The New York herald., 1870-01-10
PlyMOJTA CHURCH.


| cdiy repay perusal.
| PlyMoJrA CHURCH
| Increase 0f Salary to tho PnscOr-A Word
| for the strangers-NIr. Bcesher ~Talks
Like Fool''-New Years. Calls Turning
| Out t" Miserable Failure,-SerInon ON the
Victory Of Faith.
While the large congregation OF Plymouth church
was settling itself down into their new pews, and
the strangers were rusnng INTO the asles to shelter
| themselves from the keen wintvy blast while they
stood to await their turn Tor seat ana before the
arrival OF the pastor, gentleman stepped upon the
platform and announced that meeting or the
church would be held on Thursday evening to con-
slder tine desrabiy OF increasing the salary OF the
PASTOR lit Is proposed to increase 1t 5000 per
year.]
In the multifarious announcements made by Mr.
Beecher before the sermon there was one In refer.
ence 10 the payment next week Of the first install.
ment Of the pew rents and ne took occasion to ask
that tue same courtesy, politeness and bcnevoence
be exercssed towards strangers that the same pew
owners would n2uouotedY exercise were those stran
gers IN the parIerss those pewhoders. He knew that
occasionally several N,exauous things happened 10
owners or pews; tue hs..aers could not Keep those
No ~ engaged beyond che specified time and hence
1 little sr0ublc, but those who were thus troubled
baa a 200. opportunity offered them by showing
,an,ner Of CHRISTIAN merkness how greA'ty benefited
yney were by I've preaching they heard H. Plynouth
Moy m';yrch which church Iad always had re0t,ra,
snu.o behavior, and ne hoped 1t would heen y
aariaw Hr Syys ;ps en..s!n year, :.
sar leecner ,uen .von the opportunity OF stating
the result OF his attempt 70 make hs New iear's ,
calls lie SAID that on New Years as he had tola
them last Sunday he had made sixty calls anu tnat
he would during the following week Gear up W. ".
balance OF calls west OF Court street and perrepont
street. When sad that spoke as 1901 speaks"
lie mad found making ca Is during last week very
dillerent thing from making those calls on New
Years: he round 1t not only very ditIsrcht, but
very miserable thing Ia comparison. i.ndies were
then ready receive tne,r guests out tins ast week
lace that was quile conely elouyh osforo
and he had to wait il tiie paror until the adv was
receive the Ter he found he not gel ,nrougn
IN two minutes AS nc had TO difficulty ia DONG on
the taking up OF the threads pf the family history
that aa dropped s'nce tiei met last and talk began.
into fifteen, aud In some Instances even haiI an
So that insscad of making sixty ca Is he had
made only twe.ye. he was. however deterlninei
10 try u little further, and every Wednesday, lOf
little wnie. he would give to this Kind OF calhHy
commencing at ten O'CLOCK IN the morning. Might
lie be allowed to suggest early rising MS
friends tLaugnter.) 1t would enable MN 10 be
received with promptitude. and lie would also be
enabled to 30 on ms way rejoicing. Laugnter. For,
day II was important that he snouiu not have 10
walt long at the door after ne had fung the beii
Tnc hymn was then sung by the cnolr, ailer which
Mr.. Beecher commenced his sermon. He seecLed
| ior ms text the Gospel Of ST. Luke, xviii. S-.And
the Apostles said unto the LORD, increase Onr
| iaith.a
| sight reference to the OCCASION as gwen In the
preceding verses formed the Introduction to
terry ana eloquent discourse on faith as the VIC
! torious and vltll'zlng power Of the Christian
e iSe d o. n,a,n ue seS Mr. a. bSecnef ef
| at from the interior light or clue, and not
from tae M external. mhe saw, saviour appsaled TO e
Ofher men, and He gave them the clue ny which
they could oDtain victory oser tnelr passions
their malignant desires IL was with them as II
with all OF u.s. that when they began TO put this
into practice, reduce 1t TO practicai life that II
seemed Impossible they could ever have victory.
