The New York herald., 1873-12-22

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that the .Amarnth' will give dramatic entertain
ment in the Brooklyn Academy OF Music. on Satur-
day evening next, and that the proceeds OF the
entertainment viii be given to the Poor
| OF Brooklyn Now. / want the poor OF
| Brooklyn to get as much as they can, for they
| want II; bat don't want to give countenance to
| dramatic entertainments, and therefore viii not
read this clrcuar.n MIR. Beecher put the paper on
one side and proceeded to read request for plum
| cake from the Mission children but before he
! could do this he had to walt until the noise
| of the laughter caused by his dramatic an
| nouncement and his clever way or lodging
| IT had died away. The subject or his SER
| mon was. "A Personal Savour,n and co those
! who are ever murmuring that Mr.. Beechcr
does not "preach Christ" this sermon was re-
buSe and an answer. The text selected was the
tenth and the last clause of the twenty-seventh
verse of the Epstle OF Paul to the C0losslans -
"That we might walk worthy OF the Lord unto oil
pleasing, being fruitful In every good work and In
creasng in the knowledge OF God, which is Christ
in you tho hope OF gloryn To walk worthly, as in
terpreted here, and to grow In the knowledge OF
God, and TO issue this as a command, requires but
very few words, but the thing itselfls
THE ELABORATION OF AGES.
Wrong methods OF teaching have affected the
growth of philosophy, of science, of theology and
OF the science of mind. When right meth0ds are
found, and they have been developed and Illus
trated, the knowledge OF the Lord has grown. As
We are to DC saved by faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ it Is matter OF transcendant Importance
that we should know Christ, ana should know Him
to Increase In knowledge. Are the methods In use
OF the prcsen tation OF Christ the best that could
be adopted Are the methods OF study the wlsest
and the best II Is to the consideration OF these
two questions that wish, said Mr.. Beecher, to
ic 0r,,ip tn
the Lord was an object OF the intersest admiration
and love. They loved Jesus with devoted enthu-
siasm, with heroic, personal friendship. It
Does this friendship exist nows ! 40 not
ask is it expressed; OF words there are
better than the Apostes9 That Christ is neigh
| Dor TO great many persons doubtless IS true,
holds THIS intense s pc personal love Of the Lord
Jesus Christ is not characteristic Of our Chris
anty today naye the methods y which M GhFss ,;
deciensionY This continuous preaching OF that
form of faith, that liturgy, which perlshed 1000
enthusiasm to Dc worth anything must be dsve
tianity that was developed through the creek
philosophy was presentation or Christ Jesus on
this dynastlc relation, and man received
the love Of God And THIS was as though
you were o present 70 man whS
Of the flowers in their life and beauty, there were
the dead and perfect skeletons, but with nothing
ws ss S ars ow the ga se ds
introduced in the teaching OF Christ During all
my early life OF siniuiness, when was trying to
did not want to know about my snlulncss, for
heard enough Of that. | heard much about the
| hear about Him after certain engmas had been
| solved. II you went successfully through certain
Of m 1 and then was TO- E
shown TO you that there was Christ. But Christ,
as great cause OF transformation. was nevsr
EroCus or NY LIFE
l never knew how 1t came about, yet there
was realaized by me a personal Christ, something
to start from on the plane OF salvation; personal
GhT nt was ao somesng N done IL non me-
That was indeed the Joy ana the revelation OF my
iiie. should have never been here to-day, or for
The bad habits which d philosopnic teaching has
jung must 10 Be nsSGE s
ons's own ssii rls n9t the relation q Chris. to
The relation OF the Lord Jesus as representing q
yery c0d to y0 na r. our
Imagination, to our moral seDae, to our condition.
to our strfes 70 our awakenngs aisd TO our own
then, brings US back TO the Apostles experience ;
from the prevailing external clements OF teaching
to the truth OF universal Lord Jesus by faith in
whom each and all OF us are TO be saved This
then, teaches us what ought to be the sources OF
our thought Of God, BY which mean that no man
can
No man can take pencil and mark the features
power OF God how can understand 1t The quail
Ity Of the Divine nature, who oan comprehend 1t ?
su nav not Know Of ne
springs oi the mountains, OF the cascades, Of the
brooks tTo that run 70 the river; Of the rivers
put put % drop % upon I my la Snser, 'in know tnas Ha
kns Is water ssss ! ! xnoT ,da + not 3s Sa mSSa
ture of my mother In my hand, and memories
come crowaing i'll upon me, suffusing my eyes with
Some one looks over my shoulder and says, "Wnat's
that ~ say, .'rhat's my mother" He says no.
u is piece Of ivory painted and that It Is dumb
God, Just az say that that picture Is my mother.
! wlll not pormit you to drive me into those fine
that holds II TO my mind. II has to me personal
gratincaton and glory that is beneath the out
HIM not q multiplication table. won't say how
can three be one, and one three. know He is
m % 1s the has e eas
Christ stands as the revealer and father every
soul. This Is . not merely as good nature. or Sss
parents love, seeking the race not beca.se Il is
good, but to make tnem good. lie that lives only
to degrade is Internal. lie that lo,es only as the
fire loves, loves only for ashes Every man is TO
seek Jesus Christ, then, BY personal heipiuness.
tbrst tr W a recoptou 9 s way OF an heart itn IN
our soul Is OF fa1 more Importance to us than
Chfsts Ieia}lol to theology, or to the Church, or
10 the Apesties, What Is Christ to you, Is
TUE STARTING POINT
OF our career. When the Java had been out on the
Atlantic for several days in the fog the captains
lrst desire was not to know what the ships rela-
ton 70 payigation was, what 1t had TO do with
astronomy, but he took the observations for
the sake OF the ship. The sciences OF
navigation and astronomy were good but the
main thing then was the ship. No man can have
another maps Christ. When the physician stands
sickness. somebody
that ne considering When that irgate went over TO
Ireland with food for the staryin- thomsannc
she arrived and said before we take out the donr.
the corn and beef let us look at this matter in the
llgdt OF naval architecture, In relation 70 the gov
JI0n " supply i0od to other Nations" Men would
have shouted ''Get away let's have the iood; our
fathers, mothers, our sisters are starvlng.u so
1t Is you may talk about discipline tho relation
the Church TO the creeds, but preach Christ and
Him crucined Men are starving for this truth and