New-York tribune., 1875-02-15

~ sGe was established by q few cieraymen, VINO
uvht their books together to found college in the
wderness the ministry Of to-day must not fail behind
these ncbIe standards 1t striking that Christ,
though oil His early surroundings were lowly, nsvcf
offended the highest true tasso Of Hrs time, bus or the
contrary occasioned the query How knoveth tn man
letters having never learnedp
Next was needed acquaintance with the old tonRues
And though &c might be heresy the speaker would sd-
less Of pagan classics and of Christian
classcs-Eusebius Tertuiian, Chrysossom the golden
mouthed, and the rest 1t not alone that thc
beatben classics teemed with immoraities but that
they reflected faith in exploded religion from which
tianty would NOT be repudiated and laughed TOO.
which wonderment. lasting through the most im pres
much nue. for movement @ in tins direction begun at
Lafayette College, through the munfeence OF Benjamin
sciss of emnsnce But beyond this the preacher mast
be an exegste In the Hebrew and Greek scrptures 1t
God" showing the mind OF the Spirit" but, under
one word OF another II must exist The preacher must
not be echo OF what some else had told him,
or had written for him in book. but must 20 70 the
fountain heads and get original knowlodae and knowi
edge hving from the with the old tongues
BY this means one would case to be mere logioan,
saying to the people of Sunday, These arc tse
Lora's words; about ~ show you by science
and metaphysics that the Lord knew what He was
about ana Therefore was perfectly dsted a1 % IN
but to be herald. Being the contrary bred DOUBT
power and as it went on step by step proved
well. What the pulpit needed was the Interpretation OF
eisiively; and an honest must hence see at
glance the value OF such book Trenehs synonyms
speaker was sometimes an examiner In o certain thee
logical seminary, and observed that there was certain
reverence for that sacred tongue But wnat knew
little about he naturally summed; so now in these
neglect laying foundations Of strength or weak
ness for all their ministry.
Theology should also be mastered as science Decry
ing theology all the fashion, but II was decrying
the exploration OF extinct volcanoes, which was
did nt hit real theology When coud be satisfac
tory mensuration or astronomy without mathematics
gold, iroD and steel without knowledge or chemistry,
the preacher might get on without theoogy he must
know the grand science az part OF his bone ana snew
he it for his seifrespect and Tor mas
ery OF the situation; he must know 1t that ne might
rightly teach the people1untechmcaliy' nowever az
plain terms and by experiments how 10 deSuipnurDe
Of theology that should be especially studiedjust now
evidences not necessarily to preach them much but
help doubers To silence supernela skepucs' lor ts
sake Of honesty with ones SELF In this country
there Was need just now TO study Romanlsn. IL was
fast passing its OF weakness here. An able expos
had in this country but The times
was the growth OF thousand years of tue minds
OF the world. Ii that IL could never 10
inmate America for II IL did not dominate IL could dau
Europe hoist itself between powers, and buy up
aud subsidize the one that would sell. Ton years
yet"aibeit pocisns even now did their opeisance to
10. for il was a politics as well as a religion.
Church history was also most Invaluable study TO
the preacher BY it the Church in it's historic grandeur
its growth aspects its mistakes. and its Wisdom, lts
whole fund OF experience, would become pIrt Of the
preachers self.
Then there was the old English Bible, happily in the
revision not essentially altered IN phraseClogy or
pure nervous vigorous Saxon which Que ought always
IL speak, IL mastery specimen OF writing In It's
words conc usOns might DO expressed, REFUSED
which in ones own phrase, would he hurtfuY plain
Tue very melody OF It's words was O Denedlc1On III
many passages As one whom his mother com iorteth
Will comfort you" "Ya believe in Goo, beeve also
in Ne" MemorlziuS was Que way to become familiar
with the English BDle nut the best way was TO use lt
devOtiOnaIly much 10 make 1t part OF ones -e
Ii lovers OF good literature committed large parts o
Cicero, Horace Shakespeare, TennysOn, LonGfeli0w,
much more should the preacher the majestic Blbe.
Three points he briefly touched ON Ill cOnclusion
The worth Of teaching phase of minsterlal Wepa-
ration value OF strateued circumstances as disc
plne whereby learn ug1lity sense OF the value OF
money. independent manly spirit and the Wort IL IN
study of forming nttle bands for devotional
reading prayer. The speaker well remembered the
last meeting OF such band six and twenty years ago.
when they exchanged names and addresse and pr0In-
remember another ut their devotional hOuf
through lfle Tie paper had not been much from
the Speakers pocket Ia all those years lac exted ii u,
and the had been 0a9 long empnas5 or tlo
communion OF