Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-03-03
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27ss Reak and EGets Ministry Of tEs Present
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Sabbath last; says the New York TINES.
wasa field day at plymouth Church, which
was thronged by thousands to hear Henry
Ward Bsechef, Taking for his text the
words: "FOT yOur 1feld Is the World" M.
Beecher commenced by defining his t56sf.
ton in regard to creeds written and I'M
written, so 9pGEines1i6amd S6aR, and q
theology in general. he contended that
creeds were of Gse, but were by no means
sacred; that d6ttrines and forms were ser
T9seePler H3q hstligrges sap.d robes were
not to be desplsedy Tor the very reason that
plo@s, aud lhoeA- And FakeB &re 6lCsefvice
to the farmer, simply because he needs
them butdprlher than 0hisEhe could not
admit. To him gown would be an en-
barrassment Pbysicaf, as a aslitntpys would
be hindrance mental, but so long, as other
people used and enjoy them, il was not his
business to ridicnle or despise them
Branching from this, be alluded to the sa-
credness OF days. and ordinances, such as
Sunday, fast days, peculiar modes1of bSp.
tism, and 80 on, as Of use simply to
educate and assist Christians in their
several lines ,sof spiritual development,
while there is and should be no Intelligent
recognition Of sspredness or holiness about
them. "This," said he, sis an era of pro-
gress and the church must be prepared for
changes and improvements, as the body
public is, and as all human organizations
have been since the dawn of Eden's sun.
II hes been customary for the great body
OF Christians to regard the church and it's
days, and ordinances and its ministers ks
something different from everything aud
everybody. This is changing somewhat,
and will change still more. Far be it from
me 70 say ia'i word or Hnggest . theory
which can move one Of 5ChIisHsl slittlest ones
from the rock of ages or this frmest land
mark of all time, the Bible; and ]. only
fear lesti may be misunderstood when
say that from these old supers.itious of
our infancy, from this reverence of means,
we must move, and that right speedily
Young men, you who are casting about for
| employment, and who seek to know by
what avenue of ife's labor you are to be.
come usefuL avoid, 1 beseech you,. the
overcrowded pursuits of the law, the be-
stuffed hospitals of gmedicine, the hot and
dreary and unsatisfactory roads of mer-
chsudisB. Remember that your ufhld is
1 the world, ,n'apd look; with me for q mo.
ment stthe grandeur of your opportunities.
No place in}life is so full of possibility SO
rich In promise, so powerful, 30 full Of
4 liberty as the pulpit. 40h ~ II says some
N good, piouss5sonl, "a now you're CO.
ing to advice :. preaching politics. - -
\ Preaching politics Aud why not7 You
have your little men in pulpits, who can
\ preach of Mosesaand the prophets who
can show you the length and. breadth of
their creed, who can explain the meaning
OF this term, and of thattext, who can
taik EssFnealy of original sin, and. of the
WlckednesS Sofmen who. lived two thousand
years ago; but here is the minister who
teaches you of the duty Of the day-5who
exposes the cortdptions of the time in
htch lyou lige76Rho ezpoundsa the duty of
the men before him r IN what book or
naWspAper5 can yon 6nd.aught Concerning
the manner OF using b vote With the
exceltiea of pr, Lieber, man born in
II Germ bat bred in America, know OF
no PnblelSts WHO has taught the people
under ndiugiy on this vital question Of
II Amer can life. / thave attented, many
II eonpels where learned divines examined
n yonthtulcandidates for ordeFs,F bat L have
never yet attended or heard one where Q
single question y as spnt to, test the ,ftness
ot-tne maR as-a teacher on the point most
vital to his eQpgregatipn They ask him
Al! about original sin, and 1.-The fall oi
Adam, aud the superlapsus, and the sub
l!apsnei aud test him, as to whether he be-
AeYes i natural grace or acquired grace,
Whethe nan 10 wholly 'depFaEsd Uriohly in
part az if the elatter,,w where the depf6Yity
stopsa al Whstrelstions itbears to the rest
OF ms 'ture-but they never, fGneveE
suggest question which would indicate
that the Ills or bodies of the men of the
nineteen century arsof the least possible
moment. Fhese ministers ares easy made.
the aoeF take little Of. the regulation
dough, ! " mould 1t into q pretty little
CAKE OF "a silly the right shape, pinhole Il
WIN WIN tae,n cessaEy number of orthodox
noles, PVT { on patty pan, shoyeie into
properly built oyen,e and, Whenilt is
oeksal sypa aaYe your' pretty cracker min-
lsters; Out on them, and ont on such q
system: WsgRre living in = land and in 9
time o. peculiar temptation. We are, as q
peeples gtyl1g greatly 10 lying. Why the
raoge ogeotiWhUe lies al0nei eiisawonaerfully is
long, fpnniFs npB only through the highest
? oGeaYeS nqi way up into the harmouies,
Wnile the spb- base of black liea is simply
tremendouA We must have, q change in
our pablfc, her, and not -Sniv In beilowef
4 classes spb oGciHls, but even in the halls OF
Z our mosseESltsd national counoil.. do
! not PEopo7 70 make charges, but cannot
! ltoroeaf ssliagE that the Ttoue of public
ImeEasg or ~ y IoS indeed, when We hear glibly
spokee5 ol9ths b&etefiug of votes on nat
si.so tets q gseat moral spurpbFt, making our
y IsLA1nr ts sham bles Of infamy and
!ellSNt - .sL is i-J5sszs gtsgl es,s
MsMAJ AsniRts ourselves that
; SLytaeF pSes aatltime our public meusin
masninef fen 1se such ss do not make us
a blush. ~ Se maiuJ they iAEe 'trnthful,