New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-20

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Der photograph. Is displayed from the pulpit Inc ORC
i eclipsed by one hand, but only Tor eecona-ana
appears ful Of iollity-a brief and hanousprVsr aP
paren,ly And now our time u come-an eAeeeu.ey
repobate ard reluctantly contributing Songr.sas-on'
let ne mite in supplics,ion that is the phrase:
"Mr Spurgeon generally prays standihy S"S;
inr on, toward the ceiling in truculent ana n'aeu-
tory way. The irrelevant information WHEN y. ~
veys 10 the Almighty or the state, u IL "eie ~ ~.
fame would be simply tedious. In the p ray.I We
benrd was a petiton for reform. and that faThau'hI
might be enabled not 10 talk but To DO sI"'e.mns
This il followed by hymn-or. a. the preacls1
il, sacred shout Of ioy-the tune oi ia'ol"o ~;
And vocal troll undoubtedly il il, that has eeran
grandeur and mutitudinous weight IN II, Ii'eu up
aud borne along upon the breath oi sucn q
human tide-the sweet women ; ana even ,ho
voice interfering IL at intervals like yfcaI -lop,
distinctly heard blending and yet not suonher seg "
il. In musical volume, 10 our ear al less' IL 'Heu'
and Just missed that sublimitv which Lutheran
choral might have possessed sung by such cio"u
fine il was, az any rate, ond memorable 80 VI
HYMN sung sitting another scrap of supphcatioh-
and another sacred shout OF joy. The last -tahIa
of this shout those who feel are energetcaNy
requested to attest in their song-patriotc II Ger
tanly il:
The British Islands the Lords,
There Abrshsms God IL known
Upon the word British strong, rough almost nauti-
cal emphasis wa laid. What have described oc-
eupied hour, during which, TO our minh, tne
preacher was not smart. Either the man VINO sat 10
the pulpit behind him hindered him. as bark ran
sometimes hlnders negro from praying and, nauti-
cally speaking he creeked and strained a. II against
ground swell or a bead-wind: II was not unfi ne
neared the sermon and got his main up, and his arm
tackle to work and all right fore and att that ne
realized NJ. Walt. Whitmans descrlptloniof loahng
and leaning at ease, or loatng and inviting the SOUL
At last he uttered his barbara yaWp over the roofs OF
Mankind a young hound, says old JAY always
yelps directly he into the field; IN old one wal
until he has drawn something Mr. Spurgeon sets OIL
in yelp or yoop instanter. He never loses wind,
though the rate which he cuts the air Is positively
alarming. His sermons series of windy combats
with ApOyon from which that parsonage always sinks
off bowling. and Mr. Surgeon invariably stalks forth
the exultant vctor In one of his sermoes the DEVILS
Represented Gs troubling man with his sins lou
rascal, you don't come troubling me, Is the reply
did not transfer yeur business to Jesus Christ, bad
debts and all What business have 10 bring them
up to mel laid all on Christ. Go and tell my Master
don't come troubling me-.
At the conclusion Of another discourse Gabriel is
invoked, Mr.. Spurgeon interpOsing in behalf OF
wetched sinneror the utter profanity OF this appeal
we have met DO passage at all comparable TO it The
sword of Justice Is about TO descend it is hanging by
a single hair. Stop, Gabriel, stop, spare him another
year. till dig about him ard dung him.. silence
and the preacher excaims, thank thee, o God he
shall not die tO-nght-perhaps tomorrow. Compare
this rant with the appeal of Whitfield, from whom the
invention is pilfcred, and bedaubed with Mr.. Spur
geons peculiar cOarseness. The attendant angel -
Just about leave the thresholds and assemble heaven
and shall he not bear with him the news OF one sinner
among all this multitude reclaimed from the error OF
his ways Then, lifting his voice, Whitfield eN.
claimed, Stop, Gabriel stop, ere you enter the sacred
portals, and carry with YOU the newSof one sinner
won to heaven This is MiltOnc. But what is Mr.
