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wharf, 70 encourage young miufster who Is
doing bis best to honor the profession to witch
to hold up his hands while be holds up tho cross
Is what the chnste, tue A1disouinu editor de-
nomtnates "hootntng the boys"lD.
moreover, 1t Is assumed ~ the learned divine
that whenever a Young miuisteE comes to the
pulpit furnished with words and arguments that
YIN WI! attention and command a hearing. worthy
up peanut stand wherein the temporal dnG
temporary profits Of applause from his fellows
t6s n5s osS1 Ses II II ns asked WIZ
young 1nen ct the ministry, the answer may be
found in the following significant words: ut
Is ne5t tS boom neither The oo nor tho old
to be neither one IT the "boys'' nor Que OF the
"old men, therefore he, rs the representative
boonse.i we Would % not even @ Spsss appear to be- BE-
ihcharltab!e. for we deem it more manly to
bear an insult than to offer one, therefore we
'.ssune thnt the Doctor sincerely believes it
polite to hamper e1nparrass, suub, and hold
buck all merit that nny be possessed by persuns
who. by tho inscrutablo providence of God, nrp
that be believes this to be the best 1nothtu for
developing vigorous, independent, thoughtful,
and efficient ministry. but We do not believe
an ecclesiastical napkin, Until the soul that
possesses II has lost the hrc and vigor and
sincerity Of youth. Every man must do his
work quickly, for the average life Of man
reaches but little beyond the days Of youth.
The great question Of the Church is not, What
crative Office IN our ecclesiastical system for
set OF perfunctory priests? but It is this: hero
can ve get men WHO cMsi and viii tcud the hosts
ut God up to Purer air and 4 broader VfeW?"
The question Of ;lXc docs not and should not 0c-
cupy the mind Of tho Church, but the question
Of intellectual and spiritual ltnoss must. it is
100 lute in the nineteenth ceatury for Mcthodis1n
to despse uerit, and it she despises her " boys ="
she will be disoyal to ber splendid traditions.
honor Of Mrthodistn and proudcr of her history,
or more thoroughly CUusecrated TO her future
prosperity, than The young mcn;
as the world In secular afrairs is willing to do.
1t is impossible for the Docor's philosophy to be
applied to young ygt. men t u t other professions
Of the foot down upt,n a youns aud
rising mechanic, iawyer, physician, merchant,
statesman, Or editor, when he Is 50
bis mark before be is In the ieau and slippcrcd
pantnloon." Perhaps it may vet prove uu-
fortunate that this is possible with the rising
As We look buck through events VIC find that
God has not asked what II mans age WIS when
He wntsd to Put him tntq e. CRITICAL pres res He
language of God in history. We refer the
youth-curbing divine tqq the blooms" which
Daniel, and Sc. John received. Why did not
they step aside for the elders and wait for their
wisdom OF God in permitting His Son to dispute
with tho nabbis Of the Temple while boy,
and to teucn the world the way OF life, and to
II write 10 yon young men because ye aro
strong" The pulpit needs strength even # IL
must be supplied BY YOUTH and saa indeed
til its natural strength is abated It may
relieve the fears. Of The a.nable and
mdde.aged editor Of The NoIthsosste,5l Aar95 ,
usefulness have not always been connnod 70
middle age, either in the pulpit or out OF It. Ho
win no duubt recall the dlsagreeabie fact that
James Watt hud solved the problem IF thestealn-
engine before he WAS ~ England was in .
furor over tho paintings Of S,rJosnua Reynolds
circles of science. Philip Of Maccdon WIS
dreaded By the whole unf3d at "A. And bis son
have escaped rl,e memory Of tho learned Doctor
that Napoleon was the terror Of Europe, the
Ruler vt Frsncc. and the hero Of those Italian
military eeulus, ut =. Nelson, the hero Of
Trafalgar wis veil on in his career Of famo at
25. Marlborough Ut Is received high praise
from no less renowned a warrior than Turcuno.
