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    • OUR PULPIT : BErNG A SERMON FOR SERMONIZERS.
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      November 9, 1867.] The Tomahawk. ^ 267

      November 9 , 1867 . ] THE TOMAHAWK . ^ 267

      Our Pulpit : Berng A Sermon For Sermonizers.

      OUR PULPIT : BErNG A SERMON FOR SERMONIZERS .

      A Formula Dearly Which Beloved You — Are...

      a formula Dearly which Beloved you — are and well this aware is no has base it ' s virtue quogue , or , but you simp would ly most not use heartil it so often e — with Terence his observation has most aptly put it , and we y agre Id arbitror Adprime in vita esse utile , ne quid nimis . which shaky being in Latin freel means y translated I consider for those this one among of the you most who useful feel maxims text in i life it — is don tne ' t overdo , anything intend / Will to you accept ior this

      ceptance as our , and for our discussion oniy one . we oner your acare Not most to soporific put too fine in your a point delivery on it , you of sermons really , my ; your beloved sermons Sirs , rall are most anything tediou but s and attractive wearisome . You in sty mount le ; and into your your style rostrum gene- , you , for instance , the Rev . Onesimus Trope , and after arranging satisfaction your sermon , you drawl -book , out cushion furlong , and after whiskers furlong , to of your reli entire gious advice one ious , which sentiment , no doubt as its , is foundation very well meant but , which and has acts , at on least the , senses p of vour - __ conereeration _ __ _ . much as , the loner murmur of the — jj

      waves afternoon — — on _ ^ a ; but shingley don ' shore w suppose - ^ , or j the for a humming moment ~ , of there flies . __ is on the — a same — July pleasure mental or physical , in being lulled to sleep by your drone O Onesimus ! and lion On the by the the great on shore huge the blue lapped text billows vault of by spreads of Divine the tiny Atlantic upwards love ripples and , , where to or the Eternity thrashed sea winds cries , int all breathe o Nature to rebel sky - , preaches , a voluntary By the as rivers we , drop the asleep gentle . tinkling of the waters over the . birds rocks names , , content the being choir put to of on add thrushes their to bills the and , universal the linnets constant harmony , with accompaniment scores without of sweet their of insect life fluttering- into sound , buds bursting" into blossom , and

      creatures enjoying the Creator ' s gifts , —all these lead one on to a gentle But your and drowsy happy dreaming monotone . , that scarcely merits the name " Delivery , " owing its inflection to an occasional thump on your poppy cushion -headed , or a mistake homily in is turning only calculated over two to pages make at the a time pews — seem your darker , the benches harder , and the hassocks more uncomfortbering able , until where , after we vainl are y ; striving 2 nd , by to recalling keep awake the fact by— that ist , remem we are - wondering eminently ridiculous what manner when of sleep hair was in reall a sitting y possessed posture in ; younger 3 rd , by we days become by the totall bald- y headed oblivious old gentleman of everything in the connected front pew with ; lastl the y , iniiiaunuuvc wuivii

      retain piace we that arc the beadle cxtcpi has an got his eye on . uuw us icugc and that our we chin sun is if our And sinking , teeth then into , suddenl forsoot our waistcoat y h , elect you lay to , to come the the blame imminent together on . this , risk and of our that tongue error , , gations Ritualism fall or off Methodism ; there are fewerthanofold , high or low , and ; the comp flock lain is thinning that congre ; and - you all the in your rest of melanchol it . Preacher y philosop ! correct hy , that thyself the weary . Did look it never of passive strike docility mouth to spreads publish over your your own congregatio thoughts ; n that only as when long you as open you your dein service 01 tne

      iiverea day , none tne but tnougnis the callous 01 oi or ners the careless expressea seemed me disposed to fall out of the ranks , or to faint on the march ? And yet you haven of 't been hearers five ar minutes e in the in land the of pul Nod pit . before Are seventy so stiff per -necked cent , that your you don't see who it is drives away you believers ? For heave yours , and ' s sak try e get for the once starch , next taken Sunday out , to of interest that white your choker audience of , and They will en you come hav again e accomplished , and bring that others , leave . off Dear —ne Dr quid . Arnold nimis . seldom wrote a sermon which took more than twelve minutes they to to pr call could ea i c n , and hear Rug other of by e s boys like erim him who ents . heard , Wh diagr y him ! am the s , , often best models lectur wish , or , e rs mag men hav ic - , lanterns , to keep up interest in their subject . Well , you can

