New-York tribune., 1870-10-03
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE,
RELIGIOUS.
THE SERMON on THE PRESENT.

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| THE GATES AJAR.n
The first text of the callow student, fresh
from the dry browsngs OF the theological school, the last
text OF the minister ancient in days and ways, that
sentence which Mr. Frothingham chose the sugges-
ton OF bis lecture yesterday morning" In my Fathers
house are many mansions" He spoke OF the tender un
specific, not docrinal and entirely natural meanings
which Christ had given to these words ana OF tne
breadth and exataton which His recognition OF God In
nature had impaired TO the world He made HIS home Dy
hrin0 In it.
What is the world said Mr. rockingham, but mousse
OF many chambersf Here spain an apartment OF I'D
nance; England, one great workshop; Germany
school Of Science; Rome, chamber OF gio-
rious Art We are citizens Of all. Our home
| Is where dpeH, not where we stay ~
is where plant loves, make our life interests
The mind makes the world, the heart makes the home
Gods house is Just what we ourselves make H. Inc
narrow, bgoted soul, proud OF its own fath' hNes "
small and mean space. To such the fathers houso
Home In that House, builded in eternity
and nfnude is the mansion Of Thought, OF Truth You
are where your thoughts are, and the truef 'no'o
thoughts are the nobler your world VIII De -, IT,
Another great Chamber OF tms house s tna' oI ha
You can never find even useless emp or lear IL hhS
been said that there are tnGs-lo%ers, 1of nssncg
which made for the sake Of their beauty Snpy
took up Darwin the other day and read OF MS gres.
discOverytha the beauty and fragrance OF the nOws
tract the insect which CONVEYS to it the ferzng pollen.
There IL no ideness even In the daisies ana U3es 40
The doctrine Of immortality used to he void of the
timent OF usefulness. Angels stood IN SHINING rows
around the Throne, clothed In white garments Win
crowns n gold their heads, playing the harp ana
gave all their y Sds to sSwng p6 know how
~ sing, and don't want Ia learn golden crOwns are
certainly comfortable than other heads want
10 work. and We don't want 10 90 10 heaven on tnose
terInsg' SO the whole idea Of Immortality became, in
measure, unreal; If there were nothing TO DO there wac
nothing to hope for Then followed the idea that ten
thing 10 do perhaps for those we leave behind Goete
said that he had been able TO believe that
thought could his perplexy had always been IN
regard to the seryieeaolensss OF the other ne ana
henson about that there will always be nuts enough TO
Lately was published a woman's book the /" Gates
Aiar book for which the demand WAS enormous, which
there's little in Il Il T faHefnl sentimenta but it holds
the idea that in Heaven there people who think
and work She an orthodox woman' took the Bible az
its word simply II there golden streets and
houses there must be people walking in them children
worked out. In brilliant way not with any pho-
sophical accuracy breadth; she simply made Heaven
scH 1t the thought OF Use that has made real TO us
the immortal life. .
The Mansion of Love is the great dwelling after ALL
thoughts. How shall we get that lOvef IL Is TO love
with al ones heart here one grain OF earnest loyal
world homeke To love another better than ones sell
The great lesson Of all is that the Fathers mansions
within ones own breast Heaven Is here the world
Of hope, anticipation, feeling, is AL here. We have
here first, II We have II at all.
PLYMOUTH PULPIT SERMON BY THE REV.
HENRY WARD BEECHER.
The usual large congregation gathered In
Mr.. Beechers church yesterday Mr. Beecher selected
for his text the last clause Of the % chapter OF
Galatians And the life which now live in the flesh
live by faith of the Son of God who loved me and
gave himself for me-" 1t is not the intensity OF this
experience that wish TO point out, but its peculiar
element OF personaness The life that he lives in the
esh-the inmOst life, the secret springs OF it's that
derived from his love to Christ and that the Son OF God
presented himself 10 his Imagination and his thought as
one who loved him and himself for HIM There
the characteristic element OF this experience the recog
milton OF Divine love- and the bringing home OF that love
to ones personal experience The Gospel teaching
il that Gods love is the pride grand attribute of His
This the foundation OF government the source
are strung although often it is hidden BY the the things
strung upon IT, But this view sqsTes,s G3d oensSg nScn
haze of good will that we look INTO Men IhlnE doas
rays far abroad, it dses throw down certain
good will upon everybody and everything. with.
sunshine his nature and many conceive OF Gods
love being universal that Is hardly personal put
the God OF Revelation the Father, mankind are his
children. He knows all OF them and is personal 10 each
and specific TO every individual creature OF ne vast
household innumerabe, incOnceNabe by US as there
but single creature in the uniyers so God looks
on each one The personality and the dsinterestedness
and the universally of the Divine love wonderfully
forth in the Old Testament scriptures particularly In
the disclosures of the prophet The presentation OF
this Thought srs up however, great many doubts in
those who have been exercised 10 thlnK. Ihey say
they love all persons and so God loves men Doubtless
but does He love every one g God so loved the word
loved the whole world. That includes IN IL tine
individuals from age to age every where Yes
ovable God commendeth His love toward us, as the
apostle says in that while We were yer sinners Inn ae GhTst 5
measure was shed abroad toward each man, and the
Whole world without moral condition. That is the plain
English OF what the Apostle says. Gods dsinerested
made plain in that He loves such me not ON con
He loves
lovely Ave- that could not love. And 1t " not
+ Epdyduaiized both ways heart OF God and in the
OF the recipient 1t Gods mature 10 love what
his eye looks upon do not say makes no difference
10 them whether they good or bad but do say that
the great crownng fact Of Divine Love has no respect for
character that precedes character ana u ho founded
upon it, The benevOence Of that love To u.s. very largely
to he sure depends upon our Iath ana our repenace
on us in any way-its the constitutional nature, II may
| use language that belongs 10 meu, OF God.
ing influence, and yet precede all cleansing ana al ere
with il in God the conception OF purity and OF upright
ness and Of integrity Of administration 6a % and Justice and
eous just and good, and that love is something that
te in stue aff5 atef have BEEN ssed that
men stand before God at such an angle and IN such
love of Justice is first satisfied. and the love OF ODE
| dienoe Il first satisfied, aud that then comes
fect obedienoe; whereas the representations OF the
Bible love comes first OF all and IL tbe reason Of every
other thing in the divine character and administration
| Ynn know how forts built with their eutvorks and
swarming with mighty artillery, and yet almost hidden
i'm the center OF this complicated structure there h lit
lie house where the lives where he has his
little parlor and all the amenities OF me so men think
Of cod. government the vast proportion OF II Is srt
lery large logs aud sweeping bulwark and then hid
| someybere back in that government, II you get
| through oil this mighty maze, you viii tnd a
little house where God lives and has got heart Why
DO we moi take Gods love and make IL volu
minous AZ potential, do other Divine attributes
For IL is In His consciousness without doubt II Is
mat I'm which he glories when Moses asked that he
might behold God, that he might have some balanced
conception OF the Divine nature, four-nths OF all the
nctnre that was recited 20 him Gods long suffering
forgiveness mercy and kindness-Hs love Ia short And
here il tbe Divine Equator the diameter may say,
Of the Divine nature Love is the ministering force