The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-08-01
NIB. BEECHER IN ENGLAND.
How He Impressed a Writer for a
Leading Newspaper.

Mr.. Henry Ward Beecher preached at
the City Temple yesterday morning
Mr.. Beecber's text was from First CORN
thians, xiii, part of verse -; But the
greatest OF these is love" In point of
delivery the sermon was Of the COM
posite or6ef- sometimes the preacher
read from a manuscript, sometimes he
spoke exiemporaneOusly, and the pas
sages so oxen were usually the most
effective. 1t was q sermon OF gre {
power. emphatically the expression OF n
strong personality, and with all its
other characteristics subordinate 70 this
leading one or a dominating VII. The
preacher seemed to be very much in
earnest, and not least so IN bis many
humorous effects. The congregation
often smiled, and sometimes outright
yet there was no sense OF incongruity,
manly because the humor seemed
always the mere accident of expression,
and not thing sought for itself. Love
vAunteth not itself" said The Apostle.
1T does not, every time il lays golden
egg. rise from the nest 10 cacKle." said
Mr.. Beecher. IL IS unfair. perhaps, 20
pick out these lighter sayings. but they
are most easily Temembe red, and they
are very Characteristic OF the American
pulpit style. Love il not pulled up.
said Mr.. Beecher, quoting st. Paul, and
then he added for himself: "Oh. that
there were some men that could be
touched with lancet-how the pulled
upness would come down! A sudden
and slight imitation OF the cheek helped
70 exemplify the need OF the operation
There IS no time TO object on the score
OF good taste, for soon. by some neF
development Of the argument. VIC need
all our attention for a terce apostrophe
TO the hypocritical. Yes, call yourself
by holy names, and live like the devil"
Then again the outburst comes to dig
nihed close IN a passage on the endur- |
ance of calumny and Misrepresentation |
and on the beauty of knowing how Ito |
stand IN misunderstanding" at |
tainment much TO be desired. and one |
of which there have been undoubtedly |
some examples in Christian experience
We are To trust one another, Mr.. |
beecher goes on to say; that is the |
great lesson of prudence, IS vel as of |
love. CavOur said he had found a wide |
mlstrust OF men the worst of mistakes. |
Now, ii that IS true in Italy and diplo |
macy. good hesyensl where ISN'T it
true?"
Soon weare out in the open Of general, |
as distinguished from special. ex poSi |
ton. and IN Christening conflict with q \
class Of veaklings whom Mr.. Beecuer /
has always found il p rticucarly hard to |
endure These are the men who believe |
everything they arc told-fore ordina- |
ton, predestinstion. the Trinity, total |
depravity; they swallow them at q |
guip." And the wrath to come ?" adds |
the cateohist for ordination. "Yes. that |
too" whimpers Mr.. Beecher in imita-
tive suggestion of the poStulant's feeble |
ness of mind. The one thing they cre |
never asked is-"Do you love oAe an
other" Yet this would settle the mat
tsr OF their fitness for ordination by the \
trouble TO believe too much. II Is easy /
to make a noise IN professions. "There /
amt so pretentiCus an instrument in all l
the band as the drum-nor one so
empty" You may hear q man say, 81 |
was converted az 4 O'Clock in the after
noon of the 10th Of June. eighteen hun
dred and so-and-so." "Ah your clock /
was RIGHT no donbt; but think you are
wrong" II say a great light" "Are
YOU sure il vas not a tallOW GAMBLER
And how hard they can be sometimes.
these faciie professors how hard and
bitter. in this assurance where nothing /
is sure; how mercilessi you have not.
believe, much experience. in England /
OF certain hypocIiticsl insect known to
Us in AmFrica as the mosquito. Well,
the mosquito always saws u PRAYER
before he puts his bill IL TO suck your
blood" ''Ah, what a horrible betrayal
OF Christ has been the history of
churches and of sects p'-London Daily
NelrS.