Wellington won his spurs ut Assaye before he
was IS, and Tor it was honored hy tho King and
fuyette y rendered. ali bis distinguished services
to American independence before be w'ss Is,
Verify III the annals Of Wnr young men have
history sbraye men and true" were needed to
defend our naK from insult aud our hearths
from profanity; the young men have been found
But wo would remind our excellent Divine
that youth has not been without if5 nsefn!neas
and triumphs tn other realms: N9 u. y; 5nona
answered 3olingtroke. wrote his great cssAy IN
s'Tnc Sublime aud Dcautiful," and was cuurted
Is William Pit was in Parliament az und
then the gifted aud learned Burke saw nj 70
boom tho boy by exclainalng: IT t. not
self For. the most Demo4theniau speaker
since Uemosthenes,' vas In Parliament ut ~
and tllustr4ous at o .-All England WIS fasctnat-
vas in Parliament. Gladstone was in parlta-
,1ent at 2l Ia the Treasury OF Peei's Adrninls-
traon | and heu the crttcat Mncaay did
Every Echoolboy knows that Alexander numta-
ton had aaeted Tae atop nttenon n as A cnapSn @ ,
careful Washington saw Ut to rocoE-
nize hts rreat ability BY oI9 promoting
"5' louc he'd @ the DEAD corpse Il she paie ssedis.
and it rose upon its feet WcbsIer,s abilities
were recognized Gre he was 80, aud Clay wts in
Congress 1T 20. rntrick Henry Ut u was one Of
tho ieading spirits Of the Colonies. and was
recognized Us one Of the greatest orators OF us
day. II viii! appear to those who take the pains
tn study into the matter that all who have
achieved splendid successes III tho ne!d und the
forum first won recognition for thcir abilities
But It NAV be- more to the point for Us to turn
to the Church and lenrn how youth hns con-
tluctrd itself. The Doctor will remember that
the three most celebrated Divine5 in tho history
Of the Frcueh pulpit were, eminent rs Young
men, MnssIlou and 1ourdAlon we're great Mt -,
aud Rossuet was the pride Of tho French pulpit
1T 81. At the snmc uge Chafmers had begun tho
most brilliant career Iii the history OF the scntch
pulpit, aud ut y MeChayne was q bright, par-
ticulnr stnr." We cannot persuade ourselves
TINT the writer whosn We are answering h,.s for
gotten the history Ut AeIhodism. He caunot be
ignorant If tho fact that John Wesley hid the
foundations Of Methodis1n ut -; and tbnt ~ NIL
London was crowdng to hear Whltchcld
at n. when Chesterfield and Boiingorose
mefe It should s'a' 'I not bc forgotten BY a
Methodist editor that the first bishop Of bis
Church was yet young nun when Wesley con
sccrated him TO the sacred Office, that Asbury
WIS Il yDuug man whom Wesley Eaw ut TO
BOOM that Emery httd titled some OF the most
Important stations IL, the country hcforc nc WIS
50, and that BAsculn WIS, ut that aye, the mn5t
popular pulpit orator iii America Let u3 not
forget tue briiiial1t youth Of Elliott and BiEe-
inw OF Fisk and McCNntt,ck, and Keep III sacred
memory the fact that tue angelic SuHlInorhetd
Ind won his crown Ut plory in both. worlds bo-
fore he vas e. Did tho Church make n mistake
IN permitting her nn,st i1,,strio,.s sons to be-
come great before they wore gray? tod his
baptized many STRIPPING with power since
Dasida time, and the history Of the Church ls
jewelcd with tho splendid deeds OF hor boys.
We have written this urticle with tho destro 10
curry OUT the inspired injunction ur Sc. Paul
viz: .'Iet no man de9plse thy YOUTH. We
remember the seyiug Of Alexander In answer TO
tho sueers nf the .athenia1 orAtnr: - Demos
themes called me a boy. while WAS IN tlyrieu'n,
and among the Triballj, and STRIPPING when IN
Thcssa!y: tut will show him before the walls
boys Of NtthtHitsnl+ will show our hHnoFed 1T,
+4,r,-, ryht needs nbamTiDH9 md