Telegram-herald., 1889-07-08

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HIS assistants reo~ls~ ~ 80 . year sacss
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s1s vsrf Parallss ~ SEsseAeFs-
tse etss. popular. fxs1seA4eis pastor
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What with ais erise IN the .s<rk sls teas.
sis lssz parties sad rural pleasures ID
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tAs siEteT n10ntbs. iEe.Gdi0x ssSa AZ
cceasfss4l box al tlss o2sEa. he illustrates
sErikiEgly TIE evolution tkst k2s taken
place - yse paipis asd lie surroundings
UaDAlaLabss docExiae. Bst - ~selssed
n he would win fams zps favor. aud ma
tsrtaI sutoynaents. provided they even
halfway proper, must De tolerated and
encouraged lie must oe 2bls 10 ertieizs
the latest novel. and chs new play. and 10
tslA kBssinsly about the feminine trick
of paisting sn chine as well as To take
hand al tssuis- Hs Is no longer "fe pore
pArsoEn Of toaH." bat part of socisty
itself and according 4s be treats society
wtil IL pet him or pFoscflb~ him.
The Rev Howard Crosby, OF the Fourth
Avenue Presbyterian Chufch, Is another
fashionable preacher who hss gotten safely
withiu the $1,000 msxk. In addition 10
his clerical Income. he has a fortune in
hsrited from his father. HI. coBgreg alton
Is one Of the most substantial and fash
ionabie IN the city. Another lie the Rev.
Charles Force Deems, Of the Church OF
the Strangers. who. while possessed OF
native ability. can unquestiogsbly look
back To the time when lie touched the
conscience of the kiag" OF miliionaircs.
Vanderbilt. as the point from which his
success In the pulpit really dates. He has
many other millioneircs In his pews now
adays. for like lis opposite. opulepce loves
company OF It's own kind. DR. Deems il
also one Of the happy $4,000 year men.
So was the Rev. DIR. Chaplin, now dead,
who In his time was not only one of tbs
most popular, but also one Of the very
ablest. Of metropolitan preachers. Still
another, and one of the vigorous sort. is
the Rev. Heber Newton, OF All Souls
Protestant Episcopal Church. whose forci.
bic and progressive theology has attracted
much attention. He probably comes very
near the coveted $1,000. aud SO also does
tho Rev. Felix Adler, who stands In the
front rank OF Hebrew thinkers and preach
ers in this country, having the support oi
the largest and most influential congrega.
tion of his race ia the city. His nominal
salary l. 1900
The Rev. Robert Collysr. the brAiny
Unitarian who is heard In the Church Of
the Messiah. on Thirty-fourth street. Rev.
q. H. Tiffany. OF st. James NJ f.. Church,
on Madison avenue. DR. Parkhurst. Of the
Madison Square Presbyterian Church,
and DIR. Brooks. Of the Church OF the linear
nation all have incomes from their pas
torates exceeding $500 per annum. So
also Drs. Meredith and Storrs OF Brook
Ign. Tho former, who has "a most romantic
and adventurous history. having once been
n sailor before the mast. came 10 Brooklyn
about three years ago from Massachusetts,
and has won distinction in that nursery of
great preachers. fairly dividing public ut,
tention with Talmsge and Storrs.
There are many others who have plucked
tho golden prize from the roots OF the
altar in New York. Some have made for
tunes by their own efforts on the platform
and in the press. Others have married
money.
The Rev. DR. Spear speculated in stocks
and made himself independent, and
another preacher, Rev DIR. Smith, sunk
an oil we'll on a piece of land lie had
bought and cleared s25OOOO.
While it Is true that fashion rules the
pulpit To the extent of selecting the indi.
viduals upon whom to shower its favogs,
It is equally true that the pulpit in its
turn rules the world of fashion and friv-
olity to . considerable degree.
DAVID WEcHsLKR.