New-York tribune., 1906-08-11

coming here from Oakland, Cal. In Oakland ne
was known as the peoples preacher. Here he
was accustomed TO packed houses OF two thou
sand people morning and evening. When ne
took the Denver pastorate, which was looked
on as an iceberg by the Synod the attendance
was small and interest at low tide. To-day,
however. his church is packed as OF old-it has
sprung into quickened life-misSiOnary spirit
abounds and the debt Of $4,000 has melted
away. A chapel in the suburbs, and mission
I'm nearby coal camp. are the latest features OF
the church missionary spirit and expansion.
DR.. Coyle is lfty-seven years Of age-has been
in the ministry twenty seven years. He was born
in Canada-his parents are Scotch, OF which ne
is proud AS public speaker he is constantly IN
menting ON his work states that he is easily the
leading pulpit orator In the West. He is hard
student, his sermons are carefully written and
memorized 70 the punctuation points. The YER
heard"
The facts here stated relating 70 Dr. Coyle
were furnished by friend OF his, and the COM
mittee feels itself very much favored in securing
such a prominent and able preacher Tor the
summer.
DR.. Coyle is an exponent OF the greatness Of
man. In a sermon on that subject, which he
will preach tomorrow morning at the union
services. he says, after referring 20 the immen-
sity Of the universe:
Our King James version makes the Psalmist
rank man next below the angels. but that is not
passage reads. For thou hast made him little
lower thaD God; thou madest him TO have DO
minion over the works Of thy hands: thou
hast put all the things under his feet.
"a little lower than God" AS Joseph Parker
puts it, Man is the second name the register.
God signs first and passing the pen 20 man. he
signs second" Mans rank. therefore, is next TO
God. Sometimes, indeed, he seems low enough
We have seen him so debased that he seemed
less than intelligent brute We nave seen MN
bloated and bear-eyed and beastly. We have
seen him wallowing in the mire, feeding upon
filth. smacking his lips with relish over some
meal OF Vileness and abominatiOn. We have
seen him consumed with hell-fre vice burning
and fostering in his blood, disease eating away
his life, a poor. wasted worthless wreck But
in his degradation there hints ana
flashes of what he and OF what he may
vet become There is something about him
which declares that the mire of the swamp and
the valley is a foreign land to him; that he was
made TO walk upon the hills like king
Priority, superiority is not to be deter
mined by mere size. Bigness is not worth. Bulk
is no criterion of value. A little spring by the
wayside, refreshing the weary traveller as he
goes, IS better than the maIartous bog that
spreads out a landscape. A diamond. small
enough to sparkle in a ladyS ring, is more pre-
cious than whole acres of common rock. There
is more in lily. more thought, more beauty,
meaning. than in the whole hill Of mere
earth and clay which it grows. Souls are
tains or milky ways Brain is more than Drawn
There is more in human skull than in whole
planet where intelligent beings never walk. In
ayoirdupols man is nothing, but weigh him by
what he do and become, and where will you
find scales large enough?
THE REV. DIR. RICHARD WILKINSON
At the Metropolitan Temple. Seventh avenue
and 14th street, the Rev. Dr. Robert BagneH
pastor tie Rev. DR.. Richard Wilkinson. the re-
nOwned orator OF the Methodist Church South
will preach both morning and evening, his sub
jcct in the evening being The Twentieth Cen
tury Man" At the open parliament on Monday
night the subject for discussion will be, Re
solved That direct legislation Initiative refer
endum and recalD is necessary to the life OF the
republic
THE REV. DIR. G. CAMPBELL MORGAN
AT the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church to-
morrow. the Rev. DR.. G. Campbell Morgan Of
London, will preach both morning and afternoon.
The services begin at II a. M and 4:3O p. m.
Strangers are cordially invited DR.. Morgan
received with great enthusiasm this week at the
Mortified Conference, where he spoke.
THE REV. DR.. F. w. GUNSAULUS.
The Rev. DR.. F. w. Gunsaulus of Chicago will
preach at both services next Sunday, in the Col
legiate Church of st. Nicholas, Fifth avenue and
4Sth street, DR.. Mackay. minister. Services at
II and o'clock. During the remaining Sundays
Of August and on the first Sunday of September
DR.. GunsauIus will supply DR.. Mackay's pulpit.