New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-15

! but didn't think il best TO co. Mind you. don
complain Of not being able TO go. Nobody pre-
vented me. IL was voluntary sacrifice on my
part and don't regret it. because may have done
more good by staying away than I might have
done by going"
do you dance"
NO, haven't danced in good many years
though / once very fond OF dancing. The
Methodist Church is rather strict on that point
but l have no hesitation in saying TO you that
disagree with it. don't approve indiscriminate
dancing in public halls, but among friends such a
diversion is harmless enough
Perhaps l enjoy bicycling as much as any
other sport have ridden a great deal in india,
and when in Meriden. Conn, used to make my
pastoral calls q wheel I shall never forget
my experience with good old lady when visited
her for the first time She lived in cottage at
considerable distance from the church, ana
happened to be standing at the window when L
rode up to the front gate and dismounted
didn't wear knickerbockers, but was dressed pretty
much as / am now long trousers. ana so lortn'
and looked thought, entirely respectable But
the wheel seemed TO arouse her suspicious ohe
received me coldly, and all the time was talking
TO her seemed to regard me as an lmpostor
When we knelt down to pray she was still scep-
teal, and l think the prayer was nearly
finished before she consented to believe there
might be some good in me after all. thought
seriously of giving up the wheel then and there,
but her prejudces were eventually overcome
DR. TAYLOR USED TO 60 A.rIsHING.
The Rev. DR.. William NJ. Taylor, of the Broad
way Tabernacle, takes his recreation in lump.
as many other busy clergymen are obliged TO do.
When the members of his congregation go TO the
mountains or the seaside in summer they give
him vacation of two or three months, which he
usually spends in Europe, sightseeing. When the
church is reopened in the fall and while It re-
mains open in the winter and spring he is too
busy to think of amusement or sport. The only
recreation he gets then is in making pastoral
calls.
When the writer called on the venerable
preacher he found him in his study, up to the
armbts in a big, deep, comfortable chair IDr
TAYLOR is IA big deep, comfortable man, ana he
had in his lap about many newspapers and
magazines as he could conveniently prevent from
SHINING TO the aoor. The presence of such lit
crature was accepted circumstantial evidence
that the Doctor is accustomed to give his mind
as we'll as his body healthful relaxation
"Walll forward" he said. sinking deeper in the
big chair and turning toward the visitor his large
face with its shaggy eyebrows. its fringe OF thin
gray whislSers, its strong rolls and creases, all
shaded by canopy of iron. gray hair thick and
unruly
State your business"
His voice was very mellow. and came out In a
voluminous way that suggested healthy lungs and
a powerful diaphragm. lie did not look as II he
needed exercise or recreation.
The recreations OF n clergyman ne said. de-
pend largely on the time at his disposal. III ne
can find the time to fish let him fish. If he can
find the time to hunt let him hunt. Any sport
that is good for member of my congregation
is good for me- I cannot see the necessity Tor any
distinctions Let man be controlled by his con-
science / don't try TO control other mems con-
sciences, because have as much as L can do TO
control my own"
"Do YOU 20 to the theatre?'
"No, but l should like to 60 very much
Not opposed to it
81 am not To keep away from the theatre
Is n sacrifice. but one which I gladly make be-
cause I feel that my position demands it OF me-
Thor is much in the drama that clergyman
cannot approve. and by encouraging a good play
he is in danger of appearing to encourage and In
dorse the bad ones. His Influence is therefore
impaired
Do you fish ,"
Not pow: but I used to he very fond of it.
NV last fishing was done in Moosehead Lake sew
eral years ago"
do you shoot?'
"No. l fear if I should go shooting I should
break my neck"
The writer did not think it necessary to ask
the Doctor if he went to the races or played ball.
A clergyman who has passed the Rubicon of life
would hardly consider such question comph-
mentary.
DR.. PARKHURsT CLIMBS MOUNTAINS.
In his pulpit robes the Rev. Dr. Charles II.
Parlxhurst. of the Madison Square Presbyterian
Church appears to be an unusually large man.
but at home or in the street he is to be
little above the medium height and the medium
weight Ills complexion is swarthy, his hair coal
black and his beard strikingly peculiar look
at him recalls John Mccullough as "Othelo.'
His manner is vvacious, hearty, cheerful. uncon-
strained and he talks with Ii directness that Is
sometimes nearly paralyzng TO sinner. lie
has voice that sounds as sweet to the ear as the
bells of Shandon
DIR. Parkhurst takes the broad ground that what
s propcr for the 1ayman is proper for the clergy
man. and what is improper for the clergyman is
improper for the layman. Said he;
{" I think there is a little meanness on the part
of the lavmen, who seem TO believe that because
they are laymen they can do things that clergy
man ought not TO do. woman OF my cohgrc-
cation said to me the other day, after describing
the performance at theatre she had visited the
NIGHT before: Oh wish you could have seen it,
hint then l should have been sorry TO see you
there
"Do you ever 60 to theatre ?'
81 had not been in many years till one night
last week, when went TO see The Old Home
stead believe in wholesome, moral drama
do not think any man could see that play with
out being the better for IL"
Mr. Gilmore will be delighted TO hear thisD
Sc" Do you shoot or fish, Doctorp
" / do not. They are sports that never appealed