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Show THE STARTED PREACHER. Vh-:n Geo-re H -Hani, the eoi old actor of N-w V . r k . died, asi .Christian bur.i was ce:.:-i him ty the the can-can pastor of his chnroc. the ilev. Mr. Sabme. the surviving act rs ot' the city inaugurated a movement move-ment for the raising of a faai t'.r tee su; port or" his family, who were left ' ly the deceased ht:sr-a-d and :V.i-. r j with a much smu-.er auiount of mou-.y than they deserve. The land is i.kely i to reach, it is said, the sun of tweniy theusani doi ars, which w; j pla.'e the widow ani h-.T chi.dreu Lyond the reach of want tor some years at least. ery weii lor the actors, who. aoooid-mg aoooid-mg to the creed of the Rev. Mr. Saoine. are all doomed to t? d da-hrd. Not long after George Hollxiid d;ei. the liev. Mr. Wal-lu an o.d city mis-sii-nary, died of starvation -u New York. Lie left no w-.'.e to p-.ri.-h in tiie same way, but he did leave lour children- who wou.d have starved but for the eru-ts which their lather gave them at the sacrifice tf his own inc. Now let us see if the surviving ministers minis-ters of the city, whose salvatie.n is secured se-cured beyond ail peradventure. whether buried from the aristociatic Church ot the Atonement, or the humble "little church around the corner." wiil raise a fund for the support and education (4' the children of the Rev. .Mr. Walsh. The Rev. Mr. Sabine, with his eight or ten thousand dollars a year, might contribute a nickel or two, and we are quite sure that the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, with bis twenty thousand dollars salary, could spare t-'ii or fifteen cents for the purpose. j Couner J-jurnaL |