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ner of speaking find it far from unattractive; He
uses little If any gesture and IKE Mare An'oh9
spt@M and a sweep of thought that compel
the closest attention of his hearers that they may
is being forged-.ogic none the less cosent and
compelling because marked by the highest graces
of literary art. If any fault is 10 be found WIN
Mir Chadwcks pulpit style it Is that he does not not
always shcsn1T so be read and What is
Mr. Chadwick has written about thousand ser,
mons, OF which some 2cO have been printed and
widely distributed. The total number Is not iarse
for a ministry covering thirty years but ho Ihrln
he has put a vast deal of thought study and re-
Election Those which have been printed rah b Se
general average 1t is evident that he occasonaaiy
repeats sermon but WHAT rs ore More than
once it has happened that he has been ufge envy
Eight sermons are printed every year. one each
month, from November to May inclusive rs a,tu
let's put together in volumes. The sermons sermons
now in process of publication form me nwemuetn
Mr.. Chadwick has become the minister OF SO
mon thing for him to receive the thanks OF peo-
pie who have read his sermons ana iound heip
remote India. number of the sermons nave
been translated into German ard sra,iiS' NJ,
ceived Is that some OF his discourses are about TO
appear in the Armenian language In literai run n
he can say with John Wesley, The world ~ my
parish" This widespread influence of his spoken
and written words Mr.. Chadwick looks on as one
of the most satisfactory features OF ms tSc
His own books make brave showing or on ,h ,nn
and say with the litteratcur once depicted IN me
Wr I ony Mr chadwick does read
by the thousand. The published volumes OF ms
The Power Of an Endless Life" "A Daring Faith.
1.-The Of one of these Re ' titles by
the-way, has recently been given to volume 81
Chicago [ noteworthy
mons that he never prints te h ana wav some
times he passage from the Boie as NV, me
theme of his discourse again 1t may De ,ar,i me
from OF the poets which forms ms saai ms
point; many occasions there Is no tex al an
Besides the sermon volumes TWO hse 0i 5ublIshed-
The Bible of To-day" already referred TO- a ara
have had the widest reading. Book OF Poems,
was first issued; later appeared IN NaZ SshH
wick selected from both volumes the poems "h lVn
he valued highly. and reissued them under hnasr
ment is "A Legend OF Good Poets. which Was read
before the Phi Beta Kappa society at h1 h m
In Honor Bound" read before the Brooklyn IN,
stitute the evening when George Wiinam oufms
Der 90 1881 Some of his shorter and more
lender e 1hs orsy hy%"
lit singe,h low in every heart Ill MI
chadw5Gb has @SS TSc S consisting Of
poems OF the mountains and the sea, ana Out OF
and Young In making the latter he had the AS
sstance OF his wife. and her name "' o
several public occasions in brooklyn, ms las, "p
pearance in this capacity being al ,he b %
celebration OF Bryants birth held under me nus
pieces OF the Brooklyn Institute last moh,h n ,,,,
,s;ry MIR @badmick has just published the sermon
lectures which he delivered iast winter oI nT
some Volume one OF those which open easily to the
hand and is entitled "Old and Sew hnIar,an ne ne
lief" The dedication OF the book is charac'ers"V'
| it reads as follows:
| INSCRIBED
pan rsm on F'I fsr5 s'd ad n d,ss spS
| have been my Teachers from my 1ouih up "a" W
1 Thry Ysars have given 50 freely Of their
| Trus, Love. ,
| To many of Mr. Chadwicks friends not the least
h nv siihsr Witch adorns it, Mr. Chadwick Is
seated In a reading attitude. win ms st'c'a ~ ~
| %is hand He has already received numerous let
tiers from friends who have read me BOOK sNptTss
preachers ripe thought At east one Of ~. ii,Dr
wishes that he had lifted hS eyss iTSm t9e on, ~
have the same feeling, though the picture IS re"'S
Mr., Chadwicks church is in the most literal
sense. church without creed There ~ IN inS ,
cles of organization II n expressly PROVIDED thal ""
| assent or subscription 10 any creei shai De d pr
| requisite TO church membership. Not only Is II a
church without creed. 1t II also church ~Itnou'
| a sacrament. In Mr. Longfelow's time the CON-
| pensed with. and the Communion service was gwen
| away. In general. ceremonies IN this church have
been reduced TO their lowest terms. There Is no
rece ption OF members and children are never pub
| lic,v baptIzed MIR Chadwick is a radical among
| I'n!tarians. He is avOwed theist and contends
| that personality is better symbol Of the supreme
| Power than the opposite. few years ago he was
elected a director OF the American Unitarian Asso-
citation, which thus indicated iis own progress away
from the conservative position IL formerly occupied
| For about twenty years Mr.. Chadwick has oc-
cupel the house in CartOn-ave. which il his home
for nine months OF the year. The summer he spends
| in Chesterfield. Mass. in an old-fashioned house
picturesquely situated among the Berkshire His.
His study In Brooklyn Is The the first
floor It's appearance SLOWS al once that II is the
workshop OF a literary man. Books extend 10 the
ceiling on more than one side, and a capdcous re-
yOlv!ng bookcase Is within easy reach OF his hand
as he sits at his desk. There Is bust OF Elmer
son in corner, and the pictures Of George WIZ,
lam Curtis recall the close friendship which existed
between the clergyman and the editor and rciOrmer.
Mr. Chadwick Is fond OF art and music. AZ the poet
In him would suggest. He has never been an ex-
ensive traveller In 1887 he went 10 Europe for ~
months and In the early part OF 1888 he made trip
to the Pacific Coast covering nearly 10000 miles.