, 1874-10-19

il &+AA Ns l luut SILL EN0lo Or M1&E
sel1-cateem was loft mo tho next morning. wl,on
,Food hiottodlst brother cxlied ma iuto lii
eobbera shop md said ho wAnted 10 giyo ma 4
'~ VI aaVlce. The advice wns that should
+ !: eld never mako preacl,or, Il anuearr tn
utof many years. tint must have had at
- chil to ttY TO prosch, ullan I lenenbor
;ant taa vt + of La advice never troubled mo fora
aee some ses "a ad tton ~ been s,ron me
- lek,t, ua4nestlohlnE confidence. a. II thoy
sfe alrhady done, and had moro Than snsvorei
y i my oSpoc'ationa.. Coming to America was
H. M1G, eom'ng to Chicago was another. JOINING
Aaotnef, aud tho last. was Impressed about
pro.ching In this way. It was NOT thing to oo
eerened about but to DO donc and not to be done
,ot ,t tae saKe OF good time, but booauss could
snyesy moment could eparo to tho WORK in
rennsylsanla mado my own living, aud paid
~! at!ase to support the causo bupido ~ now.
WIZ Wen yon ssre for .ne generously in those out
NJ, my 7, ministry. n'ld Should still want Tito to
hsaaca' ! 1oar, II you did not waut to
Meas me. AND 80 I am intorosled In
}rsselhlns, a. said, above all othor things. So
about 1t IN this personal relation, il ia not to ma
ploleaslon 80 nuah as posseRHion. And 1
oatlnot doubt Tor monlcnt that ahe subject Of
preaching preaching shond always DO open to tha must
ssatcn1ns aud thorough criticism. It would 10
possible, Ut It would for artists, and authors,
xtd lawyers. and doctors, and Congreasrlc,,. and
Meschnnts, md 1nechnnics to be lot nlouo. In
physics 1t IL said That tho tendency OF tue plan
aoyourcd In his flaming tires and they would do
tnls IN the course Of tlmo II they wore subject
ne,h.5 e,5 to their ordinary laws. because
w .no central attraction always wins y liz.
subtle force of compensation, that iIso tha baIs I
;amts'sp5tH8 ;na. 70 watch tecoyera what has boon
ioht, aud 30 tho worlda have boon kent out Of tho
IRE. sor'e such forcs s necessary III our lie.
st,Ht1n enss s,, IL tnas scarcling spris which
asantlY aaks what men and liinys arc worth.
ana thsa Ut mt: by its action mud tho rood grace
OF 1aod, brings thom to tIlor true tmo, and placo
asiu value. And 60 want to ask what piosel.
ans % is worth s1d to find, Il can, tho answer.
is hotter thnn none btill wnns to Zoo tho thinr
III tho true light. It IL not uuluir for the pulpit
to speak its mind about its own doipga. I an
nos s'lrs. indeed. that tue truth can ba found so
pack Of esl" Wellington 1lsot1 to YaY to tho
writer's about the Peninsunr 1ar. il know
that because know tbs truth" The preacher
may hayo aome Bs1ch know lodge OF tue pulpit ;
it muAt be right then to cast what ligh. on tlaa
matter Wa can. I want to do that 10 tu1l you
what bnlioyo to bo true preaching, good
preaching tho preaching everybody ought 10 bs
better for, including tbs preacher himself. And
!Auht begin where tbs critics I lave mentioned
L
farr from boing, what it onsht to be, and that
not tho merit OF the preacLos goner-
ally, but tls inbred aud far-doscondod
regard Of the heasor for the institution
OF preaching, makes it tho power it IN in the
world today. 1hsyo no Gull, of course. 70 ory
Gown my own calling. mould love to SEQ
proaclllng take the greatest place thore ie. be-
ealue think It is the greatest thing possible to
human spcoeli. But wnou see what IL made
Of 1t on all sidcr and shat Of COURSE includes my
ssde, ~oiltlor tlat, With all this reverence for
WhAt wo do. men and Wumon should liaten TO us
sundaT aftor Sunday aud not sleep or stay away
great deal aloro than they do. Lot me speak
iirst Of the want Of reality there is often about
the pulpit, aud tho position OF the preacher,
AM viii begin with the most material mat.
