The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-19
BROOKLYN. CHURCHES.
PLYMOUTH CHURCH.

The Lever 20 Serve tho High er-Pracsfoal
Religion.
Mr.. Beecher preached yesterday morning freaa
Matthew viii, 19-22-"And certain scribe cane
and said unto him, Master, will follow Thee
whithers0ever Thou g0est.' And Jesus said unto
him. The foxes have holes and the birds Of the an
have nests, but the Son OF Man hath not where -
lay HIS head.' And another Of His disciples said
unto Him, Lord suffer me first 10 20 and bury
my sather.' But Jesus said unto him, Rd-
low Me, and let the dead bury their dead.'"
Christs conversation was versatile, sparkling. In
genious. Christ was no formal canal OF PROPHECY.
straight monotonous, he was river full of changes
with all variety OF beauty along the banks. We
shall not then be surprised at the conversation ~
corded In the text Who were the scrlbesf They
were the chiefest men In the nation. The scribea
were the DOCTORS the professors; they were looked
up to as the highest In power. II was an unusual
thing tnen when one of these chief men listened %
Jesus and volunteered to become his disciple. Our
Saviour rejected him, saying "The foxes nave hoies
the birds Of the air have nests but the Son or man
hath not where to lay His head" In other words.
"YOu have misconceived entirely the kingdom that
have come TO inaugurate." In the next converse
ton Jesus tells the disciple to 'et the dead bury
their dead" This language seems severe and harsh.
But we are to remember that the whole converse.
ton is not given with all the circumstances, the
pressions the gestures Our Saviour's parallels are
strung together each separated rom Its belong
Are our duties to our family, tnen In confict Win
our duties to God 2 Our lower duties may be made
channel ior our duty to God, or they may be made
this case Christ saw that the disciple made
tins temporary s excuse he had been
buried his father, and returned to hG higher duties
without DANGER Men mag oe attracted by the truth
OF religion who will abandon II as soon a. they see
what labor the truth involves; the moment they arc
put to the test OF sefdenial OF poverty. Of follow
ing Christ through al things they are not Wiling !"
citizen goes into the market, and, admitting tae
fruits and Movers says ne w b g. when me be- prs
tically begins TO raise fruits and Mowers LOT nnss9
he soon makes up his MIND na hsc shey O0Ii the cy IL
disgust and prefers tnat other people should
do dirty work Men are d thas the 20 s1 as
to live this lie involve so much conflict, so much
toll and burden, that they turn back: one may De
in themselves, because It Is necessary that there
should be proportion, subordnatlon, harmony ana
mother is 30 careful Of the lower wants Of the cn-
aren that she negiects their higher wants does she
do the wisest thing She ought not to neglect the
lower duties but II either the lower should be left
He that touches the highest touches all below. He
the nigh. Men are perpetuay putting dutles In tho
way OF their spiritual developments It Is always
take care OF myself THIS constant putting the
higher In subordlnauon to the lower is demoralt-.
ing. Nothing IN the world has right TO take tfs
place Of your
SPIRITUAL MANHOOD.
It Is not enough that we approve, admire and de-.
sire the truth; must desire the right more Than
all else. The lazy man desires the fruits OF in
dustry, but ne desires other things more. Tha
truant schoolboy desires learning, but he De-
sires more to see what Is in that blrda
nest anc he determines to go aud sec.
ALI through life we see men pursuing
third courses, fourth courses. instead Of hrst
courses. A man may be very good man In hs
Imagination, Dut very poor man IN reality. What
pictures tnere would be II could only paint what
a"s q" INV dreams, All ARTIST u Juan wnoaa