, 1877-02-12


Or witch. Out Of tho dnrk ayes all the pro-
icssions rome much like men rising up from a
nights dcbarch, or like criminals led into court
rough e "et ws1e s"s I'll he @ co1s.aa
tine to Luther.
Assuming now tho thcorctic worth Of the
pnlpst, let US mark briefly two qualities OF II,
-its manner and Its matter:
It should fnlfced avoid mnnnertsmR. A man.
nerism Is something tloncor said simply because
II has long been done or sail. II is q custom
Which no longer reposes upon auy logic, but hts
mpon ,t'lo throne because bis father onco sal
there In wisdom and merit The idiotic SUCCESS
Or Is not, indeed. Ring. but nnly inanncr!sn,
un9uesttona6ly nil the professions should de-
s S5eP sqit's Il c Il ny sy E e o a9" o 5 psSs s
ccAs0rS OF former kinrs, bit Of new Kings IN at1
ways worthy OF The new ond enlarged e,nplrc.
a Young clergyman ot,cc received a9utte en1sttc
~ lstter from r[inreton thcoiostnn. telling him
that hts preaching woui, bc utterly vafn unless
hc first explained the text to the teoplc and then
established It's truth hy Scripture, ant! then
prsscd homo mn application 10 the andlencc.
Thus the former ege Ind its machinery for ron,
vcrttng men, aud II lad not tho least ilca ttat
any kIn.l af n l1nrrcst could possibly he grown
or Earnere'l BY nny other Implements than those
vhlcl, were hanging up III tlietr barns or slowed
All manners must he flexible. TITO wiz and
gown would poffess n1 longer my power on our
bcuetl nr at oir bar. sor!cty Is always moving
AWay JTutH Ills eIlcnENpf1aCELs Uot III psfSA'e VI
ncw cs.cattnl.. Int in pursuit. OF new, scenery.
Along with tic moving crowd the Dnlplt must
he sccn willing 10 leave this old camp ocl'ind
ntd 10 Journey toward nrw tecncs. ~ INC
vigorous and Co0l-tlltmorcd nI.l pcnplc follow
tfrlr SONS and daughters 10 new wos11 or To
the Western rrninca, not lccnusc they thca,"
sctvcs love change. hut lccanse they wish ti!eir
Sons and daughters to follow the star OF destiny
and to strike new world In It's spring. and not
IN its slrad autumn, so the pilntt in1tat hOlA
itself reany to atrikc tent aud Join In tho TN
nyoidahlc n,ierations Of the young centuries.
means a.Sss sanse apss as s ss aasS Ely ss
The world ii religion. INT whoever vii road
| tho poems Of Chnarev md then Of Whittier. win
find that It Is not porsy TINT has changed, hut
private taste. The love, and 1rscntislltp. and
sorrow. and 1oy, the fcastfne and the mourning
| snng bv the Inst l1arpsts arc the Same ~ when
sung by him WHO first tansht the EnglI.h Ian,
gungc 10 step 10 a measure. Love tn ffotncraud
love In t,onrfellow arc TIM SANG. enly tle one
was embodied In Attomcste Pcnr'npe. The other IN
Ie gTn sys
In Slmkspcarc's 4Wo1soy Is tho samc ~ remorso
IN old Judps 1kcariot,. only the former lic'
llvcrcd solilogn!%rs % nnd r. 9nceel,rt, % Tue latter
granted Il The right granted ali ~ companion.
manner Without rlbicction to the rcproacl, Of
abandoning the Gospel. Tie repentance which
bQln pTGuElEN III lllG "tNctHEbH 10 AuG btlUN Us
that preached hy savouarola. ami na that
preached by n KcmpIs, and MS that preached by
. Fox or Clanninc, only the different 1crtot1s
demanded different outward expressions. When
ashes. when Quaker met that sentatneht, he
doubled Ills Kindness aud ilfs honesty. The an
Client greycd, tho modern reforms.
There arc few virtues Of oratory moru potent
charming rs fresh grasses, fresh frt,tts, freah
Aowers. All thtngB become old except prInri-
pies. This wnrtdfs Dccaloglc and Sermon on the
Mount can never be outlIscd any more thun tho
placed, but al else moves to and fr.,, md thus
tho pscscnt Is kept frcsl, for the delight Of the
heart. Once MI Religious sounds froM reading
and preaching TO tlc singing Of tho pslatn wcrn
was impressive, It was sound specialized to
tho use OF religion. but rs tho mrsters IN reli-
C'un cast astlc ttis custom without overthrow
inE the Gospel, 50 everywhere The habits OF yes
made only tic more attructiya BY tho new 1ow-
cra Of speech and argument that inwrcati, II.
a rcason why the Dar. and tho Legislature
present living, nttracttyc elonuenre may be
found IN thu fact that these voices are not tnun.
I ufaeturcd in 4 seminary whtel, often confounds
custom with perfection. hut they arc madc hy
!ntcrcoursc With men every lay and arc always
srs: Sf o. a 9 liz h9 sYfeSss re, st. n s
Donglascs, nnd 1nEcraolla arc only like big let
tsrs written to friend or like an altcr-dInnrr
talk; perfectly FREQ from the si!lted style of
nua'son s.a aoa ~, , ana al oveFaowng
From tue presence Of those men the audicn Is
went away or 60 away ~ though they hal Just
eec1 e spring come n Florida or hal seen q
l1cs''' H. aeMy ro "'oTnning Lawn IN TIE mil.
noody, ann Spnrgcnn, and neechcr, ard
our own Go!!yer, all WIdGlyaliIering mcn,
:nncs largely rom t1se lact that they are not
me slares .! ahy ola rhetoric, but ARE In tho
hnoit OF pouring o,it their minds md souls AZ
p.e'nnfcs t!el,as ny tile result loud laughter or
sudden tears. uow II would have amazed the
men an!l hayc seer, tlcIr laughing audiences ali
On 2 sabbath Mayi Tue power Of 1ccclcr, and
I"yar ana Moody es ve.y ueh n the act
arc song composed for an occasion and sung
on the SPOT
(s.l flav!ng alluded now to tho manner Of tue
II Ejay aud should rhnntye M iii ihiwTs cl,,n,.