New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-04
States and by the practical experience OF ooth
yp.yn rpov THE BURNING.

We orc Indebted to "The Ncw-York World
for the most cheering piece OF intenigence "hoh
il has ever been privilege to quote from tn"o
sl,ittish contemporary At the farewell service on
Thursday evening in the Old John Street Church'
the venerable Mr.. Harrison, otherwise known us
the hoy prcachcr made this remarkable annouhce-
mcnt:
Brethren The other day great editor OF greae
New York paper sent for me. hls paper - .
great political power He rules parties ne rgl7
lie rules statement ~. sao rreoch to me
FRAZIER Harrison hclp Brother HARRISON neeu
your prayers Brother Harrison necd your brca nh
hr1.tbren II was In the middle Of the day. THINK
of f. I'm the middle Of the day, and that great ca,or
sent for me And the telegraph BOYS were bIlnsns
I'm ,beIr messages, and the reporters were wrtng
heir news. and the politicians and the statesmen
were coming in and going out, and no sent for me
G GIpp to the lamb And talked ten minutes.
see some man in OF tho papers Gays IT DON, d9
TO- preach p ne !" and preached he'll to that editor
And rlory TO Cod believe did him good Glory
glory HalleuJah halleuiah
Tho significance of this striking narrative lies
in the Identification of the lost sheep now happily
submissive to Brother Ilarrison's crook; and there
is no manner Of doubt that Larry
Godkn. who has long cultivated new
devices of wckedness in the Second
Ward to be put into practical operation in the
Office of "The Evening POST lDem.), Is the one
To he sure, the preachers description OF the
despotic sway which Larry and his paper exercise
over the minds and hearts of men Is just time
overdone but this may be explained on the sup
nosition that he took Larry's word for 1t. Such
a wilfuI deception wouldn't ordinarily be thought
TO fit in with the mood Of a convicted sinner, put
env man is liable to be taken captive without
Moments notice by congental weakness. More
over. it. is possible that Larry sent for Brother
Harrison in some trivial interest, or to discuss some
uuessential virtue, and then, catching himself IN
the utterance Of prodigous whoppers about MS
circulation and influence and the identity OF the
statesmen who were going back and forth oe-
tween the copy-hoolls and the composing room' was
suddenly overwhelmed, Ike oaul Oh Iarsu'' anu
cried out TO be saved.
However that may be, Larry is the man. IL
sbould not be rashly assumed that George Jones
is not in a dreadful state. if he only knew 1t, or
that even he is irrcvocably lost, but the incident
50 vividly deIicted manifestly took place in the
office Of an evening newspaper. For obvious rea-
sons it. could not have been " The Mail ana In
nressn "Ihc World" is not an unnatural parent,
that it. should expose the secrets of its offspring;
and The Evening Sum would never have sac
rifccd the chance of printing exclusively the moso
important news of the day.
There is only one conclusion possible Larry Is
the man at whom Brother Harrison preached sheoi
for ten minutes in the heat of the day We have
the preacher's assurance that he did him good.
But what if he should suffer another OF those
shocking relapses which it has been the mourniui
function of the alethometer to record from time
to time? The doctrine of the perseverance OF the
saints is not generally held now by theologlans'
especially in large cities, and it is dreadful thng
70 backslidc. Larry's temptations during the cam
paign are going to be enough to appal the most
hopcful convert, and at most Larry can only nave
inst got his chin over the edge Of the pit. 10
his fatering faith it doubtless seems like nothing
more than respite but if it should turn OUT TO
be rescue we will put Brother Harrison on IHE
TprprNE free list for the rest Of his life.