The herald., 1893-05-21
[BY L. nEHYMER.l


with an introduction by Rev. julius ID.
Ward and etched portrait by w. H. W.
Bicknell. Phillips Brooks never spoke
on public occasions without saying some
thing notable. His lenten addresses at
Trinity church were 80 good that people
hung upon his lips for the simplest word
that he uttered. When he went to New
York to give addresses in the venerable
old Trinity church at the head OF Wall
street, it seemed as if the whole finan-
cial world was eager to crowd into that
ancient edifice and hear OF its duties and
have pointed out its way to the kingdom
OF heaven by this greatest OF modern
eyangelists. Phillips Brooks had the
rare faculty OF never speaking nonsense;
he never gushed in religion; he always
respected the Unborn nobility OF men and
addressed himself to sinner as ii he
were child OF God. This accounts
for the almoet perfect accord which
was at once established between him
self and his hearers. He did not deal
Z out to them the tefrors of the Lord, but
! be drew them by the silken cords OF
love to see some phase OF the Great
Father that had escaped their notice,
and he left them nearer the kingdom OF
God than they were before. He was
not simply great preacher, but mas
ter OF the oratory OF the heart. 1t was
possible sometimes to say that his
methods were not logical and that the
intellectual appeal could have been i'm
proved, but no one could listen to him
for five minutes without feeling that
thie man had message from God, and
that he was trying to bring men nearer
to the Christ whom beloved and served.
The greatness of his preaching lay in ito
complete separation from his own per-
sonality. This may seem paradox;
but when one considers addresses like
those contained in this little volume and
analy zes them to see what the method
was and what part Phillips Brooks
had in it, he is surprised to
find that the same things might
have been said by any one else, if he
knew how to present them with equal
grace and truth. Phillips Brooks was at
his best often in his more familiar talks,
in. his confirmation addresses to bis own
people. in his conferences with young
men, in his Lenten addresses to his own
people,. and especially in his short SER
mons at the Noon-Lent service in st.
Paul's church. For several years he
was always on the list Of special preach
ers at this service, and for the last two
years the ancient edifce has been
crowded to overdowing during the
days that he spoke. His addresses
were listened to eagerly by the brainy
men Of State Street, the merchants and
the lawyers of this city, and by the de-
ycut women of the Back bay, and by
il,e poor and plain men who found
A sitting at the noon hour in st. Paups
eA4 A4nreh. IN a-3a- 70 see l>--- h~-~~%sf-i
lie was as Bishop Brooks was able TO
set it forth in the Christian light. He
knew how to touch all the keys of the
human heart, and yet he touched them
like a man Of genius whose spirit had
been consecrated to Jesus Christ. No
one could equal him in these appeals
and presentations OF truth they were
his own fashionings OF the gospel; and
in the discourses presented in this vol-
ume. most of which were taken from his
lips by the shorthand reporters, he finds
an utterance that is equal to anything
thai he ever said. He had the natural
way OF putting things. the habit of the
orator and the preacher who molds
language and thought as the potter
does his clay. He was one of the most
noblest and manifest persons, with the
largest heart, the largest charity and
the most comprehensive spirit OF all.
The principle addresses given in this
little volume are The Beauty of a Life
of Service, Thought and Action, True
Liberty, and the Duty of the CHRISTIAN
Business Man.
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Houghton, Mfflin & Co. have just
issued DR.. Latimer, Story OF Cssco
Bay, by Clara Louise BuFnham. This
l. t.. h. i II
summer and what it brought to several
people. 1t deals with the eternal sub
iect OF tales of summer and nature
love, and, equally as a matter of course,
with youth. There are three couples in
the novel, and their stories are inter-
twined and strung together in the
authors most vivacious style, with all
the happy freshness that distinguished
her former stories. Wholesome, pure
and attractive, this earliest of the sum-
mer books will help to pass away hap
PLY the idle hours OF the sunny days to
come.
John Knox & Co. are now issuing An
Auld LIGHT Manee and other sketches of
j. Nj. Barrie, author of The Little Min
lister, including a biographical and
literary estimate of the author
by Elliott Henderson, There are
three styles OF writing, in which Mr..
Barrie has distinguished himself, and il
Ia the design or plan of this book to fur
nish some of the best specimens of each
as illustrations of the authors peculiar
mind and method. The fret Of these is
exhibited in the group of Aud LIGHT
vignettes, akin to similar pictures OF
cottage home life, drawn in A Window
in Thrums, in which Mr.. Barrie's most
lavish endowment-sympathy-ia most
keenly alive to the humor and pathos of
the tragic commonplace in life. In his
admirable sketches and funny papers on
al sorts OF trifles-nothing comes amiss
to hIm-we have some of the most
characteristic effusions Of his humorous
offspring, and these compose the second
kind OF writing with which he has ex-
perimented. In the brief sketch. the
essay in miniature. it has been truly said
he has few rivals. 1t was one of
these charming pieces OF whimsic-
ality that the late laureate read
with keen appreciation to garden party
of frienda on one occasion last summer.
In serious literature Mr.. Barrie has also
proved himself q genial and entertain
lug critic, and his best work in this de-
psrtment lies buried-not hopelessly--
in newspaper files. The purpose the
publishers had in view in making a ju-
dicious selection from the work he has
done along these three distinct lines