St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-07-02
Last Sunday at Plymouth Church.


faces of the thousands present showed
no great consciousness OF the pecuiIa
circumstances bcscltiny the pastor, al,
through him the church, there ha,
doubtless been much promptncsS on lh'
pant al the pew holders III reaching
their places. The Attendance OF oui.
>idcIS wa, not 81 great lis had been cN
pectcd As it Was the church Was ii.
full It's could we'll i've, and the heat wa'
almost intuleIablc. Mr. iiccciIcr'S ser
mon WAS of unusual ability, and PIE
scented some rather novel views. fine
subject Was the Communion of Saints
the text being the words found iii lie
brcWs -. | Nv hcIrI"Ic, seeing We
also are coinp.I>Sc,i about with ST. grcal
Il cloud of witnesses, let us lay a>ldt
every weight amd the sin which doth 81
easily hrSct lis. ami let u> Iun with pa
thence the race sci before us. In place.
the preacher made very characteristic
points. illustrating thcHi in Il chalac-
tcIi>lic MANNER Tie entire discouIs,
Vas yer, thoughtful in It's tone. We
are indebted t" the New York Timcs
foI the tulI"ui ing abstract
Nj. Bccchcl started ont with Tia,
proposition that the good and great
dead are not merely valuable Ia IL, 10y
| their examples that their cIhcrlilIIcd
form .ic constantly present with us
surround Us. and lmpaIt To us 10y InNI>I-
/ hl,. means the brmclit> OF then paSl
earthly experience. CiaIilicd 10y the
comprehension of THEN present untr:Iml-
,lcd reason. We live Il great deal more
/ -, it'll those We never SAN. but Who's,
nuIk> We have read, than with those
ho dwell uu,icr the same root with us
ihrm the superior always includes the
inferior The lower animals cannot
understand man. bccaIi>c they do NOT
jru>>,.S> his attributes. while lie l. cIIi-
hlr nt iuilN comprehensive them. h'-
":iu>,' lac has the germs III linn al al,
that il below. only better >ciupcd.
:" We find ii quite difficult I" under
stand the saints, but they comprehend
L. perfectly.
ON tins foundation Nh. BrrciIrr pro
'crdrd /" elaborate i theory which liz.
.lcku"U lodged /" i,coI,cn to- he >,i~pcinll
If being Largely Imaginative. al how
the saints thInk and act. la ihc inst
place. he said. in heaven There, are none.
ri the petty suspicious winch cail>r
men on eIIth Who ahhor evil To hate
the rNil-I"rI also. Therefore he saints
do not think nt themselves: II j. ~punta-
nc"u> Ia them 1" y mpathi/c Wiil 9th
els. 10 Il certain extent II might Ice
i!nc that bands of evil spirits are con-
lUnuLIiN hoN cTlHG about the earth. hul
ilr Thought thai the ;nnN of the king
dom al hight l. ten thousand times
tnulc powerful than the evil Influences
Ghr t"lmcr earthly lille OF the saints
must necessarily make them " mpathilc
With those VIII" are still below. After
the wal tl;ct" WAS Il meeting of "curl-
Ll> nom hnth sides uI the banks of the
Hudson. and they expressed the most
ntcn>'' sympathy for each other. De
SPIT" then differences IA Judgment. the
march. the camp, the NictuIN. and the
overthrow. we're common To all of them
aud hrou@ht them InIo hruthcrlood
- when men are cuirInchisrd and look
back upon H. w" are interesting To them
moi mcIcll hrrdu>c We are children of
tod. but hccau>c We are patterns -,
themselves.
When |. continued Nh. Bcrchcr. have.
seen the polii:titIuc nt my childhuud il
has filled me with compI >Siou to think
what / Wa> then and what life has done.
with me since. The old farm hnu>..
where N"r were bora. the old we'll
sweep. the old stones that served Won
IL ha>'.s. the brook in which \uu caught
N"nr til~1 little fish. are not interesting
IA themselves. hut they are the threads
which JON You to Nour former self We
can. therefore. conceive that the small
particulars of human life which are
my >trrleN and problcmS to lis have Il
certain interest to the saints. Once, in
IonkIiI" out at his upper windows upon
Il dci>c fog. Mr.. BrcclIcI had amused
himself Watching the manner in which
the ferry boats felt their WAY across the
river. /" them there WIS Il great deal
IT nNSterN III steering. There WIS NOT
Il bit /" him. He could have put his
finger upon every picI on both sides
instantly. ;" with many other things
Ilat are mysteries tn lis. Their m\s-
teil"'ISnrS> has been destroyed to the
saints 10y knowledge: and when men
cry ont "il"w long. o Lord. how long"
the saints smile.
y boy having been Stung by il hornet.
runs screaming to his father from 4 blue
h"tti" fly. surprising it to he be another
hornet The latter can't help laughing.
although the boy is really distressed.
Most of our fancicd prosecutions are
nothing bnt %auzy tlicS, and they make
the angels laugh. Mr.. Bccchrr did moi
81" why they should not laugh. If
there he no laughter in heaven it will
belle the constitutions God has given
lis hcle. The saint are profoundly in
tcreStrd i'll us. Imagine Il strange
harIuc entering the laIhor of New
York. and Il pilot observing from a hirh
tower that she does not know the chan |
mel. He waves his hand now To fine
right again to the left. and then shouts
straight forward" What an iut.u>.
interest he takes i'll her progress as she
%rtzcS Sandbank here and lust es-
rapeS hItting Il rock there. and how his |
interest would he intensified if he had
Il son or even IL distant relative on
board. We are not to imagine that the
passage to heaven DESTROYS those atfrc
lions which IT has taken. mayhap. four
score years IT, educate.
There are people who 90 al,out
mourning after these truths. They ,r,.
like men VIII" own farms under which
Il gold mine exists, and who plant no
Iat"es and raise pigs upon it and re-
mann poor. They might he rich if the,
knew IT. W no does not know that tI,.
;! rcn@th of the affections is really il,
he invisible. lou say Nnm dear one.
are gone, SAID Mr.. Beecher No. tL.,
ile not gone. They are within reich
81 your memory, yom love. Nv chill
iieh took nothing away with then,
when they left. Not ii single thine that
made Il co-w"rker dear to me did i .v.,
ose 10y his bodily death. Thanks l..
o God there is something else in hea-