The New York herald., 1868-03-09
Plymouth CHURCH. BrookIyu,


Yesterday divine worship in Plymouth church was
commenced with prayer cad thanksgiving; and then
the necesstes oI Tie poor formed the theme OF an
interesting aomily from the Rev. Henry W. Beecher
LIE reverend gentleman in introducing the subject
Of distress and prvations among the poor, said he
was requested by his congregation to bring the ques
tion before the public at large and to request that
collection be taken up, the proceeds Of which would
be applied to the relief Of large number of the CON-
munity Of that great city who were then suffering
privations from want Of the common necessaries OF
life The severity Of the winter had been appar-
ent to all, and to the poor and those depend
Ing upon precarous incomes derived from
day labor the privations and sufferngs were
severe indeed. A committee OF ladies had volun-
teered to take charge OF the receipts and disburse
ments in this work OF benevoence, and he was
authorized by those good ladies to say that not only
money, however small In amount, but walls and trif
ing articles from the wardrobe would be thankfully
received and instantly distributed where the ncces
pleaded this case with peculiar zeal and then intro
duced to the earnest attention Of his congregation
the claims Of collegiate institution in Kentucky for
which professor OF the college was then In the city
seeking support and contributions, and requested
that this gentleman might be kindly received and
generously treated. The college was situated
In the mountainous regions OF Kentucky,
in which blacks and whites were alike edu-
Gated, and In which the honors and distinctions
of collegiate course were open to all In honorable
rivalry irrespective OF class, color or creed Having
disposed Of some other matters OF local interest the
Mark and pronounced q brilliant discourse on the
fifteenth verse Of the same chapter:-"Whosoeve
shall not receive the kingdom Of God as little child
shall not enter into It," The incident here recorded
In the life Of the Saviour is that when little children
were brought to him that he might touch and bless
them, the disciples forbade and rebuked those who
brought the children, at which the Saviour was much
displeased and said:-"Sufer little children to come
unto me and forbid them not" In reading two pas
sages from the sacred volume, one as lesson
for the day and the other q text for his ser
hur
preserves IN those two and In his succeeding dis
course. Yesterday he was unusually impressive.
His metaphors and portraits from real life, COM
mencing with the infant on his mothers lap, resting
his curly head upon the beating heart In the maternal
bosom, and pursuing the course OF life to fifty years
old, and the two worlds Time, and Eternity, coming
together before him upon deathbed, then 1t was
that the Kingdom Of Cod was further from him than
when he was little child II the ability and JUNCTION
Of public teacher are to be tested by the number
who resort to hear him and remain for more than an
hour in profound silence listening to his DISCOURSE
then no doubt exist that the Rev. Mr. Beecher Is
not only pre-eminent as pulpit orator, but that his
reputation such is extending far and wide and
acquiring lustre at every move.