Show ORATORY OF E PULPIT some old timo org choir words worda bad and works wor it 8 SOME SPECIMENS OF SEVERAL CLASSES LIm RId art tin the ils 0 1 o uye laos alllan A sedates lilli aad alio llio goot olid blid other oilier gou goat s or of the th chuh chu h wesley a worker death a into the val pit fidlar smith rah pr haala ill ho go cruita Gr uita daia I 1 CITY nv N v aux W 1889 I 1 haw imro a just flint been reading neau au anecdote illustrative of the plain nod unrestrained language anilo uie of byl by lit it boier in it that when preaching ho he scattered denunciations epithets and sare asma about him to la a way which a modern audience a would not appreciate the people of those times almea allow however bowser to have taken all la in good part have at thorn them master leitimor hai bave at them thein cried the leopie ono day when ha wai preaching yards yard athla Is evas probably auly at a t time line when master latimer was attack in IOK 9 re the e 1 ai for or taking inking bribes the citizens 0 t codon loncoa lor for their greediness suit and Relf british tell e x trava gance and the me ladies before bi him m tor for their vanity van lly and their slavery elavery to all the fashionable frivoll ties ot at the time but the masses were not cot always so good no DB cured aureil or pornapa perhaps it was only from rom their favorites that they wore were willing to hear bear such plain laly nage ond anti then when their letters bet tere were getling the worst of it it Is quite certain cartain that all who heard did not tough tho the stinging invective ot at these old time preachers for on ono one occasion when bishop bonner banner was pr preaching i n in the same place placa st pants one ch chorch th rt e t yanD yard soma some one in who disapproved of his discourse throw threw a dagger ati at him BOWLD BOWL D RILL nih AND THE SNAKES this Is A reminder of whit what on one occasion occa alon hap retied to a rowland hill uio tho celebrated but bat somewhat cicen trio engligh Eol lili preacher prea etier quite young ho he was preaching nt at when borne follow fellow came to hear bear him with several snakes la in his pocket watching his hla opportunity ho be throw threw three at once at sir mr lilt one colled coiled on his arm and another fastened on his big neck Per celvi 1 g said ur mr ifill I 1 that they wore ba carmle r ciesa ii I 1 merely took them off anil and throw threw them behind me away from the lie crowd some of the people immediately drove away the sinner and the result was iacre abed ad attention and several conversions to god soon afterward the rebel come came again to hear bear rue me and be that would woold have alarmed me with serpents waa him solf rescued from the old serpent and became for many years a steadfast follower ol lower of the lamb of god HILL BILL KOT jot A 1 IEEE PULPIT JESTER rowland Itow lanil lea la a man known to all english speaking people but the man has hag boon been misunderstood by very banyi baoy ue do was naturally humorous but a at the 8 bamo time he was a truly noble emble and earnest man not a few have obtained tho the impression that he be was a more mere pulpit jester this la is doubtless because of a stories being 1011 loll invented Invent cil aad and told eold 01 of him that had no foundation in truth juat as aj la in this corlea without ond end are told of lincoln merely be causo he himself was fond of his bis little story rowland liow land mil was undoubtedly somewhat ODo what ragged sad and eccentric wig with not dot a little mother nit it that would out but had bad he been a tame commonplace I 1 drawler crawler lie he would have hao effected I 1 nothing and donld never have been heard beard or of outside of bill bid own perish parish he was jant the marl mail to arouse and hold bold the attention of the in bugl angland gland and lie ile spoke to them la in leu ion giago every watt word of which they understood hit idea upon this point it 1 found ja in what ho he said mid who when an was to be selected elected tor for him at the clio chapel of I 1 nation often toward the close of his long life lie says cars of ilia its people they dout dont want a dictionary preacher for they choy cannot understand him nor a preacher tor for they will bilm not nor a bad rp lom preacher for lie will divide them but bol a rood good loud lond preacher with grace in life ills heart and brains in his hid head bead A FOR LONG it was we 9 probably to tho the that hat was procured for him that lie day paid ae eoon 0 L its you yoa got into tho the field but I 1 an am won an n older hand and do not wish to lo cry until I 1 hare started something I 1 in abeso days of speen speculation tattoo in laro to brown scenard suite and the beat iieana of attaining long life to I 1 it t war may not he be out of place to give lowland hella recipe tor for to longevity gerity IT pray aa youa youngster gater said bald he be to D a sunday school boal scholar would you lite like to 0 o live long yes yea sir air to do you yon know how so NO anstr belr 14 would you w wish lab real me to tell y youl flo please age air belr work hard lie hi worked hard lie ile was waa to la ila his alth year when bodied liou iti it appears from rora an account kept by himself that bat up op to june 10 he had reached 1291 times it Is said that luring during the olt