The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-10
a Running Commentary ON the
Leading New York Preachers.

Now AOEAA EEeucucEDt-
Sun.
The Rev. o. B. rockingham Is a skep.
tical preacher, and talks in the Boston
way.
The Rev. DR.. John Bowling, Of the
Baptist Church, is a heavy man, and a
great enemy 0 fthe Pope.
The Rev. DR.. Henry W. Bellows Ia bald,
but he can preach sermon full Of litera-
ture and learning.
The Rev. DR.. Halsey W. Knapp, the
pastor Of the Laight Street Baptist
Church, is q ~successlul Fulton Market
butcher.
The Rev. DR.. Stephen H. Tying, Jr, is
about 40 years Of age, and is a very &C.
tive, aggressive man, and q Low Church.
man.
Bishop Potter may frequently be seen
going through the streets carrying q car
pet.bag filled with his Episcopal vest
ments. Heis u tall, thin man.
The Rev. DR.. John Hall is q heavy
man, with gray hair, and breaches in q
fashionable Fifth avenue Presbyterian
church, which cost over q million dollars.
The Rev. DR.. swope, one Of the assist.
ant. rectors Of Trinity Church, though
well along in years, Is unmarried, aud
breaches with a well.modnlated voice.
The Rev. Dr.. Noah schenek, the rector
Of st. AIMS Church in Brooklyn, is over
elk feet high, and heavily built. He reads
the service with propriety.
The Rev. DR.. Washburne, rector Of
Calvary Church, is a scholarly looking
man, who enjoys preaching, and is not
too lazy to write q new sermon every
week.,
The Rev. DR.. John Cotton Smith,
rector Of the Episcopal Church Of the
Ascension, has a bald head and the man.
ner Of aman who strives to get 3 liveli-
hood.
The Rev. F. @. Ever, the rector Of the
Church Of ST. ~Ignatius, was formerly an
infdel, but he Ia now a very High Church.
man, and fond Of the ways'of Ritualism
The Rev. DIT. D. Anderson, the pas.
tor Of the First Baptist Church, at the
corner Of Thirty-ninth street and Fourth
avenue, has gray hair, but as o preacher
he is loo self.conscious. 81
The Rev. DR.. Samuel osgood, though
formerly a Unitarian preacher, is now an
Epscopalian parson, but he has no
charge. DR.. 0sgoodhas q metallic voice
and an ascetic manner.
The Rev. DR.. George II. Houghton, the
rector Of the Church Of the Transfgura.
tion, 80 widely known as the Little
Church Around the Corner, knows how
TO turn off q pretty rhyme.
Bishop Coke, Of western New York, Is
the son Of q noted Presbyterian minister,
who spelt his name without a finale. His
father always regarded the Bishop as o
conceited and bnmptious boy.
The Rev. DR.. Thomas Armilage Ia a
Baptist minister, who came over from the
Methodists. He has a nervous way OF
twilching his face, but when he lays him.
self out be can preach e respectable SER
mon.
The Rev. DR.. Marvin R. Vincent is a
graduate Of Columbia College, and has a
very full head Of hair. He was original.
ly a Methodist, but is now the pastor Of
a rich mans Presbyterian church in Park
avenue.
The Rev. G. D. W. Bridgman, the new
pastor OF the Madison Avenue Baptist
Church, 10 about forty.six years old, was
very popular as q preacher In Albany,
nul andn.nkanI. kaw IN ttaa tba HartJ
style Of pulpit oratory.
The Rev. Joseph Cook, the evangelical
lecturer, suffers In warm weather, and
has entire confidence In bis ability to set.
tie the most knotty theological problems;
but II his literary style was more lucid
he would do more good.
The Rev. DR.. ormiston, the pastor oil
the Collegiate Dutch Reformed Church,
at the corner OF Goth street and Fifth
avenue, looks Us II his hair had had an
electric shock. He Ia Scotehman, and
shows ii IN his speech and his manner oil
treating things.
The Rev. Dr. Richard s. Storrs Is a
resonant pulpit orator, who has lived III
Brooklyn for more than q quarter OF a
century. His clothing always fits him
exactly. He Is an enthusiast on the sub.
ject Of Long Island history, one Of the
most polished speakers In the country,
and could say "Remove that poodle dog
from the res pew" in a way that would
thrill every heafer.
Henry Ward Beecher is a hard coffee
drinker, aud an experienced judge Of al
coholic beverages. He is fat and gross,
but Is not yet bald, though his hair Is
nearly white. His dress l. careless, and
he wears odd:s6aped hats with wide
brims and heavy boots. he reads and
writes oh the cars while travelling, as he
IS at present. His income was never
greater, nor his influence less, than now.