Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-13
emembered in Non-Conformist
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conformist churches. The pulpit references
were eulogstic, but for the most part they
were reminiscent of TIE labor which at
tends the burning of the midnight oil rath-
er than spontaneous utterances. In a gen.
u1ne effort to do justice to their great col
league the preachers were ever anxious af-
ter effect The eloquence walked on stills
ana at times were nearer bathos than
pathos. He is now spending his first Sun
day In heaven" exclaimed one. What a
change for DR.. Parker-from London to
heaven BY the Doctors request there
were no trapplngs of mourning at the City
Temple and there. will be as few as posi-
BILE at the funeral tomorrow.
Inc amount of his fortune is not yet
known but understand he has left behind
MIN larger sum than any other nom
conformist divine has yet done What he
has done with his wealth is not yet known,
but it Is not improbable that some mention
may be made in the will of Dr. Parker 8
project for uniting the Baptist and Con-
gregatonal denominations into one body, to
be called the Congregational Church of
england. Nothing was dearer to his heart
than this.
There is more talk about DR.. Parker's
successor than there is generally about can
oloates Tor vacancy IN parliament. The
Journalistic nominee is Mr. Bernard Smell.
VINO came to Brixton from Manchester some
years ago, but it is only nomination.
Dr. Gunsaulus of Chicago is another
stranger things have happened than that
the American invasion Should spread to
the City Temple. Americans are already
there, though: One of the deacons is Mr.
). morgan richards, whose office in Hol-
born proclaim him to be the champion
European agent of American medicines.
The list of his remedies is perfectly APP
palllng, II you believe in simple rules of
health.
Mr.. Richards is the father of John oliver
Hobbies Mrs. Craigie) and the proprietor of
The Academy" / do not think, however,
that his influence will necessarily be in
Gunsaulus has been known here for years
and is popular. He has more than once
been mentioned as Dr. Parker's successor,
and is likely to receive the call.
Interest in Gen. de Vets Book.
Gen. Christian de Wet book has aroused
popular interest to a degree surprising all
Its predecessors from British or Boer pens.
This is due, of course, mainly, if not entire
ly, to the remarkable personal reputation
of the writer. The volume has naturally
been hailed with delight by the Daily News,
which now enjoys the suggestive alias.
fhe London Little Englander," for many
OF us passages renect upon the conduct OF
British troops and the manner in which
the campaign was carried on by British
commanders, but in spite of the assertion
e OF .ne News thats.Gsn. &c wet mas per- per
tory, friends and to literature" the fact
remains that much that he has written
must be taken with grain of salt, and that
the whole of it ass literature Is of the
poorest order. In ssthe service clubs the
accuracy OF the generals description OF
various engagements and the tactics which
led up to them are freely Questioned, but
there Is universal agreement that he has
shown himself as 'sslim.' In the field of le..
ters as he did in the field OF battle.
have been at some pain12to ascertain
the impression left on the mt1ds Of several
persons who have carefully read De Vets
story, and, without exceptions. they state
that Its underlying principle , hostility to
the new government. and that 1t is bound
to have mischievous political conse-
quence. AS illustrating this attention is
drawn to De Vets exhortation to the
burghers to be loyal-'Ioyalty alone is
worthy of a nation that has shed Its blood
for freedom Here In sentence he coun-
sells submission and reminds the Beers that
their deeply cherished freedom has been
wrested from them by brute force-than
which nothing Is better calculated to stir
up bitterness. The effect OF the book in
pro-Boer circles Is already visible in the
eutbursts in the Journal referred to above
and others Of its class, and from these one
may fairly estimate its result when clrcu-
lated In South Africa
De Wet should make small fortune out
OF his book, II he has lost one by the war
itself. The interest In 1t has altogether
outstripped that shown in Mr.. Kruger's far
more bulky volume. De Vets book had
not been published many hours before
orders began to ponr In on the publishers
py telegram and special messenger. Nor is