Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-12-30
Rev. DIR. Chaplin.


of Ie6O-6l. when State after State was break
ing away from the Union, and the insolent
slave power was gathering its force for fac
coming struggle, that the greatest effort was
made to muzzle the pulpit of the North
Through all that long and gloomy winter DIR.
Chaplin never hesitafed TO define his position
frankly In the cause Of loyalty and order he
never scrupled to utter senti meDts that to
some Of his hearers seemed akin TO that
dreaded bugtear Of conservative church-gO-
ers-sspoliticai preaching" On one occasion,
Just before the firing on Sumter, and when he
had urged upon his people the necessity OF
standing firmly BY the national government,
and against the outgoing traitors. certain
Southern sympathizers fled down the aisle.
banging their pew-doOrs after them, to show
their utter contempt Of the pastor sutterances.
Heads were turned in all directions, and
everybody WAS disconnected save the man in
the pulpit. With wave OF his hand he
anelIed the rising confusion, and quietly said
TT il all right. nv friends. You need not be
startled Those who hold pews in this church
are entitled to do what they please with them.
but If they think that such ownership implies
apy stock in nv conscience, want to correct
that idea on the spot" He never was troubled
again with signs Of dissent, and the vast ma
joritv Of bis congregation enthusiastically up
held the position he had taken. Throughout
the war the Union arms and the principles
of freedom had no more powerful advocate
than DIR. Chaplin. He early foresaw the out
come of the conflict, and rightly predicted
that when the first strength Of the Confed-
crates was exhausted, the superior force
and staying power of the North would con-
auer. In 1863 DIR. Chaplin removed with his
congregation to the present elegant brown
stone church, erected. with the land, at
cost of nearly quarter of million of dol
lars. In this church such men as G. p. Hun
tinCton. of the Central Pacific Railroad:
Geo. G. Lake, Collector Merritt, David
Dudley Field. Sias G.. Herring. Frank Car
penter. the artist; William Belden, and
Ceas. l.. Stickney. were among the regular
worshipers. The music andappontments were
on very liberal scale, and the Pastors salary
was fixed at the handsome sum of 500
per wear. 1t was also under his auspices that
the Chaplin Home for the Aged was. in 1869,
erected at Sixty-six;h street and Lexington
avenue, at cost of $4,000, with the prin-
cipal members of his church as officers and
directors. Miss Emma Abbot and Miss
Thursbv first won distinction members Of
the choir of DIR. Chapins church. The
late Horace Greeley was another member of
the church. and humorous stories are told of
his falling asleep during service. 1t was
said of him that he could half slumber
through the sermon and repeat more Of it
afterward, than the most wide awake of the
audience Geo. Kellock, the warn-hearted
Superintendent of Outdoor Poor in the De-
partment of Charities and Correction, used to
sit next to Mr.. Greeley, and, it is said. was
accus.olneu 70 ,'"u n " na "nem ne l.,, so
arly and eloquent. His sermons while aboun-
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