The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09

to 60 after your brother Joe and get
him to come home again for my sake.'
With a cry you leap to your feet.
You shake the dying womans hand off
your forehead. "What-go for that
drunken brute, whose cruel heel has
given you your death wound? Never,
mother--never l will see him in Jail
aye, or in the Internal rcgions-tirst."
Then your mother begins to plead. She
says: Harry. YOU have suffered on &C
count Of Jcc, but have not | Suffered?
Have not I gwen my life for him:
) And, oh, Harry, I cannot di" happy I'M
| less we save your brother joe Ourc
! there was time when you wanted to
save your brother Joe for his own sake.
Now there comes a greater inspiration
! into your life. You want to say" him
because you can make your mother
happy, who is dying on account Of J"c''
sins. Is not this the figure of Gol's
| love? The Christian orator is inspired
with Il desire to save sinful man from
| eternal death for himself. But more
! than that-aye, far more than that
he is inspired with the transrcnhcnt
| hope Of pleading for man TO turn from
! sin and be saved in order to satisfy
tbe) desire of a divine Father for the
return Of his prodigals. He does 1t
now for Christ's sake-for ChrlSt's
sake. For God so loved the world
! that he gave his only hegottcn Son, that
whatsoever bclicveth On him should not
perish, but have everlasting life" Oh,
the mighty inspiration which makes q
! gospel orator not only plead to save
men for themselves, but to save men
for the sake Of the divine Fathers
forgiying love!
! The Power OF the Holy Spirit.
| Thus, while the sublime oratory Of
the gospel speaker may be awakened
by many different Inspirations, its
mightlest factor is due to the power or
the Holy Spirit himself. When Jesus
Christ stood up before the jewish peo-
pie to speak, his hearers intuitivcly felt
there was a strange, a superhuman and
divine power about him. When the
! true Christian orator arises to speak,
then also this strange influence is felt.
! The same divine influence that Christ
had over an audience you and may
have in degree If we will only let the
Holy Spirit work in us and through Us,
for Christ distinctly says that the very
works he did we may do If We will
only let the Holy Spirit live In us
"A Christian orator." some one says
what does that mean? If truly give
myself up to the Holy Spirit, can I be-
come great speaker and address great
audiences? Why, l have not the voice.
l have not the physical strength. In
one sense l have not the education. l
could not stand before a multitude Of
people If tried" No, not that. I do
not believe God will ever call you to be
a SpurgeUn, a Guthrie, a Beether or Il
| Mason. Not that. do not believe, week
in and week out. You will be called tip
on to I'll an auditorium with a formal
! sermon. But you can be a great orator
for Christ nevertheless. Did you ever
stop to think that public speaking is OILY.
public conversation on big scale?
The other day l was talking to an
| old man who used to be a student of
the great DR. Eliphalet Mott of Union
college. One day In the oratorial
class a student arose to speak. He
began to let out his voice in rotun1
style. lie dramatically lifted his arms
and tWitched his eyebrows when Or
Mott stopped him and said: my son.
| that is not oratory. If you have some
| thing to say, just tell it to us as you
would If there were only three of us
alone in room. Public speaking Is
| only public conversation on a big
scale" Don't you grasp the truth? BY
the law of Christian oratory you may
never be called upon to address large
audience at once, but you can address
two or three hearers for Christ at the
| breakfast table. You can address a
neighbor for Christ in the street car
going down to business You can
speak for Christ in the prayer meeting
and in the Sunday school. You can be
come an exponent Of the sublnest or
atory of the world, the gospel oratoiy,
| by which the Holy Spirit works in
you and through you in conversation.
VIII you consecrate an eloquent tongue
to the divine Master?
"Just tell It," says DR.. Mott. If you
have anything to say for Christ by the
Holy Spirit power, will you not just
tell it? My father once told me that the
first great orator he ever heard was
Theodore Frelinghuysen of New Tcr-
sey. He was an intellectual giant-sen-
ator, chancellor of the University Of
New York, Wing candidate for the vice
presidency in 1874 and president Of
Rutgers college. His fame was nation
nj and international. My father said:
"Of course I expected to see and to
hear perfect whirlwind of oratory,
but great was my surprise when Theo-
dore Frelinghuysen quietly arose In
that New Jersey courtroom. He placed
his foot upon the rung Of the chair.
Then he commenced to talk to the jury
in simple, earnest way, as you or |
might talk in private parlor. But be
won his case It was the finest piece of
quiet oratory to which l ever listened
He had something to say, and he said