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

me path we are pursuing almost tnsens,biy
changes when II leads away from the former 70
Where the lines Of the men Of yesterday Join the
lines Of the men OF to-day the Junction Is aim ost
consciousness OF a dream to the gentle oblivion OF
unpunctuated sleep. Not Anew OF the contempt
few or them we're colleagues OF the men who have
been for o time looked at on the inches In when
they stand IN the olden life OF the city.
REV. DIR. Steers.
Rev. Richard Salrer Storrs, d. D., Ii. D., for In
stance pastor Of the Church OF the Pilgrims, and
years aud distinction OF service in the city, is on
his fourth decade OF labor In Brooklyn. and has
TO Dimensions and populstion metropolitan
IN snelr ex,ens He could truly say Of the
a. o. Of Ssv1 Savs
DR.. Storrs Is the Recognized chief spokesman for
eysnsehcal Christianity in the United States on
all occasions when IL 10 thought essential for elo-
Quence and culture TO concur IN hlgn degree and
with exquisite art HIS sermons are all Of them
manuscripts Tor quarter OF . century. He broke
away rom them when repairs to his church drove
the delights OF unnampered Oratory he revealed In
them and has never abandoned them. Before, he
had always nad the most cultivated audiences.
Since, he has had multitudes nock constantly to
hear him. Very seltdepreciauve. Dr. Storrs al
most ne Years he ost
ng up he Sas then unde ri'0 as was
now aoaa Dr. ssos or s
OF sermonizlng are very similar to great Jaw.
yers preparation Of great BRIEF barring me fact
that he does not confne hmseii TO the calculation
OF one side only, and with the difference that ne
carries the points IN his head instead OF putting
ougnly by careful thinking. The greater part OF
his labor consists IN rejecting arguments and Illus
tratlons rather than IN adopting them, so rica 10
Ing powers. This aff1uence OF fancy and demon
stration at times gets the better Of him. He gets
credit for more preparation than he Is entitled TO.
Admittedly one OF his greatest speeches was that
last spring before the Brooklyn Coz rega tional
snown to put ve e4 ew It's MAIN pan s'~ was
changed on the spot, and iully third Of It's won
to the ere and sudeen
sentatlon OF the "protest" OF Plymouth
ne swey r and oas
and did not END till about five O'Clock. Every part
Of his speech was OF equal force and finish; yet .
great DEAF OF 1t was IN direct reply to the protest
prepared for Plymouth church by Mr.. Thomas G.
Snearman, the celebrated railway lawyer. The
ferent to the one he delivered In great respects,
yet he mingled the prepared and spontaneous
so AND read a Sn
duction. The art thus exhibited was regarded as
one OF the greatest acnievements recorded IN
instances OF orat0 y. The speaker had been taking
o continuous part In the discussions OF the Council
and mad had no time to change his system till
he rose to speak. 1t should not be thought, how
ever. that Dr.. Storrs depends In any degree upon
what vaguely called ''lnspfratlOn." Thought,
not feeling, is what draws from and appeals to.
The only outward helps ON which he relies are the
manifestations OF interest IN the audience. Their
attention and appreciation greatly strengthen
him. Ii Is the feeling OF converse tlOnalst, not OF
an orator. to which ne cOniesses IN the lew refer
ences he consents to make to his moods and modes.
process wnlle speaking. He can develop the sub
ject and at The same time he can observe he effect
or 1T on certain listeners. ana vary the enects as
from q study OF the manifestations OF mind In
action. WnIe de livering the speech referred to
he stood on slightly raised platform between the
small ia oles or two stenographers. He insensiby
found himself observing how regular and unifoI m
was the pace 0I one ana how nervous and apid
was the pace OF the other. 1t became an 'Object"
with MIN 10 try while speaking to hurry up The
placid pnon9srapher ana 70 aeassure the panlc5y
and 'slowed" mis- short ones. These alternate
processes produced exactly the effects he sought,
was organizing on his own account became an i'm
petus to the general subject as 1t worked out from
his mind.
REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER.
OF Mr.. Beecher pr0priety would dictate writing
little in the resent supreme crisis OF his life.
That suggestion, both OF humanity and good
writing heretofore has left little 10 be said OF nun
wnlch would be both new and true. the public
may not generally know his modes Of preparing
his sermons and q statement Of those modes, IN
the case OF man 80 celebrated, Is not unlikely 70
IN which, whether In nlstrionism or Journalism,
mankind do so love TO indulge. Mr.. Beecher would
seem to disregard the Pauline statement about
the gospel that 'ths thing was not done in COR
ner." He at least prepares all his sermons IN q
corner OF time-that is, the morning sermon ON
Sunday morning before and after breakfast and
the evening sermon.On sunday afternoons. Is he.
then, INDECENT that he so crowds himself? No, there
Is not a azy bone in his body. During all the
week he fills up" by reading and by talk. He Is
q vOraciOus devOurer OF newspapers and mag
azlnes al ,nsasaoie extractor OF thought ana
the present and OF 'e," he habltually bends
texts to confirmation to his views OF men and
things and external phenomena. Six days ming
ling with the world Is tnus preparatory 8ermOnlcal
work with him, and when he SITS down to write
1t Is but drawing from a full clstern within him.
lie dashes OF the outline of q sermon in this way
two hours, and ne has often preached away
from his noses as In line wish them. This happens
loss than II used 10 happen. He is more likely to
read closely for twenty live or even thir y-fve
minutes tnan he IS TO break out extemporaneously
each sermon, however. he warns up
and piles PelOn on 0ssa prOdigiousy. The great
preacher, waile IN court, mas found, ne says y
old capacity has renewed Itself IN him. In not
unhappier, II less celebrated, Indiana days, Mr.
Beecher lived In two rooms, Of which one was the
study and the other the family room. thin par
tition did taose bounds divide On one side would
otner would be mis- devoted wife, Martha like,
blocking well to the ways or .her household"
There were both at the Beecner "mansion." 1t
was a condition to the preachers mental comfort
and rary facility either that there be no noise
now,n says Mr.. Beecher, 'if the Court will only
keep up It's clatrer, my mind Will work. But II
there Is q succession OF CHATTER and silence things
don't go right"
REV. DIR. BURLINGTON.
William Ives Burlington, d. D., ia certainly en-
titled to all tie blessings which wait on the pc ace
makers according to promise. VI more than aver
age abilities as a writer and speaker. gentle.
man OIL the n,eest culture and profound scholar.
his forte, nevertheless. Is advice-glvinE AMI the
settlement OF Quarrels. He is y born arbitrator
with the judicial faculty strong In him Persons
and churches, ranging Tor situation from either
Portland TO the Rio Grande, have made Out their
cases and unhesltatngly left him to pronounce
judgment upon their 'statenents." His ability TO
a declare
extraordinary. The confidence and leve OF which
such confidence Is logically the production speak
Tor themselves. DR.. Burlington mas done some
great speaking In his time, and the great
est has been that expressed out OF him BY
unforeseen emergencies. The sudden illness OF Dr.
StOrrs once compelled DR.. Budingt0u to extempo-
rize o speech OF ''God speed" to a whole company
or returned and rede parting missionaries at the
Brooklyn Academy. Hesitant, excited, and deeply
moved at the spectacle OF those deserving ctvilza-
ton again to plunge for the Masters dear sake
into the obscurity aRd abnegations or oarbarism,
DR.. Burlington delivered one OIL the loltiest ad-
dresses that has ever lallen from human lips IN
modern times. 1t brought thousands Of hearers