The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-24
God out of the sullness OF their expert
ence.
TIRE OF sENsATIoNALIsM.


TIRE OF sENSATIoNALIsM.
do we believe that to be in Christ as
st. Paul says so many times is as diner
erent from being out OF Christ as hght
is from darknessp IL we do then we have
no sympathy with the people who cry
for the abolishment OF the pulpit and
make a minister into a precentor.'
He told the story OF a flower girl who
offered the chimney sweep rose. TO have
II refused with scorn. with the words.
II want none OF your flowers, i want
wash" ''It is ridiculous TO offer flowers TO
a dirty man What he wants Is cleans
ing" said the clergyman.
"Men get tired OF sensationalism, OF
| fireworks. but they never get tired OF the
stars.
"If a man tries to entertain Gods
guests with his own means. he soon goes
bankrupt, but IL he draws upon Gods
purse he always has a reserve fund. You
can no more exhaust the wealth OF mate
rial in the Bible any more than children
with their pals can ease up the sea
sands
"In these days when respectability
passes for holiness Is the beat time for
| teaching There are none so ignorant as
the educated people OF the day. They are
| ignorant Of religious themes. a church
which was formed with only the service.
with no preacher to tell them their duties
lasted just six months.
MINISTER'S NEED MUCH HELP.
Let the preacher preach and II his
sermons are long, give him time 10 make
| them shorter. Long sermons are the re-
| suit OF insufficient preparation"
The speaker then scored the clergymen
who make up in the length OF the SER
mons. what they lack in depth.
Don't let II be said OF your pastor. that
| nobody works but the minister, don't
save the privilege OF getting the church
| out Of debt or run half dozen guilds
unaided Just let him preach the gos-
| pei"
In opposition TO this he pictures the
sermons delivered in Boston last Sunday.
when King Leopold. Benjamin Franklin
and a dead hand was given. Where they
got their texts from IN the Bible. l don't
know. That is sensatlonalism.
From the laymans viewpoint. Professor
Walter c. Bronson being neatly intro
| duced as dssenter who might have been
! burned as pestilent fellow to funeral
| music.
lie. said although he was a Baptist. he
| loved the old prayerbook as a sonorous
and musical piece OF English literature.
| Although he was 10 talk from the view
| years ii would be better to say from an
| outsider. He said he had heard none or
be personal, but simply say what every
| one would say.
The length Of sermons nowadays was
| referred 10 and he said that the sermon
! should be In proper proposition 10 the
! other part OF the service.
AS member OF denomination which
has the sermon more prominent fea,
! 10 say he was pleased with the Episcopal
! form, where the sermon Is a smaller part
| OF the service.
FEARLESSNESS is NEEDED.
sermon OF more devotional tone and
a fvh
! flavor was what was needed. In many
cases the Intellectual plane OF the speaker
= a half-eentury behind his hearers, and
! the sound comes out but dimly, as
! through gimlet holes OF a box.
There is nothing that brings the preach
Ing more into disfavor among intellectual
/ people than the form OF argument, with
| out It's force, as the short time allowed
| requires.
What is needed in preachers is fearless
rebuking evil and rich near sin would
! do much to convince men OF the earnest
ness of the preacher. he said.
! He quoted a colleague as saying people
are interested in human life in all Its
! relations, and said II he was TO preach
he would start in on some phase OF life
| Then he would lead around To the teach
| ing OF the Bible or some text and con-
meet them irrefutaely II possible.
IT Is my experience that a sermon
equally effective. II the subject matter
! is worthy
simplicity, a quiet intensity, as CON
in preacher which i like.
80 long as human blood IL warmer
than printers ink long will the preacher
prevail over the book
Judge Stephen A. Cooke said he did
| not wholly agree with all OF the gentle
men who had spoken. saying the minister
was an ambassador from God telling OF
the promise OF salvation.
SHOULD BE PREPARED.
,JA aA1 III. %
on the Sabbath unless he Is prepared
fully with his subject. He Is false TO his
duty else. The people are coming hungry
TO the sanctuary and none should be sent
unified away II 1t takes an hour to tell IL.
He should enter the pulpit convinced
that God demands all that is best In
him.
John p. Farnsworth next spoke and he
said he thought that clergymen did not
specialize enough on preaching.
some olergymsn pick out a text and
not necessarily go together and they
know that the combination will keep YOU
awake.
Bishop McVickar said he came prepared
for sort OF scrap between the pulpit
and laity and said he had not found It.
After all a clergyman is only human
and is not allowed to dwell on the heights,
although he would delight to be there.
How can a clergyman dwell there under
the CALLING conditions under which some
OF them labor."I must -say4t--T They are
not in some cases properly taken care OF.
Many times the clergymen have 70 do
every blessed thing In the parish because
Oftentimes their clothes suffer that they
may build up their library, that Is so es-
sential.
THE clergyman does the work OF three
men. and you wonder that he does not
preach great sermons
IF you have a poor preacher, remem-
Der IL Is half your fault, not that you have
called the wrong man, but because you
have neglected TO give him your hearty
support and confidence.
II am surprised at the criticisms OF the
laity about the length OF the sermon AS
we'll criticise the size OF a canvas
Some sermons are long a 10 minutes
and others are short at an hour"