New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-06
PELPIT IND STAGE.
LETTER FROM Mr.. GEORGE c. Min.

A LETTER FROM MR. GEORGE c. MILN.
10 the razor OF The Trf6Hne:
SIR: Permit me to direct your attention to
the enclosed. cut from THE TRIBUNE:
, absurd person Mr. George Min who left the pulpit
mpon the stage Theatre IA Indiana and broken one oil
his rbs MT Min Is once more an object oi pity
have quietly endured all such anonymous nttacksfor
long time ouly tempted 10 break my silence
by the fact that this stupidity venomons sentence ap-
pearcd IN TUE TRIBUNE-a paper which have always
regarded rs limiting its publications to some extent by
the element Of conscience. And cannot now believe
that 40 vicious n assault upon an motensiye person
received the approval the Editor OF TmE.rRIBUSE. -
Let me call Your attention. somewhat In detail TO the
paragraph to which TIE TRIBUNE has given its indorse-
mrnt aThat absurd person, Mr. George G. Min. who
left the pulpit to masquerade Hamlet" etc. In these
few words ind positive misrepresentation ana dis-
tlnct falsehood II am absurd will THE TRIBUNE tell
me In what the absurdity OF personality or my char
acter consissl Ten ago commenced life as an
obscure minister and during that time earned my way
from obscury to of the most prominent and innuen-
tia pulpits In the country. Was this absurd y HaY-
inc gradually outgrown the theological opinions In
which was educated abandoneda lucrative position
rather than masquerade rs hypocritical preacher
Was this absurd - IL at any rate very costly step
TO me- and since taking It mine and myself have tasted
the bitterness OF poverty and endured te coh1uy oi
the ignorant aud the bgoted.
But your conscientious Photographer asserts that LETT
the pupt to masquerade Us HdDIeL THIS Is not true
I left the pulpit without the slightest Idea OF What
should do to earn my daily bread aud only after an
interim of several months concluded To enter my name
nj the foot matte profession VIII HE IRib-
UsE indicate to mt what point the element Oh CRIME
attaches, itself to this coursel ! am well aware that
some dramatic underling may spitery suggest ma g.
ebonld have taken u subordinate position upon the
stage and Ia tins remark ! can Onll reply tnut w
tempted TO subordinate IostOn upon the sag
and failed and that In the roles OF Hamlet and Riche,eH
1 fha faVn
journal OF the West and Northwest and II did not sue
coed 40 well In IagO 10 may possibly be explained Dy my
personal dssimarity To the individual who made TINS
uncaed Tor assault upon me- . -, g.. Cot.
Sir do not ask for pity sc9si ~ thirty and
inv self compelled to abandon position IN WY
which any man mg ht lave been prond 70 noiu have
vile and little ones dependent upon my s M - h
crossed the threshold OF another proiesslon no ~ mn
ornble In my Judgment Does sra. Jht Of I'M IT, IN
nuence against a striving man III may hot hgIee WIN
INV theological opinions. have never asked IL TO- NOT
AM engaged attempt 10 force lneln upon IN VI
willing community | very well that my ngnostlo
views are not yet popular but fail 10 see why shouu
e held M 10 ridcue I'm profession In which expect 10
.ncnd mn life aud In which | have already won com
Iieudatlon | expect 20 act In NeW-1O next season
and shall then seek most eagerly Ior anu ~.
tive Journals Till then would II not be mlgnanimols
as have suggcsed-to give me at least hall chance
Respectfully, 80 HEO' - Nh'i~"
Chicago, Feb "a, 1850
mfr. Min has had as much chance "a any Amer
lean gets. He mistakes his own desire what no
really wants Is not "a chance" but coddhng.
man who has been, in six months, pastor
of a large congregation, preaching Christ and
Him crucified. an InRdel, without belief IN even
God, standing up in pulpit and going through
the mummery OF prayer, and new-neugeu ao'oi,
setting out with the modest attempt TO play h"'e'
At the start, does seem an absurd person 10 many