The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-05
oipai streets, serenadIng their friends as they
went. We return thanks to the company Tor
their kind remembrance of the DEMOCRAT.
PETER.
Rev. Mr.. Hriator Discourees on Ills
life aud Character.

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Life mud Character.
| The Rey. AR Hristor posaeaaae IN Tic hInh-
est degree tho faculty Of Analysing the grnnl-
ness of the biblical characters upon whose
| lives and characters he daounrHes periode-
ally. IIis task had been an eapy one until
aat night, when. before large congregation
NJ Amos Church. he undertook 10 eungi7n Tho
| apostle who denied lila Maafer nnd yet loved
| Him most
| The difficulty encountered Ivy Tho lecturer
| Ia apparent to all readers Of tho book and II
| must have been the more evident In ha
| hearers last evening. This was due certainly
| e. tho force with which MI lItator described
| the rashnass of the great APOSTLE When II
| can,e To eulogize him for his devotion and
| zeal to hIa Gud. the argument sounded more
| ll,o an apology than eSuIRnt praise not
| withdrawing tho warmth and tervnr dis
played hy The lecturer.
Tho story IF retera net was among Tho
opening illustrations or the Discourse. and
waa followed hy q description OF tho natural
| character " Tho man, whom he strongly
painted "a bold aud Impeiunla n man who
| seemed tn lnak balance, imhuai with go large
| n quantity If almost fnplhnrdneaa M Ia
| amount Ia rashnaea. Humility and absence Ut
| aeI -estnom was also ono Of his characterize
| ties The illustration Of tho raEhneas IT Fptcf
which brought Ghtlat' q tphnkn and the mem
| uraba apoatrophe "Got behind me, katan,'
was n strong effort. worthy Of the lecturer
whose silppleness In contrasting, naoiing
showed Itself In the picture. nnd the opposite
Quo IN which he paintnh IN snftenna huOs The
timer circle consisting "r John. ,Tames mud
I'atnf around Ghllat, who like all NJ u.s.
cherished sympathy.
The errurs ~ Peter were MI due to hia lin
pulaiycueea. and undet the prolific hru II al
Inc lecturer illustrations multiplied them
solves Of thla characteristic IT hIs subject
Tho picture Of tho diaeipea I'M the storm aud
Tho appearance of thtiai walking the waters
was ono Of his most poetic ~ lempts, another
brilliant contract occurring whom The lecturer
spoke eF rnioi IL discovery, and he croa
That's tho Lord T. and tho rnsh, bold md
iu1pptupua l'rior wants ~ walk on tho winter !
sustained nv hia laith, only g. sink, however, |
whom lila raahncsa enlsed him Ia utter |
doubt
The Lust Supper, brought IN na another
illustration # Peters unbalanced character, |
gave Mir Hratoi All opportunity to dapay |
Hll hla "ratollnal and imaginative powers
Why lid not Peter ask the lord himself who |
II waa that weuli hetrHy him hit whispered |
tbs suggestion i'm Johns ear n0cpuac az
plnlned tho lecturer, he was afraid that hla |
Master would say. I'll is You'' When II he
came known that Judas the devil who
would soil Christ tho professions nf ffnl
would never. never dnnp his Master though
Nil tho rest might "liut" aaId the Lord
''holnrn Tie cock shall crow twice NJ the dawn
thuu shalt HoHy mo thlien'' MI lilfator tpn,
occasion 10 dGreaa In tavnr III his liateuere
recalling to them tho value IT gtcni rrafra
sl0ua Peter denied his Master llaahncE3
matte liar ST him Hut there onnn tho fn@
aiynncaa. dwelt upon with charming effect T
IVY tho lecturer And said Mr. Hriaiar
did you ever Fcn raah. impotuoua
man rnrod hy ono naeon} After Christ had
ded Peter would not hcllovn IN tho rceurrec-
iion. he ruahes forward. leaving John he
hind. toward the tomb, Ikea Paul Pry. he
looks into its every corner. md finally say
III guess he ia rlRnn, nm satieiied"
But underneath oil this There waa his devotion
to God white Christ loved John most, Peter
loved Christ most. and thu lecturer proceeded
IT, illustrate the 1Aal IF The apostle with the
etnry of AnHnas. Ectpr's repeated refusal to
nHt the food forbidden hy tho laws Of hls
fathers IS dssipatnd by the command of the
Voice saying, what have Cleaved, clay aud
rnt," Aud hn goes forward to tho GENTLE
Cornelius In nhedionup &C. tho command of his
Master, Tor God, liz snyR. n no reepectcr Of
poraona. Ile Ia the Rndeemnr Of oil rua
Tho lecturer closed his discourse by cor
reoting what he seemed to coneidar errors
abroad maintaining that Peter never had
any pre -ominrnrn over tho other diRriples
nor any pantlira character. He was eimply
10 spokesman, and owed IL portion OF inn
,ortanne 10 Ills superiority IN ago
Tho Lesson aought to be taught by Mr.
Stistor lay In his concluding wnrrls Let ia
~ Jealous. hut mi prnaumptlnIs: hut ! sup
ioaa YOU would rather he proEumptunua from
DEVOTION u tho l.Ord than modest from cold
loas Of your devotion.