The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-07-01

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ologian, says that this word means 10
ascend, and wherever you find Il. he
says, you must look after the modula-
ton OF the voice, and you must put
more force into Your utterance. II is n
Sclah OF emphasis All, my friends,
You and need To correct our emphasis.
We put too much emphasis on this
world, and not enough ON God and the
next world. People think these things
around us are so important, the things
of the next are not worthy our consid-
! Grafton.
The first need for some " MS Is TO
change our emphasis Look at Wretch
edncsS ON throne. Napoleon, while
yet emperor Of France, sat down de-
jccted, his hands over his face. A lad
came in with tray Cf food, and said:
You are from the country" The lad
replied: Yes" Your father has u
cottage and n few acres of ground?'
Yes" There is happiness" said the
detected emperor. All. Napoleon new
~ put the emphasis in the right place
until he was expiring ut st. Helena. On
the other hand look NJ Satisfaction
amid the worst earthly disadvantage.
~ never saw until | was blind" said u
Christian man. IL never knew what
contcntment was while | had my eye
sight, us know what content is now that
! have lost my cyesight. affirm, though
few would credit it, that | would not
exchange my present position and cir
cumstances before lost myself" That
,,,N h., .,,v,,Nl,nstS IL, tina WIGHT
place. We want to put less stress upon
our God rs our everlasting portion.
David had found out the nothingness of
this world and the all-sufiiciency ofGod.
Notice how he interjects the Selahs
Trust in the Lord at all times: yc peo-
pie, pour out your heart before him.
God is n refuge for us. Sclah. Blessed
he the Lord who daily loads MS with
benefits, even the God OF our salvation.
The Lord shall count, when lie writeth
up the people. that this man was born
there. Sclah'" Let the world have its
honors. and its riches. aud its pomp.
Let me have the Lord for my
light, my peace, my pardon, my hope,
my Heaven.
hut when speak of the Sclah Of en-
phasis must notice IL is IA startling, n
dramatic emphasis. 1t has in it the
bark. the hist of the drama That
Weakening and arousing emphasis we
who preach or instruct need tn use
more frequently. The slccpicst audien-
ces in the world are religious audiences.
You sabbath school teachers ought
10 have more Of the dramatic element
in your instructions. by graphic scrip
turc scene, by nnccdotc, by descriptive
gesture, by impcrsonation, urge your
classes 10 right action. We want in
our schools and colleges and prayer
meetings and in all our attempts IT re-
form, and in all our churches 20 have
less Of the style didnctic and more OF
the style dramatic Fifty essays about
the sorrows nf the poor could not affect
me ~ a little drama of accident and
suffering saw one slippery morning in
the streets of Philadelphia.
just ahead of me was "a lad, wrctchcd
in apparel. his limb amputated NJ the
knee; from the pallor OF the boys check
the amputation not long before. He
had package Of broken food under his
arm---food he had begged, ! suppose, ut
the doors. As he passed on over the
slippery pavement cautiously and care
fully | stendicd him until his crutch
slipped and he fell. helped him up ms
well rs | could, gathered mp the frag-
mcnts Of the package as well as could,
put them under one arm and the crutch
under the other arm; but when saw
the blood run down his pale check
was completely overcome. Fifty essays
about the suffering of the poor could
not touch one like that little drama OF
accident aad suffering.
Oh, we want in all our different de-
partmcnts Of usefulness and address
hundreds ofpcoplc who are trying To do
good-wc want more Of the dramatic
element and less OF the didactic. The
tendency in this day Is 10 dronc re-
ligion, To- whine religion, To cant re-
ligion. To moan religion, to croalS re-
ligion. To sepulchrize religion, when we
ought 10 present II in animated and
spectacular manner.
Sabbath morning by Sabbath morn
ing address many theological students
who are preparing for the ministry.
They come in here from the different
institutions. | say 10 them this morn
ing; II you will go home and look over
the history Of the church you will find
that those men, men have brought most
souls To Christ who have been dramatic.
Rowland Hin. dramatic; Thomas Chal-
mers. dramatic; Thomas Guthrie, dra-
matte; John Knox, dramatic; Robert
McChcyne. dramatic; Christmas Evans,
dramatic; George Whitcflcld, dramatic;
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