Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21
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the world. For some weeks past he has been
in baltimore, where. it is understood, he
has had remarkable success. In that city
he followed Rev. G. Campbell Morgan, the
London evangelist, at the Associate Re-
formed Church.
DR.. Nourse is now living in Washington,
but claims the world as his home. He has
travelled and preached all over it. He was
born in the early part of the century. in
the town where Tom Paine, the noted
agnostiC, was born, and went to the same
school In speaking of this incident, DR..
NOurSe said:
II sat at the desk once used by Paine.
and had the same locker for my books.
When | went to that desk | found the
name Thomas Paine engraved upon 1t.
Tradition said that he cut it there with
his penknife, so | took out mine and cut
beneath 1t my own name. as a sign that
my soul was to set against the false doc
trines of atheism
DR. Nourse was trained for the stage in
the Royal Dramatic College, England, and
was considered person of exceptional
genius and talent for the profession, but he
decided to give it up for the pulpit. and for
several years served as a Congregational
minister. About twelve wears ago he aban-
doned the pulpit for the platform and be-
came, as is known. the great dramatic
orator. He devotes himself almost exclu-
SlVely to attacks upon the bulwarks of
Skepucism and infidelity. The following
story is told by member of the political
assembly of the republican convention of
( Illinois in 1873: DR.. Nourse was then pas
tbT OF the congregational Church at Spring
/; heId. and had been invited to make the
( opening prayer. Colonel BabCock the tenn
/ Porary chairman. requested him to cut it
short. and tina shows that the Injunction
was obeyed TO the very letter:
"Oh, Lord God of Nations We are met to
nominate officers for the state Give us
wisdom, that we may nominate the best
men. when we have done that grant that
they may be elected. and when elected
make them true to their trust Amen"
The story says the members of the con-
Fentlon We're so surprised that they spon-
taneously united in whirlwind of APP
plause.
4 letter received IN this city says: There
is great deal of sentiment about Grover
Cleveland, which he inherited from his
mother, and a religious vein. inherited from
his father. Upon his writing table in the
library at Princeton lies the old-fashioned
Bible, with covers of black enamel. which
was given him by his mother when he first
went away from home. While he was
President the little volume was always kept
In the upper left-hand drawer of the desk
ttat was presented to the President of the
! united states by the Queen of England as
a memento of the Sir John Franklin ex-
petition to the arctic regions.
AT the top of the cover In a little space
! surrounded by an ornamental border is in
scribed in gilt letters the name. s. G.
Cleveland and upon the fy-leaf there In
feminine hand. from which we learn that
the book was a gift to My son, Stephen
/ IlONeT cleveland, from MS Loving Mother
Col Lamont says he first saw this Bible
| on the table Mr.. Cleveland's law office In
| Buffalo, and other friends remember hav-
! ing seen 1t there. When Mayor Cleveland
| became governor, the book was generally
| on the bureau of his bed room When the
| governor was about to become President
| Col Lamont found the little Bible In the
| Presidents rooms at the Arlington and
| handing IT to Chief Justice Waite, asked
I him to use 1t when he swore in the new
| chief magistrate. There were about 10000
| witnesses on the plaza in front of the Capt.
| toI when Stephen Grover Cleveland pressed
| his mothers gift to his lips. and before it
| was returned to him Mr. Middleton, the
| clerk OF the Supreme Court, entered for
| NAL record on the last fiy-leaf that it was
\ used TO administer the oath of office to
| Grover Cleveland, President of the United
States
| 1t is announced that the Presbyterian
1 Ministers Association of Washington and
| vicinity will resume its meetings in the
| Church of the Covenant next Monday
! morning at 1870 o'clock. Rev DR.. George
| S. Duncan will read a paper on Jesus
| Christ a Preacher"