Elizabeth-Town gazette., 1819-01-19
MISCELLANY.
From the London Jewish Expositor.
SPECIMEN OF WEIGH PREACHING.

the hcVs MT. - invited several oil
his brethren to sup with him; among
them was the minister officiating at the
Welch meeting house in that city. He
was al entire stranger to all the company,
and silently alientlve TO the general con-
versation Of his brethren. The subject
on which they we're discoursing was the
different strains Of public preaching.
When several had given their opinion,
and had mentioned some individuals as
good preachers, and such as were models
as to style OF composition, &c. Mr.. -
turned TO the Welch stranger, and soli-
cited has opinion. He said he felt il to
be priuilfge to be silent when such
men were dtscoursing but that he lelt
lit duty 10 comply with this request.
+" Butt" said he, " if i must give my
opinion, | should say that ye have no
good preachers in England" No"
said Mr. l.. No." said he; that is,
mean no such preachers as we have in
the principally" Il know" said Mr..
L. "you are famous for jumping in
Wales, but that is not owing, suppose,
so much to the strain Of preaching which
the people hear, as to the enthusiasm of
their character" C Indeed" said the
Welchman, you would jump TOO, il
you heard and understood such preach
ing" Why" said Mr.. L. " do you
not think | could make them jump, if
were to preach TO them ? g You max,
them jump!'' exclaimed the Welchmau,
+" you make them jump! A Welchmao
would set fire to the world, while you
were lighting your match" The whole
company became very much interested
in this new turn Of the subject, and unan-
imously requested the good man to give
them some specimen of the style and man.
ner Of preaching in the principally.
!" Specimen" said he, (" cannot give you;
if John Elias was here, he would give you
a specimen indeed.-Oh! John Elias is
great preacher" I" Well" said the com
pany, " give us something that you have
heard from him." "Oh nor' said he,
/" | cannot do Justice TO it;--beside, it dc
you understand the Welch language p
They said " No, not SO as to follow
discourse" " Theu,'' said he, ii is
impossible for ye to understand, If were
to give you a specimen" But" said
they, " cannot you put it into English p
+" Oh!' said he, "your poor meagre Ian
gusge would spoil it; it is not capable Of
expressing those ideas which Welchman
can conceive /: cannot give you spec-
men in English without spelling it."
The interest Of the company was increas-
ed, aud nothing would do but something
of a specimen, while they promised TO
make every allowance for the language.
" WeH," said the Welchmau, " if you
must have piece, must try, but don't
know what to give you. | do not recol-
lect a piece Of John Elias; he is our
best preacher. must think little -
WE'LL l recolIect piece of Christmas
Evans. Christmas EysHs was a good
preacher, and / heard him little time
ago, at an association of Ministers. He
was preaching on the depravity Of man
by sin--of his recovery by the death-.al
Christ; and he said--s' Brethren, if ]
were to represent to you in figure the
condition of man as a sihner, and the
means of his recovery by the cross Of
Jesus Christ, should represent it some
what in this way. Suppose large grave
yard surrounded by high wall, with
only one entrance, which is by large
iron gate, which is fast 6olted Within
these walls are thousands aud tens of
thousands Of human beings, of all ages and
Of all classes, by one epidemic disease
bending to the grave: the grave yawns
TO swallow them, and they must all die,
There is no balm to relieve them--no
physician there--they mast perish. This
is the condition Of man as sinuer--aii.
who have sinEed, aud the soul that siu-
meth, it shall die. While man is in this
deplorable state, Mercy, the darling at
tribute of Deity, came down and stood
at the gate, looked at the scene and wept
over it, exciaiming, " Oh! that nigh,
enter; would bind up their wounds--f
would relieve their sorrows--I would
save their soulsi" While Mercy stood
weeping at the gate, an embassy Of angels,
commissioned from the Court OF Heaven
to some other world passing over, paused
at the sight and Heaven forgave that
pause; and seeing Mercy standing there,
they cried, Mercy, Mercy, can you
not enter Can you look upon this scene
and not pity? Can you pity aud not re
|lieve?" Mercy replied. / can see;'' and
| in her tears she added, 81 eau pity, but
| I cannot relieve" " Why can YOU not
enter % "Oh!" said Mercy, 6 Justice
| has barred the gate against me, aud
cannot, must not unbar it," At this mo
Iment Justice himself appeared, as it wert
.,,..oh ,t,o .xata The onuels so~,.;.o,t