Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-01-07
Mn. BE ECmER,s EXPERIENCES,

M IL. he BCAA + MS EXPERIENCES.
j Mr.. Beecher in his lecture-room
talk last Thursday night said: las
regards the last year in my own
history, ! can say that it has been
very prosperous one with me. God
has rolled off many great burdens
from me, and | have more rest in
nay soul. 1t has pleased God to
give me for Him and for the world
a larger sense OF conservation, not
as by technics in VOWS and cove
nants, for l am not given to such
conservation, but all the stream of
my nature goes to Him, and to
make the world stronger and better.
In man respects | am weaned from
the world in those particulars we all
have to guard against. (Here Mr..
Beecher stopped for minute, and
MS voice tremDled as he continued.)
l have learned patience. But the
thing am most grateful for is that
Ill those things which lead 10 bitter
ness and anger, | have had no such
feeling COD is my witness that |
am sweet-hearted There is no one
III the world toward whom | am not
sweet at heart, and it is blessing
to me that | have gone through
trials that might be hiled with pro-
vocations, and have come out a
wholesome loving Christian man, as
| am. And | can say That TINS last
year has been a very prosperous
one to me--a perfect harvest year,
and l shall, III time to come, look
back upon 1t as the storenouse OF
Gods mercy to me. No one has
been placed as have to watch the
growth OF this church and its inte-
rlor development. | have never
spoken mucu about it, for no priva-
cy has been allowed to us, and it
has not seemed good taste or good
manners to boast. If there is any
church where there are many noble
men and women, where there is such
UNITY OF feeling, where there are
SO mauy who are laying their lives
down Tor the good OF the race
why fail to know of it. While the
name OF Plymouth Church is dam
eng up ana Gown in the newspa-
pers, 1t is not OF your doing. 1t Is
"A fame given to Us 10y others. Those
VINO Know this church only through |
the newspapers 90 not know it at
al lApplause.] There is vo.-
ume Or experience here which does
not go abroad. God never brought |
togeter III this world SO many Chris
tan brethren who live IN harmony |
and love and unity, and are Kept |
there with such IA constant growth.
l love you as | love my own lie,
and when go out of this church,
there Is 40 other pace Tor me to 90 |
except to heaven. l know 40 other
he'd OF work, and | believe that we
get the nearest to heaven in this
church OF any place that | know Of
The teacher multiplied as MIR.
Beecher wrought himself into elo-
4uence over the cnurcn OF his build
lag. He was about to give out his
concluding hymn, when Brother
Hill jumped to his feet and said: IL
want to say word Tor the women
Ol tins church, VINO are too timld to
speak Tor themselves. Wine some
men have seen ut to go away from
TINS body, not one woman has left
Plymouth Church" Applause.
"a very few have telt it their
duty" SAID Mr.. Beecher, ITO step
INTO other communions. May be
i've or SIX, not more"
Mr.. Shearman Mr.. Beecher's law
yer)-l beg pardon. There has been
)nly one. (Alr. ii. Il. Fletcher,
real estate agent, of rs Court street
"a member OF twenty years stand
ng.)
Mr.. Beecher-Well; l don't know
exactly what to say, but | will say
Ills, those VINO do 80 away from us
VIII not go out OF our sympathy and