St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-08-30
Beechcr amt !SpurgeOn.

Mr. Beecher has no organizing power:
a. Il preacher. lie belongs - no ciaS>
His congregation l. eclcciic. H. can
lead the misses. but he cannot build mp 4
sect. lie mourn- that he has not the
ability TO organizc that markell career oi
his father. >pur.eon has thu executive
ability of Wesley lir i 4 baptist :;
liberal. catholic, genial. he Is sill :! Lap-
list. His Iabor> are directed To- or-anizr
baptist churches III England: : MI his la
bors tend 10 thi. end. lis colicre l.
sustained Tor the creation oi baptist min
iStcr>, The great fund that comes an
nual.y into lis hanI i appropriated 10
this purpo-c. lie i open communion ::
but he allows no one To come INTO his
church whoi> not 4 REGULAR baptist. Ou:
of $500 members, every "nc l. strictly
watched, every name i written III book.
each absence from the communion i
noted, AMI the delinquent visited il hi>
ticket 10 the cummunlun l. not regularly
rcturncd-tor all communicate have
tickets
AZ religious teacher Mr.. HsecLcr re-
cards man in all his relations lie
breaches 10 him AZ he finds him. He
takes child and runs INN through al
the phases OF lie 10 old age. lie preach
cs 10 him as 4 son, a brother. Il >ujurli-
nate: as workman. a clerk. or one
bound to cylic-c, ana 10 one ot the pro-
fc>>ion<. lie has regard 10 tie social.
moral, and political duties OF lie. He
believes christianity to be!on. 10 all these
relations, and the duty OF the pulpit TO
instruct and guide in ;Ili domestic, intel
lcctuai. social. AMI religious things He
breaches on one side oi subject often -
earnestly and Nrhemcntiy that ii one
heard only that sermon hc would sup
pose that he believed in nothing else IL
can turn his hand 10 anything. He Is 4
capital mechanic There are few better
farmers in the land. o. hi> Country scat
at PcekSkill clearly shows. His wagon
in the market Is earlier in the season anu
in the day than ANY other. Ills rotation
OF crops, the rare ani choice fruits on hi
place, and the style of his tarmiH", show
him 10 be as superior with the soil rs hC
is on the platform In art .matters few
can exceed him. lie would nave beer
eminent in anything hc had chosen 10 DO.
Spurgeon is Il simple preacher OF thC
gospel. Hear him 4 thousand times
and you hear but two things, ''thOu /;
sinner. and Christ savior" He bcgvl
preaching when 4 boy, and this was hi.
theme He is now thirty-three years D
age, and will present nothing else TO tn,
people. 10 hear him pour forth in hi,
flowing silvery manner the great, com
mon truths that centre around the atone
ment, one maryels at his hold OH tn
public heart. The utteranccs are :,
commonplace and familiar that it is {;
wonder in what his power consists. III,
would not write novel if any one woul,
give him the queens salary. five thou
sand dollars a day. Should her maIest,
attend his service, he would, with gre;,
affection and earnestness. preach to he
, as to any common SINNER urge her t,
make Christ her portion, and see 10 /
that her crown was secured above. "
man in the world understands his phy,i
cal system better than Mr.. Beecher
His eating, sleeping, exercise, all con
form to the laws of health. He
thoroughly temperate in all respects. Ill
has reached half century with SCUM,
constitution in 4 healthy bod J, and ha
: twenty five Years good service In HIM yet
Spurgeon is a young man. His flesh
: appearance and the gout that has alread
: overtaken him show that physical law
r must be obeyed as well as moral. Nj
: Beecher lives plainly, Is simple in hi
. dress and in his habits, and if met in til
r streets would be sooner taken for all ey
Y press man in hurry for the cars than
minister. Spurseon dresses in true Ene
2 lish clerical style, is tree liver, disper
t ses an elegant hospitality, keeps h
o coach and coachmaD, lives in fine maj
d sion, and boasts as good a turnout as Ii
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