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About Christian herald. (Portland ;) 1882-18?? | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1883)
r - I chrtstia > tijsRAtti ♦ How to Preach. Make no apologies. If you have "t t w feord^ 'B i e ssage; delwee it; not, hold your peace. . Have short prefaces and introductions. Say your best things first, and stop be fore you get prosy. Do not spoil the appetite for dinner by too much thin soup. Leave self out of the pulpit, and take Jesus*~m.. ' DefemT the gospel, and let the Lord defend you and your character. If you arc lied about, thank the devil for put- ----- -U ag you o n y Q U it-.guard,, and. take care that the story shall never come true. Let your beard grow. Throw away your cravat. If you do not “ want to break,” make your shirt collar an inch larger, and give your blood a chance to flow back A to the heart. Do not get excited too' soon. Do not run away from your hearers. Engine driving wheels fly fast with no load, but when they draw anything, they ga slower. It takes a cold hammer to bend* a hot iron. Heat up the people, but keep the hammer cool- Do not brawl and scream. Too much water stops mill wheels, and too much noise drowns^ sense. Empty vessels ring the loudest. Powder isn’t shot. Thunder isn't lightning. Lightning kills. If you have lightning, you can afford to thunder; but do not try to thunder out of an empty cloud. Do not scold the people. Do not abuse the faithful souls who chine to meeting rainy days, because of the others who do not come. Preach the best to the smallest assemblies. Jesus preached to one woman at the well, and she got all Samaria out to hear him next time. Ventilate your meeting room. Sleeping in church is due to bad air oftener than to bad manners. Do not repeat, saying, “ as I said before.” If you said it before, say something else after. Leave out words you cannot define. Stop your declamation and talk to folks. Come down from stilted and sacred tones and become a little child. Change the subject if it goes hard. Do not tire yourself and every One else out. Do not preach till jthe middle of your sermon buries the beginning and is buried by the end. Look people in the face, and live so that you are not afraid of thorn. Take long breaths, fill your lungs and keep them full. Stop to breathe before the air is exhausted. Then you will not finish off each sentence-ah with a terrible gasp-ah, as some preachers do-ah, and so straijj their lungs?ah, and never I 11- The Only T.„ o- -i>“t' Holuon your tongues when lisbed ! you are to swear, vr HISTORY OF MUSIC speak harshly Hold on to yu-r hand wheri With a Representative Piece are on the point of punching, Together ' of Music From Eaoh Author. sciatching, stealing, o* doing any H istory of M vsio and its A merican improper act. t C omposers is divided into three parts : Hold on to your foot whe» you 1st. Ils History, giving many new and are on the point of kicking, running interesting things relative' to its origin from stndyi or pursuing the path of and progress. Though the art of musio TiaTeached a ve^y High W r e» of per* error, shame or crime. fection, yet how greatly has the histori Hold on to your temper when cal part been neglected, ac«l yet how es you are angry, excited, or imposed sential and interesting is a knowledge of upon, or others are angry with you. its history, from the beginning to the "Hn td' o r rt n you r . 'heart. wh e rr e vib • pr e oen*r Bolioipfr tha pt Qg r c aa Pia(l e....££ associates seek your company, and the different people throughout the va rious ages of the pa?t. Great pains invite you to join in their mirth have been taken, and mai*y years spent _ games and revelry. in making this part of tht work com Swamping the Dead Sea. Hold on to your good name at all plete. 2nd. America»* Composers, giving tho One of the most novel proposals times, for it is of more value than biographies of all composers of any note of the day is to relieve the Suez gold, high place's, or fashionable at in America, from the first np to tx’e Canal by cutting a passage between tire. present time, including excellent por Hold on to truth, for it will serve traits of nearly three-four ths of them. the Bay of Acre and the Gulf of Akabah by way of Esdraclon and you well, and do you good through- We are confident this will be an inter esting feature of the work, as here we __________ ‘ the Jordon. The engineering difiL out eternity. ;;can se e thfl. porte s it s a n d r t uul t.he h j ato- Above : ries of those who have given us the ben culties between the Dead and the' "HoTd. bn"7o virtire—it Red Seas are practically unknown. all price to you, at all times and efits of their labors. Owing to the large number and exact likeness of these A survey is to be made of this places. Hold on to your character, for it photographs contained in this work, it region, and, if favorable, an effort will be made to carry out the pro is and ever will be your best will be one cherished by all lovers of music. posal. prave political questions wealth.