The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-10

London Cable 10 the New York Herald.
Apprehensions have been felt for some
time by several Of his congregation that
the Rev. Joseph Parkcr's eccentrictics
were increasing TO the possible danger OF
his health. Their fears and those Of n
large public have increased, owing TO the
following card from him in some OF the
morning papers:
To the Editor Of the Daily Chronicle
Sir-Robcrt Elsmore is not the only
theological sufferer His suffering is moth
ing to mine owing to our difference In
moral sonstivenoss. Only the other day
an agnos,ic said to me, ~ II We were upon
equal terms, GLOW are your
sudden pain thrilled my nerves, pur-
pie blood sulluscd my caroworn face.
! lifted my 1.-the, gount figure TO lis
full hight and with absolutely rothing for
n background but q sympathizing horizon,
/ asked him by what right he took interest
In the state Of my health. The blow told
well. The dragon rcoled and disappeared.
Hardly had l got back 90 my study and
settled down 20 my Sunday sermon when
an impairment caller asked me II | was
aware that the prophecy OF Daniel was not
written until about l7O n. &. My mucous
membrane uuiycrcd. a food of ycrmilion
poured through my wasted features and |
icll in sWoun. | had trusted 20 much To
Daniel. had riskcd untold conso-
quonccs on the date OF his composition.
had added up the time and the
times and the half time and made
them correspond exactly with our Feb
ruary 81, and 10y multiplying the two
horns OF the ram by Daniels birthday and
adding the horn Of the lac goat that
pushed the ram with the two horns, ! had
spelled out the name Of the H. Rev.
Father IN God, and the Lord bishop ul
Liverpool. The candle tllpd clouds OF to-
bacco gathered around me Ia u spirit II
coincidence, and | WIS found next nom
ing by two policemen, who never found
unwilling else, wandering round and round
n pool repeating one Of the rhapsodics oi
Ho ncr Whether | can ever pre- ich again
depends upoh the recovery ui my health,
which for thp timc being N hupclossly shat
tered. II the date Oi Daniel had been LETT
me how nohly could have held on Ia my
Christian faith, lut, The date Of Daniel
gone, what b. lcfi2 As | write these lines
the pathetic past rises upon the classic eye
al my imagination, and my dearest friends,
my most familiar nCquainianccs, fail To
recognize in my wan, grief wrinklcd iacc
the counicnnncc II one who In earlier
times simply rcnd Daniel for what good
was Ia be- got out OF him. Now | am
driven to the church OF the Aurora Bore
aNi-, rua my INc,y hns nothing 10 live on
but the hntcsi tnUts. luaNVu pAnKEn.
The City Temple. Oct, 3.
r,WrrUs HEADQUARTERS
The CiW temple. hyoHtc Sunda,
haunt Of American yisitos 20 London, h 4
large and unartistc pile OF buildings abut.
ting on the llolbon viaduct. Internally
u il imposing ia it, dimensions but almost
entirely devoid OF ufnamcniation. Fus
years. hoAeycr--p LaLt.- viii Mr..
---con tabernacle ut BnNton. the first
place among dissenting chapcls, aud
thiihcr II vas that scores oi thousands Of
doyotccs locked To- hear Henry Ward
Bccchcr, when. undcr nr. rarkcr's aus
pieces, he visited the English metropolis
Many admirers oi tie City temple preacher
have, indeed, compared his style ot clo
qucnoc To uhat Of Bccchor. Unless th'
above letter be- proof Of mere trnnsitor,
arrangement the outcome oi an over
wrought bmin-it rs 10 be- feared that 10
reverend minister's voice will never agnii
be heard within the walls Of the buildin
that was the crowning glory Of his life.