New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-23
PROTESTS FROM PULPITS
VOICES RAISED FOR PEACE
NUMEROUS SERMONS TOUCHING THE VEN
EZUELAN DISPUTE.

DfSCOURSEs OF THE REV. DRs. HUNIiSoio"s
PARKHURsr. RArNsFoRD. sTIMsoN. JOHN ,.
PETERS MADISON c. PETERS AND OTHERS
ALL DEPREcATE THE TALK OF WAR
NO GROUND FOR TROUBLE. SOME SAY
There were not many pulpits in this city yee
terday in which no reference to the venezuelan
dispute made. Clergymen generally toucheo
upon the subject In their sermons, and some de-
voted entire discourses to It, The tone or all
was pacific deprecatng even the talk OF war;
and in many urging that conflict between
the two foremost Christian nations was an I'M
possibility Two clergymen. extracts from whose
remarks The Tribune prints to-day, openly, IA
vored the Presidents stand. and one went 10
far as TO say that the Monroe Doctrine must be
upheld at any cost.
AT Grace Church the Rev. DR.. William II.
Huntingtons sermon was devoted altogether to
the question which is now uppermost In the
public mind War between England and the
United States would be civil war. he argued. be-
cause the two nations are integral parts or the
same race and hold ipdivisible and inseparable
traditions. He discussed the Monroe Doctrine
briefly declaring that its purpose was to prevent
the establishment OF any but free government
on this continent. Would any one, he asked.
contend that that blessing safer in the
hands Of any Latin people. though In the form
Of republican government, than in the care OF
the English despite the fact that their form OF
government Is monarchical?
Dr. Parkhursts sermon dealt with the SUBJ
ject In its relation TO Christianity and civliza-
ton War would be an impossibility. he said.
IL the Christian peoples true to their ira
dtions.
One point which made by several Of
the preachers was that If any Is to be
waged 1t should be against the "unspeakable
Turk" and in aid of suffering Armenia. Dr.
Huntington took this ground as did the Rev.
DR.. John p. Peters. of st. Michaels Church,
and the Rev. James Chambers. of Calvary
Presbyterian Church
Dr. Rainsford, of st. Georges. pictured the
horrors Of a war between the two nations and
denounced Jngoism
Dr. Silverman in the Temple Emanuel de.
clared that the Venezuelan Commissions in
vestigation would show that some one had
made foolish blunder. He advocated the
establishment Of commission for the promo
ton of peace and brotherhood. made up o.
Jews, Catholics and Protestants, and said that
If such commission existed it would aid In
settling this difficulty.
The Rev. DR.. Stimson, in the Broadway Taber-
nacle. regarded the situation involving even the
possibilities Of the horrors Of as amazing
and preposterous and the bringing about OF
such situation stupendous blunder
Some Of the other clergymen who preached on
the subject were the Rev. DR.. Madison c. Petena,
of Bloomingdale Reformed Church; the Rev. DR..
Charles II. Eaton, OF the Church OF the Divine
Paternity; the Rev. Lyman Ward. OF the Second
Universalist Society, Of Harlem; the Rev. DR..
Samuel Fl. Virgin, OF the Pilgrim Church.: the
Rev. B. b. Bosworth, Of the Twenty-thrd Street
Baptist Church; the Rev. DR.. James S. Ramsay.
OF the Harlem Presbyterian Church, the Rev.
Thomas Dixon. jr.. and the Rev. s. Parks Cad
man. Of the Metropolitan Methodist Church