The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-14
.PLYNOUTH'S PASTOR.
Synopsis of Talk With the Great
Brooklyn Preacher...Off to
the West.
His Views ON Preaching, Politics. and
Prohibition --Arthur aud the
Presidency.

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| Heecber stood in tha T,a,,or of the Grand Pa-
| cific hotel he hooked as r,,ddv as an orchard
| in the autumn. Perhaps his long white hair was
| thinner than a few wears ago: uerha4s he
| was trif,a mora fior;S INIT noe had melioypad
rather than wastad him ana he seemed in
| good condition for one who was coming down
| the home-stretch on the race track of a CEN
tnrv
| When he had settled into an easy chair. and
said 'sBe9in" he was asked where he would
spend his vacation.
AZ propose y he said ''to 90 on an extended
| trip to California and the far west. taxing in
| Oregon, and roundine up bv A visit to New
|. Mexico and coming home by the Mississippi
| river Iexpect to return by Oct | NV wife
accompanies me and we will visit our son.
who is captajp of a steamboat at PUGET
Sound. We have never seen his wife and we
also want to see little Henry Ward Beecher
| who is living out there"
Mr.. Beecher said he had a few lectures to
| deliver in the suburbs of the city, and would
| lecture occasionally during his trip. He said
| ne would not preach here, and added that he
| didn't think any of the churches wanted him
But we have some liberal preachers in
| Chicago-Prof. Swing and DR.. Thomas, for
instance.
Yes, have heard Prof. Swing, and 1T has
| surprised me that he should be SO popular.
| He has none of the accomplishments that are
supposed to be Indispensable to an orator.
| He reads his sermons from manuscript; his
! motions are ungraceful, and his enunciation
and pronunciation recall ones school-boy
! days But, notwithstanding all this, there are
| few men that l listen to with more pleasure
than Prof. Swing lie Is clear thinker, and
his thought flows along IN a consecutive
stream enrlched with apt Illustration he
seldom draws MS imagery from nature,
ana when ne does he draws 1t from the out
side, so to speak, Tor he has not lived among
BIRDS, ana howefS, ana trees, and, therefore,
mas not aViyid conscious sense oil natures
| meaning. but ms illustrations from classical
and historical sources are striking and beau
| ufuL
| he Is an ldealist
Yes, he Is very imaginative, but every
strong, practical man who stands on ma
| tcrial basis should breathe the atmosphere Of
| ldeality.P
| When the recent birthday celebration at
Brooklyn was referred to, Mr. Behceer felt
| somewhat reluctant about speaking of it, but
| said that the tribute of regard he had received
was a graceful and grateful one - He was
| told that the Chicago napeTs rs,bIished f,,lI
repor1s of the celebration and he said. ~
did not see the ,,apprs hut am SIRE that nv
| wife has preserved them. She keeps every
thing referring to me especially when II il
| something ABUSING me / s,1snect that she
| wants to get a divorce, and have told her - ,
| The reporter dropued his line into the no
! litical waters and this was the ,,psnit
ssTbe noliticaI world ;s Hke tbie s,,,,,,or
! 3or cold NJ poocbor tsyxro oa,1 IN
| ,batba, II will o-,,or,, ,,o,.,,,sr -. ,no1a,
90 j., 80, rTn;no.. o. sta.,,,,..n
b,,t in ,,a,I 70 tho s;t,,a4;D,s :.
lool,S IN me nov, oS Is Artb,,r ,vf,,Id rra+ =
renomination He has carried hi,nself 1ro,,-
,rn5entlv and ,,p,,y o-,,ocof,,lIxT ona III -
ord thinl is nncriticisable In the ot19co
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| Rut it must he remembered that the pnmhsr
If tbinkin r,a,, q r,,.S,.,;,,o> +rno+,
| a.. 49, a. ,...-s.a ~. fs..
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80 =. a.. AS o'4-AouIi, u a " 90
en- ~ &c ILL., ,,S.. ~ l'.a' al ls
itself The peonle are making tbemseIvca
more and more felt in the conduct of this
government All talk about Caesarism Is NOT
only bosh, but it is stupidity.
What is the outlook for the Republican
nartym
II see no reason why the Republican marty