The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-23
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Dr.. L. G. Broughton offends a Brooks.
Iyn Clergyman.
HIS SERMONS WERE. TOO HOT.
Dr.. Parkhurst Delivers One of His
Old-Timc Trades Against Vice
in New York-The Catho-
lie University.
HIS SERMONS WERE TOO HOT.
lew YORK, Jan. 22-speciaI-Mention

NEW YORK, Jan. 22-Special.-Mention
has been made in this correspondence OF
a great religious revival in progress in
Brooklyn. Great meetings have been
held, but the revival has now struck a
snag. The snag is Rev. DR.. Il. g.
Broushton, of Atlanta. Ga, formerly of
Roanoke, Va DR.. Broughton believes in
hell fire, and breaches that doctrine.
..No man has ever yet been sent to
in one of his sermons last week. Drunk
enness. murder or any other crime never
sent a man to hell. You are condemned
already. because you have not received
Jesus Christ>The man who breaches any
thing else breaches q gospel born in the
very hottest pit of hell. If Christ is out
of your life you are a gOner. Dr.. PARKER
in his letter Of resigna ton. says 1t would
have been a great pleasure for him 10
have worked in this movement, but, be-
lievin@, as l do, in God the Father AL
mighty my whole nature resents and re-
volts against the teaching to which the
present movement is now publicly COM
mitted by the known views and emphatic
utterances of the evangelist to whom l
refer" Rev. DR.. Gregg. Of the Lafayette
Avenue, Presbyterian church, defends Dr.
BrOuS ntOn, ana says ttiltsz ms seNsd--
stionalsm is of the right kind, and IS.
needed to keep the people from going to
sleep in the churches.
AT IT AGAIN.
In the same connection, it may be men
toned that DR.. Parkhurst. who for some
time past has been preaching the Cos
pei and letting politics alone, returned
to his old ways Yesterday. and surprised
his congregation with a sermon not ur-z
like that which ushered in the political
revolution In New YORK in 1884. He said:
perhaps there is no city within the
bounds Of Christian civilization that Is
as vile In its administration as our own
Christians are Christians on Sunday.
work like slaves six days out of the week
making money. and leave the city to be,
ruled by race Of thieves and vaga-,
bonds, and the consequence is that more
children are being started In the direct
road to hell every week than all The
churches. missions and Sunday schools
combined are saving in year.
Tho steamship Rretagne, which arrived
last night. thought in the Count and
sationaI reports which have been spread
in Paris since the Princes departure,
there is much interest manifested III the
arrival
The Count and Countess. who was Miss
Anna Gould before her marriage. VII, be
she guests of AIRS. George Gould, at
Georgian Court. at Lakewood, during
their stay In this country.
The whole town of Paterson is ghost:
mad Thousands wen. out yesterday and
visited the home of the Stalls to see
the spook. The spook was not seen, brts
hundreds declared that they heard IL!
Many people believe that Bertha stah1
is the real spook and is responsible for
all the uncanny manifestations.
In an interview in this city yesterday.
Archbishop Keane spoke hopefully of the
task which he has in hand of increasing
the endowment of the Catholic University
by 81 ,0eO COO He also expressed the opin-