The sun., 1873-05-19
BEECHER CUTTING LOOSE.
LETTING SOME or THE OLD BIBLE
MYTHS GO ny THE BOARD.

! were iinmcdiatclv occupied. By quarter past
ten the house was nllcd TO its utmost, and anx-
/ ious seekers crowded the corridors and stood on
the sidewalks. Those visitors who had been
| fortunate enough To get seats talked about
| Plymouth Church and its pastor. One lady
/ thought man like Mr.. Bcecher should he sup
/ ported by the country and have an Immense free
tabernacle to prea n In, 90 that every body might
| get scat. Another said that Mr. Beechcr was
! in Cincinnati on Thursday night fixing up his
| nephew In tho Presbyterian Church there, and
/ that she was afraid he would not preach Her
/ comDaIion said, Oh yes, he would. Tor he had
| telegriphod to them that ho was on his way
back.
! At half past 10 Mr.. Deccher entered, cloaked
and warm. lie nung his sOmbrero under tho
| little table, which was loaded With flowers. threw
oI his cloak and sat down He looked well:
his garden, Ills boots were a little muddy and
big lady bug sat familiarly on his coat collar.
Tho organ began to play, and the lady bug went
| on a tour through the air aud then nlightcd on
Mr. Beecher's cheek. IL sat there oil through
6s "9S sd1 the ha SSSf 9 ehS Sa
! Mr.. Beecher uttered short PRAYER and ad
First 1imothy;l. The1a hymn was sung, and
earnestly for Plymouth Church and for all those
! engaged with them In extending the influence
the state.
OLD CLOTHES WASTED.
! After The prayer Mr. Beechcr ask ed tho mem
Jay street Mission. They wanted clothes Cor the
/ boys and dresses aud ribbons and flowers and
| things for the girls. Here Mr.. Bcechcr paused
and glanced over the assembly. Many Of his
hcGrcra could dispense with some Of their
/ Howcrs and ribbons and send them to tho
/ children. who were Just the ones that would
! profit 10y such things. IL was necessary with
many TO c;othe tho outside before you could
often like John tho BaI tisi-it prepared the
way of the Lord. The poorly clad frequently
kept out uf the way Of those who were Likely to
/ benefit thcm. GIVE them a comcly dress aud
! YOU often gave them also self rcspcct. and self
I Inspect was next Ia conscience. hundreds and
| thousands had not been converted because
/ th,H had MT good clothes. lii- hcarcf' must
/ send those clothes a. part of thC. Gospel.
After ihc singing Of hymn Mr. B,echci gave
/ on, las text.
MR.. BErcnIr's sruuoS.
wno sl'o made Us ahis mia.icr ol the ncw te. ia
/ kiii,tH bui the spirit e!,cth ltr.-! Cor. i,i, 8.
| Paul said Nr. Becchcr,. WA Thought TO be
/ dangerous by the piuus Jcw~-by those who
/ tali,cd uf cuiug close to the sld landmarks
and abiding hy the teachings II the futders and
/ so forth To a real regulation ihariscr, Paul
must have cmed to uudcrydiue the Bible. lie
b appealed to the cXIertp nee OF men ns of higher
"Ye are our Enistlcs." ANY form of words or
seNices, II followed slayshiy, would lead to
materalsm. or fctdsn: Paul warned us against
/ ruinous iduiatry II scripture. Not the man
who held 10 tl.c Bible doctrines in the very
! words was right or sfe. hut that man was or
/ tbVdoI who held to its spirit Men had always
/ been u,>.a aGu'i to depart from the exact
! statements ot doctrine than from the inward
! spirit If Christ Jesus. There had o-Sn ineh IN
/
| BuRS or BrRS OTHERS
| than let the formulas of truth 60; but these
! very men would at the same lime harbor envy
! ings and heart-burnngs and al other unchar-
| tablencss without its disturbing their con-
science.
The Bible had never been so ably or so uni
| imputations that II was full of inaccuracies.
/ There was on tho other hand spirit Of utter
cnce was more fatal than skeptcism. There
I pulse In Indifference; nut IN
ins IN the Ibls TrH with ali his heart ju.s in the spirit
IN witch IL had been given. He believed that
the Bible would never he taken away IL mad never
been So imp rtant AS to-day. So long as there
was darkness ne did not believe its oil would
be burnt out. So long as men were strangers ne
did not thuk the world would lose It's guiding
T influence. Not until Gods VIII was done On
earth as it Is in heaven would the Bible be
superseded
rHE DRIFT or THE BIBLE.
