, 1870-04-03

1eFeath 4 preacher Ii church H1ele 1t Wa9
,he tSe eas.om 70 r,see nen & % =. one sids , ana
20 dfsplay hin wits at The expense Of the
is.t ~ sex. he was complaining Of noiso wilich
uet3afbed him, when woman, mindful Of tho
hs. htsuit OF her Sex, spoke aloud to assure him
sa snas the Interruption did not come from their
Inc Inc better, said the preacher; "it will end
AZ az sooner a curious instance Of clerical
1atLefy e appears in the c1ordium nf sermon
~ ~ ne Trinity, preached by Gray Friar be-
IL; .s an "a. .Afs.eh'ashop wss-e family name vas
Lod, n to aucceed in de: ign 20 lofty, Il did
not avail myself ot the intcrceeeion OF
4Wuaoame' Wa' yo7s- cou.in, By earias to her, Ace
,sas7a. .sesI Let ua contrast with this dignifed
IN >Ilon iba ,Sdr 81 rulpit fmPartisly to be found
Lous I Nv, when preaching before him "Si,e,
am an not gnorans Of the custom which ro-
911es nc to Ea1ute you With L compliment, but
Deg yo1u Majesty to excuse me from It (;
sase looked through the Holy Scripture for
net 70 find single one." The same preacher
3ss eharpes on another occasion when he Dis
covered an abbc sleeping: "Wake up that
noes he cried, "vho has probably come 10
Ths 11e enureh only to pay court to tho King"
ne euro Of ferre-buseiere, preacher Of
When she day Of Judgment shall cotne,
lod I'll cal1 mo to render an &c ount
q you al, and will say TO me-, Chaplain Of
ptlesIe-H ;HiotsieIe, what lie the state Of your
sheep ]? and shan say not word. Again he
vi. u l1 s1sy = me: CHAPLAIN Of Herre-Bassierc;
enswer not word Then the third time he
Wal ssy to nc, Chaplain Of Pierre -Bussiere,
what is the state Of your e1eep:' and I will
answer, Lard, bcssts thou Gavest them to
ne and beast1 return them to thee" OF the
character Of this cures audience We are not
informed but d preacher, according to
story in reisnot, devoted similar brusaue
4nd GnaI passage to the mobility,
He 1s q describes sras, tesns before tho s
The Duchess answers, IT is /, Madame, the
Duchess 'What' eaJs st. Peter, Madame,
tbe p Duchess who goes to the bsn7 Madame,
ne Duchess Who goes to the opera7 Madame,
fse Duchess who has gallants? Madame, the
70 the pevi, &adano, @ 81 ihs Cd Duchees.' - md % be
shuts tho gate en- her nose" The following
sInc! passage from Ta1ladier, 4 preacher OF tho
h1Et half ct the seventeenth century, revesls
eonae ea! interesting @ resemtl5nces between, the
re 4ss5s toa9s n0s sna that Of two hun
Do Soo, do BY shia mcieticious apparel
other than make IN exhibition Of your
Tanity and wickedneas before God md
men2 -. Do you understand me? Do you
wish 70 see that your every act Is only pride,
sMStion; 5anitfE hETi1oes1ay, th.t is to 81,
a1.s r. ~ ass aisa ssn,9 =: 1'stss4ts9 e ID
ieye That Iuur hair is era5. Oh, hypocrisy
and deteeta6le falsehoodS ftis only % poxlrf,
Florcntine Iris and Cyprus powder. -. You
uieh to make me think this complexion is your
OWL. Hypocrisy! deceit Il is only plaster,
veInilion, and white lead You wiah to ~
ality dwarfu; t Is your high heels that ele-
vate YOU: hypocrisy md iDguprnr+ ah1a
faisehood! You ya1nt your U.s. (nxurisnt M 1Ht
hnir. Oh, you liar! Oh, you defraudeIB!
II is horrowed;~ this Is the hair Of some bog
gst, often even OF some executed criminal,
Hypocrisy, hypocrisy. horrible impoeturn!
which is an injury to God. shame to naturc.
