New-York tribune., 1870-01-10
RELIGIOUS.
SERMON BY HENRY WARD BEECnER.


ey that time lie hoped that Christian benevoenc
would be shown among the brethren In regard TO the
Eews and he was glad that PSIseptSe change tor ie
read note from member Of tho congregation saying
rous had shown unusual kinness toward strangers
others who CHANGED TO he put nte his pew.
,oaeh6s New Years calls Mr. BeeeheT said that ns had
Stesded 70 visit all OF his friends but he had no idea ol
the undertaking at the time, and he spake as fool
spake. The first days work gave hm reason for con
nnished Montague-et and portion OF Joralcmon. lie
found cAllmakiBg different from what II the first
was wasted. Now, besides standing the STEP he had
eiteR waited for the last touches to be pnt on face
minutes so as 10 make room for others However he was
rails on wednesday last would every wednes
day until further notice IL the programme could not DC
Iweiye calls day, the people would be duly informed
He then preached from the nth chapter oi Luke, eth
Aud the Apostles said unto the Lord, Increase
our faith Christ was preaching On the Gaty sh, Si sell
OF the command as applying to them and as soon as
they saw the impos sby OF Their task they eAeiaeu &
they had faith gram OF mustard seed they might
the @ YG e Se be p RSy FRs Gsss h INTO TO
the words Of vItue and are charmed, but when they
that Impossible for them TO follow the advice They
believe In the IDEAL but not in the practical This is
common mistake The better psnre OF man can accom-
plish mighty things If he only knew It,
Men often think the world good enough until they be.
bankrupt; then their horizon is filed with the
dark clouds Of misfortune and ;1ey seek perhaps for the
rst time the hand that has long been reaching after
them. The who lives happily with his companion at
last misses her and then says IF there is
latOn in religion let me have it, and 50 he gets 1t 10 I'll
up the aching void.
Thus freQsently brought into the presence of
God when they would come in no other way Ihs is the
dawn OF faith II the person keeps the upper window OF
HE soul open, that God n then he has got
the beginning OF Divine inspiration When once men get
this their higher nature has the power to eXpe the YER
new c reaaasts the forces Of the soul and decides in
what direction they shall work Faculties are not added
VIII make The patient new man, he does not mean that
ishness afterward for benevOlence First he was all
Mahen lastly all benign when, therefore, man enters
into the Christian e his disposition is not removed but
changed. 1t may be hard for a sly person to become
frank and open but can be done Thcrei nothing bad
al man but what can be made good If he Is clothed with
before man can be rauspianted into the soil No
who draws to the twilight OF higher life should
only free Gospel, but a victorious Gospel"
When mau attempts to gain access to virtue he
opening trunk drawer when the key has been lost
Whoever got drawer opeu by coaxing it; by saying
need If take IT.. There was never heart SO home
@ Hs bnn tbe dne ms ~ 9Sc az iy fash hack
The everlasting glory Of God then viii all the sOroWs of
this life De blotted out forever.
CHURCH OF THE PURITANs.
The Rev. DR.. Geo b. Cheever preached an
able sermon at Apollo Hall Church of the Purtans yes
terday morning selecting his text jeremiah 3lt chap
eth verse:
"They shall come with weeping, and with supplicatiOns
viii lead them Will cause them 10 walk by the IYeIs
of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not
stumble for am father TO Israel and Ephraim is my
The reverend speaker commenced by alluding to the
objections made from tme 70 time, by unbeeyng minds
InS ffom te 6HHIsSenee and q; God, and
the absurity OF prayer WIN expecanee OF an answer
" We could change Gods purposes. God. Himself an
bweH these QAecyoR an9 sometimes bases the use, and
advantage aud ece6cy Of Player on the very attributes
S deosras @ III Gstis5Sss ss Jt 1ESy don't at
tempt THIS demonstration to keep men away from Cod
but W aVOWed OF correcting what they
say the greatest evil in the religion Of the modern age
the suppostiOn that pcty consists in prayer They ad
tile argument that II carries about with him
benoyoence aud Kind feelings, that tat Is true prayer
and God does not require anything else. Now, God
POUNDS the very obligation and efficiency of prayer upon
this great fact announced to all mankind Md lie does
20 to him In prayer If we turn away from the Lord and
neglect prayer which the only neartproo God LOOK
ing upon and seeing It's spirit they may never come to
him We must not pray WITH prayers OF any particular
rolled of like rOngmill God looks on the heart
IF ye turn away then Will turn away tye repent OF
your goodness, then will repent of my mercy" God
changes His method according 10 persons character
aud dOngs, else there would be 10 fear Of God. The
Christ performed upon the bodies Of the sick and the
blind aud deduced from this fact the argument that if
these were miracles how much more were the convert
ing and cleansing OF mems hearts miracles Christ had
heard the lepers prayer than he answered it
st forgivng his sins, aud when lie bad received ts
blessing, he asked for nothing more,
most electual powerful working piety IN the world
TINS pety has Wings the wings OF faith and love, vet fly
ing is not the greatest exercise Of pety, The speaker
Ierred TO the famous gae bird which constructed with
sueh enormous wings that Il do almost nothing
else but fly IL only above the earth. Such Is
some mems piey so soaring 50 transcendental IN lts
that it sits enthrOned m upper air True piey is like
chips While above the world, yet u 5 for work
ing not for soaring merely The sails steady her
against wind and tide THIS is the picture OF the true
brave Christian IN this world. lie is not walking IN the
world governed by the world but he is TO force his
through the eartll and the very wind that blows
10 spend ghts the helm, but he knows his work
s worthy, his reward hcalculabie ana he s ready Tor
the emergency.
THE TREASURES OF TIE SNOW THE BYRON
SCANDAL.
The Rev. T. c. Sweetser, pastor Of the Blocker
Et Unversalst church, preached yesterday morning
from the text Job xxxy xiii Hast thou entered into
the treasures OF the snowl The speaker thought that
~ his audience had spent their lyes IN NewYork city,
they probably could not return affirmative answer to
the question Of the text for the fret place the treas
ures the not exhibited here very Cteh, or III
yerv great quantities. and the second place, they
hardly remain long enough Tor US 70 get BImIse az
them when they arc iere We must spend Winter in
he country or among the Alps IN the Polar regions,
before fully understand the meaning OI lhdt eA-
w9s Of The moral treasures OF the snow however.
at Mr sweetser proposed 10 speak and after referring
bry 10 the scientific beauties oI hls SUBJECT Ie men
toned az these its purity Another treasure OF
the said the preacher, Is Us lesson OF chaty In
true charity clements always found-the trans
forming aud the protecting element 10 Illustrate the
Transforming power OF the snow, MT SWeetser guoted
beautiful selection frOmWhitters IN Whlc
poet describes the as hiding all the deiOIhesO
Tepulsye objects into beautiful Tesemniances 10 naIDc
etatuary. But II, said he on some winters day you
walk through such human forest as TINS city, fOr III
stance, affords SIN lis Ireth ana DIeautn WHAT you
zee agaul VIII you mankind exercising toward each
other the same spirit OF loving kndness WIN which nature
treats her desOate stornDtateh ana laleh ones Gov
erng their faults with charity she covers them with
snow protecting and nourshuR the good that III hen
a. she protects her OWn}
Here rs a poct, a fallen tree decayed 40 the root IN
early life, ana fallen into a premature grave his sine
have been great but noble impulses dWGit WITHIN nm
the breath OF lofty aspirations sWaycd MN 10 ana Io
shor evcufu life germs OF sacred thought must
deyeopinto peace ana righteousness IN nm VINO haDoIs