The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-16

Dse'sre- That the eat Ref 'rmer Say, the
most Awful 1hines In the =, lpit.
The New York Herald Of vest srday

The New York Herald Of vest erday
saws:
The whiskers OF the Rev DR.. Charles
II. Parkhuist, according to Rev Thomas
liNOn, Dr.. are without precedent on
earth, in heaven or in hell. but in spite
OF this Mr.. Dixon admires he DOCTOR,
and the thousands who filed the Acad-
envy Of Music yesterday, some Of them
expecting to hear an attack upon the
reformer, saw him set upon pedestal.
The Rev. Mr.. DiXons subject was:
us Dr. Parkhurst a rrle Minister OF
Christi and the sermon vas an answer
TO the letters of an "Od Fashioned
Clergyman" printed in the Herald, in
which the writer said he admired DR..
Parkhurst, but deprecated the efforts OF
certain pulpit sensationalists to seek
shelter from criticism behind his well
merited reputation by putting him for
ward as a representative Of their own
nOtoriety seeking methods.
The Rev Mr. Dixon was fierce and fun
ny by turns. His text was: 'rhe Men
Whom Thou Gayest Me- Among the
things he said were these:
The ola Fashioned Clergyman who
attacked me tried 10 draw a distinction
between Or. Parkhurst and myself, TAX
ing, for Instance what | said In a SER
Parkhurst a true minister of ,nrist.
judged by the standard OF the man who
made the criticism / have referred to?
What is this old Fashioned Clergyman
idea? How is his model clergyman select
ed? Well. they pick out the runt OF the
family when he is young not because
OF his intellectual gifts or because he
has bent that way, but they say If
he's no good for anything else. He'll do
for the ministry; put him into it,.
He may think within certain lines
when he is ordained, but If he goes out
side them he commits the unpardonlble
sin. He's given collar and he's got TO
wear IT, II has neck outgrOws the collar
so much the worse for his neck. He
must dress In a certain way. His whis-
kers must be chopped OF, or left in
certain way, and whatever happens, he
must wear a waistcOat If he doesn't
he's fundamentally lacking. He may play
croquet: he may play lawn tennis. II
he wears piOus expression and a waist
coat He may do anything under Gods
sun except two things, discuss religion or
preach about politics.
Does DR.. Parkhurst come up to the
old Fashioned Clergyman's standard? No.
He's not a runt intellectually He's
whole army. If an Old Fashioned Clergy
man were to sit under DR.. Parkhurst for
six months I'll warrant It wOull give
him the jim jams. He couldn't stand It.
You'd find 4 (ead man in the pew Dr.
Parkhursts sentences sparkle. They are
ep!g1ammatic In the Presbyterian body
to-day he stands not only without
superior but without peer.
''He doesn't trim his beard right, 1t is
true. Whatever else we may excuse In
him. for this form of beard ne mas no
precedent on earth, in heaven Or IN hell,
as far as j know.
This is not all. When he goes into his
pulpit he makes people smile; he uses
wit, sarcasm, humor, power He uses
language in the pulpit. lie says the most
awful things in the pulpit. Why, any
thing | said i'm my sermon on Tammany
does not compare with what DR.. Park
hurst has said about it. / have read it
dout le twisted, fiery, tremendous. Get his
book of sermons and read II, and If you
don't have your nerves snocked-well,
it's because you're not an old fashioned
minister
Another critic, evidently believing l
was going TO attack Or. Parkhurst this
morning. says I must remember that the
Doctor acted I'm dual capacity-as cit-
zen and as a clergyman. But DR. Park
hurst himself says. 4 did what ] did
through my pulpit Or. Parkhurst wears
a Geneva gown. but you don't notice II.
All the community indOrscs him--all eX-
cept Mutually, with four rs. which l men,
ton so that you'n know how it's spell
ed.
Bishop Potter indorses DR.. Parkhurst
and | think he's i'm favor of Church unity.
But how does he indorse him? Does he
indorse his work or his methods Or.
Parkhurst says he did what he did
through his pulpit Well. then. Bishop
Potter says Or. Parkhurst Is a true minis
ter Of the Gospel in every sense Of the
word? No. Or. Parkhurst cannot preach
In any Of the Bishops pulpits. In the
name OF my Master, whose minister Or.
Parkhurst is. | call upon Bishop Potter
TO answer. Christian unity Is a dream
so long as the great Church of England
takes this stand. ] call upon Bishop
Potter. before the Church OF Gods an
nointed. TO answer without equivocatiOn
this question: DO YOU recognize Charles
n. Parkhurst as true minister OF Christ.
and II so. why cannot he preach from
your pulpits|
OR. Parkhurst has done much and won
great honors. but when he comes to the
Bishop, whose clergymen so bitterly crti-
cises me- and asks 10 be recognized. he
is told that he must win recognition In
the regular way. by going into the con-
frmation class with the children"