Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-05-23

yet emperor OF France, sat down de-
jected, his hands over his face. A lad
came in with Il tray Of food and said,
EAT. it will do you gool. The en-
peior locked up and s;.id, You are from
the country: The lad replied, Yes.
Your father has Il cottage and q few
acres Of gfound:' Yes There is
hapriie.;s said the detected emperor.
.lh, EaIaiteoa never pnt the emphasis
IN the right place. until he was expiring
1T St Helena
Osi fs.s s:theI nand, letsll at Satisfac-
ti8n ;...sil TIE worst sssisllly disadvan-
tasa lIsytf saw n.liil was blind"
salt 4 .xil niait 4 never Inew
ssi.. ,e at As;..: wlfile had my
as<. ....G Il, nsw what content is now
tis.t .svp l,1st my eyeslght. affirm,
1i.tsllsrs. TX" s.ttilld credit IT, that would
rsG c..eis;...s.s. NY present position and
ci.s.ft.s...l s..teos for my circumstances be-
fe,.<. i.isi isl1 eyesight. That man put
the ei..,t}.s.s III tie right place. We
want - ijtlt less stress upon this world
ana mere stress upon our God as Cur
everlasting portion
David had found out the nothingness
Of this world and the all-suficiency of
God Notice how be interjects the
Selahs .'i'rrsf in the Lord at all times;
ye people pour out your heart before
him God is IL refuge for rs. Selah. "
BLESSED be the Lord who daily loads
as with benefits, even the God Of cur
salvation Selah 'sThe Lord shall
count, when he wIiteth up tile people,
that this man was born there. Selah'
Let the world have its honors, and it's
riches, and its polnp Let me have the
Lord for my light, my peace, : my
fortress. my pardon. my hope, my
heaven.
What sinners value resign;
Lord! It's enough that thou art mine.
| shall behold thy blissful face,
And stand complete in righteousness,
This world is all an empty show,
But the bright world to which go
Hath joys substantial and sincere;
When shall wake and find me there?
0 glorious hour Q blest abodel
shall he near and like my God,
And sin and sense more control
The endless pleasures of my soul.
But when | speak of the Selah of en-
phasis must notice it is a startling, q
dramatic emphasis. 1t has in it the
Hank, the Hist of the drama That
Weakening and arousing emphasis we
who preach or instruct need to use moro
frequently. The sleepiest audiences in
the world are religious audiences.
NECESSITY OF DRAMATIC FORCE.
You Sabbath school teachers ought to
have more Of the dramatic element in
your Instructions. BY graphic Scripture
scene, by anecdote, by descriptive ges-
ture, by ilnpersonation urge your classes
to right action We want in all our
schools and colleges and prayer meet
ings, and III all our attempts at reform,
and in all our churches to have less of
the style didactic and more of the style
dramatic.
Fifty essays about the sorrows of the
poor could not affect me as a little drama
of accident and suffering | saw one slip
perry morning in the streets of Philadel-
phia. Just ahead of me was lad,
wretched in apparel, his limb amputated
at the knee; from the pallor of the Boys
cheek the amputation not long before.
He had Il package of broken food under
his arm-food he had begged, suppose,
at the doors. AS he passed on over the
slippery pavement cautiously and care
fully, | steadied him until his crutch
slipped and he fell | helped him up as
well as | could, gathered up the frag
ments of the package as well as | could
put them under one arm and Ehe crutch
under the other arm: but when | saw
the blood run down his pale cheek | was
completely overcome Fifty essays about
the suffering Of the poor could not touch
one like that little drama Of accident
and suffering.
Oh we want in all our different de
partments of usefullness-and | address
hundreds of people who are trying to do
good-we want more of the dramatic
element and less of the didactic. The
tendency in this day is to drone religion.
to whine religion. to cant religion, t.
moan religion, to croak religion, to Sc
pulchlze religion. when we ought TO
present it in animated and spectacular
manner.
Sabbath morning by Sabbath morning
address many theological students who
are preparing for the ministry. They
come III here from the different institu-
tions. say to them this morning: If
You will go home and look over the his
tory of the church You will find that
those men nave brought most sous TO
Christ who have been dralnatic-Row-
land Hill, dramatic; Thomas Chalmers,
dramatic: Thomas Guthrie, dramatic;
John Knox, dramatic; Robert McCheyne,
dramatic; Christmas Evans, dramatic;
George Whitefield, dramatic; Robert
Hail. dramatic; Robert South, dramatic;
Fenelon, dramatic; John Mason, dra-
matte; Dr. Mott, dramatic. When you
get into the ministry if you attempt to
culture that element and try to WELD it
for God you will meet with mighty re-
buff and caricature, and ecclesiastical
council will take your case in charge,