New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-08

the true Christian ministry We want that enthusiasm
We can't reform tbem, we cannot bulld tnem up, we
nd Wisdom by eloouence or appeals but because God
Ia In II tinges to the end OF our hngers. ~ ms tne
soul with the blood Of the La%o have eO tb Gy wan a
they are more powerful than their Iellow-inen-
they have that certainty that enthusiasm that ALLOWS
nor low strong nor weak. This Ia the element we want
Brethren there arc great ahy to be Of
glowing zeal and OF that nobility OF heart opened
when God has touched IT, Lot rI .ao mount tnaS
them out and set their rills 10 music anu
running down. bringing ont dSom LOBE he ashamed Of
all that comos when they SEND thelr stean uoWs nu
the human heart be ashamed OF those eInusasn, and
feelings when God is TO be considered. lAppieustl
What then does the modern pulpit wantf just what
the old pulpit wanted. Applause IL wants s,l a Una. nay
remedial forces provided for IT, ~ wants tne
that believe In their Nv nxo.ea nd 70 9An
nanseJ 1t wants men that believe In helven--Inen
that believe they are but hands breadth rom tnor
and disgrace knowing that In very SNORT Time ~ may,
1t will be- all the same TO them-nen VINO are Wiling h 20
spend sand be spent, though the more tley love the
least thew are loved looking just beyond to that which
Is more certain than what the senses hetpret mere ~
ing toward man, that is tho root and snD,
stance OF the Christian ministry. aui satlsne e
there is that in the heart OF man that responds tat
ana ratifes It, II Is what men want ne noat Eli Si
uoa, su Soy are nstrncng us all the time to tho
preach. warning as about sensaon pr m tba
iJanghter But notice shat wherever the slateilest
eoquence and the richest wisdom prevail, Without 4t
Holy Ghost the congregations are apt to Do
thin, and tho mlnistrahons OF the sanctuary
church more one thinks It Is this and another thinks
il is that You open church In novel ana ies
Won Will find ii crowded and thrOnged lApplanse.l
You do not want the cOOs that used 70 nave corn t
are wiling TO he dealt with to have their sins flashed IN
their faces willing to have their eohso'ehoeS aonsou,
PREACHER that takes hold OF them IN some way
and il no can do more tnah 49, Snl. H., otousiv
needs-some men have aspiration. and some more M
duge in superficial thOught-ahd II ne can give Nun
men who are in sorrow; women who don't know now
TO bring up their children and VINO are c0hIlnudy nav
ME who want 10 know where the next hDd OF coal Is COM
ing from; people who afraid Of INC snerD; men Tno
are prcgen with the ten thousand netteS OF Iunun ny
they come To church and hear oag discussion on tue
fall of Adam. Laughter We'll thHI Is hot P PeI
as they would ike TO know something about elr own
fan They want something that deadens tne ettusio
who will take part with them a minister
who brings God down to the side OF men. not
as an everlasting cOndemneT, but one VINO DrlnRs
GOD down as a present help IN time Of trouble lap
plauseJ minister who brings the Pf0dlgai son hOls
TO his father Who seene zoh s a, U aro11d hg neck
The belper we need Is he who will help sinner VINO
will lelD lard-nearteu PROUD uliI, WIZ hhoNs ~
90 He wants a God to convert him, that Is what he
When Quarry my stone and build my house Won will
come and live with me- Oh IL viii be very well, but
want some one to hep me quarry my stone ana pune n
my house. The greatest soul is that WqeeE " W Yug
OF carnalty. don't blame Darwin for thinking mat
We came from lower order OF animals ior We even
have snakes in us, Dears-SometmnS oil ailiV ~
everything us and men have nara tlno al inc
menagerio OF their souls lApplanse.l $40
Now, there Is help for such Things; nep "ne We arc
lying nat upon the ground. The bounty ls not the
bounty which comes in at the last moment Goa Is our
leader and captain, who leads us on 10 si.iEdtoA Ic
goes before us in our fight. That Is what men need,
the preacher who breaches this help To human want
will never have empty puipits
Let say word Tor sensational preaching ilLaugh-
and aDpausel know 1t is not considered as the
highest kind The fact Is Is thought to be DANGEROUS
empty nests who thank God that there never
There a great deal of outcry against sensational
preaching. Very well there may be- There IS great
deal nonsense but rfter ALL do you suppose the rea
son people tong to hear sensational preaching Is curl
osity alone tickling Of the noyi There is something
in the preaching which goes down 10 men
that interests them and takes hold OF them,
and it is TO them that they 60. Aud whose
fault ouought to thank the sensational preachers
that they bring up sOmowhere-that there Is not
clear slide from the top down To the bottom But there
nreaching which is not the KIND spoken OF by
Paul when he said men were sometimes aiyed by the
great many thoughts that are adapted to
genteel sinner That 90 NJ 90 hueh good.
balanced statements but after all the heart OF the
Dr COrreCtS
is the power of the human soul when 1t is inspired by
communion with God. What we want Is no ne schemes.
We want men, 49,.
men with hearts that weep over men, who have the
sense that 1t is more noble work for single soul
neane5t-anu save H. IMAM 10 McdI lHS CLO"u VI al GU
pire.
the where the thrOngs OF our Methodist brothers
20 from the pillow and the store they III adapted in
tration, and yet wherever they 60 the grain falls
before their sckles What does itl The spirit
of God In their souls, the working and tho
power OF Gods spirit, the most powerful instru-
its career and that 1t is but little time before 1t will
come 10 end Not 80 long as men continue TO be
weak and sinful and fearful and expectant without any
help near; not long as tho world lieth IN
wickedness; not 80 long as that ls au asylum over
and above that one which We see by our
physical senses, not until transformed and the
earth empty not until then will the work OF the Chris
tan ministry cease and there never was an epoch
from the time Of the Apostles to our day, when the
Christian ministry had such field, and there was such
aud when IL ceItiOn that real
in spirit Of God would reap abundanty
as to-day, and II L were 20 choose
again. having before the possibilities OF profits ana
gained through law, tine science and love that come
from the medical profession, and the hOnored ranks OF
teachers, still again would choose the Christian min
istry. [Appause IL Is the sweetest IN its substance
the enduring in It's choice, the most content in It's
poverty and limits, If your lot Is cast In places OF
scarcity full OF crowned hopes, more full Of wins
perng messages from those before, to the
the throne nearer TO the brain,
heart that pierced but that lives for ana
says because live ye shall live Also. lApplauseI
THE FOURTH SECTION.