New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-17
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
SERMON BY REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER.

HE DECLINES AN INCREASE OF SALARY.
AS usual, Plymouth Church was packed with
people yesterday morning Before commencing to
preach Mr. Beecher said, touching the action OF the
Church In raising his salary to $4,000 that he hardly
what say aboutit He only learned OF tthrough
tho press and friends. He deeply obliged, bnt
none the less so because he could not accept Great
sensation Voice, mo. nol With tears in his eyes, he
made long pauses and said in broken voice. that us
ally he could say what he wished to. this time he could
not He hoped the matter would be reconsdered by the
trustees.
He would conclude HIS visits in Joralemon-st. on
Wednesday. He thought that he had finished that street
but to his great surprise new families were constantly
epringng up in all directions. lie would be obliged II
those Of the congregation wishing visits would send her
Mr. Beecher then preached from Philippians with chap;
ter 18th and the peace OF God which passeth All
understanding shall keepyour hearts and minus through
Jesus Christ"
Such language this stirs the maglnaton but It Is
seldom answered in practical life How many are there
VINO that they experience perfect peacei JOY ~
quite different hing-t belongs TO another state ana
it Ia transcendeny higher than what we understand JOY
to be- No man becomes Christian all at ONCE Tor ne
has through many stages OF unfolding before ne
arrives at the higher plane OF Christian deyeOpmenI
Some christians further advanced than others NO
man has perfect peace the beginning Of the now life,
unless there has been thorough previous preparation
The delights Of literature not realized by the child
when IL learning the alphabet Peace IA one OF the
signs Of rpening and not OF blossoming Wheh once the
pilgrim has reached this later state his soul u IN he lana
Of Beuah and IN the hush OF evening ne hets we ,VSe
Of the blessed The speaker sometimes Thought that the
sweet voices or earth were Dut the echoes VI Vno oi
No man without imagination reach the highest
point IN Christian life and parents often do wrong in
keeping down all that tends to cultivate the Inauguration
ia their children IL Is by the imagination that we over
the material and ensuous God hrst rules physca
paths for men walk ill., but after they have learned TO
walk they to depend on them no longer III strange
material senses, he then most enjoys material things
The man who looks the world with material eyes can
not experience the joy OF the man VINO uses MS sptu"
Property Is not enjoyed by the who constantly has
II . ia hx ha Npln "a
without IT, Men not fit to have wealth until they
know how to do without it, Idoat0rs are not the true
10 onch life we do it by lower senses, aud conse
queuy joy is than 1t when we come to I'VE
When the mind first begins to pray 1t complains that
God vast aud far away But when once we oegn 20
have personal knowledge Of the Divine presence then
conscious Of unuterable peace and there is no
begins 10 see his father writing the secretary in
the old coat the wall, or IN the Dlg clalr: AFTER
we have learned know God, then the earth begins
10 show his haudiwOrk. We him IN the grass
by the roadside among flowers and trees and nature
Is ever presenting Him 70 us All days are sundays ana
there nothing but bessedness and peace from year TO
year time rolls This is the higher stage OF CHRISTIAN
From the foregoing 1t ia easy TO see why there Is so
much dHcOrd and controversy In the church fe0pesa
crccds $50 do :" they belong the lower stages %
education. The child first reads by spelling the words
which is right II n can read IN no other way; Out VIM
would you think II 1t should keep ON spelling out every
word through life. ,,
and 10 frut ia sweet when 1t Is ripe 60 are CHRISTIANS
No man reach the Christian life through ms malg
feelings God love so sure are ms fOl-
lowers going toward genteness ana chaily Inc pro
grc-s of development viii be accompanied by dSntef'
esfeduess and simplicity If tile man Is true CHRISTIAN
Nothing done perfectly until we do IL without Know
ing it, Children generally graceful un they 20 mo
company and beginning to think where they shan put
Their hands the great painter paints almost unconscious
ly you can tell whether person has got heyOnute
land " awkwarducss by the way lie works WEen WISH
to add and IauayZc7 and say and are II anal Is ~
So long as "A stops 20 think what lie shah say on
the platform, he Is speaker. true orator speaks
and aftcrward comes along to ma out Wat ne mas s
Dir eecher closed by saying that there Is not an anger
IN heaven who knows the sound Of the trumpet or PRIDE
lint when the lips the trumpet Of love- the gates OF
the New Jerusalem will fly open, and all OF the shining
hosts will come out and lead the pilgrim IN.