The sun., 1878-11-06
DEAN sravLEr,s sIGHr-sEErSe.
4 Cool Ride Through Recommendations
Dr. Rvbinsou's Grave.

Four distinguished looking gentlemen
hurried from Twenty-nrst street TO the depot
Of the Metropolitan Elevated Railway. at
Eighteenth street. on Tuesday morning. Three
we're the Rev Drs. Henry NJ Field. the editor of
the Erongelist one of the organs OF the Presby-
tcrian Church. Philip Schnf Of Union Theologi-
cal Seminary. and Theodore Cuyler. the indefati-
gablo and venerable pastor Of the Lafayette
Avenue Presbyterian Church. Brooklyn. The
fourth gentleman WAS enveloped in overcoats
and cloaks and he wore n rather ancient silk
hat with narrow mourning weed. and on the
bnnd directly In front. smull black silk roscttc
lie had gray hair, and slight gray side whs-
kcrs. and his features were delicate. This was
Arthur Pcnrhyn Stanley. Dean of Westminster
These four gentlemen trotted down Third ave-
nue. and up the depot steps. Dr. Cuyler trottinR
IN front and paying the fares. They were all
in high spirits; but both high spirits and red
noses we're due to the singing cold morning and
the superabundant amount of oxygen in the
air. and TO nothing else. On tho trip
down to tho Bnttery tho American clergymen
amused the English Dean by characteristic an
ecdotcs OF negro preachers. DR.. Cuyler. with
excellent imitation. told the story OF the negr9
preacher who described the creattnn Of
him ont Of mud and set him up
sEopiis in tho audience desired to know II Adam
was the flrs; man who made that fence, where
npon ihs pEracher eSclaimsd; Hole on % %dnr
lues;ons u spile de best system OF tcology?"
TnC Penn enioT{9Sd the scaT od and I'd
! tho colorod preacher who said TINT there
( were two grent ways" de broad an narror
! road dat leads ter perdition. an dc narrer and
I broad road wat leads tor destruction. Yer may
take yer choice. my beloved hruddcren."
/ whergupon a hearer shouted: " Fl ,dat'S der
! case. dis darkes takes to de woods" The Dean
| failed to see the force Of the latter remark until
| DR.. Srhan explained that the phrase to take to
/ the woods meant to 60 where there was no
Arriving ut the Battery the clerical party en-
| tered carriage that was waiting and were
| ler who was evidently the host, pointed out
! the more famous monuments and vaults. Tho
party STOPPED n front Of the grave 81 Horace
/ the man whose bust stood upon thar monument,
| rose from poor printers boy 10 be the first OF
American editors. Then they Quilted tho car
riacc and visited tho grave oi little George
! Cuyer. the infant son of Dr. Cuyler. over whose
| remnins is q handsome medallion representing
I n beautiful chld's face. There they were Joined
| hy Mrs. and Miss Cuyler and Mrs. kalb-
/ hsts"h. NeNt the party visited the grave of DR..
! Robinson. the commentator. and tho Dean rev.
ercpuy approached the spot where the good
| man was buried. In his speech at tho Union
Theological dinner he eplogized Or, Robinson.
work on Palestine had crossed the desert on
camos, and that II was one OF the few modern
books that he had read through, word for word
and II was at his expressed wish that the visit
wns made 10 the grave.
] Then the party went To- Battle avenue and
/ saw the bay. and the near-ying cities the wind
meanwhile whistlng sharply around the car
| riage. Tho Cauda aud Niblo vnults were
! pointed out as evidences Of art. and then the
party drove quickly to the ferry. and thence
| % the Metropolitan Museum of Art. in
| Fourteenth street. whore they were met by
| Gen. Cesnola. who explained something about
the wonderful discoveries he had made oi specl-
| mems oi ancient Cyprian art. But the stay
there had TO b. short. for the Dean Was 70 lunch
| with President Barnard ot Columbia College AZ
| o'clock, There he met several gentlemen
! connected with the college.
! Al 6 o'clock he dinad with some friends of the
| New York prers AZ Delmonico's. and later ha
| met many more nj reception given at the resi-
dence OF Mr., Cyrus W. Field. He sails thiz
| morning for England.