Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-12
LYMAN BEEoHRR LECTURES.
Rev. pr. William M. TaylOr's Lecture
 at Marquand Chapel Yesterday

Rev. Dr. William M. TaylOr's Lecture
 at Marquand Chapel Yesterday
 Knox and the Scottish Pulpit.
 Dr. William M. Taylor gave the third lec-
 ture in the Lyman Beecher course yesterday
 afternoon in the Marquand chapel. The
 house was filled. Dr. Taylor spoke upon the
 men that followed Knox in the "Scottish pulpit" The main history of the times fol-
 lowing the death of Knox is written in the | men of those times, of whom Andrew Mel vile, Alexander Henderson, Samuel | Rutherford, David Dickson and John
 Livingstone were the most promi- | nent. If Knox made Scotland Protestant, Melville made her Presbyterian l He was an educational reformer rather than | a preacher, being the latter only for @ period | of three years. A brave, uncompromising,
 heroic man, in him the spirit of Knox seem l ed to live again. While principal of the University of Glasgow he had deep and in ! delible influence upon the students, and while | in the ministry such were his zeal and power l that from his words even now there come sparks enough to kind1e our souls into en- thusiasm with loyalty to Christ.
 | Henderson had more of 8 reputation as 8 | prodCQ6r. GQ8Q m0lFlIl9. Wo nave SoIuOh6 | of his showing that his style was strictly ! textual and practical rather than doctrinal. | They are filled with numerous allusions to | the circumstances of the times, simple, yet l rich in matter, direct and comprehensive. When circumstances required man of dig nifty and power he was selected and never | failed in the trust committed to him. As 8 preacher he was ''the engine by which the ! whole nation was moved" He knew how to | arouse the people to war or to negotiate peace; his knowledge of the Bible was supe- | rior to his knowledge of men, and in this re- spect he is worthy of imitation by the preach | CTS of to-day.
 Samuel Rutherford was a man made up of | two men, each distinct from the other. He was no strange mixture, for they did not | mix. While he was in Aberdeen, confined to that place, and silenced from giving his I opinions on account of resisting the Eplsco- palien innovations, he wrote those letters | which were of such great power afterwards. | His controversial works were often bitter in | the extreme. With him there was only one side to every question-his own side and God's-and to oppose that was blasphemy; with him the form of church government was most important. Yet he was carried away with the interest of his people. In the pulpit he spoke as his love to his Master in- | spiTed, and his Master was living personal l Christ.
 David Dickson, born in 1883, preached in 1 Scotland in a town about five miles from
 the place where the speaker, Dr. Taylor, was | first settled. To him and his English tenn perament we owe the English hyrnn, "Oh, Mother Dear, Jerusalem" In his ministry | occurred the great five years revival.
 John Livingstone, the great Oriental l cholar of his time, was the last preacher dwelt upon by Dr. Taylor, and the l story of his one great sermon, by which he I won his name, was given. Dr. Taylor has 8 | happy way of Illustrating his lectures by
 anecdotes and quotations; those that were | given yesterday, combined with the able | speaker, made it the most interesting lecture ! he has given thus far. The next lecture will l be delivered this afternoon at three o'clock.