The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-25
THE UNCONvERTED BROKERS.

SOME EXPERIENCES THAT WERE REcIrED AT
THE OLD JOHN STREET METHODIST EPIsco-
PAL CHURCH YESTERDAY.
About two dozen persons gathered In the lee
ture of the old John street Methodist Episcopal
church at twenty minutes after three o'clock yester-
day. Mr. u. G. selchow presided. BY haf-psst three
the full aud ''tne brokers' prayer meeting"
these gatherings called (perhaps of
the notable absence OF brokersl was opened with the
song, ale .eadeth me. I"
prayer by Mr. selchow next In the order OF
excrciscs In the course Of his petition he told thu
Almighty In general terms that great work TO b.
done. Then various queries were put IA TO the ale
thar might be expected from above, and In the nex
breath tho petltoning member satisfactorily an
swered all his own conundrums. Tho hymn, 'Jesus
loves me- I" ratified OIL in old camp meeting STYLE
and Mr. Henry kimblc. tan cx-brokcr" prayed.
In his prayer Mr. kmblc complained OF the business
stagnaton, saying, rhe poor poorer now and Tho
rich are getting poor" As he continued he unconsc
ous!y fell INTO the habit OF puncuating his words with
u stamp OF the foot, that the conclusion OF his peL
ton went hus:-.'O-oh thou knowesf stamp how
many Stamp have gone to glory (stampj from this
temple (loud stamp Now may we stamp IN spirit
take OIL shoes Stamp here. ,or on holy
Let the lower lights be burning
was sung after, with al unusually emphatic stamp Mr.
Kimbic had put aperiod TO his prayer A middle aged
enthusiast followed prayer the conclusion OF this
hymn and then Mr.. H. b. Dexter arose TO speak. Mr..
Dexter he had written 10 obtain the use OF tho old
Post ONCE building Tor daily prayer meeting,
ter had been referred to the superintcnden
Of Repa rs here. who gays he is willing that
Mr.. Dyer observed that the old Post onicc
quite good place for anybody who wanted
to una the Lord. The next petitioner thaased the
several instances IN which God had kept HIS word.
Ihis was especially gratifying 70 the member who thus
broken promises" This may have been "a covert hit
at some broker whose paper Is bad.
what friend have In Jesus"
was next sung, and, as tho last died away. .
young man, with 'u beard aud alisp, said by II.
rcvercn attendant near by To be Fan old hand at the
mono onous voice, studied prayer, which he had
evidently committed to memory for this and similar
occasions
ssMl, so AND so"
After another prayer a stout young man with
black mustachc said:--
II was down IN Wall street the other day and asked
a friend How about tho Wall street prayer meet
ipgy' He sand, Il hear Mr. SO and SO has something
to with 1t, and II he has don't want to have
thing TO do with IT, went to another friend OF mine
and no said 81 don't want to Interfere with anything
that MI. So and So Is concerned IN Now. contin-
ued the speaker, "sincc the Lord has promised that
wherever Two or three meet in His name lie viii be
with tncm we need not care II the devil himself should
come and take "a back here" Two three other
members agreed with this speaker, implying by tone
and manner that II God was with them they did not
who was against thcm and that Mr. SO and SO
might go to Jericho.
A sleek haired, sallow young man got up to say,
'Jesus has picked me up out of the gutter and has
taken interest into me, so that have witness
nto' me or His goodness In concluding brief re-
clta OF his religious experiences he SAID 1.-The day
when Jesus comes to fetch His children up to heaven
I expcct TO shake hands with tho half OF my family
He omitted to state where the other hall would be.
A young man. who looked like merchant, asked
the prayers Of the meeting for once prosperous
chant brought TO rum by rum
UyBELIEvER
A dark complexioncd, stouty built man. VITA dyed
appearance, complained that ho "couIdn't end
lgIon as would stand The test OF science, nor even
common sense" He was always God-fearing, bus
never Christian, and, though his parents had any
quantity OF religion he said, at hasn't never reached
mo-" This acknowledged unbcliever lett as he had
come his religion and English stili sadly in need OF
mending
sh man got up, and in aggressive tones thanked The
Lord that there something substantial In his
lglon, and that his parents had ''the Simon pure
STUFF and secure heaven He finished by
praying at the unbelicver in which example he found
several imitators. and so pointed wore the appeals,
that the upbelicver got up second time to explain.
and narratng many harbreadth escapes by food
and field, said that still he was not Christian
DANGERS oy xoRxoNIsM.
church member, eager TO influence the mind OF
| tho inndel, commenced to recite the state Of his
| thoughts before he became Christian. Warming TO
his DISCOURSE he said :-"Therc thing that In
jurcd very much before became . Christian. 1
boarded in house where some Mormons also
A MExBKR-I understand these meetings are 10
close at haIipast four and tho time was up before the
brother got on tho floor.
The PRnsIpESr-That being SO. we shall have to close
And SO il was closed with bcnedction, and tho
people all left ignorant Of tho evil elect Of association
with MormOns.
WHAT WALL STREET SAYS
| Very fauatical are the opinions held by the men
the street. Their IDEAS OF religion varied the
lights that fall through tho stained glass Of church
window. A few OF tho expressions OF some we'll
known ut the scene OF operations are gwen.
y ;. Lawrence Co. through their responsible rep
had thorwn at mo Ia long time IN that about the
religious movement These follows OF tho G old aud
Stock exchanges the most liberal men tho world
when you ask them for charity; but they don't boeve
| in going to heaven in whriwind. This movement
just gong TO create a little fun for the boys"
''Do you think It IL going To have any effect the
conscences of the bulls and bcarsY"
''No moro than that sponge tho counter These
men don't believe In pious hullabaloo. look upon
1t as the best Joke OF the season."
! Livermorc, Clcws Co. eve havc paid no atten-
ton religion adjunct OF finance, though It Is
heavy question. There may be very goddess men
know It, For ourselves, we attend TO gton up
and finance down town, and We intend TO continue 10
act on that theory
these brokers don't care much about religion l'vo
been torty-two years here and all that see Is
that religion exists at homo. When these 20 homo
they Christians and attend TO their religious
ties. Any Christianity you get into brokers you've
got TO drive into 'cin They're pious when they 60
home because they're forced To DO so. Religion IL bus
mess then"
Oliver D. Taylor of Taylor & Co., said :-"Puts aud
calls on religion won't bring cent on the street. Re-
lgion down here s like toothachc drop II tho
pam, and then who cares anything about the remedy
when the pain rs goneY Another thing IS ths:--rhe
religious business Is wedged in between operations.
Every Is iul OF work and they take this In a. q
sort Of curiosity. Religion Will fail down here
because people involved In work that they look
ut IT AS curiosity, ana then rush back INTO the
mol OF business and forge; all about IL. It's like
tory ticket You buy II, forget all about IL and
think Of II unless you get prize Who on tho street
cares Tor prize payable in heaven"
Mr.. Howell, OF kimbali n Howell, said :-"I think the
idea IS good one. but II Is iinpractcabIe II viii
never be permanent"
John u. Manning said that Mr.. Dexter was tho
originator OF the movement. and that lot OF sour.
faced brokers backed HIM up He thought that the
"boys' looked upon II as good Joke. and that the
movement would die as easily as II was born.
THE EXCISE MONEYS.