Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-03-05
Inc Kew. Mr.. Spurgeon Mt the au.;
Chapel in Paris

A"e new Mr; SPurgeon at the America,
ChaPel in Paris.
GilP the following interestinp e,troo.
Fo rom Paris letter published in the New Yort
,;.h hrhe is.s Rev Mr.. spurgeon, the famous Eng.
gave the American and English res;da11,,. anu
opportunity of hearing him preach the sama
sSeIn,hg' at the American Chapel. in the Rue
ue berri- The ediice is large. nart;cn,arI1
WIZ. tne customary attendance is taken into
cohsiaeTatlon but on this occasion il was
hucu u;,h 10 overhowing; both aisles were filled
WIN people, wedged against each other most
unc0mfortably, and many doubtless went swaT
unable 70 obtain admission Mr.. Spureeon
appeared In the pulpit at half past O'Clock.
anu the services were opened with a praver
ana hymn, the clergyman reading each verse
oeioIe IL was sung. He gave a specimen of his
ttsahiy immediately after the first verse of
feeble praise; could we not make it more
earnest which made a manifest addition to
the strength, IT not the number of voices Mr.
oPurgeon then preached a sort of preliminary
sermon, which occupied not more than quar-
ter OF an hour, and in the course of which he
SpHe oi tne moultlng season Of birds, and
Saiu tnat women, too, have moultipp time
"nen they shed the tail-feathers of pride and
produce the wing feathers of grace which ia
certainly singular, though humbIy suggest
not a strlklngiy felicitous metaphor After the
preliminary discourse followed an earnest and
principal sermon, from the text:
believe on the Lord Jesus Christ snd
tnou shalt be saved, and thy house. Acts
xvi, 81. AUS
1t would be out of place, perhaps, to make
extended comment, in a sketch column like
nuine Ia the Express, upon so serious a subject
as solemn religious exhOrtation and conse-
quentiy content myself with the remark that I
never neard more impassiOned or eloquent pull
PIT oratory; though from a single heariho of
TINS celebrated preacher, feel confident in
the assertion that We have in America divines
not less masters of simple rhetoric and brilliant
imagery than Mr.. Spurgeon. His great forte
Is In the former; and, after once having listened
TO hun, 1t Is easy to understand the influence
OF his preaching over the humber classes of
the English, among whom the vast msjority
OF his admirers and disciples are to be found
physically, Mr.. Spurgeon gives no evidence
OF inspiration. His person is, on the contrary,
very ordinary He is short, heavily, built
man, with large fat face, smoothly shaved
and without perceptible expression.
ms voice, however, is magnificent, and
would hill any large American hall, as for
instance, the New York Academy of Music,
with perfect ease. Its intonations are bolster
Gus or gentle, as he pleases, and never, as often
the case with public speakers. sing-song and
-Aoi"'Oiioo'- his idCl proves tndt MY. Spur
| geon utterS his words without effort. and his
wonderful. clearness of pronunciation is as re-
markable as his voice. Both the sermons of
tuesday were preached extemporaneously, or
| at all events without notes and the second oc-
cupied 90 minutes rapid delivery during which
the orator never faltered, nor stammered, nor
sought word, but went on as readily, from
hrst 70 iast as II he was reading book
"At the close of the exercise, before dismiss
ing the congregation, the Clergyman stated that
| it had been his intention to preach for the ben
eft of the American Chapel in Paris, in whose
| pulpit he stood, but that the yestry of the
| church insisted that the proceeds of the collec-
tion about to be taken should be applied to the
edifice in progress Of construction in London.
ior the use OF his own congregation, composed
mostly of poor people. He added that 600 900
had already been raised for the purpose and
| 1000 more were still to be obtained. III ac
cepted the offer of the American vestry, but
would consider himself bound to return the
favor in kind. The collection was then taken
up, and the audience dismissed