The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-06-27
BROOKLYN CHURcHz Is.
PLYMOUTH CiUR cu.

The Worship Of the Divine mt Ninety. six
i'm the SlIade-A short sermon und a
short Service-Sermons by MIR. Eeecher
and DR.. Arn0tt.
Ia Tennysons "Lotos Eaters' are the folio wing
lines, and 1t is descriptive OF the appearance or Ply
mouth church yesterday morning.
All round the coast the langIid air did swoon.
Breathing like one that hath weary dream.
There was no impatient crowd rushing to the pews.
The church when service began was only about two
thirds full, every aperture that could bring stream
OF pure Dir was opened, and every opening where
the she'd its relentless rays OF heat carefully
shaded by some artificial contriyance, and vet
langour iassitude and 'tired eyelids upon tired
eyes, were the prevailing characteristic Of all the
worshippers. In this state o. atmosphere MIR.
Beccher showed his practical wisdom by shortening
the service so as 10 occupy about one-nalf OF the
usual time
Though the service was short. and the atmosphere
was oppressive, the sermon was vigorous, had a
healthy tone In il that bractug ana invigoratlng
10 The soul, and overcame the weakness of the nesh.
The subject was 'RighteOusness," one OF the
treatment OF 1t nineteenth century freshness. The
text selected was the sixth verse of the fth chapter
Of The gospel OF 81. Matthew Blessed are they
which do munger ana thirst after righteousness for
they shalt be nlied.r
righteousness was defined TO be an idea2ed con.
science. not Il conscience stamped, marked and fg-
ured like a
CARPENTERS FOOT RULE.
but conscience that gave bent 10 the soul gave a
tone 10 the spiritual life OF man, anu perneated his
being so that he lived, moved, Dleahed and had his
lie In q spiritual uprightness.
THIS led TO the inquiry whether the intensity OF
gious feeling that some persons practice and
others reprobate Is right or wrong That there were
one-slded persons whose religious life was partial.
had no roundness or completeness in it, was true !;
but II was The partlaness OF that life, not its tnten
si'y, thai was TO be complained OF and Stunned.
Men whose hearts were large, whose souls were
warm, who did all things with thOr0ughness, would
necessarily display those characteristics in their
gous lie. The parallel OF th observable
calling that brought out their Whole soul. In
deed so inevitable was this for the production OF
healthy lie that man who was known by his fell
lows to have no purpose in his life here was living
without an object, was seen to have no ambition
On HaS ssss S tss II HIM. wesA aas a.s '0uS
Religion threw around all life its hall0wing. "A.
nobling and spfitualizng influences. it gave to
life
SUBLIME UNITY,
and by ~ men biiit up their souls as Wen their
more material life. Ii was the testtno OF all good
mems lives that this was noble effort. and that by
II, and by u alone, we could make our lives sublime
The insuifciency u the development Of the senses
10 satisfy the soul was then graphically Illustrated
and in confirmation OF this truth expressions from
the psalms OF David were quoted. The Appropriate
ness OF the phrase ito hunger and to thlrstn aud tts
spiritual nles9ing, with the reward that was pro-
missed, .they shs be filed" Illustrated by The ties.
timony OF The psaln.st IN the twenty seventh psalm
closed very practical lax