The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-07-04
NEW YonR LETTER.
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The oiilce q won't say chureh) Is built
just lilse theatre, and having ona aetnicir-
eular galley. But tberc il no drop curtains,
30 boxes, and you do not buy tickets,
though ycu are mada to pay before tho scr.
mon begins. The stage or platform Is a long
narrow extension, projecting from the organ,
which 4 stretched ont the entire length Of
thot vide Of the building, and above. tho
pipes are painted in loud alterations Of red,
blue sud gilt. These last Efforts wero evi.
denily Thought beautiful. for the chandeliers
suspended about at intervals are the blnest
and re'ldiat things ever saw; the gilt being
q course supplied by the blazing gas lights
Tho uarpet ia red, and red cushions are on
The seats. The orgauist sits below the plat.
form and plays lively airs while the audience
aseembles. After time door opens on the
eit hand, apparently below The organ. A
shnili,ng iguro of nscdinsa height and
bsild emergea, with a fartivs air aaeends a
flight Of stcps and seats himself in the soiita.
~ arm chair standing beside small table
which is used as support 70 bible. This
is Talmage. His unkempt brown hair re.
fuses 70 grow on the top Of his head. bat
comes out in long shaggy tufts at the sideg,
which quite eoneeals the ears and forms a
combination with pair Of dried. brown whis.
kcrs. The latter are frame work b face
in which may be noted an enormous mouth.
A nose in keeping. extremely small eyes. set
very far baek under oyerhanging eyebrows, a
reeeding forehead and pallid complexion.
There is kind Of Uriah Hecp air about
him. and think that the world has lost
much from the fact that Dickens never saw
bin. II he had. Chadband would have been
nowhere. and the pastor ol the Bsoolin Tab
ernAele would have been iIn,nortalized. Uri-
all was remarkable for peculiar use Of his
hands. SO Ia Talnage; for he inccsnau.ly
claws ~ everything about him. raually
elutehing the air. for he has 10 rcading desk
or pulpit 20 pound. For the lattar purpose.
however. his loft hand IS constantly made to
sie ln,y spread wide open and isths recipient
Of innamerzbie hlows from tho long fingers
ri he right These performances arc added
q also u nanl<r,us grimasssi the Treeise
object and nssrl,st vaIaa oi-srsseh ] was una
4ble 10 determine. His vaies g haislr- sfsll
eroakipg: his psnunnciation very bad. .noe Isas
hc the slightest claim % sloqaeaee. III,
Amen is the most remarkable s6und I ever
listened b.. aad msy be elsssel As cross be.
tween groan and a belize Bnt words
(such "a they arei trHndis ear fart eaough,
and this fact probably. together ui,h I'll,
gestiealatians aud grilnaess si-tve mentioned
the whole being seasoned wiki a strong .layol
Of vulgar irrevsrence aud flippancy. may
cause some persons to regard him "a m ora
tor. shoald set down the majority at hii
listeners As Bowsry clerks and sessiug girls
4 more ignorant assenhlaga of faces nsye
telisid. and il there were any cultured. well
dressed people there. ! did not see them.
Taking the bible from the stsisi he begin
% read. but evidently snppesing that ia,
simple variations Of the gospel would he i'm
proved upon hy some variations Of his own
he reads a verse and then makes sons inde
pendent observations; going on afterwards q
another verse, aad 80 on. As an example o
his peculiar style. | viii quote his openir;
sentence, in something which was probably
intended as prayer: ''oh Lord. we thanl
thee that Thou hast not turned Us out ON tn
commons 10 die must acknowledge tina
/ 1 was uumoved, nor have after much rehec
tion been able to discover the point. Th
music has as little OF music ia il as any d
| which have ever been condemned to listen
/ suppose Il would DO classed as "Congrega
tioual, though the sound OF the voices wa
almost drowned by the piercing tones of tn
eornet, which combined disagreeably (o
rather didn't combine at ALI with the organ
The music stand is placed on the platform a
the left Of the organist, and Arbuekle. tn
eornetist. emerging from some unknown
I depths, places the music thereon, giving
a signal with his right hand for the congre
CATION to arise and follow him. He certain
Iy lowers himself by having anything to d
with such performances, but then he is
married man, and one who has to look on
for dollars and cents.
A badly shaped urn Of flowers about fou
feet high stood ON tho right hand of tn
stage; this doubtless is an imitation of tn
Plymouth arrangements. At the Plymout
Church however the floral decorations NJ
very tastefully disposed. Fortunately Ta
mage did not tumble the urn over. Somi
time, in consequences of his exhuberanoc {
spirits, l expect to hear that he has wrougl
devastation to everything within reach.
Altogether the whole thing impressed N
as coarse and unattractiye parody o
Beecher. A desperate attempt at imitation
I,UcY CARTER.