Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-06-19

and productive Of simultaneous rustling
of leaves His style Of speaking is alike
free from pomposity and platitude.
Last Sunday Rev. nr. MacNeill took
for his text the 22l verse Of the 18th
chapter of John:
Tc now therefore have sorrow but |
will see you again, and your heart shall
rejoice and your joy no man tascth from
you"
The chief point Of his discourse was
his argument in favor Of sort Of inter-
mediate state between death AMI the
Judgment the "litt!e while" to which our
Savior alludes when he says that he goes
away for little while" The speaker
expressed beautiful thoughts in beautiful
language, though there were but few Of
what are usually termed "bursts Of clo-
quence;;' y yet there was Que passage no5y
delivered, which fingers in the memory
The speaker was arguing that we shall
rise together from the dead. abraham,
and Isaac and Jacob" said he, "aud the
patriachs of oid must wait for Moses and
Joshua; and Moses and Joshua must wait
for Isaiah and Ezekiel AMI David and
the prophets anl secrs must wait for PJ.
| lycarp and Ignatus and Augustine and
the fathers of the Church must wait for
Luther and Cranmer aud Rogers and Lat.
mer and they must wait for Us and we
must wait for others. Conversion is slow
and gradual, but Resurrection will be
simultaneous.
The most noted oratorica effort of Dr..
MlcNeiIl was bis sermon on the occasion
of the death Of the Duke of Wellington.
He is recognized as the leading pulpit
orator of the Church Of E1gIand. lie is
rich. Besides owning personally the
greater part Of his wc'liiIied charca, with
its remuncratiyc pew5, he Is CAuoa o
Chester Cathedral, oi,iating tAere ia the
summer months. He aourishes like the
tree planted by th, river Of waters
Rich and educated, refined ana liberal re-
nownel AMI gifted, he is type Of the
highest and most aristocrltic product Of
tue great Church Of England.
TIE DEMOCRATIC CLERGYMAN.
The Bcecher OF Liverpool is the title
sometimes given to Rev. Hugh 5. Brown,
who attracts to his church gretter crow Is
than any other preacher in this city. He
is Baptist clergyman, though his father
AMI brother are both clergymen q tas
E,tal.i.hel Chureh. Mr. Bsown, now
thirty-5eYcn years old, was elucatci to
the profession Of engineer, and for awhile
ran an engine on one of the English rail-
ways, and h yet falls in his old oeenpa-
ton similes AMI comparisons tor lis 60
ahead locomotive sermons.
His church is located on Hope street in
rather fashionable portion Of the town.
The style of architecture IS the monde
script the materials are bril-; AMI starco.
1t IS sprawling in desi n, and reaIared
the more uneoath by clalny Il aliit'ons.-
1t is low and squat, ami possesses neither
tower nor sPire, bat Only short-ti3c little
,ufrets, Ike runaway b,l.po>ts stick ing
up here AMI there above thero}t 1t has
may porches AMI en,rencaes as lobster
has Claws.
TAc intcrIor-Thiei will seat two
thagsanl five hualrel personals quite
unlike church. 1t IS hlss squire
room fitted up with pews, anl proyile |
on the sides with immensely vile CALLER
les. while against the fourth, between two
most uncompromi,ins glari 9 winlows
aal high up against the wal, IS the pull
pit. At night the place is lishtel by
groups of gas jets in the ceiling, like d..
/ Cummings church in L9ul0n. TAe PeNs
are small and th, ss4ts SO narrow taAt
they suggest the sensations Of one who
rideth upon a rail.
The evening services in the English
churches take place much car,i II than in
America. At half past SIX O'Clock, when
it is yet broad daylight, Rev. Mr.. Brown
enters his pulpit, while his eon5re 5ation
are already in their seats. He Is amelj-
um-siz ID man, rather stoat, with pleas
ant, open face, and Il rcso.ute, determine
manner, which is manifested both III his
motions and in his style Of giving out the
hymn. lie cannot be called an elegant
orator; yet his clear voice aud earnest
delivery rings through the large hall with
toac that demands AMI retains the at
tentiou of his hearers.
The service is somewhat peculiar, anl,
/ like that in many of the dissenting churches
of Eagland, retains favor of tha Estab-
ishel Church. Rev. Mr., Brown opens
by reciting one of the collects from the
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