| Show DECLINE OF THE PULPIT A cOrr nt of ii Now Evening HUn that the modern lia lo lost l much of 11 Its power to mM men for tor good There Thoro sore lire lie says ninny for tor this and OliO of the Is IB that the Cn r are holter OIl than thai formerly and t the tha cun tet their hearers n as In Iono gone Iy by wal It w we ore ure told then hon the tho was the source ot of knowledge the Iho mal mali the tho mAi man of at the Iho communIty HI Ho WIS aIS the tho repository lory ot of knowledge pattI hl unIque gave hiM IL a foice Jul thAt tutu lucia hall 11 Mell rhe no l lOnger nger carries currie the ot of A 11 ot of hIl hIs ot of talking on matterS he ha lone lit HJ word for tor uie of the tho pro present ol hO he is n a Q a A a Ian titan of science ot 11 I a 0 na au thorl en and hl his In a 11 narrow tidal I its without anil hl huts Ir greatly ath d declIned ThIll that the tho oC oc tiff It lre ore I historians 01 o I they have no litton their no au I It takes for tor granted every ought to ho be n 11 university chair by great rent capable of nt drawing audience nn an by lectures lectureR on topics lt of c t Hut But this II Is OI one ot of tho ot of the modern and andone ln nie one mI mt ny p th themselves fall Into And tal Iway away their hearers hy by learned on 01 varIous folls dry topIcs John the tho Ball did ld not sIra the immense 1 1 nees around him In the Ihl wl b by of at any lectured lecture Upon the tho wIth lh which ro re busy husy hut but ho li hail I LI lesa 4 froni 10 tt Ils Ills conc concerning coring coining ot of the Iho o of henon lurn ho e that thai faithfully rebuking n 11 urging ThE The o of fl the Iha ly Wil wui the thc secret or of hIs power and The Th n l or o our oral vero I It was WA th power of the Iho Spirit that matlo mallo nn as irresistible force I It val not their orator lor nor their phi pith Paul fIlI brethren agaInst the tho falsely ll pl ph of tho worle world anil It Van ll bOlt that when whon lie ho nane to Corinth I a ell ed center centor ot of culture ho he dil not como come with excellency ot of speech or 01 of wl wisdom for tor Ill hot tinS 11 I 3 doter delor not to know nl Ilon among rOi yell IIVO save JOUI Jesus l south lm eru may hAVO been tho th ot of the great lo le to whon ho he this the Siolo on the Mars IBI 11 rt r It at Corinth he tho th doctrine which th the or of the world I its unit And that a power lowr for tor good I It WIK vats thus or of phy And ani theology ia Its tl to the hum hIe Rho Johl John to 10 day Ilay ii 11 b by ni aS wll ni as the Used to draw immense crowl to tho Metropolitan by tho mOt but bul to hi his 1 It 18 I moot true that learning an and time the power ot of the tho PulPit I It I It Is 18 without Influence It is IN the Iho spirit ot at Clod huts withdrawn front I it nl for this many inane H correspondent ot of the Sun no speak eak to men R as men ot of I divinely oh on snot set apart to tn VOICe Il flu hol holY wil wIll and nl flight ht or wrong wron the Ir of look 1111 hi las Preacher rocher simply lS as I a 11 man wo has haN en n a vocation In whIch to mak a ald nil wherever eVir ever the tho best living II Is there will le he I be found It at by 1 nay 11 ho hoCI CI can thereto Ot Of course thIs I Is nul not true or of or I cx preachers but I it I Is true or of I it number to 10 Ile the whole II in the opinion ot of the man TIl a sor spot lit In tho eli J I n at has brett I IL business b by too tou many pr preach uch tn era a the 1 Cl no longer thou tho truth its hc I it but milt must cater to 10 til th taste of Ula those wh pay ly hIs Ml nI nIa ar a Tle spIrit ot of the Lord cannot be wih with hm hint ho he the tha 11 eat ot of lul A muter mutter I of hat I Is time secret o of the present ie de decay cay ot of the ind Ih the tanager for thu word orol of the LorI Lord rust numbers of ed |