years of his letters he preached bed not less than sermons an aa average aver tige of 0 nearly 90 a year rear ue ile wm was wont to deiy 1 I do thina that once in my lite life I 1 did aid earn ny lily do dally Ily bread I 1 waa boy oral weeks with a fy lend in north 0 o rth ivaloo Va efi and she made me pr preach each for evely leal meat so sa that be before tore breakfast tea dinner anil on rupper p per I 1 had to ascend the pulpit OR on one occasion he said eaid 1 I 1 oare date young ministers would mould be b al alaa ly s coq to live to bo be old men sow now I 1 wilt tell you how bow to attain your wishes preach three times A day sod and soven neven days dayi to in the lie weik and tuen then goil find not only that you are in a abne no state of health but that you stand a good chance of becoming old men A good pulpit perspiration Is a fatuous famous thing to keep a matt man la in goal health he alib HILL A lie he made beautiful little shoes as presents esanu for the teat first born of newly married friends me mended tided clocks and toads himself useful wherever he be went it to Is said kill that on oil the discovery of vaccination by dr jounce he at once IMS saw its utility and himself vae Inn teil hundreds of children lie ito cold announce at the end of his big jermon that be couill the noil morning vaccinate all tho the children brought to him in speaking of men for the in iBl I 1 eaton salou field be will said we want men with good plain wants sense in their heads headland and plenty of grace in their chair hearts men even who can make a good wheelbarrow Kheel barrow and talk to the ire five heathen about the bo love lore of christ all tile time they are knocking it together li other A FEW ILI as I 1 the rev her thomas jackno Jack flon n ea said 14 of rowland that he was a strange man compound pound of wisdom rood good tense drollery and piety there w was an no affectation la in his big style etyle he be was always perfectly perfectly natural nat nral and en an beav aras to compass the end in view by the most direct srul and efficient 11 means meana tho the following anecdotes wl will it show that he did not whip the tb devil odeill round tile sta statute tupe Us once said laid of a nail ann who it knew now the truth but seemed afraid to preach it to in its I 1 fullness lie ile preaches the truth troth as a donkey donkey mumbles s a i fry w ri aIN I 1 entering the tha henho bous eyet of one 0 of bis bid on he saw it a child on a rocking horse tsar me said gold lie ile how like some nomo cons chris abi ra in il Bly of molia but no pro arca A woman ono ino day dal laid to him tre ive been a good il al with tonii some catania ot of late into unit ll alirio irio a sadly mo to toy re 11 ion indeed iii lu ausam aam sAm said mid 11 illel I 1 11 if was asa no not aware until lowb now you bud any D Y ton to change ceola g ol 01 A e concocted te d youlon fellow who hoone one day called on him pomp pompa oily asked mr lill LI it ha be had heard beard that tie ho ivas aa going eoln irto to C clinine too a bis I 1 8 lItS no 0 fief tail clr 1111 III 1 hae not ant it youlia on have enot not fixed the time almo I 1 would cold blvd irke e you yon to do it as lear the he change of the moon mean as bible A lady once LA aaker him to examine tier her sea on as a candidate for the minis U saying 1 I am sure he has talent bu but yi it li is ell bid la 14 4 11 at the cloe of the I 1 n is law hill sold ivel I 1 madam I 1 by shelter the th napkin florind and I 1 call t unit und tile the talent liu 1 I hated led tile lio miserly itt A ho he mould sety say la Is like it a pit 0 of no use uio till be hta a dead and cat up ile hf once said it if no BB unholy man were eve to 4 pet get into heaven he be would feel etl like a nag hog in a flower garden i A OPINION or of OR oa a one occasion as hon mr dill la III scot scotland and he w wai 4 introduced to an aa aged becil mi minister alster w who I 1 le win was almost tho the counterpart of f il in eccentricity as a well us ha piety 0 the ven scot gated fixedly into his thee ace tor for 0 so o lorg lop g that mr nill began to grow on nn easy chiy under the scrutiny ecra lioy then said ifil weel ft cel ive bem been looking tor for bome teem at tile the leeno leena lines of your face and mint ilo ila ioa think ol of thern tl iem bbyrd mr hill athy na im thinking it if the abo grace a 0 god ilidan changed your huatt you yon mould lit hi bren been a a tremendous rogue mr laughed heartily slid said well you tr u ve jaal lilt hit the nail on ilia head mr hill while in scotland witnessed ilia ordination of a minister mint str tho the ceremony of laying on of lianda hands and one coo ot at the elders of the presbytery not being boina able to reach ida hand far enough to impose it on the hood of the candidate used chi enil end ol of hla his cane tor for the purpose abio gold bald sir mr mil hill ill did equally uell ivell for it IC was tir timber riber to timber THE PREACHING I 1 there was waa life in the preaching of ct anch tun a and huilt field they stirred tho the sluggish Blog flah soot goal of Illo I todge ilfe nod and A Sla lartha nha All thoRe more or cratto and regular divines and P preachers ta tillotson barrow south t gelle 1118 test sherlock barnot baxter anti and barclay at clay preached like an monotonously bud and