The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-09

man, ii iuy NdIlOu Cau lalFly CHILL
a man who is so thoroughly cosmo-
politan. The Doctor was never
intended for an ascetic; he likes q
good dinner, eats well and sleeps
; we'll. goes freely out into society
and is welcome wherever he goes.
There are no isms or nonsense
about him. When preaching he
goes right straight for his subject,
and his wonderful power lies in
his simple illustrations which are
generally taken from nature. Some
times it's little flower Or little
butterfly o. the song of a bird, but
whatever it is it comes to the hearer
in the light OF a new revelation.
His congregation fairly adore him,
and he is one of the few men in
our midst whom envy nor detrac.
tion ever touched. He is man of
the robust health and gives promise
of many years Of usefulness.
A gentleman Of quiet manners
and elegant culture is the Rev.
Heber G. Newton, whose sermons
on the bible o few months since
caused such a profound sensation
in religious circles. A nan of fine
fibre and delicate organization, he
is The last man in the world one
would have picked out as a radical
revolutionist. Yet, beneath that
quiet exterior is will Of iron and
a reserved power capable of mighty
exertion. Like Luther, if opposed
he would speak his mind, if devils
were as thick as tiles on the houses.
MIR. Newton is greatly beloved by
his congregation. AS he progress
ed with those remarkably hetrodox
sermons, which was calculated to
undermine the very foundation of
orthodox belief, his church began
to fill with earnest listeners. Here
and there a member Of his congre-
cation trelnbled with fear at the
new revelation of the bold evange-
list, but the great body of his church
was with him heart and soul. At
last, outside churches began to take
the alarm and very son the de-
voted young preacher was assailed
by 8 storm Of lnvective and abuse,
which is but an Indifferent COM
mentary on our modern Christianity.
The spirit Of the young man rose
with the storm, and there is no tell
ing what would have been the re-
suit If it had not been for the wis
dom of Bishop Potter. Between the
Bishop and the young divine there
was q bond of personal love and
esteem stronger than even their
ecclesiastical relations, and the
Bishop appealed to his love; it was
a terrible struggle for DR.. Newton,
bnt the Bishop triumphed and the
bible sermons were stopped. Many
have asked themselves where would
DR.. Newton have landed q? Ger.
tainly no orthodox churchman Of
the present century has ever held
such hetrodoz heresies as this High
Episcopal Churchman.
One of the most remarkable
preachers, or ra:her I should say
teachers, at present in New York is
Felix Adler. I do not put Reverend
to his name, for I know not if he
would accept it. Mr.. Adler is by
birth and education a Jew, but in
this great city there is nc preacher
or teacher with broader or more
catholic spirit tan he. No creed
confines him, no nationality binds
him, and his religion may be sum-
med up in doing all the good he can
for his fellow creatures. No mere
lip service his, patient, constant,
earnest worker himself, he expects
the most untiring zeal and self:sac.
rifice in everybody about him.
He has strange congregation ;
each one Las bis or her allotted
task; there are no drones allowed
in that hive--everybody must do
something. The poor and the suf.
fering are never out Of their minds,
the criminal and degraded are not
forgotten; there is no ostentation
about their work; they scarcely let
their left hand know what the right
Land doeth; no boasting, no rose.
colored reports, no self.glorifcation,
but sweet, quiet, gentle, abundant
charity--the reward for which is
not looked for nor hoped for here,
unless it be in the blessings of
those who have been helped, and
saved. Mr.. Adler presides over
the Society of Ethical Culture. To
it belong both Jews and Christians.
They may not be ranked with the
strictly orthodox, but when in the
final balance Of the Eternal Ledger
all faiths and creeds are settled,
He may 6nd a safe place some.
where for them by him who said,
when speaking of the cardinal vir.
tues, "The greatest Of these Is
charity"
While speaking Of preachers I al
most forgot to mention ncor jerry
McAuley, who died last weck. 1t
is not those who sit on velvet cush.
ions in magnificent churches. with
gilded organs and fine srained.glass
windows, who miss poor Jerry Nc.
Auley, but the degraded, the vile
and the outcast will miss him---the
wretch so loathsome as. to be al
most outside the pale Of human
charity. An outcast himself, burg
lar and a thief, he was the associate
Of ruff1ans away up to middle life
Through the bars Of his prison he
heard the voice Of Jesus, and the
light that entered bis soul IN hil