The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-07

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ce.yes the saieney OF SUBJECTS a. glance. 20
lays words on In exactly the nsnt places Orsn
. controversiast he hss he power Of placing
Ires.,ns = minor deceit in . manner 20 measure
sne whole argumeat BY II. Re oil. pinch an error
been the product OF harder lao0r. Bsd hssIfh.
wrecked and reduced lrame. determination not
20 slnk me preacher to the pasto, OF the nastor
In tho preacher. thereby en- ailinr double work
himself, Rave made his feveioi meBt gnuorm ana
MS ~orx most legitimate. Ne sses ao.hlns 50
haoit OF false view and grotesque manner called
senss,ionslism. he sas comm aoed popul arliy.
are no unsusialned pretencss 10 AIS modes aud
work. HIS capacity tor iaeor and 20 sumuiste
laoor 10 extraordinary. There IRE 40 drones IN
mis- hive. He devotes himseli entirely o M 0~n
neli; the steady contributions he makes 10 peri
cesslv Individual ty has wrought lots Of angles IN
his manner, aud even IN h.s nature. but az TIE
dednlts ana ana deep marx on ,ss s,s,or, % esns
tianity IN tins land.
D. d. would puzzle 'ail creanon"-is Que % TIE
newest accessions 70 Brook, en- arc ne :, though
been q wonder worker in that time. and he seems
to nave solved the problem o kee ling church al
tin aous novelty and exeiiemsni ana gr ere s
me noersMp OF nineteen and an attendance
OF about 900; he now has member
ship OF more than 1000 and an attendance Of
ave times that number. Force. orie nanly.
this. HI poicy-if he has nao pohcy-mas be
SAID to have been COMPOUNDED OF conservatism
valive. He preacnes the literal doctrines o. Cat
vim and EDWARDS. In the choice o. Those tow nom
o ns Gs us ae va ao
Ally went to no churches. He thus struck Tor tas
Largest constituency H and nsned ~ no other
tudes and caught them he preached no new
truths; but Dy every device OF illustration. appeal
In the incidents OF pubic service however ne de.
yeloped novelty to even an iconociastc extent
walls. roof and windows, and IKE an opera house
10 the pitch Of the pews and In the acoustic effects
Tor It. He apoiished chOirs and PROVIDED q pre-.
centor. Him he too dispensed vita and retained
an onsn %smmon in ns sse aryeoas m sons
II had more I'd It than any Other organ plus
a chime Of bells AZ the same ume ne
started lay college ana newspaper. lie puts
''Ro' into everything. lie Is Intellectually NIX
ture OF poet, an actor and An orator. He de-
scnbes Rrandly; he appeals impassionedy; he
limitations HIS very defects hep him lie
knows as little OF pChical ana scientific economies
as the law allows; he VIII, nevertheless, taeklen
them with vigor that carries CONVICTION In
everybody VINO feels relieved wnen someoody else
gets up dig fight with alleged neresies on his
own account. WHAT other men iail to reach by
logic he Will attain under the Impetus o, MS
by setting himself on IRE. HIS sincerity and ear
nestness ana sympathy are large aud con rolling,
cratic ways Keep him RON running rocks and
from getting spoiled. A rare ana always kind and
him brother to The masses and seasons his
whole lie with a relish himself and his
people Jealousy, rivalry, covelousness ana any
form OF opposition he neither iees nor eXcites.
he does excite great and not criJlclsm and a de-
bate about what ne does anu the way he does It.
There Is little likelihood OF this ever ceaslng or OF
him ever gathering the benefit which can be
cured from even malevolent comments He Is not
the KIND OF man to change MS style while 1t pro.
enects are evolved from his own notions, ana not
from those principles OF art winch are the canons
OF taste, he vii, probably mold on to them with an
ardor exactly adjusted 10 the dispute which they
provoke. The work he does is vast His care or
his body. thai 1t may be capable OF 1t, Is conscien-
tious and systematic. He walks, runs and exer-
clses iu an improvised gymnasium OF his own regu.
amount. Eight out Of the twenty-our hours must
be devoted 70 that. ii 1t Is but SIX on one night 1t
e9s DO he with s me- re 20
to strength and health. He Is in short, always IN
training: In one respect or her Il can also De
tagonst Is always "the world" ana not his
brethren.
