The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-10
NEW YORK HERALD MONDAY, MAY TO- l87a-TRIPLE SHEET


lnquity. He also besought that rne infants might
grow INTO noble people. or that II am were iound
10 nave but short eTrands they might not be IKE
meteors that nash across the sky and then slnk
into darkness fpf ever
AZ the END or tue prayer Mr.. Beecher gave out
hymn s65, ana then sat duwn as " to admire the
bouquet Of orchids, roses passion overs lies OF
several species, smilax and ferns when was az
MS side and the knely purple dover, winch tited
lis hlgn head out o. an ordinary garden pot before
MIN. at mis- lett nand. it was an agspanuus-
an umoel topping long snalt OF green, waose
lt--long, cimetar-like iolatlons, which roe,
curved ana drooped IN grace over the rim OF the
WINE Mr.. BeecheT occupied himself with admring
the nowers, IS u three parts SOLO, duet ana a
Miss Aobrooke proved nat sne mas an excellent
voice and me hoo BY her singing with Miss Lasar
In the duet. The cnolr and congregation sang the
third part which was simply the reirain:-
Earth has that heaven heal
Mr. Beecher took as Dis text the thirtieth verse
Of the iourtn chapter OF st. Pauls Eplsiie 10 the
Epneslans And grieye not tne Holy spirit or
God whereby ye ars sealed unite the day OF re-
dempuon.n lie said:-"Here, as IN many other
places, the existence ana the active agency upon
the human heart OF the DIVINE spirit - not 81
much explained as taken for granted And 1t IS
not needful mat Ii should be explained. / am
Wiling 20 accept without explanation, without
proofs, that may affect the reason. For long
conception of God cleansed. 1t became necessary
that sucn a conception OF God as arose out OF the
that the Creator should De credited witt
spiritual nature. ana not be considered
with moral and spiritual nature Yet our
thus clolnlpg God mas grown Il habit OF msrep-
ton, has done almost as much 10 overcome tue
true conception Of Him as did the gross idea Is
God 20 % represented as nervous, captions, lrfl.
tapleY mol There IS nothing go patient az COO
In speaking OF the divine spirit as a separate ee-
ment or individuality OF the Godhead, 40 not I'M
dertake to explain IL. Ii IS sufficient Tor me 10
know TINT there Is a higher spirit WORKING u on
the soul. Every agreement In great feeling
among many men, every development OF patriot
ism, IS an eiect OF the influence OF the divine
spirit. Mankind oeyeIors nrst into animallsm.
then into rude social state and
afterward into reason and morality. SO 1t has
been on the great back continent ui Africa; so IN
ASIA aud III Europe; and 50 1t has been Ia America,
among the wnlte, the red anu BLACK: among tue
Tree ana the bond. the great law has
proved tnat out OF nothing comes everything to the
world. FIRST zero. then sociafity, then reason ana
tnen morality. From this law is proved the exist
ence OF the divine spirit. AS Leverrler decided
from the perturbations Of ,he planets that there
Was some vet unseen planet so We must deter
in the universe certain ever active moral In
nuences. II IL were not so our scheme OF lie
would be uncapped, imperfect, even latultous
the doctrine of q dIvlne spirit, continued the
preacher, Is one that is proved 10y the feeling OF
every man that there Is something ne needs OUT
SIDE OF tne influences OF society. Beyond society,
church or cathedral man needs the lnenanle, ana
II is tails inefable qu,lity IN God which IS repre-
sented 10 US by the term "divlne spirit" Mr.
Beecher gave some very striking Illustrations of
the TACT that there are many things which 60 some
people nave an nehaDie value derived from soul and
heart associations, aud not rom the formulas OF the
world. Inc nomeliest house on this continent Is
most radiant place on earth. You remember with
patneIc Joy every one of Its leatures-itS low
gable emo, It's head-bumplng garrett, the creaklng
well ana tue doorstep where the animals were
carelessly allowed 10 feed. go with you 10 tue
born In his old ralnshacSle house;' but you say,
Here's where my old morner sat- ano with such
earnest patnos, IN tones blriened with love, that
/ am stilled and do not disturb the march OF re-
sursent memories In your mind ana neart. There
is many man VINO, wnlle ne would cry at GER
tam nayrck, would not be able 10 ealit tear In
cathedral ana often man Will do himself much
goJd by swinging an old door back and Iortn aud
listening 10 its credkIng. He Will say IAN II mas
the same old sound" aud nus mind wall be hooded
with memories OF hts boyhoou. peneVe 1t Is the
nature OF God not only TO quicken al lolms OF ma
ture and phenomena of every KIND, but also TO
SHINE directly down into tue soul and dictate its
better emotions The apostle says, "Kno6 you
not you are temples OF GouW
And now we cOme back TO the injunction OF the
text:-"Gieve not the Holy Spirit II God.n Is
not Gods spirit omnlpotent omniscientf How
then can We gIieve II 7 We cannot see God
through opacity We can excogtate God, out
blessed are the pure In heart, for they snail see
Gou,n The eyes are in the affections, ana when
many q man who lives Tor the things OF tnis life
that Is, simply TO eat. he prices himself on being
pays his butcher auo his grocer; ana he says:--
IL nave done no harm; nave done my duty"
hi. god: VINO has maze his neliy ma
monarch on collopy mani Oh obese wretcn
VINO sayesL ieeo me. ieed me always. Inou art no
better than the oyster thou ueyourest my hof-
lZon is bounded by Fulton Market. TINS man who
devotes himself TO eating, when the DIVINE
Spirit reaches PIN, what GOES he 1nd3 Little
here, nothing here, something here, ana very
mucn here rhe sun shines upon the granite
rock, but what does the granite rock bring iorihG
Tue sun OF the Divine SPIRIT SHINES down upon
all men, but some erect barriers oil sensuOusness
TO avoid Its rays. MIR. Beecner now went on 10
speak OF other sus winch inerpose between men
anu tne Divine Spirit. he dilated upoa avarice
ana tnen said: You nave all heard NE exhOI you
10 make money, because industry Is one OF tue
Rranuest virtues. But condemn tue making or
money into a God. Avarlce, when II results IN
tns IL atheistic aud opposed to ali the teachings OF
God. In a like manner, continued Mr.. Beecner,
there Is an intense egotism which lnterposes be-
tween sons men ana God subject OF this
comes to think OF himself as God, and 10 believe
the world purblind That 10 does not see his great.
or avaricious 10 destroy tue elements In hlm which
please God, but pride, intense ana IntoleraDle
concelt, viii interpOse between man ana GVd.
Mr.. Beecher again read his text and said, Let
me read the coutext having done winch, he saia,
TINS Is what The world calls gush-a
mush OF magnanimiiy. There are men
who put NJ these verses Ia their counting rooms
liz Is good tong 10 do Let me reaa them again,
lie began, "Let all bitterness and then stopped
reading 10 saw 'The least DIT OF bitterness Will
spoil a can OF milk" Having ended The nnal verse
Of tue chapter, which begins And be Ye kind 10
one another he supplemented II with this ad-
vice :-"But when man annoys you more than
usual baze away at hin, and then you can read
the verses again with The reflection that after all
a man cannot always be salnt.'D
MADISON SQUARE PRESBYTERIAN