The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-28
PLYMOUTH FRIDAY EVENING LECTURE.

Our knowledge of Christ-Christ Form ed
in Us-A Present Help in Time of
Need.
Plymouth lecture room was unusually crowded
last evening the parlors being called into requisi-
ton aIso Almost Immediately upon Mr.. Beecher's
entering little girl went on the platform and ten.
dered him bouquet, for which she was thanked
by kiss from the reverend gentleman. After the
usual services Mr.. Beecher said -
suppose we are thousand times better in
structed than the disciples ~ the doctrine OF the
science OF Christ suppose We know the history OF
Christ better than the disciples did, that Is TO say,
have gives light to us that 1t did not to the apos-
ties. Ii were to say what seems to me to be the
difference between ancient and modern Christians
1t would be In the
PERSONAL USE MADE OF CHRIST
When hear the apostles say, 1--WE have Christ
formed in U.S. when hear the apostles speak
OF putting on the Lord Jesus Christ" think what
that means-clOthing themselves with Christ,
we this experience OF Christ You nave hope in
Christ, and hope when you die He Will save you
but Is He such an one that you can say he Is
wnen a man feels this he Knows what Christ Is.
Is Christ to you IKE garments Is He bread to
gain this requires moral genus. but on the con-
trary, while there have been many geniuses good
Christians, yet the mass are among the less
straitened circumstances, vexed and burdened
and he goes into his closet and throws II all on the
why. He just trusted Christ VINO says "Cast your
burdens on me-take no thought for the morrow"
He Is q soul that don't know any better than to
TAKE CHRIST AT HIS WORD,
and what does he getg suppose he don't get
hod OF coal, is not the peace Of God somethings
woman lives with wretch whose CHIEF aim In
life seems to be to torment her, and instead OF ask.
ing how shall relieve myselff she bears it. We
hear OF martyrs being burnt at the stake but that
Is a luxury, Tor 1t could not last more than an
hour, but TO roast year alter year and year after
year, tell you there are no martyrs Ike those IN
hnn hnar RIM q nav frnvv,
She thinks OF Christ, and has an inward
peace and strengthening, and grows radiant
with the spiritual. sickness and poverty and all
other complications OF trouble cluster around
US. ana we say how are We to bear this Leaning
cerned, this 10 q lesson no text can give. Take
my yoke upon you, for my yoke is easy aud my
burden light. Don't shirk it; take It right on the
spot you don't want 1t. You say l might have
borne it fit had been anything else. Oal that II
rs a devil You don't reject that the measure OF
what you have done Is the
MEASURE OF YOUR SELF DENIAL.
The point where the battle is laid on US BY tho
must be fought Now take your necessities, your
points where you are temptable, and put them on
Jesus, and what IS the e result mold that there
tory over some weakness than in all else. We
dodge these tests Instead OF glozing 1t over come
:'wiII you drink Of my cupr" He will meet us Il,
the darkness and trouble. You SINK and hlde: and
preaching the Gospel to other people.
THE THING THAT TAKES HOLD
OF people Is the belief that you are strengthened
to do things impossible TO Others. suppose
In store there Is bouncing fellow
always ready for any kind OF fun, and,
after tlme some one tells tue rest
that Bill has got hope. Got whatf A hope.
Humph / would like to see the hope he has got.
But by and by comes strain, some thing he never
would bear before, and he bushes and is SILENT and
they look on and say guess Bill has got some
thing and they keep trying him and fnd ne is
really humble and anxious 70 do good, and they
things he don't like TO do Ii IS the suppression OF
SELF This Is what impresses men. 1t Is
Pentacosta season to every man to see q
person brought to temptation and doing all
and standing all, having ali trust In God,
measuring lie not by the value we attach
TO 1t, but by higher standard. SO there is grace
of God adequate to every trial in nfe-no grief no
temptation, no errors. no situation, nowhere that
Christ cannot sustain you, and. more than that,
harder the load the more joyful Is the heart OF
Christ TO succor.
JESUS rs NEAR
IN proportion as you need Him--a present help IN
time Of need-and so by putting Him on you VIII
by and by sit down with Him in the glorles or his
Fathers kingdom.