Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-21

When Cesar fell by the dagger" of
Cassius, Mark Anthony reused his
hearers to the highest pitch of excite
ment, not alone pointing to the dead,
or in holding up the bloody garments
of his fallen friend, but, by his voice,
saying
II speak right on;
Itell you that which you selves do know"
1t was by the resistless eloquence of
appeal, in the utterances of the living
cultivated voice. that Thomas Erskine,
at the English bar, in his defence of
Horne Took, in 1894, brought to tears
and sobbings the entire house, obvious
packed to convict the accused There
was o peculiar cadence in the utterance
of the verdict. Not guilty r' which
went directly to the heart of the popu-
lace, who sent mp shout upon shont,
thrilling all England with the result
both of liberty of thought and of speech
we make too little of the common
voice years are spent in gathering up
materials for usefulness in life by expe-
rience and needful application, but we
neglect, to a lamentable degree, in
those who are to become our public
teachers at the bar and in the pulpit,
the use of the voice, and the art of
telling even the truth in the best style
is not q fact fully established that the
living voice is eloquent in its cultivated
utterances, and that the living tongue
may, in its appeals, conyulse nation,
establish an empire, or overthrow king
dom? 1t may create an army, and fire
with enthusiasm the heart of every sol
der, or disband the same to dwell at
peace. Ii it possesses such potent
powers to influence, as a study, how
important is thatart of Sacred Oratory
The lawyer and pleader study how to
speak as well as to arrange their briefs
and arguments. The man who has the
art of talking is sent throughout the
country by interested partizans to in
fuence the public voice and vote.
From what is seen and heard too fire.
quently in the pulpit, have we hot rea-
son to fear that many have come to
think that any style of talking is well
enexeh, so the talker tells the truth !?
This is mistake. The minister of
Christ's Gospel, of all others, should
study to communicate religious instruc-
ton not simply and alone to affect and
feed the intellect, but also to melt into
touching tenderness and immortal life
interest the affectionate sympathies of
the heart.
The pulpit of to day, as never be-
fore in the worlds history, is blended
with every human enterprise for good,
and quickened in its pulsations of de-
sire for conquest by the activities of
this age in science and art, in discovery,
and commerce. Is it not apparen
that if the Church, rs the steward of
God, holds the sacred treasure, true
knowledge of which shall increase the
resources of power, dignity and infu-
ence of man, as we'll as enlarge and ex-
pand the conceptions of the immortal
mind, the representatives of that trust
and treasure are wickedly culpable in
the neglect of any means, or the cul-
ture any art, by which its blessings
shall be extended to all classes of such
utterances by the living voice as shall
remove the impression, too long enter
tanned, that bible instruction, religious
truth and teachings must ever be dry
and uninteresting 4? The living age
demands the living voice, uttering
truths Invested of the mournful, the
solitary and mysterious, or meditations
:" among the wrecks of former days"
Give ms in our college and seminaries,
men who, appreciating the power of
the living human voice, and in posses
sion of well-cultivated voices, can i'm
part knowledge of the art for sacred
purposes.
The Hon, George f, Edmunds, was
yesterday chosen United States Senator
from Vermont, to serve six years from
the 4th of March next. He received
eyerY vote in the Senate, and all bnt