The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-31
NO MARRIAGES In 1S YEARS.
ARE THE GIRLS OR THE YOUNG
MEN TO BLAMEr
A DeplOrable state Of Affairs I'm Pastor
knesal's Church In F1atbusfl-SOmc-
thing Has Got to BE Done, IL II Gem
orally Agreed-1he Girls Charming Too

thing Has Got to he Done, IL Ii Gem
orally AEreed-1he Girls Charming : Too
There ia dreadful state OF affairs over
in Flatb,lsh The young people there are
e y-ing right in the face of the President OF
the United States, They are repudAting
one of his most sacred doctrines They
won't get married. Race suicide is staring
FlatbIsh squarely In the face. The popu-
lar impression that all men in Brooklyn
push baby carts in front Of them on all
occasions when they appear upon the
streets must be a myth 10 far as Flatbush
Is concerned. Is is doubtful even If the
Flatbush men wear ear NUTS and tippets
and shawls in the winter
So far as this part Of Brooklyn Is con-
cerned 1t would seem that there must be
all entire revision Of the outside world's
articles OF faith concerning the manners
and customs OF mere man.
1t is the Rev c., A. Knesal, pastor OF
the Fenimore Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, who has called the attention Of
New York to this alarming non-marriage
state of affairs In Flatbush. He did it in
the church year book for 1908, Just out.
He sounds the trumpet of alarm In these
winged words:
Established residents OF Flntbush will have
to be INDUCED in the conceit that this is about
rs near like heaven as any other spot on the
earth The pastor at Fenimore Church has
discovered new and STRIKING resemblance.
We are as the ana gels OF God We neither marry
nor are we given in marriage The pastor
has yet tn have his first wedding In the me m
bership OF the church. Nor is the present
incumbent an exception In this matter. as
tl., nk,. cab Enn hld
satisfaction Of marrying one OF his regular
The Rev. c.. s. Williams. during his
executed plan which resulted in brilliant
church Wedding. In the marriage OF his
daughter-presumably 70 break the above
aaed as tamil family and not Church affair
Our people are evidently Of Pauls saints,
who care not for the things OF the world
and consider themselves happier they
so abide.
Services we're held in the Fenimore street
church last evening and at their close with
a number Of his flock gathered about him,
Pastor Kussal sadly reatfirmed what he said
in his year book
at is tho melan choly truth, he said, 4
have been here three and half years and
In that time there has not been a marriage
among the members Of the church. There
has not been a marriage among the MEM
bers since the church was founded, and
that is thirteen years ago. And such
charming girls us we have, too. You ought
t. have seeI them at our church fair the
mast two DAYS don't see how the young
men could help going and marrying them
then al d there-that is. of course, as soon
as the preliminary arrangements could be
made
YES, and there's the choir spoke up
young Mr.. Tay lor You ought to see
theinI Such handsome girls and fine young
men, and not sign of matrimony. It's
time the choir was doing business We
have had that conviction for some time:
And how is it with you, young sir?,
put in one Of the married sisters. What
are YOU doing toward changing this de-
plorable condition of affair 81"
On. as for Newell that's another
matter" said the young man. Its the
choir I was talking about
we have got about $50 members in the
church," said Mr.. Knesal, and there is
coming on a crop OF marriageables among
them and there must be break before
long. there simply must he. And when
the break comes look out for deluge.'
~B,t are there no signs and portents
on the horizon to indicate relief from this
sterile desert OF ccIibacy2 Are there no
cases even of a sneaking laundering OBJ
servable'"
"'ro be sure there are ;" said another mem
Der of the rock. There ere even ceses OF
omen Pdmiration. More than that there are
riirors and runners a gain about something
q ing 70 happen. But | am beginning to
lose faith in rlImors. So ulAny Of them
have come TO nothing
Il have nine in my Sunday school class !"
81 id particulo ry handsome young woman,
and you ought TO see them! They are
IN, Int .
tlem ere. Symptoms' Yes ! have seen
distinct SYMPTOMS. At least they seemed
to me like Symphonic, for have not bad SO
very much experience myself,
'But just when il appeared that the symp-
toms were becoming acute and that Crisis
was at hand, why then, somehow, 1t all van
iFhed went up IN smoke and nothing came
of il Now there Is Mr., --- standing there.
He is symptom-a; least he has had symp-
toms, but ther" he stops. ] don't know
what TO make Of IT..
ut seems to me-" said another member
Of the hUcI,, that our young men lack
ambition To be sure, the girls arr not
d ar me, how the young men can help il
IL more than ! can make OUT Why, II
were n Young man h. continued, looking
nnrVOH-ly around toward group 81
comedy matn.u- and lrworing his voice
FL ! were a Young man tut, never mind
1b0i = my Wlte over II'I".'
"Thcrr j. eve thing sure" eaii arotF O.
clrrh men b /, the first marriage that
do,a come of IL th'r church there win Ne
rlu-tug old time There viii b" fireworks
srur enough ! am sorry th"re hgH been
~ uuoh talk about our dreadful state Of
N r+, though The young men are fkaery
aai U'tish enough az II H. ] don't sup
po-, rh'y u 50 much ~ sneaI, look nj
gir 4nrl Tin th'ug dice o"t"
II hive great fnith W. tie" coming crop N
yoHHz ! cope eng we l-,"i h'fe
~ nee m'TusEtahle age and they have
yrpVI up here in the "rurch 1toyH are not
going to let this stalr 81 anairH ~ on
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