New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-05

THE SILENT PREACHER.-A Protestant min
lister who formerly lived IL Providence, Ba- bt
upou a novel method of preserving hls IN mOiy
and continuing his ministry after his decease.
He is having constructed granite monument,
70 which ne has given the name OF The Silent
Preacher" The dimensions Of this monument
are four feet on the back AID three and one
half feet on the front, thus giving i the shape
Of a sloping desk on the top, on " nlch IL carved
an omen book the Width across the mont ana
back II two feet and TX inches. Wnlle the SIDES
mea sure . foot and Il h@lt deep. The mOnu-
ment will stand upon a granite oaSe three ieet
and four inches by two feet and tour inches,
and one foot In thickness. The open DO X on
the top representing the open blD'e, measures
two feet and wO inches across Its open pages,
with a length OF thirteen inches. On TINS open
book is The following: BE ready, the time Is
short. These are the words | spake unto you
while | was with you, that after my decease ye
might have them in remembrance" I'm the
-four sides of this tablet, which are finished per
fectly fat and smooth, appears vast amount
of lettering, finely executed. Beginning on the
front there are ten subjects, a. follows " L.
Precious truth. ?. Immortality. 5. Resulrec-
tion. 4. Judgment. 3. Holiness safe. Sin
dangerous. 6. Sins of Omission. Z. Love in
Justification. :. Victory by Faith. .. Wit
ness of the Spirit 10. Heaven Under each
of the foregoing topics are comments and Scrip
tmal texts. Following directly under these
several topics are twelve Human Questions
with Divine Answers" These questions are
severally numbered In consecutive order ana
under each question appears one or more scrip
tural texts There are upward or three
thousand TWO hundred letters upon this tablet.
II is made from a fine block of Westerly
granite. 10 is 90 be erected N cemetery at
Saratoga. The clergyman says that every
summer there are thousands who Visit the
famous waterng-place who need lusu such a
teacher, and who have nothing else TO DO but
read and reflect.
A CHURCH FLOoDED.-A Roman Catholic
church IN Donegal, Ireland, WAS flooded three
weeks ago to-day. An appalling peal Of
thunder was followed by dOwn-pOuT of rain
A brook was swollen TO such al extent that
the arch under the chapel was not spacious
enough to permit the Volume Of water 10 pass
through The food then formed into lake
on the upper or mountain side of the building
and a quantity OF water passed between the
chapel walls and the cliffs, which formed a
lake Cd the seward side or the building Inc
people were engaged III their devOtI0Ds.
Suddenly the increasing volume OF wafer burst
open the doors, which are about eight feet wide,
and great wave rolled into the building: In
two minutes the house was filed 10 height OF
twelve feet from the floor. and in almost an
instant men. women, seats, hats were floating
about Panic-stricken and wallng In their
terror men aud women struggled To reach the
walls some chung to the floating seats. and
| thus reached the windows Then, by breaking
| the glass they were able - climb the ssssl ~
| ladder fashion until they were out OF the
reach of the water. Father McFadden, the
| parrish priest, remained at the altar until the
water was up 20 his chest. He then stood on
the table of the altar, but as tue water was still
risine, be grasped some floating seats, and by
these means he and some others we're able ~
reaoh the high window behind tho altar, and
by breaking some OF the glass 10 get hold OF the
window sashes. The priest from this point ad-
vised the people 10 keep cool and collected az
their only chance Of safety. For an hour the