Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-07-26
Specimen OF WEIGH Preaching.


was the minister officiating at the Welch
Westinghouse in that city. He was an
entire stranger to all the company, and
silently attentive to the general conversa-
ton of his brethren. The subject which
they were discussing was the different
strains Of public speaking. When several
had given their opinion, and had mention
ed some individuals as good preachers,
and such as were models as to style of
composition, &c., Mr--tu turned o the
WEIGH stranger and solicited his opinion.
He said he felt it to be privilege to be
silent when such men were discoursing,
but that he felt it a duty to comply with
this request. But said he, If I must
give my opinion, should say that you
have no good preachers in England
Mop said Mr. L. sNo,' said he, that is,
I mean no such preachers as we have in
the Principality.' 4 know said L., you
are famous for jumping in Wales, but that
is not owing, suppose, SO much to the
strain of preaching which the people near,
as to the enthusiasm Of their character p
Indeed said the Welchman, you would
jump too, if you heard and understood
such preaching why said Mr. L., do
you not think they would jump if were
to preach 10 them p You make them
iump!' exclaimed the Welchman, you
make them Jump! A Welchman would
set fire to the world while you were light
ing your match The whole company
became very much interested in this new
turn Of the subject, and unanimously re-
quested the good man to give them some
specimen of the style and manner of
preaching in the Principally. Specimen,
said he, i cannot give you; if John Elias
were here, he would give you specimen
indeed-Old John Elias is great preach
err WELL said the company give US
something that you have heard from him.
% MOI said he. Icannot do justice to it
besides, do you understand the WEIGH
language?' They said no, mo, not SO as
to follow DISCOURSE sThen,' said he,
1T is impossible for you 10 understand it.,
if l were to give you specimen But
said they 'cannot you put it in English? p
CHIP said he, your poor meagre lam
guage would spoil it it is not capable Of
expressing those ideas that Welchman
can conceive-I cannot give you a speci-
men in English without spelling it, The
interest of the company was increased, and
nothing would do but something Of a speci-
men; while they promised to make every
allowance for the language.-'Well,' said
the Welchman,' if you must have piece,
| must try :; but don't know what to give
you. Christmas Evans was good
preacher, and ! heard him little i'm! i! are z
I al an association OF l.tinssstrs. 1e Waa
preaching on the deprav;,y Of man by sin
of his recovery by the death Of Christ
| he said -
Brethren, if l were TO represent you
in figure the condition of man as sim
ner, and the means OF his recovery by the
cross of Jesus Christ, should represent il
somewhat in this way. Suppose large
graveyard surrounded by high wall
with only one entrance, which is fast bolt
ed. Withinthese walls are thousands and
tens Of thousands of human beings, Of all
classes, by one epidemic disease bending
to the grave-the grave yawns to swallow
them-no physician there--they must per-
ish. This is the condition of man as a
sinner-all, all have sinned, and the soul
that s;nneth shall die. While man was
in this deporable state, Mercy, the dar-
ling attribute Of Deity, came down and
stood at the gate, looked at the scene and
wept over it, exclaiming, % that nigh,
enter, | would relieve their sorrows
would save their souls While Mercy
stood weeping at the gate, an embassy o.
angels, commissioned from the court Of
heaven to some other world, passing over
paused at the sight and heaven forgave
the pause; and seeing Mercy standing
there they cried, Mercy, Mercy, can yor
not enter? Can you look upon this scene
and not pity? Can you pity and not re-
lieve?' Mercy replied, can see, anf
in her tears she added 4 can pity, but can
not relieve Why will you not let Mer-
cy in?' Justice replied my law is bro
ken and it must be honored. Die they OF
Justice must!' A: this there appears ;
form, among the angelic band, like unto
the Son of God, who addressing hims elfte
Justice, said, what are thy demands p
Justice, replied, MY terms are stern ant
ricid-I must have sickness for Their
health-I must have ignominity for thei1
honor--I must have death for their sin
must have death for life.' 'Withou
shedding of blood there is no remission
sJustice,' said the Son Of God, 4 accep
thy terms On me be this wrong, and lie
Mercy enter 'When,' said Justice, 'wil
you perform this PROMISE Jesus replied
-Four thousand years hence, upon tina
hill of Calvary, without the gates of Jeru
salem, will perform it in my own person
The deed was prepared and signed in the
presence Of the angels Of God. Justice
thereafter presented the deed, saying thi:
is the day when this bond is to be execut
ed When he received it, did he tear j
in pieces and give it to the winds of heav
en-? No, he nailed it to the cross, ex
claiming, 1T is finished Justice called
on holy fire to come down and consume
the sacrifice. Holy fire descended; j
swallowed his humanity but when
touched his Deity, it expired! and there
was darkness over the whole heavens
but, glory to God in the highest: on earti
peace and good will TO men.
This said the Welchman, this is bu
a specimen of Christmas Evans.'-[ Lon
don Jewish Exrositor.
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