The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-19
DRAMATIC BIBLE READING.
NEW CHURCH sERVICRs PROPOSED By
Baptist MINISTER'S.

Theological SeminarIcs BIan,cd for Sending
Out what the Rev y. y. Foote styles uor-
ribie Readers-IIis Brethren AppIaudins.
Tho Baptism ministers have in their weekly
Conference regular order Of proceedings, I'm
which is m opportunity for questions and re-
plies Brother Swan Of Newark briskly jumped
up In yesterdays session Of tho Conference.
and said: " Brethren. there's n good, honest
Baptist deacon in Newark who has been offered
n position as bookkceper in n wholesale New
ark grocery whore ardent liquors are sold-not
over tho counter. but in whole bottles to inmi-
lies. The deacon doesn't know whether he will
do right or not in accepting tho position. Hohns
situation now yielding n small income, but no
wants TO get more salary to give for charitable
purposes"
"Ho'dbc n bigger fool than most Baptist dca-
cons IL he doesn't accept tho position. broke in
the Roy. DR.. Miller ~ Grcenpoint
He'd be- big fool II he did accept" cried the
Rev. DR.. Reid Of Wiliamshurgh and he hoped
M 10 dnfend his position with n speech. A
chorus OF amons from tho brethren greeted
him. DR.. loid told tho story about the late d.
u. Gall" In st. Louis. who refused to add the
wholcsaling II liquors 10 his regular business
md amassed n fortune even while his fellow
MnrIIrrs .were pr"dictlng his ilnancial ruin.
this whskey question, and not be so lax about
Their mgmhors engaging In that trade"
whether L WIS any Gnsn nos win" Of the NcSMnrE
dcu on what the Arm sold 10 lac was only book
keeper. " There is no rum in tho in stand il
there p he exclaimed " have heen identified
with tho temperance eaue" all my life hut thore
are WHY'S OF striking at the rum traffic without
kuo'kiug broad and butter out of our mouths.
II we gp 60 th" root of the question then why
not. VA all reason. attack the doacons who buy
i NV rs ana 4rnS =, as , n3 th's question
liquor trhili" and u IL IL. then how about the
sAut, PCS ~ CONNECTICUT That nrc snppnrird by
Euod that old cry Of " business il business
aud religion Is religion Is iullacious. and that
mlnlsi rs cannot ne too irm IN resisting Satan
brother in the rear seats shouted for vote
ON the Newark deacon question. but he WIS not
needed. aud the Moderator. amid some confu-
sion, introduced the Row. DR.. George NJ. Stone
81 IArptown, who would tell the ministers
effect before n congregation Comment while
reading the Bihlo in the pulpit. the speaker
said has seemed 10 become necessary. because
ministers have not saturated themselves thor
oughly with the spirit 81 the sacred text. Pain
ful study IL necessary TO give proper acrcut and
gesis. OF all writing. the Bible is tho most
vivid. The Psalms or job ara generally con-
sdrrcd the grandcst reading. hut in
Christ may be made most imrrrssiv.
But these must BE- studied spiritually. and
when 80 studied they are seen 30 carry evi-
dcnces Of their truth TO fact through their being
trn" TO nature. The speaker gave what he
"
half dollar 90 represent tho penny. with Casnr's
imnge and subscriution with which Christ com
founded ms qursiiorcr-. DR.. Ston" rccitcd.
dramHticaly the ia 'idcnt - related in st.
Johns Gospel Tho speakers main object he
went ON 90 say. was a. persuade the brethren to
hold ON every sunday evening services of Bible
readings only. No prcarhinc. but only sclec-
tons from the Old and New Tosaments bear
ing ON ono topic. Tor instance the Atoncmout
or tue Resurrection. lie had tried il in Tar,
rytown, and the evening meetings were better
attended than those In the morning when lie
Brother Brouner liked the notion Of Bible
readings ON sunday evening" He had COM
piled n charge 10 tho candidate tho Rev A.
stewart Walsh. In the South Baptist Church in
TINS CITY. lately. and every word OF the charge
was FROM the Bible The Roy. DIR. Armltage told
the SPEAKER that IL was very successful because
not u word % II was the Speakers. IAughterJ
The key DIR. Elder thought that gesticulAtion
in pulpit reading of the Sunday morning lesson
would hardly bc acceptable to 4 congregation
now. As a separate part OF the service Just as
an anthem differs from hymn singing. it might
Brother .Folwel also questioned the accept
ahleness oi gestures 10 the people.
Brother l.. j. FoOte said that ministers 60 not
know how 10 read the Bible TO their congreea-
tons. Ihat II r. true IL proved by its having
survived So much bad reading. IIaughterl II
ShhN'Spohrs, should De- read az uit Btblo is.
then II would be Kissed from the stage. The
ul.oloSt'@i -rlnlnhri"s are 10 h.nm" Tor eending
out surh horriul" readers. That's sou cried
some ot the ministers.
The Rey. DR.. waylqnd Hoyt said that II a
preacher has tho pluck To- get M in n pulpit
ana reciis Dramatically he'd better do il. The
trouble ~ that Protestant ministers are the
slaves ~ tradition. NJ cross must be raised on
tho churches because Roman Catholics do that;
~ gestures must be- used i'm reading Gods
Word because that would be theatrical Then
too. 10 II terribly hard work 20 read the Scrip.
lures dramati eally-hNrdcr than To- make a ser
mon. The preacher must see the Jews SEQ
Jesus. see the coin. and see the expression on
the faces Of the Speakers.
DR.. Stone. in conclusion. said that the preach
ers are given too much 10 bibliolatry Tho
Bible is a Kind Of superstitious work. Yet he
believed That the name OF God should always be
spoken with holy reverence