Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-05-18
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More Beecher. HeresieS.

| Last Sunday Mr.. Beecher rather as
tonished not a few ofthe Plymouth
church congregation with sermon full
of heresies, specimen of which.is as
follows. He said; 81 tell you, brethren
there. is more gospel preached at the
lower end of the church than at the
pulpit end very often. This is the kind
of preaching we need. Some, young
people come into church. They are
pursued. They mustbegin right away
to do good. "Why don't You take a
class? are the questions asked of them
immediately. Without wishing to un-
derrate those necessary acts, in certain
cases they are sheerest nonsense. Such
work can never be made agreeable to
themselves or the folks they are thrown
in contact with, What should we do?
Should we approach brother and ask,
allow is your son to-day?,' No. This
is impudence. Nine times out of ten
we have got to be John the Baptists-
preparing the way-making the path
straight. If you 60 to them full of the
catechism. you'll be very sure to get
far. If they see you serve for loves
sake-if you are penitent and sympa-
thetic-they will very soon be attracted
to your light. Some persons, when
they join church, think that they
must put all their glee and mirth and
music out of tn ir lives Don't YOU
do it! Ifa love song ripples up to the
surface of your heart, sing it! sing it,
Don't let it die! Ny second mother
/ remember no Other-was my idea of
womanly gentleness, propriety and
elegance. She was not. however de-
r,1nrSfpafixyn Sho r,o0G h<af..
sriage, to be quite belle, and was often
known to trip the light fantastic.
lA Zone evening, as my father played
tune on the violin, my mother arose,
and in the, most graceful manner possi-
BILE to conceive commenced to dance
around the room. / didn't know
what to make of it. / was speechless
with CONSERVATION and delight. My
father looked on in surprise. Never in
the whole course of my lifeChad seen
such thing attempted in my fathers
house.. 1t was DELICIOUS, and I got a les
son then which has lasted ever since. I
think to this day if my mother had dam
cad oftener and said the catechism lit
tie less it would have been better for
all of us. If you have a talent for mus
ic, cultivate it; for dancing, cultivate it;
whatever gifts God has given you
make the most of them, whether of
voice, foot or eye. In this way men
will be made better. The heart must
take hold of them. Some men, if
they had a hundred magnOlias bloom
ing in their gardens, would pray for
the wind to blow so that the perfume
would be waited strai hit into their
own houses, That is no way. See to
it that other folks participate. Do you
suppose, if you take a ,barefooted boy
into your house and reach his heart
through his sense, that is, by opening
your cupboard and giving him of your
good things, if You speak kindly and
lovingly to him, do you. suppose that
boy will go away and call you stuck
up? - I'.5I ,..j'..5 5i5g,r n ,..r.-,-
"Build your, houses wide and make
your door wide. Oh. if God makes his
footstool 80 beautiful, what must his
throne be:!..; ;ca-r.s-t a. =; s..ii'.., -'-,.-- =.
''The, true, teaching of the gospel is
that the strong are the natural protectors
of the weak. Speak kindly to your
servant, the driver, the boy that carries
out your ashes. What if he is dirty?
There is a lesson in dirt which if right
ly interpreted would be a great SER
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