The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-13
PLYMOUTH PRAYER MEETING.
OUR TOO GREAT ELF-EsTEEM-MR. BEEcHER
ExHoRTs TO HUMILITY.

/ OUR TOO GREAT sELF-EsTEEM-MR. BRECHER
ExHoRTs TO HUMILITY
| Plymouth lecture room was unusually crowded last
night Though during the week many Plymouth church
members have been at the meetings Of Messrs.
Moody and Sankey at the Rink Friday evening brought
them all back within their own fold. Mr.. Beecher
came in at halfpast seven, accompanied by Mrs
| Beecher and Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe Mr..
Beecher opened tho meeting himself by long,
earnest prayer Two other prayers followed with
hymns between. Mr. Beecher's solemn
and impressive and he delivered his address in
usually low tone Of voice. which he raised once
He began by reading, Because thou sayest, l am
rich, and increased with goods, and have need OF
nothing; and knowest that thou wretche ed and
miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked counsel
thee to buy Of me gold tried in the fire, that thou
mayest be rich; and white raiment that thou mayest
be clothed" &c That describes exactly the average
experience Of Christians not living in the light II de-
scribes condition OF contentment without any
for It, II describes assumption Of character which
is far from being real which is continually leading us
astray We under the dominion OF the world and
our senses, and we are measuring ourselves by their
low standard, by power and influence among men,
by standard in society, by walking in the
ventonalities and refnemens of society. thousand
things make us ieel rich. So when God looks down
and sees that
FEELING OF CONFINEMENT
He feels just mother, seeing her babe's clothes,
thinks of the babe inside the clothes God thinks Of
the spiritual man--ot the condition OF the soul in
looking that squalid often red and blear-eyed sick
one. Miserable is the who sits down inside
of his good reputation. When you think OF
IT, how much all our moral elements are
like the spark from tho flint. How seldom
find persons who wear meekness like garment,
full of sweetness and gentleness, whose pride is nhu
enccd by lover How seldom do we see beautiful char
acter? We all Of Christiansmost all OF yet
when you TO look at the quality Of soul is such
as described by the Saviour. We think rich;
yet, If measured by quality, we are poor indeed
| ABSOLUTELY
And oh il we look from the standpoint OF God tho
Of our neriorty and sinuness So great that
cannot stand up under IT. 1t is said NO man
see God and live" One reason, think, is that when
see him we are overpowered with the weight Of our
Y inferiority Out of absolute subsection of
thought and soul springs the right kind Of
life. We are hoping TO participate in the blessing
strong hopes that this spring OF the Lord which has
set in will be followed by blessed summer You will
say the first thing, LET oins be grded up; let
go out and bring some one in F" don't say not; but
the place to begin is with ourselves We ought to
have such sense Of our inieriorty as VIII make US
humble you cannot feel that you are blind and Sick
HuMBLED TO THE DUST,
and wonder God not ashamed OF you II You cannot
feel the Of moral neriority then those qualities
| which God most blesses in works of revival
ing in you. The FIRST thing is a mans SOUL II is
a dreadful thing to have a soul without God without
any germs that point to higher liie The gate Of
heaven is found by going down in self esteem before
God. God has told us to come TO Him that We might
become comey. Let read few words IF
ye being evil know how to give good gifts unto your
children, how much shall your father which is in
heaven know how TO give good gifts unto his chill
dren." dear sister called on me TO give an account
of distant parish She told OF one family where the
husband and father had been Incorporate and the
wife, for shame, had hid her trouble and the children
actually starving, and morning they asked,
''Ma, do all fathers make their children starve2" II
was their experience It touched the mothers heart
and she went out to beg something for
them. Now is there anything you could con-
ceiye of which would tempt you to shut
the door her face Your heart would be full OF pity
Jesus is better than you; how every feeling in Him Is
stirred when you cry for bread He comes with i'm
measurable bounty to give you gentleness and sweet
ness and charity and long suffering. You fancy you
great deal better than Others and you live in the
fancied Of your goodness