Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-08-07
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those Of the music. But in tneir coihpiha-
tinn ,b.v were not They did not stand for
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ing clearer thah ~ ia' wv" o 'o'D'V go S, Nv
new Wow OF II, nor oven ne" ehiPhaSl7 70 any
doctrine, duty or principle. The preacher
si,upIy ran his voice up aud down the scale
90, mint sounds. II romiuded mo of a thso-
,n,,,cai nhras. exo,cise
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full OF fossil words a. the earth's crust ~ oil
fossil animal and vegetable forms They
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every day speech and intercourse. But some
ministers continue using them aa II they were
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OF yourself
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mn Gboy have not for me- Values have
changed a good deal of late in the matter Oi
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surh common words a. a. grace" eSpia.
tinn - g nropitiatinn - "ifI.titcation" q" " or
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probably has a full and clear notion OF the
contents oi each-thOugh sometimes ! think
no hasn but no" many oI nus nedtSfs
nave Ihey Jus' touoiNo tiI ,in
,ssi ~" nn1 81 % sJan,0 - eI' nn tha "uisiJe
without ever thinking of opening them and
examining the inside. The real contents, the
living ideas in these pulpit phrase-b1gs, are
wholly and utterly unknown To 'helr rec'P-
lents. wlsh ,.,, ~, ,.,,,
nav nav, 90 nm oUaH has, - Tp tN
"oItuniiI TaVe counted out and examined
the content. of the big ones YOU have been
irving To PASS OIL on me, However may ac-
copt them ON trust from the minister /
won't from you
twf.u | could have heard the rest of their
conversation, for 1t struck mo there was
s,ne hard sense in what " John said.
have more than once heard sermons myself
which xare Ittle more than "A series OF theo-
logical terms, whose sounds are familiar, but
whose sen so WAS long ago forgotten. If they
o,,er had any and stefeotyped phrases that
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diat" no, ,'1,i,,,,a uu tLo - naddinvw Of sermons
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and unconventional, "heh ne mas 10 Preach
twice every SUNDAY and make one or two
sarmOn-lika addresses during the week be-
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sameness, and yielding 10 the temptation OF
substituting words aud phrases, mere sounds,
for living truths and present, timely, efiec-
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| stand why so many ministers seem 70 itlIaS
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| style, tone oi voice g"st'culat"h anu ehur'
bearing than they would use anywhere else
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| Ordinary conversation, the moment they gu
| ter inc pulpit they AFFECT su'teu' S'erep
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comes suh ana conventional Whiie ,he 'oie'
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| impression oi the whole that Is made on th
nearer being that oi aruhclailtS anu lhsih
| ceriiy. Their purpose doesn't seem 10 o
| simply to tell US somethlng' To MAKE KNOW
to Us an important truth put rather merel.
| to recite piece To get through WIN
set defamation. II they nave ahythlhE {
| consequence to tell us why uont they Jus