The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-12
PLYMOUTH PRAYER MEETING.
TIE HEAUTUuIYEss OF RELIeIoN-RELIGIoa
A FULL BAND.


FULL BAND.
. The only difference that can be noted in the az.
tendance at the Plymouth prayer meetings is that
on each succeeding week the room is filed at
an earlier hour, Last night the hallway was
crowded By people standing. When Mr.
Beecher came in, a. he crowded through
he smiled and said "A good chance for you all.i
The Beecher family was present in full force-Mrs
Beecher Mrs. Harriet Beecher stowe, Mrs.
scoville and colonel Beeoher. lady, evidently
stranger, after taxing lengthy survey or the VEN
cradle preacher, observed, Clocks iull or fun,n
win which opinion her companion conceded.
Alter the regular exercises Mr.. Beecher began
his remarks by saying:-I was brought up 10
think religion matter OF duty, and therefore
often as hard, as severe as combatiye, rs Of
quality the world was not expected TO admire,
ana II came TO be sald How do you expect dark
ness to ike lght7 How 10 you expect evil
to like virtue9 Therefore men justified nome
lness Of heart by saying IL was the sign OF
faith. have often called your attention TO thu
fact that the Jewish sense OF nature seems
10 run inside rather than outside, turning
away from the expression, in visible form OF
moral qualities, and nowhere else is The appreca-
ton Of moral beauty 50 high. And am more and
oSnd IN reading tSe New testament Tss
In reading the directions or the apostles to
lug for the beautiful. Paul enjoined upon men toi
be bountlful with cheerfulness. Tney were TO give
willingly, TO give bounItiuly, were 20 be courteouS
and kind. In thousands OF places IN the New res-
taement you hnd the Apostle nad his eye, not sins
ply on certain moral experiences bat those eXperi-
ences developed up TO power OF Oea utifulness. I
afirm that al traits OF Christian faith are in-
trlnseally beautiful. Now, DO not mean that
the Scripture H. not true In every Indication or the
opposition or man against holiness. i do not
derstand that when man n pretty wen drunk
n man Is under the Influence OF evil that what re-
strains MN y not pleasant. BUY until mem
jccl the admirable forms OF Christian
facts. The great attraction Of the Gospel lies N
men seeing their works should glorlfy God. Now.
how much does this enter into mems thoughts
We know that men want 10 he beautiful; we
should all be glad 10 be handsome, should
uaugntcr) and DO not consider myself ashamed
to own u, ana ! don't think less OF anybody Tor
HAVE. COSMETIC
ny which you all can be handsome. Nha. makes
a nomely mouth handsomei Change the features
and CompiexoRfn No. Handsome is that nand-
some does fhe expression OF noble qualitics
makes LoDle face. Tne race Is Ike a canvas.
aud beauty Is what you put in u. No matter how
coarse the canvas II the artist be skllial. nc
sweetness OF affection, dehcacy or ieenng.
Indicates how beautiful the sOul Is. Grace makes
you handsome n you pave enougn OF II. But n -
not enough that a man should strive after ~
CHRISTIAN quality; should catch r. as It were, by
the loot. IL Is not until man becomes pos
sessed, not until he has reaned aud polished It,
that the moral power OF the beauty OF holiness
begins TO pe discernIble. Look at some of the
common elements men build on. Is anything
gr8ndcr than conscenceP And vet, sec some or,
/ those WAC 1--we conscentously. what hard ana i
unloving Quality IL often appears; men that are
untcmptaOle, men that stand up in the midst OF
the temptations OF life az the sphinx Ia the sands
OF Egypt, everlasnngly the same ana everiastInrIy
stone Is ~ not bad management, Is 10 not a sort
OF oarIenness OF conscience that makes Il severe
YOU let little moss grow on II y
There are conscientious men who are
benignant and sympathetic, Ior cJnscience
4 to lie what the bone system is to the human
irame-a thing not 70 he worn on the outside. hut
itself felt In every step. Tnen there i another
quality. have you ever seen fern plucked and
put IN 4 tumbler Notice the exquisite beauty or
network; let IL stand an hour, how IL colapses
tue ribs are gones ! have seen some
up no combattvc element, anu without
c0mbatiyoness life would be gelatinous. Combat
/ ivCness ought 70 90 a kind of hre under other
4 qualities making them boil and bubble not In this
meaning OF contention. Men are Allng the woriN
i Tncre Is no beauty IN tHat. There i one thing
Il certaln-iust as long rs Col spares the
dou't preach right Is without excuse. We
nave rules iaid down wsich we ought TO
\ follow anu anybody WAC lives in New York and Is
not good preacher it Is bot for want or good IN
4 strucflon. tLaughter.l hunting sores ana suueez-
ing Dolls al the liuae, locking for eyil always;
a aeignbor ana YOU see 10, abnor nrm, but don't
be aOnorent yourself by doing nothing bat aohor-
/ Is false and everybody aud everything i mlse,
al the Tune searching anu finding Tor you VIII
never he without yerminl, what ~ ne out
1 A vERMIS KILLER.
! TO make virtue seem radiant, TO make spirtualA
ity transcendently beautiful, Il the duty OF man
Take another quality, numor. How often ono
happy one IL the deliyerer OF whole household r.
SUPPOSE, IN war times, because you want 10 plas
\ the ''star Spangled Bsnnern with much emphasis,
you take out all the softer ana mors
delicate stops Of tue organ ana leave oals
/ the heary trumpet tones. Religion is a
/ fulI band; there Is NOS an instrumenn
put Ia you that God does not want you 10 play 10
i Ills honor aud glory. All qualities are to he de-
4 velOped ami freedom withal. That Is an idea that
have endeayored TO teach, the freedom OF man
rom the bondage or coercive Iaw. I have
preached TO you power OF freedom that shall
deliver y0u rom institutions. For the weak eg
us have crutcaes and institutions, but do not bin II
| the strong. Some say the reason people IKE
70 come TO Plymouth church Ia because they hear
hgurative language, and for this or that more or
less unworthy object, 1 think IL IL because therd
| 10 nothing 80 pleasant 10 men ~ they themselves
are. They are glad in each 0tner when tney are
glad In God. " Is an attraction which yon can
not buy, and, thank God. you cannot extlhguisn.
The time Will come when the Cnurcn on EARN
will catch the choral strain, and the beauty oI
holiness VIII draw men 70 God ana tue aarNAWAk