The New York herald., 1874-11-09

nation made IN the new dispensatlon which was
coming upon the earth, II may be regarded az the
most extraordinary enunciatton that was ever
uttered. Many are accustomed when they intro
duce new thingsro smooth down all the dtfncultes
to give every explanation that will put the mes
sage they utter IN the most favorable lignt to
make proclamation OF ease, OF victory, to make
straight and smooth the road that would lead to
success and the result that is sought to be accom-
pshed But Jesus strikes down all that which
man Is accustomed to revere and to adjure the
things that he Is supposed to love. What then, Is
It that is secured rom this presentation OF the
apparent dnicultyf Whom we look at system
that mas q complicated development We have
right to look II in one or 0tner OF two aspects
We may look at 1t as
A FINISHED RESULT.
thing that is accomplished by q system. Or we
may look at it as the method OF the absolute result
sought 10 be accomplished. You may look at 1t as
the end or the instrument; you may look at 1t as
history or the iulnlment OF that history. Mr.
Beecher here traced the prevailing notions at the
time OF Christ OF what his kingdom would be, ana
Illustrated 1t by the instance OF the mother Of
Zebedee's children, who, believing tnat Christ had
come TO set up physical kingdom, asked that ner
two sons might sit one at the right and the other
on his lett when he came into his kingdom; she
wanted one OF them TO become Secretary Of state
and n 81 ne m so ras ss
teachings OF ChrstIn this regard were to be looked
al IN their hnal endeayor; the victory after
into It at the beginning. There was dificulty and
adversity in the artainment and on the road by
which we come to 1T. THIS work, looked at IN the
words OF the Master. is the work OF
SOUL BUILDING.
MIR. BceChef then drew the analogy OF the building
OF house, and compared that with the process OF
soul building. While we live in the body we have
to control the boay for great spiritual reasons to
convert ltS lower tendencies into sentiments,
70 MAINTAIN vigor and power IN the moral nature.
II ANYBODY tells me that they are born into the
Kingdom OF God by dash, tnen 1t has
ture, but IT, has. burnt out all conscious
ness OF & az right and all erceptions Of truth: No
except BY degrees. II this is true OF the individual
how mucn more true Is II OF man collectively. Mr
velOpment OF man, shown IN the spIrituallzing
OF his lower senses. he said that we might trace
might @ almost say. by the way IN wh,cn the table
stands. Eating and drinking was the most physl-
cal oi all things, and there was nothing that
brought man SO near the beast as that But when
the iaml, are assembled at the table, first thanks
giving unto God, then the lively talk. the
pleasant repartee, tine attractive narra-
tive; no one at the table thinks Of
the physical act OF eating. So II always remains
upon society itself 70 make races to make nations
! pick up a smooth, white stone In plOughed
field. look at IT ana think how 1t has been
moulded and formed BY the
BILLOws OF THE SEA,
thrown upon the shore and then buried until 1t
has -mootaed Itself 50 smooth tnat It rests IN my
uduu SOIly 0uu WlIuOuL any UcTCeptlOQ OF duEu-
arlty. II we look ut these views, then. IN the
light OF these truths they give US . Gew concep-
tIon in the rst place, Of the method OF the Divine
Providence In relation to human society, and the
assertion Of the fact tnat God has gwen the seed,
and that 1t Is obliged to develop itse throughout
ali stages II you believe 10 the truth
that the final end is divine there
Is no occasion for sceptlcism. All truth
was not born with our Saviour; had 1t been ut
tered 1T would had iallen upon minds that
were not ready to receive it; 1t would have fallen
upon darkness. ana the darkness comprenended
nat W n a n N n Or mar LUn ~ I,Nr
take the parabolc conception OF nm; as given 10
us, ne was not, by any means, perfect. The race
had to
GROW IN GRACE
from that starting ponr. Even Paul. In the Epstles
TO the CORN rnlans shows IN what q low condition
man was. He nad to instruct men that incest was
not virtue: instruct men that 1t was not the
thing TO Get drunk at the Lords table. II want
60 up stars use the lower stairs 10 get TO the
higher. That Is all the use the lever stars are to
me. But many men SIT themselves down at the
bottom stairs and they say, "rnose stairs are
slippery. think won't 60 any lurtner.n