New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-16
THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
A SERMON ON THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE
SUCCESSFUL PREACHER.
ELoouENCE AND TALENT ALONE CANNOT SAVE
soULS-THE BIBLE THE MINISTER'S WEAPON
PERSONALITY AN ESSENTIAL. CHAR
AcTERIsTIc OF PULPIT SPEAKERS

-PERSoNALlTN AN ESSENTIAL THAR
ACTERIsrIc OF PULPIT SPEAKERS
The Rev. Henry Spel!meyer. who is at the close OF
his fourth year of third term as pastor or the
Central Methodist Episcopal Church in Newark
addressed his people yesterday on THE Christian
Ministry" His text was II Corinthians, Nv. q
I'VE have this treasure in earthen vessels That the
oxce,lencv Of the power may be OF God. and not of
US" He said in part
right does he claim hearing Who calls t him ana
stands hm let aS be- of od The true
minister comes to the pulpit under divine auhoits
He Sen sSyes becane no
left him. since God has called him 10 pTsae" aror
did not; IMAM samuel did not The Apostles did not
And our credentials come no; from rope n no.
lips OF risen Redeemer and the voice Of The Holy 9,y
Ghost Every true minister Is sent OF Cod his
are gaea by i'm who bed upon the Cross ,,.,.o
Such man goes not b forth v alone Presence oIs
eeioquenee but they are saved by powers that are
dead body will make it move and stare ou' TINS Is
not real life. The preacher Is IN toucn Win "a
is power and truth without logical form Is pail p
tude But man Is no, chang onosred and not
subdued The chief power Of the preacher is NOT IN
the Of his mind ba nor IN the w hm hen
he becomes resistless stephen on the day OF n's
martyrdom. Peter on the day OF fehteSo n a'a ~,
the fooishness OF preaching peco"es inc P'' "
minister comes to his work sauppra YIN thaa
any two edged sword While the Bibe Is nod i,s
SIT to every man. the GhTs nar m H secrets de-
clare it's promises and preach II as me yer. VIZ
Of God Since Christ ,s Is sf ne Since CHRIS
the bread of life he is to offer Him 10 '"'s '"''''''
This book will never become obsolete There rs Is
no such book get cnes sermons from ,s n the
Weap5m e Cod has Chosen to suSdue the universe Al
hoah old and tried II has not lost Its e sese prob
ably we have lost the firmness of our grip, rs no,
In magnfyng he gifts Of heaven dr, , Minister e
both are cojoined The day is past when sInoot I
face white tie and cier;cai sI n ea man where
providence without Its aid never could Ihe dsy
has when the elamor is f3r men so w IN ssS ha
ney a are called Of preach unless .ey rr sse
burning up with great thoughts as wen maj a. when
God calls man 10 preach. then he can preach en-
The baptism Of the Holy Ghosi is nsh s Apostles
the demand now is that The gift OF speech s"a'' Nv
cotemporaneous with Inc 6ap' ,hrone Of power the
fucrum about which all else moves The P,' rrna
press and especially the daily newspiper wonla keep
the pews occupied must keep his own mind h'i .,a
wn sasod and n1: aTaHs Sf s COD
lie must study not books only. but men ana tnings
He must He must VG,os he
nulpit Is not stage and that 1t differs rom me
Ss,Sm and ss ea int aG but Of
He sim the B BslIer M has sa @ and
n 10 make s a an opportunity might
TO stand before men In the stead % @ Goa d'S
Aps n not tS. mem nigh SUCH once
only the touch Of gen ha, pGI The n mn
eeenGy Of 91 each pSTst that like Paul should
determine to know nothing nothing but Onf" what
mfa h p misster may explore every hed Of
thought provided the sod the anu One
e myrr preach about the and rot preach the
Gospel one can make ThS Sa csse as sausry
Tn quite as feiess and cod The Christ to preach
n is ins Ss sTs b e the Of Him
and the profoundly he KNOWS MIN makes the
he rrsses sn HE he who 1ss
Of God will nearest TO the hsars n 81 the rem
here !; aS ns pem TSose VINO hear largely deter
mine be Dopu,ss, nos r.. co., the
SSSes and preachers should have the arges, iS
Owing most skfu IN iT the ing p " the
diS:eet Of the Gospel. ,,v does no,
It IS said that the Of CaaY Possbly it
does not because it fails to interest ana heip tnrm
Practical preaching IL gsne bIs 10 you but SHOW
yos To yourseves Christ dlinsated charac'eI ne
knew what was n b me woman nma a, the well soon
that He all she had done ne bebs The hs e
,hs t. Paul by ioh few the sf Bap
,t., nrsached they left everything 10 near him. W.
cause ne was talking about them; so,.,. Az long
len i've on earth they will 90 10 hear preachers
Breach Real preaching includes two d eouanitV
and ppersonaiity variable quantity Therefore NE
truth preached is colored by the personamty Ui b
theTe is living magnetic, unique persons al Do to
Ia {, and men 20 10 hear the preacher 80 az W
nInu IT, ruth from living person and the nspra
re. ' ,hat comes from human heart beating III
W read in books any Sunday as GOOD sci
mon as you win hear in any csusch man Db BEHIND yD The
go W The age for preachers Is not pass1,ns
away No class OF men address on any o on arse
o. hnst Of people as the ministers OF the dosPe Vi
the Son Of God.
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