REV. DR.. DURYRA.
Joseph T. Duryea Tor characterization, may be
called toe theological preacher OF brooklyn. His
met hOds are almost exclusi vely metapny seal He
reasons. Analyses, expounds. His appeals are
always TO The moral thrOugf the mental nature
This role Is self assumed; naturally MS iaculties
run out toward figures, description, ieeing and
hortatory appeal. At the start ne Was "a nowefy
preacher" par excellence. lie worked away rom
Rev. Cream Cheese toward Paul, and though not
| addicted to logic, he made over all his methods
| into It Till 1t became us second nature. That
second nature has made him one OF the nrSt men
In the American pulpit. he has filed himself WI, q
study, and IN his sermons he pours himself out.
VIOLA, the piano. the harp and the organ, very
forcDie speaker, capable oil great effects. ne mas
deliberately preferred gush to growth IN has own
case, and culture to mere eXcltatlOn In tile case
| OF his audience. HIS cong egatloA Is scnOo or
hard students. The pastor. VINO is their teacher
| Is the hardest studen: OF all. Dr. Dury ca always
| breaches extempOre, but mis- sentences are as
| terse as those OF q proposition in Euclid. He
works his sermons down IRON the complex TO the
simple as Herbert spencer c0mmends, and tnen
| he builds up the meaning and the lesson most
Thoroughly. In TINS double work OF analysis aud
syntaesis ne almost coniers hoeral education on
| those who hear nun.
p.v rmor Rev nn MR. n nA nYs1, c,.,,. q, IN.
! Hanson pace Methodist church, rising
| preacher IN his denomination. He Is an orator
cradle and increasing, and MS knowledge o. nu-
man natures through sympathy and observation.
remarkable. HIS sermons are exnortatlons pic
lures and appeals, rather than logical prOduc-
| items; but has methods, though peculiar, are
never garsh. and his devotion to mis- work seems
earnest. unselhsn and hearty. In the special
| qualities wnerewlth 20 move masses he IS richly
endowed, and though very young. his sense, mod
lessons which less sentient men have TO get expe-
ssnce 70 hammer INTO them Mr. ynes mas n as
| denomination in either hemisphere.
REV. WESLEY T. DAVIS
His colleague, Rev. Wesley r. Davis, OF the Simp-
! son cnurcn. Is q contribution OF Baltimore 10
| Brooklyn. He Is Mr. Haynes equal In attractive
ness, out he Is quite dl1e ent IN the constitution
| O. his mind. Mr.. Davis Is 10rid, 8sthetic, ''nce"
and very dramatic within the prescriptions OF
culture In all his effects. SCHOLARLY always he 10
|. sometimes original ana striking, and never unsat-
tsiact0ry. His elocun0nary powersare wonderful.
His voice would make has fortune as reader, and
he avas himself OF all the eupaonic oppor
presented by tue severely simple Methodist ser
vice. HIS pulpit presence Is Imposing and grace
! full and MS sermons, delivered without notes,
bear evidence OF study and polish alter the sest
models. His oratvry Is marked by the ease OF the
southern school, yet 1t Is devoid OF violence or
| abrupt anLthesis. Mr.. DAVIS has made a fine I'M
preston on people Oh correct taste. An excess OF
art is his deec5. It's defect which time and the
knock-ab0ut life OF the itinerant cure or trans
| mute into the strength OF simplicity.
Rev. J. ". BUCKLEY.
Lawyer, doctor, preacher, Rev. James M.
| Buckley mas the most logical mind and unaffected
| manner OF any Brooklyn Methodist He Is iul OF
| planness ana readiness OF speech and clearnes s
| oil view. His style Is almost coloquial. He studies
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