The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-16

pleasure In these things he must have mad an
abundance of happiness. II this Is the source OF
happiness there 10 plenty Of 1t to make all crea-
lures In this world happy. Az Christ made great
difference in the terms he employed 10 teach the
simple people OF Galilee and those in which he
spake to the highly cultivated scribes and phari-
sees OF Jerusalem, Paul. In speaking and writing
to the intellectual Greeks or luxurious Corinth'
addressed himself to them In the terms adapted to
their culture their intellectual philosophy. In
these two letters we have
PAUL's PSYCHOLOGICAL MORAL PHILOSOPHY
He resisted the moral code OF the Greek casustry
founded on reason as applied only to pure intelec
tuaity, to the aesthetic recognition OF beauty, or
OF bare physical relations, things merely ana
simply worldly. He endeavored to develop man.
hood on its side OF spirituality to the individuality
as shown in disposition; not In feelings as con-
nected with visible and external' as opposed to
manhood as displayed in disposition, character.
When earth and all transient things are gone man
hope love- Which would endure el and form portion
Of the glory Of eternity. He did not despise reason
Manhood did not consist in circumstances or NE.
Paul Taught dual nature in man. He constantly
referred TO his inner, his spiritual nature-nature
which rebuked the deeds and promprings OF
the bodily self and the dictates OF the divine self
under the teachings OF divine grace. so we should
the Creek as me pSn
mistake when 1t takes the leaves for the blossoms
H ne on gong to Greece as a
He designed that the faith Of his converts should
Bile moral power OF divine love. He taught that
true manhood does not grow by the abundance OF
@ out no
patience. for faith No man Is harmed by being
Th as he ee%s dd y 30 or
fers tnat shape. Paul was naturally extremely SEN
sitive and superlatively egotistlca. His writings
mine, NINE mine. He was Jew OF the Jews, OF
good stock, thoroughbred. q Pharisee of the in
tons, lervent lover OF his race and country He
was vomited out OF his nation into the wilder
hated S exile His nature MS
most keenly. Peter and John did not suffer these
things as Paul DID. He suffers deaths daily by his
things make me morally strong. They give my
divine part chance to grow. BY them am l
crystal dome OF thought lighted by Christ. This
stripping of OF husks 1t is which develops true
manhood: AS me ne meta,largist hammers the rock
bedded within It, so the deprivation Of worldly pros
perity often brings orth In men true nobility OF
character. Man may be at the top,
4 BOURBON KING,
rich in money, supported by all power OF the
sword and surrounded by all external glories, aye
efrete IN character. Let him be forced into exile
and learn true wisdom In the school OF adversely
He may then prove that his highest excellence was
in his lowest earthly state, better man In
poverty then when envirOned by the glory OF
royalty. The apostle says Christ was strong and
Galllee when the multitude followed Him, drawn
by the renown Of His miracles, till He refused to
was He TRANSPORTED He entered Jerusalem to:
lowed and preceded BY the surglng throngs OF
n ana e loud
through the valley: How soon thereafter, he
passed from the Holy CITY weak bearing the
angry crowd cried "Crucfy Him Cruelty Hml'
He tainted by the weary way, was carried
dead, laid in q tomb OF rock, its mouth closed Sc
curely up and sealed. The Pharisees had then
their triumph. Yet in that death was the root o OF
Christ's power as the Prince OF the resurrection
So true manhood may be developed by worldly
misforiunes, losses, pains, weakness. SO many iI,
with brutal man, rears his twelve children,
through toll. suffering, privation. brings them to
enter INTO royal reward. Rich men, great men
ENTAIL RUIN ON THEIR SONS,
who grow like weeds on q dunghill or palm tree
in greenhouse-soit rank, pithy, ready to Iall
before any rude blast: while the sons Of the poor.
far from schools, grow like sturdy oaks on the
mountain side strong to resist even earthquake
shocks: Many boy lies on his belly at the forge
fire to learn his letters; many slave steals the
time TO master the rudlments OF education, to be-
come intellectual and moral giants, men OF char.
1t is not pleasant to suffer- to be sick, weak,
filed with pam. Yet from these Ills often come
the purest character the truest manhood. Not
sleepers-like The swine, fat. good natured, with
fund OF good stories and pleasant jokes. They
know the time OF day. 1t Is breakfast, or dinner,
or supper, or time TO sleep. / raise
AS GOOD MEN IN MY ASPARAGUS BED;
smooth, tender, succuent. II you would lind the
sweetest, lairest OF the horal gems, the trailing
arbutus you would not seek 1t on the top or
church nor in the field rich with careful ttlage.
You would 20 to the thick hedge by the forest
side; there, searching beneath the snow and the
dead leaves OF last summer, guided by It's fragrance,
should you find its dellcate petals DOurlshed by
the winters frosts and developed IN the darkness
OF It's bed close to The ground SO are virtues de-
veloped amid discOuragements and disaster So
now through the land depression and financial
ruin have stripped the power OF wealth from many
truly good men. Men point and say
'HE'S WELL CLEANED OUT"
No earthly power can 'clean out" true man.
You can clean out beasts. There is no hell for
real man. TO all such would send my voice OF
encouragement Now Is the. time to show your
true character. HOnors in heaven wait for you.
In summer boys may almost walk dryShod across
the OhIO But wait till spring suns snail melt the
SHOWS on the Aleghanies; then shall the mighty
torrent fill her banks, overflow the wide bottom
the safety of the bench hills before the rising food
Don't sit down to be drowned by reverses, like
water-logged sticks too long cut, rather soggy, to
sink in the stream Rise to true manhood in
Christ, where no disaster can reach you. Rise to
live with God and that spiritual manhood which
shall not see corruption;
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The Evening Service. 49,
After the opening services in the evening, Mi.
Beecher selected his text from Matthew x., 80