ter, the way Ae usually comes to his place. Let
na look for moment At that. When merchant
ieares Eoston 70 come to Chicago. aud starts il
tell you that TIC thought he could do bettos. II
you ask ll1n what lis meaue by doing bsttor, does
10 mean tAat he can do better for the human
family and tho American Rnpublic2 He mill saY,
business, 1nake moro money. aud lars better
tluie altogether" You know What that mum
1neaEs ;yuu belisvo what he nays. His poeitiou
ilta y aart Of reality about it TINT you eau trust.
II lawyer in kuw York should decide to como
TO Chicago, aud you said to him, why do you
come lure, and hc answered, because can do
niore eood i'll Chicago than can in Now York:
nave timer Gell for my powers, aud labor batter
LOT pubic listlce, and pravont the ormne from
te'ng fouaed. thiuk you would opan your eYo4
Mla* and wonder what lawyers wera coming to,
Bus you would wandor still more at this stats
.aent Il you ahonl4 res in the daily papors that
lie bad nado IN Now York 81 900 year, and that
cortAin parties had guaranteed hc should have
II ,0y0 il lie would come to our ctr. You youid
bay the:s, ALT. Advocate your position see,ns a
little unreal II You would state that you meant
to 10 Your bust tor these great th.nns you hare
put lhat tho nloying cauao Of your
n ~ Tins Il al
! thu. snoutd like yo' nstter. You eeem to no
70 nave put tho waaacr reason first. This III tho
fir5t eloMout iu tls want Ut reality about tho
pulpit. Whe" prcacher moves frorn Chippewa
tins call. liko tt bol.eya TINT IL lust wllas la
luos feel. II IL "hat nl preachers should feel
'tnch they tahe atcp ~ serious as to break
|Actr eri:stal colluccton with ono place to 70 to
mother. It u "tS1 the greatest aud pnrest
preachers nnl PASTORS tho world over saw have
ii"aya ~: Wheu thoy made kuoh change il,
.hett relations. Paul never t1oyoa . tuut wituout
.ilat call no mora did the trdo apostles OF all
lme. 1t III lilo mark and prize or the highest
Ealing tu prcach that can fael. Ii it laLea
1im also to hta!'eion, ile wlll atasyo; to buler-
ng, ho will Eehr it, the best ha can. 10 Klugs-
wood aud tho blncis-fued rull.srs, NJ ia Lady
iuntngtons friends, NJ it look WosloY-nil
sud follows it las 10 alternative but to obey.
Now. holieye minister ought to live like
'ther people, IL llo asaaives to. T. is very old
'umnandmo!t. .'roa shalt not muxzle tls
X tlat treateth ont tue corr, and tho people do
'9t noetl to be convinced Oh t'lat point. But in
u such cases, aud wa ill know I9u many times
hey oco1tr iu I'LL our churches. wa must be-
saro how ne pus tho dtyina call tiut oxcept vo
ro Prepared to Bay that divine Gull lnea,.n q
anger aalsry. would put the thing gu tho
rue gr9nnd for iho ssk" Of the pulpit. would
nd olautcI. scrYe. ! will try to mako you sec.
hat 40 far have divine call to labor iu Ills
'acs-bnt tho renson Why I left the
ttsrs Taa the 51.uuJ. I Haatal it; y3u
l'oaglt I v.a worth it. aud hero an,, No
cyor aerSe the cause Of religion by telling q
ihise le; oyoryboay understands that tho d.
1an call il counter III sueh caso, nnd the
ollar tug coIn,; everybody ought to undersaud
:; and then they know aow much OF a divine
at there la III such IL transaction. and know .
all th,t il divine a'l through nhcu tney SEQ
ue. Whey they aee something like that which
'ok gqou Dr. Clarksun away from h,s church
, THIS TORN, aud carried him into the wilderness
NebfgskA,, whcro he works harder, liyeR
Ardori lind tAkeh nH mauful body nut iut6