The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-28

anCe. THIS curiosity was SatlSHeu' Juss peoIo lho
commencement Of the service he entered his pew.
accompanied by Mr.. David Dudley Field. The
"great and good" ex-deacon and the distinguished
New York lawyer appeared to be attentive hearers
Of the Word, and to find 1t good to be there.
The sermon was reproof to the back
ward looking sons OF time, and the text
selected was the twenty-second verse Of
the eighth chapter of the Gospel OF st.
Matthew:-"But Jesus said unto him, Follow me;
and lot the dead bury their dead" The language
OF Christ was not to be taken In It's literal sense
there was always behind the apparent and outer
meaning an inner significance that we might
NM Dy renection Though the teaching touched
the teacning OF Christ was said to be simple 1t
was full Of paradoxes and full or figures. These
heartless and disrespectluI to the memory Of the
these words oSr;ss
fraud. Christ did not answer the OK.
ternal circumstances as II strikes the
sssr N ha Iss z Og YOUNG the ma M
Beecher spent little time In thus illustrating the
narrative out OF which the text originated, and
then proceeded to educe the truths derivable
therefrOm. To follow Christ was to grow up In all
things with Him and to nave interpreted IN US the
nature Of Godhead tsel new grown IN ylr was
right to look back upon our life Tor the SAKE OF com
pairing ourselves and Tor advancing, put not TO
excuse OURSELVES lOI uUt duNduVAhks AhS G""sAs~y
be made to become
KIND OF GUARD,
but no man has q right to make his past life
stumbling-b!ock to his present lie. The past Of
any mans life Is his own business, and belongs
DONE T. THIS truth. Mr.: BsscSer said, hs would
employ as q rule or criticism with regard to prac-
tees which were mischievous Every man has
been creature of circumstances. Every man has
9ss q Every d
old scars. Every one has past out OF which rose
spectres that destroyed his pride, and which
blurred the vision OF his moral sense even. 1t WAS
not wise use Of the past to dwell perpetually
upon the ord sinfulness. Some men felt 1t to be
their duty to look back upon the sins Of their
youth, their manhood, the sins OF their later life
store them Up and look at them and use them as
development to means Of grace. When men
from sorrow, they should leave behind their past
and go forward. Still worse was 1t for men to get
into lturgcal confession OF their sorrow.
LET THE OLD SINS co.
you cannot find them on earth, they are not In
heaven and God has not cherished them, for He
has said, ~ win remember thy sins. no more for
graveyard OF hts old experience to raise spectresp
Hope Is the food OF the SOUL 1t is even said that we
past. what should we think Of ourselves il we
sr the % How
more should we despise to do that by our seu that
we would not do by our bodyY Under all these cir
to hide the sins that he has been guilty OF. The
same was true Of the regrets as to lost opportuni
ties Many people lament their lack Of education,
and regret that they had never been to College.
Well That might, one would think, be cured by
looking at some people who have been to College.
Would Chief Justice Marshall be any less Chief
Justice II his chief justiceship were taken from
himg Was John Milton any less John Milton when
he was blind and
TURNED OUT OF OFFICE.
shakespeare would not have been any less Shaks-
speare had he never had house or a theatre.
Many people mourn too because they have lost
wealth they never had, but only expected to have.
Don't think so much OF your pocket Think more
OF your moral sense, more Of God, more Of immor-
tally; these are things that are not touched by
circumstances. Then old age is feared, and when
1t comes the joys of manhood fret them, and such
people are continually contemplating themselves
In the light OF these regrets. 1.-THE Catholics be-
leve In Purgatory devoutly, and SO do believe in
purgatory, for have seen it. An old man, sur
rounded by childhood that has ear Tor its in
Iantile joys, is beset with chronic grumbling. an
old age that has no JUNCTION, no JOY and is always
singing mOurnful songs. God deliver me from
going to heaven through such purgatOry." few
practical admonitions and cheering words closed
the discourse, and the benedicton was pronounced
after the singing OF "The Shining Shore"