Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-11-13
s-hmoN8 I'LL YOU CAN'T REST.
Unique rad of New York Man VINO
has Collected 10000 Sermons.

OLnMONo I'LL iOC ~'N'
t-,ioue rad of New York Man who
Has Collected 10000 sermons.
Mr.. William H. Treadway, of the firm
81 Il. G. Dun & Co, has most unique
collection of sermons. 1t would IN an
probability be safe to say that there Is not
another like it on the continent. he De
san collecting sermons in 1896, ana has
now 1000 By actual count. They are py
ministers Of all religious denominations
He is every day adding to ms serhonlc
treasures. He has bound the sermons
himself so slgillfully as to win the approval
0f a trained book binder Dis lndeA -
comprehensive, accurate and eXqulsltely
neat. and when one thinks that TINS me
nen work. binding and asserting was zone
at night after day of close conilnehlehs
nt an Office desk. it is ea6y to realize tnaO
fhere must be a fascinating pleasure N
the work that can only be thoroughly APP
preeiated By those who ride hobby horses
themselves The index has a frontispleee
IN Illuminated text telling the nature ana
purport of the work. on the next pages
Is the preface written in chirography so
6ne thai It is hard TO distinguish 1t from
copperplate.
IN the preface Mr. Treadway says;
II wish to say few words as proper
Introduction 30 this general index to my
collection Of sermons. It IS often asked
why ! have such strange fancy, and am
told these sermons are Of no Use and VIII
never benefit the world. am aware that
il IS Il peculiar fancy which has prompted
me "a work but there are many other
tninas quite as useless, and even more so,
that men have put forth greater eXertlon
70 accumulate Take, for instance, auto
graphs: of what value are they 70 the worldi
and vet fortunes have been spent IN gath
ering them
.yg-hen / first commenced gathering ser
nous 10 was not with the intention-indeed,
If was furthest from my thought-to CON
tinue it TO any extent. in the fall and win
ter of 1856. having been for some time very
much exercised on the subject Of religion,
and being in considerable doubt and per
nlexity ms TO which Of all the many con-
aietiug sccts Of reigionists held the true
faith. purchased few books containing
for the most part sermons Of doctrinal
character Iregd them careiullyand think
WIS benefited, rs my own faith became
more clearly defined and was strengthened
vet wished 60 know more concerning the
different phases 81 the Christian faith as i
came 10 the world through the creeds Of
the various scots which surround me and
prefernng sermon having text Of Scrip
ltare as rs motto t0any other religious
reading continued 10 purchase and to
read 1or then accumulated notnster than
could readi, until finding myself getting
weary of controversial sermons began to
read those of "a more practical character
During THE war ! devoted myself more
exclusively 10 the collection of those SER
mems which were called forth By the state
of affairs ia our country The general col
lection is not confined to ans particular
class Of sermons or sect Of preachers, but
embraces everything that could be called
4 sermon with text Of Scripture at its
head
"There are sermons IN the collection that
viii suit almost every shade Of theological
belief Here the Roman Catholic may
come and find food for his soul Ia produc-
tions Of his own cardinals, bishops and
priests here high or low churchmen may
find that be has not been neglected; here
the rigid Calyinist may find Bis peculiar
doctrines set forth, and all the five points
shnrnened or blunted 10 suit his taste;
here the Armenian stands out in striking
contrast Is the Calvinistic theology here
the liberal Christian may lind just the
food he is huugering after. from the most
conservative 10 the most radical school Of
sects. and the collection has gone So far
outside Of Christianity as 10 embrace the
jew
Mr. Treadway was an Episcopalan in
his early youth, but is aud has been for q
number Of yeaf, a staneh Unitarian, al
though be literally receives the doctrinal
opinions ul an other sects
tie has uumberless woodcuts Of churches
aud ministers, ull neatly bound. The new
picturesque Unitarian church, Of san
/ Francisco, contrasts with the old church
/ Mt Tarrytown in whose grave yard is the
1 tomb 81 Irving The old church at larry
town. built in 1899 by Katrina Van Cort-
I landt has pleasing old legend that suits
the quaint church aud its old time environ
/ ments.
Mr. Ireadway has many ancient churches
of the Old World in his collection, and he
| has two sermons over 200 years old. He has
$50 sermons. discourses and newspaper ar.
ticles on Garfield, a great number on lin
colin the war, and on Beecher and on
| Washington and the Centennial. He has
/ forty pages on the Centennial from one
newspaper. Most of his sermonic treas
ures are in pamphlet form, but many arr
in the manuscript Of the authors New
York Herald.
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