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Conespondence Of the Springfield Republican.
What Minister thinks Of long Sermon
ire Baccalaureagc Of Pre-. iageN.

Correspondents Of the Springfield Republican.
What Minister thinks Of Long Sermon
ire BacealaIrealc Of Pre-. iageN.
BURLINGTON, Vt, Monday, Aug l.
am quite sure it would be capital thing
Tor the churches in this weather TO relieve their
pastors Of labor, providing they would remain
at home doing a little listening, or long listen
ing, as the case may be. 1t is often said there is
teo little sympathy between the pulpit and pews.
which would be partly remediel by thus forcing
the pastor to try the pews for a while. Some
/ sympa'hlzng hearers said to your correspond
ent on the last two Sundays, How fearfully hard
II must be to preach this no. weather Ny ex-
! peIehce' yesterday, in listening way convinced
me that preaching in hot weather is luxury
compared with hearing, aud shall 20 back to
the pulpit with the keenest sympathy for that
charity which in the pews endureth all things
suheEeth long and Is still kind. Now very
/ good sermon Of forty minutes was preached in
this town, yesterday morning, on - the differ
ence between Cod thoughts and man s thoughts,
between Gods ways and mans wars :" but it
took fifty five minutes Of patient waiting on the
part Of the congregation, save as AZ last they
could sing little before the text was announced
| wonder how many Of a congregation follow
prayer beyond ten minutes, especially in the at-
mosphere peryading our churches Oh a hot dav.
Perhaps it was ministerial impulse, but what
relief 10 have had little more part il that ser
vice, even in a slightly Iituastic way AsI
came cut Of church, story that your Long
meadow friend tells, came freshly to my mind
An old deacon Of that very ancient parish, once
On time prayed for his pastor, long since in
glory, in this wise; 80, Lord, We thank
Thee for the condition Of our shepherd. for his
great learning, for his mightiuess in the Scrip
lures, for his knowledge Of the doctrines but,
Lord, would it be any de.rineut to Thy cause il
he had q little more animation p" There Was
probably G-triment in the way, a the prayer
went uuaus Eeret. lie was not the last man who
in pulpit and prayer room has not been prayed
at. We can say some Things 70 the Lord, inf
mite ia patience, Of certain men, which it would
not be safe 20 say to their faces, perhaps
College street church was crowded, Yesterday
afternoon, with an audience representing all the
congregations of the city, TO listen TO the bacca-
llureate sermon Of President ANGEL NoticeA-
bly, among the clergy assisting 10 the pulpit.
was the rector Of s. Paul's, showing that high
church manners have not invaded his geuial
heart Fifteen years have passel since, fresh
man in Brown university, y01r correspondent
became a pupil Of Prof ANGEL and Ike many
others Of his Ola boys, hsve cone up here to
looA into bis kindly face again ard ST rs Of old
az his feet. The most popular professor that
Brown ever knew, he had u0re than popularity
the power 10 attach men TO him with hooks Of
steel, to influence them in their liie-courses The
years have touched him lightly, ami the increas-
ing honor. conferred and offered by the colleges
of the land, have not, as ia roo many cases. made
au Ola man. stif with stl'eness. out Of one who
has barely seen forty yetrs. FOR SIX years pre-
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