New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-28
DIR. PARKHURST AND HIS CRITICS.
HE REPLIES WITH SOME SARCASM TO COMMENTS
on HIS SERMON LAST SUNDAY.

rE REPLIES WITH SOME SARCASM TO COMMENTS
on HIS SERMON LAST SUNDAY.
Detroit, May % (speclaD.-Dr. Parhhurst said to-
day. speaking Of the effect which his recent sermon
In NewYor City has created in the General Assembly
al have been surprised and panied and gr1eved AT
the use which mel from whom had the right 10 eA-
pect better things have made Of the CARRIED reports
which have reached Detroit Of the sermon winch L
preached in New-York last sunday morning. III my
critics had dealt by fairly and frankly as deaiO
by them they would not have used that sermon as d
cudgel wherewith to belabor their opponents 'i ,S
had read that in its entirety Ihere Is Ha9
discourse that can be preached which extracts can
not be made that will be subverve OF the intent Oh e
preacher and misrepresentation of his spirit IL Is no
disparacement of newspaper reporter to say that u
is mart OF his profession to garblc to select from inc
address he reporting the pungent passages touU
much regard to the qualifying influence that may DO
exerted upon them by the context ana these peopie
here in Detroit know that the intellectual and eccies
asticsl dignares that administering this Assem-
bly, know that. and 1t is unworthy Of them TO allow
this great body of intelligent men to be In any way
stampeded by a garble. The original manuscript OIL
that sermon cave ont to NewY York Tribune reporter
the evening before 1t preached. With the under
standing that il to be printed in It's entirety ana u
was and The Tribune editorial comment upon lhe
sermon was as follows: while vivacouS and PLAIN
spoken the sermon is plea for the exercise of the
and good temper are, perhaps, It's most striking CHAR
acteIistics.'
"Now the last two lines of that commend 10 the
thoughtful and prayerul consideration Of the brainy
and devou men here in Detroit who lost their temper
Monday night the repororfal amputations that
the evening Journals served up to them. Why did not
they wait TIL they got the whole fact The Tribunes
characterization what it was because it knew the
whole of what it talking about. These people out
here knew only the half Of what they were talking
about because the other half didn't come II was
only to-day that a letter fcl into my hands
from which l take the liberty OF making
a quotation. The entire letter is open to
the inspection OF any who cares to see It, 81 ought
to say that the letter not intended for my eye but
fell into my hands through the Office OF friend The
writer of it was in my congregation last Sabbath and
was until comparatively recently an elder in the First
Presbyterian Church of Chicago, and now holds a
similar place In Presbyterian church liz Newtfork
trust that the personal references in it will be ex
cused as they are part Of the case i know OF no
man so intense Dr. Parkhurst and at the same time
so free from vndicveness You will notice that the
ponts of the sermon are we'll guarded but Of course,
IL is open to ad captandum vulgus criticism any num-
her of halfsentences hafstatements which can be
picked out and taken away from the entire spirit Oh
the opening of the discourse could be made text for
criticism. You may bank that this Will be a long,
persistent fight and that Professor BnggSs strong
friends, perhaps should say inc strons Hchus VI
liberty in non essentials, have hardly yet been heard
! FROM
Again, let me commend to the brainy and devout
dignitaries who administering this Assembly the
words takes away from the entire spirit of the open
ing of the DISCOURSE 1 mortified at the handling
l have received, and am ashamed Of the men VINO
! have done it. Even though say It, who perhaps
ought not to say 1t. spending my best energies
in preaching from ms pulpit the truth OF God as u IS
in Christ The character and intent Of my preaching
is well known, and claim that deserved handsomei
treatment. Results comprised by means that are not
frank and candid and big-hearted are results that
time will delight to undo and verdict thai Is in IN. Q
hurry TO think the worst. with no Tune on ts hanas
10 hope for the best, Is verdict that the 1udcaory
of coming wears can be confidently trusted to reverse