The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-08
ROUND ABOUT GOTHAM.
GOSSIP OF THE WEEK IN THE GREAT
METROPOLIS.
s,uthern Clergymcn In New York-Their
floquence, Ability and Popularity-some
veli-Known Manufactured and the Four
aundrcd-society and Fashion.
NEW YORK BUREAU
RICHMOND DAILY TINES,
February Z. 1891.

RICHMOND DAILY TINES,
February 4, 1891.
The New York churches offer rich prizes in
a. way of reputation and salary to their
PREACHERS. A call" TO metropolitan church
l. something few preachers can resist, and
The New York pulpits are filed by some of
Che brightest lights in the religious world.
Within the last few years the South has been
sending her most eloquent sons northward,
and the best Of the company have settled in
New York.
REV. W. O. BITING.
The Mount Morris Baptist church, in Har-
len. has for its rector the Rev w. O. Biting.
lie was educated in Richmond, and came here
direct from that city. His father is the ia
nous DR.. Biting, of Virginia, and the son has
Inherited much of his fathers eloquence.
REV. DIR. PAGE.
The Rev DR.. William w. Page is also a ma
tive of Virginia. At the breaking out of the
war he was n student in the University of
Virginia lie joined a company of college
boys. and at once enlisted in the Confederate
cause He was q captain Of scouts IN the
body guard of General Lee during the. last
two wears Of the war. After the surrender at
hppomaitox, DIR. Page came to New York and
went into business. But not caring for mer-
camille pursuits he entered the Princeton
Theological Seminary. He graduated in 1869,
and I'M the May of that year he was called 10
the New York Presbyterian church at One
Hundred and Twenty-seventh street and
Seventh avenue. and he has remained in
charge Of that church ever since. His APP
pearance Is very prepossesslng. He Is SIX
feet tail and very well propoTtioned His
sermons are very eloquent and a very potent
element in the success Of the church Is his
l.. IL. slaa.. 90 l...
Confederate Veteran Camp and ex-chaplain
Of the Southern Society.
REV. THOMAS DIXON.
The Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., is the young
est Southern minister in New York. He is
native of North Carolina. He was born in
Cleveland county twenty years ago. He
made his studies at the Wake Forest College,
n c.. and took n postgraduate course at
Johns-Hopkins University. He then studied
the dramatic art in this city. On his return
10 his native State he was elected to the Leg
stature. He then studied law and was adj
mitted to the bar. A few years after this he
entered the ministry, and preached his first
sermon in a little church in the northern part
of North Carolina. He was pastor of a church
in Raleigh. and from thence he was called TO
Boston. where he preached TO the Dudley
street congregation for two years. He next
took charge of the Twenty-third-street Bap-
fist church, of this city, Since his advent the
congregation has increased wonderfully. and
the church had to be enlarged TO hold the
members. His father is very celebrated
preacher in North Carolina, and his son has
inherited some Of his eloquence His delivery
is dramatic and as his sermons abound in
original ideas they are bound 10 create a
sensation.
DIR. DEEMS
DR.. Charles F. Deems, the famous pastor of
ha ('hgrnl AZ IL
the South When the war closed DIR. Deems
came to New York with a capital Of $500 and
@ desire TO start a newspaper BY his pluck
and energy, paper called the Waterman was
issued and kept alive for one year. Money
not very plentiful in North Carolina then and
while his friends gave him all the moral sup
port that he needed, cash subscriptions were