New-York tribune., 1874-11-23
PERSONAL COMMUNION WITH GOD.

II.
wsrdness his announcements yesterday at Pymouln
Church or rather extended and intensified them much
TO the amusement Of the congregation as wen
rs the unfortunate minority, who stood ou'Sue
the doors and occasionally had the temeniy
10 open them and push their heads 'n'ouR"'
despite the black OF those inside who shVereu a'
syery DRAFT OF cold air. After the hong prayer MI
Beeeber announced that Senator Carl Schurz wouid
;o,nre ,d the church this tMondavJ evening. In the
great cycle OF politics said be- II ofenmes occurs '
we find ourselves opposed to men and niS"s~'7 .1
when the political conflict is over the wounds OF Da''
may be forgotten and then we are able 10 meet ouoe
more as friends We TO have with US the hon' Oati
Bchurz Monday evenisg. and there IS not In the whoe
country speaker than this gentleman VINO Is no"
no longer foreigner citizen OF the United states
Conti1ung With his announcements Mp. Beeeoer re re-
ferred to the Lady Washington Tea Party at the
Academy in BROOKLYN Tomorrow evening Lastly ne
made a rather extended comment on the way IN which
his sermons are sometimes slaughtered III the press
repors You are aware said that IN the remarkable
development Of modern times the publication OF ser,
mons in the daily newspaper has become regular and
Necessary feature. We present with the
amn to the publication Of q sermon. the column being
then hired by the year. and that was the beginning OF
what you in the daily journals. Tnls editor
finding that his readers desired it, he declined
the second year receive any compensation from that
reportng anniversary speeches and religious meetings.
Now find the services OF the sanctuary on the SAB
OF news, and inserted In the Monday morning
journals This is an enterprise for which the community
that M the been regn %s of 5 SSd hiss
tory OF our nation when there much desire to
hear and ascertain religious thought as at present Our
pes was acceptable to their readers. In saying this
also wish to add that there some liabilities which
ought TO guarded against First, the reporter who
is responsible for the sketchiDg Of the Sermon Is fire.
ouently placed In positions OF extreme delcacy and
difBcuty, through the aOrldglng or cutting DOWN Oh
discourse TO detriment, through no fault OF his;
when has preached sermon on some critical Unt
up and is extraordinarily amazed to hnd himself the
supposed father OF such LANGUAGE ana as ea
he might, perhaps, be disposed on tne spur ot @ ,e
moment 10 give TO unkind expressions against the
reporter, but discrimination and Judgment must come
In, aud he recoec that 1t Is unlikely 10 De the
reporters fault 1t is true that 1t s very dlmcut TO
II such would fit the columns or the space allowed py
the journal for the reporters but there are other dlt
unacQuainted with the exigencies OF printing
Office, cannot appreciate. After the reporter reporter
and according instructions, the rush Of the at
night sometimes requires that much matter shall be sac
mons. mons iArnGsementl So they begin cutting at the
bottom and cut up unt they have fitted 1t to the space
ey nave tine eass that the
varying bis subject from Sunday TO Sunday require the
and assume things in the first part his which
explained away entirely In the latter part and an
opposite construction put upon them. 30 that when
the latter part Of sacrificed in the news
paper Office and the first part left TO stand alone he is
preston OF sentiments which he had In no way in-
tended TO convey There was dear friend OF mine IN
which had made OF in my lectures at Yale which,
In the latter part Of my ana not aap2ea @
fereut color it. have received sometimes scores
tbnss which appeared In imperfect abstracts OF my
sermons the newspapers, and desire TO say 10 you
that will not hold yse responsible for these incOr
rect abstracs The only sermons hold myself account
able for printed IN pamphlet form, which does not
come until 10 days weeks after the delivery Of the
discourse. repeat is not fair TO take mere sketch
of "A report and then base conclusions upon what ap
pears there the utterances OF the preacher.
