New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-06
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tantions and gifts bestowed upon them; was u no. s.E
then that there many who oonslue''H %
but vet realizing the fact that they We're lne n
of Gods favOrs neglected 10 rehuer . Newman de-
age Tho fisherman lett his weary task the poMn,am We
serted MS plow and the associations SO dear 10 nm, W
follow the way Of the Lord IL was IN ss % instrument
Of good TO the community lie lookeu G1 ,e hnnld not
of an men, and he saw no Marin why nS ommnne M The
approach the table OF Tue hoio' anu
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DIVINE sYMPATHY-A SERMON BY HENRY WARD
BEECHER.
Mr.. Beecher preached yesterday morning rom
Romans sth chapter, 26h verse: Likewise the nprV
also helpcth our inirmities; for know not what we
should pray for ought hut the spirit tse naketh
intercession for with groanings when cannot pe
uttered"
It's not to he supposed that all the onglngS OF men are
of the Divine Spirit soul that IL porn mo no nd thai
is all Natural laws like the walls ana TooI o.
dwelling From the 6egnnng %, ' hand Of love The
parents well knowing that its way VIII pc neusou ~ ,
snares and temptations take eVIy pre- removed The
whole scheme OF the world is similar 10 ts; AZ o
vine economies of the globe working for the young
immortaHtes II is impossible for one to take .
monarchical standpoin and misinterpTet tHe ad
ST certain favored men TO walk ill., and all the rest OF
humanity are to be lost, do what they Will ~ oe pc
fcnlty i'm understanding it, The mother ana lahet VOTE
for the welfare of their child and predestmate Tor III
The moment "A man puts himself in sympathy WIN Nou
ain nature changes and by His command IL LAKES car E
him. In speaking of human sympathy mi' @ ~
that it is to he expected that Bacon VIII Ihe ,r IN
his own characters but when great nature comes oM
ont the gold that hidden in the child, everybody looh9
on him with wonder and admiration. H.. III, n
Where we have been taught 10 see God stanuns VIII MILF
vbip and Justice with sword is there that the spirit
of love stands ready TO help all our m
There are many who find extremely hard to bear teT
inrmities Nine parts in ten of the SINS WhiG men t
| are those that they did not intend "a indulge III ~ n
beginning. They sins OF weakness uou uoes ,u'
stand like furnace to consume those VINO 90 WIons m
80 he
looks ON sinners with so much sympathy as 60d Mhh
men do wrong, their felOwmen generally nesleet t5
or mother would be in IKE cas-, case ,S TnS
He is more faithful. Men reel tla' ro,, %hgn
God really made the secular life part of religion We
all like musical instruments we coiSIitiy Nh tT
80 strings of his heart and brain, so that uey VIII never
aerNaId need tuning We lnst Ne 'ib XG,inc is
tn Is t tree stealing apples another may he throw
inc stones at the moral conscience We sometimes hear
there Is only one place the perfect Of this world
They should be either in Heaven or lunatic asyiun;
The hardest thing to do is 10 live right In the Hst on
this tumht it IS comforting TO near ra S TSI a T
spirit maketh intercession for us, lh N g 9.e
those who are living in i'm stare stare Oh rers sU
should rejoice for day of deiyerance is not far dis
when truth itself seems fablewhen every tree seems
Winter tree, stripped Of fruit and leaves Ipegt an
who are troubled and DO not for moment blame the'
To say is an Infde is to stgmatlze nm a. I'M
worthy of recognition among men. a man Lay po 1
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condemn him. 1t may be that God is Just on the point OF
bringing him out OF his night of mbeef. You cannot
and still within the circle of Gods love Love is the
controlling power Of the universe-no justice we ltdeo
teaches this. We need to know that there Is something
better and higher Than ju;e9 me power G iy %cr
of Divine love. Justice like comet, sweeps rol we
sum love- like the comet recalled shoots toward te
sun Mr Beecher spoke of what Christianity is doing
among the nations OF the od world, ana N cOss
said that the race is TO be eniahchlseu ana opposso
| and destroyed.
| A CENTURY OF UNIvERsALIsM.
| For better accommodation, the Unlversailst
Society which for year has been IN the hat OF
meeting at Oriental Hall in Twentyseventst removed
Yesterday 10 PlymptOns Building in Ninthst east OF
Thirdave The service commenced at lOs the Rev.
