Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-14

To the utterance of Rev. DIR. Samuel D..
Burchard, at the clergymen's meeting held
in New York city, do the Republican lead
ers now ascribe the defeat of James G..
Blaine. When the words, "Rum, Roman
ism and Rebellion" fell from the lips Of the
Presbyterian divine, they were at once
caught up by the Democratic managers.
The extracts of the speech were immediate
ly printed, and four hours from their COM
ing all the dead walls of New York and
Brooklyn were covered with them.
This incident, coming as it did, at the
very eve of election, doubtless turned
Things in Mr.. Cleveland's favor; and when
future historians come to write of the
Blaine Cleveland campaign, the words,
"Rum, Romanism and Rebellion and the
author thereof, will surely have conspicu-
Gus place.
DR.. Burchard is president Of Rutgers Col
lege, and at one time was one OF the most
fashionable clergymen in New York city.
He was born on September 9th, 1872, at
Steuben, Oneida county, New York. He
was compelled, when young man of IL,
to seek change of air for the benefit of his
health, and accordingly went to Kentucky.
He studied at Centre College, in that State,
and duly graduated. He travelled through
the State as lecturer, his principal topics
being "Slavery" and "Intemperance:" In
1888 he Was licensed to preach, and the fol-
lowing year, May l, 1889, was installed as
pastor in New York city.
Besides the degree of A. NJ, conferred by
the Centre College, of Kentucky, he was
honored by the degree of D. D. by Madison
University, of New York. In 1861 he was
appointed chaplain of the American church
in Paris, and in 1866 made chancellor of the
Ingham University.
DR.. Burchard was married in 1947, but
Mrs. Burchard died in 1883. He is the
father of five children, four of whom are
living and occupy high positions in life.
The great prominence given to his utter
ances has been the source of much chagrln
to DR.. Burchard, and his age is ample ex-
cuse for the slip that he made. At the age
of three score and ten men no longer form
new ideas, but the old thoughts becoming
chrystalized, crop out under trying stua-
tions Socially, DIR. Burchard is the very
best of company, and is a most amiable di-
vine.
His ministerial career was formally closed
on Sunday the 3rd of the present month,
when at the morning service on that day he
preached his farewell sermon as pastor of
the Murray Hill Presbyterian Church, New
York. The subject of his discourse was the
doctrine of universal sinfulness and justiti-
cation by faith. Man, he said, was con-
demned for one fault and no future work of
supererogation could atone for past trans
gressiOn At the close Of his sermon DR..
Burchard reviewed his whole ministerial
career from 1899, when he went to New
York from the seminary in Danville, KY,
and took charge Of the Houston street Pres
byterian Church, where he remained pastor
for forty consecutive years. Murray Hill
Church grew out of that organization, but
did not prosper as the old church had done,
owing to hard times. DIR. Burchard said
the church now needed younger and light
er pastor, who could climb any number of
stairs and do missionary work. The trus-
tees of the church passed resolutions few
nights previously stating that the only
cause for DR.. Burchard's departure was his
age. He now leaves the ministry, at a
ripe old age, for Rest, Retirement and Re-
! Election.