The New York herald., 1870-05-02

rane lno cornice VI the orchestra gallery had tra
Ing along It's ridge golden tinted May blossom. The
Oyet stand held in Its capacous basin also bouquet
OF unusual brightness and beauty The effect OF all
OF the church Inspire them not only with the
recoectlons OF the.day so sacred to the memory OF
aea by naa ss h
came came 20 gaily streaming through the shaded win.
dows @ Joyous festive feeling that frightened every
After the singing OF the nrst hymn, commencing
All hanI the power Of jesus namsi
Mr. Beccher, before reading tho names Of those who
were about 10 be admitted as members Of the church.
addressed the general congregation, the substance
represented the two extremes OF human lie One
was as young as ten years, and two were as old as
had not been baptized IN their infancy. and thus
ceremony was performed BY the pastor before the
covenant Was read ana accepted by each OF the can.
then offered, and 1t is scarcely necessary to say had
touching reference TO the interesting group below
the platform In It's c0mmendati0n to Him 10 whom
all hearts are open and no secret Is hid.
At the conclusion OF the prayer an appropriate
and well known hymn was sung, commencing with
the following verse;
0 happy dayl that nxed my choice
On thee. my Saviour and my Godi
Well may this glowing heart rejoice,
Aud tell its raptures all abroad
The sermon was founded on the text In the third
chapter Of 81. Paus Epistle to the Colossans. the
81 aud 4th verses
For X are dead and yGys c hid with Ch5s in dos
The paradox that was apparent In these words, In
stating that the CHRISTIAN was dead at q time when
by several Illustrations Tne following were several
OF them:-The sources Of life were hidden, as the
dia OF the clock oaly represents the motion Of the
life both hidden, and we see only their effects
and the manifestations thereof
The true Christian life proceeded from love rela-
ton, ana 1t Is real and living feeling OF love to-
wards Christ that developed the Christian life. II
was disclosure to the man of Christ as a Saviour,
l--Oue
OF admiration Of certain qualities; and another the
love that springs from sense OF personal beneac.
ton. The Cnrstian life Is love life, tnat makes 1t
more beautiful to the imagination and qutckens
personal relation between Christ and ourselves; that
tends 10 quicken tine nature by a collateral emotion
OF gratitude and personal CONSEQUENCES. IDlS soul
Wedding was part or our daily experience.
The mystery OF the divine existence was far beyond
human comprehension; but that there was an nau.
OF the Holy Spirit upon the hearts OF men that
worked In some way by which men had c0mmu-
mon with God was manifest and 1t was the work OF
ful. Christian life made but lean and little pro-
gress until the Spirit Of God rests upon IL When the
soul found that IL loved the Lord Jesus Christ II
found blessed Trinity, which it very speedily un.
derst0od, and then commenced an fndwelling with
Christ.
TO all this 1t may be said by many persons that
Christian was not after all so different TO other men,
and does not represent to the ordinary run OF men
man who is moved by these higher spiritual innu-
ences. To all this he 1.-THE preacher replied that men
may do the same things and yet the motive that was
behind the doing, and hidden from observation, was
altogether different The slave worked, and every
drop Q; sweat that fell upon the ground and enrich
ed It thereby fell as the consequence OF work done
same ground as though he were the owner OF
1t. He could understand a little girl stolen
Mep q Y gys even sne e BY
the soul that was stealing. Thc memory of
the happy pious home had not been biotted
out, and In the gypsy tent 1t lived Its little life with
share and never Understand Therefore it was quite
true that the disposition which was behind the
outer work OF a Christian mans life was utterly and
entirely different to that which was behind tie man
who lived only for himself.
Christian people, as people generally saw them day
by day, did not show that they were moved by any
the Kind OF company the people who talked so kept.
When the mere Journalists and the mere materialtsts
were siited from the array OF processing Chris.
tians there was still LETT vast multitude OF good
and true men, though IL was true that the best
Christians were not those who were the
most seen. There were men who passed through
the turmoil of life unstaned, and these were
fiery furnaces yet for Christians to pass through and
there were men who did pass through them and
their garments were not touched. There are thou
sands of men who do not live by sight, but by faith
Ii they had not so lived they could never have borne
That which inspired tins life was o hidden life,
hidden 10 many Who could not see the life that In
the eject Of tie exhibition of pictures at the Acad.
emy this week upon plain people. There was a pic.
turc, OF school, with the schoolmaster and tbs
scholars and on the floor were potatoes and apples.
He thought that the plain people could not have seen
what The artist saw--the tone the atmosphere, the
peculiar light, the grouping of the 1gures and yet
all this was there as PLAINLY the apples and the
potatoes that the plain people said were 50 much
like potatoes and apples
Mr.. Becclier described at length various phases OF
Christian life, including that of doubt, the Joy OF
the beginning OF the Christian life and the difficult
ties OF the enduring TO the end. He had been pastor
OF that church twenty ry-thlee years; 1t numbered
more than two thousand members; nearly six thou.
away-about one In tweiye-and yet his faith in
Christ faith III the ability OF men to 1--we Christian
life lirmer, greater than 1t was. He, there
FORE urged upon those who were before MIN to live
lie Of faith and trust In God, and to be encouraged
in so doing by the multitudes Of those who had
lived and were living, despite OF thousands OF
earthly disadvantages. this dependence Of faith and
trust in God.
communion service took place Immediately after
the sermon, in which the new members took part,
and the entire noor Of the church was occupied by
communicates.