New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-21
PULPIT APPEALS.
SERMONS IN KEw-YoRx AND BROOKLYN.

JANiEs LUDLOW, THE REV. DIR. ALEXANDER
RED, TUE REV. W. 7. CLARKE, THE REV. W. J.
sEABURY. AND OTHERS.
The effect of Summer heats upon the resident
population of New-lork and Brooklyn was very APP
parent yesterday. In churches on both sides OF the
East River there were many vacant seats the usual
occurants of which had gone into the country, or
to soue seaside resort. or bad joined the
grea frong Of pleaure-seekers across the Atlantic
Numerous pulpits were occupied by others than the
past ors In Plymouth Church Mr. Beechor admir-
is.cred tho rite OF baptism yesterday morning ana
,rcaclcd noon the secret and the source of Chris"s
poncr as revealing God At the Church OF The
PILGRIMS In Brooslyn the pastor, the Rev. Dr.
Storrs, was absent and the Rev. Dr. Alexander keed
of Brooklyn gave discourse ON tho Sripturai in-
function to "prove all things" In the Brick Chnrch
at Fifth-ave. and Thirty-seyenth-st., the PASTOR
tho Rey j. O. Murray had for his morning ulone
tho hunger of the sonl. In the Eighteenth Street NJ
T.. Church, tie Rev. A. II. Ferguson preached upon
tbe ties which bind Christians together. In uh'ly
Chapel OTnitariaI), in Observation-Disclosures
e;chth-st the pa s.or the Rey. ". 4. Clarke, con-
e;dered "Thc Progress OF Nations" Other cscouIseS
on variety ef topics are given below.
SECRET AND SOURCE or CHESTS POWER
2s Henry Ward S'eses , a. i%v'0"0' I""'" '''
Baptismal Sunday always draws a larger
fbrong 81 worshipers than usual to Plymouth CnufV"
and the entrances 10 the house were hiied cary !'
.av aud the crowd extended out beyond the sde"ahs
touching incident happened at tie rear ehuanco "oVu
10 o'clock An aged woman, small OF stature uesseo III
,dov weeds and 80 deerepit That she could walk Only
with the greatest difficulty, made her feeble way 10 INC
door The hallway was full OF people, ana IL was '"o
order that 10 one should be admitted until the pap'sh"
eeryiccs were begun, But the old lady was recoS"e
as one who came every Sunday, in rain or SUNSHINE anu
who sat in some Of the seats at the FOOT OF the pulpit
IT. claims Of ace AMI WEAKNESS special consideration
xvere evidently felt by all present, an aeyway oene
bef,,e her yonng man stepped ont from the ihnNs anu
rivnr ler his arm lea her to the door, aud the A-
hearted doorkecper took her TO a seat inside
Mrs I,eecher Mrs Stowe. Col Beechers wife, end MIS-.
Perkins were in the pastors pew. The chief tcial deco
ration was large cluster OF red yellow, PINK anu "'o
,eories After prayer the reading OF the scriptures,
mud singing the baptsmal services were celebrated Ao
spac around the pulpit which Is generally erO"doo' was
leu open and parents with eight children were uS"ec
IN while the choir chanted the anthem, Suner I'"o
Children TO Come Unto Me" MIR. Beecher then came
down from the pulpit and, attended by assiStan' pastor
Halliday carving the baptisInal bowl passed down the
iue tuoipe each chd's brow with the water ana It,
peatng the words Of the beautiful service Among inc
notices Mr. Beocer sad that he should resume the even
ing services last night
Ar the morrng sermon some one asked Mr. Beecher
!. nlf
sverrt smiling a. tho 24th--next Thursday" "Wen
what was the age-Gil" The preacher hestated mo-
nept "A # puzz!ei, and then frightening REPLIED NO
NJ. IFS only 02;" and added with toss OF the head
"dont get me older than am"
Tho text of the discourse was Corinthians l., i, and
ii o. FOR Christ sent not 10 baptlze, but to pieAcl
the Gospel; not with wisdom Of words lest the Cross
.brist sboud loo made OF effect" For deter
mined not to know anything among you save Jesu'
Christ. aud Him crucihed"
II did not bcloug TO the literary habits of antiquity
.d tse p-eacher TO write such analytic memoirs ex
lanltury Of a mans education, OF his history as nave
taken plice in modern times And among the Desl
