, 1877-05-27

o. all the great Christian schemes. He did moi
live as they wished him to. He had his room ii
tue church, ate in the restaurants most Of til
week. and after his afternoon Sunday sermon
was preached took the cars for q dear spot ir
+ Connectieut, where were his wife, his children
aud ILLS tEoroughbreds. Tuesday morning saw
him fn his Park Street study, md pleasant
afternoons scarcely failed to see him on the
and rapid Strides. This was almost too much
I 1or the Park street people, and we do not won.
der at It. And when they ''laborcd " with him
anu mad no sattsfacto ~ response, save the calm
up, yet with much sadness, for the good men oil
| lnat Old Society have always loved their minis
Let's, and wanted to give them their cordial
| fellowship IN all places and at NIL times. afr.
miEcrs went with him. There were enough men
| ana women Of wealth. .nd culture, OF like sym
Pathlcs: 70 form laew and strong Society, with
INN as head. It was a1ouc within year.
anu al was arrang. ID to make then, attractive
anu to bring in th, people. It needed but the
announcement tia Music Hall was to be opened
on sunday morn tngs, that . chorus Of 300
preach to have he hail steadily filled, with
scarce vacant SC: IT, Money was not wanting,
Men who seldom Went to church we're very
ready to help Q a such movement. People
1rotn twenty miles round were glad OF the op-
portunity to come in and ASSIST as the French
say, and so the sti p WAS launched aud has sailed
proudly on under its strong commander.
ar: Murray Is about IS, full SIX feet high,
weighs at least 2W . and 1oos.s like an athlete in
perfect training. Ills hair Is dark brown, his
mustachc is long, and bis complexion is brenzel
ny tally exposure to the sun and wind. Il1s
easy alr Of dignity aud self-p4,ssession gain your
1aSor bcforc he speaks. Ills quiet self-assur-
af1cc you recoEn zc as sign OF power. His
texts are 1nottocs rather th ali subjects; some
times they are closely connected with his SER
mons, sometimes not His tone OF voice has in
II II that sliEnt accent Of CONT aand which keeps
the attention Of the hearers but which would
excite their opposition ere it a little
stronger His themes arc always impor-
tant, and the stro.E.. clear, and sometimes beuu-
thu! Treatment of them has decided charm.
VI course, there are few exp ressions III every
sermon Which cut into. the or lnary orthodox
opinions with sharp edge, yet At is seldom that
the old beliefs are outraged. Ilnl Heed, Mr.. Muir
rav calls himself an Old School ulan in his The
olosy! But this, perhaps, was said in Pick
wleklan sense. 1t is hardly bor.1e out by his
lectures OIL .'Dcacons" and on 'sBuddhism.''
at any rate, his position is anoma1ol 1s and could
not be maintained in any city except III Que lcav-
cncd with the spirit Of free thought and speech
on every subject man can consider. Hc Is
pure product OF New England. AL present he
has too inany irons IN the ire. His SInduy ser
mons and weekly lecture, and his horses on
PORTLAND street, would be enough for any man,
but add to that his stock farm in Connecticut.
us paper, the 1oaem 1uls, aud the novel he is
writing, something must suffer, and most likely
t will he his sermons. This Is too bad, but hc |
''naun gang his ain gait.'' AT present, with his
'ratory whiv, resembles that Of Wendell Phillips
more than TINT Of any other man, and with the |
ong musical service whcl, is tAc liturgy in that !
hllrctl Of a new order, the }.lusic-llal Society
Eraws to its Sunday meeting thousands Of citi-
ems and strangers who dcle .ht III the fascfna-
ions vi speech aud song. NEpOESET.