Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1893-04-29

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Worlilu asses and b.comC q MenfcY or a
concert hail The $l2.G00 rdi>cd cdmnnt
cdncct q h"nfimJ dcht ~ $li0000 Through
The kindness ~ those Ia uhom rc arc in.
dcbicd $D.G01 Wpuid sat us forcrcr tree
I am glad 10 Sdu Mat The c0Sc is not hope
less. H'c are ddiiv IN receipt ~ touching
cridcnccs ~ practical sympathy from all
classes ~ The community and from an
sections 81 n,c counirp. and il uGs bqt
yesterday that bu mn "Irn hdHd I sent
for contributions grdtciuiIy rcccircd.
nearly 20 Acknowledgements east. lccSi
north and south
ADAY For IlAIiELUIAH
Our trust is in the Lord. who divided the
Red sea and made the mountains skip
like lambs" With this paragraph dis
miss the financial subject and return tot
spiritual This morning the greatness of
Gods kindness oblitcr;ltcs everything. and
if wanted 10 build II groan 10 not know
in what forest would hew the timber. or
from what quarry would dig the fouuda
tion stone. or who would construct for me
an organ with a tremolo for the only stop.
and 80 this morning | occupy my time in
building one great, massive. high, deep,
broad. heaven piercing halIclnah In the
review nf the last - wears think it may
he useful To consider some of the character
i>ticS Of a Brooklyn pastnrate
In the first place, remark that Brook
lyn pastoratc is always difficult pastoratc.
No city under the sun has Il grander array
of pulpit talent than brooklyn. The Meth
oiists, the lsapti>tS. the Congrcgationalis
the EpiScopalians. all the denominations
send their brightest lights here He who
stands in any pulpit in brooklyn prcachin.
may know hat he stands within i5minuteS'
walk OF sermons which Satirin. and a
Bouralouc and Il John NJ Mason. and a
George Whitciicld would not he ashamed
of. No city under the sun where !, poor ser
mon j. such adrug on the market.
For 20 years Brooklyn has been sur
charged with homiicticS. an electricity of
cloqucnce that struck every thine it flashed
from the oil pulpiis which qlaked with
the powers of a licthunc. and Il Cox. and "A
Spencer, and Spear, and Il Nintoi, and
Farley. aud Il Bccchcr, not mentioning the
names Of the magnificent men now man
ming he Brooklyn pulpts. 80 during all
the time there has been something To ap
peal To every mans taste and To CRAFTY
every mans preference.
Now. let me say to all ministers Of the
gospel who are ambitious for Brooklyn
pulpit that il is always n difficult pastor
ate. Ii "a man shall come and stand before
any audience in almost any church in
Brooklyn. he will find before him men who
have heard the mightiest themes discussed
in the mi.htiest WAY. Yoa will have he
fore you. if you fail in an argument, ~
loSicians in fidgct. If you make "A slip in
the Use of commercial figure of speech,
there will be i00 merchants who will notice
it. II you throw out an anchor or furl a
sail in the wrong way. there will bc ship
captains right oil who will wonder if you
are aS ignorant of theology rs YOU are Of
navigation. 80 it will he II place of hard
study II you are going To maintain your ,
self, you will find n brooklyn pastorate "A |
difficult pastoratc.
\ PROMINENT ruLrIT
| remark still further. "A BROOKLYN p:iS
torate is always n conspicuous pastoratc /
The printing press of the country has no
greater force than that on the scacoast f
Every pulpit word. good or bad wise or
ignorant, Kind or mean, is watched. The f
corps of these cities is m organ
lied army. Many uf them have collegiate I
education and large culture. and they are
able To weigh oration or address or sermon
II you say silly thing. you will never hear
he end Of it, and if you say a wise thing it
will 20 into perpetual multiplication There
is no nee,. of dccrying that fact. Men whose
influence has been built by the printing
press spend the rest of their lives in de
newspapers. The newspaper is
The pulpit on the wing More preaching
done ON Moniay than on Sunday The ON
nivorous, ali eyed printing press is ever
vigilant.
Besides that Il Broohlyn pastoratc is nj
ways conspicuous in the fact that every
body corics here Brooklyn is New York
in lis better mood. Strangers have NOT seen
New York until they have seen brooklyn.
The East river is the chasm il. which our
merchants drop their cares and their anNi
.ti.s and their business troubles, and by
he time they have greeted their families in
he home circle they have forgotten all
about Wall street and broadway and the
,hamblcs. II they commit business sins III