The age-herald., 1900-03-04
SOME NOTED PREACHERS
 OF THE UNITED STATES

lieve that everybody would get to heaven finally
 1T have given earnest consideration to that question, of course; have read the prince of Unitarians, Dr. Charming, hoping that might find some ground for believ- ing that all mankind would be saved But I am firm In my belief that eternal punish ment awaits those who reject the gospel plan of salvation. There is nothing in the Universalist idea Or the Unitarian theology"
 The Baptist denomination has been rich in eloquent preachers, but the greatest genius amongst them was John A. Broadus. A scholar, an author, an orator and sweet tempered, magnetic man, his influence ex- tended far beyond the Baptist pale. He was a rhetorician-a consummate artist in wood -painting-but his perfect good taste never allowed him to exalt the art of rhetoric at the expense of clean cut ideas and practical wisdom. Broadus has had many imitators but men of his culture and matchless eloquence are not found in every generation. Great Baptists there are, but no John A. Broadus.
 Rabbi Harris
 All the rabbis that have heard or known have been learned men. pr. Harris, an English Jew, but for many years and at the time or HIS Qedtu p1le m1nlSteT III cudTBe Ol Beth Ahaba synagogue, at Richmond, was a man of profound learning, although he was not what might have been styled pulpit or platform orator. Some years ago Bishop Whfttle of tine Protestant Episcopal diocese of Virginia, one of the ablest Epis- copal divines in the United States. preached a sermon in which he emphasized the duty of his people in the matter Of making an organized effort for the conversion of the Jews. The Episcopal church, he main- tained. had not been doing its duty in rela- tion to Judaism. Rabbi Harris, on reading report of the good bishops discussion in the newspapers. wrote and published an open letter to the learned churchman which was regarded by Christians as well as Israelites as a trenchant answer to the proposition referred to. The rabbi took the position that the bishop had better look after the Gentiles and let the Jews alone From a controversional point of view, the general public thought that Dr. Harris undoubtedly got the best of Bishop Whitte. Thus far I have confined my sketches to those di- vines who have passed away. I will now write of men who are living.
 Archbishop J. J. Keane, sometime Bishop of Richmond afterwards rector of the Catholic University at Washington and now living in Rome as consultor to the con- gregation or committe of sacred studies and counselor to the Propaganda, is a theolo- gian of much acumen and masterful preacher. He has wofld-Wide reputation and draws crowds in the large cfties-in New York, Boston. Dublin and London. He has all the graces of the orator and na- ture has given him a melliauous voice which rises at his command to tones of ringing quality. He is possessed of sharp wit and broad humor (his grace Is an Irishman) but in the pulpit he seldom allows his hu- nor play. In presenting gospel truth pr. Keane is intensely earnest and when in full swing is splendily impassioned.> The last time I heard the archbishop was at St. Pauls church, Washington, q little