The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-27
FAMOUS 1oNDoy PREACHERS.
Or. Onmu,ing, MIR. SpurVesn, and the Rev
Ohari,s voysey Photographed.

LONDON, Feb. 10-Sunday evening, Jan.
10, 1879, found me in the Scotch Church OF
Crown Court, right across the street from Drury
Lane The1tre. II u box-pewed, oblong. I'M
mistakable old kirk. The people there assem-
bled, especially the old ladies' and the usbcrs,
are unmistak ibl, Scotch. A pulpit that John
Knox might have nlled three centuries ago
stood against one Of the longer walls. Direct
w opposite was structure bearing the
craven images OF the lion and the unicorn, the
royal arms, with the Inevitable Dtsu % mon
Drou," which two essences have always been
one deity TO the sword bearing sons OF the Gov
enant In black Geneva gown and white bands,
with shaven chin and cheeks besliced with
sandy whiskers, with hooked nose and chin, the
Rev John Cumming, ID. d., y. II. $. r., ascend
ed the pulpit his keen, nervous eyes. from be-
hind his spectacles and from beneath his black
hair. taking In every iace that turned to his.
The text OF po-itlvism, according to the late
Lord West bury, Ia thai "there Is no God, and
Comte Ia its prophet I" the text OF the Cum
mIngltes r. that there Ia a God, and Cumming Is
his prophet. This Is the man who has foretold
the end Of the world, who has written "rhs
Great Tribulation" and "Apocaly ptlc sketch
es," to whom " The Seventh Vial" In as famii-
lar as his daily chop.
A psalm was given out, and there was time 60
look around. The place and the people h ad an
air OF solid comfort and responsibility that can
hardly be improved when the millennium which
they expect shall have arrived. but smelt
something. In the hymns OF Thomas Moore
there Ia allusion m ide to a vase which no amount
of combination could deprive OF a roseate odor;
something like this Is true OF the Mort, British
race and their national drink. The evening was
very cold, and I was prepared To make all due
allowance for that fact but one must draw the
tine somewhere, and M amiaole old lady next
her breath. The very lion and uni ,orn shifted
1t aud gave their heads higher toss as In Ia
DIR. CUMMINGS MANNERS.
The Doctor announced n CHAPTER In Isaiah.
There twiich about the knotted, bOny
nuaers, a way Of wrenching open the Bible from
wnich he re ID, that might suggest hts mental
manner Of handling the same book. His accent
l. Scotch, his manner fuli Of suppressed We
sive, ho lowers his voice and jerks the pointed
nlger Ur thumb at hts hearers, "a used to be
told the raven went after the eyes Il dlsobedi-
en- ia. lie had nos read dOz n verses ne,
| fore he struck n millennium vein. Tine jews
he said. " are to be one day called back In great
glory 90 found mighty empire at Jerusnl IN
after the buphrates l. dried up. g. e, after the
turkish power, whose approaching ruin nave
long foresba owed, IL annihilate :. You have
no right, you that sit IN the ScOrner's chair, TO
explan away he word OF God They shall
huild mp the weste places means exactly anu
| literally what It says. Inc we .lth and the per-
ssteDcy Of race tnat characterize the Jews r.
GOd's finger mark upon them. With roar OF
trumpet and drum, with tramp Of battalOns,
they snail return whose right II IL to reign"
! Then followed a sermon on the story Of the
| Phillppian 4 tier especially dealing with Ills
| question: Sis, what must do To be saved
tAct.. xvi, 90 The Doctors sns wer was, IN
| effect, that the tuiler should have Joined the
scotch Church, Crown Court, COyent Harden.
lie concluded oy going largely into the sub
those wno Thought with nun. Affirming. with
thrusts Of The nnger that made me wink: " They
! are OB!y fools OT y lie better yrc h-vc ouhted
! OF denied our holy doctrines .ne moe siited
spirits, the deepest philosophers are with US.
As cxapules of these he referred 10 The gif cd
ana cody Moody, VINO Is winning his tens OF
| thousands from SAtan,' aud to tue Queen Of
| England Having preached once or twice be
fOre his sovereign, II - reported that the
| prophet OF Crown Court avoids no occasion Of
mentioning that fact. and he dwelt, IN nv near
a compliment Her Majesty VS. eraciously
pleased" % pay HIM apropos Of one o. his ser
| mons. II has been suggested more than once
| int the Doctor Is little on" Calvin has
| written ~ tie study OF tho Apocalypse that II
| "either hnds n man mad or leaves him so - and
the Doctors critics are uncertain which cate
| CORY he belongs 70. l will not attempt to de-
cide this question. but, In parting with he great
| Highland seer, IL NAV not be presumptuous To
suggest that the jewish tradition, regul ting
the sabbath, wherein permission Is gwen to
| generally considered binding upon Christians.
