The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-02


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Whitehead and wesley accomplish
$ great moral elects 81 their persuasive 81
It quence. England ead rarely. il ever, bss
0 IN a lower moral lM spiritual condilio
. ihan IL was IN the early part Of the Ia
!, century. ihe ianselcism of several rel
? glous secIs during tne PERIOD oil the Cron
y weiiian Commonweann, was followed b
9 the widespread lloernnlsrn which had gon
out everywhere iiom the court of Charlie
tne second 10 TINS, there was but littl
check. FOR the clergy o. that period, AZ
, pointed 10 their iivinSs chiefly by secular,
not bad men, Tor the mos: part, resembled
IN character, those who gave them their liv
ihSs. IN this state OF things, SIX or eigh
, young men, students at Oxiord, becam'
, Iuiy Pi0uS and being more sober thar
tneir ieiiow coiieglans and more zealou
uodward' they were treated with great de
flsloh oy their equals, ana with marked con
tempt ana rePfoach ny tneir officials.
| Their Persecutlon'ahosseyer, did then
good' IL increased Their ZEAL II gave
ii'ii'i'eSs 10 'ne'r 'ai,n' ana 1esoluteness t.
tneir purpose. Although Whitefield ant
wesley received orders, yet, as they Were
shut out from the pulpits of most of IN,
Established Churches. thew went every
where, preaching the word In 6elds-ou
wide moors-and sometimes in the ouIsk ;r,s
of large cities-these men of God with a
freedom, a manliness, and pathos of utter.
ance, almost pentecostal, warned sinners n
flee from the wrath to come, and made
known the exceeding riches of tho c,,ce o,
God in Christ Jesus. The effect ON mul,;-
tudes was electrical. More and better than
this it was enlghening. sanctifvins-sa.
wing. The lower classes received an intel.
lectual impulse ami elevation Of cbarac-
ter, such as they never before experienced
They were trained to think and INQUIRE
and were lifted I'D ID the KNOWLEDGE Of the
true God, and of Jesus Christ, whom he had
sent. The drunkarl left his CUBS: the H.
centious his haunts and the prolane ceased
his oaths. Many, Who had been like the
| Corinthians were ike than, .,r.shoJ Oh
sanctifed. and justified in the name Of the
Lord Jesus, and 5y the Spirit of o1r
God
Lions and beass of savage name,
IN Put on the mature of the Lamb,
Inc eio4uence OF ueorge Whitehead and
Oh 'ohn wesley WIS oil very different
character each from the other But each
was suited 10 win attention., to secure confl-
dence' ana 70 accomplish the grand Purpo-
ses OF preachlnig'-b rescuing men from
'ne pains oil sln' anc restoring them to the
ooedlence OF the trltt.
Whitehead, ovehiowlnS with the strong
ana tender senslolitles OF his nature, exhibit
TED his whoie so'i IN his features and In
every movement oil ms body. HIS very
'o'les' even without words assisted by his
coun'ehance, would touch the chords o.
lear, and terror, md hope, and senslbillty,
IN tie vast Groves that always assembled to
near hlm' ana when these tones conveyed
The awakening peace-svIng, and hope-ln-
ssPirinS truths OF the gospel, with God
Dressing they produced Their appropriate
ehects'
wesley was an eloquent man, but OF
very olnerent order. Ills undouDted Plety,
MS purity his ahStemor'sneSs, and his OBJ
servance OF CLERICAL ProPrety IN his cos
tune ana deporthent, inspired his hearers
win confidence AID reverence. NO one
heard from hlm me bursts OF eioquence
which distinguishes Whitehead preaching
ihere Were no sadon hunderings from
Mount olnal' taking his hearers oy surprise,
ana making them qiahe win lear and ter
ror' nut there was an even gentle now
Oh uu'n. IKE ciear anu reiIeSnlne' Out al
most nolseless slrean-vaIled with facts and
narratives suited to hi attention, and to H.
lustrate the subjects OF his discourse. His
hearers were overaWed and yet captlvated,
by the sanctty OF MS appearance, as though
he were gentle aud yet authoritative visl
tor from another world, whose messages,
though calmly and melll1uously uttered,
were not to be doubted.
The eloquence Of WHITEHEAD was like
the drops OF rain coming down copiously
and with audible noise. The eloquence Of
Wesley was like the falling OF the dew
upon the tender herb, known more by It's
effects than by its fall. AID then. if Yves
ley was inferior in direct lower OF speech
to Whiteheld, he was lar SUPERIOR as TO the
power of his pen. With tie latter instru-
ment, Whiteheld could do nothing. His
whole strength was in hs oratory. But
while he was unsurpassed in the pulpit,
Wesley far transcribed him in ecclesiasti-
al government. One was child as to
his capacity to organize intoa wel[arranged