without moving their arma ta flioy lle 0 y were tile tho men of the firstly secondly e 0 wildly were anil and thirdly following Is an example of this style as la in TiU Till sermon ar ot liing hill speaking virally Vir 1 I 1 ceball cons consider tiler the na da 1 tore of loui vice bud nil wherein it con 1 a slats late e I 1 snail shall dire extent of 0 this prohibition to speak evil of 0 no man 2 I 1 shall show finny the cv mil it ot of this practice he both IN in tile comes causes aall ad of it 1 fourthly I ly I 1 shall add home further considerations to dissuade men front fromet it Fifth rm I 1 shall give some acres rules a oil nil directions for or the prevention anil and ore ot of it ahlo will lia he quite IM to most readers as would tho the whole norman beginning with the bratly Br otly 1 bisler worrell wesley was a lie lia reaped reward of 0 long life lie ho traveled raided nail prea preached chail all the alio year every everl year till ot of the age of 0 88 tear ho to Is said to have bavo traveled miles allies sad nad preacley prea cled sermons lie ile leil led lite life of an apostle roughed rou h it it though ho he is said mill to have en on away awn first anil d lust last over lalioo lal 1 to all ho earned earn ho he gave anav a v 1 when he came to america tin he it ira fl bigi 0 licit but broad bread and slept blent on oil the deck of the vessel that brought him oer else OR ono tour lie he slept three weeks on bare bam boards bo Brila Sool hoya lite life of 0 wesley ratio noting g it athla L is say safe 0 ono ne day dat bt at three 1 la n t the h 0 m t r n ln bo e s saad a tit to nelson his e companion 0 w p a n i 0 n t hc r nolson let us u be of good chear I 1 has a ono whole what side vet att tor for tho the blia la is oil off the other alde tie wesley suit aud like went all over oer englard preaching to the workmen and peasants in ILI t the 0 open en a air r la a some a of 0 their coure conre there wore were as man many us as N people PI at K D a whitefield says ho he 8 en ff t tho a ruilt gutter mado ado by the he tears ea t that at ra ran down the ch it of 0 the be minera all ali blaik as ca came 6 front fraai tho coal alto to boie 8 trembled 0 haiat am III I 1 and ad tell fall o hail spoils ot of joy aceta cles 1 homas olli era mt as if 1 tie vi BM as done with earth and nna a praising god before tin throne it was a sort of religious madness mad nesi WHO in III france about the lie same time there was much the ho some earns kind of 0 revival tabled on by tit the catholic missionary preachers preachers afi 1 lio marquis do de mon lien told of I 1 fi pro ichor who in the ilia year of the juat babl lee na 1 15 exhorted the people ceplo to ro pen penti tance aro in each forcible coring that a woman stood up la in a chair bail anti pub I 1 fely confessed lier her bins greatel beatly to the he confusion and indignation 01 0 tier her husband hua band who declared that she fihe wag as biad al a it and not to be believed several ot ather her women then got get up lip rind antt con fossit becoming quite rec klims or of alie it 8 presence of their husbands hus banda for or t lie io lear fear of the LOTA lord was upon often them tho the owen were ull all sest sent by tho the cardinal vicar to religious bonges where they were clothed clot lied and fed tor for some montan line udert of tha preachers who was waa in III cc used to parry carry a skull about with wilt III him im which tie lie dreisia oft dp to la the cap and ornaments orn amenta then worn by the ladies of took this his skull bo be wo would aid place in on R I 1 the he pulpit sod anil talk to in U I 1 1 answering I fedir the questions na ellona he asked la 1 a I low y voice oleo like that of a woman who was she it A lady of fashion where waa she V Ti direct from list hell what her or it back ack to earth then he would vo go on to eay bay that she ehe came to worn warn II 11 1 against the ilia loin 8 common 1 1 loo among cog women romea of 0 fashion another 0 t these hese preachers irea chera whilo while prone hing at santa sand marla maria in Trai devere OTere biba carried a 8 knit about with him which he be tossed cooped up and down like a ball one way may op imagine rog gIris the float at euch bitch a ghastly lee to on uio he nerves of th toil lomeo 0 vo o wonder they bejet let go all holds field ind and confessed bit ail their pranks REV BIDNEY rn rev llev sidney smith we was a mao maa ot of great wit and the pet dot ot at fashionable ta london society yet this does doea not appear to have spoiled him for bla big work Us ue was a penned bud and educated rowland ItIl lie did a 9 thing but might today be initiated imitated to advantage in many malty places in this country in a lidil nt his life lla big daughter says I 1 mot lately on coming coining to foston Fo stoll is early as beset bo bot on toot foot gardone for or tits poor anil and dutch gardenia for or spade spade the former were 1 believe ete almonr ame 9 the first trials ot of an experiment experiment which has been since so 60 generally generally adopt adopted as one 0 of t the a mos most beneficial one caal charities among the country corula population t a div idin several ucles 0 ot the ilia ilo g glebo she into a and stung them at a low rent to tho the to whom they were 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