, 1876-12-18

ty ;rtnrs Is new landscape before tile l'rntn. A
tonrney through desert Il lIlonntontIllH coll
Elhouns.ui Eln 1tlnn'ls. s,Ml, bcing ,nan. i'at.,rc,
t1N dM1t recent mud prevailing rcllgioua awakening
n..s nss. and md freshness Of tho wtrk That work
70 .. ssS'm n fna r.. E"Ea esar, So yra ,e su,Ss NET
o,e,I % .l.er dull eyes, md III More c'rcr;,
,nIcite IN the scn Of sanl, they discern Mt last
water irrsler md sweetcr than TINT ~ The old
%s,bcr lngs, When thcac new speakers a,l'i
" mcw singers came ntong few years agn tho
CS1h',nh lad bcun making along Journey without
there being amy one IN the trout or rcar nf tho
eatayat nras who c6ad announce q green leaf or
naln,.,,ec anywhere. Theac lionnerRes men
P11r tPsmc suddenly upon tic lIorlzon md nll the
,hrologcat beasts 0f hur,iet IN the long caravan
newrlscd the fresh ar, md ncgn., to
9Tqniscopal md DIsscn.cr desert where dry
!."l stretched out for tousntuls nf miles, Ii,
lie m!lst OF orr own ortlUlox desert ta1,o
MsNy aud sankcy-,alnn.tr:es nn'l buhblinE
,yi, TyScr las brca.hcd IN this glorious fresh air,
mi suggests that the hyMile 0f these Chris
tians might wcll ho Initiated iii the synaEog!to
Al thc Hebrew, which Inns known little nf thu
tsst asM lst in,onf,g II lie iaw which Inns pre-
Sai,cd pnco the days Of Ezra might well tnovon
iurwarl Into u great outburst OF congrcEational
.onp Thus all men cast themselves into Inc
,wec,ly new as cl!iitircu hurry out nt dpors li.
Voices, new places, new hymns, new trutfs.'
sMl into the vrry midst of ttis honorable sunli-
meut came these cvangclIsts: Tlicy brought
! ucs house Of worship, largc, airy, ;' ai;l
rncc. ior tho elegant church llntl Gecomo exclu-
i've. remarkable for thbse Il shut cut ratIcr
tha,, for thuse It brought in; they brought new
huurs Of worship; thy brought new music aud
Ah,SC fai
Thiell soon wearlcs Of the past. Al Erca:t
j. swokcnngs l,nyp bccn attended by change OF
fashion either as cn,se or essential co,Mpanlo1:
Tho old will not Inspire the heart. The irst
Of I'D cla'.s, md certain steppl,.e f9rt,l into
the Joy Of emancipation. Christ came tloear'I!s.
The Icath Of the ccremonta! law; Ile cntno de-
,atin that one might worslip IT. the hills o. nc
rpnoly us m Jerusalem, and that ,n,.r' rahca,l an
new lay nil around Christ, 50 TINT looking
10 HIN tho multitude was In the prescnee of y
new world. Paut came In perfect ncwncss Of
Mea The Gcntl1es were to bc l,cNccforth 10
dear to God u,,l man ~ tho Jews, savnnarola
uiobsllcd the Catholic Cll,trrl, by Ills new phi
losophy. lie denounced NIL the forms 0l tile
Church and preached salvation BY kpnrlty OF
]|Ic. Luther cumc like n spring-tiIlo crowdlng
oif Old dead leaves by new buds and blossoms:
Ncslcy ean,a with n new l'lctipl and wRs STYLED
Tho Methodist. Tile o1d forms hnu strang!eu
the Church Just rs Pharisalsln Ind stranglctl tho
religion Of Daslie, just as lio,nanisn tnd cos'le
auA saints, md mgcants to choke ~ thc
lic out VI psiinitlye Christianity. Thus
Ill tle grcat leaders Of religion, llayo
been compelled to advance over the dead body
Of The past,-that pltiaulc old gialt TINT always
lives By thu waysidc In 1rcnry castle, aud win
IA awful front anu voice IL wont to friGlltcn thu
prigsim ln Ills progrcas. To slaughter tlluse old
gaI.s Of Church nnl Of Theology las alWays
to Wbitcllrld. When the people have perceived
these monsters to bo fulydcal, they hnye pour
,rtoward the wicked gate with c1secding great
5o1., .,,.. .,,a a,,,
It lvyrs to bend nbout lil;c tho swuying bra1clI-
cs Of the willow or thu weeping. b!rrl,+
It's health md appetite improvcby trnvel, aul fl
any kind Of long Imprisonment Il groves sick.
Therefore It gocs from plnse to place not only
In geography, but aso III art. and religion.
When Church fully resolves to- accept of no
Innovations, TO ndnilt 10 new instrument, or
new tune, or now SERMON, 1t dies on tic spot.
Along with this resolution death comes and
marks that Church Tor its own. Great there
who confess tho souls pl'ancy and who suffer It
IL omoye out tn Wide world OF varied sccucry.
(3) but lh estimating tho revival OF to-day
great power must bc nscr'bcd to the perso,lal
qualities Of him whose name kas 0f lntc yCnrs
Gec1l carried to an0 fro on NIL gales. Ills method
draws those who need new mud more powerful
drawing. AL our church tluors hnye SWUNG
freely for generation, hut the crowd has n9t
church. has lad It's handful. composed
largely Of those born In tho sanctuary. Thu new
method draws n lurgcr audience, md then thc
direct and intensely carncst style ot speech
aHakcns md ilctatns the multitude oncc caught.
Aad souae INCIDENT given us regular preachers,
IN audience ct wicked mud tut,-cllurcil.golnE
men, drunkar1ls, sailors, thieves, thu fallcs of
both sexcs, We could not have nwaltenc9l thc1n,
q have induced them ever to como second
Tine. Our argument Is too abstract and our style
too refined and gentle Tue regular Clergyman
1stsatnca among students md readers, nHl lll
LIS words nrc for Ills owt, associates. Every 'la,l
is the creature OF his surroundings anu II nc Inns
lern horn hnong books and 0cch well traHesl
iuA theological seminury, lsc will rcatl, Only
those whp come to him through buoks Or
through tic tnsnc seminary gates. Iii sucll
strangely ,na,le world along comes u new man,
---not man for scholars, hut d man for
The multitude. lie cnmcs s.ot III tho fullness
Of rhetoric, but ne II eoil ok Thunder. llo
pounds thu hnr1 licurt with reasnn, with Scrip
ture and With anectlote full Of laughter or full
VI tcars.
last III the glass nf illustration. There the full
picture of truth lies. a few brains like IL Sir
William Hamilton will scorn MI illustration or
an ancc,lotc, und will use nnly tho nhslract
words Of philosophy, but tho human, racc. asks
tor illustration, and wccps or laughs wien Il
}'uks Into Tint marvellous mirrur. Thu cd
aeatcl pulpit moves alnng aboyc the uso 1t
anect!ols md incident, becausu It speaxs
~ those who have partly passed over
Into philosophy. Put IN 30 doing y osgTsll,otH
Tue multitude. They arc hungry for iliustra-
ton. The drun'sull needs to bu shown bis
glassless windows, his ragged, hungry clllltlrcI
ILLS pale, dying wife, tsis trembling lhnbs, his
Sssotted ,t iaee The landscape must l,e painted
Ole. There Is u class VI dTuNknrts an.iof l~t
men aid women whom o,y tho DoalscrKcs-the