The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-19
GREAT LONDON PREACHERS.

HtVhtH JO"IHot'
GREAT LONDON PREACHERS.
Their Relative Merits Mr.. Spurgcon
Clear ard Practical Dean Stanley
Ornate md Liberal Canon Lid
don Eloquent, but Conscr
,atiyc.
London Correspond, nee Of the New York Tribune
Having had excellent opportunities for
hearing greatest prcachcrsof London,
! will give my impressions regarding
them. 1t is strange that with the rare
advantages possessed by the established
church, in its universities, the greatest
and most popular preacher in the city
should he a non conformist, who has had
nocollcgiatc training. Mr.. Spurgeon, to
whom refer, has been over twenty
years in London. There Is nothing in
his manner that ordinarily gives preach.
er popularity. He is not sensationa,and
has few ccccntricities. He is never
coarse, vulgar or proianc. There is no
trihing or levity in the discourse, though
there is sometime trcnchant wit, There
is, however, a thorough and careful cN-
position Of the truths of the Scriptures
a, he understands them. His sermons
are constructed simply, and clothed in
language of common everyday life, They
are lighted up with brilliant metaphors,
and impressed ON the mind with strong
drawn from various sources,
but mainly from the Bible. The seven
thousand people who 90 to the tabcr- !
uacle every Sunday are held face to face
with God. They are placed beneath !
his law, and are pointed to the eternal
Judgment which awaits them, All this
isnot calculated, ordinary, TO make the
preacher popular. But, after all these
years, Mr.. Spurgeon has II stronger hold
on the public than ever, 1t may well he ,
asked how he succeeded in maintaining
and Strengthening it. The answer is
near at hand. He has been n most laho-
rious student of everything connected
with the Scriptures. lie il thoroughly
in earnest. No one questions his SINGER.
ity. His life has been above rCproach,
Besides, he has been gifted with great
common sense and Il marvellous voice.
His labors are almost incredible, More
than sixty OF his sermons are published
every year, and they are Of such merit
that they are eagerly printed and read
by the inhabitants OF the two continents
His lectures and preaching, and the pas
tCriaI work among the students in his
training college for preachers, are unsur-
passed 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, being read
by all, rituaIists, high and low church
men and dissentcrs.
4 very different preacher is Dean
Stanley. His sermons are polished in
thcirstyle as his lectures on the Jewish
or the eastern church, They are broad
enough for the most liberal. In the
sermon which he preached in Westmin-
stcr Abbey, in concluding acourse dcIiv-
cred by various clergymen recently from
the text, "Gathcr up the fragments"
the Dean said thcyshOuld gathrrup the
fragments of truth contained in hymns
like one which he quoted from Dod-
bridge, and then he followed the hymn
with Il glowing euIogy upon this great
nonconfOrmist of the last century
" Gather up the fragments" he said
again, "of truth found in the Ienda
Vesta," and in the scientific teachings
of the time. The Dean, too, is very
popular, as might be Judged from hun
drcds being unable to get admission to
the abbey on this occasion.
Canon I.iddOn, of st. PaulS, is n
preacher of different order, His style
of sermons might be deemed almost
tautcs5. His style and form OF cXprcs
sionarc uncxcclcd. Although his voice is
notovcr strong, nooncof the 1000 people
who sat under the great dome last sun
day afternoon need have lost word ol
his discourse. Unlike Dean Stlnley,
Canon Liddon leans towards the ritual
lists. This party is now giving the cS-
tablishmcnt Il great deal of trouble. The
arches court is busy dealing with accu-
sations of ritualism. Whatever may I've
their faults it must be admitted, however
that the ritualists set in some respects a
GOOD example It. Adams church, which
mas II tbUItNNlDildl, anu Il - W. ~ i'''''
ling that OF the Roman Catholic mcnaS
tcricS, is in Baldwin, court. 4 most
wrctched place, inhabited by the very
lowest classes. The rector of this church,
who has been repeatedly under discipline
for his ritualistic practices, lSdolng more
for the poor people of this district than
all the other churches therein PerhaPs
after all he is not under discipline by
the Judges of all the earth who may
look more to his work than how he
does it.
A MILL FOR THE Gops.-Canon City,
CCol1 Avalanche: \ camp OF pilgrims
were preparing breakfast under a cotton
wood tree Yesterday morning, and a
small boy to whom the task of grinding
coFec with worn out coiice-miIl had
been assigned, after twisting away until
he GOT plumb sick Of the job, startled the