The New York herald., 1868-02-24
Plymouth Church.


To say that Plymouth church Was crowded yesterday
would be nothing new. and to repeat that the Rev.
Henry W. beecher was eloquent and impressive would
DO only to reerate that which been and over
declared by thousands Neither freak Of the weather
nor vicssitude OF climate exercise restraining
power on tho mutudes who hang upon the accents OF
this singuarly accomplished public man First, as he
is In rhetoric and oratorv in eocution and dramatic
STYLE he holds his audience captive and pays with hor
Imagination and reason With the master hand OF
jurer AT the carly service yesterday morning every
available SPACE IN the CHURCH was led. The doc
trne OF love or Christian charity towards all for
the sake OF the Redeemer would appear " be
his guiding sar He frequently breaches on this
theme, always quoting text for the authority OF his
discourse from passages in the Divine law with which
the sacred Scriptures abound. The reverend gentle.
man rst read tue second cnapter OF the First Corn.
thians and dweit with peculiar emphasis ana fervor
the nth verseThai eye hath seen. heard,
neither hath entered into the heart OF man. what
things God hath prepared for them that love Him."
And for tho text OF his he quoted from the Cos
pei OF John, fourteenth chapter aud twenty first
'He that hath mandments and keepeth them,
he It IS that oveth And he that loveh shaft DO
loved of my Father, and wil love him and will mani.
fest myself TO him. He then proceeded to
THIS doctrine in variety OF examples or every day HE,
ply sical philosophical and ethical in eminent de-
gree.
Life and Character Of George WRshtnRtOn.
That subject, seemingly as inexhaustibe as the
Widows cruise, and which the oratorical preachers
and every other class take up with zes
at about this time after the beginning or every new
year "The Life and Character OF George Washington
the theme Of a delivered last evening by
Rev. GeorGe Washington Woodruff, before large and
attentive congregation in the Seventh street Methodist
Episcopal church The the discourse those
words OF Solomon :sfrhe memory OF the just Is
blessed" Beginning with the opening career OF Wash
ington the foundation of his great and noble character
forth his fixed and seadfast Christian prin
cpies These principles shone forth brightly
In all the acts OF his long aud eventful
life well in tho quiet domesticitv Of hts
home circle the sterling integrity and high and un-
Welding patriotism that made him eminent and loved
while ne lived ana have rendered him rcvcred and
worshpped since hs death were planted In the same
Christian soil from the growth OF The same broad CHRIS
tan faith this noble Christian faith, steadast
in the victory of tho right snd he knew that
the coonists striving for their inaienabe rights
and that God would DC WIN them that impeled nm
Rra the plough OF Mount Vernon for the sword OF
the Revolution to assum' tho risks and hazards OF ac-
ccptng the position OF Commandern in Chief ~ our Revo
lutionary War The speaker followed HIM through all
the try ing scenes this early struggle national nds
pendence ana gave a vivid portrayal OF his courage,
his uneeidshness and all the distinguishing traits
for which he was Justly eminent. Ho next traced
him through his political career as President OF tho
United States. and pronounced the infancy OF tho re-
pubic as conspcuouSly ana undeniaply hones,ly ao'
minstered at his hands. The closing years Of n re.
trement from political life were presented In glowing
detail the OF his deathbed In conclusion he
presented the nobest example for the youth Of Anne
rica those years. particularly II their
be public one, he ifA OF Washington. In this
connect0n he drew graphic parallel between our gov
Affairs administered and as administered
by the great Father OF his Country and invoked the
spirit OF tho latter TO bring harmony out OF the present
chaos and rescue our national honor and lbery FROM
The covering OF dust aud ashes thrown upon them by
plotting and unprint ipled politicians He also
referred 10 tho tate aud tho long roll OF heroes IL
had developed but prophessd while OF hose
hernes would be forgotten the memory of Washington
would remain 'nperishabio In the hearts Of the Amer
can people.