous experiment for the Mossrs.
BARRoN. II would scaudalizc the com
munity beyond endurance, and probably
surround the hotel with thrOngs of half
tifsy si.ht secis who would make the re-
giun about hidcous with their mnudlin out
crics. II is "a strange commentator for II
minister to give that his landlords shut up
their bar on sundays when mob of three
or four thousand thirsty strangers sur
round their grounds. 80 the BHr,1iER au-
dionco would absorb 80 much liquor On tho
Suhd' vs. that the closing OF the bar scfi-
Gus y cuts into the profits of the house.
IF II does adv, rtisc their house. am
glad OF it, siys the Plymouth preacher.
This editors idea, he continues, is that ="
Mr. BErcnrUl preach to hclp the hotel
# that /. his idea, tho religious editor ia
wrong Mr. BEgcHER breaches 10 help
himself. 10 d,ludc the public into thinking
that he Is man whose heart H. fixed on
holy things and whose lifc has been pure
aud true, and that he is not an adultcrer
and periurer. II incidentally the land
lords get benefit, VOL nd good and better
if IN consequence OF the advert isement
they Charge hum no bead ami furnish him
with n foui-ln-haud to driv, after the daily
prayer meeting.
MI BlrcitLR quotcI thc following from
tho rel gious journal he WIS using to v,n-
dioate himself
Hay- the events ot the rpst ,eur iostcrod In
MIN such "a murnid craving fcr The incense uf
hImau praise ati "if ltUsC tl 4 Ire cannot pass
even H. annual vacation ia quiet. hI' must ave
the irescnrc II nun hers doing Nim HON ~
ora 10 satisfy hs restless feeling anu IN, are
his pencc Of nindf
This will seem to people in general a fair
question. ANA one likely t. strike serious
mind. II Is one, tco, which has been asked
by thousands OF religious men all over the
country who have observed the remarka-
bic performance Of the Plymouth pastor
since the tual-hls rcsilCssuess his 70 ron
terry. hir displays Of intoicrable taste. hi-
brnvudo, his desire for public show, aud
Eis school boy antics How docs Nh.
BEECHEE answer the question; Docs he
exhibit sorrow that his conduct has been
misconstrued Does he ask himself il lac
has in any way given cause for criticism
Docs he show any truce of humility any
evidence of the workings Of grief in build
ing up spiritual mindrdnessf No he
adopts his old tnctics. He abuses his ac-
ouscr. thus:
"1here is Christianit, a lovely instance oft.
| have no anseef to give that. II that man dies
H. the spirit ~ mind In which hc now H., shall
never meet HIM, huf IL he changes and goes TO
Heaven. the first thing hu will say TO mo there
Will be.
Now, nsk on Nc IN, dice and gentlemen,
Christian citi1cu-. is That the temper IA which
We are 10 have the Sabuath question discussed
Can any good come out If such IA rrdiRus nf
public irace aud puuty as men th rave % dis
pr sition Hike thitf l. IL not nlurbdly wicked
l. It not conceived IN The very lowest tents of
meanuess r.
This is strange language for minister,
under any circumstances. II is simple inn
pudence IN n minister in Mr.. BEECuERs
position. who stands, and knows he stands,
suspected in the eyes Of large share OF
the religious community of being guilty of
offences that make his appearance in the
pulpit an outrage and q shame. He so
stands after having made his best possible
defence, and yet ne has the brazun face 10
call men mean who question his conduct
in attracting II curious crowd TO n big tent
TO hear him so vilfy his brethren.
Mr.. pLECnER's course since the trinl sue
e. SIS the old line that whom the gods
would destroy they first make mad. II is
in plain words that Of a guilty man.
The Insurrection in Turkey.