New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-02
WHATA PASTOR SEES NDHEAR N
ITEMS OF PERSONAL INTEREST TO CiIlRCfl
PEOPLE,

PEOPLE.
DR. Arthur r Person one Of the ablest preachers
of the day, and with scarcely peer as an expos
itor Of Scripture. has returned from MS pastoral
experience in London with grievance III 'a''' "'
has two grievances. Last week. in signed articie
in a religious paper the heresy permitted III ''o'"l-
field at the conference which he did not attend
when Professor Drummond a leading speaker
was discussed in vigorous manner lhlS WEEK
The Vice Modern Interviewing II pre-
scented I'm communication filling page
With all his excellent qualities DR. Pierson mas
not yet acquired the art of passing throus" '"e
tolls Of an interview with satisfaction to himself
or to the "interviewer." Reporters annoy him'
they disturb his peace Of mind 80 greatly that
I'm one church in this city he gave orders NJ says
TO the sexton and the officers OF the Shurtn 10
efuse in his behalf. all applications Ior htrr-
views And even with this protection ana WIN tht
police force within call he was not abe 10 ,r
reporter who said that h" I'ad pen 49,
write column and half about the p ,racimrr'
An agency applied by letter for an Interview svi
h. threw the application III thr vast ,,t Inv
from the rubbish sprang forth ;aSri cah I'm, MI
nEsSe T ,h~ VI" For T om re por r said
yves and no" TO few general qnrs nri a The
next day The third reporter borrowed a manu-
script and never returned it, and his interview WAS
amazingly Inaccurate besides
Every minister and every other wel-meaning
person will sympahz deeply with DR.. Pierson III
his misfortunes He has been sorcly dealt with
u
newspaper fraternity. No one OF the three IN
stances ought to have occurred But yet some
sympathy is due the unfortunate men asslghed 10
the task OF getting an interview with the Amer
lean preacher who had stood for some time IN
Spirgeon's pulpit The New-York preacher. with
scarcely an exception. is accessible to reporters
as to other callers. The more prominent position
he holds and the wider his influence tle more
readily he recognizes newspaper writes ~ men
and not cattle. A. Or Pierson mas never sfdh''u
he " ter an
agraph will not bc misunderstood ii IS Simply
an earnest protest against the wholesale denun-
citation of a class members of which Dr. PiersOn
does not like. His attitude toward the press ~
an institution is about fair as II would be 10 at
cuse the entire denomination with when ne j.
connected OF immortality because us year doom
shows that two Of its clcrgymen are snslehdeu
Many of the city clergymen will return to their
pulpits tomorrow. though some of the more prom
nent churches will no; be opened Tor another IoI'-
night.
The theological seminasies will open vithn
few weeks Lane at CincilpG,i has announced iiN
opening day for September II. with adequate III
structon in all branches and this sr'e'ai induce
ment: Financial aid will Ice tnrih@n'd "7 '"nS
as in any other seminary auburn seminary
opens September %. Mn"n Dr. Timothy -. oar
linz. Will b.. inauguratcI professor OF CHRISTIAN
Theology: on October 10 the iiev Henry VI foo'"
Is to be inaugurated president OF the INSTITUTION
Princeton Seminary will Begin it, next session on
September q and on the following day frcf' ssof
Seminary at Madison. y. j.. VIII also b'iih On
September Il The following week Union semi
nary will resume its studies The term VIZ begin
Wednesday, September - ana ana, on arfhu22
Mco;nrrt a. Washbnrn Professor III ,hui ,n III ~,
Tor, slu take place Ia the NdiW- 'htprh ~
Nc1Hn-rt viii deliver his Inaugural ad"itss al
that time. and the charge viii -" gi'ri 10y 'h'
nv Dr James NJ Ludlow, Of East 'rAn''' on"
~ Inc directors The next seminary YEAR At An
dover Will begin on September ~ Mh'm an p ~
Theodore g. I-as- Bartlett professor "l S",r,H
rhetoric and lecturer in pastoral Mro'*E ne
~; ,,,r - newton Crntrr Mass. p,sins on
september . at SehesIg, - u On .aa S"i ,I"Ir
i'm chester, Penn. On September -
Dr lanes Mcleod Of Albany who WAS men
,iorl f,yorahly a year ago as the successor 81
DR. Howard crosby In the Fourth Ay"nn" church
of this city has been called 10 the fIf>t ft'S"N-
terrain church Of scranton. pr Mc''-od Las 'T ia
has dom, faithful work In every church mat h' mas
had.
n- ToImage in his paper. THE Christian Herald.
this week has an editorial entitled About AIM
istors I'm which be- refers 10 IN" standard ah'c-
dotes about Rowland IIilrs making shoes In the
mini, bv cutting on the top Of "A pair OF boots
vhi,a.,,ls ,rophesyng the doom Of sinner by
the result Of his catching a fly: SpureeonS riding
down the rail OF the pulpit in the presence 81 his
audience % show how easy IL Is To y" I'M" SIN
and Mr. Bcechcr's wiping the persplraton from MS
forehead and .Ncaimiug Its not. WIN an ~
pletive more emphatic than devotional. These
saws Dr. Talmage. are lies, all OF them lies
and then ne gives some incidents from MS own "N-
n.riance to show that even he Is not exempt from
caricature and Misrepresentation. The following
will serve as an illustration; "Dne week nlsilt III
arr chanel at a Christmas festival amid SIX or
eight hundred children. roaring happy with CANNES
oranges and corn balls ana with IN" representa-
ton OF a star in Christmas greens right before me.
| said: BOYS feel lik" a morning star. ~ :"
hauu.n.l that that phras" was to b" FOUND IN Il
nero song and two days aferwarI II appeared over
th. name Of a man who said he Was a member OF
q ncighborng church that had IN" previous
sunday night. i'm my pulpit quoted two or three
vrryrs from Shoe Fly. and. moreover, went on
10 say that sang II every sunday In our sunday
schu,l, And as IL was supposed that "A member of "A
neig hborng church would not liz, grave editorials
anu.arcd I'm prominent newspapers, deploring IN"
ract that the pulpit should be- so drsecratcl and
maj the Sabbath schools OF this country seemed To
M. Going To ruin II will be observed that the
residential Interviewer did not start this lie.
When Howard Crosby was conducting his Wig
orous campaign against the grog shops OF this
CRY he was vigorously attacked, not only by the