Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
MANHATTAN SPREACHERS
STYLES SUITED TO THE TASTE
OF EVERY WORsHIPER.

OF EVERY WORSHIPER.
All Other American Pomp EeliDsed a
ST. Pstrick's-TwO Foremost Presby
terians-DihereBt Forms Which Pre-
vail Among EpiscOpaliaas-Mrs. Fxenl
Leslie's Sunday Receptions.
q Correspondence Of the Morning Eeaos.
! NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-The tastes of those
| people who are superstitious in the sense
/ in which st. Paul applied the term to the
Athenians, that IS, the religiOusly in
clined, can be more fully gratified here
than in almost any other city that can be
named. Few better preachers, certainly,
wag their pOws in Presbyterian pulpits
than the Rev. DR.. John Hall and the Rev.
DR.. Taylor, both foreign born, by the way.
In Brooklyn, which is practically a part
of New York, in addition to Mr.. Beecber
/ and the irrepressible Talmage, who. how.
ever lacking in good taste and judgment,
| possesses a certain kind of eloquence.
there is the Rev. DIR. StOrrs, whose recent
ly published lectures on the historical
effects of Christianity have won golden
| opinions. Roman Catholics find at St.
Patrlck'5 Cathedral pomp of ceremonial
| nowhere surpassed on the continent, while
the preaching at the newly erected church
Of the Paulist Fathers is deserVedly cele-
| brated. Father Preston, of st. AIMS
| Church in Twelfth street, who used to be
an Episcopal clergyman, has reputation
as an assailant of the faith to which he
| formerly owed allegiance.
1t is the EpiscOpalians, however. who
| ind all their diverse phases OF theoIOgi-
zeal opinion represented in their different
churches. The Episcopal Church, as at
present constituted, is certainly all things
10 all men. 1t has added a fourth plank
to its platform since the time when Pitt
SAID II had Calvinistic creed, a ROmish
ritual and an Arminian clergy. That was
said before the days of Broad churchism
which now forms mantle covering more
(heterOdOX) sins than charity. Epis-
cOpalianS who like ROmish ritual NAV
indulge their liking to the top OF its
bent at the churches of st. Mary the Vir-
gin, st. Ignatius and the Redeemer, the
last named of which is in East Eighty
second street. The Cathedral service of
the Church of England is reproduced with
fidelity which imposes on the original at
old Trinity. At st. Georges Church the
services are prOfessedly evangelical. After
evening service of a Sunday prayer meet
ings are held at which not only laFmen
pray eXtempOraneOusly, but men and
women get up and recite their religious
fashion. Moody and oankey hymns are
sung in preference to those in the author
lied hymnal. Broad Church is undenied-
ly represented in its broadcast aspect by
Heber Newton, who has added to the lib
eral definition OF orthodoxy Of Bishop
WarburtOn: "OrthodOXy is my doxy;
heterOdOXy is some other mans doXy."
Mr.. Newton seems to think that Bob In
gersOllism when promulgated by himself
honnnnG nrfhnhnN- nlthntFprh ho Loo
in the originator.
ALTHOUGH BOSTON PERHAPS POSSESSES
IN PHILIPS BROOKS
the foremost peacher in the Episcopal
Church, New York can boast of many
Episcopal clergymen of local reputation
who do honor to their pulpits. The Rev.
Mr.. Parker, of st. Georges Church for
instance, has a way of appealing to the
heart as we'll as tn the head that is APP
parently beyond the power Of Mr.. Brooks.
He and the other assistant clergyman,
as well as Mr.. Rainsford, it should be
added, are Englishmen. Mr.. RainsfOrd is
said to have been stroke oar of the crew
when he was at Oxford, of which he is a
graduate. Concluding my enumeration,
Spanish EpiscOpalians have a church
whose services are conducted in their own
language in West Fourteenth street. and
there is a French Episcopal Church in
West Twenty-seCOnd street.
forgot when speaking of Presbyterian
churches to allude to the diVersities Of
form which may be found among them.
In several Presbyterian churches here the
Lords prayer, the creed, and portions of
the psalms are Tecited by the cOngrega-
ton, the last alternatively-tha is, the
clergyman saving one verse and the peO-
pie the one following, as in the Episcopal
church, while the Geneyan gown, which
has been cast off by all but a few Low
church Episcopal clergymep, is beng
assumed again by Presbyterian preachers.
With all New York before them where to
choose, fashionable folk do not, as rule,
take advantage Of the opportunities for
diverse forms Of worship which are afford
cd them. They are usually so worn out
with the weeks terpsichOrean dissipation
that they often do not get up in time for
morning service, and Sunday afternoon
and evening are almost as much given up
to worldly pursuits as are those OF week
days. Sunday afternoon is the great time
for making calls among a certain set.
Many well-tO-dO men are so occupied
with their business or professional
pursuits ON week days that going
to teas and afternoon receptions
is out of the question, while so much is
going on all the time-thaU calling in the
evening, that IS, towards p. mis- de-
u
leisure himself to make calls, the YOU,
woman of the period has so many engage
ments that she cannot remain home after
dinner to receive them. Consequently, if
you want to find people at home you must
call between 4 and p. m. on Sundays.
Sunday night is better time for calling
than other nights, but so many people
give Sunday dinner parties that mot at
home" is apt to meet you at the door If
YOU tail 10 call between the hours named.
So much of an institution has Sunday
calling become that afternoon receptions
are regularly held on that day at any
number of houses.
AMONG THE PEOPLE WHO GIVE SUNDAY
RECEPTIONS
is Mrs. Frank Leslie, who, although she
does not 20 in what is called good society,
is perhaps better known for various
reasons than many who do, and is pro-
portiOnately worth mentioning in this
connectiOn-tO use the convenient phrase
that Mr.. Dana so abOminates. Her latest
claim to distinction, her engagement to
the Marquis de LeuVille, may, however,
come to a more abrupt end than is gem
orally anticipated. Many of her friends
are resolutely opposed to the engage
ment, and they talk to her very freely
on the subject. They denOunce the real,
or alleged, Marquis if not with being an
aQNe0LuT0I, dI any IdI6 dS d uudn Vi M6T-
cenary motives, and declare that she will
be a fool if she marries him. She seems
to be Of their opinion, but apparently
thinks that she is bound in honor, now
that the affair has gone so far,
to fulfill her engagement. 1t is no SLAM
der on the sex to say that when a woman
in a matrimonial matter talks OF being
bound in honor, ETC., she is thinking how
she can best be unbound. 1t is
woman's privilege to jilt a man If she
pleases, and Mrs. Leslie has almost as
much as said that, while he might be
disappointed, the Marquis de Leuville's
heart would not break if he did not be-
come the successor of Mr.. Leslie.
AS for the Marquis, it is difficult to dis
cover whether he is fraud, as the World
charges, or whether he is a genuine noble
man willing to sell his title, as so many
genuine noblemen have done before him,
for American money. The many-sealed
parchment which contains his patent of
nobility, has every appearance to the
uninitiated of genuineness, and he sur
prises his friends and disappOlnts his
enemies by paying his bills for board,
clothing, etc, as regularly as