Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-20
MORMONs sLAUGHTFRED.
MILLIoNAIREs IN CHURCH.
A simple Service at MONDAY that At
tracts All the Zig Men OF Wall Street
$500, 900, 900 Represented.

simple Service at MONDAY that At
tracts All the Zig Men OF Wall street
$500, 900, 900 Represented.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-When the big
bell in old Trinity Church begins to peal
at exactly noon each day, the Rev. W.
Hay Atkin, the English mission preacher,
stands up in the pulpit and faces a pecu-
liar audience. II is made uD almost en-.
tirely Of men. Here and there a bright
bonnet is seen, but this ia rare. The
gathering to-day is composed Of the
solid business men OF New York
and their clerks. Old gray haired
men whose names are better known
at the business end Of bank checks
than in church put themselves sOidly
into the narrow pews. Pert young
brokers, dashing meu whose voices are
heard hourly IN the Stock Exchange and
who scramble In the wheat pit in the Pro-
duce Exchange, elbow their way up into
eligible seats. Clerks, who are known
for their accuracy in adding up long
columns OF figures and who can tell in the
twinkling OF an eve just how the stock.
wheat, cotton and oil markets are, tread
on tiptoe as they move into their places.
MIR. Atkin givs5 out hymn, "When
can read my title clear 10 mansions In
the skies" The little organist runs her
"A
strain Of melody bursts forth. The clear
sunlight p0urs in from the half open win
dows. The sound Of heavy drays, street
cars and cabs are plainly heard, forming
a strange contrast TO the quietud8
within. The strong baritone voice of the
leader is heard as he begins the hymn.
"Eyerybody sing,V shouts the minister.
''Sing as loudly as you did in the old days
when you were in your mothers church.
~ mo IN 4en
this city your struggle for gold!" Tbs
words are electrical. A food Of musio
drOwns the noise without. The voices
are discordant. high pitched tenor
vies with a deep baRsO In making the
most noise. Then comes a prayer, and
another hymn, and the minister begins a
Is minutes sermon. His auditors nestle
back into their seats and drink in every
word.
He tells Of the business mems growing
tendency TO worship mammOn alone. He
punctures bis remarks with sharp sem
tences and pleads for God. He tells a
story or two. One about a little boy
whose employer had treated him so we'll
that when the old man died, the little fell
low, who had no flowers 10 put on his
grave, wrote in a rough hand this SEN
tence: "He was good to me, he was"
Tears trickle down the cheeks OF a score
OF those present. Then occurs another
song and the benedictiOn. That is all.
Nothing remarkable in that, you saw.
No, but stand at the door and watch these
men as they 80 out. You will then see
something remarkable. You viii find
that nearly 100000. 900 have been in
old Trinity for the half hour's
sermon. Here is JAY Gould, who is
worth $40, 600, 900, who forgets his stocks
while he goes 70 church In the busies6
hour Of the day. Here is Deacon White.l
Beechers friend, $1,000, 900 more; that big,
man with Hebrew face sSe lyman, S1O,-
900. Henry Clews comes next. S7,000.-
900. Wash ConnOr ia here, S2,0O0,00 Cy-
rus W. Field comes out with Or. NOrvin
Green, Of the Western Union Telegraph
$50, 100000 between them. Austin Corbln
follows, $l5,O00,O0 more. D. Q. Mills,
the brusque Westerner, is here. His
check for $30.000,O00 is good in any bank
IN the city. DR.. Morgan Dix Is behind
him. He controls $2O,OOO.OOO Of Trinity
Church property, and so II goes on. A
long string Of well known men pour out
and hurry away 10 change.
"ls your mission work success" the
correspondent asks Mr.. Atkin as he ap-
pears.
''Oh, yes" he replies.
"Do you know how many millions OF
dollars sat down 10 listen TO youw
NO"
"Four hundred million dollars or there's
abOuts.v
"Ast0undingl That shows the success
OF the work. Time was when a man who
was worth a million thought tnat ho
could stay away from church. Pm glad
they come. ] am going 10 other large
cities 10 work, to Boston, Philadelphla
and Chicago. If succeed as well there
as have here II viii be glorious indeed.~
The Election at Berlin.