The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-11-18
4 GOOD HEARER.

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We hear murh said about good preaeh.
ers. but The text above named I worthy ii
/ a discourse. aM ha - ~
4. A good hrarer will consr b the sane.
iuaTy 10 hear. lie is hungry and thirsty,
aud wants living bread and living drink.
t}thcr people cnme there Cor divers other
purposes than that Of hearing: hut thai Is
his errand. Therefore he will have cars
10 hear. % #' " *~ II. %
2. Aud he win come promptly. lie is
interested, and IN earnest, and he feels
that lie has something 10 do with the Al
pha a well as the Omtga Of divine SER
vice: aud he rannot interrupt other peo.
pies hearing nv late arrival. Iou will
End the good hearer in his place in good
time.
Q. And he must hear with much prayer.
lie did not forget ihatheinre he leli home.
but warmed up his heart inlo III state To
receive the Word ere the hour Of public
worship arrived. and lie Kept on keeping
his heart warm. by frequently lifting il up
10 the throne Of grace. "These frequent
looks Of the heart 10 heaven" says Leigh
ton, exceedingly sweeien and sanciily
onr other cmploymcnts, and dllluse some
what Of heaven through all our actions"
80 the good nearer thinks. aud his own
practice eminenIly sanetiiies the employ
meni Of hearing the Word, and makes ii
profitable.
4. The good nearer hears for himself.
There are plenty Of prople who Turn all
the arrows Of divine truth 10 the souls OF
other people, and apply the discourse. most
carefully aud faithfully. TO the easdS Of
those about them. But the good hcarer
ventures to suppose that the being address
ed Nv the speaker is himself, and acts ac-
cordingly.
8. The good heareri is doer Of what he
hears. Some 30 on swimmingly with
most other matters about hearing till they
come 10 this but here they fetch up.
Hearing Is one thing, and pretty easy and
comfortable thing. i.a, doing is another
thing, and quite often an uncomfortable aI-
fair. People are not very fond of putting
them together. But the good nearer will
not suffer them to be separated.
Iscsides all the good they can do 10
themselves. good hearers accomplish ago;
.a.-14.....4ss srst,p.ssssss souJuCt lhey nahe
GOOD predchcrs. How il sets the speak
or ON fire To see the hearers wide awgke ;
all ewes and ears are drinking in his words,
as if life hung upon them. The sight kn-
dies him wonderfully. The warm blood
shoots rapidly along his veins. There is
n powerful stimulus to increased energy
and zeal. lie breaches an hundred fold
better for having those good hearers.
! | have heard OF " preachers preaching
people to sleep; !" bu, | have seen hearers
hearing preachers To sleep. They heard
50 stupidity, languidly, sleepily. that they
pu, ali the fire out there was in the speak
er's heart. Their Indifference dishearlen
ed him. How could he preach zcalonsl,
and fervently when those who had no
gone already to sleep were nodding aroun'
him, on the verge Of it, ia all directions
But it is his business to keep us a
wake by his zeal and energy" But SO i
is your business TO keep him awake b,
your felt and manifested intense interest IL
his preaching. Such attention would
rouse, comfort aud animate him. VIII!
not give il to him! If you wish him I,
be good preacher, be a good nearer. !
will do more towards that ohiert than al
the other things together which you cal
= do. Try it.
Good Adviee.-Evcry youth shout
early learn the Importance OF scli-relIance
= If he would make any advancement u
!, the rugged hill Of Scicnce--or climb III
=. steps of Fame-he has got 10 make him
i self. You may have allcctionaie parent
). aud powerful lriends--lhcy will be OF br
j. little avail if you do not help yourself
e You may have money and wealth at you
T. command--but they, of themselves, ca
!, do bu, little in the accomplishment {
% your grea, objects. You may have III
II advantages OF the hes, schools-and Of th
j most valuable libraries il you do M
+ bring into requisi,ion and active servic
if the native energies Of your own mind, yo
will fall infinitely short of the ends sougi
q for. Remember that industry, apple;
n ton and energy can accomplish almo
, any and every thing--without them yo
s. can do comparatively nothing.
v How to get rid of place hunter
is One of the Secretaries of State for IL
= United States struck out good mode
l. getting rid of an intruder in part'eul
case. II appears that the tloor-keeper
l. the sccretary's office was remarkab
~ obliging, which proved quite the thing &
D, rabid oilice-sccker, who managed 10
If in every day and bother tho secreiar