New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-06-02
PULPIT SUGGESTIONS.
T
SERMON ny THE REV II. W. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
or ETERNAL LIFE.


PomorLinc with n glance through the win
dows upon the clear, delightful prien'n'ss =, .o,, =,
morning of summer that IL was good uaY W "i'A VI
uea, whom the very tranquility and scfeneness OF the
scene was symbol OF the peace aud order that We sna
and in Heaven Mr. Beecher confined the lueas Oh MS
sermon Yesterday morning to the one TOPIC vi 'no "
wold and the people who live there Idhng MS Vh'
from the Revelations he referred 10 the Dehel popular
ooonc so many that there is intermediate. proba-
r, state between existence here and life in what Is
regarded as Heaven and said that his own feeling was
that after death the soul rises immediately into the
presence OF God for there any intermediate place
we shoud have some conclusive testimony Of 1t some
where I'm the Bibe and he quoted the passage, When
the dead shall rise the living at that time shall so with
them and lie the presence Of their Father" 80 tbat
would plainly appear that there is no intermediate
camping ground where the soul wait until 1t ia BEE
ter prepared TO inherit eternal life That dying Is IN
entrance at into Heaven, every person na! nave
a reasonable presumption for believing. Ana thiS theory
OF the entrance OF believing souls into Heaven nmeui-
aey after death does not forego that idea OF an uho
ing process which, though not probauona is yet graz
ual aud gradatonal. On this point postyeness shoulu
he avoided but there an illustration in the 22d OF Mat
thew which shows the soundness of the idea This was
an aluson to the proposition made TO Christ OF
woman who was seven times married and at last dled,
the question occurring TO whose wife she shouo DC VI
the seven Christ says Ye do err, not knowing the
Scriptures power of God for in the resurrection
they neither marry given in marriage but are 40
the angels Of God" which is condition, ADDED MI
Beeeher totally different from that which prevails on
the eartn The passions which continue the race, nun
ger and thirst which supply the body with 1OOd anu
drink, and the cOmbatve tendencies whlch eItu ~ ~
spires shall be wanting there. When we leave thls
body we leave many burntout passions and appettes
There is no propagation OF there, there Is no
ger thirst, there is no fighting nor les!Ousy
then should we possess those functions OF e DOuI Iht
we have no need of sand the preacher cited Paus 9ee
laratiOn that we shall not carry our earthy Doues
through into the other world. We shah nave Doules
that Will not be fleeing, and yet which shall identity us:
We shall there have affections and the thoughts O
the mind winch do not belong to DrntehoOd.
Speaking of the point Of goodness TO when one must
or aher must not necessarily arrive. Mr. Beecher Sau
can conceive Of whose work mere Is covered al
over with faults and unfit when dying for even the net
ter part of society earth, who can obtain entrance
into Heaven aud though their place there shall be OW
and there is an infinite distance between the Top anu
the bottom degrees of spiritual advancement they
VIII rise with rapidity not known on eartn into pure
audes and the rude inchOate nature may thus always
have starting point in Heaven for there room there
for the lowest Like the seed 40 feet below the surface
OF the ground which sprouts when the wen 10
dug and the earth thrown out into the warmth anu u
der the showers they will catch the impetus OF olNno
life aud rise to glorious Development