The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-11-07

thrills all about it with melody that tells
of Heaven.
:. We search the world for truth: We Gull
The good, the pure, the beautiful
From craven stone and written scroll,
From all old flower-fields Of the soul
And, weary seekers of the best
We come back laden from the que st.
To find that all the sages said.
Is in4he Book our Mothers read"
His power of analyzing and calculating
the Word of God, surpasses that of any
one lever heard, or whose writings have
read. l think he is the superior in this
regard OF either Talmage, Moody or
Spurgeon.
He breaches as il never sure to preach
again,
| And as dying man. to dying men,"
His illustrations are of the simplest
character, yet SO powerful, and ELOQUENT
| that fallacies, sophistries, and doubts are
utterly overwhelmed and Reason and
Truth ascend in triumph the throne of
the Mind.
His prayers are childlike in their sim.
plicity, but beautiful in their earnestness.
| and powerful in their faith They are in.
deed
The motion Of a hidden fire,
That trembles In his breast.''
Mr.. Pearson does not use slang nor re.
sort to jokes and witticisms like some
otherwise, great Evangelists of the day.
He knows that the words of Cowper are
| true:
He that negOtiates between God and man.
| As Gods Ambassador, the grand concerns
| 0t Judgment and OF mercy, should beware
10 court a grin, when you should woo .
soul;
To break jest. when pity would inspire
Pathetic exhortation and to address
The skittish fancy with facetious tales
"hen sent with Gods commission to the
The true preacher will not stoop
10 conquer those by ocular exploits
Whom truth and soberness assail In vain"
AS sat and listened to Mr.. Pearson
last night, and became fully conscious of
his intense love for his fellowman, and
thought OF the sacrifices he would will
| llngly make to save his brother, and ad-
vance Gods Kingdom on earth, the elo-
quent words of the great Webster oc-
CURED to me, and realized that when he
wrote them he must have been inspired
by the deeds and lives of such great and
good men as Mr.. Pearson. Says he,
1.-The ministers of Christiany departing
from Asia Minor, traversing Asia, Africa
and Europe to Iceland, Greenland and
thepoles of the earth, suffering all things,
enduring all things, hoping all things,
raising men everywhere from the igno-
rance of idle worship to the knowledge of
the true God and everywhere bringing
life and Immortality to light through the
| Gospel, have only been acting in obedi-
ence to the Divine instruction; they were
! commanded to go forth, and they have
gone forth, and they still go forth.
| "Where was christianity ever received,
where were it's truths ever poured into
the human heart, where did it's waters
springing up into everlasting life ever
burst forth, except in the track of the
Christian ministry?'
Mr.. Pearson has done n great and good
work in our midst. Many of the seed he
has scattered with such lavish hand,
have already sprung up, are growing lux
uriantly and will in good time, blossom
and dispense their fragrance around the
Throne of God. Others have fallen upon
good ground and will ere long spring up
into life and love and beauty, making this
world the brighter and better, and they
too will bloom in perennial loneliness in
the world to come. Many have been
made to realize that,
"'Tis religion that must give,
| SWectcSC pleasures while we live,
IT'S religion must supply
!, Solid comfort when we die:
And after death its Joys shall be
} Lasting as eternity"
!, Mr.. Pearson in combining himself to the
Bible and preaching entirely from be-
tween it's covers, leaving off metaphysics,
theology science and philosophy, shows
that he fully realizes that the Bible,
els the hive of all sweetness; the ar.
> mory of all well tempered weapons; the
tower containing the crown jewels Of the
universe; the marriage ring that unites
i, the celestial and terrestrial, while all the
S clustering white rObed denizens OF the
sky hover around and rejoice at the nup
tials; it is the wreath into which arr
twisted the garlands; it is the song into
which are struck all the harmonies; it il
the river into which are poured all the
tides of hallelujah, and it is the firma.
: ment in which SUNS and moons and starr
and consultations and universe and eter
}, mites, of purity and love and truth and
happiness and glory, wheel and blaze ant
triumph"
|, Thank God for having sent us thi.
/ great Evangelist. w. r. H.