The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-21
PLYMOUTH CHURCH.

Christ's Teaching to Men OF Olden
Time-Our Sad Experience In Follow
ing It-HQpe, joy, Love and Peace.
! Plymouth lecture room was densely packed last
evening Mr.. Beecher's table was adorned by
pretty bouquet OF MOWERS. After the usual open
ing exercises Mr.. Beecher said -
When think OF what time It was in Judea
and Galilee IN Christs time, now the people re-
oppressed and now the Roman Governors perse-
cuted them-wnen consider all this. ! am i'm
that is. that everywhere He Impressed the people
not to be anxious, "Be not excited, come TO Me
and VIII give you rest" and even at the last Of
His life he SAID, "Peace give you," and the first
words He spoke after the resurrection were,
"Peace be with you" and all through His min
istry, amid anXieties about what was going
to happen, He continually breatned serenity.
sweetness, hope, Joy and peace. Now, IN our
Christianity, eel we are signay de icient In THIS.
We are an excessively nervous people; our pohti-
cal anairs are continually stirring US up. All our
habits Of intercourse tend TO maze US people
whose nervous system is supereXciied; we go at
everything with so much enthusiasm; we centre
ourselves on results; and the consequence IS q
lack OF serenity, a lack Of peace, lack o. rest,
when beong to the development OF the CHRISTIAN
character and which We need
THE VIRTUES OF AGGRESSION
we are full OF. but when 1t comes w the province
o. Kindness and gentle influence and tnat elevation
OF the soul OF On lstans WAC are lifted up by divine
inspiration We are signal, deficient, and we find
we ut TOO much emphasis on little things-things
that year hence We Will barely remember; things
SIX weeks, or even now pray yourself out OF 1t, and
what does II amount 10Y Now, II could only
stay where ge sometimes what capital fellow /
would bel get sometimes above the power OF
little things, aud the
POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST
seems so large, spherical, universal and, while
am In that mood, leel mysel fool Tor allowing
things to disturb me as have done In the lower
mood, and, think will stay tneie but don't. in
an hour l am down at tne bottom again. lighting
the devil in some ones battle. Just as ii there
never had been any revelation, TRANSPORTATION or
anything else. What a miserable business 1t Is Tor
us TO ritter away our time We do We are
men expectant OF crowns. Where is our nobintyS
Where are our larger leelingsy Where are we
FOLLOWERS OF CHRiSTf
He was the God OF peace the God OF hope and the
God OF comfort, and by what title we His dis
cples! Well, that is good Gak, but II tomorrow
COD should lake away one vi my children now 1t
would upset me. 1t would bankrupt me IN
minute have been here many years preaching
this to you, and am as iniirm tyou may not know
ipas an old. rafting wagon: Nothing touches any
OF my aggregation that l do not feel live in
you and or you. When sorrow comes
to you l feel 1t for time as you do;
but does any one say 1t Is losss We have in
moth nor rust doth corrupt, nor thieves break
through and steal Now, my dear child, Anna
Vreeland HIS gone h0me and feel tOI the sorrow
OF Brother and Sister Vreeland; but where Is
the loss. We are enriched. We nave one
more Christian made perfect. God is
through sorrow. Oh, that l could send peace TO
the hearts that mourn. Oh, that | could bring the
Christ to you In such way that lie could do as
lie did to the disciples OF old, say
"PEACE BE WITH YOU"
MY God help us al IN tins place. and sanctify II to
US by the revelation! Lit us above the thngs of
this world, that we NAV not be disturbed by its
troubles, but abide in settled peace