New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-10-03

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Of the spirit almost blazing trail Of Gospel influence
sum her powers been theirs A talent to
| ze and construct has grown with their growth Bus
the power Of their preaching. born of experimental
religion That which their , sss n aey made
whcn they loyodfor IL, with the help Of God they made
others willing TO dc
Tux WORKS or GOD.
But there are other works than those wrought by the
Spirit In the consciousness which are OF God and which
need TO be studied equally with the texts OF Scripture
by him whose duty and desire II Is TO lead men per-
suasvely in the relations OF the divine nature and the
divine doings The will OF God can be found IN His
deeds as truly as In HIS words. In what ne mas dcns
wishes OF His heart. To this unwri'tsn bi,h
tnuay turned tho attention OF HIS disciples. not as
OF material illustration alone bur as to me
did truth Of an overrung and benevolent Providence
whose umined and protective dome Is arehed above
scrolls OF His people after the hesh but as plainly
taught in the growth OF the lilies aud tine hight o. 6ra
ture The several strata OF the earth to him what
the leaves Of book TO author who has poured
the index Of bis personally The style position
polns out the writer The mode OF his expression mas
properly call the Book Of Nature and method
OF the marvellous Composition sie o. 10 ore
fault than in this almost total ignorance OF wnat ens
be called the religious sgnacaon and relationship ..
religion OF both The Old and New Testameus is an out
SS, religion oo5s books SSea age ana e~ss
our religious life rests az !, WERE ,sro On hook
lsh nn%' seems s'' to be growing We feed our
minds on the opinions OF other, such extent thas
nearly obsolete. When seen it proyokes comment II
not actual Now should be remembered thas
there was an age when things fresh, when IDEAS
aud opinions up new Of the soil OF the times
the first crop Of wheat sown on prairie land we csa
self self was was in IN its growth. 1t had not be-
suit. 1t was forming and being formed out Of ih:
human necessities aud relationships VI The time, used
earth II Is only 1874 years the heart and Of
New Testament were being evolved out OF the is
as p. and the sA New, then 10 their every
| element and force, whether OF power, Jas 'h
were put ON parchment 1t does good to 90 back IN
thought. that former day when the Bible was grow.
rSpe and poe and Judge ana above all
Of the Mouth OF the living savior himself as he walked
the fields strolled along the beach, aud rested Ia
the shadows OF the groves, finding In re,d oearh ana
teaches that there il something Older than DoOK
something holier than Drarles something more syDpa-
thetc with man Than theologic arguments IL teaches
US that God can DO found outside OF books In Naur In
the changes OF her growihs and her decay agoso
all the necessities and relationships OF the aVeiaso
man, for salvation God gave MS only besotten
son.
TIE OBJECTIVE POINT OF PREACHING.
This is the objective point OF all preaching-numan
sslyation-not merely from the penalty Of sin. here
after but from the effect and influence OF sin here IL
Is great lack the theoogc expressions OF our tms
that there adequate auson to or admission OF tho
original magnihcence Of mans moral equipment %
yond the merest acknow edgmeDt OF MS priihai uot
likeness Theology has dealt with man ~ an utterly uo
PRAYED being and pictured MIN III CAREER coolS man ts
inspection Ii has advertised him as IN statc OF SUI
preme positive rebellion against God and goodness
gnoriog or overlooking the that much of the aver
aye man's snfulness IL or negative ana nor pVrie
sin OF not loving instead OF SIN Oh nans
suprame excellence and between the mere not LOVING
God and absolute, devilsh hatred OK hin a gap @
state feeling wide for correct logic 10 jump luis
error has spruug from knowing man only theoretically:
not actually. The theological Imagination mas crea.ea
named him man-!allen man. deprayed nian iost man.
theoretical creation Is found to pc wien pu ~
the real actual, average man Il. mat Inc aver
are man is a fallen being is, believe, true That he
Is depraved, totally depraved. If you love the
term will grant interpreting tois dreadIui totanty ~
unasssted Of God to holy but beyond this one
who moves among men, Is one OF tnen. ohe Hhu: IL
this average man such a magnificent equipment OF
moral capacity, such a natural aptitude to receive
wholesome spiritual pleasures; such discomfort even
% dy ms ssvsion that he is cdmpeed to modify
no inconsderable extent the impressions concerning MN
which he had previously received from us DOCKS.
Now the preacher In order to preach along the lar VI
present usefulness. must perceive the Gooke IN man.
truly as in the Biole, IN his own CONSCIOUSNESS IN
nature. He must study HIM and keep him IN ms eJ ~
the general of an army examines ana Keeps III reauy
the objective point toward when WIN lhsuue'e@
skill he is directing all his convereing baItaions'
THE EVERYDAY MAN.
We mus. study, not tue theoretical but the actual
man. the OF the books as found anna tue dust
OF theological libraries as pictured out skeleton
diagram by the Professor OF Systematic Theology la the
roon real himself he Is found in
his store and his farm at his family freside, and
seated reyerently in his church pew He!must inquire
OF a"A' his being bel pronounced very good. the
image Of himself Whether ;, the eaogyy
was subsequently, lost, whether 1t covered also the
exceency IN the structure OF his powers ana "a
Inherent nobility of his organization aud II 80, now
much OF this original eXceieDcy remains as basis Of
and DS NSe M tne hd
structioe strength the majestic dome OF cApae
splendor Of the original ornament to It's dual
glory and perfectness; or when the dreadful shoes
tering the beauty holiness into fragments, did also
bring the majestic dome itself scattered IN ruins 10 the
That still remains undestroyed. though unmarried
in moral organization might refer tlat sense OF
OF the worst part OF mankind, lingering Ike Diro
OF brilliant plumage and sweetest song in the cage
where it nested when born refusing 10 leave It's Oio
residence, albeit the symmetry OF Its home has been
wrenched. ITS beauty discolored, and even IT. own
pumage soed and the smooth tunefDess % It's tnroas
in the Bosom Of the average man this
exhibitions OF ITS opposite Now the element OF as
the affinity between the two cannot De denied Che 70.
laton Is that which holds the wandering beam TO me
source FROM which 1t emanates However attenuaedn
the line of It's radiance still derives its glow from its
parent orb. not constructing system or theology
nor seeking to parade any novel conceptions Of az
related to the current theology OF the time am simply
giving my views to the knowledge needed ~
The preacher preaching, and insisting tho value OF
right conceptions OF man, as 10 assist him In
preaching to men; and looking ut 1t from tnis point OF
view, say that the nature and apttudes OF the av-
er0ge must be familiar TO the preacher as we'll
read book and that IL makes vas; difference with tho
result of his lifelong efforts whether he take as ypn9
his audiences the theoretical man-the man as pictured
books fabricated to meet the logical necessities OF
a system OF theologyor a real, actual the aver
age man OF age he exists embodying the weak.
nesses and the strength the good and the evil OF the
time
NECESSITY OF RIGHT CONCEPTIONS IN PREACHING
The absolute necessity OF right conceptions in preach
ing Is seen when reflect that there 10 such thing