Show commercial VALUE of SERMONS rent divine of london n do fair li a hornet the dr joseph parker pastor of tho C ty lins been high indignation because newspapers printed acts from a fennon without ih tho irate preacher of tho christ even do dared the dad who reports sermon without the preachers permission is thief he explains frankly that tho preacher may disiro to bell tho sermon or preach it elsewhere on lie next dick Turpin of a reporter prevents chii this strong lau provokes many unkind remarks about tho pont lemau who binco deatle lias been considered by lauy as greatest pulpit orator it really doos poem that alio soni saving business liko all other things english has got down to a strictly basis somo rather extracts from holy writ including quotations from tho aps of the preacher of abo oil the mount an authority usually bield in quite high respect at tho city temple have brou glit to dr parkers attention this week by tho london press somo even of tho of this gentle fol lower of jeans leave been disturbed by his word thus one writha to the times dr parkers letter causes rao como qualms of conscience A few weeks back I 1 was able to into the heart of an alil friend who was in great mental affliction and bodily weak by reciting to him somo singularly beautiful sentences I 1 biad heard from tho city pulpit I 1 confess it escaped me that I 1 ought to havo charged my friend as cd for the use of the preachers balm for wounded souls and transmitted the money to tho owner of such mental medicine I 1 think dr parker will see eliat in ungodly throes the public are not yet ready for viewing what they aro told is the house of god as a shop and the proclamation of abo everlasting gospel as a trafficking in marketable goods doubtless dr parkers letter win help the people to soo him and his work in right light others put tho pertinent inquiry whether dr parker ia greater than his master it is recalled by tho newspaper men that in his earlier days ho not only welcomed tho presence of but used to beg editors to send them and when aiono camo ho was not above summarizing mar izing his sermons himself and sending reports to tho newspaper no man in fact knows better alian dr parker how to utilize the newspaper tor gratuitously advertising himself when a few years ago ho aspired to fill henry ward beechered Bee chere pulpit ho took immense pains to obtain the assistance of all the agencies engaged in the business of cabling news to ho american press london letter |