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cess than their fathers in the same
field. When we study history We flhd
that men who were great ministers.
lawyers, doctors. artists. authors and
merchants have had sons who became
even greater ministers. lawyers. doc
tors. artists. authors and merchants.
Hamilcar was great Carthaginan
general. lie was the parent of Hannl.
bal, who was Il greater general than
his noble sire. There were two great
Sclpios. father and son. Which was
the greater it is impossible to tell.
Samuel u. Gross and II. l.. Pancoast
and Lewis y. Sayre wore the great
American surgeons Of their times. They
all had sons who became just as great
as they were. Lyman Beccher's fame
is no greater than that Of his son. Hen
~ Ward Bcechcr. Thomas Moran be-
longs to n family of artists who are
all masters Of the brush. Charles Yves
ley. the hymnoloCist. had Il son who
for years was the most eminent organ
list of all Europe. Walter Dainrosch
and F'ranl; Damrosch are treading in
the footsteps OF their giftrl father, DR..
Leopold DamrOsch Because n father
is a great musical genius that does not
prove that his son or sons may not be-
come as great musical masters as their
siles. Lord Chatham was premier of
England. His son. William Pitt. was
premier also. But though genius in
one line Of work may pass from father
| to son and bc inherited. that does not
prove that all sons are fitted by brain
and temperament to fight the battle in
| their fathers armOr or TO achieve with
| the same sword victories such as their
| fathers won.
Great In Different Field.
| Tho son of great genius may be as
great man as his father. but In a
different sphere. He cannot wear his
| fathers armor. but he can wear ar1nor
| Of another Kind in which he may win
| victories in II different field. Oliver
| Wendell Holmes was one of the most
| beloved writers in American history.
| His son Is q great man. but he is not Il
| great writer. Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Jr.. IS n member OF the highest judicial
| bench of the world. He is an honOrrd
associate iu.tice Of the supreme court
Of the United States Judge Joseph
Story had one OF the greatest legal
minds this nation ever produced. In
his class room at Harvard many who
aftcrward became great lawyers sat at
his feet 10 learn Of this modern CANA
licl Judge Story had Il son who be
came one or the greatest of America S
sculptors William Wctmore Story.
Here we find the laws of hercdity
changed 4 great lawyer has poet
! and sculptor for a son, while in Oliver
Wendell Holmes case we find a poet
who has a great lawyer for Il son.
What is true in reference to law and
poetry IS also true in reference to the
ministry Great ministers have had
sons who became great ministers. bu.
that does not imply that all boys born
in q parsonage should follow the pro
feSsion of their fathers. John Mitche;
Mason was the greatest pulpit orator
of New York city in his day. lie dies
Dee. &c. 1879. \ contemporary give.
this powerful description Of this kin!
of pu!pitcprs who swaycd his audience.
Tor mis-. i AIKEN HllOGctucT III
American preacher has combined more
impressive qualities His aspect wa.
on n scale of grandeur correspondents
10 the majesty OF the mind within
Tall. robust. with head modelled ate
neither Grecian nor Roman standard
Vet symmetrical, combining the dig
nifty of the one and the grace Of tn,
other. with an eye that shot fire. es
Dccially when under the excitement o
earnest preaching. yet tender and tear
FIJI W hen the pathetic chord was touch
ed. with n forehead broad and high ant
with a lnO".h and 4 chin expressive o
!ir1nness att. decision, DR.. Mason stoO,
before YOU. t:le prince of American pul
pit orators" But. though John Mitchell
Mason Was all that. his father, Rev
John Mason. was Just as great. job
Mitchell Mason without doubt inherite
the pulpit genius Of his father. ~
as | read history where | find on
minister's son who became a grea
minister ! also find dozen minister.
sons who won their fame in othe
: walks Of life than in the ministry. Ru
tnc ministerial Ctlc.il Is HOL ItttSSdTlI
. transmittable talent. AgaSsiz, lia
> lam. Cowper. Colcridgc, Tcnnysoi
] Lowell. Emerson. Matthew Arnol,
4 Macaulay. Thackeray. Sir Christophs
Wren. Sir Joshua Reynolds, Stern
I lIazlitt. Peter Stuyvesant, Samuel l
q Morse and hundreds Of others Of Jesse
g fame were all ministers sons who wo
j their success In life outside Of the mil
e istry.
r Holmes' Son Not a Poet.
u In all probability, had Oliver We
o dell Holmes tried to make his son
d poet, Oliver Wendell Holmes, IT,. wou
r have made out Of life Just as great
q failure as have some men who enters
the ministry merely because their f
= theirs were ministers. There are mar
Il physicians sons who have signs nails
!, to their front doors whom God new,
@ intended TO be physicians. These N,
r. entered the medical profession not b
Il cause they were adapted TO the wor
% but because their fathers We're do
- TORS, and they expected their father
- names and influence to push them
success. God meant these doctors so
TO be merchants or soldiers or mocha
les or sailors. Young man. l care II
whose son you may be- find out VIII