The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-04-04
E. p. n. S.
Which, Being Literally Translated,
r.ieans Beecher Preached Here
Sunday.
And, as a Natural Consequence, the
Baptist Church was Crowded
to Suffocaticn.
Many Being Unable to Get Into the
Sacred Edifice at aii-Other
Religious Notes.
e. p, II. S,

lls.lous uisIOIy OF LesIven~ortL, and Lei cal
ter the Oldest inhabitant Will date his tale
from 1.-The day that Beecher preached here
Since tue time of the announcement Ia thE
TIMES that the great preacher, whose maine
aud Tame have spread throughout the woriu,
wound deliver a sermon here, the entire city
was set by TIE ears, and those whose pil'i-
I,ee II was ~ deal out admission tickets, We're
ti,,. much sought after, anu the pelted and ca
ress,.d or TIE time being
L ERYBoDY WAS ABSOLUTELY WILD,
and when il WAS announced that a special
train had been sent TO AtcAison 10 convey Tie
reverend gentleman TO the metropolis, the
distraction amounted almost 10 INSANITY
TINS was Beecher's first visit to the west, and
the ON y cay he was 10 favor with a sermon,
aud it was no wonder, then, that the aver
Az metropolitan felt that II was a favor 10
be duly priced, as it wasn't by any means
conferred upon everybody. Consequently,
rh,. rush tor tickets was unprecedentedly
great, and had there
BEr< TIN THOUSAND TO GIVE OUT
there would have been a customer for each
and every one of them The rush was ire
m-ndous, and al as early an hour as nan past
eight o'clock in the morning people began TO
gather around the Baptist church, al tue cor
nrr of skin aud Sen.ca streets, Where The
mpipn were 10 De ntlt. by uAil pdNt
nine O'Clock the grand rush began. People
didn't 20 10 church in the usual decorous
v4y by twos and threes, but came IN large
Jumps, 50 10 speak, as II on their way 10 the
on ra or circus, and some even strobe along
"a If going 10 a iire all with one common OBJ
jrct ia yiew-to hear and see Beecher. Al Ten
O'Clock, the hour Announces ioi Up, iins "a. ~,
cuurch doors, the sidewalks on me SiAtn
- rel and seneca street sides Oh the chuicn
were. crowded, as also were the siutWalks
upon the opposite sides OF mos s.tests, anu
- mi. ls-r
ed the vast church was literally Jammed. the
peODIe being packed ike sardlnes In a box
1t the rear OF the pulpit, upon the pul PIT
steps in the aisles, in the gallery, and every
place available 10 plant loot was occupied
Standing room there was none; sitting room
was uncomfortable, and there the PIE
STAYED some OF them nearly three hours,
with mouth, eyes ana ears open, fearful ana
anxious lest a word, look, gesture or sentence
OF the great man should escape unooserNed.
shortly before eleven O'Clock
MR. BEECHER APPEARLD
upon the pulpit platform, accompanied by
me Reys. ". y. Page. Of the First Presbyterl-
an church, Z. r. Mu>sey, Westminster Pres,
byrerian, VIM. SMITH, First Methodist and
j. G. Bodwell, First congregational church.
A hush fell upon the vast audience AS Mr..
Beecher made his appearance, a stiffness so
great and oppressive that pinfall upon the
pulpit could have been heard in any part OF
THE SERVICES WERE BEGUN
by the singing of the Doxology, in which the
hymn bt ginning, Jesus, where er thy people
meet,r was then sung, after " hich the Rev.
J. G. Bodwell delivered a prayer. The congre-
CATION then rose and joined with tue choir IN
that beautiful ny mn, "My faith LOOKS up to
Thee, Thou Lamb OF Calvary" and then Mr..
Beecher ruse. His sermon occupied nearly
an hour and a half, II not fully that time, in
Its delivery. and during that period he was
listened to with the most nattering atten-
ton. At times he rose 10 the hight of impss-
stoned eioquence, but with lew Exceptions
he made ate mpt at OrafOry.
HE CAUSED HIS HEARERS To LAUGH
at many OF the remarks, which might lie
noted as "A pecuiisriiy in any sermon save
one delivered by Beecher, who not beiiey-
or in this funeral style of preaching, which
prohibits the natural lightness OF heaft 10
rise TO the surface aud express itself upon the
countenance- The iiberality OF MI. BeecheIs
views as Nprrs>sd IN his sermon We're sur
prsing 10 some, and many incline L. the be-
ic that they Wrr,. in advance, II iosslble OF
those expressed in
HIS CELEBRATED SERMON on SHELL"
delivered In Plymouth pulpit some time ago,
aud winch ere tied such "A se nsatiOntaI oughout
Inc country. At tine conciu> on oi Ia, sermon,
ana alter "a prayer b. Mr.. 'echer- the con-
creation sang the great preachers fagorite
uymu M a. Tvs ar. gliding swiftly by, Aud
l. b. pilgrim stranger "sftt which the bSne-
aIclion was pronounced and the congregation
d!speT~.d, >ome gong upon the plst .oIm 10
III. 4 e hands VITA Mr. Beechgr. The audi
eHce could not have oveu less Than thirtten
hundred and some estimate IL NJ even "A higher
HgGIe.
How BEECHER LOOKS
With the weight of some sixty ode years
upon him, AMI considering what ht'siI'is pi>seu
through, IL l. no surprising thai lac looks as
old as ue r,:i! IL. lie i more corpuishl tIan
on. would naturally ,xptct, ani does not
ok jhe perfect athlete a. a - Louis pa
per WAS pa 5>,d 10 designate him. HIS gray
E.!Ir, flowing upon his shoulders, tear Il
strange contrast 10 the redueSS Of his face,
caused doubtless by .liis exp sur" dGIing III.
lecture .ur and h.s fuil-b .oodedneSs. In
TINES. the gray hairs, the rounding OF the
shoulders and the :, IJ,ing of he uoubie chln
INTO the br, AS, all bear witness 10 the iact
t.lar he. has grown Old, and that the weight OF
years bends mole heavily upon him than
those who have heretofore dependet; upon
newspaper descriptions would expect He
noon, where he IecIuTg d last night, ami Will
reach Brooklyn saturday evening.
OTHER RELIGIOUS sEhvIcEs.
There were services, both morning and
evening. at st. p ul's church, (EpiecopaD
corner Of Seventh and Seneca streets, the
rector, Rev Thos. +. Barry, officiating.
Tnere were no services OF any Kind IN the
First Congregational, corner Filth and Della
Fyening services were held in the First
Methndisi church, cordsr of Fifth and Choc-
taw streets, Rev. William Smith, pastor.
At the Westminster Presbyterian church,
Walnut street between Fourth AMI Fiftn.
no morning services were held, but preach
ing in the evening by the pastor, Kew. T. r.
There was no evening service in the Bap-
tist church, corner Of sixth and Seneca
streets, the pastor, Rev. ]. b. Hardwlcke- De-
ing absent.
Presbyterian church, Delaware street, be-
tween sixth and seventh, but in the evening
there WAS grand temperance service D! ihe
The Youths Temperance Alliance had
large and enthusiastic meeting In the Baptist
church in the afternoon