The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-03-24

two declarations Of truth from the
great Book. The first: And there
were giants in tn 1se days the other:
whatsoever u man sowcth. that shall
he also reap" In these two o have
the penny and the twenty dollar gold
piece illustrated. The first has no
moving power: the second is a lever.
with which. with a right fulcrun, You
can turn The world over.
I believe | have met and shaken
hands with over ten thousand preach
ers. and in ali my knowledge don't
know a half dozen who are not
good men and true. They are the
best men in the world. Some Of thcr:
are 50 good they are good for nothing.
Saint Paul said: Make full proof
of your ministry" | take it that he
meant. demonstrate your divine call.
illustrate your life work and prove
your place.
Under the rule that what man does
Is the test Of what a man is land moth
ing else is a test of what he is in the
ministry the preacher has the broad
est field, the rarest facilities and the
sublimest work hat God has offered to
man: and in no field will cohsecrated
energy. sympathetic effort and practi-
cal work accomplish so much.
\ preacher, like a lawyer or 4 doctor.
who does nothing. is either a failure
or a fraud. and so the world will place
him one or later.
The preacher who writes and reads
al his sermons, and maintains the dig
nity OF the pulpit at all hazards, may
hold his flock together for awhile. He
may bury the dead and marry the liv-
ing. bot in the great work of winning
the world to Christ he must take a
back sat behind others who have a
message which flows like the gush of
a river from a head filled with the sub
icct and a heart Overlooking with sym
pathy.
A written and read sermon is little
more than a dissertation IN truth,
while the sermon which flows natural
ly from the well-inforrned head, ex-
tompore in language and prepared in
thought. is generally an application Of
the truth.
To illustrate: a man is taken with
cramp collie. He is suffering intensely
and the doctor is summoned. The doc.
tor walks into the room where the sick
man lies with a can Of mustard in one
hand and q dissertation on mustard in
the other, and to the man who is
writhing in pain. the doctor says: "Be
quiet there, my friend, for al hour or
an hour and a half and let me read
You q dissertation on mustard, for the
hetcrOCcneal heterOtrOpal effusiOnS of
mustard are such that it will not have
its desired effect without a thorough
knowledge Of mustard on your part.
This mustard grew in the state of Con-
necticut. 1t was planted about the 1st
of June and wa cultivated largely like
potatoes and perSiElmOns and other
vegetables of like c~haractcr.' After
a fearful paroxysm strikes the sick
man, he Y ''Oh, doctor. don t care
where that stuff grew nor how it grew.
Please spread some on 4 rag and slap
it to me-" Thus we see it is an appli-
cation Of the mustard and not a dis
S2rtatiOn on mustard that gets there.
50 in preaching. 1t is not a disscrt-
alton on truth, but the plain, naked
truth spread on practical illustration
and slapped on the cOnscienceS Of mon
that gets t~here--nOt q dissertation on
the sweet by-and-by, but Il practical
icuraciation of the dirty now-and-
now, with moral sapolio applied. This
sort Of preaching will prepare men for
4 prepared world. This sort Of preach
ing vii! make men good husbands to
their wives. good fathers to their chill
drcn, good citizens in their community
and make them honest, upright and
t~utlfuiin all their ways. Any preach
iog which does not reach this end is a
snare to the listener and demonstrates
thc preacher a poor prophet.
| shall take up the lawyer in my
MT, think, and more or less fur will
fly. SAN p. JONES.