New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-24
THE DUTY or HUMILITY.


EARLY RXPEMENCE-IHE DUTY OF ACCEPTING
uNNorIcEp STATIONS IN LIFE.
The audience at the Plymouth Church prayer
x.tng last evening was mnoh larger than those which
have gathered there FOR time past Az an carry
hour the people BEGIN TO III the room, ana ny inc e
che meeting began II wac found necessary 10 eho'o"
mon the platform occupied by Mr. Beeeher To" VI
ehare was placed upon platform behndth iy mou'h
rastor and these occupied by late co'ncfs Tue
meeting was opened promptly at 7is o'clock, ana sltr
the singing of the IS 18th hymn Mr. Beecher and d. hu
ward Beecher offered prayer. In the course oi Dr'
Bcechers prayer he sid We thank Thee that IN scenes
Of 80 much Thou hast been help unto u.s. ana Una"
we have been led week by wcck; We have hah con-
sciousuess OF Thy presence" Mr. Beecher then wi'ho"
announcing any text began his talk an tOlows:
Ills very curious to observe how such men r. fanI
looked upon things which are quite fapinsf 70 U.s. anu
the effects produced upon his mind by The
familiar things don't suppose that any man eouio p''o
gone Ia Athens looked the Acropos Al It's snc'ues
representing the highest skill Of the most shfn uu
epces In It's highest period Of arpo nan could have
seen these gorfes without sense of beauty without mar
Yelling and wondering. We know Paul was thcFe' We
know perfectly WE'LL from other sources what the glory
az that city was OF that time. We know perfectly well
that there were things there OF which was provero 70
sav that man had Loot half his life IL he lived without
seeins Them And yet you cannot find, az recoect'
single hint that he any thing eeantini III soup
ture, In painting In architecture, not""hs'ahons
bS usef architectural hufthtiohn an '"N
time When we see q temple, we tnnk OF us
nronortions OF IFS beauty il strikes the eshetic sense
when Paul saw temple, he thought OF its foundations
underground; lie looked at IL with somewhat OF con-
tractors eye not how much IT cost on ne tnough'
of the superstrueturo he thought OF toe processes e
Long labor by which by stone became growing
and then complete building He used that woiu "
build whose meaning we lose very much; II Is trans
formed to edty" which is to build. He thought OF the
way in which this temple was being built, growing up
little by little. Now, you might say that that Is 't'!
low form of view. You might say that he was
Q great rough, robust, spiritual jew ana
that he had no eye for nature no eye
for beauty But on the other hand, he had
the most exquisite of beauty, the most perieet
eympsthy with nature but 1t was beauty In the human
soul and II was itself in man. And everything
ahst he saw in gymnasium in the school OF philoso
phy on the battlefield great cities, It bad, In hs hd
relation TO the greatest work which God is carrying on
IN this world transform the low brute by bis grace
and syirit into q proud and cnergetc 'oShp"oo' 'e
might have thought OF other things but this was most
cpv i,nprcssed On his mind And in speaking OF this
he eays-I think Il is IN Corinthians nave ho
foundations and other build thereon"
Now did You stop aud see what laying the f"h"
don meausi Did you ever stop IN New-iork' ~ you
we're going past, and see vulgar men-many thins IL
beneath their dignity TO stand among vulgar men-imd
forget your erand and your company and see uns man
At work 20 feet down there down the very bottom OF
The bitches which have dug there Nobody except
some Old minister like me stops AMI o"ks 81 ntS Pcoe
Did YOU eyer stop and think what such life vast hs
soon nc the mason the he goes pnd IN
cones another class of men, the biicklayer or the
,ersons who mt on the ornamental and artistic work.
and away goes the Thirty feet down.
m damyness and often IN water and what mas he go'
for his comfort that just az SOON as his Work Is done
some ons will step IN and cover 1t with something more
beautiful, that IL may never he seenf DO you stop ara
think that class OF men who are forever work
an auto f sight that, Whatever reward comes 10
man from remembrance of other men and through SYM
p.tby from other men. they never have III
Now stop To look down at these magnificent build-
tngs in NewYork these newspaper buildings and great
warehouses and look very ciously from the pave
ypept 10 the bottom of the foundations really become
fascinated with IL. wonder what these men think
home tired from their work, wooder how ney think ;
whom they are at their %Sh io %Saer b now y S
MAJ sy find And r s%u'rs 5 e s ,H0 FIAT 81
to eat and that is 70 make them happy And s"
WoTlins' and then thinb of myself down there They
are better there than should be- From these thoughts
work which man can do IN this world ard that i. the
xSd for Ana ns Ss It nse for these
60 do IL. And Paul says-Paul. The only edI
s9S one %sn Sat ever tive lived IN Pau whS
sa he accounted himself not css than the ehieest
says have chosen 10 lay the foundation other men
build 60 along S S% s to met ety. ad sP TO sss
th nor, take the first bunt OF hatred; take the u,
popularity take the labor and the hard work bring
overwOrked men, all rude and rough material !
gather them, and perneate them with the grace OF
Christ, and j lay n foundation As soon as |
get them to stand | go away and let the
sher take f. those who are rvady 20 do the more
ayeable work There ether men 10 do be NICE clean
part OF the work There hundred men who will
work above ground 10 one man who win work under.
ground cheerfuny. Paul could have had better field
than this he did not want H. He could do this work
frcn other cause Than tbis, that II Was an ndls
pcnsable work Ny Master said, He that win be chief
slaves work for Christs sake for the brtrens sake
understand just how il is.
In my three years-but have lately been catochsed
ilauchte1j but my second year-no my tbir-no,
my second-in Indianapolis 10 the best Of my rcc0oc
non baG sSroas tf cot hSne s
nrday night blew the trumpet on sunday morning,
s$ them and to S''' up s' a:
Terrc Hante. remember that said 10 them that
going 10 preach every night during the week and that
M sa SSG n aYS fOnnd O The twoh @
aud il little dseouragng but did the best could
S esd como lS orx Sn0 and none " serve AaS d
on Tuesday preached again, ana II was
@ nh na ff becr and p at a%' as sd
would talk the subject Of religion and two servant
grls stopped There were my friends, there were ne
gent people but Of hem stopped, only these two
arvant- girls When went down was almost tempted
feel the rising OF pride, hut then almost i'm
inediately the thought came TO. my mind
felt that 1 shonld break ont in foods Of tears.
aud sad 10 myself, Il there soul on Gods earth
low poor That II is not privilege for me to bring
Them 20 Jesns What are you and under what feel NJ
are you that should not hail and leap at The privilege
o. doing work for Christ = Aud " they lad been my
accepted my offering and the work went increasing
sions in the congregation know just what the ceing
fride IL