Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-03
pnopHEr1o AND APOSTOLIC.

pr. Stalkerss First Lecture in Mar.
 quand ChapeI-Audfence Crowded
 Words Introductory to the Course. |
 Rev. Dr. James Stalker delivered yester- l day the first of his lectures in the Lyman | Beecher course to the divinity students in | Marquand chapel. He is from Glasgow, Scotland. It is the first time he has been on American soil, and, as he stated, he has warm admiration for many things American. The chapel wa5 packed to the doors, and many were unable to get in and had to turn away, Here are few of the things which he said: "The idea of col lege life is that you are here gaining the theories which you will afterward put into practice. The faculties on which suc- cess depends are very different in the world from what they are here in college. The creative intellect is for the college, but for life you need the practising intellect. Of my classmates l might mention two who distinguished themselves-one Professor Drummond) in the imagination, but the other possessed the power to sway the minds of men. Now students are criticising men. They criti- else everybody. What lot is said of the professors behind their backs! I fancy if many of them knew it they would be afraid to retain their positions. And it is the same with clergymen and other prominent men. But the moment you leave this hall for the business of life you will pass from being the criticising to the criticised, and will have other eyes turned on you. A man is not long in public life before all sorts of faults can be found in him. But do not think have come here to dissuade | you from criticism. Mens successors have an undoubted right to criticise them, and the succeeding generation it's predeces- | sOr.
 "The population has been increasing | fast. There is now Protestant church for every two thousand population in Glas- | gov. But has the amount of practical l Christianity increased in the same propor- ton? There Is but one man in the church ianity that can be satisfied till the whole lump is leavened. Vice fourishes side by side with Christianity In what direction can we look for hopea Only in the direc- tion of those entering the ministry It requires men willing to sacrifice and to consecrate themselves. We cannot do better than follow the examples of Christ and his apostles. | Apostolic spirit is embodies mostly in St. Paul's, and that, too, not only in his life but in his writings. It is not the character or life of St. Paul that wish to paint | you may find that in multitudes of books but his spirit. The faculty hinted to me before stepped on to this platform that l might do well to present the subject from fresh point of view" Greater laughter. "The value of these lectures lies in what are called confession, that is, records of experience. will finish this miscellaneous introductory lecture by this point. believe in preaching and that it is very far behind what it might do and ought to do. believe in it because it has the stamp of Christ. Paul said Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel Of course I recon mend visitation of the sick, taking part in benefcent schemes, and so on-but preach ing is the central thing. People say, in deed, Would it not be better to teach peo- pie to come to church to speak to God and not to hear 8 manF But it is not tc hear man, but the voice of God. It is good to speak to God, but you should also let God speak to you. Preaching is often disparaged, because, they say the printing press has superseded the preacher. One time it did good, when books were only for the learned. But when two or three are met together ir Gods name, they cannot but mutually express their thoughts. It is a thing whose, place no books can ever take What, too, does the press amount to fol far larger and more interesting one fol the common man, and this makes it fal more necessary for him to know the prin ciples of sight"
 The subject will be continued this after noon at 3 o'clock.