1t was that Christ came with the decoration
III We had faith grain OF mustard seed. ye
might say unto the sycamore tree, be thou piucked
up by the root and he thou planted In me sea- and
it should obey yon." Now the state OF mind ont OF
which TINS request came, increase our iaith =
not only power to do That wnicn the Master
| bm but there was power 20 make al.
% man. The language of Christ was ngurave,
but 1t was a powerful represen sa.lon 70 on oriental
were by their slavlsh and vlndiciivc pai-
sions. NOW tue Master promises tae victory TO those
the truth startles them with It's clear white light
/ and they tank there Is nothing more b3aulful, ald
their moral sense approves II; but it sbikes at Tie
master SIN OF their nature, and tnc ungentle man
says at IS all very vel. but t is no use my trying TO
! be gentle, somebody else may be, but genteness
| Isn't Tor me-" They believe in religion Ideally. Dut
| not practically. Now II they We're to sSen to the
teaching the Master tney would say the same and
tnen .Ie would Lurn to them in a gentle anu encour-
aging manner aud tel them IT, was not 50 impossle
fOr them do Tor there was power IN tie ialtn
OF Goa tnat would give them the victory.
Men were sometimes, indeed very frequently
\ brought into relationship win The beginning OF
| religious fe BY the dealings Of Gods providence
With them-by bankruptcy, mat scattered all their
worldly possession aud tne showing OF the unsatla-
facloriness OF the POSSESSIONS OF this worJ; by tic
| taking away OF the companion OF his HE, leaving q
void that the mans business pleasures and tue
world could not il Dy the tearing away OF the little
girl whose laugh was the last niug he heard as he
| lett his home In the morning, who crossed ms
thoughts ana then III the tnIck OF the business
his weary footsteps nomeward at the football OF the
| night; bv tnat and hundreds OF other ways dld GOD
| bring men into true Christian life.
TlDt sense of the presence OF God was the Begin
ming Of latin IN the man II he Kept as IL were the
| upper window open, so thas Gods ligut was never
| SHUT out 50 tndt lbere divine commerce. with
| God, ne got the beginning OF dvinely inspired
iath taat would lie IN the direction ~ the Invisible.
BY the Inspiration or the human nature IN Tins dTec-
illustrated this in variety OF clear, lnocog
cally portrayed sketches including that o. an
adopted girl taken vicious surroundings very
early IN HE and placed IN family with
vrtuous, refining and religious surroundings,
Wees her mean anu low-lived habits bei,ind her.
but they were subdued by the influences about her,
and gradually they lett her altogether
THIS aih also rc-adJusted the iorces OF the soul.
Forces that worked doWnwarus on the nature would
henceioftli work upwards. This was illustrated by
version OF the apostles Peter, John and more ex-
haustycy By Paus itfe the early type OF the latter
being Antllhetical to The latter lie t0ugtne char
acterstics OF the life remained unto tue cad. Tie
| application OF this subject was finely wrought out
ny the preacher In an earnest appeal 10 the congre
yal'oa 70 ny this ialql l9r there was no sin llag
this The Footing dp of fIs5 by the roofs and the
cutting OF the tap-ro0t was gwen with dramatic
eliecM AS an encoaragemeut TO this it was urged
that II was Impossible Tor man to fail In this
battle. f1r God was his side. Then the sibIecl
vas closed by wondr0ns illustration OF the march
oil Sherman on Savannah with the sea- the taperiDg
| spires OF the city, the gat Dreakng tnrough ~,
gloom. And so IL would 0e with the Chris.2r, Tht
sorrows the conflicts, the strife or thu eafiDly lie
| would all be forgotten when the yc.ce was heard II
! the gloom crying, "Comc, ee:ie, my child aud seI
| the beginning OF the day Ia the heavenly land.u
| FLOATING cHUacK or ''dua SAY 0Us."
1 Tho First Services in the New Bni!s.ing 70,
| Seamcn, Foot OF Pike Street--Scrn,ons u,
Bisliop Potter and the Rev. Samuel Cooke