an odence to men, scandal to the angelo. and
delight to the devils. Gracious hcayepsi
why cannot you be content with your natural
beauty"
EEamns has left Us his view Of the preaching
Jolr, Historic do Ii predicationn Hn saye;
They compose an e1ordlum which las no con-
nection whatever with the subject in land
Il they dcsign to preach Of charity, they
begin with tho River Nile; i Of tho mystery
ncncc III Lent. with The twelve signs Of he
zodiae i Of faith, with tho squa1su8 Of the
circle. They think it fine thing to tl17nt
Greek words, often most Inappropriate, inlo
their discoprses, which thus become Lind OF
MOI work. They parade scientific te1ma
stand them plume themselves OIL thcir knovl-
edge, and those who arc all in tho d (, admire
the preacher in proportion to their ignotlnce.-
Erasmus thinks TIC people a1o partly
to blame; for he proceeds, III tho
Ieaehs1 saI iteats =, seriously Of his subject
A. often happens, he bripss in an Old
story, or legend, Or fable, Immediately eycry
tody is swalo and attentive. TLere il no lux
ger o. buifoon whom you would leave foz TIC
preacher. ItiEnot thus describes tho sermon
of the Same period: at has been remarked
that all the .pious wLimsicalitics Of tho IL
teenth and sixteenth ceututiea, which cannot
be honored with the name Of soruoaa are con-
strueted on nearly the same pattern. Tho same
text served for all the sermons Of ono Lenten
season. me preacher having repeater this text,
delivered lung e1ozdium, after which lie pro
roeed two Questions, ono Of theology and ono
u the civil or CANON law. On tho theoIocica1
questions he quoted the opinions OF tho mas
ten OF the school: and on the other he cited
the books, paragraphs, and laws, az il he we're
eussed these questions, lo divided lis Dis
cou1ee By words which fhymel, as il it were
seEso, and each Of theso divisions waa again
sui divided. The body Of these sermons pre-
een.ea tissue Of extracts from profane his
poetic and fabulous stories, in which we.o
sniaondss the III Ss1e & fss fsto, s ths e.. sris.
tic Homer, de. a Bishop (corneiIle Muaao),
N disSourse which be delivered 1t tho open
say That the rrelates should enter that town
as the brave. and valiant Captains Of tho
Greeks entered tho wooden horse with whicl,
they surprised Troy Happy application,
Afterwards tiia ridsculous and empty erulition
became ;, distastetul but foE psotane authors
The most abstract questions Of the schools
were discussed in tho pulpit, and tho sermons
were allied with a dy echolasticisn
more likely to witheE tho heart
vas a special point to be acquainted Will thn
doctrine OF the Fathers; but tho citations
were 60 frequent That the sermons were uotl,-
Ing but tissue Of passages misdi1ected and
5caned together IN contus;on.~ This absolute
domination % Of authority may be ipferrtI from
nAn3n, t, who, late as tic end Of the seven
tcenth century, compared tho leading scholars
OF bis dag to tho mariner WHO returned laieu
with common peboles from the Intlies, irn4gin-
ing that they must be rare because thav cine
from afari md he accused them Of asserting
on tho authority OF Beza, that women have 10
ocaFds, and On that OF St. Augustine that peaca
is blessing."t
The manner IN which the old mythology vas
used will he setn in this sentence from liza
B'Ahop Musso, before mentioned: "Our Lord
IN uylnE was Hercules; in His resurrection,
Al Apollo or m Esculapius; IN His ascensiou.
10 10, wss true Iellerophon- a now Peresus who
kned Atausa the Gorgon who changed men
to rtones. When 10 this inundatio1 Of nm
meaning pedantIy il added the comedy aud
bunooneiy uf manner md matter before de-
ecIlDe1, Anu when 1t ia remembered, too thAt'
the preachers di1 not alstain from funny
foMt 19r nodeseys sake. We easily un-
aeisiana anInis ~ !ns Indignation Of JOY. Tho
theatre; tue people heard thero onlT a
tlssue OF Jokes, yu1garitieh, indecent allus,ons.
low comparisons. foolish thoughts, equivoapes
md Puna Hs contrary 10 modesty u to tie
gravity OF the Minister Of the Word
Astonishing. however. As tho medley and
onnoonefv " these fe1nons naAF appear, the
palm mnft decidedly be given to ,heir a. ioci- 4
CAL features. Anything that could be cast
into logical form seems to have tatis1ied
THAR 1ntnds. without regard to the substance
OF sno}ecs~mntter. The most fanciful analo-
inyincible arguments. Here, for instance, q an
enlightened account Of he.nature ofidcath. f,pn,
RAulin celebrated ~ preacher in the fifteenth
century How does the outer man perish :
10 taiis way: every day, even though onlE
drop by drop, water be ronred into ea.k Of
sna At iast disappear. In like manner the
food which ensers ever day into the body Of
man siimnishea his natural hear, and 70 1t
List be pesshhes." Thix, however. il fAr out
done by = preacher Of the ei1teeuth century.
.ho thus rste.s to tho Greek Testament, then
recently edited and printed: :. They ha-e il
vented, yes, the! have invented = new Ian.
fn.se which they call Greek Dist1lsr it. nv
41othefs it is tho soufce OF all hcresv,
They are Fuuine into the hands 81
many persons book written in ,hst
langua8e. and rHch they name the New Tes-
lament; 1t is \ work full of lasge1s md
CHARGED with poison As to Hebrew, il Is cer-
tA'n tnAt they Who learn it become Jews On the |
+spna1ly whimsical IN the choice Of their tex,s
md seem to take aesight in the intellectual !