Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-20

new colored church was occupied. when he
ascended the pulpit steps last night and
long rows of black faces looked down at
MIN from the balcony. Dr. Walker Is q
man OF perhaps 80 or more. He is of med
aum size and although his face Is as bIack
a. q stove pipe he says he never drinks
conee because II is deleterious to the COM
plexion. His features are prominent. He
mas q sharp mustache and short hair. His
voice Is not exceedingly strong but clear
and well modulated.
sermons are sententious and epi-
wepuhnatic. They abound In original, strik-
II observations and his gestures. though
- sraceful, are strong and spontaneous.
Day" he said. "Eut II men would put the
ht6le into practice there would he no
proolems. That book Is Craftsmanship as
Vel as religion and 1t not only teaches the
rainerhood Of o but the universal
brotherhood OF man."
the supreme Object of Worship In re-
ferring 10 Gods plan of salvation. he said:
10 many say they fall TO understand that
the Almighty didn't take nan into his
confidence just a little bit in arranging
day. when there are so many trusts and
comcines. salvation would have been
bought up and cornered and monopolized
had anything to do with II. As some rhym-
ster has raid
'x re,iEion vas = thing that money could buy,
enrich would live aud the poor would die"
One OF the characteristics Of the Black
epurgeon's style is his fund of illustrative
a~necdoteA- He used one of these to show
feeling instinctively that Christ wa divine.
nssaftne a conversation uppose 10 have
TAKEN place between Napoleon and General
When the latter expressed the opinion that
Snr's sn Sa az, Snly N man, Napoleon stopped
JVKn0U mon. Anf nax.ar kpou, ~~- Vr-
AChrtst. He bad that in Him that no man
ever had. He was divine. His army
so OF the crossuis now marching on
srai. think you, Is marshaiing any forces
Tor me! In . year or two i shall dia and
ASen. But His name will live forever
Colonel lnge-soir and General Lew WAL
e we're once taking a ride together. the
. cSpanion that he intended 10 write n
Vial tearing the mask from the face Of
Ss.1sxt and showing Him TO have been but
human. InEersoll told him that he was the
very mar to write such a book and com.
..Whsn General Wallace prepared to writ.
about reading the New Testament careful-
" a. . prerequisite Before he had finished
Z. he convinced himself OF his own error
Over and over again. continued the
spsaker. Il have read OF the Pharisee who,
after ~recounting his virtues. thanked God
that he was not like other men. And I
have often wondered who this Pharieee
was like. He was not like God and he was
nct IKE the p~ubiican-he must have been
Mr.. Walker dealt sanctiication a blow in
declaring that such a thing as perfection
VA Impossible TO man.. Man was intend
ed 70 grow increasingly into Christian
d Lord Is our Judge" be said. 'the
Lord Z: our King. the Lord Is our Law
: legislative combined In one,"
But IL Is In his pictures OF the hereafter.
the hosts OF saints marching up to
Seu II fs that his voice In raised and his
. sways back and forth as he adds
ke after stroke TO the grand scene and
4fshals phaianx after phalarx OF moral
eroes In Miitonic array. moving on with
= (eAdy tread. gi!ttering. triumphant. to the
stes Of heaven. In the course Of a bit
7 bic sermon. shouts went up from every
: 3parter of the church and the audience was
= erked up to a high pitch of religious
~ Sear the tread Of the feet of tie Great
St." he said. Tramp. tramp. tramp.
.6 come. Like the angel whose wings
I'D retarded by polar SHOWS or equatorial
they come, Tramp. Tramp, sh,u,der
ch-arEer-onward they march-company aft
er company. cavalcade after .cavalcade,
sn1nsnnas upon thousands and millions
marching on through the ages and forever.
The church OF God going home to Zion.
All. friends. many are waiting there for
|, YOU! That mother that lies buried beneath
y he sod, that little son or daughter. that
, ster, that brother-they are waiting and
Aim to YOU. Re of good courage they
,we4y. They are not far away. They See your
por Euggies they know your temptations"
Then. when the emotions OF the audience
@ean 10 find vent in shouts, the speaker
tuersd his voice and shifted TO another line
attack. gradually working upon the
Sa.4elLngs Of his hearers again until he Was
sc&kain compelled TO let w.