The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-01
tinue in good health, ministering unto them ann
the Lord should call him home.
PLYMOUTH CHURCH.


dropped over their long supports, and passion
flowers showed ardently. MIR. Beecher appeared
depressed In spirit when he stepped upon the
platform. and during hts opening prayer he waa
very emotional, his eyes being sufrused with tears
and his voice nasal and sObb!ng. The first hymn
he gave out was the 1,2oOth OF the Plymouth COZ
lection. He read 1t through with feeling. and
perhaps 1t is only fancy on the part OF the
writer, but he seemed to emphasize the words Of
the third verse. which are:-
Mindful Of Thy chosen race
Shorten these vindictlve days;
Mh0 for s null luii r sSs ny Rt S;roan
Mr. Beecher read as the gospel OF the day the
seventh chapter OF St. Paus Epistle to the Ro-
mans. This produced an impression upon the con.
gregation that could be both and heard. There
was rusting movement, and whispers were
exnanged as II the people were assured that
the time was come when Mr.. Beecher would
refer IN his church to the trial through which he
is passing and as II everybody was determined to
assume position in which to continue immova-
bic while listening intently to every word tho
great clergyman was expected to utter. Ger
tainly some OF the congregation were disap-
pointed by Mr.. Beecher's failure to Indulge their
hope and meet their expectation. The pastor an
nounced LYNN lls5, and before 1t was sung he
said that the annual collection for the benefit
OF the American Home Missionary Society would
he taken up during the service. He spoke in
eulogy Of the society. He said, in part:-I speak
Of IL with aHectlOn because am one OF ltS DcDes
nciaries. Almost orty years ago left my fathers
house and went TO hamlet, which. even now,
you would cali mere handful OF houses. There
/ settled over Presbyterian church OF twenty
members, ine'een OF whom were women never
y TSrsea sna 50 hard never 10 s se yea
Inever was SO happy as then, There were four
churches in the village, but, n reme s cor.
was TOO unequal: From my church received an
annual salary OF 5000 and The American Home
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spend more since then, but l nave always re-
NAMED thankful to the society or ITS s6 ana to me-
you the body Is dead. because OF sin; but the
SPIRIT IS life, because OF righteousness "-ROmans
viii, TO- Mr. Beecher said :-Tne deepest OF all
chapters OF literature are the eighth and ninth
chapters Of Romans, and although they are OF tao
the human mind in all time. Still we nave yet 10
go through long struggles before we reach a
OF these chapters. There is an impression tnat
when we speak OF law we mean commandment
menrs OF God do this. They were given because
men did not understand the organic Iacts Of
s Science man the wod ns
was created long before he knew the bones,
muscles and sinews of ms body and ne existed
OF the circulation OF the blood through the heart.
The commandments were but guards given 70
man until he could comprehend the elemental
facts and reasons for them which existed from the
beginning. Men find out laws, organic and ele-
mental, by the results which their violation en-
HAND INTO FIRE
ne finds out by his feeling that he has violated
law; and chemist, being wounded IN his labora-
tory by an explosion caused by the contact OF SUBJ
stances which he was compounding learns also
that he has tran9gressed some natural law Ex-
perence, said Mr. Beecher. in effect, Is the teacher
OF laws. II shows men how to exist safely In
cation with each other, with the organic ele-
ments OF the natural world and with wild
beasts; and the ways or paths 1T points out 70
them are called the rules and regulations OF
society. Being boy do not understand these
things. am laughing, crying boy who must
upon them through violations. Mr.. Beecner went
on to define the complexlty of laws and
rules to sh9W What bsM wonderful network
world. There are the laws OF the State, the subtle
and delicate laws OF tho household, and those OF
the many professions. Man thus bound by laws
meant to make him become so. ed by
them he becomes his own severest Judge and
censor. II he Is not controlled by the laws he IS
SELL SELL il may Be said that ali laws
are not those OF God, yet he who obeys the com.
mandment, "Love the Lord thy God" must Ob.
serve all laws. There are men who say they re-
gard the rem Commandments ana then ask ''What
lack now ~ Such man We can overcome only
by getting him into metaphysics. Then we can
how he stands.
Mr.. Beecher went on to discover the falacy of
man thinking himself perfect or to consider him.
and believed in Jesus Christ He asked II Christ
could transfer His manner by 'Imputation."
He said that stil there Is 2 glimpse Of
the feeling OF Christ for poor human beings, strug.
Cling and stumbling among laws, to the compass.
sion which ne would feel for q ''tttle unregulated
cub OF the Streets an unlocked thieves brat,i
whom he wished to train and Inure to laws but
who was continually stumbling against new rules
and being troubled by them.
LEE AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH.