The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-05
\ VOL. KLlIL. ia.
SELLING BEECHER'S PEWS.
.DEcREAsE or MORE THAN $1,000
tB0N LAST TEAR's SALES.

s.t.r Prices for the Best Seats and b's'
n,ouey Tor the Poorer One- henry o'
ss,.sn No, Purchasing n sitting six Hunt
sr.d and Fifty-two Dollars for Few
p,vmouth Church was an auction room
s..t ieht for the sale OF pews' and the st'enu
q. ,hrone was large, many attending to see
-, ,rsct the restless scandal would have on
A.. Income Of the church. Mr. Beecher, stepping
out from the coterie OF ueaoohs anu "u''e' y"
the platform. said;
We rome together my fr,ndt, this year under ordi'
., circumstances rsughter1 for have from Jear 10
,..r for good many years been accustomed 70 ieel
a, though this year was peculiar, and a. lss' e'c'J
,esr ia p.cullst. consider II A. an ordinary year
toot occasion two Sabbatbs ago TO efpfe" INC nop
,n.t the great multitude Of persons might &c able To-
,,, ~ oh,,in ,itunse IN this house At prices which
,oia I'm .oe a. sree repte ent more nearly than Nth
.,o,h. shuitv Of ne purctAer. Nor have anything
"a retfsct on that sidc End vet on inc otner nue
take the uh,fty to cSpres my most sincere nope ths
.b.rycr deficiencies may occur on account OF low
ce, OF pew. that ar cd at the moderate prices
,bafevrr Deficiencies may occur a. that end trust
una, be made up st the other end by gentlemen Who
occupy the high priced peus lApplause.l
Know the ttringency VI the umee We all know
that Whcthcr one be rich poor in moderate cir
eumsanccs he has use for all the money he has got.
But esteem that the instruction and consolation and
Of the house OF Afpo hrtVtllnk
.1perenre to which appeal have been such S. hst,
even IN business point Of view. It 10 worth your whe
70 p.g SOM tang for the privilege Of being here. For
you have not been fed upon oogy dry unatraeiye.
hard to take and hard carry. but rather on those
truths taat pertain to the life Of the soul, and to
u.nnncs IN the struggle Of life. do know
nat score, and hundreds Of yeu u u part
Of ny PRIDE and MY reward minister to say IL.
have been carried through great trails IN the hor,eho
AMI in lu.nes, BY the siipnus of ths m.rs trn,hs runs
bal Il tot Simply Tor sentiment you paw but tnis
house ne Dsen & 20 s as he. and bucSier 10
you. ara has been made part and parcel 0f your Jai
blsn,s. ana has ena lied you " stand When you we're
vehcutnty pressed uuOn. ...
OF cs1rsc cannot say on some things what think.
n0r do supp Sc need 10 say what every generous
ula WI tanS N such an .mersenG' in ry Ne Sna q m ia
,SIiSsen. Il r. ihns. lie thiry.seventh or thirty.
tshta Inn my life in VI hiea have stood before ou
sncS must be CONSIDERED very severe, hut when,
.rihei-s. BY The good Pio'deree OF go ana % your
saae or li ia the yfars to come. lGieat spplausel
Mr. Hallday-Make those numbers 9Th OF
fSth. that IL what you meauI
Nj Beecher- Ihat makes me ten years young
yer. aud | don't object 70 that.
Mf. Bsecher introduced Mr.. Edward L. Hoyt
who fur tD annually auctions the pews.
The terms ot the sale were read. The seats
were sold without reservation to previous occu
pants payments Of rent were required semi
annually id advance. and the premium was pay
able on tne pre-entaton II the first bill. Those
In ARE, r. were not allowed to md. The sittinss
were lei uu The understanding hat II they were
not occupied al least ten minutes before the
beginning the services they might be ASST " ned
u strangers. Tho sums bid were premiums OF
the seats, which had besides liked rental TO bt
added To the premium.
Dennis. VINO paid. including bis rental. $672
The fist calls last night eolipsed this. AID hal
dozen voices were calling $3.50, t6OO. $Ge5. but IL
II. Claim bid 500 aud took pew 20. which has
Saee I'D ;d95 for pew %; ja-t in front oi Mr
rental 4; T. Hatch, sses J; c. south
Wife rs; re- A. storr:. .ss5 Ms't 4. HAY tP ssS
Benedigt. $40 Jas. freeland. tJ05; Moses )
Beach, $50; 5 B, Duryea. $i90; Morris heyn
$40. Cons. Dennis. the highest bidder Of 1875
SIS Joseph Howard. Jr, f4i0; A. W. Shep
bard 800 .ieo. L. Robinson, sSsJ and L.
As the bids passed below 800, Henry c
Bowers name was looked for. lhe biddin
went on, ana the stu, small voice that Did $i5
In ls'5, sos In 1874. ann some sum In every yea
since Plymouth Church was founded, was nc
christian to hiss as they DID the year beior'
One OF the members said that MI Bowen di
not pay last Years rental until Jan. !, and II wa
thought when he wiped out his arrearages ths
be me4nt to bid again.
The bidding went through the thres-hundreC
dollar bids rapidly fingered longer IN the tw,
hundred dollar bids, ana at nine o'clock fe
into the oue-hundred-dollar bids. decreasin II
slowly until near ten o clock, when the faI-awa
and $50 one pew was reserved for ptstor
helper HALLIDAY. Mr.. Beecher bought one fC
his wifes brother, U. Bullard. for tl3O.
lhe sales at half past 10 bad dwindled d. W
TO little more than the rentals. The last pc
was cold at 1890 To Musss Beach for Sj-one q %
lar lee. than the rental. IL was back OF tn
pnoir and from II the white locks Of tne Pll
mouth pastor could be seen, but nothing else.
The total sale of psws amounted TO f4a. 7'
which, with the rentals, amounts to tN],6s
shout f7,lS5 less than the aggregate sales Of ls7
and about 1880 more than the sales Of Is.
There was Juollant feeling in the church ev,
the sales.