The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-12

sermons we're strange, not TO say couical AMI
irreverent One was called "The Shop Of the
Spiritual Apothecary." Others were:-"Six-
pennyworth OF the Divine Spirit, )" "Some fine
Biscuits Baked in the Oven OF Charity, Care
fully Conserved fer the Chickens OF the
Church, the Sparrows Of the Spirit, and the
Sweet Swallows of Salvation" "Baruoh's Sore
Gently Opened and the Salve Skillfully Ap-
Piled" "The Cburch's Bowel Complaint"
''The Shutters Of Divine Love-" "The Spiritual
Mustard Pot to make the Soul Sneess with
Devotion;" ga Pack OF Cards to Win Christ"
etc.; IA Spiritual Spicerie, containing Sundrie
Sweet Tractates of Devotion and Piety,"
written by Richard Brathwaite, published in
1898, with an odd quotation from Canticles,c. !.
IL, and c. v. 13; "The White Wolfe, asermon,"
1927; "The Nail Hit on the Head" 1914;
"The Wheel Turned" 1647;" Glove aud
Fear, marriage sermon" 1868. "Two Sticks
made one" sermon, 1851. "The Divine Lan-
thorne," 1856. "The Best Fee Simple" 1867.
"Crumbs of Comfort for Chickens of Grace"
And again, "Deep things Of God, or milk and
strong meat containing spiritual and expert
mental remarks and meditations, suited to the
cases of babies, young men, and fathers" etc.,
12mo. Is. boards, Matthews, 178S. "a box OF
precious ointment for souls sores." "a Sub
pena OF the Star Chamber Of Heaven" 1923.
IA Funeral Handkerchief, to which are added,
etc., 1891" ga Divine Balance to weigh
Grapes taken out of the Basket of the Ca
naanitish woman" 1860.
"Matches lighted at the Divine Fire" "The
Gun of Penitence."
VANITY OF CLERICAL AUTHORSHIP.
poor vicar in very remote county had,
on some popular occasion, preached sermon
so exceedingly acceptable to his parishioners
that they entreated him to print it, which,
after due and solemn deliberation, he pro-
missed to do. This was the most remarkable
incident in his life, and he at once set out to
personal presence. He was recon-
mended to the worthy and excellent Mr.
Bowyer. The printer at once inquired how
many copies were needed. "Why sir, i"
returned the clergyman, 81 have calcu-
lated that there are in the kingdom SO
many thousand parishes, and that each
parish will at least take one, and others
more; so that think we may venture to print
about thirty-fve or thirty-siX thousand
copies" The printer bowed, the matter was
settled, and the reverend author departed in
high spirits to his home. With much difficulty
and great self denial, period of about two
months was suffered to pass, when his golden
visions so tormented his imagination that he
could endure it no longer and accordingly
wrote to Mr.. Bowyer, desiring him to send the
debtor and creditor account, most literally
permitting the remittanCes to be forwarded at
Mr.. Bowyer's convenience. Judge of the
astonishment, tribulation, and anguish ex-
cited by the receipt of the following account,
or something very much resembling it,
To printing The and nsy paper 8 copies g. s. d
OF sermon d
Cr. By the sale of IL copies of said
BEL MOu
Balance due to Mr.. Bowyer.......7S4 0 0
They who know the character of this most
amiable and excellent printer, will not be at
all surprised to hear that, in day or two, a
letter to the following purport was forwarded
to the clergyman
"Rev. Sir:-I beg pardon for innocently
amusing myself at your expense, but you
need not give yourself uneasiness. l knew
better than you could do the extent of the
sale of single sermons, and accordingly printed
but fifty copies, to the expense of which you
are heartily welcome, in return for the liberty
l have taken with you, etc. etc."
Dogs AND DoGMAs.
Landseer once painted celebrated picture
called "The Free Church." 1t represented
congregation of Scottish shepherds with their
collieS or dogs, seated each by his master in
the pew. A wag observed on this custom, 81
suppose the Presbyterian minister will preach
on dogmaticaL theology" A clergyman from
distant part of Scotland came to officiate to
one of these shepherd congregations. 1t is
USUAL III Ln6 IT6SDy IeTlau huh lOr Lue peoplo
| to rise when the minister pronounces the final
blessing. The shepherds continued seated.
| The strange minister was scandalized, and
| sharply exclaimed, "What, is there not
| enough devotional spirit amongst you to make
| you rise to receive the blessing?' An old
| shepherd mounted the pulpit stairs, and whis-
| pered in the preachers ear:-"Meenister, it's
just to cheat the doggies." 1t appeared that
directly the congreg alton rose to receive the
| final blessing, the cotLteS thought the service
was over, and rushed through their masters
legs with mighty yelpings into the church
| yard.
THE YORKSHIRE CLERGY.
can public with the character of the York
shire people. Mr.. Jackson tells us something
of their religious guardians:-
''The sermons of the most remarkable Of
these self-taught preachers were sometimes
bizarre, grotesque, and, to highly cultivated
and sensitive understanding, ridculous but
| duced to writing, the memories of which yet
live in the breasts of aged Yorkshiremen, that
might compare with Dante for sublmity and
gloom, or with the rude but impressive sculp-
ture on and around the portals of a medieval
cathedral, for bold word-painting. With a
voice of high pitched recitative, sometimes
approaching a scream, with wild and vehe-
ment gesticulation, they laid firm grasp,
through the power of sympathy and the spell
of Imagination, on their bucOlic auditory.
There was no denying one thing-they believed,
and therefore they spoke. One of them went
by the familiar name of Our Billy He has
been known to take pair of scales into the
| pulpit and to literally WEIGH in tha balanca