The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-17

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assss.a III Ais iss they sttlla !seig sae,
didn't think wanted any 70 ~. ~as o y,
what ono man couid do. aRen anss s W.
pested three or four OF Us taksng one
month each, aud III that way Lucy "e' .
worked In. .,,ot oro,. tonnened
TO them. Having something 70 w Az, W III :.
church was means oil grace " FL 80
drew them to me and me 10 theih' -. nIns ~, y.
them were Christian young men pus ia 1 b,r
smsshv r brought case to them. SAID,
s.Eors "a yo,,np man who is in great dat,'
o,o, os going the wrong way and losing bis
een, What do you think Is the best means
~ ,,.,t;nn nj bim!'' It made them rather
oahsr and thoughtful to he talking about the
soi,.a,ion of that young mans soul, and the
Mnsbot was that they saved their own
They very soon afterward came into the
sn;rit and were converted, aud became Sood
Christian men. 81.
Now. while I was there, preached the
heat sermons knew how to get up. re.
member distinctly that every Sunday n'ght
Ind n headache. | went to bed every sun.
doy night with a VOW registered that Woulo
bny farm and qui, the ministry If nave
said it once ! have said II five htndreo
times, that / spoilt good farmer TO MAKE
poor minister. .,,,,, 8,
I said n great many cxtrayagant things III
nv puIpit, and preached with great zeal o.
rrI,depess. preached a great many ger.
mons. which, after six months, wouiu MOI
have preached again. i frequently dld u
many young men do, shaped into genera
trnth that which was truth only under certail
circumstances, and with particular Class Vi
people.
HOW TO FORM STYLE,
was great reader of the old sermonlzers
7 read old Robert South through ano
through: saturated myself with south;
formed much of my style and my handling OF
texts on his methods. | obtained Vas'
amount of instruction and assistance IRON
others of those old sermonizers, who were a.
familiar to me rs my OWL name. read bar
row, Howe, Sherlock, Butler, and Edwards
particularly / preached great many ser
mons while reading these old men, and upor
their discourses I often founded the frame
work of my own. After had preached
them said to myself: THAT will never 40 :;
wouldn't preach that again for all the world.
But was learning, and nobody ever trippeo
me up. lad no Board of Elders ready t(
bring me back to orthodoxy. had time Il
SOW all NV ministerial wild oats, and with
out damage to my people. for they knew Toe
little to know whether l was orthodox OF
not. And il was generally greatly to then
advantage, because people are very muct
like fishes. Whales take vast quantities o
water into their mouths for the sake OF tht
unimalcuIp it contains, and then blow OH
fbe water. while Keeping in the food. PEG
pIe do pretty much the same. They don,
believe half that you say. The part that il
nutritious they keep. and the rest they ie
alone. This early ministerial training doe
not hurt them, but it is invaluable to /
Young man who is getting the bearings o
his new station, and learning how to handle
the ship that God has given him to sail.
EATING AS A MEANS OF GRACE.
The art OF eating us q means of grace ant
condition of ministerial success is s'!ustla
ted by the experience Of the author:
Next comes the stomach. In regard Il
that everybody feels that he must not be
glutton nor gouimand, but there Is yer.
| little. discrimination and very little observa
| ton as to the quantity and quality and TIN
| times and seasons of eating. Preachers INA.
| be divided into two great classes: the san
|
| they are going TO think or speak, and TIN
class who have the extreme nervous tempcra
| mcnt, who cannot speak or Work unless the.
do cat. On Sunday morning, when wake
| my first thought is that it is Sunday morning
and the very idea of it takes away my appe
tite / go down, drink il cup of coffee, ant
eat an egg and half IL slice of toast. That i
all can eat. There is Just enough to Sus
tain my system. Then | preach, and If
have not done very well, / am hun
CRY; but if | have done very well
cannot each much dinner. That l.
because there is reaction of the nervous
influence of the system. The whole system
is working SO much by the brain and thu
nerves that the stomach does not crave
anything just ~ great grief, or fear, OF
any other extreme passion, takes away appe
tite, 50 does active preaching. Ordinarily,
take but moderate dinner Oh Sunday. Sup
per with me is 1T O'Clock in the afternoon
| usually take cup of tea and Il small piece
of cracker. That is all can take. Then l e
to my evening work, and when get through
| | sometimes am satisfied to take nothing bu
| in orange, which 1 eat to give my stomac!
| something to do until morning, and to keel
it from craving; for often tit OF craVin!
! will give one nightmare as quickly as over
| feeding will. At other times l feel stron!
appetite, and then l cat. Perhaps once Oh
of five Sundays eat more just after preach
| ing, morning or evening. than do all tn
| rest of the day put together. The system
| indicates it, and therefore am not harmed
by it. 1t does not disturb my sleep, and di
gestion goes on perfectly.