The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-06
CHAT BY THE WAY.

How much easier it is to preach than to practice
Brother ralmagc having given ministers good advice
bout resting during vacation has himself the bad
Example OF flying around the country from Marthas
Vineyard Iowa and back again. lecturing and preach
ing wherever he invited
Some good people think they are complimenting the
Lord when they admit that the Bible a very good
book and withal so simple that young man Of good
learn its contents without gong to college
Tor the purpose.
The only way learn to preach by actual practice
In the church
Rev. 5. H. Tying, Jr said many good things at the
Sunday School Convention at Ocean Grove but one Of
the best was his denunciaton Of 'ycast powder
LII DIS" He has himself discarded all titles being
part OF the deys machinery, aud especially since he
has seen the way in which college degrees arc con-
lerred.
We tempted to ask how much water, fresh or
Dat Is necessary to inspire temperance convention
with little enthusiasm. when notice the lack OF
that element in the gathering at Ocean Grove where
thoy have both kinds, mixed and separate, abunt
ance.
The Presbyterian missionaries Tabriz Persia gave
tea party their native school children lately, and
their only fear trouble that the children used
cat of the floor at their homes would sit at
Table comfortably. How infinitely ennobing Chris
tianty is above all other religions forms OF iaithl
An exchange tells that 1t the of the
Church and Its enterprises the Southwest be az
acted with sort OF rude greatness that naught
for anything but its seinsh ends What are The
ministers dong down therey Why don't they preach
this selnshness and greatness the church,
That WIS jewelled thought which Goethe uttered
when he said that the sacred character Of church
c the gayety and sportivcness of popular melodies,
are the Two hinges which music turns. An inial
h1e effect always produced by either kind--dcvotIon
or dancing
Some laid down the conditions OF ministerial
success In preaching the Gospel as overwhelmingly
moral support from the congregation, sympathy and
attention. But these belong only to the pcws There
are other elements which belong to the pulpit also
seccssary-study, faith. prayer natural ability and
belfconndencc.
The theory Of the ecclesiastical organizations touch
ing the ministerial profession is that .once priest
Always priest" But ouiIive his ability
and usefulness in the ministry surely rs in any
other calling or profession There many men In
Christian pups day who ought TO be making shoes
r roads farming instead That a good law
lmong the Israelies which obliged a priest TO step
Town and before he became dull and stupid as TO
bring religion into disrepuie
One fails OF permanency and unity in his lie work
because ne misses his ideals The demand of the hour
Ia for "eminently practical" One refuse to
tons aro likely evapora,e into imprsctcabil,y
When one competent to entertain idea all he
need do 10 TO look pronounce the whole thing
impractical This settles the matter 3 When certain
oppose you because you are not eminentIy pract
cal YOU would do well to 20 West
II you have great sorrows AXE them Christ; but
II they are so small and Insignificant that you are
ashamed lay them at His feet then realize that they
arc Likewise Insignificant you permit them to
worry aud furry Over something that could be re-
placed Tor cents, and men scarcely cent bet
twhat is beautiful to contemplate than serene
cheerful happy old age? We have seen some old men
and old women whose heads we're whittier than the
driven snow, whose bodily powers feeble and who
bad lost all ulness of feature and grace form which
had been theirs the prime Of ie and yet there was
about them all attraction and fascination that made
them more dear and their company dcsir-
able than any OF fashions gilded hrong They seem
70 Iingsr with US and reject to souls the quiet,