The New York herald., 1874-09-21

made ike ali clocks, 70 keep time. That is what
IL set out 20 do. though the man who made 1t may
have thought only OF selling IT, Yet the construc-
tive idea, back OF the commercial one, was that 1t
should register time; That oetns ts ro9v o. sno
proportion as IL does tnat, and worthless
In proportion as it falls short OF 1t; so per-
the development OF ali mans faculties should
tend. That which constitutes the conception OF
power Of mind, OF soul, OF spiritual iunction-so
that he obeys all material, social, intellectual,
into the kingdom OF heavens Whoever undertakes
TO be a man according TO ,he instruction OF the
Word OF God and undertakes To use himself so as 10
make himself better and SO as TO grow more ana
more manly. has entered into the kingdom or
heaven. Entering the Kingdom OF heaven, then,
Is entering CHRISTIAN llie-it is being better and
meaning TO be better as a systematic purpose or
,,u, n,na w mhat ma Is beng converteds why II begin
occupying mans time in the cultivation OF the
son. What is 1t TO be converted from a minister
mence working on a farm. When a man devotes
hitnseii 70 work on larm he Isl farmer, whether
man TO be converted from liar 10 a man OF ver-
acltyf ~ Is 70 form the purpose and to fulfil It, as
has been accustomed TO lying all his lie can easily
act on the principle OF always telling the truth, but
has begun to try. Now. the moment man takes
IN
CONCEPTION OF HIS RELATIONS TO GOD
OF his own eternal existence and OF the change BY
which, by and by, he is 10 drop this mortal body
and to be associated with the general assembly
ana church OF the first born and the spirits Of Just
men made perfect IN the other Lille; the moment
a man takes in the scope OF his own being, here
and nereaiier, and says, ii am determined to begin
and live as man should who has such duties IN
this life and such destiny in the lie to come"
that moment he has entered the Kingdom OF
heaven. AT this point We are stopped by
Misconceptions widespread. Men say IL under
stand by conversion great change wrought in a
man by which he passes from death to LIE, 80 that
whereas yesterday he was great sinner, to-day
is enhanced because 1t has a root OF truth IN 1t;
but conversion is not sudden, 1t Is gradual
satisfied, and "will by the grace OF God. from
this time forth, undertake to live better ana q
started IN the rignt way. but every day of his lie
he Will find that II Is one thing to resolve and an
upon CHRISTIAN lie ne enters not upon lie
which, by the grace OF God has been smoothed
ana a cleared so taat he WI WIN ron Ike oaI! down
most comprehensive and the most difficult
.nat man can a conceive & o. CHRIST says to men
and let Me teach you" That IS the import Of the
command, Follow me.n When man is con-
verted-that is to say, when he has had clear
revelation oil MS sin ana revoits from II and turns
his back on 1t and nas q more or less vivid con-
cepton OF the higher Christian lille, ana sets his
face toward that lie and says, ii believe l am
converted and believe have entered the king
dom OF heaven" then ne Is like little enid.
Many persons, when they have gone through
conviction and wrestled with tue Prince OF Dark
ness and passed seepess nights and lost their
appetite and gone through great struggles and
tnen been lifted INTO a state OF wonderful ecstasy
and 5Sy' are reus supposed to have peea @ rlnsedf
DO not ridlcule these dramatic experiences, but
smile at them when they are mislnterpreted so
as to be mischlevouS IL Is mlsapprehension to
suppose that men must go through sucn eXperi.
ences. oItentlmes persons are SO organized and
lie 10 the lie oil Christian is well nigh imper-
ceptible SO lar as their external conduct is con-
THE BEGINNINGS OF CONVERSION
may be immediate, and there is no prescribed
mode by which 1t snail take place.
The erroneous notions with which persons enter
the Church were also explained and commented
upon at length, The whole subject of the sermon
OF expression and with a variety ana VIVID.
ness OF Illustration OF which no adequate
OF a brief report IKE tnis. Alter the exposition
and tho application OF it winch followed. the
preacher, who commanded the closest attention
OF Ills hearers from the beginning 10 the end oi
his very long, but intensely interesting, discourse,
N'''~N THE FAREWELL REMARKS.
Dearly beloved, we snatl not meet again in the
flesh; we go our several ways. May the , dear love
Christ My Father Is your Father. My nope for
heaven Is your nope ior heaven in sickness IN dls
guilt never give up nope IN SoaoaY Son mere ovas Is
how to love and nourlsh your children
with the tenderness and Kindness VITA wnicn COD
you nave God you are poor without MIN.
Wherever you may go, my last words To you. who
may never meet me again, are, ''lope In God /;
your hope, your salvation Is III HIM. Hope III
God.D
Tnou best aud most beloved in heaven, Thou
Father OF all goodness and God OF all grace and
consolation. breathe upon the souls IN TINS pres
ence to make them dlscontented with the nselves,
discontented with tnelr shortcomings, win their
mperlecttons, with all that IS wrong. Breathe
hope into their hearts, that they may every
one feel in spite OF all the past and
ter lie ana q nober manhood: breathe spirit
OF tenderness into all that they may live together
afilanced IN nooler friendship. We pray lor the
blessing OF Almighty God upon every soul, upon all
those that are dear to each one oi u, upon all our
households and all the consecraled hopes therein;
we pray Tor our beloved land and Tor all the ma.
tions OF the earth. Lord, how long Behold
the roaring misery OF the world that groans and
travas IN pain behold the fghtlngs. the Dloodshed.
the terrible disasters and the speechess sunerngs,
behold around the glooe now few know Thee
and how many are besot ed. How long, LORD,
how long? Bring IN the bright day when no man
shah need to say 10 MS neignbor, "Know thou the
the greatest TO the lowest. Cut short the time.
Make haste, Thou that dwellest IN the nnntuGe
glory when the new heaven and the new earth
snail come, on which dweeth righteousness.
CHARITABLE COLLECTION.
Before the singing OF the DoXology with which
the exercises closed. o collection was taken up 10
relieve from che pressure OF debt and the dangers
o. mortgage the home OF widow who has been
deprived OF her earthly support and strength
within q comparatively recent period.
air. Becchcr to speak Before New Eng.
land Agricultural socictics-rho Dc.
mands on His Attention.
TWIN MOUNTAIN HOUSE, n. H.. Sept. 20, 1874.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, upon the invitation
OF Mr.. Fairbanks and others, st. Johnsbury VT,
Is to speak III that place on tuesday next before
the County Agricultural Society. He Is also TO
speak at Plymouth, n. H., on Wednesday, before
similar organization.
Governor Smith. OF Manchester, ~ H.. with
large committee, pressed upon Mr.. Beechcr an In
vItatlon to deliver the address before the state
Agricultural society OF New Hampshire OH the LIST
OF october, but this and score oi other invitations
he has felt obliged to decline.
A GIFT TO FREE CUBA.