The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-21
Springtido Sermons.

The genial air Of the Spring Sabbath just
past must have had its appropriate effect upon
the minds of the preachers and people yester-
day The congregations were large and the
sermons were soothing. Mr.. Beecher's con-
gregation filed not only the temple proper,
but the "court Of the Gentiles" and the
"holy of holes" also. His theme was the
triumph OF the believer through faith in Jesus
Christ While much can be done without
God He is absolutely needed to lift the soul
to anything approaching divine level. We
must have Christ in us, the hope of glory.
Conversion is the act by which man comes
under the banner Of spiritual leader, and
our conflicts here are needful to the complete
development of our spiritual manhood
DR.. Morley Punshon, of England, caused
his Methodist audience to travel in imagina-
ton over the beaten path from Jerusalem to
Bethany and up to the Mount Of Olives,
whence the Saviour took His fight to the
throne of the majesty in the heavens, and
whittier he led them to believe all who love
pearing shall be caught up by and by.
Rev. Mr.. Hoyt selected Lot as AN illustra-
ton of inconsistent Christians. He made ON
evil choice when he took up his abode in
Sodom. Though just man and man Of
faith, he did not build as wisely as he knew.
His chief motive for pitching in Sodom was
that the country was o fine pasturage and he
had abundance Of cattle. But he lost moral
power by his residence among Sinners and
the structure that he had reared was not able
to withstand the storm Of fire that afterward
fell upon that doomed city.
DR.. Clarke, of Brooklyn, stirred up his con-
gregation on their neglect to read the Holy
Scriptures. Even Christians, on Sundays,
prefer to read the newspapers, and on week
days to spend their time in frivolity and show,
which they might more probably spend in
reading the Word of God.
The problem of forgiveness is as Mr. Froth-
ingham remarked yesterday, the centre of re-
ligion, but it seems impossible that our sins
can be covered up or blotted out Of existence.
God is the life Of the universe, and He is in
separabls from His works, and, according to
Mr.. Frothingham's theory, the sin is covered
over with the mans own goodness and purity
of heart and life. The attitude Of the United
States government toward the Modocs is not
that Of the Father toward the Prodigal Son, but
if Mr. rockingham were the commander Of
the government forces he would deal benevo-
lently, though resolutely, SO that no other
tribe Of red men would be tempted to repeat
the Modoc massacres.
DR.. Wild, of Brooklyn, believes that black
men would do better in other countries than
they doin this. 1t is living fact, he says, that
nation which refuses to serve God shall perish,
and he cites Egypt, Assyria, Greece, &c. Even
the American Indians are doomed race
because they have not been faithful to the
chance Of prosperity which God had given
them. Civilization must follow and supersede
paganism and ignorance. The Doctor, how
ever, does not believe in wholesale slaughter,
even of the Modocs. He would not punish
the innocent with the guilty. The red men
will soon die out and we should not lose our
generosity toward them.
The Beekman Hill Methodist church was
dedicated yesterday by Bishop James after a
sermon preached by Rev. William Lloyd, Of
Rochester, on the spirituality of Christ's
kingdom. The laws Of this kingdom are for
the guidance and governance of the inner rather
than Of the outer man. and. though eighteen