The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-09-01
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which tho child has accees % hi Rnthse's
treasures.
The pearls Of NE ssiss's necklace srs
all the graces Of Gods word; the thread u
scarlet, and the chief pearls are faith, hope,
and charity.
Prayer doth not always procure for N
the thing We pray for; but then Il procuYetA
something; nor 10 the prayer grantsd q tho
same time Of its being offered up, but then il
is sure to be granted 1t . more expedient
time.
The OH PRrlcHERs. Crary has in
an editorial the following:
We would be glad 70 see our churcAes rise
above the outrageous demands OF Young
America, and ask for old men - we'll -
young. In council it il better to trust 10 the
youth. Age becomes . burden and . curse
when il is . relapse into imbecility and moral
obliquity. We could give instances Of strange
pcrpsfsity IN old age, Of imperfsct moral
vision, Of easy compliance With wicked de-
vices and demands; but age need not thus
be furnished. Its purity may be kept intact,
and its worth increased tilf death. Let rs
love, honor, and cherish our old men.
ELocurloN. -Frederick Jones, Eso.. Of
the Shawmut Congregational Church, Bos.
ton, has placed the sum Of SIS, 600 at the
disposal of the Trustees of the Andover
Theological Seminary, to enable them 10 ap.
point and sustain suitable teacher of clio.
cution, for the training Of studsnts in the
science and art of apt, forcihls, tasteful, and
convincing public address. A new chair Of
instruction has been authorized, on this
foundation, by the Trustees. Prof. G. N.
Weber, of Middlebury (vt.) College, has
been selected for the position.
READING TnE SCRIPTURES IL PupIrc.--The
Congre0ationakst says:
We listened lately to the ministration of
young preacher Of considerable promise, and
who is held in good degree Of popular esteem.
He read-what We were very glad TO hear
IN extended passage both from the Old and
the New Testament We have written that
lie read both passages it would be more
exact to write that he deiipered them. His
whole style of transfer Of the inspired thought
from the printed page of the Bible to the
minds OF his auditory was similar to that OF
the subsequent transfer Of his own written
thought from the pages Of bis sermon to
their minds. lie looked on his book lonv
enough to catch the substance OF a verse or
two, and then looked his audience in the face
while repeating them. Sometimes there was
a style of emphasis and quality of intona>
ton with slight accc mpaniments Of both look
and gesture, which seemed to intimate,
Now, ! have something very fine for YOU
take notice that this 10 particularly good
thing which | am now about to say etc,
Now TO this-and TO all which even remotely
resembles this--we earnestly. we are almost
tempted to add, we Indignantly protest. We
hold that, in reading the Holy Scriptures to
an audience, the pure and ultimate function
of the reader Is to be in the place Of eyes to
the people, He should simply read, not
harangue. His eyes should remaia rererently
fired upon the sacred page nscer being lifted
TO search for the eyes Of the congregation.
In short, he should sink himself, and all
possible suggestions of himself, out of sight
altogether, and endeavor, purely by just
and sufficient information, to put ell listening
minds into direct contact with the thought
which his voice interprets from God to
them,
A New OBJECTION To SERMON READING
SPEcrAcLEs.-In An editorial on pulpit let.
tiers, the last North Western says:
Many fail for want OF power to think on
their legs. All truly effective speakers must
be able to combine with close, premeditated
thought, new and spontaneous arguments, H..
lustratlons, and appeals, which will be sug-
gested by the face and expression Of the
hearers, and, may we not believe, by the ever
blessed Spirit. This is, of course, impaired
by the habit of sermon reading, or, as its ad
vocates prefer to call it, preaching from
manuscript That may secure careful pre-.
medltation-may secure, for there is as much
extemporaneous ,criting as preaching-bu,
must lose spoHtaneity, must lose the FIRE and
flame suggested by the countenances Of the
audience and by the circumstances of the
hour. The manuscript is itself bar to the
greatest success. That only comes when thu
men feel that brother man is TALKING te
them, not only from well stored brain, bu
also from the depths Of a warm heart W,
think the tendency of the Methodist preach
ers to sermon reading has had its day, anC
that healthiul reaction sets in favor o
preaching One question to young men wht
are becoming manuscript preachers. Die
you ever realize how you will look readin,
your sermons through q pair of glasses
Won'tit be needlessly premature advertise
ment OF post maturity?
Woes OF tho wiggIsrs.
The New York Evening Gazette, the lead
ing literary daily New York city, make
the following in regard to dancing. Consid
ering the source whence itcomes, the protes
is more than ordinarily significant. 1t head
the article, Woes Of the Wigglers:
We have no objection to dancing. Fo
young people it is very delightful aud sen
sble recreation. 1t is a better thing 70
children than the stupid games which rang
from Lotto to blind mans bluff 1t is
beautiful and cheerful exercise, and in man
ways beneficial pastime. But for nike,
companies of grown people, we abominate it
Ladies may like it-some of them evidentl
do like it. And yet, even they must at time
pine for the higher enjoyment of pleasar
conversation, which is now SO completely ex
lied from New York society
Gentlemen who 60 to their home at even
ing for rest and home quiet, are not Away
made happy by spending half or twothird
OF the night in dancing. Sensible ladies
who enjoy good conversation, are not espe
cialy delighted with night of tiresom
dancing. But he or she who keeps up wit
la,ter.day society and custom, mus, join tn
ranks Of the dancers or be blanks. Dancin
is the order-and the nuisance-of the day
There is too much of it. All sensible ME
and women are tired oft. We want CONVEX
saton in its place. Ifthis cannot be, gentle
men will seek the clubs, and ladies win forr
themselves into little circles of their own, i
which they can find the real enjoyment the
desire
II can have escaped the observation Of n
mind of ordinary intelligence that the brain
OF habitnal dancers are very light. They 70
aud rattle away as Rowland Hill once sale
like boys marbles in a dried gourd shell
No dancing master has ever been quoted as
gentleman offrst~class conversational capa,
tiles, and his best pupils are very much lik
himself, if not really more SO. We al
obliged TO the Gazette for its candor aud bole
ness, and can assure it that people want "cor
versation'' in the place of the nuisance {
dsncing,-Er.
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