Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-12

eeamen and landsmen who attend his
church. He rises clumsily from the sofa
In the pulpit, and puts his fore-fnger on
the text, as if he anticipated the LANCER
Of losing it, or was determined to stick
to it. After reading it distinctly and de-
hberately he is pretty sure to raise the
spectscles from his eyes, and let them
rest over the organs of causality.
Father Taylor does not ape the cleri-
cal stiffness which so M-Secomes those
who strive to make I'D in dignity what
they lack in devotion and intellect. When
be walks the pulpit floor, like q Gagged
lion, or pounds the desk with his fists,
there seems to be, and doubtless is, hon
esty in his zeal. When he distorts his
weather beaten face, and swings his ovt-
stretched arms about him, and shakes
his lean fingers in the fee of his hearers,
We zee that he has in him the elements
Of good actor. He is an odd genius,
and I have no hesitation in affirming that
he will utter more wise sayings and more
sayings that are otherwise, in one SER
mon, than any other man in Massa-
chusetts. Not untrequently he mixes
his pathos and humor so evenly, the list.
ener knows not whether to laugh or weep.
One minute he appeals to heaven, in .
strain Of sublimity that excites your adj
mifstion and astonishment; and the next
moment he appeals to Mr.. Foster, or some
other member of his congregation, in q
style not COMFORTING with the idea most
mm have ofthe pulpit. Now, with COM
pressed lips, grating teeth and flashing
eyes, he denounces some vice or heresy,
In words stepped in solution of birthstone
and then with smiling countenance,
upiurned eyes, and outsproad hands, be
lAvishes encomiums on hope, faith, love,
virtue, p;ety. Now he pours out tor
rent of sdjectives, as though he resolved
% exhaust the vocabulary, then follows
. stream Of nouns from his unfsiling Co.
chituate Of language. His sermons are
ornsmented with gems of poetry.
The following extracts from the SER
mon heard . week or two since, will
give the reader tolerable idea of his
matter: his manner is unreportable, for
he il the Booth Of the Boston pulpit.
''Eome men," said he, "will lie for glass
Of grog, and some women will lie for
cap Of tea. If God respects some sim
nefs more than others, there will be
hack hole in hell for LARS" "Who are
20 low, vile, mean, hateful, as the whole
sale dealers and the retail pedlars in lies 2"
BE prefaced quotation from Proverbs,
with these words Solomon was q wise
old fellow, although he had strange no.
lions about soino things" Speaking of
bscksliders, he observed :-"Thcy slide
by moonshining and deceiving them
selves" He ridiculed, with bitter seyeri.
~, the Oratorios Of the present day; said
that ''profane lips dared to initiate the
groans of Christ upon the cross. In
2dels, with instruments of music, endea-
vored to show the sufferings of the Saviour
IN the garden-the driving of the nails,
the dripping of the blood upon the ac-
cursed tree-and they mimicked the blast
Of the angels trumpet" 1t was an elo.
quent ssd just -ebuke to those who trife
with sacred thincs.
Father Taylor is plain-looking man,
and his bronnea face is strongly ma .ked.
He is now IN the sunset Of life, md his
head is thick.y sprinkled with grey hairs.
When excited, his voice is harsh, snd
conveys the impression to the mind, that
the "man behind it" hates the devil more
than he loves Jesus. He is volcanic and
b often guided more by impulse than by
intellect. Although be is in the autumn
q his years, he can perform more service,
endure more hardship, and preach better
sermons, than half the young preachers
Of the present day
O Gcrrit Smith has addressed q let
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