— Ex.- 3d. Their Music. In this department must arise, and the Porte will take I always believed in life rather will be found a piece of music from the a long time to consent or refuse than books. I suppose every day pen of each author whose biographies definitely. But supposing it can be on earth, with its hundred thous are herein contained. One Piece -of done, it will completely change the and deaths, and something more of Music from every American Computer! Think of it 1 Where can there be a work geography and social condition of births—with its loves and hates, obtained that contains such a variety the Holy Land. Fancy the rich its triumphs and defeats, its pangs and collection of mnsic ? All classes, and varied field flowers of Sharon and blisses—has more humanity in grades and styles, for any instrument, nodding beside the smoke of a “ P. it-than all the books that were ever are found in this department ; and thia and O.” steamer. The waters will written put together. I, believe music being a sample of the work of many different authors, you may feel flood hundreds of square miles of the flowers growing at this_ moment assured that great care has been taken the depi eased valley of the Jordon. send up more fragrance to heaven in its preparation and selection. Let The Sea of Galilee will be affected, than ever exhaled from alL the es your taste be what it may, it can be sup and places of sacred memories will sences that were ever distilled.— plied with thia collection. Great care has been taken in regard to no longer preserve the very features Oliver Wendell Ilolmer. its appearance, as it is intended for the that call back the scenes of holy They are great lives that fashion musio repository as well as the library. work and speech: they will be Price, per copy $3.50. Special in themselves in prayer. Their com no longer recognizable. Happily, ducements to Agents. Send your orders munion with God gives them some now, and we will fill them in turn as Dean Stanley and Dr. Thomson thing of the dignity of their associ soon as completed. have marked these revered spots, ations. All the belittling things of but they must lose half their charm The Holy Spirit produces his per life are obscured and hidden under fect fruitage in the soul, “love, joy. to pilgrim-travelers when the whole the august conceptions that engros« peace,’’ etc., while. the storms beat water system is changed. Should the mind when it is holding con around, or the absence of moisture the water rise up the wadys and ceptions with God. Outwardly, upon the external surface forces the • approach Jerusalem, that ancient such a life may be plain and bare, roots to seek a deeper hold upon city may again become prosperous. but inwardly it is filled with the the hidden sources of supply. As yet this is only a speculation of peace and warmth of the gospel, ®e^The Diamond Dyes for family the engineering craft, but it means and it is fruitful in spiritual re use have no equals. All populai colors the effacement of old landmarks and easily dyed, fast and beautiful. 10 cents sults that shall be counted among a package. a very revolution "io *Bedouins of the treasures of heaveb.— United the desert and the “villagers on the , All devout Christians know that Presbyterian, plains. Mechanics and money will the Scriptures are the word of God. Gravity must be natural and They may reach their conclusion in have no pity for the conservative sentiment that clings to keeping simple. There must be urbanity different ways, but the result is the same in all, viz., absolute certainty. things to-day as they long have and tenderness in it. A man must —Chambers. not formalize on everything. He been.— Ex. who formalizes on everything is a *Among the most efficacious of re Beware of judging hastily, It is fool, and a grave fool is perhaps medial agents are the medical prepera- better to suspend an opinion than more injurious than a light fool.— tions from the laboraory of Mrs. Lydia to retract an assertion. Cecil. E. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. find it out-ah, liecause their friends dare not tell them-ah, iind so leave them to make sport for the Philis- tines-ah! Innate your lungs. It is easier to run a mile with a full pond than an empty one. Be moderate at first. Hoist the gate a little way; when you are half through, raise a little more; when -a-.full licad .of water. Aim at the mark. Hit it. Stop and see where the shot struck, and then fire another broadside. Pack your sermons. Make your wordslike bill I et’s." ATSbArd hurts a man worse if it strikes him edge? wise.— Ex. X