Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-18

uocS DIT. IreQeStlnatlOn care lie has
become notorious; he is cartooned,
made by-word of, burlesqued on the
stage, and his picture in vulgar papers
is almost as well known as that of the
most brutal prize-fighter or the lowest
thief. He has forgotten that verse in the
New Testament which says, Giving no
otfense in anything, that the ministry be
not blamed Oh, | know where l got
it from; I'm not quoting at random. 1t
IS the third verse IN the sixth chapter of
Second Corinthians"
Compare st. Paul and Mr.. Predesti-
nation
Hyperion to satyr.
We are especially told that what has
been given to us is ''the ministry of re.
Cancellation" How often do we hear
that preAchedp How often are we
taught from the pulpit to live better
liyesg How often does the preacher, by
his own life, make young men long to
be like himg And how is it all going to
endg Christmas day | went to a little
church way down near South Fifth
avenue, where l heard a preacher talk
about
THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE OF CHRIST
and the desirability of every human
being trying to live so we'll that he come
near to Him. And the little girl who
was with me-she was only IL years old
said, when we came out, 81 could
understand every word of that Sermon"
but then that preacher is not notorious;
he is simply good and earnest.
For fifty years the chimes have been
ringing every New Years Eve In the
Va
and this year, because the preacher
didn't choose they should ring, they
were stopped. And why Not because
it would disturb him, for he lives up.
town, and not because it would disturb
anybody else in particular, for down
near old Trinity there are few dwelling
houses. No; his sense of the artistic
objected to few boys enjoying them
selves by blowing trumpets, and SO an
old custom that delighted many people
was put down at the command of one
preacher And we call this an indie
pendent country In London, at st.
PauIs, the chimes rang in the Now
Year, and to hear them there was an
enormous crowd, a crowd much more
inclined to fighting and rowdiness than
is an American crowd; and yet, it was
said the police only made two arrests,
because they knew it was holiday time,
and everybody was inclined to be jolly
But the preacher here in New York
gave nobody the privilege of enjoyment
but himself. Well, | suppose that is his
method of expressing Christianity and
loving his neighbor And he elects that
his neighbor shall be one who doesn't
blow a trumpet and who does not live
on the east side, among the other
| people.
Two or three people had dropped in,
and Hilary hadn't noticed them. She
was too much interested in her subject.
She next said preachers know a
poor chap who couldn't resist glass of
something to drink; he tried, oh, so hard,
and once he went to a well-known
preacher, and told him how hard he was
trying, and asked him to say prayer for
him; and the preacher knelt GOWN and
made one of those beautiful addresses to
the Almighty which are called prayers,
but which are really very clever rhetori-
cal specimens, and the poor sinner went
away feeling that he had taken one
step in the right direction, although he
hadn't got the encouragement that he
expected. That afternoon the preacher
PUT ON HIS FINEST FRoCK-CoAT
and his best gloves, and his most i'm
maculate hat, and paid visits. And
every place he went, he told the story
of this poor soul, aud told his name as
an evidence of the truth, and in course
OF time this became known TO the family
of the sinner, and with one accord they
agreed that US long as such men voiced
Christianity they would turn Pagans.
Well, the sinner died, and | am quite
certain that He would forgive much be-
cause of weakness, put out kinder
hand, and gave a greater love to him
than did his representative on earth.
know that to be true, and it has made
me think ever since that certainly a
man must be gentleman before he can
be Christian, and it has convinced me
that there are more Christians out OF
than in the pulpit"
"Now, Hillary" said 1, ''let us think
OF the men who are good, who do
good, and who understand human
nature SO well that they can make il
comprehend divinity"
LOVING TEACHERS, THEYl
so 1t was agreed that we would each
, write down the name of the man thai
. we believe to be great and good. The
! Colonel put the name of an unknown
! Methodist preacher who lived 'way
down south, who had to ride IS miles
to church, whose salary was $3.50 year
and who had four children, but whC
found life good, and who seemed tc
: have taken for his motto: watch thou
: in all things, endure Affections, do the
; work OF an evangelist, make full proof
of thy ministry"
. The other man wrote the name of {
= shoemaker who worked all the week a
his trade, and on Sunday expounded t.
: his little congregation what he though
4 to be the living truths OF the Bible, tax
y ing for this neither money nor gifts, bu
!, serving God in all honor and honesty.
The third mum wrote the name of
, man who belongs to an Episcopa
I brotherhood, who had renowned al
. worldly pleasures, and who had giyeI
y his fortune to the poor and worked da'
). and night among them, feeding first tn
4 body and then the soul.
a Hilary wrote the name of a boo
- Jewish rabbi, who, while he lived up /,
, the law, never forgot the charity tina
y covereth multitude of sins, and whic
makes man a brother to whatever ma
may be suffering.
= On the other paper was written tn
- name OF man of whom nothing ha
y ever been said that was not good; who's
40 life is an example to every huma
l. being, and yet who is so sweet an
10 tender that the smallest boy in the stree
Q gets smile from him as he passes, an
he doesn't think it beneath his dignity {
toss the ball back ii it has come over /
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