, 1874-05-17

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Presbyterian Church hereabout?
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!. THEOLOGICAL ORATORY,
Prof, Pattou's style of oratory IL noteBorth,
illustration Of the well-lnown fact TINT the de-
livery Of speaker ia in keeping with his senti
ments. The learned prosecutors delivery is tht
| natural costume OF his doctrines. Willie biz
smile ia doubtless the best that can be done ir
that line By one Of his cherries creed, his ges
| lures arc those Of man who Is forcing upon the
! attention what Ii abhorront to reason and TO-
] pulavs to good sense. They indicate that he il
! making 8 fist Of it. The hand that does not
hold the book shows its knuckles to the best
(or worst) advantage. Five Of these knucklea
protrude with all their cmaciated angu-
la1ity, thus appropriately setting forth the
five points Of Calvinisrn, which aro now
intrusted to the championship OF this valiant
young divine. His right fist goes round about
with an energy aud velocity which Indicate how
much more successful the owner Of that arm
would have been IS q pugilist thans sho can ever
hope to become as 3 preacher OF the meek and
low1y Jesus, who, BY the way, was frequently ar
raigned tor what the Pattonistic Jews regarded
rs 'equivocal language in respect to funda~
mental doctrines" OF the jewish Church,
and WAS finally crucifed, not 80 much be-
Cause Of what he taught, rs because He
did not teach what the ecclesiastical
authorities wanted Him to teach. In fact, thu
gesticulation Of the sacred orntor quite comports
with the position and prerogatives of one who
believes that he is ''caued to throw the bolts
Of the Almighty, and 'sdeal damnation round
the land On whom" he (Patton) Judges His
(God's) foe. He also whacks bis little note
book, often e1tinguishing word OF tho latter
half OF sentence by tho "apostolic
blow" Sometimes he becomes SO animated
that he kicks. This may come Of
q feeling Of resentment toward the thick
bosses Of the Presbytery's buckler. In
short, while utte1ing the sentiments of what
he calls his heart. the sacred reminds one
Of nothing 50 much az IN infant terr1er during
the first night on duty. perhaps, as ho grows
Older, he may sleep sounder, and the time may
come when be will be Us difficult to alarm as his
more experienced companions On watch, who
have learned to be as economical OF their bark
as they are tenacious Of their peace Of mind.
But now he is youthful and scary, tancies every
[ootstop to ba chat Of robber who has designs |
Upon the faith once delivered to him for eafe-
keeping and confounds tho Psalms Of David nj |
;he Fourth Church with the blowing Of the ]
1o1n that iH to demolish the walls Of the Pres !
1yte1ian Jericho.
II is this fusay alertness which gives him tho |
ound Of q logcian to the ears Of the uneducatod,
ie knows the five points, and all the rest Of the
'oicts, Of the Westminster Confession o. Iad
no'ss his iplication-table, sud he can recito
hem With all the glibness and devoutness with
'hich the good Catholic counts her beads. This !
} the result OF memory aud industry, not of
enirs or astuteness. ue may think he il trip
ammer, but he is only q taclz-hammer. The |
sal trip hammer is the man who answered md |
emolished hiln on Friday
1t tho reader will, at his next opportunity,
ompare tho tone OF PROT Patton With tLat of
'rof. Swing in uttering the word God, be will
eel the force Of our remarks, as we'll as dis
over test u which to designate preachers
ehool OF theology. Who would expect to hear
VILLAIN Elery Claiming preach in the e1ocutiou |
John Calvin, or our young brother Patton
declare the Whole counsel Of God" in the
inning iutouatious OF the late veteran Presbyte-
M orator, Dr.. Guthrie Aud il this question of |
|ocuton 1s one Of temperament, and spiritual !
tbrlc. and intellectual formation, how can O
len believe with the belief Of another MN any |
lore than he eau utter his belief with nnother | ,
an's cadences and accent? Il
We would 4have no objection. however, to try
6 the effect upon Prof. Patton's delivery of
ROT. Swings dichon- 1t Is ce1taiuly ! :
~ noteworthy fact that the only time when. I
either phraseology or elocution, the prosecu-
+ sounds like Christian is when he | j
ads extracts from the sermons Of The accused | +
prove that they are unchristianl Then, and | r
en- only, is there any break ia the acridity OF c
rhetoric Or any interruption in tho tack | !
INNER tone OF his voice. The nnguage 60 t
reign to his lips eee1rs to act upon then, ,;ta ,
e spell OF benignaut wizard The spirit Of !,
heretc-bprner appears for the moment to be- | t
ofcised. The pugilistic gestures enpsido. the O
relaxes, the infections loze their anarl. Tho Ii
" spirit is contagious. The audience shares h
it. Eren the ''eztreme left" catches it: and n
th speaker and hearer suddenly succunb to II
. Christianizing influence of the heretical q
1timent :
We arc told that one OF the evidences OF Chris q.
n1tg Is lis influence upon the manners What E
We to say, then, to the sermons Of David | y
7ng' II bis and their adTsrsazyia SO sveet4ned r,
softensa by ths rasse reading 1s them a12ua I,