The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-12-15
REV. ALESSANDRO YAZZL

dlNluc anu TeIOrmol
preached in Richmond on last Sabbath
three times, at IL o'clock A. NJ. in the
Grace Street Presbyterian church, DR.
Reads; at 4 P. M. in the Second Pres
byterian church, DR.. Hoge's, and at 7:3C
Z. M. In the Second Baptist church.
Each of these churches was crowded to
It's full capacity, and the speaker was
listened to with the closest attention.
The preaching, which was thoroughly
evangelical, made a very happy impress
sion. In the morning he preached from
Rom. iii: %, Therefore we conclude
that man is justified by faith without
the deeds of the law an able and clear
exposition of the great doctrine OF iusti-
ication by faith, which he said had not
been first taught by Luther, but rather
unburled by him from beneath the false
teachings of the Romish Church.
In the afternoon his sermon was from
James IL; 26, " For as the body without
the spirit is dead, so faith without works
is dead also" In this sermon he con-
tinued the subject presented in the morn
ing, showing that good works are neces-
sary as the fruit and evidence of faith.
AT night his subject was the Chris
tian Race, from l Cor TX "a, $50 run
that we may obtain" Although his pro-
nunciation of the English was such as to
make it difficult to understand some
words, yet his earnestness, his grand elo-
quence, and above all, his clear and beau
tiful exposition of gospel truth riveted the
attention of every nearer. He has evil
IDENTIFY derived his views of the plan of
salvation directly from the Bible, and APP
pealed to its teachings in opposition to
the doctrines and commandments of
men"
AT the close Of each sermon he gave
brief account of the Free Italian Church,
whose claims upon the sympathy and
liberality of American Protestant church
es he forcibly presented.
This Church, which was first thorough
ly organised in 1870 for the evangelism
ton of Italy, and which then consisted of
only % small congregations with 400
communicates, has already grown, as
stated elsewhere, to SO churches and 35
mission stations, embracing 1000 commu-
nicants.
There is a Theological school in Rome
with two Professors, and II candidates
for the ministry.
On Monday night at the 9TH Street
CHI istian church, and on last night (Tues-
day. at the Grace Street Baptist church,
Slgnor Gayazzi gave detailed account
of the origin and progress of the Free
Church of Italy and he work of evange-
lisation in that country, which has been
so long and SO thoroughly under the in
Auence of Popery.
Gavazzi is now over seventy wears of
age, but he is hale, hearty-looking old
man, In the full possession of all his file
intellectual powers. He is truly elo-
quent man; eloquence always follows
when the cup is full. He possesses the
eloquence which proceeds from being
charged with one great and noble thought
the evangelisation of Italy. He pro-
as we have mentioned, the Eng
lish language with difficulty, but the eyes
of his hearers are never taken off of him
for moment while he is speaking. He
has powerful, deep voice, and is close
with wonderful felicity of illus
tration, and yet this does not explain the
whole effect produced by him as a speaker.
His gesture, the play of his countenance,
in word, his dramatic power constitutes
a large source of his strength before an
audience. While his matter is very
strong, yet one merely reading it would
have little idea of Gavazzi.
No one who hears him can doubt the
sincerity, the single-hearted Christian in
,ensity, Of the man.