The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-23
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talents and his earnest christian cha. c,er
give much hope that the society will .,ld
on its way with eventual success.
BRICK CHURCH TROUBLES.


BRICK CHURCH TROUBLES.
OF the two | prefer the chances of the
Memorial church with its debt to those of
the Brick church, which is very rich. The
term "Brick church" Is conventional, being
derived from the down town Brick church
of which Gardiner Spring was so long pas
tor. The Term was preserved when the
congregation moved up town, by the con-
struction Of a stately edifce Of the same
material Among the leading men of this
society are John j. Tucker (who was one
of the down town congregation and ex-
Gov. Morgan. The style of people found
here is AS dead as wealth and inactivity can
make them. Their last pastor, Mr.. Muir
ray, left in order to become professor in
Princeton He is deficient in pulpit gifts,
and the congregation declined under his
mnistrations. At present the pulpit is va
cant Morgan was very DESTROYS of obtain
ing Storrs, who was tempted by the offer
of salary Of $1,000 but wisely declined.
Such dead congregation is too much of
load even for such a man as Storrs. The
latter can do more good in his present field
than among these purse-proud Fifth avenue
fashion wOrshipers OF course they will
get preacher after while, but at present
the church is under decline and needs
sharp set man in the pulpit who will give
its rich men scoring twice a Sabbath till
he bring them up to the mark.
ANOTHER RICH CHURCH.
Having referred to Mr.. Duryea may say
that the church which formerly employed
him, (the Dutch is the richest in the city
next to Trinity. 1t retains its old name
Collegiate Reformed Dutch church, while
the denomination has dropped that national
term and is known as ''the Reformed"
This il merely done in order to retain legal
hold of their immense estates They pay
81, 800 salary to their preachers, who are
never driven away because of unpopular
ity, but may remain until age or disease
places them on half pay. In other words
it is call for life. This church owns the
land on which stands the new building of
the Erentn1 Post. which 10 about 40x100
| feet. The ground rent pad DO the pro-
pretors of that paper is 100000 year
To show the value of land in this favored
spot l will add the following fact. In or
der to obtain the complete corner Of Broad
way and Fulton street 1t was necessary to
buy the corner strip 6x100 feet. Fer this
strip the church paid 800, 000 being Sl6-
666 per running foot facing Broadway
This is the highest quotation ever made on
| Broadway property, but the purchase added
a corresponding value to the church land.
The greatest of the four preachers in the
service of this church is Ormston who is in
every respect q man of worth as well of
talent, but think that its most efficient
power for good is found in jeremiah
Lanphear. He has been in its service for
20 years. and one of his earliest efforts was
to found the Fulton street prayer meeting,
which has attained cosmopolitan fame Mr..
Lanphear was bred mechanic, but his
gifts for the pulpit are much greater than
those of many who are found in that serv-
| ice. an always glad to meet Mr.. Lam
phear or any who looks like him, and this
leads me to mention the following
CURIOUS RESEMBLANCE.
Walking down West Broadway, was de-
lighted to meet Mr.. Lanphear and was
about to ask concerning the prayer meet
ing, but on addressing the person he as
sured me that | was mistaken, his name
h-'-0 Winpaie. He was not surprised,
however, at my conduct, Tor as ne saiu
vlously. l learned that this Mr.. Wlngste
Is father of a well-known newspaper cor
respondent. The latter &C. F. Wiugate)
has recently published very clever book
on journalism. He Is also conducting the
Housekeeper, a paper devoted to the i'm
provement Of the domestic regime. The
publication has reached circulation Of
| 5000, which illustrates Its hold upon the
public.
| OTHER INSTANCES.
Speaking Of resenblances, it may be said
that there are many other cases on record.
Some men aud women also exhibit such
provoking similarity that it leads 10 con-
slant annoyance Some time since friend
of mine, who is considerably advanced in
years, was met by lady, who addressed
him, '.How do you do, Mr.. GIinnell ?" and
he replied, GLOW do you do, Mrs. Nor
ris ?" The lady exclaimed in a startled
manner, my name is not Morris |" Nor
is mine Grinnell, said my friend, and
they Immediately parted. Here was
two-fold recognition equally incorrect.
The facts show the difficulty 10 identifying
men, and twice has this difficulty been de-
veloped In murder trials. One of these
was when John w. Webster was before
the court IN Boston charged with the muir
der of George Parkman. An alibi of the
dead man was attempted, aud one witness
testified to seeing Parkman alive in the
street long after the time of the alleged
murder. 1t was simply a resemblance.
The other case was found in the trial of
Mrs. Cunningham for the murder of DR..
Harvey Burdell. The witness Farrell ies-
tilted that he saw Eccles, the paramount
and accomplice of the murderess, in close
vicinity of the house at the time of night
when the deed was supposed to have taken
place. The court however, justly held
that it was a case of mistaken identity.
Many similar instances have come under
the notice of
THE HERMIT IN New YORK.