The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-07
BROOKLYN CHURCHES.
PLYMOUTH CHURCH.

Mr.. Beecher on Conflict with Sorrow,
and It's Use for This World and the
Ncxt-A Slight Implied Reference to the
Wreck OF the Atlantic-What was Ex-
pected by the Congregation.
Mr. Beecher preached yesterday morning to the
usual large congregation OF Plymouth church.
There seemed to be an anticipation that he might
refer to the great disaster OF the weekthe loss OF
the Atlantic. This anticipation was considerably
encouraged by the selection Of the preliminary
HYMNS, and by a very touching alluson in the
prayer. The sermon, however, did not point that
way directly, although there were here and there
marine Illustrations that showed that the preacher
was in sympathy with the universal sorrow of the
world. Mr.. Beecher, recognizing Mr.. Bartlett, OF
the Plymouth church congregation, Chicago, in his
congregation, at the close invited him to occupy
his place In the evening, and as this was accepted
Mr.. Beecher's intention to improve
THE ATLANTIC DISASTER
In the evening was ayerted.
The subject OF the morning discourse was the dis
cpline of trouble in this world. The text selected
was from Hebrews xiii, 11-"Now no Christening
for the present seemeth to be joyous, but
grievous; nevertheless, afterward il yiedeth the
peaceable fruit OF righteousness unto them which
are exercised thereby" The confused taphor of
the sentence IN ~. Paups epistle was referred to
in the introduction and was explained as the out
come Of Pauls surcharged mind that was eager
to express its thought and gave forth a cluster OF
metaphor. There were various characteristics in
men which enabled them to meet
TRIALS AND TROUBLES,
and the tendency to blend circumstances in har-
mony with those trials and sufcrngs was never
made so manifest as with men whose religious
training had been developed by being born, as it
were, close to the kingdom OF God. With such men
the struggle was not very powerful. Suffering was
not necessarily punishment; sometimes IL was,
but most times in this world IL not. Penalty
was the result OF law; yes, but IL sign to the
man, sent to him to show that he was out OF the
way. II was not the fault OF nature that he
should stumble in walking; 1t was nature training
him to walk and was part OF the education OF man
There were lessons that were Indispensable to
manhood that did not come to us by nature but
were part OF our education. Men are thrown into
the world, as IL were, without any endowment of
training for meeting this description OF HE. Prov-
dence, In the circumstances that surrounded us,
worked out for us that which we could not do Tor
ourselves Tears are the alphabet by which God
teaches men chapters OF wisdom that poetry and
philosophy have never taught Then there was
the conflict OF sorrow with conceit. Men
learn something generally; but conceit abides
TO old age, and Is generally strongest then. Gener-
ally O man strikes his roots in his riches. or such
men you never think. Whenever you hear their
name you think OF their riches, but never OF the
man himself Where Y man represents nothing
but banks, railroads and ships he takes with him
nothing that could be recognized at the entrance
TO heaYen--an entrance that ~ large enough TO