Telegram-herald., 1889-07-08
PRINCES OF rHE PULPIT.
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come of 600. 600 . Year.
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weaid Ds trlfis aadizntrsd fer fss siea-
abls ciergy MAJ. VITA al iaecns Of
tlo.oos year. - ns be fSaac sn Bis back
sso0p. Of summer evening pickisg out
plantation aixs oa . Ten dollar bAHjs
wouldn't lty'
Tas speaker Was . gentleman who has
Tor several years pasG. held very close
latioas. clerical and otherwise. with The
famous brookly preacher.
Has DR.. fslmA8s. then. . private for.
saes. which gives him 90 large an in-
somss WAS asked.
"sos . bit. lie earns it every year. and
don't believe that any of the uptown
New YORK churches can show anything
Ike It, The T.bsrnacls folks give him a
salary Of sl2. 90 nOminally. but ne does
not get 90 much. lie probsbly gets about
Gle. 90 from that source. Then ais lectures
net aim fzoo sact. aud be delivers great
Asay every season Just now he II en
gsxcd the entire season ahead. Fifty leo
lures q year would make $l2, 500 but he
averages more than that Then his ser
mons are syBdicatsd aud there - a prob.
Of AZ least s5 80 from that source. The
sermons and lectures ara bound and sold
Ia book form. and from that quarter.
owiag To their extensive circulation here
and in England. hs gets between $40. 90
aad si5, 40 year. lie Is the editor of =
weekly paper and has = handsome salary,
too. The duties being largely nominal
Then he n a nss iEfrequtnt contributor to
the weekly or monthly press aud. of
course. his nanie com mands good figure
FOR any article hs WHITES. Yrs, So. 80 is
the closest estimate We place ON his in-
come."
Does not all this great activity inter
ferc with his pastorate duties1"
1T does. decidedly. aud just there Is
where the shoe pinches- The congrega-
tion don't like it a bit They have no
obi .ction TO the pastor making all the
money be can; but these outside interests
ensross 40 much of his time, that very
many duties have To be deputised which
lie formerly used TO perform himself. No
time Is left for funerals or yisitations.
There il IA general feeling in tho Taber-
I
pastors time are altogether too numerous.
aud the slumbering volcano viii break
out sometime in IA way that cannot be
..istal<en. They love and admire him;
bat 10 should not be forgotten that when
he came to the Tabernacle, twenty years
ago. he was not "A famous preacher and all
his popularity has dated from the time he
came To Brooklyn. His lectures on The
Marriage Ring and other sensational
topics, have brought and are still
bringing him great deal OF
money. Altogether, be is probably the
most literally rewarded clergyman in this
hemisphere. IL not on tho globe, at the
present time"
But his congregation surely do not
object To his good fortune in that re-
spect3"
COT course not. But they cannot help
remarking that tho Friday night lectures
have been practically discontinued, and
that while the Sunday forenoon service is
still u mastery effort, that OF the evening
Is n hortatory atfair-a mere homily or
sort of pulpit talk. Other things, too,
contribute TO occupy his time. His duties
~ Chaplain OF the Thirteenth Regiment,
the crack corps OF the City of Churches,
brings him sort OF eciat. On parade days
there Is no more observed equestrian than
the Tabernacle pastor, as he ambles along
on his well groomed horse, IA pleased ex.
preston oil his face and MS sde-whiskers
gently waving in the soft summer wind.
The ladies are wild over the dominic or
horseback. 1T is something they say, to
have n dear pastor who can preach WE'LL
but when he can ride like a ccntaur and
carry a distinct military air into the
pulpit. he Il jewel indeed"
The secret of the whole matter Is that
the Dominic" as his people usually cali
him, is a shrewd man of business. with IA
keen eye 10 prospective profits. The SEN
satiOnal topic OF the hour is his theme and
every sermon aud lecture is a piece Of
news. tie carries the newspaper instinct
into the pulpit aud loves To tinQle the
nerves of his audience. lie is comedian
and trage,iian by turns, and hammers
away with all the vim and pregnant
vocabulary of frst-class reporter,
whether his target be the concert halls,
the beer gardens. the wicked variety shows,
the stage itself or the very latest scandal
or disaster. He recognizes the fact that
the old fashioned Knickerbocker sermon
has become obsolete. and that people want
even their theology in an entertaining
form Qnite lately, he was obliged through
AZ OF sickness to break Il lecture engage
rneut with a society in a small town In
Pennsylvania aud the managers intimated
that they would sue him for $40. 900 dam
ages. The suit WAS amicably settled; but
the hint furnished as 70 the value OF his
services was not lost upon the shrewd
Tabernacle preacher.
But while Dominic Talmage stands
easily ahead Of his clerical rivals in the
race for emoluments at least. there are
enough splendid prizes 20 be won in New
York 70 make Il the Eldorado OF the
pulpiteer. "a it has long been OF
the politician and merchant. Some
OF the fashionsbie pastors havs in
comes equal 70 that Of the President
OF the United States, and there are
many who would hesitate Mt exchange ng
their salaries and perquisitss for thos. Of
Cabinet officer. Less than ten years ago
there was general shrug Of surprise when
it was announced that Nr Bescher had an
income of fully az 900 year from his
pulpit his books and lectures corr bined.
To-day. when fashion sets the boundaries
os ministerial snccess or failure. "a IN
many other things. there are probably q
round dozen preachers who come very
near II not quite up 70 the Plymouth pas
tors high water mark.
Probably DR.. Morgan Dix stands "a the
hsst type of the fashionsble and success
ful preacher IN the metropolis to-day
The rector % trinity receives a nominal
salary ~ So COO. but his actual iacems
from his pastorate is limited only BY his
necessities TEc gets ali and everything
Re wants. F-om the tin7e when Oh