, 1875-12-12
A CURIOUS SERMON.

A correspondendsnt OF the Newark IN. J.)
Courier, writing from Charlotte, N. c., gives IN
exceedingly interesting description Of meeting
in the African Methodist Episcopal Church,
which he recently attended. He says:
The preacher not one Of the nest ptyicaI tpec-
linens OF the race for ordinarily erect form had
some manner becoa bent aud his shoulders rounded
voice, which 1t Easy to tel had been Of mar
yeloua sweetness and power. had become harsh BY
peased ttrainings- But he Was evidently favozite
among the people, and hia sayings received not
only with the most undoubted confidence, but the
highest nervous appreciation. The text hsd been
taken from the miracle Of the raising of from
the dead md the peculiar to which the fullest
attention was invited were Loose him and let
him 60" The ,who1s circumstance, however,
servation, and each word and fact COM
ented upon according ~ the fancy hearing OF the
5 E. Pbs
condemnation though why be condemned her was not
SO clear: MarJs loving expressona wero set by him
was not ont Of the ordinary track Of religious preach
Ing, which puts expressions OF love above al the moral
iies Of religious hfe instead of making them the in
terpEetahona Of that morality. The poeidon ct jesus
weeping 1t the tomb delineated with depth Of
pathetic expression which more than atoned for Its
fguro and eyinced that If the preacher had tho ad-
vantagea Of educational training, inpassioued
orator he would have been second to but few.
wonderfully graphic statement Of the Evangelist
that **Jesns gro.ned in spirit,r and spent some
mi minutes n m his opinion TINT
Igions expression, in grosniuR from this example
Of Jeaus Others might not look at it in this Light,
Of no dissent Then he passed to description OF the
co1*e. First he depicted the fact that he chain
Cd He sdnttted the fact that the Jews did not usu-
ally chain their coFpses and why this peculiar corpse
waa chained be did not really know. But he added In
tone OF triumph that he could prove from Holy
Scripture that ehaining corpse wis not necessary 70
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enough for that purpoae without the addition Of
chsint H. made good application, however, OF tho
which chain be could not break until Christ had said
" Loose him and let him CO.. Then he passed to the
eorr+e seh md tne corruption incident to its having
think Of il, and vii not infict stmilsr pan
saying that he cloeed thi1 description also VIII
" Loose him and let him go,s ve pass on Is
This WIS edeaT the eeon0 Dont f tas hs
discourse The dead face, with its Napkin held
before their vielon. until Lszarns stood out before
Northern delineataons to which hadiistened had
failed to make The pale. corrupted face OF the dead
man gradually widening into fetho banuagea being
removed ~ the color came back to the reei Of he
dead palor-only the eyes remaining to the last
with m o1atoicl strategy worthy d man Of more
tionAry phrases. the attention. Of the audience to the
covered whose longing desire now to see
.na % :, SE'a I %as ~ ezess
manner. that every heart VAS papitating with tina
earuesness Of ths preachera feeling and every spirit
longing for the unwilling Of the darEened vision Of
The friend Of Jesus. Just at the moment when thu !
tension became too great to be longer endured With
out tsmeness and vhee dozen seconds longer would
have been fatal 10 it3 effect he uttered. in voica
which was coEnnatuglirg Of triumph aud CON- |
nand, Loose him and let him go.r Tne
seens which followed this puts description 1t
ledance. All the suppressed e1cttemept Of the
excitable listeners, like water which had been held
.cf until It burst It's banks sushed outward in
orient ot vosifsrous expression. Shouts, sc.e.ms,
.are ringing through the building Some Of the older
women we're spsineing like elastic rubber upsnd down
1pon the floor, ana 50 lightly that you could not hear
ne eoucusaon Of their feet; others .dding to this
otsry motion somswhAt akin 70 schaolday nustra-
ions Of the double motion Of the earth: the persons
rho sat On The pulpit platform kept rising up and
utning around, while the preacher himself kept r.
eating hymn after hymn, appropriate and inappro-
>xiase; swaJing has long arms Like massive tree
1ranetas in tempest; sWsytug from de to SIDE OF
hs pulpit ike thase trees borna down with tie rush
Il the Viuds md recovering themselves ns the action
4 contrary current while his voice. growing hoarses
liz that storm quached IN tho rain, i last sank to
obhing nonotaua, whose xefxatn WIS conxtsnalT. |
Loose him and Let Kim 50 ~ When the ex.