, 1870-04-03
pREDlCATORIANA


como OF tho elder preachers. Many of thc;r
| Nc1lartlc6 we're, no doubt, nero mode. of
e1Iression current At tho dmo; but = cood
oeAl OF their cxttaSaSAnca also was budoonnry
oe violence OF manner. What ehouIl ws aaT'
io5 example, Of Preacher now, WHO shoul.l "a
! exhaust himself By the vahemcnee Of his
defamation tk.t he wocl bo Obliged 70 stJn
several tines during his sermon to recruit lin
sell with wine, Is 1t ia 1clated Of 4 canon Of
Seville, preacher 70 Charles W We road Of
! come pleachrrs Who indulged in grimAces and
e1trasaGancc Of deport1ncnt, Q, of others
Who vent just as far the other WY, Affecting
monotony and measured movements In III
things, and fixing the exact passage before-
nand When they would cough. reignot pro
lcsses TO have seen the mAnusczipta Of A
tions. thus: "6it down; stand IN Less von
must use your handkerchief; hare you must
roar c,s didLi," 10, It wAa 10 The dcmnnstr.t
kind that Ea1zac referred when he makes an did
atctor a1sse young man concerning preach
! i1g, as follows: "Sh1ka The church III over
nothing 70 the purpose, aud you Vii p.aseh
we'll The strange folly aud Lunoonery bosh
Of manner and matter which was 90 hsb;tnsl
as 70 rass wailcut reproaeh, may be ilIuatratad
" an anccdote or two. Here is one related
Es, ns feignos, a for ths Truth Of which ho does
ssr.nge to bc believed: NJ aIonk. preaching
on tho Nativity, remarked that the cock va
the tirst to announce In tho morning the c1asf
svcnt, " singing, Christ is born, Christ u
Eotn, Chr1stns natus est and, in repeatino
Tue Tue l; Latin a wetds the monk initiated lie crow
cried out, 'wl.4ro, Hhere7' iii. uGy ~ and r.
; again he initiated with the Lain the deep Iov
OF Tue OK; TO- this question OF the or, The
preacher nald the sheep male answer,
s.sps' ~ Ss' hs Gis.4ed lRe fA,s ss:so md Anal, =
y tho ass invited III to repair to TIC place by
h1ay'ng out, Let us 60, Let is 80, let us 60
Eo.aua, et.nstt5, eamus: and it was in fle
! praying of tue ass that the preachaz surpassed
nnsen; .ha a.: nsr.st::, celebrated presehe- Of
means of s ssntaEy 1aEy sRloyed i, sn s..
mfou ask Of me, deareat hrothe1s," +" he said,
how you may Attain TO heaven this tho very
bella Of Ito monastery tell you, BY giving
ddnGo, da1do, dando !" in tutoring Haieh he
initiated the eound OF bells, Tho Father
AonoIe, however, celebrated c4puchin of the
far in The shade, Once when he W. .yeash.
ng on the vanity OF the world, ha sud
denly produced sknl1, which ho held up 70
view. "Spcak!" he cried; "were you not
Perhaps tho bead of magistrate7 Silence
gives eohscnt" Then, cfspping upon Tie
skn4 the cap Of Judge, be continued: +" Al.
hast thou not been snoring many times during
hearing? de-, &c How many maciatrates
! have sat under the dsurs-da.lya only to put
virtue at disadvantagea" tasting aside the
I skull, he held up another which in liko man
.R nes he addressed; Vast thou not perhaps
fhs ekuu OF one Of those beautiful
LADIES' who occupy themselves only with catch
ms hearts aftet the manner of bird a-catchior p
1hen, At1eying it in head-t1ress, ho con
| nnucd: !" Ah! hal empty head! Where aro
.hose iovei{ eyes, which cast such fascinating
such gracious amles, that msde 90 many ru-
happy ones to weep in hell7 Where are thoeo o
tceth, which chowed upon 40 many hearts only
to make them the more lender for Tho devils
| eating e. &c, DC. Thus most invectiyely
city, court, f." bringing forth skull aiter sIuil'
ceivc his Teproofs. The Fathe. Honore
\ IL eAid to hayo been very popular and
successful preacher in spito OF Ills ha1eh voice.
ear, but be rends the heart" a stll mora - -
tonishlng Performance is relAted Of Bzydaine,
= powerful preacher Of the arst half Of ths
last century. He caused himself to bo lod ;nto
the church by bis valet with cord about lis
meek, Like victim endeavoring to win tho pity
o.. o. uod. , Ihe good women were frightened
the pulEit and beginning his discourse, he sud,
! fearing tLaas he vas preeipitsaed @ @ Sete ;ete
M ths absss. he caused his voice to
echo forth mourntullE, ac!ins the part
loading with their chains Sometimes this
Pulpit acting aFailed itse1f Of additional mcans
Of dramatic eject In 4 sermon upon The
| LAST 1ndShent, preacher was speaking Of tho
| lItShtiul alarnn Of tIunpets which would
W2ke we, 1p tae % dead At tho end of tho world.
ne1s, Wien you lcast think It; perhsps TO-
moHow-Why do I say to-mo1roW?-perhaps
At this Instant At that moment Tho horTibfe
| elanG Of dozen trumpcta. which tho proacll-
trra,,, st nad &C. secretly plaecd in the nave, rang
| This pulpit buroone.y, which WAS r.
| ceiycd without much offence, it any, in
! tho olden time, must not bo SUPPOSED
| to n 90 tho only thing that the pulpit supplied.
