The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-08
BROOKLYN CHURCHES.


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Mr.. Bcechcr Appeals TO His Congregation for
Contributions to Universnlist Preacher
Sermon the Church OF the Future.
Ordinances Don't Amount 10 Much-lt is the
Cake and Not the Pans that We Want.
the beginning OF the ralnstorm that rose inrO 80
pers isent dOwn-pour later IN the day affected the
attendance somewhat at Plymouth church yester-
day morning. When Mr.. Beecher stepped upon the
platform wearing his blue military CLOAK, anc pro-
oeeded to take or ''the ruDbers' that en-
comprised his feet, though 1t was some
ten minutes past the hour for the
commencement OF the service there were several
empty pews ana few vacant chairs, which were
not nled until the congregation had got well on to
the singing OF the first hymn. II the weather was,
however, bad without, there was, 80 TO speak,
serene skies within. Mr.. Beecner was never more
himself. He was radiant intellectually; there was
glow Of good hunor In all that he SAID; and
ever and anon the wit sparkled and gittered
manifestly that his audience was put from
the first. moment of the service the last.
on The best of terms with themselves, ana It
would have been difficult to find dlssentlenI
TO the dogma that the ways OF religion were
pleasantness, and that all her paths were peace.
II was intended on the previous Sunday that
collection 81 ould We taken up for The American
Missionary Society 'lor It's work among the freed.
men OF our country" Dut the presence OF the storm
ana the absence OF the pastor caused 1t to be de-
ferred until yesterday. The pastor maae an e;O-
quent appeal on behalf OF this work. an stated
that Board OF Examiners OF the Gel
ored Schools Of Georgia, which Board had
purposelv been selected because Of their
strong convictions tnat nothing could be mae OF
the negro, had with true southern generosity en-
.musiastlcal'y endorsed tne wonders tnat had Deen
wrought In tue mental and spiritual regeneration
OF these coiored children. Wnie the baskets were
passing from pew TO pew Mr.. Beecner made other
announcements, one OF which was great sgnln-
canoe. He SAID That during the present week many
OF MS congregation would be vailed upon by two
CLERGYMEN FROM KANSAS,
Church Sns ~ s%aa stats Ss r Rss'S' en-
and to commend that object to the attention OF
kYe 9@ Sm asy might s0c. for pecsna
oinciatng as minister al South Adams, Mass, and
before his ordination expressed hs belief frankly:
bur without any ve-y strong confidence, that God
would, III some way, find means, In the economy
OF Providence, OF restoring all Dien TO HIS favor.
the Church at South Adams was orthodox, and,
man was Christian and that his ministry was ap.
proved. they could not bring themselves to
ordain Tor the ministry one who held
these views. The Clergyman removed to kansas; A
chm ch was established there, and the same dih1..
Gully has arisen tnat arose III south Adams. The
brethren OF the church are fully satisfied OF the
thoroughly Christian man, and that his work
minister bears fruit that cannot be otherwise than
acceptable. They nave therefore allowed him to
go on IN his own way not giving hun the recognl-
ton ecclesiastical, but Offering him with hearsier
fervor the hand OF Christian brotherhood. This,
said Mr.. Beecher, is one OF those little bis Of relt-
TOUGH FIGHT
with sanctiiled religious heart, ana there can DO
no doubt Ia my mind that the sanctifed heart Will
win. WHAT Is needed 10 relieve That church In Kan
sas OF debt, is $1,000; ana hope. wnen you are
called upon, you vii, not draw check Tor less than
500, anu that each OF you Will refrain from asking
him now much he has already Collected for II he
nh "a IN ~
Mr.. Beecner's subject wasi .rhe Church OF the
Futurc,u aud he selected his text from ST. john w.,
20-2i. "Our fathers worshlpped IN this mountain;
and ye say that in Jerusalem Is the place where
man, believe me, the hour cometh, wnen We shall
neither In this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, wor-
we know what we worship; ior salvation is OF the
Jews, But the hour comelh, and now is when the
s, aSa sSa The ses Sa sHa IN
worship Him. cod Is spirit; ana they That wor-
ship him must worship am IN spirit and truth"
nounced Ia this conversation had ever since, and
especially now been subject OF much considers
ton and more curiosity 1t was the question OF The
Church or the future The condition OF the Jews at
the time OF the text their hopes and expectations
as to the adoption OF all the nations OF the earth
concert IN anticipating this result, and the pre-
sehtaton OF the same expectation Of absorption ~,
all modern eccleslastlcisms, notably the Anglican
and the Roman Catholic Churches, formed
the Introduction to the sermon, and Afforded
conceit Of secarnnIsm by several saies Of Wit "a
illustrating the thought that 1t was the truth ana
not the vehicle In wnicn the truth was orouBnt 70
the minds OF men that was or Importance, ne WOKE
up the attention or the ladies' OF the congregation
to a tension point and covered their faces with
smiles as he mlmiced COOK teaching little girl
HOW TO MAKE A CAKE
md tho ranture with which the child saw the w.
rlous ingredients necessary Tor the cake scattered
one alter the other into the pan; now mat pan was
it was not the pan That was the real at
traction il was The cake. SO long as the
world lasted he supposed, there would he COOKS
and mans: but the cakes that came from the hands
nj tnc COOKS and out OF the pans were what We all
desired We have never entered into the idea that
eycryLning that lives under the beating Pulse or
human soul. No nation, no Church, will ever be al
lowed by God to get SO far above the range OF the
wants OF the race, by an advancing CIVILIZATION,
That IL cannot reach down to the Dasilar condition
OF man, and raise MIN into spiritual condition
The field Is the world. The Church OF
the future Will not be able to dispense
with agencies, but 1t Will certainly dispense with It's
present idolaIrles. Canterbury, Rome and Geneva
will all fail out into new lines, and that Will he
found to be the ruest worship that brings mankind
up TO the highest and truest manhood. The
CARDINAL POINTS
OF the orthodox creed would De also maintained,
sucn as the reality OF the existence OF God, and,
q Trlune God the doctrine OF divine,
moral government which dlscriminatcs between
good and evil The doctrine of the IN,
to the end or the world. There VIII.
always be the basilar instincts to 10
ana men Will always need the
light and influence oil the holy spirit, 80 that men
may be led by that spirit into higher life. inc
great doctrine OF eternal punisnmens viii he tho
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