The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-04-04
N'TPREACH
ENOUGH TO
KNOW HOW

New York April 4.-That the preaching
of today is too often only for wealthy
cars and that sermons are concerned
mi ch more with systems OF economy. pol
u,cs and social culture than with reig-
ious preaching was told yesterday after
Moor 10 a gathering made up largely Of
his fellow clergymen by the Rev. DR..
Newell Dwight Hills. pastor OF Plymouth
Congregational church. Brooklyn.
The meeting was one OF a series in the
Church OF the Holy Communion 70 stimu-
late interest in a summer tent evengelistio
can paign. Bishop Greer. who followed
Dr. Hills. mildly criticised some points
r1ade by the Brooklyn minister DR.. Hills
said
'grhc old century IL ended and with IL
has disappeared IN large part the old ma
-tc riF l!sm-if you will, the old mammon-
ism. They are about gone. We have tried
saloons automobiles, bicycleeI-all these
and many others that we ought never To
have trfed-and they have all been found
We 6ntfng
And now. not as in - years before,
n ems hearts are filled with longing for
something better and higher and finer
1--WE of the clergy must ouadruple our
work John Wesley was carrying on a
multitude OF things at ~. II is useless for
US TO say we can't do this work Why.
We cergymen do not preach enough to
know how 20 preach. II we really wanted
W We could reach mtifion on-men- and
women and children in this town instead
OF perhaps a few hundred thousand
1--WE have been preaching ood self-cul-
ture so long that we have we'll nigh for
gotten how 10 tell the story OF Jesus
Christ. we have preached about the
things that have interested us and not In
torested other people. We have had too
many sermons with subjects rather than
with objects. Now, | may be wrong, but
I believe we must return 10 the simplici-
ties OF life
PREACH FROM CARTTAIL.
81 believe that we should preach the
g"spel in any and every way possible;
n ON q cart tail n necessary. did that
today 10 an men down by the entrsn 20
tho navy yard in Brooklyn. If during this
summer coming we had 10000 tents, each
seating 9Oo ] fully beieve we could fll
tllcm n We really tried
I'VE clergymen are here 10 work Let
us do g. We are not here 70 live 10 be
81 years OF age: we are here 90 burn our
selves up as sacrifices on the altar Of
Jesus Christ.
There is widespread religious enthu-
sissm pervading the labortns classes or
N is country. The rich don't need us
They have everything they want now and
can buy more at any time. They 60 south
I'm winter and 10 the shore in summer.
what they need. spiritually, IL calisaya
burk and quinine They have spiritual
gout. They are so full of the water OF
lifs that before more can be absorbed
their garments must be wrung out II Is
the thousands Ipon Thousands ot work
els about US who need this wonderful gos-
pel. and T. and I know you do. welcome
any chance TO lake IL TO them"
Bishop Greer said he felt notwithstand-
ing what Dr. Iillis had said, that every
clergyman needs rest and must have
one 10 fully 40 his duty but such tent
it.c vement as the one proposed was abso-
Irtely a necessity IN summer. He went on
20 urge the need ~ a religious revival.
~ there's a hint OF cstsrrh Tsnt apply
DR. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder without
delay n will save YOU suffering. heal
you quickly whether you have been a
slave one month or fifty years. IL re-
lieves cold In tho head and catarrhal head
aches IN ten minutes The Hon. David
Mile Minister ~ Justice for the DO
ninion ~ Canada endorses tt
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