The New York herald., 1870-06-06
BROOKLYN CHURCHES.
PLYMOUTa CHURCH.

MIR. Beeci,cr in His Summer Dress-NO Obser.
vance Of PentecOst Sunday-Sermon the
IHlrnitics Of Mankind, with Kind ana
Charitable Word for Them; and also on TIE
Tuning of the Human Fiddle.
Penecost Sunday, the great festival OF the Church,
received no significant honor at Plymouth church
yesterday morning; except It might be Indicated by
the outward adornment of the pastor who appeared
for the first time this spring In white vest,
and holding brown soft, felt, low crowned hat in
his hand The choir did something towards paying
tribute to the day, as was heard when Mr.. Rock
wood the tenor soloist, sounded forth the wOndrou
lucid notes Of Handel in "Comfort ye comfort ye,
my people" and the eighty.voiced choir followed
with the sublime chorus set to the noble words Of
this spiritstirring chorus from 1.-THE Messiah.n
THE FLORAL CONCERT.
next Thursday, received another advertisement
from Mr. Beecher, who urged that as 1t was to be
concert OF glees and madrigals class Of music not
generally popular, but far more beautiful than even
the German and would have the novelty of being
exclusively Old English song all who attended might
be sure OF having musical treat, as well music
for the eyes in the floral dressing Of the church. to
say nothing OF the qualification OF social intercourse
with one another either before or after the concert
The subject OF the sermon was, "Man's infrmitles
and their relation to the Spirit of Cod" and was
founded on the twenty-sixth verse OF the eighth
chapter of st. Paul's Epstle to the Romans-"Like-
wise the Spirit also heipeth our infrmities for we
know not what we should pray for as we ought; but
the Spirit itself maketh lntercesslon for US with
groanings which cannot be uttered" Far away
from all metaphysical treatment Of this question Of
the Office Of the Spirit Mr.. Beecher kept HIS
hearers In the plane OF practical thought
and common sense Discardng the mOnarchicaI
idea generally attributed to God In His dealings
with HIS creatures he elaborated the paterna idea,
and showed that as the solictude or the father and
mother was for the good training and development
OF the child so God had predeslnated all His
creatures for goodness and 1t was for that He
directed all His dealings towards them For this
Nature, In all her bOunteOusnsss ana glory,
manded to take care Of man. for this Providence in
all its wonderous dspensauons was commanded by
OF His spirit He thus helpeth our inrmities. There
were few sights on earth more sOul-elevatlng than
to see noble nature condescending and lifting
itself to the tuition OF smaller nature; to see a.
PROFESSIONAL, ENCYCLOPEDIA SORT OF MAN
STOPPING down from the loftlness Of his intellect and
but to the stupidity OF an ignorant child, and lead
ing 1t almost, unc0nscousy to ITSELF out OF the low
lands OF It's own ignorance. That was the treat
ent OF God towards the soul OF man, and the illness
of the teacher was shown in the words OF
the fifteenth verse Of the fourth chapter Of He
cannot be touched with the feeling OF our
iu1rmities. You have never seen two violin.
lists step into an orchestra TO play a violin duet
but you have seen them tune their vl0llnS
together before they commence, however well they
may have done this in the room before they stepped
on TO the PLATFORM Before they have got through
The strings have run down and the violins nave 10
be tuned again. Now the human heart was thou
sand times more finely strung than any violin and
llie great business OF life was to get
THIS FIDDLE OF OURS
INTO more tunable state Now this lie OF Ours