The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-01-22

~ ohu''ON he WAS AND 1S.-IhOSe
who go to listen to Mr.. Spurgeon at the
present uay, with notions derived from
the reputation he earned for himself in
the past, will unquestionably be disap.
pointed. He no longer INDUCES in those
ecccntrlcltles which did so much origi-
naiiy to attract notice to his preaching.
TIC still says sterling things, and it is by
no means uncommon to sec broad
smile Tilt across the faces of his conpro-
gation' even when he is speaking about
tho most solemn subjects; but the extra
down. '>'
The writer, for his part. must declare
tnat lie went to listen to Mr.. Spurpeon
us stIongly preJudiccd against him as one
couiu well have been; but that after hear
ing INN preach Mt least half dozen
'ihes' ana alter reading moro than a
score oi ms printed sermons, he finds his
olu prejudice entirely destroyed. In
Ihtlr place. he Is free to confess that he
entertaihs very lively admiration of the
srcat preachers simplicity and earnest
neSS. He mas no respect for his literary
powers, nor has he any sympathy with
tho forbidding character Of much Of lie
theological creed, but he has never heord
preacher who was able to imnrose lie
audience with such sense of his own
earnestness and sincerity, by means % .
simple, rs those which Mr.. Snnrooon
uses to effect this end. His sermonso oro
like his prayers, entirely rrtel,Doye.
The preacher stands in front Of L;s
platform, pockct-bible in hand. and
pours out, i'll that wonderful voice of his,
a discourse which is always telling. md
which would bc eloquent, were n little
moro pains taken with its composition
10 literary merit, however, Mr.. Spur.
geon does not apparently aspire, nor
does he ever seek to indulge in rhetori.
cal fireworks above the heads of the
congregation. On the contrary, his first
ot]cct appears to be, to talk in the sim.
piest manner to each person before him.
Anecdotes, some of them rather too In.
dicrous, one would think, to he used
with proprlety in tho pulpit, quaint il.
l"strations and expressions, the constant
use of scriptural phrases, and forcible
personal appeals to his hearers, make NJ,
the stock-intradc Of Mr. Spnrqcon as !,
preacher.
When yon analyzc his sermons, YOU
marVei ~ the effect they have produced
but when you listen 70 them as n whole
rolled forth by that magnificent voice
and evidently coming straight from tho
henrt OF 4 man terribly in earnest. yo,
cease to wonder Mt their success. Tha
there are many drawbacks to the plea
snre OF listening to him, we need hardl,
say; ne does not scrnplc, ut times, tt
harnnSuc his congregation on Sunda,
morning upon the political events of tn,
past week; but even when lie does no
do this, it is impossible to mistake hi.
political creed. He regards the Churcl
establishment rs monstrous iniunity
he looks upon the conservative party a!
il herd composed Of designing knaves unt
Ignorant dnpcs. He is rs free in prais
ing ''William Ewart Gladstone" as th,
hHI.r T"hWuY,h, itself.
81. Jn,es' JHnrt:ine
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Keeper, named Edwin Craft, last April
died, of heart disease, in the hospital OF
Sing Sing prison, New York, on FRIDAY.
The deceased, it will be remembered,
was subsequently tried for his crime, al
White Plains, and, being found guilty,
was sentenced to ten years additional
servitudc, which would have commenced
about two years hence, when the term lie
was then serving wonld have expired.
For some days previous to his death.
lowden suffered all the ag0nies Of fell
rcmorsc, and, in the paruxvsms of deli.
rum, would start wildly from his bed
and beg pitcously to be protected from
the murdered keeper, whom the patients
afirighted imagination constantly saw
preparing to bear him away for punish
ment. 70 such an extent did this phan-
tom aAcct the mind Of the deceased
that, rs the hour of dissolution MP.
preached. the terrified wretch had to be
constantly watched, night and day.
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