Charles F. Lee Ia Of the late Rev. DR.. Lee of the
Bleecker-st. Universalist Church, officiating Inc SUP
ect of the sermon was 1870 ana $50 or no,hy oI
his text Isaiah TX l. To-day he said a. the chimes ring
scIned TO give thanks 10 God for the numerabe bless
ngs of hundred eyenttni years dis " IN te .ne
lea our holy faith, and new-horn century
is dawniug over the hills OF Time. III Is
| well that we commemorate this year, one
| SO elo1uently suggestive of memorable events OF
century past IL is wen that are planting new shoots
OF denOmnatiOna enterprise III The schools colegeS a
churches through the country The beginnings OF oil
great changes in mems conditions whether political,
social or eligous date from incidents which are not
always trivial Instance William the Conquerw and the
Spanish Armada The agency OF GOd Was never hore
fully revealed than in the origin OF UnlverSanm. Vne
hundred years ago the coming September, single In
glish brig bound for Newf0rk, cast anchor III an e IN
New-Jersey. That brig had on board Johh murray e
apostle Of Univcrsasm 10 tins country. How Johh
Murray became allied with Thomas Potter was described
ON September 80 1870 preached the first Uniyersf
sermon America II the fog that detained The EnglSh
brig the New-Jersey inlet had not arrived we might
now be professors In the 80 articles 0 EStppacy OF
shouting for Wesley OF CALVIN. thousand chuches OF
preachers OF the Word the results of 100 years
Of patient toll. Murray, Winchester, the Balous,
Whttenoe and all the rest of them have tOied ia no
igncblc cuuse, and with no unworthy fruit In l77O
dozen believers; IN 1870 million Have we not reason
pot,1 of
and present. snch has been our hrot centennial
campaign Are we not ready tor an9th n ending
Why Because after al 1t Is thg ony chHroh SiSn
T PTiByr Sis i d@hodsts, and all other denona-
uou God speed for though, denOmnatiOnay, We shall
include every sect practically and really We snail
Ill the cause Of Universalisln
PUBLIC OPINION.
The Rev. f. L. Davies, d. d., preached on
this subject at the Berean Baptist Church, TO large
grecation yesterday morning Selecting his text from
portions and 14th erses of the 10th chapter
Of Matthew He said that Chrsts upon EARTH his
efforts Ia aneOpte the condition OF mankind ms great
philanthropy and the miracles which he wrought had
attracted the attention Of the world fact OF which, the
N know 10 whom men attributed his works He in
quired OF His apostles, not what they thought
| Of Him Of what he had DONE, but whom
have asked what thought of Them OF their philosO-
pines and doctrines for their writings rose high above
Them But Christ whose doctrines lar above theirs,
and still superior His PHILOSOPHERS, does
not ask what the world thought OF Him them, but
| they recognized Him the representative of God
though the Of Man, not for information. omnscience
did need that, but 10 draw from hs disciples the
state of public opinion. The answer shows that opinions
diversified. Some thought him Elijah, others Jere-
miah two characters Numerically opposite, yet both
blending in Him; and Others guided by his acquaintance
with heaven and spiritual realities beicVed MN 10 pe
one Of the prophets back from the where he
had for centuries This diversity arose because men
Looked AT Chrst's character from different standpOints
while i'm truth the virtues OF all whom they supposed HIM
10 be were concentrated in Him. With an TINS they cru
citcd Him it was necessary part Of Gods theory Of
salvation and further order that the world might ap
prccate Christ and his efforts in their BEHALF ana know