Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-12-23
LECTURE ROOM TALK BY REV. II. w.
BEECHER, FRIDAY EVENING,
OCT. IL, 1872.

losing the profit we ought to gain from
it; danger lest, when we speak of our
joy and blessing, we forget the God who
blessed, or turn from the Master to the
disciple. This weeks joy and privilege
ought to incite us to holiness, to new
departure, new conservation, that we
may dedicate our lives to the love of God
and man, in labors open and obscure, In
season and out of season. If any expe-
rience is more marked than another, it
is that we see how remunerative in joy
this working for our fellow-men is. Wo-
men who have sown the precious seed
with tears and reaped the harvest JOY
fully could have borne testimony that
there is more blessedness in this work
than in any other direction. 1t is more
blessed to give than to receive.
This fellowship of labor The fruits
of the gospel are more dependent on the
faithful, cooperative zeal of the men,
bers of the church than on any other in
strumentality. This l say for the en-
couragement of those who work with no
gifts, but in faith. Be not discouraged ;
take of the fruit of the tree of life there
is enough to supply the wants of Gods
people to the end of time.
You may sing, "Jesus, | love thy
charming name" 1t has been my ia
vorite hymn. | have heard it when it
seemed to be dripping with tears in ev-
cry single line.
know speak what you all feel when
say there is no other name we need to
hear but that of Him who bore the cross
for us; that name above every other
sweeter than any other! If my minis
try has led you away from. that name, it
is worse than nothing; if it has led you
nearer to him it has been faithful, and
can be joined with the ministry of holy
men who have gone before, thing of
eternal graduation.
One name in the world l would magnify
in ten million forms-Jesus, God mani
fest in the flesh; the Father in heaven
pouring out his love for us in his Son.
Christ our Lord He did not send>a rev.
citation of sin-the creation travelled In
pain; men perished-they had always
known there was vengeance for sin, that
sin bred SORROW; men wanted to know
of remission, of Horsepower sufficient to
lift them where remission could be oper-
ative.
Love in Christ Jesus has lifted men
to hope and courage, and such influences
are to carry men forward forever. That
love of Christ shall glow like the star
with no dark spot upon it. My own ex.
perience of this life in Christ goes back
one year before my ministry. 1t was
long after had been member of thu
church, and l had been two years in the
Theological Seminary. Christ, my guide
came like star on the stormy sea- in ;
cloudy night. I sought him. He guild
ed me. Afterward my knowledge O.
Christ was ftful, though glowing on tn
whole, and this developed more and more
In the wilderness, in city or camp-meet
ing, Christ was my message. Whereve
could get at men, this message neve
failed to touch them; it was the wisdo1
and power of God. When speaking {
other subjects, the underlying heat frol
this love to Jesus Christ shot up through
Fidelity to him that loved me was m
aim. There was nothing to me in a
the universe, unless it was around tn;
center; it was the one thing worth livir
for to make it known, the one sing
thing that would give Immortality. 81
sus, lover of my soul, that theme is flu
for the ages that are to come. He wi
love us into his glorious kingdom. Th
cheered me; it reminded me where n
ldJ1 III lllI1 blOuO. Ii
the saints friend, but the sinners frien
He loves the sinner, though SHINING Civ
him the desire to throw off all sin, a.
he gives the victory at last. l seem
see the shining multitudes above us, ne
us they overhang the place; they he
out their hands through the still air.
Come, come heaven is real, God is re;
our hope is not failure; everything
thousand times more real than VII
we believed.
If our dear Master was present in for
and sat here and put that question m
profitable to us, which, blessed be G.
he put to the stumbling disciple, al
est thou me?" Let each one take no
the question, and what shall the ansv
be? Let us turn our thoughts to t
single question of our personal relat
in love and trust to the Lord Jesus.
DR.. EDMUND BEECHER.-I had tn
years of darkness, when | seemed to
given over. l read the life of Mart
and thought I would give ten mill
worlds for such hope and faith b.
did not find Christ. till, wearied
hopeless l went to my room and s.
'I'll kneel down and see if can
Christ" and as l knelt there came
ion, intellectual and emotional, of CHI
l felt | could take hold of him, tt