The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-06
BROOKLYN CHURCHES.
PLYMOUTH CHURCH.

The Memorable Sunday of the Plymouth
Church Ycar-Admission OF New Mem
bcrs-SermOn ON tho Characteristics of
Christian Unity-The Greed that Will
Unite All Men ON the Giobe-A Large
Communion Service.
A combination or circumstances contributed to
the filing OF Plymouth church yesterday morning
with a crowd Of wOrshppers, so dense and so impor
tunate OF admission as to somewhat interfere with
the feeling that worship is a serene delight and the
unruied frame Of mind that goes long way to-
wards the peace that Is oft described heavenly
These circumstances were as Yellowstone hun
dred and twenty-five new members were to be pub
licly admitted to the church, and each Of
these was accompanied by cluster OF friends who
were DESTROYS Of being near them on so interesting
an occasion. There were also among the strangers
waiting at the gates so many faces that bore the
never to-be.mistaken Methodist stamp that 1t was
evident the General Conference had unof1cially
sent delegation of Its preachers and laymen to
get all the good they could by hearing Mr.. Beecher
Two gentlemen, evidently belonging to the Metho-
dist Zion, urging upon the usher the need there
for their getting good seats, because they
'saI the way from Illinois, and can only hear Mr..
Beecher once in our lifetime" The gentlemany
usher had regard unto their request and they were
accommodated with excellent seats for hearing and
seeing. The formal admission Of the members to
the church occupied long time, inasmuch
as an unusually large number received the ord-
nance OF baptism by sprinkllng. At the conclusion
OF the public service the sacrament of the Lords
Supper was administered; and as Mr. Bcecher gave
his usual catholic invitation, nearly every pew in
the house was occupied, including the floor and the
galleries. Mr.. Beechers subject was 'sTne Charao.
teristics Of Christian Unity" and his text was Sc
lected from the twelfth chapter OF St. Pauls Epstle
to the Hebrews, the twenfy-second to the twenty
fourth verses :-"But ye are come unto Mount Zion,
and unto the city Of the LIKING God the heavenly
Jerusalem, and to an innumeratle company
Of angels, to the general assembly and
church OF the arst.born which are written
and to the spirits OF just made perfect, and to
Jesus, the Mediator OF the new covenant, and to
the blood Of sprnkling that speaketh better things
than that OF Abel" ITO appreciate fully the ex-
hortatlons and teachings OF the New Testament
writer's 1t Is necessary for us to put ourselves back
as 1t weren said Mr. BeeCher az the outset Of his
dscourse), 'to the time OF the Jewish economy and
endeavOr to realize their devotion to the outward
ritual service OF the Temple and what 1t meant to
be Jew and what 1t cost to be a Christian" A
sketch OF the life OF
pEvOUT JEW
was then sketched; and side by side with 1t, the
simplicity, the invisibility and che spirtuaness OF
the Christon faith In accepting Christianity, 1t
was shown that the Jew seemed to think he was
left alone, cast or his nationality, and renouuced
the fathers of his faith. 1t IL to correct this. said
Mr.. Beecher that the eleventh and twelfth
Chapters Oh the hebrews seem 10 ne WHICH,
and the twelfth chapter Is. a mount OF consoa,
ton; it poars over In blcssedDess; II 1t mao
been put to music 1t would have out-toppeo
| Beethovens symphonies. Selections from the
eleventh and twelfth chapters we're read. ~ y
as II Paul said, "Call the roll see how great ano
noble In yeur ancestry; how they by altn nav
trusted IL u God whom We now behold" Ie nIe Nv,
confined to narrow limitations As they weao 70.
belong not to temple ring, nor to synagoglc ca
clique; we Free for Christ has name you ent
To be Christian in those early days was 10 enteI
| upon an cternity OF glory Through faith, tnrougI
belief in the Invisible through the exercise Snr o. ,d.
top OF the brain instead OF the BOTTOM, werT n,t
/ one with those who had brighter, compietel
faith when Christianity came u y TINS unity y
meaning in ali snat Is trne In christianity 10 al
,his morp,nu The unity OF men In nations, II
in States in was referred TO- and alst
their nniiy i'm a common origin; they come from thu
| earth and hear the dust mark np0n them; the,
were united in their common liability to tempta
| ton I'm n common struggle, by the ehdeavors which
| men make to bring the body into Subsection TO th'