The New York herald., 1872-12-23


Beecher read q note that he had received from
thanking him for hs Hs Kindly Ioa Ssr ana ..,n. ,o,.
for tas M eve % at least the Church would
would, he hoped, as far as practicable. abstaia
from attending. SO that when the Tabernacle
IN the Street. bssSs ssas 'Gd paSs
ing aSestion:@swSat IS morality and nd what i
necessary more than morality ~ The text
S o st.
you, that except your righteousness shall exceed
the righteousness OF the Scribes and Pharisees. ye
shall In no case enter into the kingdom OF heaven-n
The Introduction to the discourse was sketchy
representation OF the exactments of the Jewish
Jewish ritual, and the externaIism or the rule or
conduct observed by that sect OF Jews that re-
the law as mertorious and salvatory. Then fol-
lowed somewhat at length definition OF morality.
Morality meant in general sense the form os
laws or rules laid down by society," or that form o.
1t that call public sentiment. Public sentiment
was equivalent to law; IT was more searching and
cre3ture Of society. AS
as working ont Of character and as an education
showed Itself not to be framed fof that. i Il was
was quite possible for man to have have System system Of
rectithde that was not at all dependent upon tho
manhood that was not developed BY things that
ne loved. For example, man In Sing Sing might
not been thief or q burglar, and that he had
observed all the rules Of the prison during his ten
he eoas oa be- ne
stones were more virtuous than men, for
stones stole less than the mould. man might
keep all the laws Of society and yet be supremely
selfish: Morality, therefore. did not create man
worst passions. There was q sense In which te
was true that bad men might be better than good
Scrlbes and tue Pnarsees and said that che publl-
can the tax-gathcrer, would enter heaven before
a a ns IN
Of goodness in the evil that he did, that the formal
st knew nothing Of That was the declaration Of
One who did not need any one to tell Him what was
spirituality, no sense Of future lie.
the apRea'fa a%er e Vas what Christ saa of
was not enough. What then was 1t, or what was
laws law % Should Be obeyed in the spirit Of truth and
Justice; not stripped OF their beneacent relation
them in spirit Of % love and Justice men did ct
pay their taxes in spirit Of patriotism. The true
right easily. No man had learned TO walk who mad
to think about the taking Of his steps, mans
inner development should be wrought out in
such a supreme spirit that all
THE LOWER INSTINCTS
the spirit OF Christ who is our great exemplar The
man whose character Is only as high as society re-
ns saa De 6a be
Largeness Of gifts and love OF giving can make .
mans gifts fragrant Of his manhood We should
live upon plane Of manhood that all wrong doing
strikes discord, harsh string or q dis
cordant note hurts a musician. Then, something
this world and your own character in this world.
There is present and there is the whole distance
vision. man lives Where his thoughts are. and
ifhe will give them wings they Will ny ont OF tho
region OF discord and reach up to the altitude OF
God. In view Of these remarks, he (Mr: Beecher)
would not be understood as undertaking moral
ity. He would be far from saying that there Is no
use in being good. Be good rather than be moth
4 PRAYING MAN.
Be honest, be fearless, be equitable; but then that
nally safe who had not known a quickenng Of the
Divine Spirit When we arrive at spiritual life We
upon subtle influences and thus We come to see
that we can only truly live BY faith IN God. ana
thus we see what is meant when IT is said that we
must be born again. 1t means thiS-that II We are
to live in the presence Of holy beings OF the angels
OF God, that need the spirit OF God to At US for
Spirit draws him. But then, had man not those
drawingsa What were the services of the sane
pensatons OF Providence, the quickening Of the
soul by the word or God, the thousand and one
toward; ne of e sn % what a.s
by the influence Of which you were made either
better or worse. These were to At you to become
that there was heavenly Father that you win
have to meet, spirit life that you have to meet.
Where e the ne % a " se
after this fitness remember the silent grave and
the spirit realm that was beyond It. Have you
the society OF the justg Beware, then, OF being
good as the worldly man is good. Add to your
the God above; oh, take hold Of the hidden Spirit!
Lay hold OF 1t until y0u are fitted for that rest thas
remaineth for the people OF God.