The sun., 1901-03-17
THE NETROpOIITiN PTIPJI.
The Rev. Dr. ChsrIa, H. Parkhurt The
Preacher, sot the Crusader.

preacher, rot tne
The Rcv Dr Charles " Parkhurst is known
to the world at lar,e ChienJ for 'hnng- out,. ie
Of his regular business
iilS crusade against vice and hi, 'ourns-
mcnr viii Tammany are now ancient history
--thcY hEp;,Nn1 s.N or seven wears az" Nef
he remains n tho one hlS figure Of that historic
episode every body Else ~ forgotten Ne
knocked ou' ramnlany. hut that was triie,
for Tammsuy got back quickly A. to vice.
hr didn't exleTvinate it or even lessen it very
much. but he did scatter II permanently into
quarters Of the city whore il had not been.
and he madcit wear other clothes That aud
li~ Interesting methods Of playing detective
made his notori"ty There Is scarce person
in America who reads newspaper who does
not nave some notion Of Parkhursi. He ~
az celebrated as Bee her.
Yet his church has never heen n magnet
for strangers in the city, IA was Beecher's or
1lmagrs II il always well filed, but
never packed I have been told that he was
brtler known ~ preacher decade ago.
before he assaulted vice and lammany. than
now Perhaps that i trre have asked a
number OF people recently If they ever heard
Dr Parkhurst preach. and OnIS very few
had Vet they had all heard Beecher
So it happens that by The world At large
he is not nearly So widely known NJ u preacher
~ are many other New York ministers whose
congregations are smaller whose circle Of
charitable work il narrower and whose ser
mons are poorer
Bat then lr wouldn't have been such
'empc,uous factor and such long shHdu
IL, city arairs II he had not been such 4 sub
slautia man IN his regular business
Il nGIa"i "i thls stndi Of I1arl". II PARK
lurst t. look into that old lflar bu' 20 tell a.
fairly - possible how he inpr"s~', An IN
p'eiudiced stranger Wh" g"rs +" near MN
prcarh
terau Church expecting 20 ~" he KIND ~
congregation lhat swUrln> around Nensa-
'ouali-i YOU get e setback IL J.. mt an
old fashioned PIesbi trriau congregation lie"
mon who meet You in the yesiihulc ar" -
old as beadles aud a. d",erWined IN t'lrlr
disposal Of YOU old Pr"-ny t"riHni~m uiAh-'
4 at KIND Won $50 10" pew door, closing
npon veil known New York Iamilies, men of
n.rsr affairs. women Who might be- NJ society
djun-r~ every night bui who look ~ u The
might be- more Interested in attending 80
unrkiug pirl~ cub- at he church house
ron 80. also hundreds of peopl" who look a.
rcy had brought ,h-iI 'hurrh pTinclpIrs
Wi'n them when the, came 10 W" ork nom
,h-u country towns
r. i, no. a lu.niouqlir sydl"u,e. although
10 ohNIu, .lv uuIht u % ~ o'c veal MOT ,lh-
uIcd n '"t1ttnl y good rosnIoh WIN Nh'n
sn,i,n tOk and Their inllTtor- u~lal.y "li"r
church m face dIe up' ~ ~" Hi" Ant
.rr pcIVa-NeD ~ the theatre. or theatre
,uppsrs ana sermon ike I'T Huniinstoi
pr .a,lety WOmcu.s EaHlrlhg Nnl'u hu' 'l'
fh,. gnu.rI.rs Il delivered st Madison ~uuarr
II i, a crowd of very rhr"n, reu' ~, 81 oil 'hr
social grlda'iou, lrom the lower "iddie 'laN~
M to he top. fhtl surrounds Nu"
II /. a.i0lu-lluE Ia ~" - many men Ih"N
are II, Iuav iu the LIa iuTltl lAui l' . ,iL-
tiGcnui comment or tie Kind Of prrI'h,uS
Men Will 10 to church when they "Sn g"i q
rpr'pIu .om" hiug IL, ia" rulpil Her ir"
men 40 Hs wlue awake In 'haiI attentions ~
nIfiur' girls a. play
me rpN1 bu-iuas.-lile thiug Nol observe
3, the si-ht-rag" lnSgdiln" i3r The da,, "h,-
tered throughout the pcC, TINS uGhliCa'lou
,outHiuS the order ~ uoTuIHg ana rN"hihg
..rN lur. u long tsi" ul ammo llc"mchtN ipr
the week regarding ~" events tn hRppsn IN
the Madison Square Chuuh thd the dOuE-
in it. Nar..gS mission Dependencies. surlNN
If u"ws regarding thc rcs'l' u' "'pr'. ~
have been made, Iud hndll' A. Gdbp'Hl
piavcr u""tugs which ni- genuine note
,u th. telling These 0u';sr about Ike pro-
giaiim.s aud ouy lac, rhr advertisements
Nhrn pr Palhh"r.' "ppe.f, .ah"'" ms
pu.pd u s not the picture 80 familiar n ra-
ucr- The odd chin ahlNhw- az" u"nfpr'"d
'v % frll flowing BLACK beard IN Sh"h u
wonld not he "a-y tu discover thu rlclYGed
PrrkIuTnt We-o II not fOr the l'Gr ~nuN-
whit. bands over ih" rUlrmlHo', tiurk T"'t
ll, face luoFs fre-ler thHu IN" rl'lrr"a of
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