The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-01

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the name OF freedom and which converted religion
into form OF pleasure rather than to invoke It o
law OF lie.
! PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
1Ir. Bescher Upon tho Duty and Danger
| OF Dcspising.
| Plymouth church was yesterday morning quite
as much crowded as on days when tho sun shont
with less iervor, and when cooler breezes swep
over It's throngs.
Choosing for his text Romans, XIV, S-"Let moi
him that eateth despise him that eateth notn-Mr
! Beecher said
| The duty OF desptsing is very important one
the doctrine OF despislng is one very little
preached about and the dangers OF despislng are
very little understood. 1t would seem as though
there were no special necessity for such an in
junction rs this :-''Let not him that eateth de-
spise him that eateth not; but little acquatnt-
ance with human life and little reflection upon
that human observation viii show that nothing is
more common than species OF contempt for
people that don't do what we do, and don't like
what we like but what we dislike; that there is q
kind OF egotIsm In men, which is all the worse be-
cause 1t assumes q moral form and is called con-
science, and which becomes the rule. not alone OF
their own lives, but perpetually the rule OF the
judgments which they form OF other men. De-
spisng Is q form Of hating, sense OF looking down
upon things as unworthy; therefore 1t Is kind OF
contempt, scornful feeng-not merely that q
thing Is bad but that 1t Is so bad that we must
give expression to 1t In way that shall stigma
TIE and make 1t seem odi0us and hateful. 1t be.
longs, therefore, to that part OF mans economy
which Is very tmportant-the general power OF dis
liking, OF repugnanoe, of hating-f we consider
man as 4 race and his race history. And it Is not
unimportant In regard to the individual man
in his rise from the lower stages, at
which every man begins, up to the full
development OF Intelligent civilized, Christian
manhood; because the power to abhor is very
necessary on the way up to the power OF admir-.
ing, and It is important that 1t becomes one OF
the divine injunctions "Abhor that W MICH Is evil:
cleave to that which is good" Now, as we are
circumstanced, born into Christian households,
shielded from 10000 mlschiets. not even knowing
the sins and crimes and wees that are at work in
society, It is often the case that men may grow up
without having much occasion to abhOr anything.
But in the unfolding and development Of the
through, the road TO good an admiration Tor it is
0 road largely lying in the hating VI evil; and,
therefore, you fnd in the Old Testament Scripture
more emphasis Put upon repugnance and abhor-
ing and indignation at evil than In the later
Scriptures because OF the ascendanoy in
1t Is necessary that men should have strong
repugnance to evil. In the lowest stages OF the
h human faCe M, men are oDngeo 10 I'VE by sell
the exnertence and nresnmnt,on - ,hsr tnnsa
around about them have hostile intent, and men
to care for ,bem eIWes and N ranni a p,ovps
threat OF danger. On that hangs lie itself. The
Uni men have learned tnrnmrn civ.,,yo .tcn .h.
Virtues OF foresight and providence. instead '1 Of
liv,nU aIrom hand IN mouth J; AS'0"~ "a
Hnmon natmro rnnsI haua mo noror .. $4,000,
sell-delence in the second stage OF development as
It had the power OF personal seil-de.ence in the
Lemperance restitude iusflce nnr,tv truth adaI'
ity, and others choose Their opposi,es and MAKE
highest moral Considerations. to hate that
which is untrue unaitaIul impure, inslncere.
exae read andns Of poor
grants upon our shores and know That there are
strov them, ana we are filled with horror. There "a
hardly man that walks the street but is ready to
DEsPIsE s.BAGdAGE sAAsHERs'
or the sshysters', that nang around about the
T0mbs; everybody despises pmps and procurers
everybody despises gamblers and their hyenas.
Only get the right names on the right sort OF
things and bad men hate bad things, In . sense.
But consider the grave dangers that attend the
ally OF scornu repugnance or despising. We are
commanded to IL, we take 1t, We see everybody
else using it; but we seldom stop TO ASK where
should 1t stop, and consequently we 70 on de.
spsing; all we ask is that the thing should be rea.
sonaoly wrong ana then we despise IL and hold our
selves to no account for the intensity OF OUT
contempt man has tolo lie; you abnor 1t and
him too; for when 2 man separates the man
from the deed IT Is subtle operation and not one
IN hundred actually does IL. revulsion from
evil has It's sphere primarily within ourselves and
II may be instrumental IN lettering others from
1t; but In general the revulson from evil is per
sonal and has not the power OF promoting the
love OF goodness in Others. To win men to good
Is very much higher thing than to stop men
doing EVIL. The way to stop evil IS to
LEAD MEN TO DO GOOD
ana IN order 70 TINS something else Is necessary
than to hate evll. That Is one iault with our pun
JAMS penitentlares ana galiows are testimonies 0
hatied TO evn. But where are the attractions X
virtue, the sympathy, the lenlency, the mercy
where are all those winning things that should
draw men from the evA that we hate to the things
which we admire and lover In this respect we are
| In rude condition. suppose thu
latin once delivered TO the SAINTS wa
that COO SO loved the world that ne gave hi
4 Son TO die LOT IL: aud II understand Christianity
| 1t teaches that the heart OF God is love and tina
althougn the worid llved IN wickedness, the resul
| OF winch sun inhicts pain upon men, the Divin'
love was sucn tnat ne would rather suffer thai
man should suner what squadrons OF champions
We have-the long line Of dlsputantS are not deat
| yet-"cODIenulnE' LOT the falth where they cal