The sun., 1901-03-17

hearers to sav step by step Yes, Lord that is
my payer too" But ~ the kind il was
one on ne best genuine mans u'tarance
lh' 'ervt,e NJ Madison : u1re is Of this
straight ancient fashion before the Episcopal
liturgy began t. be drawn upon There are
~ re>p"h-e-, NJ gloria, no making a
high iNuctlon of tn collection. For alb
,"h'" Ui 'enri' hment' the service might
have h" ppen"d if'v vear- ago, and il had iha
honest advantage of Mt being a hrbrid
A. 10 DR. Parkhurst's sermon. there isn't
room Tor much variety Of OI iuion 4 sermon
on an abstract theme that is followed eagerly
bN small hol. q hard-headod business man,
4 clever society woman. a bookkeeper and
Distinguished author and approved and en-
io>ed by each ui these j. a sermon worth
fcrn,lnN, because II ba- universal Unalit.S
ahd becau-e they ind as many SORTS of people
u II easy enough to make a concrete subject
interesting 10 mixed crowd but such n
proposition a. every one that loveth knOweth
tod II a mrtGpl N-iCal abstraction that tests
preachers Cdiil"r to H." extreme when ho
sets ont I" make every body Understand every
! hing
>, Bul Dr parkhur>t took il without a stumble.
ne chal!"d along IN natural. unstrained
VOC" Win no pHN- Tor effect, and he ul ade
concrete thlngs ont Of metaI h, -ics 50 that the
average h'dr'r could not iHncy he was being
iHkrli thr"nrh course of intellectual sub
u"lltS winch make the various theOogss
storm AT one another Why should any BODY
Tprm over ~nrh simple undisputed things,
| Why, only brca,i-e they don't fave the mil
NcrUlng mind of an Emerson or a 81 John or
SiIl Greater Genius 10 reduce ntprminsbl.s
| 10 Nlmples That - he method that Park
"''' llfN h'ii' ttl''s ana ~flNIl say he hpt
IaGshl u one mil he~lldi" To say that.
| hut ! IS hard 10 name another preacher who
l. T,Ir :" ,rr 80 dr"r md 10 tel il 50 simpE.
ihi' J. how nS appllrd thHt method TO 81
| Johh leNl, 'ivrry ono that low eth knoweth
| Hod lhlnklhg and feeling were the two
way h SLOWING any hing, he said: but
/ lh order l4 make people see what feeling
, could reveal which uci- thinking could nor
III -houh NJ illustration rec Every nustra-
! Jon hH' G,"lp"d VIZ !rp". each had . different
hayur These illr.trIi.uu~ were simnle ox
simplicity. and the, wcn. bricf They we're
I 80 tp' ana 'puvIu'ing fhat the, seemed like
r"il arguments, and some speakers would
nu' nave hrslidtcd 10 iI~r them ~ trick demon-
Ntal"n- bul ParNhurI knew his audieno,
too Vel Tor fuHl. and ptreU eUiuahl ne was too
g'nu'n" himself T." do IL II he could
hs frank depreciation or their value ~ argr,
! h''h'> va NOR" cnrvtiN" ihau arguments.
l"u ~" where he Was tHking YOU and
when hr applied to mHu n!, principle that
t% rI could sometimes reveal more of a
I thlhr lhah thinking, v"u mad uo quarrel with
NM nm taste Tor more Oi l. Suuce piuuante
You "er" gong along happily now, with
on, putting hmm io proof. and you had conf
u"h'- may he "asni going 10 fool you nc
the end, h""alI,- he had hnrn honest thus
/ Tar u was accordingly u clear case that a
h"l Who loved Ia, moIh"r understood her
D"ltrr man a professor Of mathematics
'"nid unless he loved her. too
Anu bOdt n, a. b"tH cen feeling and
thinking love ~aes farther and trIer into
"N1rNhiuR nnd everybody else II must nat
! urallv do h" -an" Win tod THAT seems TOO
"htInuN to TAX about II M" theoogans
"nv uud'r-,opd this they vuul,ln't rshi'
), John. win his great love, understood
tuH b-'t"r Than - Paul with h's great brain.
J"hu tell. ~ What cod j.. Paul tn, ~ Gods
policy PAU tnv'stigate~ tod like a vast
,unp' Nml" JoIn l&kr- ~ Wler" tod lives.
Ihls only -Hgx'sl~ that tho hear j., the best
informant We are Hp' 10 have about God.
u 'ac hra.h q APT tu Dr aguo~lIr. the hear "
alN ", ihe's,l. and e." ia th" making Of creed,
the nrar ought tu have majority vote
f., u hard "rod, l. lie - remote that
b To lu'r IiIu -r'tu~ hIluus' luuny7 Then