The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-20
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Great London Preachers.


Having had excellent opportunities for
hearing the great preachers of London, !
will give my impressions regarding them.
1t is strange that with the rare advantages
possessed by the established church in its
universities, Ethe greatest and most popular
preacher in the city should be noncon-
formist who has no collegiate training
Mr.. Spurgeon, to whom | refer, has been
over 20 years in London. There is nothing
in his manner that ordinarily gives preach
er popularity. He is not sensational and
has few eccentricities. He is never coarse,
vulgar, nor profane. There is no trifling
or levity in his discourses, though there is
sometimes trenchant wit. There is, how
ever a careful and thorough exposition OF
the truths of the scriptures as he under
stands them. His sermons are constructed
simply, and clothed in the language of com
mon every day life. They are lighted up
with brilliant metaphors, and impressed on
the mind with strong illustrations drawn
from various sources, but mainly from the
Bible. The 1000 people who go to the
tabernacle every Sunday are held face to
face with God. They are placed beneath
his law, and are pointed to the eternal judg-
ment which awaits them. All this is no
calculated ordinarily to make the preacher
popular. But, after all these years, Mr..
Spurgeon has firmer hold upon the public
than ever. 1t may well be asked how he
succeeded in maintaining and strengthen
ing it. The answer is near at hand He
has been most laboIious student of every
thing connected with the scriptures lie
is thoroughly in earnest. No one questions
his sincerity. His life has been above all
reproach. Besides he has been gifted with
great common sense and a marvellous voice.
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than sixty Of his sermons are published
every year, and they are OF such merit that
they are eagerly reprinted and read by the
inhabitants of two continents. His lectures
and preaching and the pastoral work among
the students in his training college for
preachers, are unsurpassed His exposition
of the psalms of David has grown already
to four large volumes, and is acknowledged
to be the best ever given to the world. be-
ing read by all, rituaiists, high and low
churchmen, and dissenters.
very different preacher is Dean Stan
ley Ills sermons are as polished in their
style as are his lectures on the Jewish or
the eastern church. They are broad enough
for the most liberal. Ia the sermon which
he preached in Westminster Abbey, in CON
GLIDING course delivered by various cler-
gymen recently from the text, "Gather up
tho ii"Snun.e, INC uetn halu tnty should
gather I'D the fragmenis" of truth con
tanned in hymns like one which he quoted
from Doddridge, and then he followed the
hymn with glowing eulogy upon this
"great nonconformist of the last century"
"Gather up the Fragments he said again.
'of truth found in the Zenda Vesta," and
in the scientific teachings of the time. The
dean, too, is very popular, as might be
judged from hundreds being unable to get
admission to the abbey on this occasion.
Canon Liddon of st. Paul's is a preacher
of different order. His style of sermon
izing might be desmed almost faultless.
His style and form of expression are unex-
celled Although his voice is not over
strong, no one of the 5000 people who Eat
under the great dome last Sunday afternoon
need have lost word of his discourse.
Unlike Dean Stanley, Canon Lidden leans