Show m IUAIN ON nn ntmcm lames G lilamo has had IIIH say bcfoio mi time Congregational Union at lloston on the virtues of tho Iuritans md the fad 4 ings of preachers His discourse furnishes t nishes two texts for as many editorials or t what is better these brief winter days for i ono short article embracing both heads C Written sermons sail 1 Blaine piled tip between the preacher and the congro t gallon served as conductois t ° m1 lie vvanlc 1 oxtenipoiu addiesses thai m had six weeks of preparation It c is tho preparilion in both cascs mm which gives interest and zest to 1 the written and unwritten productions I Far better tIme crudo material in written J form than the samo with an accompanl ment of violent gestures and earsplitting shrieks Tho theological student who cannot sing md never prepares hluisol I bv hard stud and previous thought IH not only n non conductor but n lion 1 generator of heat and light Ono weeks preparation for an hours deliver of ono LI or two sermons on a Sunday cmylit to attract f at-tract attention und compel thoiightfu consideration of the vital questions discussed dis-cussed Ihe machinery of the peripatetic at peri-patetic revivalists is one thing i and freqnentl t a very superficial and IL m 1 transient thing j while the care full pro pared written or unwritten address arresting ar-resting attention and compelling thought always leaves a deposit of truth which by continual accretion forms a stiatified I l and enduring elmractci 3 Blamo evident prepiros himself for his extempore speeches and he resents un luvitation to listen to u sermon which ill matter and manner shows a riovoun lack of prepanilion lilaino is not alone i m this matter |