The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-24
iERh|0As BY THE BUSHEL
Unique Fad Of q Gentleman Who
Has Collected $4,000 Of
Them.
n the Preface of q Complete Index
II the Collectors Justifi-
cation.
sthers Collect Autographs, Photographs
Postage Stamps, Coins, Etc.-How
He Found the Hobby.

Postage Stamps, Coins, Etc.-How
He Found the Hobby.
Mr.. William II. Treadway, Of the Arm {
( @. Dun b Co., has most unique colle<
ion Of sermons, says the New York Heral,
t would in all probability be safe to %
hat there il not another like it on the cor
insnt. He began collecting sermons j
356 and has now 5000 by actual coun
hey are by ministers Of all religious d.
ominations. He is every day adding I
10 sermonic treasures. He has bound th
srmons himself, 80 skilfully a. to win th
pproval Of . trained bookbinder. His in
OK il comprehensive, accurate and exquia
ely neat, and whom one thinks that thi
No pen work. binding and asserting va
one ct night after day Of close conhne
lent at an Office desk it 10 easy to realiz
aat there must be fascinating pleasure
the work that can only be thoroughly an
reciated by those who ride hobby horse.
themselves. The index has frontispieoe
illuminated text telling the nature ant
urport of the work. On the NETT naoa,
the preface written in chirooraphy n
No that it is hard to distinguish il from
3pperplate.
n the preface Mr.. Treadway SAYS:
wish to say a few words as q proper in
'oauctlon to this general index TO my col
'ction OF sermons. It 10 often asked why ]
ave such strange fancy, and I am told
aeSe sermons are of no use and will never
snedt the world. am aware that il ia q
sculiar fancy which has prompted me "a
ork, but there are many other things quite
useless, and even moro 90, that men have
at forth greater exertion to Accommodate,
alue are they to the world2 and yet for
ines have been spent in gathering them.
know q man who has devoted much of
is time and means in collecting the vari-
| II editions of Shakespeare. Some have
lgaRed in the collection of old coins,
hich are Of no real value. above that Of
70 metal they contain. There is always q
,culiar fascination connected with the ac-
|,ing, and the desire to add still more be-
'mss stronger as the number increases.
When first commenced gathering SER
ons it was not with the intention-in-
|'ed 1t was farthest from my thought-to
ntinue It to any extent. In the fall and
inter of 1856, having been for some time
| ,ry much exercised on the subject of Re-
glon, and being in considerable doubt and
|srplexity as to which of all the many con-
citing scots of religionists held the true
slth, purchased few books containing
pr the most part sermons Of doctrinal
laraoter. | read them carefully aud think
was benefited. as my own faith became
ore clearly defined and was strengthened,
|, y wished to know more concerning the
Herent phases of the Christian faith as il
.me to the world through the creeds Of the
!rlous sects which surround me, and pre-
rring sermon having text Of Scripture
Its motto to any other religious reading.
continued to purchase and to read (for
en- accnmulated no faster than / could
ad). until finding myself getting weary Of
ntroversial sermons began to read those
q moro practical character.
During the war devoted myself more ex
usively to the collection Of those sermons
hich were called forth by the state Of
fairs in our country. The general oolleo-
~ I'm. y nos oonnned to any Particular class
aces everything that could be called a
rmon with text of Scripture at its bead.
There are sermons in the collection that
N.Y.! suit almost every shade Of theological
pllef. Here the Roman Catholic may come
"a ind food for his soul in productions of |
. own cardinals, bishops and priests; here
Oh or low churchman may find that he |
70 not been neglected; here the sigid Cal- |
mist may ind his peculiar doctrines Get |
rth and all the i've points sharpened or |
united to suit his taste; here the Armenian |
ands out IN striking contrast to the CAL
Inlstic theology; here the liberal Christian |,
|ay find Just the food he is hungering az
., from the most conservative to tho most
dlcal school OF secte. and the collection
10 gone so far outside Of Christianity a
embrace the Jew.
MI. Treadway was an Episcopalian in his
trly youth, but is and has been for a num-
u OF years staunoh Unitarian, although
literally receives the doctrinal opinions
all other scots.
He has numbeIless woodcuts Of churches
q ministers, all neatly bound. The nov
cturesque Unitarian church OF San Fran
.co contrasts with tho old church at Tar
town, IN whose graveyard is the tomb 81
vlng. The old church at Tarrytovn. huilt
1879, by Katrina Van Corttandt. M
easing old legend that suits the quaint
urch and its old time environments.
Mr. ITeadway has many ancient churches
the old world in his collection. and he
9 two sermons over 200 years old. he
9 40 sermons, discourses and newenaper
tlcles on GARFIELD, q great number on
ncoln, the war, and ON Beecher and an
Arlington and on the centennial. 40
forty pages on the centennial from one
wepaper. Most of his sermonic treasures
- VaA4oe AO1Us DUt many are In the
.nuscript Of the authors.
Mr.. Treadway is . closely occupied busi.
% man, but takes deal OF Quiet enjoy.
mt ont Of his hobby. He has q wife and Ii
children. He has a ministerial annenr.
CO. 1t IL mooted question in the fam
whether the collection will be Of anv
,. His sermons and discourses on ~
I have, or may have, q pertinent interest
students Of history. The doctrinai aer.
ms might be OF some use to q theoloQloal
ninary. Their chief use, IL seems. M
IN to afford great deal Of pleasure 70
} collector, and perhaps that's use
ough.
'eople with hobbies and enthusiasws are
} happiest, and it 10 not Of much conse-
ence what makes them happy-whether
. gathering COINS, like Irving, who ID
d to have larger number Of the old
hioned pieces of eight" than any other
lector; or catching bugs, beetles, and all
nQ1 that creep. crawl or fly like the GEN.
Harry Edwards. getting new coats a.
v the Rentlemanly AL ClaRgett, or pur-
lsinR small dogs and unique scarfpins a
y Mr.. Creighton Webb; or patentinR IRE
apps o does Mr.. Livingston Hamereiy.
collecting Thousands and thous snds 81
mons a. does Mr.. Treadway,
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