      _ rejoice scarcely inwardl do this y when ; it would you have not some be becoming Missionary , thou report gh to you read all , headed ive a filli with to converted the snorers ni below ggers , and or reclaimed make them Israelites hesitate , who behalf tween g -a-crown a shilling p by the and judgmatical half-a-crown , introduction . Many a shilling of that has truffle become of in charity les sermons of the , Mammon the black of convert unrihteousness . As you or can ' t , then sulhat , bring e of ini samp quity , carefully go through your g sermon , and eliminate p at least three-fourths . You will be astonished at , the result—and your develop congregation e it , and it will too . be If all there the better is any for muscle the loss in it of , you adipose will

      mattersons There to fluency are few and if any correct who enunciation believe in the of Divine ideas : ri indeed ght of , eve par - in of holding that school public of declamation attention for , the hours House or parts of Commons of an hour , b the elongs gift to Bri the ght or Disrael , the very i , althoug few ; h and thousands rarely of does parsonage the pul s p may it hold boast eyes the contrary of his . olive We -branches do not , wish but to the lower sermon any will individual generally in the be most most advice admired in , the and fewest easiest words remembered . , which shall give the heart Of , course for— you are not likely to get this our first sermon by " Pete de gens so fit asses sages pour preferer le blame qici leur est You utile are d la much louange more qui likel les trahit to listen " ( Rochefoucault to Mrs . Colonel . ) Dufferson , who blesses you for your y charming exhortation , than to take to vent heart us doing the counsel our duty of . a Verbum " ribald sap print . , " but that will not pre-

      Sinews Or Brains.

      SINEWS OR BRAINS .

      Youth It Will At Our Be An Great Evil Pu...

      youth It will at our be an great evil Public day for Schools England are when suffered the to sinews relax . of We the whose have no brain faith consequentl in the future y is of cloud the boy y , whose whose cheek motto is wan is " , cram whose , " never pulse is hurries weak , him and into whose the ambition sports of , the confined field , or his to form the racket alone ,

      beyond court , or doubt " on that the water their . " love The for Westminster hardy exercise boy is s have as keen proved as lead ever . downward In the midst on streams of London of mud , looking around upwards on a nei to hbourhood a sky of where , the only patch of verdure , is to be found g in Vincent fluences in Square spite , the of of a these Scholars crowded drawbacks of city Westminster . We they rejoice are have above at this it : for year the it relaxing shown is the most that inaway convincing , with answer all its to old those bricks who and would grand cart memories Old Westminster , to some " healthy spot" out of London . Let Head masters remember 4 * 1 » * - » 4 . . *" % < ua j- » I » ni-4 « -fc « " *¦ ClllU * - » - » yJ | - » y > - * t «^ J ~** ***** ¦* r , *•* * ¦ * j ^ k *•» r s ~ % ?¦ V" « < tiN >¦» 1 jr * . j- * - » j-k > wn **& -v « »^^

      L 1 J . CH . V ^ l l < w ! S . Cl-lil ^ . UUCllLllg *^ glVC IICLVG 11 I . U 3 V * 1 . CCUUU * * 1 CU 1 U ^ C * < XILLbition they perhaps g , ive power better men : than in that after the they makin -days prepare g something 1 of any for , number the to dwell strugg , of verses and le of reflect : that life , hero upon . of a Then great , too battle , the in hero half of a the dozen cricket years field . The to-day boy may who pulls the stroke upon the merry Thames to-day , may , years hence , comor mand terrible he may a frigate day lead to eome the boisterous c . avalry Shall seas of the our , reddened maudlin country scrup by to glory les land of pedantry in ' s wars some ; be spirit allowed of Eng to lan chill d with the blood Martial of ' s boyhood epigrams , and ? We stifle hope the not martial .

      M. Th A. E Has Reform Been Accused Leagu...

      M . Th A . e Reform been accused League and denouncing its " M Fenianism . A . "—Mr . . He Beales has , setting lost no , himself time in right repudiating with the heroes the foul of the accusation Reform , League and in . are Mr . glad Beales to ' hear letter that is a the very great pretty Master piece of Arms of shuffling thinks . that We " nothing but absolute necessity can justify resort to the

      arbitrament at least , of in civil the war lifetim . " e Let of us the hope great that Beales time , will lest never that modern comevery Cromwell small , who beer , ) lik should e his fall great a victim prototype on the , is altar a brewer of patriotism ( but of . would Such a hav loss e lost would one fool ndee at whom make a they whole could nation always sad laug , for h . they

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Nov. 9, 1867, page 267, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_09111867/page/3/