Evening journal., 1914-01-12
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
A Lightning Reporter Of
Bishop BrOOkS'S Sermons
BY Holland.


In the Advent season OF 1889 Phillips
Brooks who at that time was rector of
Trinity Church. Boston, delivered ten or
twelve MONDAY sermons at special
service held in Trinity Church. in New
York for the bus.r ess men OF Wall
street AMI its vicinity.
DR.. Brooks great reputation not only
As a pulpit orator but as a man. who
cultivated the highest groccs OF the
Christian religion, showing always his
love for man drew immense throngs 10
that church. They came from Wall
street business Offices. Great bankers
were there. The capacity of the church
was not great enough comfortably TO
seat the business men who sought ad-
mission. The time taken for these SER
vices was the noon hour from II to /.
Many business men forfeited thcl
lunches. feelmg amply repaid for chat
sacrifice by the privilege Of hearing
Phillips Brooks. Excepting in the choir
gallery. the entire congregation was
composed of men.
II was my good fortune Go spend am
hour or two with Dr. Brooks in Che
library of his brother, Pew Arthur
Brooks, who was rector OF the Church
OF fhe Incarnation. i'm New York city
lhis meeting took place ON the morn.
ing of the day when the last of these
Advent sermon, was 10 be delivered.
I'm the course of tho conversation
said 90 DR. Brooks that nt one tim,
had been informed by Mr.. Murphy
who was the official reporter of Tho
United States senate i'm the carly cgh.
tics. that with a single exception Sen
ator Preston u. Plumb at that tim'
representing Kansas in Che United
States Senate he was the most rapid
speaker hc had ever attempted to report
aud that Mr. Murphy had then said "a
me that Phillips Brooks was, in his
opinion, the most rapid speaker in the
United States and that il was almost
impossible for a stcnographer to TAX,
him verbatim.
The bishop smiled as he said that hc
had also heard that the Kansas Senator
was moro rapid speaker than him
self. 81 speak rapidly DR.. Brooks
went on TO say. because ] can't help IT,
J never use notes. | carry into the Wll
pit Just few headings. These ! ire
qucntly do not refer To at all. My mino
works moro rapidly than my vocal or
gans. 80 that it frequently happens that
I ann thinking az least several sentences
ahead of my uttcrancc.
II have been told that even the most
export stenographcr, have difficulty IA
completely reporting me- The hest re-
port of any OF my sermons that was
ever made was written bv man whC
was not a stenographer. / had preached
| think. about am hour. was told af
terward that ! had never spoken more
rapidly. The next day ! was shown ;
report Of my sermon published IN q
newspaper. II was moi complete, bul
that was because the length of the ser
mon would have taken too much space
hut there were two or three columns
of the report and as ! read il over
was astonished TO find that IL was alb
solutely accurate.
II made some inquiries. and learn
ed q the report was the work of :
man who had trained himself by sys
tenn of muemunics 80 that he tuull ne
port with accuracy aad without taking
single note OF any address or ser
mon met the gentleman afterwar
and he described TO me the systeu
which he had So completely mastered
TO me il was revelation OF capacit.
of the human mind and of memory. Ga
magnitude of which had never bcfor
occurred to me-
Copyright 1914. by T.. j. Edwards. Al
rights reserved.
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