The Scripture employed external mechanism
To- develop internal manhood. The drilt Of the
buildlng up a r. .ht manhood. Look at the view
the Bible gives us OF God In Exodus, The Lord
God. gracious and merciful,' and In a score OF
other places where hc IL rcprc~ented In VI a.
our Father, fun OF compassion aud tender for
bearauce, The general doctrine of the Bible
velupcd into an en-el. the book declared HIM
To he immortal, and hts line ~ growth away
from The flesh toward the spirit. feith, hope
I charity ran tlrol.h the whole book, uutilin tht
New Ir-tmcut they were more glurlou,b
efrulccd. The Bible gave "A father to the uni.
vctst. taught love to wnAt wa, highest aul No
blrst, and shed light IN the road leading toward
eternity and glory. The prcachcr dld nov car,
/ what rhetorical or external elements " used 10y
/ watch To set forth these truths. II men agreed
THAI a y was true Of the Bblc, then is powr
/ existed not in the letter but in tie spirit In III
external elements, which were the growth q
! umc. II bore the marks of impvriection. But il
i,s iutcrlos ,here wAs ~ impcll' 'l"h'
WHAT MRN MIGHT PROVE.
Men might prove that some date, were wrorg
M /.
pened Hut no man could determine the wortl
of the book until he showed that the picture %
God there drawn was not true. If God Wac de
picted better anywhere else, then the Bibl
might 60. II the nature Of man and the econo
mics by whicn man To pass to highe
grade were better disclosed elsewhere, then (. T
go the Bible Inti goa did this you NIGH
pi rec the book with doubts, hut yon could ncyc
= pierce IL TO its harm. The world would never lc
the Bible - out until the Information IL con
tainCd on these points could be beaten. When tn
! preacher read the crilciSm. ON the hook pu!
. iisutd in Germany. Frau e, England, and In mi
country, he felt they were wcisuty, murderous
+ but hc found that they were expended on IN
external features, On the letter Of which yu
j might tax away A. much A. YOU pleased witt
went INTO ms old orchard in the night an
", ked like good fellow rahing on the ol
de Il bark. scrupinE on the worms and iusect
aud ne,er touching the vital sap, he would sa,
I "Iutuk you come again Laughter So
was when sktptics went To worh taking down
THE pATIs ANp MYTHS
In the Rible the more they rnked the better Il
would like ii. II was the spirit that had life, NJ
: the letter.
, The Bible concerned Itself with truths of EN-,
tipn and character. What the word Ind cate
u was n Il seen ia the word. Here was a si-nbnar
b. pointing the way to Goshen, II said SO man
r miles In that direction, hut II did not tell yo
all the trees and rivers and beautiful landscap,
l. that lay between. Take she words sorrow, ju
peace, ioye-th they did no more than point TO I'll
, emotions they indicated. 4 man must have fe
sorrow, Joy, peace, love, to know what ii
v words meant. The thing the word cXpresse
\ must be a living thing. II the thing had bee
felt, then the word reminded you of IL. 80 tl
10 Bible could be understood only 10y those VII
% had felt the truths IL taught The interpretatiO
I of the Bible was In YOU according to the life "
had been living The Interpretation Of the Bib
required all the physical help you could yet, bl
this was only subordinate, and Interpreted n
!. letter and not the spirit. Language itself wa
. but mail bag; Ideas were the messages ser
: by It..
Is MIR. BEECHCR'S JOKES.
II Sometimes people said u MIR. Beecher " I
y you believe that iron swan - DO you hclc'
that lalaum's ass spOkeY t"l don't see wi
il shouldn't" said Mr.. Decchcr. for It's -
tcrity does" Great laughterl The Bible didu
IS stand or fall by that man went into Il
-, orchard and pointed out a tree with shattcr,
u bark, covered with Vermin, and said, You ca
X that a Newtown pippin. POmologirully, that mi
II was n fool, lLaughtcr.l You must test the tr'
= bN its fruit 80 with the word of God. II h,
Y been growing through all ayes. IL was the on
. book which bore the right intimatiun of God,