New-York tribune., 1879-01-18
CHRTsO>TOA'A LIFE iND FORK.
Or. JOHN IORD'S LECTURE on THE GREAT PULPIT
ORATOR. OF THE EAR-Y CHURCH.

Or. JOHN foRD'S LECTURE on THE GREAT PULPIT
ORATOR OF rHE EAR.Y CHURCH
"Chryso>tom and the Christian Pulpit was
Jl. subject OF d.. Lold ,ectarc yesterday. delivered
before an audience thai fixed Cbick ring Hall in paf.
durjte and gallery The inst great moral fcrce said The
speaker. winch aroused the people OF the old Roman
"orid from the tOrpor and egJtIs.n and seusual.tI
winch were preparing The way FOR violence ANA ruin
the CHRISTIAN pulpit Sacred elogucHce, imper'
sOuated IN ChrvsostOm, was a new spiritual lDfuedce,
ing tOtth TO save dying world. ChrysOst0m was uG
tae nrt ssrcat preacher Of the new doctrines, bI
Ac ,,.,, the most distinguished OF tine pupt orators
Of tie early Church. Christianity ea:ly apprc
piiatc the arts Of eloqueuccthe brightest orrameai
cf the PAGAN scAools-as means oi spreading
divine truth. Young men Of family and fortune, Ike
Gregory and Basil! prepared themselves in celebrated
schools; for coqIence, though gift ~ sniuotrnt viii
,u, study There wa, IN the fourth century. ore
preacher Al AnuocAtEe seat Of the GrrtO-Aslatc civ
IDLtuon alike refined, ,y0uptuous and inc ecual-SEo
Wac making mIghty stir and creating mighty fame
Inis WAS Crysost)rn, the Of a Of ni2h military
rank and of AuthuIa woman Of rare Christian {races
Clrysostom trained in al the learning Ot the
schools; Wac pIecocious like Cicero ard icaulay, and
like them painted FOR distinction and ilme. He chose
profession of the law But the practice OF this pro
eSsiOn did not. az least IN Antioch correspond VITA N
theory Justice was practically marketable commoG
lty. ChIysostom's eyes were speedily opened ~ me
yIcc, or society. lie could not steep Tor erid
and disgust. aud could not eater proies''a
which tncn al least added t. the eys il profess-i
to cure lie sought solitude. meditation aud prayer
among monks who lived beyond the precincts oil we
doN, riY. Oblig 20 leave his cell Dos 4d hX hedl'
Ar va ordained deacon ana presby ter and "t-ah ~
active idDors OF MS lie al thtN-Ions Ia tAr pgp, ~
tlucutiOn Gestures ana matter were alike rnthdu'ns
Lkc BERNARD hls very voice would met 10 tr4I ,y we"
music singing dlVin" philosophy. lie pirFchfu ~ =.
iuptuoue ~ rams 10 commonplace eNhol iallohS' s .
We -oucdmcs hear addressed to the thinkers Oh w
generation when poverty "t Thought Is h'hth ~ 49,.
CXprcssohs, ana the waters O nfe diluted Dl n'" wa.
PaiiuGes to suIt the taste Of brdiArncd dud irloO
slaves OF society. whose only iht"e'tu.I StEusts no
reconcile the pleasures Of material and epcuFeau 'H
win III" joy and eilres OF tie world to come p.1
'hn So>ion preached Twelve Yr"to al AHtO'h nan
ne dents ~ that trouble, age are more Impressive
h- protection Of TIE cN against the yenSesn99I ~ ~
Tncpi,su-, giving cNampie % thr power -, We" =.
the d.nIiy Oi tue pulpit lie reluctantly nsisney
post IN provincial city 70 become tlc i@tlAlt u
staHunoplr. tie highest prelate OF the r@i I'D
inycctiycs against tho patron VINO had , Hs
hm and the imperial tamy which sustained IluI l,,n.
feared no aud spared 40 one. The Loid Hs1 Onsd
rxp,ctpI to uud IN aim fatteIer snd tool was "a
INST 10 turn against him But before the minister nd
eEcct s purpose be was hinsct degraded at cosi Ss
Chiy preached a OF funeral grafton f3t G
man before he was dead. Tncn Tleophhur, me T6s
who had cOnsecraled him. accused hm 81 heits, rer.
tured, a. did John Knox Mary QUEEN Oi Scols' -, L
prove her lOlirs council condemned hiii' "cIc. ~
bon m, t call IT. excited the supcrs;liiouS ieats olpl
press. and lie recalled. lie became more ,irsr
and popular tlIG before but not more prudent Atbe
statue to tnC Empress having been erCCtcd 20 a.
Cathedral thai the games instituted ~ II, Hvu"a
tuIhcd the services Of the Church, Chfi so,oh Tm
pulpit aud declared against female wees Ino,enl
press threatened another council, Dut IBI!SSnnias
preached uudIuuted that celebrated sermon Oeh'Saa
thus Again HeTOdas raves. again she danes rssat
she demands the head ot John IA basin inl' ~ he
and defiance closed the career az Chtl soslou t.st ~
capita OF the Empire The bold expOunders o. uhpor ar
able Truth nave been martyrs IN some Io ouanut
other lie was eXed 10 a deSOlate Town on %mg,sb
Taurus, where he wrote those noble letters ol ss.i
2iO remain. Banished still further 10 the renoar
coast OF the Black his feeble body dd not On
ylyr the journey. His sermons remain but as "" bsy
given up the fathers to the Roman CathOhcs as u ar
had "a better rght to th0m than their "Iuns,sut
Not wei known as they ought 10 be- Inc pe ne mo
influence OF such man can only he measureu " -
d. guity and power OF the pulpit IN all ages ,..onaI
tuesdays lecture viii be Ou " Ambrose ana LP'''Ns
Authority.