THE PREACHER OF THE MASSES.
why did 30 to Newington Butts ON the sun
dav following last New Years dayf Hard TO
! toll; Spurgeon new sight To me; the
morning was foggy ana chilly, and will never
believe that a man can oe converted win cold
the Tabernacle" steps. he congr gait IN
were. as usual, of the vague lower middle
! class, who are bluff. hearty, unsigned by Ham
lei doubtings. and endowed for the most part
with that practical, II somewhat narrow, com
mon sense which preserves the Phil stine from
the extravasanoies OF mysucism; Upon taese
! folk neither tue tracts ot DIR. Pussy nor the
much effect, the Dean OF kion, or Mt. RYE, OF,
| best Of all, MI. Sturgeon, Is the kind OF leader
they VIII follow olorg plain paths in good, old
lashohed, lllut way. NeWlnItoh butts Is no.
"A fashionable Ilice. MANY Of tho women pass
ing Up the church steps before nc showed
stockings very soilei aud wrinkled, cl tulsy
boots down at heel, and rliment Of medic re-
cut anl material. Their brothers s, husbands, and
possibly lovers tramped beside them, mud "a v,
un omfort ble. sloyeiess, iuattentyv 10 gallant
~ once seated IN the huge six ousand-aold-
ing church, one Is first impressed by the quan-
titv OF MIR oil shining under lhe gas rsnts (ga-
AZ no99' iemen9etl uton the beds Of all Out
lie ms,cGine nair up mo KIND Of 't crsst
fashion known rs "trlnains ou' the brain"
Mr. SpufceOn rose. Ope needs but to hear him
once to know that he Is made for these ueopls
and they for him. lie y ssnguine. ouIly squat
g-nosed. bull thruated, shurt-neched. MAS
ter II homcly English spcech, Witty, dog matte
direct. lac is "a born tlioune. He does not qIibblt
over or refine points OF doctIine; he describes
himself a IAN Armiuiun-Calvinista and a Calvin
| ist-ArMlulani' lie attends personally 10 the
DAILY behavior Of every member Of hts nock, am
thus, moe teacher OF good morals than subj,
noctrines, he does ,ncalculanlo good. his mar
Is not nns to be eltueF opposed or hoodwinked
by b lckshders. lie stands SOU rely behind hi,
LlaIfgrm railing Ike man In whom there Is nc
back down. lie saps his hand upon II h,
rubs MS anus togetneri ne taruWs back I'M
head I'll the flesh Of the back OF TITS neck lies u
ferveut pla Is over his collar; ne cries out vol
ubly, laying - ruling stress ON the most insig
n,hcint sylaDles and words he personihes tn,
ways Of acting and thinking In which he - 90
posed. aud "clHiis them IA oostermouge
would MS rival. lie Is not scholarly nor logical
hut tuis would be a poor rid were II mace uI
wholly OF scholars and dialecticiins; aud /
Ch res II. SpurgeJn ~ not a man Of letters, h,
Is u man OF genius, aud, ABOVE all, a man.
AN ExPOUNDER OF THEIsM.
As rather striking contrast to the tArmin
liant dlvlnism and Cdlynist Arminianisin" o
the liOdnerges of NewIngton Butts, let us wall
up to St Georges Hall, Langh IN place, to hea
aud see Charles Nogscy, who has become, sine,
1871, perhaps the best known champion q
pure theism" IN England. In that year he wa
tried for heresy, at he suit Of the secretary o
the Arch bishop Of York, deprived Of hts bene
ace at lie laugh, and In effect excOmmunic. teG
bv the Church Of England. The flair made
great STIR for NoyseY has many ana veal, b
friends, who established him in the lecture hll
above mentioned, and propose ultima tely {,
build him chlrcn; while he Is himself indie
fatisable with tongue aud pen ~ calling atten
ton to the merits Of his dispute with the arti
| cles and government OF che Church. Declinn
for the present to Identify himself with any sec
or corporate body, he announced only "a feI
DAYS ago the appearance II 4 new magazine, o
which he Is TO be the director, and which il L
number among its oontr nutors \. W. Newme