The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-03
PLYMOUTH CHURCH.

Living Men Versus Galvanized COrpses-Val-
liable Action Only To BE Attained by In
tense Lite-A Little Splitting Over To Be
FOr9iven.
Mr. Beecher preached yesterday for the last time
before the summer vacation. taking for his text
Romans Kill. 11:-Not slothful in business iervent
in spirit, serving the LOrd.n The aim Of the New
Testament, said he, Is 10 inspire q noble manhood.
In this manhood the soul il based upon Cod There
Is to be completeness and right quality and the
highest activity. In the New Testament fitness,
activity Of life is made the most important thing
1t Is not enough that men should be free from sin,
they must he positively good.
WE MUST BE GOOD,
but our goodness must have heat and sparkle. Fer
vcncy means quality so full OF light and heat that
1t radiates both. Men to be like fire that burn
ing. We to avoid wrong and practice right, but
we are to be fervid, to glow with light and heat.
This is the inherent idea OF llfe Our faculties may
exist in state of passvity OF receptivity They
may be reused to q condition OF attention. Higher
than that is the condition Of excitement and higher
still Is intense action. This the highest condition.
The lower down excitement is, the more clumsy is
mental action; the higher up the better and nobler
Is the work. No man lives really except he Is in
hese higher moods. He does not compass
real manhood When indolent we work with
thumb and finger, bnt when the man Is aroused
he all the power OF the hand. and all the power
OF the and or the body SO 1t Is with the mind;
the neghboring faculties must all get up and work
when one faculty is intense. When q mans moral
sentiments are awake the best judgments are gen.
orally the truest-the most generous, the purest-
and the sober second thought generally whites
them down. There are experiences OF truth OF
every kind, which are impossible TO any lower stage
OF excitement; they are never possible till the soul
Is aroused. There are
that blossom out In the summer heats OF the mind.
Blessed are the pure IN heart Tor they shall see
God. we can only see so mach OF God as we carry
with us. Iron Will not weld IN low temperature;
1t must be red hot SO n my nature CLOVIS and
WE CANNOT HELP
acting upon each other These higher moods
were hot 'S ali over and all the time, and
wherever they went they lit the sacred
tire. Men are amply equipped with learning. but
men with intensity who with no learning, do vastly
more 1t isn't the learning inat Is at fault; the
White heat IN The brain gives power. And II o
man wants TO make truth inlecuve let him be
iervId; enthusiasts get disciples, even II they are
tricity by
II you 1--we high You have no care, for the same
reason that tile eagle has no dust on his wings.
state OF exaltation II state OF grace Is II unsafe
he nghr The safest horse In the world Is the
one that is spawned and knOck-kneed and so weak
that he can't think OF running away, and If he did
he COulu not run. MOueTatlOnl why Lnere is 10
such moderation as there is in an icehouse.
The whe does anything must have
fire In his soul. Dignity wen enough, but there IL
dignity OF summer as well rs OF winter. There Is
SUCH dignity rs the dignity OF light. Men In the
world at their work are full Of lie. They go 60
meeting with all their faculties asleep anu call that
an Offering to Coo. This Kind OF worship
IL A SHAN.
Critics are TO take their lessons from feeling and
subject feeling TO criticism. Feeling always
grand. There IS nothing so above criticism
genuine moral emotion. full and go-
rious expression Of a true feeling is the
best poetry. You can have intense feeling and full
expression OF IL within the bounds OF reason Life
Is the thing. Ltle life, Is the first element OF all
that is proper and in good TASTE Fanaticsm ia the
vice OF people that over cerebrated Some Oh you
may haze too much brain, but not many OF you.
rich soil runs 10 weeds. II you are shallow enough
arc full you Will often have too much. shall We say