Spurgeons adaptation
1.-The amount of contempt and testing expended at
,he Surrey Hall on the foul fend is dismal IN the ex-
tremc. Mr.. C. III. Sturgeon reyes ina vulgar fahde,
monium amid blood, and smoke. and daggeis, anu
knives and writhing bowling agents OF bale ana
and Madison. Sight of that pure ether above the
smoke and stir of that dim spot which call earth,
cannot be had for the lurid clouds of suberranean
smoke belched forth from the Spurgeonc inier1o HIS
angels and archangels, too are not beings exceng IN
celestial strength, discharging lofty or lowly bchess
posting along the swift Winds gliding down the sunny
stairs, treading the starry pavement, or descending
terrible lightning lags, agents of wrath and displeas-
ure, but celestial chandeliers continually Tapping
their wings, and within call ready to core and carry
off any reprobate who is not listening To the lnvoca-
tors rapid rant Scraps of doggerel poety fragments
Of unnspired and most uninspring hymns introduced
after the negro fashion, as the poet says. Now and
then latin phrase, which Mr. Spurgeon has picked
up fowl might nail, which it very soon drops,
finding it hard. Phrases, such as tnHh 'nan it
sounds empty-or, sscce hCHO IA Plate Tersely ex-
claims, Behold the man. Then follow metaphors of
the Dick Swveller order Stir the flame of hilarity
with the wing of friendship, or, similarly, according
to Spurgeonic maeralism angels ascending the sleeps
Of glory, bodilcss ghosts stamping their feet, aud
angels and dying saints generally speaking in sOnnes,
which, to adopt another Spurgeonism, appears to be
the brogue OF Canaan English grammar is readily
disposed Of There is poor fellow who says could
not put six or seven words together in English grant,
mar Tush upon English grammar. God does not
care for that Books Mr.. Spurgeon equally dspenses
with in his ownfashion. i love 'Buters Analogy,
| love "Palcy's Evidences, but don't read them;
don't care to 20 into the mud for the sake of washing
myself Clean
" Occasionally the discourse il enlivened by stave
of song, from The Bay of Biscay or The Stand
ard Bearer and this sort of stuff: | think the
angels are looking down from the battements OF
heaven, and singing See the Conquering Hero
:" Comes" Now a metaphor taken from : Nine
tl.a I.xrtf. 'hrt-t
has paid the redemption money, you take faith for
ticket and get your soul ont of pawn.
d" Here is Il passage on death, with exquisite par
iamenay illusions: The grim SERGEANT OF the house
= il coming and he will discover you. What will be
your lot il you have been stranger IN his house
below, when you find that you may have sat for lit
tie while in this House Of Commons below you cannot
: sit in the House of Lords above. His Ahas are as
remarkable as hyena's: Aha says the devil,
Prince OF Light have one of thy jewels. There
are Spurgeonic ndulgences, it would seem: As soon
as man trusts God all his sins ere torgiven-past,
present, and 10 come.
'"Of the advantages of immortality, here is his
opinion: If You 90 to heaven You must elbow pick.
pockets, and walk side by side with drunkards and
thieves. There is only road TO heaven, for the
moral and immoral for the chimney-sweep and her
Mnosy the Queen. Here is another select thought:
1.-THE thought struck HE the other day, that the
Lord will have in heaven some of those very big
sinners that have gone further asray than anybody
that ever liycd-the most extraordinary extravaganza
of yice-iust to make the melody complete by singing
some Of those soprano which you and because
We have gone 50 far astray, viii never be able to
utter l wonder whether one has stepped into this
chapel this morning whom God has selected to take
some of those alto notes in the scale of praise Per
hans there is one such here. Oh how will such
one sing, if grace-free grace-sha have mercy upon
him..
And now the performance is over; the evil one
has been efectuay clubbed archangels have Mapped
their wings: the sie-shakng laughter and the
women's filters are over; and the performer has
passed to the reringroom 10 receive congratulations.
The boxes ratified the doors but is humiliang
a ia Tho dnnl necnniarx silence. NnY We are