Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-07
A MILLIONAIRE PREACHER.
How 1t Pays 10 BE the FavOrite Of q
Swell Congregation.

New York Correspondence of the ST. Louis Repub-
lican.
One of the most fashionable and largely at
tended weddings of this season was that OF Miss
Emily Charlotte, only daughter of the Rev. DR..
John Hall, and DIR. William E. Wheelock,
which occurred or the evening of the 2Sth
ultimo. The ceremonies took place in the mag
nificent Filth Avenue Presbyterian church, of
which the brides father is the pastor. The
large edifice was crowded by the leading people
of the city The ceremony was performed by
DIR. Hall, assisted by his son. the Rev. Thomas
Hall, of Omaha. The money spent TO: wedding
presents amounted away up in the thousands.
Dr. Hall 5 congregation is probably the wealth.
lest in the city, except that of Trinity. The
the Ledger. The congregation fdoiIze their
pastor and seem to think they cannot do
enough for himself and family. They pay him
$4,000 year salary and allow him a vacation
of three months each year In addition TO this
Dr. Hall receives a salary of $4,000 per year
New York, and $4,000 per year from the
Ledger for contributing a column article each
erary work for which he is handsomely paid,
and he is also a director OF several associations
from which he has an income. 1t is estimated
that he has an income from his labors alone of
100000 per year. He is the owner of some
valuable real estate here and also in Chicago.
believe. which is said TO bring him in about
$15, 900 per year. The doctor lives in his own
elegant house next door TO Robert Bonner on
56th street, near 9Th avenue. He is a man of
more than a quarter of his income. An init
mate friend of the Hall family told me that the
doctor was worth over $500, 600, and that his
property was SO rapidly enhancing in value
that 1t would not be very long until he would
be q millionaire.
This has been made in about seventeen wears
which proves that the ministry can be made TO
pay well remember hearing Dr. Hall preach
his farewell sermon in Dublin just previous to
his departure for this country. He was the pas
tor Of the Rutland Square Presby terrain church
the leading one OF that denomination in the
Irish capital. In bidding gOOd-by to his cOngre-
CATION he cried like child. They presented
him with q purse of foOO-what would be q
mere drop in the bucket now, but then ii was
considered princely. Previous to going to Dub
lin he had a small church in Belfast, and left
there to assume the pastorage of "a little church
In one of the back streets of Dublin. While there
he married a rich widow, which gave him such
prominence that he was given a more fashiona-
young man who looked anything but clerical
But he was a natural orator and he soon became
one OF the most popular ministers in Dublin
Robert Bonner while on a visit in Dublin heard
him preach. When he returned TO New York
he told the members OF his church what fine
orator he had heard in Dublin, who was preach
Ing for only o., 500 year. The trustees of the
church communicated with DIR. Hall, offering
him $15, 900 as a starter, and here he is. The
church was then on 5th avenue and 9th street
Under DIR. Halls charge it rapidly grew in
wealth, and one of the handsomest churches in
the city was built for him further up town IL
Is claimed for Dr. Hall that he is one OF the most
learned divines in this country, as well as a
sensational. and consequently does not attract
as much attention as Beecher or Talmage As
an orator he put me very much in mind of
Archbishop Ryan. Their voices are very much
alike. After hearing or seeing DIR. Hall it
would not be necessary to tell that he is an