Famous London Preachers.

Otago Witness, Issue 1582, 18 March 1882, Page 29

Famous London Preachers.

Simeon Gilbert, the editor of the Advance, In the course of a certain letter to his journal from London,' gives an interesting description of some of the more widely known of the London preachers. Spurgeon t he says, has a magnificent voice, that makes itself heard from the first word of his sermon to the last by every one of his 7000 hearers. It is of agreeable quality, and is ' fit for assertion, if need <be, but equally sympathetic, winning, and persuasive.' His preaching is 'biblical, yet eminently scriptural and ever textual.' He never writes his sermon, and gives only a short time to special preparation. He is capable of, passages of surpassing beauty and vividness of description ; but 'lie wastes none of his resources in the support of mere side show.' He has the advantage of a grand audience, 'containing a great number of admirable men and women, as any stranger could see at a glance.' The deep galleries extend all the way round the church, and the pulpit is thrust far to the front in the midst of the congregation. Of his personal appearance Mr Gilbert says : * His hair is black. He uses no razor, but has rather a light beard. In form he is not tall, but is thick-set. His face wears some trace of the physical pain which he endures. He dreads the winter.' Though Newman Hall is a Oongregationalist, his church is independent. For the moat part, the service of the Established Church is used. The organisation of the church is Congregational at bottom, but most of its affairs, however, are managed by a Board of Elders, about half of whom are Baptists. Dr Gibson, formerly of Chicago, was found occupying a fine church in one of the most desirable parts of the city. On one side of his church is a Jewish synagogue, and on the other is Professor Huxley's house. 'So,' says Mr Gilbert, ' between the leaven of the Pharisees and that of the Sadducees even a "live" Scotch-Canadian- American-English pastor has enough to do.' Canon Farrar's sermon, which Mr Gilbert heard, was ' thoroughly good and admirable in matter, style, and manner.' Dr Joseph Parker still draws crowds to the City Temple, and ' those who can endure his excess of egotism speak very warmly of the good which, nevertheless, he is doing.'

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