Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-10

earth are there moro nlcft rtsnc,st..,' ~.
sieoerio audiences. They are onirray ,i,a,,
american or European asse,n,,ia,,,, ~. y,
sane everything said on platform, or N
pulpit They call out ali tbers Il II n
spoaker OF instruction or ontprta,nc,sct
Anu inc church and the world have VA
90 una out that audiences for the most na,s
aeolue whether scrmons or lectures sball
y sooa or poor siolid and . rosponslys
ors. ''"ii'" spoah-
wendell Phillips, one Of tho ,nonaroha
81 inc platform, told me somethinv yer,
ieInarkable concerning himself whIle n,
WeN standing mi Boston bookstore and
20 was ohidinE ine for not appearing ag
,Ann Aroor, Mich, from which place he
nau gus. returned, and where l had tried
" sou lew days before, but was hinderrd
~ snoW banks aud my offer Of $3.50 for
Wy use o. locomotive had been declined.
Mr. Phillips said that tho audience T., ,,,,,
OF tho eastern states nearly Killed him
he said; II stood for nearly an hour with.
out seeing or hearing anything hy which I
could Judge Of the effect Of what Ibad
said. II they had only Kissed or applaud.
Cd, do not care which, could have qnna
on with some confort.n Mr.. phillips sur.
prised me by this statement as 10 tho eff,e,
wrought upon him hg phlegmatic as.
Tho audience decide the fate OF sermon.
or lectures A half dozen mon might, II
they wished to engage In so moan busi.
ness, take u contract to break down ans
speaker II they would sit right before him,
cape, take out their watches aud cough
with mouth wide open and then sudden
ly 60 sound asloop An eloquent Amnri.
can pr,s, q standing before me in a for,
mer ~ delivered the first half Of hi.
sermon great power, and his words
had wings, and his oountenance was aflanie
with holy enthusiasm. whom suddenly hls
wings Of thought and uttarance dropped.
and he stamnered on his way and got ON.
tangled In metaphor and lost his thread
Of discourse and failed to prove that which
he said at tho start he would prove. and
then sat down While the congregation
were singing the last hymn, he said 'whd
Is that distinguished looking gentleman
right in front Of the pulpit The sight d
his somnolency and lack Of interest com
piesely upset me "Oh, - l said. that
ia tho Hon. Mr.. So-and so, one of the
ablest men Of the nation, and he was deep
~ Interested in all you said. Ec Is moi
asleep, but Is suffering from weak eyes
and is compelled to keep them shut while
listening The uninteresting appearance
OF the auditor had oyorthrown "mastci
of assemblies"
say to the men who preach and lecture
come to New Zealand But should minis
tiers ever lcctuFei Ought they not always
proachi My answer is that the Intelligent
lecture hall IS half way to the church, and
] notice TINT mon who have been hntina
fhn pItttVsN al N q ND
come and hear ono lecture, arc suro u
Come and hear him preach BESIDES that
thore arc important things to he sald, aud
things that must be snid which arc mora
appropriate TO lecture hall than to pulpit
The three mighuest agencies for making
the world bettcr are tho pulpit, PRINTING
press and platform. Side by side may They
always stand in the battle for righteous
ness, But for them the Indians war
whoop would yet be sounding in America
and on tho Atlantic coast, the morning
menl OF human flesh would still DO gaina
on in New Zealand, and the GAngcs would
still be horrible with infantlcide Let MI
nations reconstruct their notions of New
Zealand write this at Dunedin, impos
ing In It's architecture picturesque In ~
surroundings, unbounded In It's hospitality
and another Edinburgh, aftor which un
uerstalI ~ Is iaiueu' buh- rum polhH
tho uAeho i'r inc northern eApl'ai Oh an
''i 1iI Al a.
lhS SVutvn lounuNu IT. anu W,iav NV
something, and It Is almost always some
.nlhg gouu tna' 1ncy ooiiose ~ iiis"
tohcu iluItuly olli'l"u'vrlHvs eNvI!tilius
thht thoy 90 or touvn' Sol'ulty, pI'au'n,
i1Hs9lvV,iusS nliu rgiieloai,s ",u Inu ' XIV
OF ,no men hiu vl'lPs , 1nu nnsio,ls WY
hplla' Noeohhtry lS wen statteu tiat nM
huV rev wy l'lillu'.uo ~ Wv '3oV'Vil W."
thoif uraWny arm ,iiN n'si' uil'yH uo,,ve'
Inc schpor' Oh l"'s pl''Y ~ u''nVu ,yi t,
nlors i,lii." So, INV ~ 49,
Ihomhs ''halinvrf' ING ils''iles' o' 7V1'gi'.
mon unless was '9hh NhuA' anu ',u
IHrgcSt oh9rIn IN 'His p'u'o' NnN[e i'tu',''l
ca last night II hioN ehuiSn' ee'isu' :
have no doubt Aiter inc !nhh VINO ~ t, lloiy,
Moos nNuu q Hu0y" s'. III, 49,. ~,
nm IN tho mldwlnter OF ulls colony Ioi