Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-21
sssAInrs AND slnnERs., 1,

Lecture Last Might by Rev.. pr. Gala. |
 her-The Church of the Messiah l
 Crowded to Listen so she Eloquent
 Divine.
 Rev. Dr. Gallaher lectured last evening at tho Messiah church, delivering his fine new lecture on the topic ''Saints and Sinners" The house was filled and very many old familiar faces greeted this former New Haven preacher, including many of his old friends from Calvary Baptist church, where he 90 eloquently and successfully labored as pastor . few years ago. Rev. Dr. Gallaher was in- trodueed by Rev. Hr. Squirss. pastor of the Nessiah church, and at once engaged the attention and interest of the audience, hold ing both to the close. The speaker began
 his lecture by showing the power of little
 things, and in the course of this he told why
 he was Baptist. It was because his wife
 was one before him. Little things arc pow
 erful. Rev. Dr. Robertson was turned from
 going to war by the barking of his dog. If
 Dr. 6allaher had gotten into another hack at
 funeral he wouldn't have come to New Ha-
 ven at this time.
 When Dr. Gallahsr went to school at the
 seminary in Chicago he had q 100, or rather
 his wife did. In this particular case they
 were one. But they loaned it to two minis
 ters in Chicago and have not seen 1t since.
 That is why Dr. Gallaher did not want the
 fair to 90 to Chicago. He has been down on of @ building and got fifty cents week. It Is conumdrum how . man and his wife can live on fifty cents week. In winter time he had to chop wood; then he got one dollar .
 week. That was noble furnace; it was like General Grant-always smoking. Dr. Gallaher illustrated one of his duties by pointing to . window at the front of the church, and soon the sexton of the Church of the Messiah marched to the window and closed that identical window. The doctor paused and said that few lecturers could have such an effect in the middle of his lecture.
 The lecturer went on to tell some of his early experiences in the ministry. One year, the first, he was to receive sevsnty-two every Sunday, and at the end of the year they had no seventy-two dollars, but gave him Q melodeon. That was all they gave him to eat his first year. Then Dr. Gallaher discussed the deacon. He said the choir was too much for him and he would DC ex- cused from talking about them. Deacons arc like mules because they will be good six | months to give the minister one kick. The | worst thing deacon does is to keep his | squeaky boots to wear on Sunday and they | wait to put their collection in the box till they get up front. peaoons are cranky, too. The doctor then pictured in his inimical | way how he used to prepare his sermons, and | paid an eloquent tribute to the ministerial | profession.
 l A distinguished man, said Dr. Gsllaher, once invited Robert South home to dinner unbeknown to his wife. When Dr. South was taking off his coat in another room the wife asked why her husband had brought
 this man home, and refused to get dinner.
 Her husband said in a fury, if there was no stranger in the house would thrash you. | Robert South stuck his head in the room nd said: "Please do not make any stranger of me on this occasion" The doctor then told
 about his experience in marrying couples
 and how he got paid. Then he took up | prayer meetings and said he would like to remind some of his Calvary Baptist friends | of the old prayer meeting and how he used to sit their night after night and beat his toes on the floor and wonder why different speak CTS wouldn't stop. In closing Dr. Gallaher spoke eloquently of the functions of the church. His whole lecture was fraught with stories, and sometimes his audience was
 roaring with laughter and at other times it was quiet, listening to tho pathetic eloquence of the great Baptist preacher.