The herald., 1893-02-20
STIMULUS FOR THE SPIRITUAL,
Rev. Isaac Naylor Starts His
Revival Services.
DR.. Thomson of Unity Church
breaches ON the Sinless Christ.
Tho Yorkshire RevivaIist Scores a
Success-Dr. Thomson's Strong
Discourse At Trim
ity Church.

Isaac Naylor has repeated the "veni.
vidi, vici," of the greatest of all the
Roman emperors. Beginning at the
usual Sunday morning hour with fairly
good house, he held forth to big crowd
at the afternoon hour and by the time
that evening service hour had arrived
the motto was Breathing Room, Only )"
Personally speaking, there is little
about him that is prepossessing, while
in repose. He has lovely figure, though
not fat man, with heavy, stolid face,
brown hair, auburn beard and low
forehead. His face would indicate that
he had not neglected the roast beef of
Ysttendon or the pork pies of Melton
Mowbray and to meet him on the
streets of Melbourne of Sunday morn
ing with the chimes of St. Dunstans
ringing in your ears, you would merely
take him for thrifty young mechanic
who preferred going to church rather
than squander his time and money in
Collins street pub"
But the moment he comes forward to
pray, the man is transfgured. His
heavy features light up as though he
were warrior going into battle and, as
he kneels before you on the bare plat
form, you realize that there is eloquence
apart from statesmanship. Then his
voice, deep enough for Santley and
clear enough for Sims Reeves, wins you
over to him before he has uttered ten
words. With not a syllable shot from
the mouth nor the slightest approach to
the believing resorted to by 30 many of
his sex, his vigorous baritone pervaded
every nook and corner in as fervent and
eloquent duplication to the throne of
Grace as ever came from the lips of
Whitfield himself. One of his apos-
trophies to the Savior was something
like this:
"White.robed Prince of Bethlehem,
Thorn-crowned King of Golgotha, I'M
mortal Victor OF Cavalry, let Thy merci-
ful teachings to mankind be held holy
in their hearts from generation to gener-
alton, as long as the moon shines down
upon the waves Thy feet have trod at
Galilee, and as long as Thy unerring
truth stands forth as the fitting witness
of Gods love for the world!"
There is no falter in his utterances,
no tripping in his delivery. He finds
the words of exhortation by the same
inspiration that gave the words of "La
Marseillaise" to Rouget de L'Isle.
Over the vast hall his rich voice rolled
away, as welcome as the ripple of the
waves on the sands at sunset. He is q
very manly man, and resorts to no clap
traps to gather in your sympathies.
And this was particularly noticeable
when he invoked the Divine blessing
upon all the churches in this city-Cath-
olic and Protestant alike-and said,
"Blees every house whose doors are
opened in Thy name"
But a still greater surprise awaited
his auditors, and that was the singing
of the hymn, "Gather Them in from
the Highways" as solo, followed by
the whole congregation as chorus.
There has never been any such voice in
Los Angeles choir, the nearest ap-
proach to it being that of John Murray
of the Carleton opera troupe. 1t is Of
the rare type known as basso con-
stante, being neither baritone nor a
bass, but ranking between the two. 1t
is common to hear good tenors articu-
late the words Of song as he does. but
most singers with as big voice as Mr..
MAYORS mouth their words badly. 1t
was a real musical treat to hear a man
sing with the earnestness in which he
phrases hymn.
He preached just trife too long, but
it was all good material, his text being
from st. Mark, 11th chapter, Oath verse,
and reading: Therefore I say unto
yon, what things soever ye desire, when
ye pray, believe that ye receive them
and We shall have them"
The speaker then went on to say that
however we asserted our own personal
independence in life, we are for all that
the slaves of our desires. Sometimes
those desires corrupt our better natures
and debase our manhood. But there are
desires that are human and still emo
bling. After citing several examples, he
came to the case of the Savior restoring
sight to the blind man by the highway,
and he drew word-picture worthy of
the gallant Baker who fell at Balls
bluff. 1t was not mere aggregation OF
silvery sentences and gracefully rem
dered periods. 1t was rather the con-
eonance of thought and action that
made Quintilian give as his belief that
sit is delivery that bears sway in ora
tory" Forcible in everything and thes
atrical in nothing, he gave forth such
an elocutionary effort as recalled Charles
Kean 'srecitation Of fAytoun's"E Execution
of Montroee."
He should limit his sermons to 40
minutes, and if he can compress his ut
terances into half an hour, so much the
better. He has very clearly defined
Yorkshire brogue, but he is not John
Browdie by any means. He uses excel
lent English ON all occasions, which was
something of treat in itself. The re-
porter came away at the close of the
sermon, and felt like going back again
in the evening. 1t is refreshing to meet
a man who is free from pedantry and
the earnestness OF whose nature is go
plainly impressed upon the most care
less listener. Mr.. Naylor will leave
many warm and sincere friends behind
him when he leaves Los Angeles.
At Trinity Church.