The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-19
tendency must have been inherited some

tendency must have DSen inherited some
how.
remember the "boy preacher" as he
was called, when first be set the town atire.
He set it afire with flames Of birthstone
from the neither regions, which, at that
time, he knew geographically, chemically,
Biblically and every way except expert
mentally. 1t was the iurid halo that gave
him his quasi saintineSs. Never were
more outrageous absurdibieS propounded
in the name of religion since the days Of
the amiable Jonathan Edwards. Two or
three American reviyalists had been cam
paigning In England few years before,
carving some Of the fire Edwards had kin
died, and the ardent Young Spurgeon was
one OF the firs. who got so red hot that he
took IRE and blazed away.
He did not belle MS ancestry nor his
looks. In MS twenty seventh year, is5i,
he set the seal on his noble lifework by
defeating that immense Tabernacle, which
had been specially built for him, to the
service Of God and man | was one ot the
crowd OF 700 who endured the Jam Of the
opening service have been there many
times during the thirty years that nave
passed since then and never have ! seen.
nor can | hope 70 see, more uplifting
sight than the same uucouth figure rIvet
ing the attention Of the same undImln-
ished throng, nor have heard grandeE
volume Of song than their singing Of the
American tune Coronation, which bas
been Spurgeon's favorIte setting Of the
hmm Grown Him Lord Of All
As a preacher Spargeo1 has been pic
tured times without number, vet be was
never an orator an elocuf.0nlst, IN tie art
Scisi Use ia which IL 5 Sometimes dis
PLACED in the pulpit He was always =
plain man. speaking PLAIN English 70 plain
men. In bis strong. simple Saxon WORDS
and his clear pronunciation there was :
charm az Of color IN his wonderful CON
raand OF apt ideas. illustrations and pictur
eseae description there vas the charm o
r.oafrv. AID bis eAruestness was tTuest elos
0uence- he absolutely clsda4ned tine Ian
guarC
THIS matfer-of-f2c1Dcs made him p-ac-
tical phiianthro-5st. whore other poplar
preachers thaE eouId 6e named do lite
else beyoad enrich themselves Prom the
moment thz: Sparze0n foCrd the SAFE a
his books brought hIm livelihood he PIT
the whole q us handsome salary and
much bes3Ses iato rorks O charity. Hl
founded crpr1azsZsS. On tlE cottage Eia4-n-
u which chilEirsa barn q z1F creed o.
none are Kept and trs4Irsssd aEEi ttey are
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