, 1879-01-27


ferEed Ill our knowledge to the Ave scnscs. It
was held by certain school that our Idea Of
tfmo and space aud Of good md cv!i hati An
origin IN what tho senses brought to the reflce-
splritualism which held that certain ideas werc
planted BY tho Creator In the soul, Bs degrees
the debate over these two PHILOSOPHERS died
away and the worns they used werc
The theatre camo along with certain plays
which appealed 10 The eye only, or the
lower senses OF the boty, nf,tl morolstts soon
hcgau to call that drama which pleased the
Ism. Step By step tic word gathered additional
Import, until u came TO mean anything that
wond cauhe sudden 0uttes Of the iientt, Of a
tnaden c1latg'ng : Of the .eycs, Or sudden
Olteh reached by firing gun Of a cannnn at the
summit OF a musical climax, and the same to-
suit the dramatic men have reached BY the trco
e sotSa I'll. ns s * o ye aeoo sde
OF the pulpit men hnvo. attempted to reach by
such agencies ascuuld DO introduced into theft
shape al Intellectual art.
Having thus seen .he origin Of tho word and
this term should never be uscd IN describing the
manner Of thought which belongs to tho nutpit.
II drnmatisss or musicians sec lit to make use
81 this scusationaltsm,-an abnormal appeal to
there Is no form. OF ctoouc1.ce, thai Of the
preacher, or lawyer, OF statesman, TINT can re-
sort to such childish OF ialse art without sut-
word sensatioualtsm. the art Of making = scnsa-
t!on. should be virtually omitted from all cstt-
matcs Of the 1u.y OF privilege Of the clergyman.
While, therefore, speak OF discussing eensn-
lenslou 10 help retain any religious utc of Tint
form, but only TO discllss questions which the
term suggests to the public, namely, whether
the pulpit does suflletcutfy or "a much 40 possl.
bic interest Ito audience, an! whether it should
make q Aoecial cflort to arouse the thought and
feelings Of Its hearers. aud. II So, By what
mcunsI
As to whether the pulpit docs sufficiently IN
tercst ito audience. that Witty md lniiammnbe
he inttmatee tint there Is more sleeping douo in
church thsn tho best interests OF religion ask or
require. In dolincat1nR the dullnc Of much
oi this sacred oratory, even Tie language Of a
hts draMing OF the picture Vt this scene almost
the w1lo1o public VII! Justify the pencil Of this
Eastern artist, for It k1iows all about tic SUBJ
ject that thus ats for It's picture. But while 1t
thanks the artist for hts skGtth OF the existing
fact, 1t will generally dlffer With him about Ills
cause Of such tullness At,d about the mode of
escaping It. What has caused this hcariness Of
tho church air will be 80 much Involved In my
retnarkB about how to awaken any new tife in
thu modern Sunday nndlcnte that We 1nay post
pone for few moments consideration Of these
things.
Assuming that those who l[ston regularly TO
VI! tHCeG GHAHA3 tEAcIlCF5 ulFt HIteU Qu NUuf 10
endurc rather than to enjoy, assumiuR that at
the close Of scrmon We a[1 grasp the hymn
book With an exquisite delight, delight tint
springs not SO much from tho music to como 10
we. must NOT biamo oil this 0ladncss upon tic
pulpit atone. We mnst rcnenbcr TINT no
preacher enjoys tho opportunity Of either q law
yar Or Of sfatcsman In the power to orouao
a great case which IL pressing In tint yerv In
staut upon tllc public heart. When Webster,
and Calhoun, and Clay n,l.! afterwards Phillips
and Parker, spoke On national affairs, the pub
had uttered . word. Wnen e.ergy.
about their relations 10 God whoa
tncy ~ ha'g -! never YER. seem nnd about =
they arc very far away, ho rises to no such op-
portunity al thnt wlltrh aids the eloqucnca over
2 coming war, CT coming bondage, or liberty.
The Chrtdtian says that man ought to feel Tic
patrlots feel thu ntarncss OF great events In tho
State. but that which ought to ba uoyot inilu-
Gncss men a deeply rs TINT which Is. Robcrt
than they could themselves hAyu arousel In tho
name Of future ltia; as'd in tile saino island
Daniel o,Conncll swept aoug, flfty years ago,
wlth 40 elo4uence which no priest OF the sarno
shls lie, tho Emn,cts aud O'Connell
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