The sun., 1870-08-26
The Lnios, Fashio on in Ciergymen,

lie believes that religion is not the gloomy
and formtl thing" that 1t is made out to be in sem
inaries In seminaries, pale, knock -kneed young
men, with long hair, hollow chests, and bad dges-
uons, eat Graham crackers, and read Jonathan Ed
wards and practise the writing Of elaborate ser
mons, and never take walk. and are afraid of a
horse. and wear black coats, and blush painfully
when young women look at them.
No; religion is cheerful thing So he wears a
moustache lie says nothing fOrbids the deyoutest
follower OF Christ to keep his liver in good order
and that, n fast uotter conduces TO that effect
why he ehall get one He holds that the weaker
brethren are very weak, II they think his glass or
wine IL worse lor him than their strong coffee il for
them. Why should nota sinner set forth to his iei
10" sinners the Infinite merits OF the Saviour with
ou' tying up lis neck in white muslin {! 50 he val
iantly turns down his shirt collar: and his conser
valhe deaeons are lucSy II he does not wear aeek
tie OF some light shade, and smoke cigars In the
outskirts OF the village.
Wnen he meets the iufde tailor he does not pass
by him with an air OF ofminglcd pain and rebuke which
causes that n-tempered little scoundrel to bias
pheme more hideously tnan ever, and to Oawl out
his sad-eyed wife, believer yoked with an unbe.
never that there goes another OF her Internal hypo-
eriIe parsons, On the contrary he stops geniay at
he shop Wlndow goes furthor in pointing out
IN our version Of Tie Scriptures than Tom Paine
himseI The tallurs fayorite author gels his measure
aken ior Goat makes the little 9lasphemcr think
hollow ehesicd croakers like old Smith, or
young SHn Saa;p' Ski@p' or tba. Merks'; points out,
thousand more errors msy be alleged by the scoHcr,
and freely admitted by the be'iever the eternal
truths OF the Bible still ~ near The ailurs suui
and ol as tremendous importance TO IT, as ever; gives
the taol s son LESSEN IN boxing; leaves the tailor
IN tie shop and, going into Il back parlor prays
with the taiior's wife--not a dry set prayer like
skimp's but heartfelt talk with his Father. which
tie tailor hears through the door and he comes
out, gets u light for his cigar from the iniders pre
recommends him to procure such and such brand
OF tobacco, and goes away leaving sKepticus badly
staggered, aud on the lig road to SUNDAY clean
shirts and surreptitiOus attendance at "eyening
meeting" s
The Live Man In the ministry never breaches; he
talks, Christ is not to him an abstraction he saws
but his hand blood brother, who loves to be ad-
dressed lamilirly SO, when preaching and pray ing
ne !. not ayeiSe 70 little slangproyided It is not
Oithe Kind called SermUnese. What harm IL there
In joke from the pulpit ! In short the new limo
NY Is usually u young gentleman with more blood
uan brals; win more ability to talk huently than
capacity loT thinking about us spiritual minded as
q stock broker, and not well hammered IA
learned as magazine writer as witty Us sopho-
more; as noisy AS stump speaker as displeasing
q person to amy Dody who likes spiritual and moral
teachers W be men of clear heads and clean hearts
as any person that can well be conceived VI.