Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-03
Death Of the Rev. DR.. Stanton.
THE STORY TOLD TO HIM BY MIR. LINCOLN.

STORf TOLD TO HIN BY MIR. LINCOLN.
From the New York Sun
The Rev. DR.. Stanton, who died last week at
sea on board the steamer Nevada, while on a
voyage to England, was born at Pachang, near
Norwich, Conn.,, in March, 1910. He was a
brother of Henry e. Stanton. DR.. Stanton was
graduated at Lane Theological Seminary in
1887, then under the presidency of DR.. Lyman
Beecher. He first became pastor of Presbyte-
rian church In Mississippi, and subsequently, in
New Orleans. On the division of the church
into old and new school he went with the body
OF the Presbyterian clergy in the south into the
former, and ultimately took rank among the
leaders of that branch of the denomination,
church was completed in 1871. Early in his
ministerial career he had protracted discus
sion through the press with the Protestant Epis-
copai bishop OF the diocese OF Mississippi in re-
gard TO cardinal differences between their re-
spective communions and so ably did he con-
duct his side of the debate that Princeton con-
ferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divin-
ity:
short time president of Oakland college in
the southwest. During portion of the war he
was professor of theology In Danville seminary
In Kentucky, Of which DR.. Robert J. Brecken-
ridge was president. In the great struggle he
was aggressiveiy on the side Of the Union and
In favor of the emancipation policy of Mr.. Lin
prominent Presby terrain, was preaching at St
Louis. Major Gen. Curtis commanded in that
military department. One Sunday DR.. Nc
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deemed disloyal. The next Sunday Dr. Nc
Pheeters found the doors OF his church closed
BY order of Gen: Curtis. There was an imme-
Washington. \ committee composed of both
factions went to see the President. Finding Dr.
Wth IN ths honso snd
them to Mr.. Lincoln. The President listened
patiently and a then spoke about as follows:
your st. Louis quarrel by telling a story. 4 man
In Illinois had a large watermelon patch. on
carry him over the year: big hog broke
through the log fence nearly every night, and
the melons were gradually disappearing. At
the guns, and they would promptly dispose of
the disturber of their melon patch They fol-
the tracks to the nas
on the opposite bank, and waded through. They
kept on the trail a couple of hundred yards,
promptly turned up the other side Once
more the hunters buffeted the mud and water
and again struck the lead and pushed on a few
furlOngs, when the tracks made another dive
into the creek: Out Of breath and patience, the
farmer said, John, you cross over and go up on
SIDE for Believe The old varnt h u on On b sh,s
Sides. Gentlemen" concluded Mr.. Lincoln
''that is just where stand in regard to your
can't allow my generals to run the churches
and can't allow your ministers to preach re-
Go the stand
with any more OF your petty quarrels."
DR.; stanton said that when the belligerents
reached Wizards hotel they had q hearty
laugh, and made up their minds that they
would go home and follow the Presidents adj
vice.
After the war DR.. Stanton was for several
years president of Miami University, at Oxford
Ohio. In 1866 he was chosen moderator of the
old school general assembly, which met in St.
Louis. The new school general assembly met
at the same time in that city. It was there
that the first effective steps were taken which
resulted in the reunion Of the great Presby-
terrain communion Of the north after q separa-
ton of third of q century.
DR.. Stanton had often crossed the sea to re.
pair energies exhausted by study and work
and he had always been refreshed by these
trips. But, nnmindnul Of the fact that his
health was unusually feeble, and that he was
In the seventy-sixth year OF his age, he carried
the pitcher once too often to the fountain and
1t was broken. He was buried In inid-ocean.