NEWMAN HALL'S WIFE.

Kumara Times, Issue 919, 10 September 1879, Page 4

NEWMAN HALL'S WIFE.

After referring to the Rev. Newman Hall as being termed by his ministerial brethren " the spoiled darling of fortune," the Sydney Evening News says that in the midst of all his success he has had a thorn in hia side, and that thorn has been hia wi f e. This lady was a Miss Gordon, daughter of a gentleman who had given way to drink, and late in life turned over a new leaf, and was eminent for his piety and his religious writings. As the author of the " Sinner's Friend," Mr Hall has celebrated his virtues, at the same time not concealing his former vices. Some of Mr Gordon's moral weakness, along with his intellectual abilities, appears to have descended to his daughter, who after a few brief years of married life became Mr Hall's tormentor. Her waywardness placed him in many an awkward predicament ; for instance, on one occasion when she was acting as his organist he preached longer than suited her fancy, and when he gave out the concluding hymn she would not play a note. The congregation could not understand the silence, and after a long pause the rev. gentleman very gently, but firmly, said, " Will the .organist be good enough to play over the tune?" and Mrs Newman, without a moment's hesitation, replied in the hearing of the congregation, "No I won't, Newman, I'll do nothing of the kind ; you have been too long already." Thus discomfited, the good man could only pro nounce the benediction, and escort his irate lady to her home. So long as she confined herself to mere eccentricity he was most patient and forbearing ; but to his infinite pain she was unfaithful to him, and after the urgent entreaties of his best friends he consented to apply for a divorce. [Recent cablegrams that Mr Hall succeded in obtaining a divorce.]