New-York tribune., 1884-01-16
IGNOPING PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
sovr pruARES BY MR.. BEECHER.
he REsFNTs TIE CHARGE THAT HE Is 'No'i''0
nnX ANn I-N.CONGREGATIONAl,

DoX AND UN-CoNGREGAToNM'
The annual meeting of the New-YoT ana psoIS
lyu Congregational As'oGiatlGnp was Among those
nresent we're Mr.. Reecher Dr. Edward beTGlt Hto Of
] p. Newman aud the Rev. Dr. ) VI, W rol nlcrted
NoTauH. amd Tho Rev, s. w. Ladder scrloe anu
treasurer. Reports from all the cnta cnu.o or the pas
socIation were made hy lay dclega,eS; 40 Of revi-
tors. General prosperity ana HUN
Mr. Beec6er. who is not now member o. & .mu ,nost at
sociation but who was invited 10 sl' and M laugh
;,,siy msi sa;d that when he began to preach
his congregation did not know W. ind ont
doxy meant now they were oee,ni,llS ~ Church he
The details of the work of Plymouth Chuii !. hJ
diJ rot know except as a sort Of biSh1p-,I nr nar
spTcgd ont SO widely The Bethel and the HiaS
Missions were churches in themse Ives. ms couEiS
cations were only limited by the SIZE 4t 'e %
at at the evening services especially lneIu he
many strong eager intellectual young men Ml,o ,,p
hoped to brought into the church, IN nc ins "a
seventy wears old but he did his work WIN ieS' IA
tguc now than when he was forty In !raJlnu hn t,o
history of the growth of CongregatlohaGi H. Thnrcb
in Brooklvn he said that the first was inc E%nI ny -;
of the Pilgrims TO which DR.. Storrs was ca~l'ou ~ W
1876 He refused the first call, and whle ne was i
sidering a second call, it was deterhllnen W Mr. Mr.
MIR Bcecher if Mr. Storrs again deciunen III "'i
Beecher thought the Church of the PllgrimS WTIuiI T
nave been different from what it now rs IL ne ht W
gone there. Plymouth Church was the seconu ="
Brooklvn and was formed i'll lS47. when ne arrrp' ~
ed call to it,. The spirit 1t was startPn & ~ hJ been
of revival and mission work, and thal ,au @ a,bt
kent I'M, Mr.. Beecher then showed no" SiN WI
other congregational churches in BROOKLYN Ha"
grown ND nnder the influence of, and had 6een '"S-
tered by Plymouth Church. and some ot ti'ei, % ,om
would have nothing TO do with her. Some oil Ihrm
claimed that Plymouth Church was not G"neItpa11
tIonal though they were far less so, III ani''Sru @
him TO see them on their hind-iegs ana M say
Plymouth was Congregational Ut. =. II. NlaPp
had read a history of Congregational chuIcneS ln
this State before the State Association IN wnlcn no
made not the slightest allusion to Plymouth ShnIo1
while praisng what the Broad dway lapcrnaGle
and the Church of the Pilgrims did IN h ihe
Antislavery agitation, in the Wa, ana III lh9
organization OF the Union League ne ignored
Plymouth Church entirely. That was me way
history was made, added Mr.. Beccher, WIN la'lS
left out In hearing 1t, the first feeling was one 0l
amusement For himself he did not care how Inuch
ne was ignored; he could stand 1t; but II ana tonch
him when Plymouth Church was left out, ana "hen
She was called not Congregational. lie was not
proud of her but he did love her; and when he
beard that children warned against coming
under her influence it made him feel had.
Dr. Newman reported that the Madison Avenue
Congregational Church was in prosperous conHI-
ton he thought that this church could be MADE
AZ powerful on its side of the city as the broadway
Tabernacle was on the other side.
At the afternoon session Or. Newman Iean ms
lecture on "Buddha" the Rev. MIR. Lloyd read a
paper on the adaptation of Christianity 10
Humanity" and the Rev. j. w. Malcolm presented
his views on various topics.