The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-05-27


o jected, his hands over his face. A la,
Q came in with y tray of food and said
o Eat, it will do you good" The EN-
n pcror looked up and said, You are from
e the country The lad replied, Eyes.
Your father has cottage and few
acres of ground?' Yes" There i
+. happiness, said the detected emperor
. All! Napoleon never put the emphasi
1 in the right place until he was expirins
: ut St Helena
z On the other hand, look at Satisfac
ton amid the worst earthly disadvan
l tage Il never saw until | was blind
3 said Christian man. II never knew
l what contentment was while |, had M,
| eyesight as | know what content is now
} that have lost my eyesight. affirm
: though few would credit it, that would
: not exchange my present position and
circumstances for my circumstances be.
J fore | lost my eyesight." That man put
the emphasis in the right place. We
want to put less stress upon this world
and more stress upon our God as our
everlasting portion
David had found out the nothingness
Of this world and the all-suficiency of
| God. Notice how he inter ects the
Selahs. "Trust in the Lord at all times;
we people, pour out your heart before
him. God is refuge for us. Selah."
Blessed be the Lord who daily loads
Jus with benefits, even the GOD of our
salvatioH Selah," 1.-The Lord shall
count, when he writeth up the people,
that this man was born there. Selah."
Let the world have its honors, and its
riches, and its pomp. Let me have the
Lord for my light, my peace, my
fortress, my pardon, my hope, my
heaven.
| What sinners value | resign;
Lordl tits 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 theref
o glorious hourl o blest abode!
/ shall be near and like my God,
And sin and sense no more control
The endless pleasures of my soul.
bub w hOii opCdh VI bllO oCldh VI CLl~
phasis must notice it is a startling, a
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 more
frequently. The sleepiest audiences in
the world are religious audiences.
NECESSITY OF DRAMATIC FORCE.
Won Go hhofh Cahnnl fnoaho1,c orbt TO
have more of the dramatic element in
your instructions. By graphic Scripture
scene, by anecdote, by descriptive ges-
ture, by impersonation urge your classes
to right action. We want in all our
schools and colleges and prayer meet
ings, and in 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 little drama
of accident and suffering saw one slip
perry morning in the streets of Philadel-
phia. Just ahead of me was Iass,
wrstched in apparel, his limb amputat4d
at the knee; from the pallor of the boys
cheek the amputation not long before.
He had 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
we'll as | could, gathered up the frag-
ments 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 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-andI 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.
moan religion, to croak religion, to Sc
pulchrize 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 in here from the different institu- |
lions. | 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 have brought most souls to |
Christ who have been dramatic-Row-
land Hill, dramatic; Thomas Chalmers,
dramatic; Thomas Guthrie, dramatic;
John Knox, dramatic; Robert McCheyne,
dramatic; Christmas Evans, dramatic;
George Whitefield, dramatic; Robert |
Hall, 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.
and they will try to put you down, but
the God who starts you will help you
through, and great will be the eternal
rewards for the assiduous and the
plucky.
GET OUT OF THE RUT.
What we want minister's and Io1,,,o, |