The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-10-17
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ted that as the shooting then approaching
and as than probable, on its arrival, that
several clergymen of the established church would
have little leisure for composing their own sermons
the advertiser thereby offered, on moderate TERMS to
compose discourses for those whose time would he en-
crossed by the sports OF the chase and In order to
accommodate himself to the various views and wishes
of his EMPLOYERS, he at the time pledged himself
to make the sermons of any length-say so as to
uuire fifteen, twenty thirty minutes III the reading
and also to make them speculative, PRACTICAL
observation-disclosures, Calyinstlc or Arnlnan. 1t
occurred at the time that the dimensions of the
advertisers conscience must have been commensurate
with the superior and versatile talents Tor the posses
sion of which he took credit to himself. Our depo.
nent saith that the man was extensively employed;
and among others by the vicar of his own parish
The sermons drawn up agreeably to the theo-
logical sentiments of the divine, and In so PLAIN and
distinct hand that he could read them much easier
than he could his writing. All went on smooth
y and gloriously for succession OF weeks-the cer
gyman hunting, shooting, &c. throughout the week,
and preaching on Sunday. The discouses were so
much to his mind both in regard to the choice of the
subect-the selection of the teX--and the manner
of discussing it. that after few trials he left the whole
matter to his and useful auxillarynot even ia
king the trouble himself to look at the sermons until
he commenced reading them to his congregation
About this time the Rev. Rowland Hill made
preaching excursion through the country; and among
other places addressed large concourse OF people at
H. The concocter of sermons agreeably To any
lcreed was one of his auditors, and before the con
cuson of the Rev. Gentlenans discourse his theolo
gical views had undergone entire change. On the
following day he had TO prepare sermon Tor ms "o
thy vicar and its divinity, matter OF course, was
of complexion suited to his newly acquired senti
ments The remarks which constituted the exordi'
e UNI were, as Is usually the case, of general kind ;
and the clergyman proceeding with great iuenty
and animation when all of a sudden he stumbled on
sentence which denounced in the strongest terms the
delinquency of those ministers of the gospel who pre-
ferred the sports of the field to the discharge OF their
pastoral dutes-holdng up such conduct as alike re-
pugnant to the dictates of humanity, and the lnunc'
tons of revelation, and maintaining that the clergy
r. man against whom such charge could be substanl-
ated, was at once the most guilty and contemplate
being in the world.
On the annunciation Of this extraordinary sentence
the vicar looked amazingly stupid-scratched his head
land applied his pocket handkerchief to his face ana
nose. The congregation equally struck with as
constituent at the Z" new doctrine" After partially
recovering HIMSELF and after emitting from twelve 10
twenty forced coughs, and twice that number OF mems
and heys, the clergyman turned over leaf OF the net
erodox sermon, thinking that perchance ne might there
/ meet with doctrine more in accordance with use
e and won't" He commenced paragraph on the ne"
page but TO his horror found it, If there was any
Is difference still worse The very first clause express
sed the highest establishment at the amazing-the I'M
paralleed efontery of the pastor who could sand up
in pulpit Sunday, after spending the whole weeA
in mangng and numbering the irrational c,eas n
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