REV. J. H. JOWETT'S VISIT TO AMERICA.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 662, 12 November 1909, Page 8

REV. J. H. JOWETT'S VISIT TO AMERICA.

■:PLEA-:jX)Ei'A FREE' EXCHANOE■ OF:■ ■ ;,.;;;•■-•..::-.. m-'-fulpits/; ■■■■.■ . ; r r'■■■■)■ • Tie: Bey.' •Ji. l H.-.Jowett l . :w}«)s:'returned;'tp BirEiiiigham ■ recently after ,a- \6ii- weeks'.-. tout'' in-th'e.AJnited Staies, said-He was glad Bishop, Gere had decided to proceed no, further;.jn'vthe. ma&r of,. .Canon Henson's. inhibition. : " Per- . |so'naUy,"'*"-lie'.said,'.' "I 'hope:'-the v liljerty. eiercisid' .Hensbn.will be/.ei'ercised by many more,: and that-iidary ecclesiastical: fan-cieS'-niay :be.quietly, disregarded.' America"ris in'this, respect'.'far. before , - us,- -and,l 'quite, anticipate/that in/.the cburse-'of.'twp'or three, yews ■the! Episcopal.: Church- I ,.and,-. 'tlie./Free ;Chjirches> there- will IhaVe. a'.free 'eichange -of pulpits.' .l.iia., living -in 'the;: hope/ that .1 may :'6ee; a*'siihiiar-liberty.,-in" bur ;own: land,.'and thatsoiae .day itmay be.the.fiappy l.ot , of tlie: minister: of t Cafr's' liane ; to ; eichange pulpits' with'; the' rector' of'the -parish church \of :.BirmingKami";' Dnring his. sbjoiirn;in America, ■MrVj.Joi^...wv;gT^t^;-'imppeffi6d-.bji'%e".''ei r . ti-emes of 'poverty and tiches - and the .comparative'., absence':of-'the middle-class'element. His .observations. , -.led him ■■'tp -.the' conclusion , '.that'" the Aiperican working, man. was/ noti. v so : well placed as -his -, comrade' in EnglandiVthe ,'exfrawages .repeiired..being more.' than'.,swallowed up by--the:/incr4asedvcpst ; ,bf Irving, . ■ ..; ■*' v,: , ;■'•'." As ; far/ as-..you ■,could;• discover, •,is: .there (i£r!v'Jowett was asked'jby' a -representative of the "Qiristian;World",.in..'America anything like ;the:"theological unrest-that have in due . to the.; impact, of .criticism,, science, .and'-mpdern generally on; the old .theology. Vand .views'of {he .Bibles- ..• .'■:.,: '" I should,.say mijustry iii. America is more-trbnbled and,.disturbed'than."the.■ minisfry';of• our, Manyniiiiistere' in 'AniencavSeeni.'.tp be'just enttnn'g into, aperiod {rom which 'most \ of our, men "..are 'emerging. '/I dalce' say: I. met ■ the more, conservative ministers,'.'and-', it- is ;, .to.'.tSem , '.that..myVre , mark .most : applies." :■..■';■ ■' ■"■ ■''' ~: ' '.' .-.'/.""..'' : . - ■'." i ." What. did' you : form of ..:Ain.en,can''preachrhg??.'; :-'.■. ■■' ' ."'■'■' ■'■" ■'■•/' ■ '' '■:'' "-,■. , ; TYou -Will .undersand that I; had. feiw.oppoTtunities'bf listening ".to.^^'American "preachers. •My . cpnyersatipns -/with.,'scores,'.of : American' mmistere led-.toe to.' sue'jiect' that .the"' great Jack in'general .American: preachihciseip osi- ; ti6n: .:The- , methods 6i 'aqMsifaon.illustrated at the: conventions almost: startled the"' American .ministers, i/ J . should Bay 'that topical preach-' ■ing is •overmuch iii v.bjjne,", Subjects 'are taken, 'and: thon ,&■■ text,•."ieVseareh'ed"f.6r'"'as :a'i'ribtto, 'AM ■'expository,, preaching■■ of ■ thei &pe;-' say,';bf iDr; -Date's..appears "to, be almost-:nqh-eiistent. jßat; here/again, Vit'.pnght.v to '.be. 'added ; v that •Am'(^can' , '.ministoTs are "feeling ,'a" return 'ie-'necessary-.tp oxpcmitipn-'ifrtlie best.iresnlts lof -prekfehirig ■' are to.. Be.'sec'ured.' :: Kγ. , Johnston •!RoS3 ..conducted; a .meeting -for V'ministefs ''at deaife.'to'grapple, wjth the, .internal ■ messages , ; bf {Scripture■'• Very- ,'evi-' : .dent; . '. Let'. .inc return..in,.this;.connection -to "Dr. iGunsaulus. At ;Wihpna. he : delivered , , one |of.:.the • greatest sermons. "1 , , have.'eve'r .■ heard.' He.Bave'fonr.a'ddressoa.on the, , Gospel of John. rtheir.'TOy '!l: do.-not''ek-.■pect.{to' vn'ear. . There ./was .hbwnessyof;. e'ipres'sion,. originality,, in point. bf * View,' .and,yet' there. ;Was :jvhat - seemed /to me the; central,! evangel vpresentjjat■ jth? very' heart,' ind' the '.addresses had'enbrmous inflfuence"onithe audiences'."' :