The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22

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sermon O. tre C1rlsrlan church wlI b. a
short EerrL1l- tor1eUs9raCn lS DEMANDED
ry me sz- II vnj-1 w. 1--we. No more
need o. long iErrc111tsons and long apPlI-
cations ana - many divisions 70 4 dis
c11rse tEst it may D. zsad 70 D. hydra
Eez1e1 In 0-ner days -eu get all their
few books slL there we're TO newspapers
ana tnere was little travel from place 70
place. AMI reor-e wJIii sl- AMI listen TWO
ard q half hours to a religious discourse.
ana '-seFeE teeuErlyf would find them fresh
and cnipper In those times there was
enough room for mar % take an hour
20 warm himself Up 70 the subject and an
Eolr 10 cool of But what wss necss-
shy then is 8 E1Ter1iuitF row COCgregs-
tons are fun o. knowledge from books.
from NJ Esps pers. from rapid ami c1utin-
u5us iEteEcoUuurI carioE, and long ti=qul-
zirsons % what they know already wlll NOT
- a1Sicd. u 2 religious teacher cannot
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people In the space Of forty-five minutes.
bel-sr adjourn b. 70 some other day
The trouble Is. We preach audiences into
Christian frame. and then we preach
them out o. T. We forget that every au-
Gitor has 80 much capacity OF attention,
ana when that b. exhausted he Is restless.
That accident on the Long Island rail-
road came from the fact that the brakes
were out Of order. and when they wanted
70 SOP the crain they could not stop.
hence the casualty Was terrific. In all re-
Ag4ous discourse We want locomotive pow
81 ard propulsion. We want at the same
time stout brakes % Jet down al the right
instant Il is q dismal thing. after a hear
er mas comprehended the whole subject,
20 hear a man say: NOW, to recapitu-
late" ana "a few words by way Of appli-
cation" and once more" and finally"
and now 70 conclude"
Paul preached until Midnight. and Eu-
y - q
window and broke his neck Some would
say. Good for MIN" I would rather be
sympathetic Ike Paul, and resuscitate
MIN. That accident is often quoted now
10 religious circles as a warning against
eCmnolence IN church. II is just as much
a warning 10 ministers against prOliXity.
EUtychus was wrong IN his sOmnolence.
but Paul made a mistake when he kept
on until midnight. He ought 70 have stop
ped al Il o'clock, and there would have
been no accident II Paul might have gone
On 10 too great length. let all those Of us
who are now preaching the Gospel Temem-
Der that there is a limit TO religious dis
course, or ought 70 be. and that in our
time we have no apostolic power or mira
cles- Napoleon, IN an address Of seven
minutes, thrilled his army and thrilled En-
rope. Cnr.sts sermon on the mount-the
model sermon-was less than eighteen
minutes long at ordinary mode Of delivery.
It is not electricity scattered all over the
sky that strikes, but electricity gathered
into a thunderbolt and hurled; and it IS
not religious truth scattered over. spread
out over vast reach Of time, but religious
truth projected in compact form that
flashes light upon the soul and rives its in
difference.
When the coming sermon arrives in this
land and In the Christian church-the SER
mon which IS 70 arouse the world and
startle the nations and usher in the king
DON'T viii be brief sermon. Hear 1t, all
theological students, all We just entering
upon religious work, all We men and wo-
men who In Sabbath schools and other de-
partments are toiling for Christ and the
salvation Of immortals. Brevity Brevity.
But 1 remark also that the coming ser
mon of which / speak will be a popular
sermon. There are those In these times
who speak Of a popular sermon as though
a. .a.E- L. l.
As these critics are dull thenlseives, the
world gets the impression that a sermon
is good in proportion as II Is stupid. Christ
was the most popular preacher the world
ever saw, and, considering the small num-
Der Of the worlds population, had the
largest audiences ever gathered. He never
preached anywhere without making a
great sensation People rushed out In the
wilderness to hear him. reckless of their
physical necessities. SO great was THEN
anxiety TO hear Christ, that, taking nc
food with them, they would have tainted
and starved had not Christ performed a
miracle and fed them. Why did SO many
people take the truth at Christs hands
Because they all understood It. He Illus
trated his subject by hen and her chick
ems, by a bushel measure, by a handful
OF salt, by a birds flight and by lily-s
aroma All the people knew what he
meant, and they fiocked to him. And wher
the coming sermon of the Christian church
appears, Il win not be Princetonian, not
Rochesterian, not Andoverian, not Mid
dletonian, but Olivetic-plain, practical
unique, earnest, comprehensive of all u
the woes, wants, sins, sorrows and neces-
stiles Of an auditory
But when that sermon does come, there
win be a thousand cleaning scimitars tc
charge on it. There are in so many theo
logical seminaries professors telling youna
men now 10 preach, themselves not know.
ing how; and / am told il a young man In
some of our theological seminaries says
anything quaint, or thrilling, or unique
faculty and students fly at him, and sci
him right, and straighten him out anc
smooth him down, and chop him OF
until he says everything just as everybody
else says 1t. Oh, when the coming ser
mon of the Christian church arrives, all
the churches of Christ in our great citi les
will be thronged The world wants spirit
ual help. All who have buried their dead
want comfort. All know themselves to be
mortal and to be immortal, and they want
to hear about the great future. l tel
you, my friends, if the people Of these
great cities who have had trouble only
thought they could get practical and sym.
pathetic help in the Christian church