, 1869-07-11
SUNDAY, JULY II, 1859.


49, 80
:" crutch-1nAking has been carried to great
perfection. cites the increasing demand
for "Pnlplt Cyclopa.dias," ~ Skeleton Ser
@.mons," Pulpit Themes" "Pulpit
=" Germs" and other similar books
whereby preaching is made easy.
The -idrs'r,ne is the organ Of
crest Christian body and is appropriately
edited by clergynen, and, speaking in re-
ligious as well us in clerical sense, it pro-
nouncas the use Of these books ns an
''eyl' Now. m evil is TO be deplored un-
der all circumstances; bat in the pulpit il
becomes greatly aggravated. The -idro-
cat, looks upon the use of these books az q
:. Confession ~af weakness, Of inbecility. Of
an want Of resources Of thought, md
knowledge and intellectual ability on the
"'part Of the minister who condesceuds to
4'sueh Is Use of other mems brains.' This
is very sweeping declaration, and, like
most of the exclusively religious reasoning,
denies the possibility Of there being another
side to the question. Is the use
Q! other mems brains, even IN the
pulpit, always On evl; and are there
net many congregations who would
rejoiee Il there was moro frequent use OF
t1aink' Original OF bos1o"ed, IN the pul-
Pits under which they SIT: Is 1t not just
possible that as good sermons have been
pfeaenea oeiofe our Gay es a1e nov got up
II the general run OF pnlpltsf DID not
John Wesley and John Knox, and DR..
Chalmers and nE. thana1ng, preach ser
mons eqnhl to the best, and infinitely supe-
r'or to the large minority OF the sermons
ny those OF the present day who reject the
use oi other men bfalns
We question whether II is confession Of
- i1AA.a31i:. +" f-l4- --44za, MO IS conscious
OF lis inability to osate to the satisfaction
Of LIS people, to deliver to them q
good practical sermon, no matter
fortune is thut the number Of those who
Ere unable to write good sermon,-who
Lave SENSE enough to-be aware Of the fact,
have heen very limited hence the vast
amount uf original trash that is preached,
mud which falls upon Estless hearts. Gen.
,]cne7, t,f thc cloth wbo refuse tho usa of
other nsu.. vru,us nre often exercised he
inf, Clus,isns is "a s,null. and crovs 1.ss
The outside world, perhaps. tinls no dii5-
Gully in discovering ,hat the men who need
c,7,tc,,rs .,ften t1 ia walk without them.
The .dIevcafr, while saving TINT
the rcc7,lar traffic whereby Clergy
1nnn cur purchase manuscript ser
uon On INV given subject, nt so much
n NICE. does not preyni1 60 extensively in
This country as in Eu.laud. den,ores the
fact lint the American DuIpit is in danrer
Of coluu II sLA s,.,nc Tay. md assumes
tapt .ue rapilly-increasine g volumes of ser
.-uous It'd 'shkelc,ons md aeer,us !"
would not he printed wcrs thcro not de-
mand fo. them. II muy }e-und we snc-
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icy; ~. ~ q 49, congregational Church,
tIantfeI7cd 10 bis 1naauscrtp, rrrJatm et hrrat;m
dei Aenn.I of ooe Ganfs,cne. ~ 'ns en" 2, formerly
Was the use of Bishon Eincs1ers sermon
m evidence of im1,ecilitr?" II the rer-
ercnd gentleman los becotne Il lion becausc
In r.cnchts the best. the ablest. and the
,noEt sou1.st;uinc sermons he can ind or
o,.s,-, auvp lo not scrve rc1icion better
than tie man VT, a,,ncriur TO the use of
Lis OWL productions, never kent conc7o-
gation awake n his life1 All good writer's
are not oratora. There arc manv men who
hnve tn excellent delivery, can road and
declaim well, hut who cannot write. Npv
why should not the talents of these two
classes be interchanged. and both made
1yailAble for the spiritual welfare Of man.
kind: Or, even bette1 still, in order that