books that we have in modern days those which either
are competent account of such men as GOctbc teuins
the development OF hispnd and genius or works made
dfvc@pnen in their character and in their history
gay these are among the best, because Tie bnuuhg Oh
tim 10 know how architects build IL ii be more thar
curiosity to how Titan put On his eOlors ana now
Michael Angelo wrOught-whether IN stone or III Pug
memt-t is "a matter of phoS0phic ana persyha lhl5r
tance to know how men are MADE a,I T hs wbose
breadth and fruitness OF life nave feh elsu e rice III
John or Paul above all OF Jesus, how
rich does our imagination teach us We SHOULD
ness OF ChIisrs Written Lie. That it was enormously
fritfgl we have the evidence OF Ills followers. JOll
tells that If AL he said ami dd should Dc pun ID Dooh
fhe world could moi contain them We are not u call
john TO account for This sateinn Mt II Is an extral
gAncc for defnitt nainDe "a 80 IarO tno
OF Christ UNMATCHED or uDcaugbt ny the memory was
therefore trsnsen and o. S We s off men Ills
thoughts apon society. mis- notions 81 armies OF the sre
cittss aud their municipal policies; II we coull nave nd
Usfn0upbt on al life a. We have Ills Thought on the
soul of the individual man. how large an inheritance
would the world havo had do not discSs Inc ieSoDs
mi thrrsore was in one respect the most satisfying
of al the that had 10 do Win the rnhtlVe eS.D
lIsnt of truth Moses gives but little Of his lie
Samuel css David wrote his intense lie, wIung as IL
tain nselI Tn , PM we co1e sSm to a that we
iii
sacred writers us an account OF his ne CoInll
wits visited by Paul and became the CITY OF lbo carr!
(h,rcl aud was rich in resolving two letters from hun
AND letters, especially the hrst one contain no III
considerable amount OF light upon tue theory 81 ais prac-
lice and it Is from tis letter that nave selected my
text lie preached tAe atOnenient never az doc.le e
preached 1t - hiosiamcal or nFips lerSoniy t
ternincd VIXEN camc among y0u s4ys nc 10 tcn' hot
~ know anything IN Tie synagogue OF inc islaa; '
tornlBed not 10 know theSe AS the secret anu soul
that power that wanted and meant 10 nave III NY ni
isfraiion among you. determined not Ia lcaoh win
hrt Win sOe0Inlslment-tO dcsi III no curious puinin9
up of 10y the ingenuity Of words no idISe u'e ui
Rhetoric siueHd theories OF the Greek philosophy
ihough Paul was himself brought up III q sehool Pro
Nidcd by the Greek siTiu none OF THESE ulhgS uid
iut mad i'm my mind a source power that trauS-
Ctndcutaiy higher than that and determined hOl 10
ssciiiee that power by using those puie! scholarly III
Nov, tie popularity Of this IS that Paul determined
not To snak any subject but Christ la the old days
when didn't want us To talk Oh slavery thlS tc&t
was held u before US and we WEI '0ld we Isl, 40.
bat the doctrna Christ the one we were 90 be- per
that tgnomnous method, whereas this passage mas no
such meaning IN IT, Paul didn't say " an gong 70
preach nothing but Christ and Him crucned Tor he de
MED IN the and he preached ON morals and
or forn.cati0n aud aduiteres, and all manner OF
frfics and an manner OF social and political and Geo
monte conduct between ana The letter IL full
of il in the very letter itscf any sneh mtee-
taiiOI narrow, meager and poor, was set aside de-
trInned not 20 know anything among you as soufcc
anJ secret power didn't mean that you should 90
away nom my discourse saying, What wise man Paul
IS didn't moan that you should 80 away from me sly
irg Was there u sweeter speaker IN TINS worm
dilp nrean that YOU sshOuld go away when you nIi
heard me saying Why lei us by all means have such
charming chance every single time we come on SAB
ham together meant TO carry myself ia the DIS
ossion VI every topic among you that when You went
AWAY the dominant feeling should b.. How near we
have come God and what view of God We nave had
Mhat view >"