, 1881-06-30

The Marriage OF tllo Unitarian Dlvlnoss
Daughter.

NEW YORK. juno =7.-Unitar!an people of
Chicago 8ud tho West will read With interest that
ono Of the daughters OF the ttov. Robert C0llyer
was married At her fathers house Inst night.
Without tho spoutaHcousncss Of Henry
Ward neecber, Robert C0tlyer Is ono Of the
sweetest pulpit characters Of our day. tic bns
been living In this city not moro than two or
three years, and has revived and made soivont
the cause OF the leading Church Of Tho Unitarian
Order In fashionable New YUrk. Tho Unitarian
Church ID a sort Of halfway hotse between OK
trcne ttnctlon and common worldly CHARITY.
Experience shows that when nen xIyo up the
severltlcs Of old religions they stop but llttlo
while IN conyenttclcs, and 1nd books better than
scsmons to feed their Intellectual moral
natures. In tho Trln1tnrinn Churches,
nmonR which is the Catholic, perpetual
funeral Ia believed 10 exist In tho communt-
cant's family aud In his own body. He Is sur
rounded By hell. and Is In q state of alurm
theroby. and. ot co,.rsc. he pays his preacher US
he would his doutor under the like physlcal fear.
Tut when he IA conyn1escinR, Us Is tho case In
either tho Uniyersnlist or Unitarian Churchus,
be would as lef have newspaper Us tho doc.
tors society, because be thinks hG Ia coming
back to tho world In fow days aud will not like
to sec him rusty In 1t. Consequently a minister
OF the Unitarian Church who, In a reading and
travelling age like this, can draw lnFge conare'
cation every Sunday, shows tho possession of
thinking, sy1npathotlc, aud popular powers rnro
Ia tho pulpit anywherc. In tho year 1s5i
1 think it wns, knew Robert Collyer
rs d blacksmith wurk,ng III an ax
f!sctory about e, ,o!ght miles north q tle
AmorIca only aGoht Two yenrs. having emil.
K!s.tcd from England with tiis wife. ltO was q
Methodist. nnd brought froIn England his Actno-
ss p9eaehse u o oser no Tns
!nnnity in which ho I!vrd wis, s,substnntiat and
industrial, without bcng at ~ inlus!ttse ln
esn,taon worlaiy iKsrstare. II WV : com;
Inullty where Quakerlsm Ia ~ dcei!nEng and
pees "a a ~ sus &c so, VII i nteas
which tho rrinciuai were the Methodist ani tllo
aa my tathor was WI Va fels se.n"dst is hi sate,
frequently mounted me on an old white horse to
riie ovor to tho ax tActory and gct ilrothcr.
would probably ltavo supposed Cullycr to DO OF
tho usual run OF. whAt arn cRltcd local or
socular proachers but for tho faat that t,anu.
cornc out of nlckinson College,. hnd not ~ ht9h
10 reading flRwthnrne's Scarlet Letter." lust
nnaf that lo t9!d me cdenty ona ,
Tuip!t. freco!icet the Iast day wsnt over 70
Eerae Ut 1s nsr or we i0s IL wns E yns
down IN tho grass with thirty, Or forts, oihcr
wurkmen, all with the,r tin dinner. kettles un-
utt&lGuIN tuG1Is hl4Q uC uHu IL uis HtHhN III
tho Kruss FROM which he read while ho took his
tneat. Ills strong. English facet with smile
upon It, Welcomed me, aud he always accepted
tho preaehtnE Invitations. rsrhans rs % op1or. p.
rather rcsentel In that lunFter 80 much Inter-
GsttnK preaching. This :nnn did not shout, nor
hold peoplo ,ovor' retl.hot atovcs, mud
tsll thom thas In soycn ,oaa,c6 mns,sss 6y the
rhanRo Of hcart ,they would be 10 l'ettsr tFan 50
much roast pork. Tho suspicion RreH' that rcrt
hnps he hla never brOn ln tho fnM!ncnt
foar Of such u fnt0 himself. lilo preached with
feeIng. .trncnx hu!uan naturc itself aong
through Us pntns aad daily troubles. and thestop-
pluK places Of relief a1li inwartl cxuftatlot rs
doubt after doubt tl!sappcassed aud .'!:,n being
reconotcd to llfe aud gfiuf. Tho tsoys liked :h!s
preaching w!thUut exAotIy understanding 1t. II
hpPcaenl to bu nearly aB good IS rpndt'lH tll1
Sunday .school books, sotpe Of which retcFrcif to
the ordanAry ltyca OF boys. and thoLr crrors md
fauita, mud how they 6urtnouEtcd fheM and felt
a littl1 inw,lrl mobility on nco0unt nff Il.
After nenrly thirty years Of study, ia6or. and
progrcs1, Mr. Colyer bus bpcotnN liked public
character h, New York City. l3ts good old wife,
nl!ve, ctl3oylng bis improved soclal and moral
Influence, and bis chflt1ron ar0 marrying nild arc
getting ghoad In tho country which has tcvrl-
0pcta 50 much and needs development ~ much
more