The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-21 00:00:00

MR. SPURGEON AT DUNDEE.

We are often preaching sermons to the working men
which are insults to them—(applause)—but I have been
thinking of taking this hall and preaching only' to rich
men—jute manufacturers, for instance—(laughter)—
the west-enders—intimating that nobody will be admitted
except he declare that he is worth £40,000. What a mass
Of iniquity there would be in this hall I doubt not.
(Great laughter.) Well, well, I believe all classes are
pretty much alike. The credit is always given to a-man
that he is a deep thinker if he starts something that is
quite off the track, and away from the true line. It is
well they should tell us they are thoughtful, for we should
not have known it if they had not informed us of it. You
may depend upon it, brethren, that all the best philosophy
in the world is to be found in the old Calvinistic doctrine—
(loud applause)—and I believe that there are in the Confes-
sion
of Faith nipre of the true elements of moral and spiritual
philosophy than in any other work in the English
language. (Applause.) Some people fancy they are holy
if they make their faces extraordinarily long, and their
words long. too. (Great laughter.) You never see them
laugh, for is not the thing ninth commandment " Thou
shalt not laugh ?" (Laughter.) They are always very
proper, these kid-glove Christians—(laughter)—always
very, very, very proper—(laughter)—always very pre-
cise. (Laughter.) There is considerable difference be-
tween vinegar and and wine, and there is a difference
between holiness and acerbity of temper, and morosity and
excessive propriety. (Laughter, and " Hear.") Holiness
is not something cold and lifeless, like a statue ; it walks
down from the statue full of life, with a living and
quickeninc, spirit within it. Do you know that lam
persuaded
that M`Cheyne ought to have been a Baptist?
Laughter.) There are believers in this world who lam
glad are not Baptists. (Laughter.) I have no desire to
have them in the same boat with me—(laughter)---and had
much rather live with them for ever in heaven than one
hour on earth. (Great laughter.) But there are holy
men whom every denomination would delight to have
within their folds.

ART AND LITERATURE.

Mr. Mark Lemon is stated to be seriously iIL

The Rev. E. O'Meara, A.M., is preparing a catalogue
of Irish Diatomacm. This catalogue will appear in the
form of a report to the Royal Irish Academy, and will,
we presume, be published in its Transactions.
A Berlin correspondent writes that Baron Liebighas re-
covered from his recent severe illness. _ _ _

The London, Figaro says :—M. Regnier and Madlle.
Madeleine Brohan, both from the • Francais, made their
first appearance in London on Monday next, in " L'Aven-
turire," a play which is well known as the original of
Mr. T. W. 'Robertson's Haymarket comedy called
" Home." Talking of_ Mr. Robertson, it is satisfactory
to know that he is fast recovering, and is now able to
drive out.

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We (yature) regret to learn that Mr. Archibald Geikie,
who recently left England to investigate the Geology of
the Lipari Islands, was prostrated by fever as soon as he
arrived there, and is in such a weak state of health that
he has been ordered back to England. _ _ _

Miss Lydia Thompson has re-appeared at Niblo's Gar-
den, New York, in a play by M. Alexandre Dumas,
written, it is said, especially for her. This piece, which
is entitled " Mosquito, is a melo-drama of the most ex-
rava,gant kind.— -Mr. Compton .only goes to Manchester
for a season..
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The Atizenceum says :—We believe that Mr. Swinburne,
in his new volume of poems, Which bears thi somewhat
mysterious title of " Songs before Sunrise," deals in a
bold manner with the speculative questions of
the day.—A biography of the famous, or infamous,
Lady C'aslemaine, is in preparation. The Cob-
den Club are said to .be planning a volume of
Essays on International Relations for January, 1872.—
Mr. _Disraeli's "Lothair " seems attracting attention on
the Continent. The Augsburger Zeitung has criticised it
at length, and other German papers are doing the same
thing. The Bibliogralia Itatiana announced beforehand,
" Lord Disraeli publicliera it 2 ma,ggio in sub nuovo
romanzo, intitolato " Lothair."—M. Frdmy, writing
Cosmos, says that science is declining in France
owing to the want 'of sufficient endowments.—
Mr. W. R. S. Ralston has just started for Russia, with
the view of collecting further materials for a work on
Russian Folk-Lore, which is likely to appear in the
autumn.—" Literature !" was a toast that was to have
been given at the Theatrical Fund dinner on Monday ;
but, as Mr, Dickens was not able to attend to propose or
reply to it, the toast was omitted altogether.