The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19
On rublic Speaking.

1t is not every man who can think
accurately and calmly n speak clo-
qucntly when lie sets up on his legs
to address a large number OF people
whom he breads collectively, but meets
every day, individually, Without the
slightest nervousness. Stage fright.
sclt-eonScionSncSS. the conduct OF the
little boy MILO has been brought by his
ION mother and who has . pea-shoot-
cr, actively employed on the row OF
bald old gentlemen across the aisle.
or the young couple eating oranges
and peanuts on the back bench. o. the
notebooks OF a class of school girls.
may and do. singly and together, rout
q practiccd speaker often, they para
I'VE the beginner. y good aiier-din-
genial reccptivity of the audience
ought TO be a great help. y great po-
iitlcal orator IS even more rarc-the
man who is master OF his subject and
utcs, Curran could hypnotic vast
crowds in the open air. ana so clear,
bcil-like, sweet ana SonorouS Was his
voice that IL is said he conld be heard
by them all. Every word. like a bullet,
reached its billet, and every sentence
Won an Irish heart, Canon Liddon
could I'LL Gloucester Cathedral twice
a day ana melt the very souls OF his
hearers by the Wonderful way in which
nc would preach the love Of our Lord
for every soul on earth. Ills sym-
OatnS Win every SlSi. tcHT, care, plpN.
grief that come to us; the blind eyes
with which we look at Him; II CROP
ing efforts TO react. Him. the "a our
insIatitude ana Indifference. our ir-
reverence and Gisloyalty pain Him: His
grief when people prefer the darkness
TO the light. in spite Of all He can say
and All He mas done Ti4 English are
a phlegmatic race. but Wesley warmed
them and moved them. and in the
10000 crmons that he preached added
thousands of persons to the church
whom he had. by his ardent nature
and natural e~loquencc. taught TO love
one 50 loved them. He never meant
to found a new church at all. lie rived
and died a priest III the Church of
England, with his prayer book under
warmth of Weslcy's heart that formed
1t: tho church Being 1T that period 50
cold and formal tha, his converts could
not stand its chilling influences. The
scholarship, the refinement, tbs earn
cstnesS of Dean stanley have produced
q great effect on the upper classes or
English society, but Whitfield could
take HI English NAVY by the throat,
spiritually as il We're, and teach him in
one lesson never again to murder, to
beat his wife. OF touch a drop Of whis-
key Or gamble on the races, or dare
10 rob q church, as lie valued his eter-
nal Salvationi And tho Emperor Louis
Of Germany, Henry II. of England be-
fore Thomas a Beckct's tomb, and the
itii'I,.!pl reIIS IN. bclnIc rope GreS-
DRY VII, did not more humbly obey the
spiritual authority and do penancc for
their sins than Whitticld's ponitcnts.
so severely did he thrust home to them
the truth and exact rcpHration. The
great French preachers. from Bossuet.
Eourdaloue. Fenelon, Massillon, Lacor-
daire. Town to Pere IIyacinthe cat
Notre Dance. made marvellous appeals
to or dashed the vices Of a corrupt age
and court in a way that told wonder
fully. Peter the Hermit must have
been a marvellous preacher, for he
kindled q fla me throughout Europe that
caused the desert 10 drink up the blood
OF its finest chivalry and thirst for
more. In defence of the Holy Scpulchrc
rivers Of blood have been poured out.
Great powers. a great cause. are both
needed to make a great orator.
In Pnlitics.
Pitt Witchcd the 3Englishmcn Of his
day with his "tongtc or gold and soul
Of fire. It is related Of a member Of
once for three hours at a stretch, he
got up. Sawncd, looked at his watch.
and exclaimed. 'Why. | didn't think
the fellow had becn up more than half
An hour MacanlaN had the same
power 10 hold ali audience cntranccd.
an the tremendous amount OF work In
Nolved III writing his History OF Eng
aand." but when he did, lie made a
great impression \ mi
lsnSlish newspaper. The Leader. said
This OF one such occasion: The posi-
lion OF MI Macaulay in England was
measured IN q great way ON Wcdnes-
day. The House and the committees
We're sitting at once. The talk was NOT
Interesting. 1t seldom is on a Wcdnns-
Gay, and ] was wandering along tho
committee lobby. wondering which Of