The New York herald., 1870-07-25
BROOKLYN CHURCHES.
PLYMOUTH CHURCH.

! PIymoutn Church Attractions Fading Away
Mr.. Beecher's Last Appearance but One
| for the Scason-serm0n ON Christian
Patience.
| The approach OF the last Sunday when the far
famed pulpit orator OF Plymouth church will take
his annual holiday excursion, and his voice be heard
no more for six weeks In this popular preaching
temple, Is pany visible In the make up Of the con-
gregaton. The ''pilars Of the temple" with their
tendrils In the shape Of wife and children are no
more seen. They have gone to fresh fields and pas
lures new. After next Sunday they will be joined by
their pastor and then Plymouth church will lose tho
atracveness that yesterday drew many strangers,
most Of whom were from far or lands, attracted by
the European reputation Of the preacher.
Though the sun was nearly as "lnclement' as last
Sunday Mr.. Beecher did not repeat the experiment
OF last Sunday Of closing the church in the evening
Though the pastor is OF opinion, publicly expressed
that one sermon Is quite enough for the human
mind properly to digest In one day, yet his deacons
are not quite 30 advanced In their IDEAS They re.
tain the preudiees Of their forefathers that r Is not
possible to have much gospel and that exhorta-
.tion Is always In season. With this prejudice, to
close Plymouth church on Sunday night is with
them dishonorng OF Cod
The subject OF Mr.. Beecher's sermon yesterday
morning was the patience OF the Christian, faith
ful continuance Of weaolng rhe text selected was
might receive the PROMISE" >>.
Patience was consequence Of enterprise and ens
cuies. II we are to attain lasting results In fko
growth Of our higher )lfe we must In patience pos
souls 4 Tsa s kad 81 *
rncnt OF the lower nature In our children we were So
anxious about, mt ise higher. II was this impa-
tience Of results that pVnseaa aIGra qs from seeing
Of the higher work we were HNolpg. A man clears
2n s% sns he lays down ns anS Ne
80 IN the higher developments OF man. life. On
tAe Intellectual and on the esthec sdo OF his nature
more time was required than In the physical; in tae
slowly and more deeply marked that changed o
powerful man into nagnanimous man. q sehsh
man man into M benevolent man, bigoted-minded man
GrSTsa IN a gaSe Sns was @ correct definition but
their ministers told them they were right that
though they knew themselves to be Christians, yet
there was good deal OF evil ip them Yet There
be Immediate. The law Of God was explicit as to
n a na! tSs led % s no oa o4s ss ss Zee there ss %
n: ss Sss 'eS s' y
ose '9 rom aaS aSuns n s sss ssS
but IL win take longer to control her temper SO I'd
has d shower OF rain and genial weather
IN inroa,,, q day or. or two he may see insn
twenty Years he locke aud tho oak is not much
higher than his head in aity years 1t Is q little
isher y CHE and Is ut for TIMBER pus In hundred years
FIT FOR SHIPS AND TUE FOUNDATIONS OF tn. ,
NJ p.eenor ,nen oaya nanrh. em omus,~.
the training OF cnidthe ..,re difficulty il was 10
bring up bcy y.,n 10 ciiarActeristics in HIM but
Ee}sa treble It was to the motper who had boy
no worried ana % grew anxoa sd, and sad Spbody
had boy 30 much trnnhia as hAr hnY was" But hs