The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-03-26
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Who is the Truly Great Preachsr9

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name Is seen on the title page Of
many books, and in the columns Of
many papers. His praise sounds
in the political circle, and the htel
sry world rises up to call him smart,
He has been through Yale or Har-
ward, and the ladies in the gallery
shower flowers upon him and at his
feet on Commencement day. II
his pockets are white hands; on his
back fine clothes; and he says he is
q graduate. He talks Latin, Greek,
Hebrew, German and French; he is
handsome as Apollo, and as athletic
as the winner in the famous Olym-
plan race. He can sing like flute,
plead like Portia, and reason like
a Bacon; tower aloft in eloquence
like a Webster or Calhoun, and his
dignity commands awe wherever he
goes; and so the world says he is
the great preacher, Thousands
may hang upon his utterances, the
nation may tremble at his voice, the
temple and aUditoriem may be
.thronged, and all the bells in
Christendom chime at the an
noancement of his name, and yet,
he may not be the truly great
preacher.
He may stand in polished pulpits
on Brussels carpet, and the million
aires of a nation be his audience;
reporters may take dowa all he
says phonetically, and the cylinder
steam power presses may turn out
his sermons at the rapid tick of a
watch, and the mails be burdened
with what he has said and written;
until trains are chartered to carry
of his glittering sentences; yet,
this does not constitute the truly
grsat preacher.
Some men assume that the great
preacher is the famous and widely
known man, whose name is sung in
sheet music, ald to whose memory
church houses are erected and cities
named or granite columns piled as
high as Humans gallows or the
tallest pyramid Of Egypt. But all
these things do not compose true
ministerial fame.
The truly great preacher is the
man in whose heart resides the
Holy Spirits power, and whose soul
is overhowing with love for a fallen
world.
The true preacher is the man of
the people, both rich and poor, and
who stops at every cottage door to
speak a word of comfort to the
humblest citizen earth's poverty
affords. H. is the nan whose life
is one of seIf-danial, and often
want, caused by his tolls among the
needy, and his gifts of charity to
the humble poor, widowed and Or
phanel sufferers struggling along
life's weary way.
The truly great preacher may |
not be known beyond a country
parish, and his name may not ap,
pear on flaming posters or stand at
the head Of lengthy columns of
sensational sermons; but when you
fad the chronicle Of Ills fame, you
will find it on the aeshy tablets of
bleeding hearts he helped to heal;
in tired limbs he helped to rest; in
trembling voices Of repentant souls,
who, through his influence, were
brought to the Saviours bleeding
wounds, and there found life and
salvation.
The great preacher is that man,
through whose efforts sinners have
been saved by the hundred, if not
by the thousand.
The truly immortal and greatly
to be honored preacher, is the hum
BILE winner of sinners from the dark
way Of death, not because it gave
him name, or brought him fame.
but because he loved to work for
Jesus sake, and felt the burden of
souls upon his heart.
He is the great preacher, who
goes forth weeping, sowing pre-
cious seed;" all for the glory of God
and veal of mankind. His titles
may not be given him by ecclesiast-
cal schools, norhis name appear in
.he list of far. famed Alumni, but
his real greatness is in THAT he
doubtless returns bringing his
,heayes with him."
The truly great preacher may not
be extensively known on earth, but
he is widely known and divinely ac.
knowledged in heaven. The fruits
Of his labor may not make the
voice Of human populace rise in
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