New-York tribune., 1868-09-21
RELIGIOUS.
oroprv,vc on THE CHURCHEs.

cd.
those reopened yesterday. The interior VI ui0 ' ,
aie underwent some alterations while it was closeu,
The cusblons and ottOmans have been he"y the
the pulpit removed ITO Itoul s,Scs vie Yesterday were
conSucted by the Rev DR.. Potter The KEY. Dr ,IUn
~ Srent the vacation among the Green Mo.h
tains returned last week and preached yeseld"r rbe
Church OF the Tabernacle on Sec9nuHNV . @ ,l1ce was
The mitch Reformed Church in Wasmnetoh,p p a,d
naneS on The drst sunday Of the month dIgc .u
Fashionable congregation attended lne pa'S Srfbo
gay Gay cif Fn,rtiave was thoroughly oyerhauled
during the summer months and y now % it Iy fepeV
Th e picSs NJ thc Church Of the ncarnauon Madison,
ave. d aha Tbe Rev Or Mont gomery preached The
Rev Dr. Deems preached yestcruy 10 ial Z. OoneiVE
sh"n southgae pastor OF Zion Church, who spent the
vacation at Nyack has returned 10 his charge No
c%enges were made in the church during the vacation
The Church of All Souls has been reopened ana services
were held yesterday During the vacation the organ OF
Trinity Chapel, which was very much out OF Oluel un
derw ent thorough repair.
REOPENING OF PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
Mr.. Beecher was in the pulpit of Plymouth
Church yesterday morning the first time since the sum
mer vacation AS usual the house yas not large enough
to accommodate the thousands thai v0e anxious 10 oo
tain admission, and hundreds went away unable even 10
ind standing At about 10 o'clock strangers began
gather the doors and before
The lines filed the vesbule and extended out across the
sidewalk The house has been thoroughly repaired during
the sumRer and though its interior arrangement mas
not been changed II has been greatly improved in ap
pearance The pulpit decorated with two immense
bouquets OF the most beautiful flowers ,
After the @ TOM Om TiSi M W6o %I cave @
self for US be might redeem us from all nQuy and
WORKS WORKS Mr. Beecher spoke in substance as follows
Who gave himself for u do not wish to detIact fIgln
magnitude OF the act Of Christ dying for the world
but should like TO give more emphasis 10 the TACT ta
Christ gave ms NE as much while nc was nNlE a. wcu
he died For an old man. stricken by disease ana t4iei
ing the of the grave TO light against dealh ms
no moral force dying in itself when only yields to
tie destroyer has 10 moral force Dut 10 lay uOWn Se
life for principle that is heroic II Is not the pam at
agree TO suffer certain amount oi
agony: death; in most cases. Is as deyoiG eyonl
snds whom you daily the streets suffer the pans
of death thousand times over from Indigestion and It's
attendant horrors or from neuralgia wIth its racking
pains To die, then, is not 10 take on one sen 20 l4uCn
suffering, but the magnitude of the saerhce ephus on
what gives and in this sense dying loI ohes 10
heroic You Will notice that the text however H4es hot
say gave his me-, but gave hinsem, tHv Ct ST,o r ~
the savors life was one continual giving Ctt d neieT
of three years and little more Iat plSe3uSo ms In
far precious gift to mankind han the one nc
far and higher sgnhcagce tlan can be attached
to the death Of amy common man, but what TINS was
his life much while living when he died, though his
death had much Of tragic circumstance about II iha u
Ia lifted above hls every day and made promi
nent. often than his teachings Aud this then,l the
should derive regarding our own lives, that we
give lives best not when die but rather what we
do while living. No man can give his life for the world
Christ did but men can give thei nyes loI INC wo
In so far moral influence is concerned y possible
that far less degree may give our lives Tor the
world. Every patriot who truly serves ms country ana
the Of truth and liberty; every martyr every
gloom because he stands mp heroieally for prin-
epe man %aS goes ito HGS S ieTSI NSd
benighted people who need his services so much
whose death is brought while in the service OF
mankind are truly following their Lord though IT may may
