, 1879-06-09
POPULAR PREACHING,
A pEN-ptcrunn or THE IDEAL pLsroH.

10 1.s Editor at The TtsbunA.
CHICAGO, June 7.-Have the poor the Gospel
preached to them3 Or, u Talmugc quaIntly er-
presses It, "Atn there only tlrst-class ssnncra
saved in our chufchesi' by tho poor, do not
mean exclusively the poor In purse, bnt the
poor In intelligence. reason morality. Isee on
ali sidcn dtrong effort to edify and generously
diet tho we'll; see no physfctan for the sEck,-
no milk fos the bahes. The snrnona nso abso
essays, strictly mornl, Astounding IN pces2cal
Illustrations and dramatic sa1cctions,
We arc entertained, but not regenorstad. A
hceolsm is held up for our admlratson,-n high
toned tnornlltY for III to COPY; but 80 there Is
In the Legitimate drama when Interpreted BY
such an artist rs Edwin Booth.
We aro fam to ask ourselves, Arc wc old
fashioned people, who would have the pulpit
something more and better than stage or plat
forni Arc no Wroug ID 30 Wishing. or aro VIC
right!
It Is not difficult to see whY men preach thh
church morality Or religion, If !. be religion,
wiicre those much abused words tart and
"culture " hold a. distinct 4 place ~ truth aud
chaEisy.-it has attained popularity.
When minister bus achieved : certain repu'
tation, when ho sec. bis church illcd to over
aowlng, mid knows that people OF cultivated
tastes arc docking to ltstcn to hin, when he
reads that strangers trans!ontly in The city come
knowing, loo, rs be THINKS hd docs, that hts
position can only bc 1iatntRined by the people
being ltunrcascd with bis e1ogucnce, then he
needs 10 he tnorc dly1no than human, IL ha re-
sists th's tcnpta,ion, nna s:enafaas'y roinse 10
Thta .tyie Of intellectual oratorJ u xood sor
the Intellectual Christians, who arc already, We
will suppose, converted, whose feet stand upon
a rock. h1i1 who are now at taisu!c To- a91oJ
moral and mental recreation Of . high order;
but question worry sesiously whether Il Is good
Tor Tie publican, who cares for nothing
but that tho Lord nhon'd be uereI'Ms to hsn h
sinner. dotlbt wheshor J0uag nlan, atanufngg
wtscro two roads brauch ofI,--liss QUO rough,
narrow, and painiul to the feel, tho other Droad
md attractive With gayety aud mirtG, while h'a
mothcr'a loltg-REo teachings md nraJers plean
r1stntiTely upon the ono sldo. aud llsworl1 and
whether sucti ono viii leave tbie fashionable
houae IN Sunday morning With hts good ses
solves strongihoned and hls soul saved.
II tho heart-a,cil woman, whom poverty press.
es snd temptation as.ai's. comes n In the wake
so1no earnest word Of hops, OF comfort of say-
ing power, however simply expressed, ! doubt
whethcr her heart Wit! ba houRa up by the ntsa-
il may 10 hs1d ;or = preacher TO ssaounes ..hs
how they ars 4 pat of hss heins, and how ho
huuscFs hHi thtrsts for tllelr expression. lilo
takes pleasure IN pleasing bis .ast audience, md
Bellaing hta hearers hone couvlKed OF h{a ab!ll-
ty; but would there not be moro loy In ono stn"
ner turned from the error Of hts ways3
To Tho pastor, word q ton4ercst meanlne.-.
10 Tho shepherd VI his people, who cas.utes unso
tho end, a,a breaches snaritllal, Ehrist.ika re-
itgiun ip fhe mitsst Of Worldly shurth md COP
gtcealton, Ia reserved crown u Righteousness.
We believe tle pulpit 70 b the p!ass where
thu Hay OF salvation should he taught. A
church is built {moEs at lass mortgaepd) for the
{oste.utb!e} HoYahtp Of Cod Tho trtsse church
body, fro,n tlu Dlator 70 tho youngest p,enbos.
stands pledged ny Boiemp promise, given b.
fore cloud Of witnesses, to seakt evil snt hop
along thu work Of savtNE souls. Tney ase I'll
tho tittcr. aud abler for tAis work II they aro
scholarly uien and womrn, nnt this, acl'olarship
should ia hut sreondarT consideration, = hosp
to 4 buttor result, Tue rolgIon tllt1 profess ia
pa,re x,,,s tnesritu,, and smple tlsst Tive way-
fartng man, though foot. ueeu pot CIT therein.
ThiA, should aay, Is nn sdcal ~ - aold 10 our
Aeasts; tho reality u dtltdront: ltle question
now 10, Gnu preacher "dfRw" He!I Will tha
aueut, Impressive, powsrlM!1 Shall No b ahls,
through hls auproHsef, ~ bloofn like &pple-
trees among the tFees of the WOOD, tn tho midst
ot the other city chuscae.t WILL 4tsapEess,
casuAtlT nsktng the names % th6 ocat presenastt
be promptly given that Of the Rev. BIZ. blankt
Of ,4,p bsA,Ns which sss shed, Ike ltgatalak
flashes, trtln h rhetorical iourtshcst Ase t'os
ttieso tht questions Of u.e pEsasHt tlnet- Ara
we gathering ia the neglccted cht'dsen, ti's
weak, thu tempted, tho DutcAstsi Arc we wax-
,nx war against stxcet-wa!kMg Sahbasd- -oEo9k.
lux, political curSup. lou. baukrautrns7 and what
poif o. orc We plAe.dW conKsatusAstuE oue"