, 1874-10-19
OF tho place, II could nat $50 tho pulpit where
the man preached, oucs, rho had indsed divine

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.h,,s 's. snomla naJ sas oos,1" j.. ra",v IN r.
aeu e "o".n curry tnia 'uso ,,.s.S, nw"v T.,
Aono' II tne Bonefhtioh t.At - sanons ~
OUT o"n aa.lonia.lon, tv,u sI,. !" ,m,tnin t,o
I1a I11auuole s WV iGuA S,,p,m S'eus Env nr f,han-
nhg uaa voice o. n Inc 're ~ ia rar Mu rssS
o.. Ina! WA ovoI uTa.o' III urn,,nt" ~ h,a scr.
.n. nsau ss sua sousM snr,oet wnn,lnr 7hc,a w,a n
anon a .s. nan z.1p l.. .,,,,, M orcan NJ ifun,f
IL l.. ~ fao tSat II teT couid maEo so
;Ga 'e ~. ~ to", We, ia ,troctivn ~ 1t,or mint
a,;s,sara ss asr I'm tnmc l., prnnt nnrfsrton
y onnatss'n l., nns ~ ans n,nrninv n,nntfnis
1tn ,,so IN II t,a wus tho cfaYest
nso ..c,, n",, co,11 nno IL lint fi{rcct,ot.
1n,G sura atne o for I,msn9 roy stood for
.,.n',.as S,ov c,t,iI ,n1ta t}n 6nst of thotr
..a moinas tinr rolI ,naiso nothinr or lhatin-
tohj" |nn,Inr @ Snt, w haye thoaght I could
LINT nv ave. and iot eix Of tho Or.
}inarv np,,, uf nj, different dcnomi-
tsams' nrrnch md would know to
~ Wi t,e st,nnt nod uol toloce ts difference.
sr,ov wnmid talk with r,cu like iuen, yet tho ;
,nn1nnnt ,hcv stan} in Tint placc, where tho man
IL siao n minator. soI,,o sort Of unrenlity takcs
Possession Of their voice. and you feel the prcs-
cpco Of tho familiar man 10 longer, aud sorrow
to ice that 80 far tho priest has HTaElowcu mp Tue
proachor. Now notice that, Is rule, "llon
children are in good earpost, tho tones Of Their
voice asat1ne a steady aud Irresistible emphasis,
and tbs child goes right to its purposo. Blit
when They aro Saying / task they fall into sort
Of sing-song, ard travellers say thhsIng,song can
hu heard in grcnt perfection IN tho old heatlon
tomp1cB. l should trace It to ihs AaTn feasan
they aro al speaking piece. aud wo all speak n
pIeco that 60 piug~songiug through sermons. Quo
nubtlo elamuns of unhealthy III tho pulpit il tho
pupit toua--and will ndd to thiB to oompleto
nv Illustration, tho pulpit manner. too--ata l
moan by thnt everything y man puts on fur effect,
,fnn mt
Of bis nature, ia 4 pulpit manner. Dr.. Wada-
worth, OF Philadelphia, WAS In bin yoNtb onn Of
tho most AWKWARD ard lngsinly mon In tho pulpit
eYer naw-erery "action." as we call ~, went
in the fnce Of tic whole school Of csocutiopB,
and mas AZ unexpected as it was
extraordinary, But tho prnactor wsa
a man or n mighty power. Ho caught you t'rat
by thai; then Lis voice WIS altogether his own,
you saw that oyery movement he made had
delicate kinAhip to the noyemont OF his soul,
and then you cared no more for tho contortionn.
But l havo often Beon mon whoss movements
y tne %at VIII o oot
It was III elaborate lesson they had ls.,ninod'
they were really conducting an exhibition.
While it is always sad to eco thls, 1t is aaddest
pi all in the pulpit.
We Ind u u,au once on our circuit in Pennsy1-
xania who made thcpe motious 20 that they cafun
tn yery slvhtIv o,,t nf tins. II wan ay II la had
mid lie thing and some otl1cr nolson had given
tho cmp1,nbis. I have peyer been ablo to Eee
lhcro nulpit posturo-uakers" except iu that
9ran'a n,;rrnr. frhoY do It better hut do not
cara auv .nnre about it. I uaut the hand 10
strEe home. [ want tAo iingor to point at the
irntl,.-I uant Il, shakinps to como from 6hak-
on gnnl --thon I mn content il there b. no grace
afs1l in fhe moyemont, 4 et the man npeak tome
tn.dnv mn he will Tomorrow and hold himnelf in
tho nlipt ia ho would on tic street. Ii lis soul
WAS iii IN tlra tore, thun ho hxB attained to the
f,et summit of uprcr in lie n,llpit tic real
r prnntf that
anothcr element Of uureaiity in the ,.,lpit comes
from reading ncrtuona lnatcad OF preaching OK
to,npore, It is evident that In the first Chris-
tan acoa what is now a sermon was just talls
in The flirec,oat way. This il true, too, ahout
the Reformation, All the sermons then that wont
to the hcart OF tho pcople from mon like Lati-
NOR waro full Of the plainest possible tat sa Of
hut follow tbs great 1uudcls they found in tic
Insuolb and in tic prophets. II wo wil! 20
thrn,1rh thcso hooks 70 ret M idea OF tha a,,-
cieut preaching, think wo shall be amazed at
fha tyav ti,0Ha nruachcrs of tho old time col,-
tr;vci Ia bring their trnth home Everything
mi yea lher nlirpo.p. aud they noyor beat round
tia bush to como at it.
Dut nrcaeLing now ,las got to be 4 finc art aud
has taten ita nluco amuus tile rest OF tic tila
aTts, 4 eerrou must bo about 30 loug, aud 20
inc;c,, mud a. rnnd. and ho wr1ttcn down 10
t,nt vnn naxor have to ,Injt for word. or elsu
Il wnn't do md il is posBiblo uot,lctimcs, feel
sara for n written sermon to bo better than o1a
nraocl,ed rirht AK of your heayt and mind,
kThcro ;s a cn,nonctnrsx nud en}dity to ho Nh
taiued ia that Nav YOU cal,l,ot eone ut other
mitn. mud aunnnso men like Chalmers mud DR.,
nsw,v woni,i nroac1, hr,tcr ri~ht aim" iron,
thr n,nnuscrint thuu from the mind. and James
HInrtinnan cn,1d m 1npre preach without Lis
msnnac,;. + tha1, bird coud liz without wings.
Wills ann ss,,unu iiko those ho uroacl,cy would
mn;rb mora in tha solid ,,uT pf truti, and
mc'1ina msR lhan hnni,rei Of lis nulpit talls Of
Rms at,,ar mcre VII ina pon,tIar heart still