steps Of his father any the less 6ecanse his steps are
who puts his life in leopard for the public good
loving the Lord the watchman who patrols the street
falls by burglars shot the policeman who is stabbed
while his beat, is killed in public riot and whose
paragraph. There is many man IN New-Hork who Is
io mi his is enp and Who dispenses his bounty only as the
drops the rain which II cannot hold and VINO is
nevertheless followed by mems praise; and dying oX-
tOed in the newspapers which follow him to the grave,
where ought TO be written, The name OF the wicked
shall rot But under his window passes DacR ana lOrth
an humble but heroic policeman, whom nobody ever
thinks Of but who is living aud may be called upon TO
die for the peace and quiet OF the city III ths class Oi
heroes also include those gentle nurses who, renounc-
ing pleasure comfort rest watch by the couches OF te
sick. They are like the bird mythical VINO p1cks tho
feathers from its breast 10 make soft the bed Tor her
and expose themselves every hardship that they
smooth pillow OF the dying soldier What shall
of the brave boys, and who like the noble Bnt
Ter of NewJersey follow the line 9i batlie lnck OUT
And what shall saw of the noble women who gave their
lives in the hOspalsl Many servants and humble men
give their lives for the world and The world never knows
anything about H. but God knows it, ana rewards evcr
according TO his works. 1t is not necessary Tor men
40 10 opt Of their ordinary routine OF dulT m OIdef 70
serve the world Some men think that rcElOI Is IAc
music an outside accomplishment. They leave IeHgOh
for business aud then Oh sunday or at certaN o.nef
times, they turn their attention to religion hut ceI
conception religion is that which carries 1t into even
day work. that is manifested in the way man goes aoou
his work and in his itself. / have noticed |
that the slender brook that carries the mhl
sings more gaily ON sunday ina, than 2 on dSshcs 0hca
the rocks and down the dam In holiday gee 70 |
Christians have holiday in religion on tue Sabbath
the day kind Of holy joity, but when pety costs
something, when men have 20 fight down wicked !
thoughts aud succeed then they are nearest TO God And
when man stands on the deck IN tne iuloW, or uy
the smoking FORGE then Is the time for hun TO serve God
II is very unfortunate that we have not Gone away w
Hccations &c o'arv 70 sneat ~ Ne % rnaycr
occupation rather low and that he receives
for himself by his da,S !aDor Is not oi ha
SO much consequence as n'"' M -. -.
the same time doing for the others Inc eaipeH,r.
works all Summer house. ana Tic Is pal9 hle"
thousand dollars for it perhaps ana people cay e has
been well paid Is this all he has dOnet No; lie has
reared a mansion that shall stand hundred years, aud
shelter generation after generation. Here the Old
patrarch shall lead In family deYoOns; INTO thd room
death shall and take away some l0ve one; here Is
here children shall sport III tEeir gee The carpenter
builds two, ten, twenty. hundred mansions ana dies
but his work lives long after him. ana Is blessing 10 te
world And shall al TINS ee measured IN tIe Sc"o W." w.
poor ptul pelfi The rude smith who stands over Ms
in former times, fashions by sturdy blows he silk
of n great anchor-nO one ever asks MN NHat
he done for the world but what has he done Ior h
self The anchor sold, and placed on Doaiu ho'e
the ship and recrOsses the ocean, Dut at Iesh
Overtaken by violent Storm she is drifting on 10
the anchor is thrown out; IT nlmIy gIsps tAe
rocks while the wind whistles through the isSlns anu
seems to strain with greater force upon the anchor oe
cause has been thwarted the vessel saey Outtdcs
fhe storm and precious freight OF statesnen paI
thrOpsts, fathers mothers, children wives are ueu
safely in port The smith has saved hundred ives
and THAT is what he has given 10 the community;
JOY and peace to hundred nome, anu sdNto
souls from brny deep; he made the anchor And so
those men have Tiled our houses with cOlYelehces
and invented labol-saVlng machines. Ihey nave
tnancipated US from toll by esayng matter Ghe only
no llat IL