The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-05-14

I he made no gestures, but constantly
turned his head from side to side.
be did not open his mouth once
wide enough to show his teeth, and
pursed up his lips in such way as to
smother most of his consonants. He
Dropped his voice so at the close of each
sentence that the last two or three words
were wholly inaudible at distance Of
twenty feet.''
Now, TO what were due the obvious
faults In Mr.. Arnoid's delivery, his
faulty enunciation, his indestinct articu-
lation. his failure to read loud enough to
be heard? Was it to lack OF experience
before audiences?
o, no.
Lack of earuestness of purpose?
Mr.. Arnold was one of the most earnest
men that ever lived. He was nothing if
not earnest. He believed every word he
said.
Mr.. Arnold had total lack of ability
to express that earnestness. Mr.. Arnold
had no physical earnestness.
THE OLD CLERGYMAN's ADVICE.
Here IS an incident told to me by one of
the actors in it: An old gentleman, a
clergyman, was travelling upon one of the
railways in New Y ork state. AT station
there entered the coach a young man
whom the old man had known from baby
hood. he had graduated with honor from
college and theological seminary, and had
studied and Travelled for three years in
Europe. In education and character he
seemed eminently fitted to succeed in the
Christian ministry. But the old gentle
man knew he had preached to congrega-
ton after congregation without receiving
a ''call.' He was glad to see the young
man and said SO as he made a place for
him by his side.
.'Where are you going, Charlie?'' he
asked.
sup to BIankville to preach for them.
But suppose | might as well stay at
home," he added, gloomily; emo one
wants me. don't understand it,
But do, Charlie" said the d gen.
tleman; 'sand you must let me talk
plainly to you. The whole troI BILE with
you is that you preach as though you do
not mean a word of what you say, and do
not care whether anyone else teieves it
or not. know that you do believe it..
Now, tomorrow you are to preach in
Blankville, and unless you change your
methods you won't preach there again.
Take an old mans advice, my boy, and
when you go into that pulpit do you
speak to those people as though you
thought that 1T was the last time you
Were to preach salvation to dying men,
and the lastchance of salvation they were
W Adfos Dc OSdQ III edTQSSb. OO some
thing to show that you are in earnest.
Pound the Bible if you can't do it in any
other way. Wake them all up. Wake
yourself up.'
Charlie was red in the face and not at
all pleased as he muttered something
about the dignity of the pulpit, and
added that he s'didn't want to make a
fool OF HIMSELF
eyes, you do, if you call that making
fool OF yourself. Yes, you do. Take
my advice. Goodbye, - and the clergy
man got of the train, leaving the young
preacher to mediate on the advice. He
heard nothing more of Charlie for weeks,
but one day this telegram came from him
"Veni, vedi, vici, and owe it all to
you"
He had preached three times at Blank
vile and then received a unanimous call.
Today he is one of the most successful
young clergymen in the Empire state.
am sure that need not repeat that ]
am not advocating rant and buster on the
platform.
On the contrary 1 agree with Spurgeon
''lt is an infection not to be endured
twice, to hear speaker who mistakes
( persplration for inspiration, tear along
like wild horse with a hornet in his ear
till he has no more wind, and must needs
pause to pump his lungs full again.