Pulpit and Press

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 98, 3 February 1885, Page 3

Pulpit and Press

The l Wellington Post occasionally comes but in its " old form." The liberality . of sentiment- and. dignified " eloquence of the subjoined • article forcibly remmds_us of the early days of the PjOst, .w&qn -, its; editorial destinies were guided by that powerful aijd able journalist,. tiie. late Francis; ' Gifford.' Our contemporary says - The Venerable Arqhdeac&nAStock must a surety have , ; spoken without^, due consideration when the instituted a ; 4 coniparispn between the work of a clergyman and that of the newspaper writer, and accounted for the dullness '" of the' former's sermons' W compared ' v ( t6 thela'tt&'s articles ; tjy ' ascribing it ' tda more restricted choieo of subjects". - He- is reported to have said that clergyman had' But- 6ne' subject on which to dilate. ! .We: are astonished ' at such a statement from such a . source, and; .We . should 'Hike, khudh to know how he would describe orilefine the sole subject^which he says affords materials;. for.. sermons. '■■■ Would he describe it as theology, religion,

salvation, or the message of " peace . on earth and goodwill toward men." t;i We would accept of anjr. definition^ and then contend that no greater; ... nobler, or mere comprehsnsive subject ' exists, that it really embraces and " inclndes. all [ otheri subjects, that it covers an inexhaustible field of infinite, variety, and ,is, more, important, more interesting^ fintiare LalJuring than anjc or all: of the ; paltry; i questions of worldly 1 "poiicy land ordinary life in which the [journalist has 4ailsl to find the subjects' iu which he interests his readers. Thej clergyman's subject wi. boundless* < f In " . $ie 1 variety of its phasek,' incomparable in the extent of its speculations^ tlie height of its aspiration, ; she jlepth of its mysteries, __tha^ jjublimity el- its~ theories, the" entranoemeni xtf Jif bM ai^iiment, the. parity and beanty-of its lessons, the' Gbrilhahe^iJPther^ypsjp©ctfl4t i 'unveils, and the Edafgnitud& n of the results involved in, it:*',"lt is illustjcated by bobk 1 . T^SB 1 i^#' B ' liteiriWe, it i&.-i^n^ine^ wj^^h the « i „ lit dates from LjPftJwnwdation of thisjiworidv arid ex-. tends to theboundsiof another and a. higher world, it-deals with al^.thafc' x'«ar teW i^e^ious l^erfe 1 and .'fcWeafte*^ yith. their *TJoos.t^ttjiejed J i jai^6etafiofie| t( tlieir mos^yitftl'iiy^rests. J r ,.j^ciioii's,. 0)6; virtues jwhiehi : elevate '/.)pi4 jftft pafißiontbwhich , degradJe'them. TixHiit«ryJ Bc«nce^ Art, to alt part .apd panel of th^BubJeot,'»-Qd rt emtirft&s the whole widerniominion of Nature, - Wttß^&'wl&ch .'feaas frbm Nat^JifP uVto Ifetrir'^a'iGioid:.; '.Can „'aiiy'- : pna .justie,, term, i &,, {SUgDject ■Qf jsucn 'Imkffpi^pflfl . an4v of ; Buch:enoijiious : -i in ' •' whieh •; i ftMoanbea»g has avital and r inlienable , iijitei»Bt-*-a"dalI l or'unitiWrestirig I bne i t i^tJ«ealfl'w4th a^ow^oral^n^^V leetual faculties'j^liJH^eialg'-tQ. ' imr T^^^f^Pkl^^^a^ ygftfe Jffiftier. :i lit/ibedrsi upoji^'our life