Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-10-11

rom HELlFIRE. y
css ofths Father Of Rev.
Ward Bsecher.
Defender Of calVlnism IN
England---His Eeesn-
trieitiss.
81 0.irr bAaSa.

By O.ivsT J6Aassa.
noIe than fifty years ago Lyman
sss the bright particular star OF
" 10 New England. In the earlier
he century the Unitarian detection,
Ia By its opponents, had gained .
foo,hOld in Boston, attained control
hard College and become = dominant
h social life. Puritan orthodoxy
fashionable, and, to the great grief
supporters, appeared to be losing
In this alarming crisis the sup
Of the ancient faith felt the
of q strong man at the helm OF
AiD-one able to hold it in 8 storm
kanee to the Unitarian craft then
s, Ike Guidance OF those skilled pollen
hanning aud Ware. Mr., Beeeher, then
IN Litch6eld, Conn, where be had
high reputation as q theologian and
her Was the man chosen to I'LL this
nd be became the pastor Of the Haa'
trset Church in 1926, Strong men
around him, the orthodox host took
rsvivals ofreHgion we're multiplied,
Aurchss we're formed, and one Of the
s, b portant and stirring theological con-
a the century ensued.
fame of the doctor, as the yanq1ish-
Unitarian herssy, filed New Eng
d extended even to those portions
s, souulry 10 which Coogregstionshsm
H. known. lie WAS called to sit in
10 preach dedication sermons and
leadership in revivalS while as q
s. ~ speaker he was almost unri7aled.
81. ihe fogemes: champion Of the great
AID bsrevolen, associations, then
calioz youth, which were thought
i>< 10 be Ihs immediate precursors OF
heaium. Wherever he made 4
appearance crowds R0eked to
f. Is, 10 be stirred BY his eloquence
u mind stirs the trees Of the forest
kuwing grain Of the fields That
Those Who had leaned strongly to-
he pew heresy were won again 10 the
|ki,h there is no room to doubt. Did l
BE old faith? / hasten to correct my
q / should have said the new orthodoxy,
called "Taylorism," Of which DE-.
her vss the foremost champion. 1.-The
fsgel battle for the old orthodoxy,
shicb Uuitarisnism was the natural
b., ard With the old weapons, battered
BLEED in many an ancient controversy
su,t might have been far different, A
tkilliIl dizlecGcian, or 3 man more IN
ts in knocking OF or covering up the
H ecrners # the Puritan faith, and SET
Srtb its attractions, / have never
Total depEayity," be said, was
6irg phrase that ought never to have
. Invented, while election" and repro
NJ IS held By hyper-Cslyinis,s, were
is for keenest sarcasm aud ridicule.
tser held It's breath in terror some times
Ihis expeditions Of these topics, while
tkirsisns" dreaded lest q new herssy
n as Unitariauism itself were about to
81 over the churches. The UnitArisus,
Eere used to fighting Cslysnism IN
sissd, and felt themselves able to cope
. ID cn any field, did not ind it so easy
|tRl with il this new and surprising
ee The very ground work OF the con-
'ersy vas chsUged BY What some Of them
, qht 10 be the art Of q juggler. Bot
y is 10 doubt of the perfect sincerity Of
'Betcaer il thinking that he retained
substsnce Of the old faith while reject
mere excrE ssenCes.
hing to Boston in 1880, Green Noun
4 b5v, OILS 20 years of sge, recent
'sr,. wish face set toward the pulpit, |
Above al things, eager TO see and hear
nan wLo vas said 10 have driven Uni
ahism TO cover and given q new and
t|y impulse TO the fsttn the intsllibilty
shch | did 10. for one moment doubt.
BeecheE was then a! the zenith OF bis
d The 6-st Sunday after ny arrival
|bsry 8 lS3O) found me in the Han
, Church, where frat listened With
a wonder 10 the great preacher, feeling
iCr The frat time ! was IN the way Of
ejns what preaching really vas That
,ight / was aroused from sl1m6er by
s Hing light in ny room. Hanover
80 was on FIRE, and out ! went into
street to witness Ae spectacle.
sagh the square stone tower the
rs shot forth, filling ell that part Of the
With light. The crowd was immense,
the noise Of the engines and the shouts
le fremen Sled me with terror. TWAS
6rst view Of = city FIRE. Moving about
le crowd | found it far from unanimous
,gTet ing the destruction OF the edi6cs.
y a issr and EcoH attestsd the pleasure
/ By some in view Of the spectacle.
|ehers lie burns well, exclaimed one,
i flames, supposed to be fed by rum
y in the basement, shot upward with 3
6utcnsity. This, OF course, was 5neer
D doctor on account OF his zeal for tenn
bee; bat If there was rum beneath the
ca aoor there is no reason for supposing
he knew it. "Cnly smell the brim-
>" exclaimed one, while another cried:
onder shat Old HellGre will do now
bis shop is burnrdP
Re doctor certainly had no reason to
! for having incurred the enmity Of
3 Eeoffsrs.
, the next Sunday DR. Beeeher preached
70 Salem Street Church. HIS morning
'urse, suggested BY the FIRE, had tor It's
Isaiah XIV, II:
|ur holy and our beautiful house, where
hthers praised thee. is burned up with
IND all our pleasant things are laid
/. er to my dying day shall forget that
~ I have not before conceived Of
tloouence. The impression 1t made
. ne is vivid now after the lapse Of more
1hJ-6ve years.
lie haste to form an acquaintance
doctor, and from that time until be
for Cincinnati in 1882 / was 9 con-
OF orshiper in his congregation, and
he latter part Of the time q member
much. When Garrison came to
.exN found the Eberator, he, too,
n = Baptist, found in Beecher his "a
<Aeher, and when the new church IN
\ ,I.. Itreet was q finished he and bus
nssd a pew. The doctors course
.lssery question greatly disappointed
~. 81 Mr.. Garrison, as well ss mysell
other members Of the church
!, ~ among whom was the late Pro
s. i.asa Walker, one Of the earliest II
g he snti-slaVery cause.
o;a, sbo imagine that DR.. Beschsr WA
1 bnsympsthetic man are greatly
His heart was as tender IS