After this dgTesslOn Mr. Beecher gave out the hymn,
and after thai of his for the morning
which Matthew, Kill, 2S: Come unto Me all ye that
labor and heavy laden and will give you rest"
After describing briefly few characteristics of Chrisps
ea1y ministry IN Gahee, HIS nc at Paiestne, the bat
tegOund OF nations, where the population was cosmo
pOan where ielt the power OF oppression BY gov
ernments he said: 1t not strange that the people
thrOuged hear Jesus for their temporal benefit He
tod them not without reason, that mans life was not
tcOm above that he needed. II was not needful for
them TO be happy their external and social relations
They were the OF God and had something IN them
that could not be fed with these lower elements There
that In them that caused unrest which could not be
quieed by earthly administrations, wants which could
Ouy be supplied by the Divine Spirit itself So when
He told them TO come unto Him." He did not mean
that He would take of their actual physical burdens
He says: Take my yoke upon you. ana learn of me-
for am meek and lowly. Come unto me, and ye shall
find rest unto your souls"
Now it is the truth that enjoyments multiplied
by the successive Developments Of our natures by edu
cation and refinement. Tne culture Of any particular
faculty does make more susceptible of happiness and
quenty asked Is IT, the whole, better for man 10
TO happiness since il renders him just much
susceptible unhappinessf IL take uncultivated
and place him IN hut with straw enough to sleep
on coarse bread enOngh TO live with none OF the
amenities and redaements OF life, he is content. His
bread IS sweet and Wholesome to him. We pity him be-
cause he has nature beyond that But suppose one
has been child OF fortune, cultured from the cradle.
developed in all his finest tastes anu relationships and
by and by he has been thrown down until at last he
comes to position where the coarse bread and the
bundle Of straw alone are lett he brings down Win
him a these acute susceptibtes, the memory OF bet
T moi s%ce tt to a Why Il good iooa bat he has
accustomed TO better: he has been accustomed to
ms enjoyment from higher faculties 30 that II
You put ha ppiness end Of life, the world is
made many think men ale happier by not being cut
tured hut had rather be suffering man than happy
ali our relations in life we are being made to feel
the Inconvenience Of life for variety OF reasons,
which is necessary to discuss How shall men meet
the embarrassmeDts, the limitations the accidents the
calanities the bereavements, the sharp sorrow the
sweeping adversely. the unsashed ongngs OF HE Is
these thingsi May they turned to any profitable
usesi AS understand It, 1t was precisely TO this point
and are heavy laden and viii give you rest. don't
understand that He means lie will take away from men
that Goo may neal him. but do not consider that
promise OF Carst 10 give relief TO justifes in
thinking that sickness Will be cured man may have
aud yet carry pan and may have sorrow and yet
rejoice, may Oe filled with inhrmitles and yet triumph
Its possible you KNOW for the lower notes Of
be all at fault and defective, while the upper
clear aud perfect. You will two
by the appurtcnances OF poverty one unhappy, com
painins, miserable, the other apparently oOyiOus OF
even such words wretchedness and bad luck, and
the difference that lives IN the lower life and the
nds his enjoyment and true rest III G1e higher
spiritual faculties we BuOulu sucI thdt we
may have personal communion with God. and that, 1t
seems 70 me, is tue great secret OF the universe the
problem Of the ages. We are not what we seen. We
animal in lower nature but unfolding to that
point at which take hold the possibility OF cou
nunOn with the everlasting God, that personal inter
course, that nSphering OF souls by the Divine Soul
Tins Is not figure. metaphor, but absolute reality
the final end toward which ali culture Is developing
Men are by their troubles lifted higher aud
hgher, that they actually come into with
God. In that proportion Is fulfilled the declaration of
bhe Master, Como unto Ne and will give you rest"
These words are addressed to all those who are who
have been. and likely 70 be afflicted suffering
rhose who have gsod consultations sleep soundy
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