What man received depended much On lis
own soul as 1t always does. Poncet had much
sense IN bis reply to Duke who objected TO
~ ludicroua manners in the pulpit: hSi1, un-
derstand that preach only tic word OF uod.
and that those who camn Ia laugh sro bad men
and atheists. Moreover, have not in nv Ifo
caused 20 many to laugh as yuu have caused 10
weep. Sometimes Nh Affected tlelicacv went
quite to the other extreme, as in tho care Of
the English Mshop when preaching beforp the
| court: he said that those who should NOT lnv
his sermon to heart, were in danger Of being
consigned forever to that plsee which mo.
hteness would not permit him to nnpac before
I
side, Balzac mcntions capuchin who preached
At Rome with such majesty OF air, such bcsu-
~ OF voice, such purity Of language, such dig
nifty OF demeanos, and such affecting zeal
against ecclesiastical abeentceism, that thirty
bishore, conscience-stricken, ect OF tho next
day for their dioceses. As specimen Of elo.
| 9uencc, take this stirring passage from Father
Jacques DEydaine, Of tie last century: son
what, my brotherr, do you rest your confidence
that your last day is yet 60 far Is it on your
youth ? Yes Xon sar; I have .yet only
al! you arc misca and dec Deceived n.no t is ne not
you, but Death, who has twenty or thirty
years behind him thirty years Of grace which
God has accorded to you, which Spu owe to
him, and which have brought You just so much
nearer TO the day whom Death must claim ron.
heeP re soul ready, therefore; eternity
It shall begin for you. Oh! do rou know what
eternity 's7 It is clock whose pendulum nj
tess eEermore only these two words in the ii
sencc Of the tomb: Forever, never! mover, for
eyer! and forever! During these f.ishttnl
vibrations lost soul cries out, what time Is
IL and another wrctched brother ansvcra.
Efesnity: Hntory preserves thet1adition OF
terrific eject upon Tho congregation of this
solemn appeal, delivered with the preachers
rcsounding voice and hia tmpetuosity OF man
ner. II report speaks truly o, the stihed cries
and deep mutmurs which aroec MI over tho
church when he preached, he must Layo beer
mighty preacher. He used common and
popular images to illustrate tie lofticst ideas
and it va. his In bit to preach in the car1vcvcn-
iEg,, lust At the coming on Of night, which no
doubt added power to hiH words. The passage
quoted ahove doubtlcss Furnished LonEfe1lew
With tho text for "Thc Old Clock On he
Stairs."
Ihe old preachers ware by no means def
Gent IN wit; on the contrary, they availed
without tcEuple- Hero is / story Of the little
iasLsr Andre, witty preacher of tho seven
under the cloak Of The e1t1av.gant and absurd
e'ynoloGy then in vogue: ue was once
preaching st bordeaux during festival called
there the Feast Of tho Short o." or the
- Feast Of the End Of tie Year" celebrated
said Anlic, 4since an preaching to YOU On
your fete-day, must inform you Of the origin
q its nA1ne; and certainly l cannot but
admire the wisdom Of our fathers who gave
so il = name 20 appropriate. For, in line,
We nhsn i h the aspasef spa Of hs year f,th !
her husband, On, my father, she cries at
once, what = noble man you gave me! Oh, IL
you knew low he loves me! Oh, how happy
! an with him' Very well, this il the omit7pn
81 sho 14e = uFSeas p has i to say the Little O. the
let the father ask the same question Of his
daughter: My father, abe answers eadly.
alas things are changed: my husband i q
gambler, Bot, Arake. On, how unhappy I
sn And that. ladiesais the o.,ega, the tloue
Q. the Of ali the devi1s.'' Andre haI yery
Little affection for the Jesuits-a t1ait which
&c displayed during = discourse On
Ignatius il way which must have
been little Lifting to his Jesuit
audience 10 suproscs the saint to be asking
place for bis order: II Go not know where
70 Hnt you,r rays Christ; "the deserts sre
Eeld by st. Henedlct and st. Bruno; St. Der-
towna, where can tou 10 !" "Ah! Lord. re- re-
plies 1gnasius, only put ua in place where
there il something to get, in the great cities
fer example; AID leave The rcst to Us" s.Chris-
tianlty, said Andre, on another cccasion. "is