Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-11-04
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FeEssYTERIAN-NELvfLLR tRpIsCoPALIAN
T,,..-- -- LoNpoS, Sept. 81, 1859.
;. 1here are few people. i1s the, world who he.
l,eVe III the annihilation Of the s6irig, aIgtISe
leap leap OF tue body. Nearly. all mankind have
tupes or t"tnre'lIte, F'sone lGngiugs after i'm
and IN all Christian jconntriEs rcI.
si0a rs the subject on which men feel nero III.
teIlSe'y taan on any other. ftiS not, therefore
strahge that ministers of the goSDel-nen 1,bo
profess to be endowed with the requisite knovTl.
eaGe TO d1Teetn as on thearoad to heayen-shonltf
o oe neso IN great yeneTatich- and esteem They
"rG @ supposed to be the recipients of Gods pe-s
cuhaF iaVors, to whom he has revealed his will
more clearly than to others. They are brought
oeIore the public ottencr, and more prominent,,
~ than other mem and exercise greater in
nuehce. lOr good oFsevil, on the welfare of man
Kind. Your readers may be glad to learn
something. of the popular preachers, in the
greatest City in tho world; and will devote
this letter to brief description of d few of the
most eminent among them. ~
c. N. ssPuRGEoN, BAPTIST.
About half a mile east Of London Bridge.
near the Elephant and Gastle,'' there is an
open space of two or three acres. and in the
middle of ita large building, designed for con.
.certs and public exhibitions. 1t is built like a
theatre, with three rows of galleries all around,
and will hold, it is said, 10000 peoplc. At
quarter before ten O'clock the gates TO Surrey
Gardens are eoPened for all who have been fors
iunate enough to get 6TstcIass ticket, for which
they Pay one shilling sterling. From 5, 600 to
5000 people soon occupy all the seats in the
house; ten minutes before the services commence
the large gates are opened, aud the holders of
second class tickets, who have been waiting in
the streets, rush in and occupy every fJ0t of
standing rUonI that can be found. There is a
good deal of -shutfling, and talSing, and an ut
ter lack Of that susbdued and reyerential feel
ing which pervadeSs a aggregation Of serious
worshlpFers. But all is hushcd and every
eye directed to the pulpit, as aiyoung man,
PerhFPs thirty years old, begins the services
hy reading portion of the Scriptures, and
ceedlnSly fine voice, and his enunciation is SO
distinct, that no one in the building need
miss a word he says. After the Scriptures, lie
reads tue psalm all through, and reads it re-
markaby well. The whole congregation unite
in singing, and the effect Is truly sublime /
have never heard any singing equal it, unless
at camp meeting in the woods, on still night.
hlr. Spnrgeon preached without notes, and his
manner Is a good imitation Of that of n stump
speaker iG Kentucky. In his sermons .he makes
free use OF the birthstone and hell-tire theory,
aud If his hearers do not repent, ard be bap-
tiscd lin the pond in the ynrd) it will not be
because he docs not frequently remind them
OF the drop Of water that they wilIslOnS for but
fail to- get, hereafter. That Mr.. Spurgeon is
an original man, no one doubt, who hears
himi and that he possesses talents, is unqucs.
tonable. No man of inferior power can attract
10000 people every titne he breaches, half Of
them paving a shilling for the privilege. But
think that many of his hearers are delighted
with his preaching, for the same reason that
they clap and applaud an Itatian opera singer
not becauce they understand aud appreciate
the singing, but because others do, and they do
not wish 20 be thought stupid or ignorant, and
therefore follow the example set them. Let AIR,
SPurgeoh go to our country, as an unknown
lIs:ln, aud he never would obtain the reputation
parison, the great mass of the clergy here,
especially those of thetEs,ablishcd Church, give
Soule show of truth to the old story, that boy
who is too stupid FOR anything else will do for a
parsOn. g.