The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-27
MIR. MERRITT'S PREACHING.
NOW NINTH WIRDERS IIEW THE PER-
RY STREET CHJRtH
One Minister whose Congregation nre not suf-
fered to sierp In thci' rcws y Choir that
: sings to he Heard, nnd What L. said OF n.

One Minister whose Congregation nre not SUIT
f.red 60 sleep In thci, rcws- Choir that
sinzs to he Heard, nnd What L. said OF n.
els or L. not the Rev Stcnhen Merritt,
who breaches in The Perry street NJ T.. Church.
a robustious. siecp-dostroying pastor as
charged in n letter to THE SuS roc,nilyi' was
the substance Of inquiries by n reporter who
visited. Yesterday. residents on the four sides
OF the block Of which the church forms part.
Beginning with tho bakery at Greenwich and
Perry streets. phegiuatic German was found
placidly smoking his MONDAY pipe. On being
asked II he thought that Mr. Mrrrus rrcaih-
ing was loud. he rcllied. "Oh, yes hear him
In the basement
Docs he preach very loud
Yes. very loud.
Docs he make az much noise as the Green
witch Elevated Railway that goes by tho door,"
! oh. yes"
The bakers wife added We don't mind IT,
Ve'yo got used 10 II. II don trouble us any,"
At ils Perry street two doors from the church
tho family Of Mr. Lowe thought II n great bene-
NJ to tho nciehbors TO have loud preaching
Ono Of the ladies in the house said che was
quito sure that Mr.. Morritts auditors did not 20
10 sleep. The inmates Of the house at 100. next
door to the church said they were not greatly
annoyed by the lQud. preaching although i was
very loud. indeed, They had boon q little an
noyed when the church trustees broke through
tho brick wall OF the church and built window
il was when the bricks ium6lcd over on their
side. and as no permission had been nsked they
thought taGns"s tnng f9T Christians to do.
creased. and they had "a little moro Of II than
they bargained for although they were getting
at 1876. next door to the church toward Wash
jngton street said that they liked the singing
they would be- glad They had helped all they
rould In cutting through the window overlook
Ing their premises. ami were pleased 10 have
their yard lighted ~. They dc not attend Mr..
Merrius service hut They are Meihodists.
emphatic IN eondcmning the noise from the
church. The laudlady was snro that one OF her
her baby to sleep on account Of the noise from
The church. Her husband was very Indignant.
don't mind ne 9 s preaelhlinG 80 much o.
rather his scrocching. When they run the
machine there day and night as they did at
:. Do any Of you ever 20 TO church =
oh, yes. sometimes some Of the young folks
But tho noise Is awful why I've should make
such noise we would be- indicted
" Does the elevated railway ia Greenwich
No; but that don attempt to sing
The yard OF the dwelling house at 72s Green
wch street oyerlooks the rear Of the church
The inmates all agreed that they liked TO hear
II did not annoy them Ia tho least They are
Baptists;
neighbors complain Of Nj. Merriits noise7'
Well who are they are they professors Of
religion who don't want 10 hear Mr.. Merritt
hear him"
About the same story was told at 72G adjoin-
Ing, At l29 Charles street. Immediately la X
OF the church. GOOD natured motherly young
Woman with three children said that she had
lived there six years. and she did not think the
prcaching or the elevated railway made as
much noise as the young ones; She never
thought the best way 10 keep out Of the hands
Of tho physicians was 20 keep good naturcd
Three fam les living at l35 Charles street were
Tepresented by smiling woman as having no
fault to find. A SHOEMAKER at 1879 never heard
my compl 9j and a German grocer, with his
distance. said they heard they music. but II
meyer woke their baby. and the thought that
4 there was never any greater nuisance than
that in the neighborhe2d they. would be lucky
The Rev. sieephen MERIT, lie known
Mason. having taken the highest degree. He
has been high dgnitQry in the Sons Of
Temperance journal. He IL stout. short. full
yous manner, and is in very good humor over
the complaints against HE loud preaching He
supposed that the original difficulty originated
from the time Of their cutting the window with
out getting the permission Of the property own
ers, rs they ought TO have done The trustees
had tried. he said. to make amends by Offering
to fix the gardens and certainly II the residents
did not like the windows there they could board
up on their side. He had no doubt that there
noise in the church ana then said: Il don't
blame them for We have been holding pretty
good meetings. and when we sing We sing loud
But they say that you make more noise than
Well. perhaps we do. There il no church In
The city that sines like, Ferry street, but then.
We don't sing long We have verse or two.
and then some talking
One man says that you cant eing you only
That may Ice. but do the best can. do
not know one note from another, but can sing
atune after hear 1t q couple Of times. But, %
course. do nc; do all the singing alone. We
all sing together. and sing every time"
II you thought that you were keeping the
children awake could you not select some OF
=" Bless y9g, We don't select en-. They come
You have not been starting this rumor AZ
an adyertisement TO MI the church Z,
erery d. Hsd 0 hat Savo The S hSTh
stools on the altar The complaint came upon
me Ike 4, clap OF thundern
much like clap of thunder that they wake the
chlld2Eeni would you not modify them little z
Oh, guess II troubles the grown people
more than the children; But We can't shut w
at35010 church, you know We have q good
many friends in that vicinity and fine Sunday
school. and we are paying our expenses. which
are very light. l make no charge for my SER
Mr.. Merrittle prayer meeting in the church
last evening. In the praying and the singing
his voice was fun and strong on the first word
Of the irst line OF every verse. Owing 10 a very
bad cold his voice was not very musical, but il
was easily recognized above all the rest Of the
congregation. and could be heard distinctly on
the corner OF Greonwlch and Perry streets
nearest the church. There were hall a dozeI
for tho wcll-known tunes. but some brother
starts few words. and the others loin in. Fol
the new tunes the words are painted on a scroll
and hoisted over the altar. so that all may see
md one after another lolns IN as some brother
dows were thrown open, and the entire bloch
had tho benefit Of tho music.
DID NOIEs COMMIT PERJURY?
A LAT na nj