New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-07

whispering In the darkness false COUNSEL Whhe
he leads him toward the death-trap into
which he means he shall plunge Mt the end
And IL is only that the angel of Gods providence meets
them in the way and that somebody else Is revealed In
all his deformity under Moulton's mask, that the In
tended victim escapes Now, how shall he be expected
to stand and deliver the narration OF his little under
ground trip and all Its damaging complications" ghbly
and to that full and general satisfaction which you De
mand You see, you yourself TO feel that quail
ncation needed inasmuch you proceed to add Tits
proof Of his guilt that he did not do this But them
why leave the paragraph there at ALL TO suggest an i'm
putaton which the dishonest will use, and without the
qualifications
You speak OF 1.-THE amazing folly and weakness OF his
previous action" Now, that II was mistaken course
which Mr. Beecher took, he and his friends admit; but
why it "amazing folly and weakness" when II was
the he knew In the circumstances IL easy 10 look
back now and that II he had known, as he knows
now the devils work that going on around him. ana
IL he had the character OF Tlton and his asso-
eiates and that heather he was taking counsel
Of" why then there would have been this that and the
other thing which he might have done TO drive the
whole crew Of sinking and COMPOUNDED oJt OF MS pres
ence But he didn't know tand very especial good care
was taken thai he shouldn't.
You are exercised In your mind about the " much
needed reform in Plymouth Church. May ask II you
kiotc all about the church am not member OF fy-
mouth Church, of any other hut have attended IL
more than twenty years. l know Its character ana
great many OF ITS people, of different circles and classes
And If have taken any ono impression more disthct
than another of Plymouth Church as body OF people, IL
is that by the earnest training of Mr. Beecher toward
that special end il is being steadily butup In the khowi
edge and practice OF precisely those "oldfashoned
virtues Of faith hope and charity of which you speak
Can't YOU give the church credit for some little attain
ment Ia that direction, from its behavior since all TINS
trouble began, commencing with the action OF the
two loving "sister churches" and the "Cohh-
ell Z" Plymouth Church numbers over 2,Ooo
members. Can you name any church which
gives greater evidence among a greater number of
"healtly religious feeling honest, practical manly ne,
realization OF the hard daily duty of the ChrSanI
Suppose YOU find among 1000 people some l9Vc,slck
devOtees," some whose sentiment becomes "slODDtr
and some little sets of unwhoosome pictists' What
them Mr. Beecher their elder brother their phA ~
cian He endeavors to receive and mngle WIN them 50
as TO teach and keep them to bear me is oi , sn
himselfl' lie has prccous little time involve him
SELF more than as any teacher involves himself with
those whom he is set to lucate Ana II II Is your ra,
CHARACTERISTICS of all Plymouth Church. or even OF the
greater part of it, why do you gay unk,pd tsS rs''
Your remark about the Plymouth pattern OF sane
tity is-wel it is very un-THIEu NE,ke dgnt sec
you imply that "ladics and gentlemen in PNmontnn
hucn go about kissing one am" tsp %nTe is more
or different kissing among Plymouth Church people t
friends Don't take excel ti0ns ana Jay doT v Id" ~
inaserully without first being certain OF what you are
your thoughtless use of that word par0Xy SINAI e.
know you'll be sorry for that when you reject n1,
side, that word originated in such connection
Are Plymouth people the only ones who may not DE ~
song in the hearth What is "mushy emotion" When
Mr. Bcecher in the wish to be Of some he az p1st2r
great trouble invited her to write TO HIM OF her regi0u3
feeling and condition was It such very YIN msaPPn%n
ness g. Isn't the harm in the words altogether mat
which they have been distorted lno, ana not WIZ thv
uprfls ms olVpS
should yOn call them "rantV Are strong 1eellhSS
warm fancy and in certain way refined poetical apple
evidence Mr.. Beccher does of using oil ms gis ~ lle
faithful service Of God for the salvation OF men tould
a good minister do half much good without themi
Suppose he what his poetry has done 9r Ger
poetry when gives pure delight to thousands aud
thousands who hear 1t and read IT, because 1t IS NOT prop
which is to blame for the "sobber" and not the poetry
Lastly yOn say | am afraid dersycy, II will not be
esteemed the of true religion to love somebodyD
teach, does Plymouth Church hold, that IT IS ne cs
of true esion TO love somebody in any different
sense than Christ and his apostles teach that the very
life of true religion is lover Christ says, "A , new
Az have loved you that We also love one another 10y
this shall all men know that e are my DISCIPLES we oEe
Do you call that Gospel OF gush r. Was ho0 ~
John q teacher inspired Of God Did he not 90 out
among men, as It were, straight from the very arms and
bosom of Christ, and may he not be presumed 10 Know
Intimately the spirit of that teaching which the Master
commissioned his disciples to give TO ment DOCS not
Jesus command TO love negbor as ourselves and
they what they say are they given us merely to
mint ma par of the service but by any in
tended for TO strive toward and put into practice IN
our everyday actual life The world has not been watch
ing this trial with such intense interest as merely the
quarrel between two men, no matter how conspicuous
NAV DE either both The root of the feeling Is far
deeper The battle is being fought al the same time
between Purity and immortality. and between true
the worship Of the Father in spirit and in truth. lie
teaches what is to live in the spirit OF Christ ana
fpQ tlf D
grow into manhood in Christ Jesus Many churches ana
many ministers, in many ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the num-
Der increasing and Will increase-cOrdaly recognize
the spiritual and practical truth OF MI Beechers teach
Ing and AL such love nm ana aI heaf t TOice IN M IN
the truth Beeclcrs words pierce and disturb turn
Yet thew are self-deceved if they suppose that is
against Henry Ward Beecher himself that their hate
risc No; tits against that truth OF the Spirit which he
is inspired to preach and which Christ declared to be the
sword which lie came to bring THE light shincth in
the darkness, and the darkness conprehendeth IL
when John observed it; and las he was born
a aieF the spirit iI so it is even it was by the Church.
and its ministers soeaed OF God by al intimate disciple
falsGed and perverted His Words as Mr. Beach did Mr.
betrayed and slain There are Phasees and hypo-
critics in the Church and in the world now, as when
of Israel" and " he is not jew which is one out
wardly." Let the churches and the individuals who
Bcecher before he heard, examine themselves by the
tests which Christ and His Apostles have given u.s. and
by them decide what ndintr Ol hpIIt iHtJ III
tier condpnnaon and in the manner OF 1t. The True
Church is that spirit i'll man-whcrcvert IL found, and
whether with without church organization and ord
ninccs-which Is Chrislike; she who loves and obcys
the husband, whose sweetest joy and happiness IT
is 10 look up 10 him, TO learn his WISHES, and
strive TO reflect his naueshe is the spouse whom Mr.
Beach seemed 10 he confused about Not she who says
Lord, ord" and honor Him with the lips and with
empty fOmalsms while she does not the things which
He saws and her heart far from HIM. Hcrrtal name
il BABYLON no matter what denomination she calls her
eelf When Mr. Bcecher and Mr.. IlltOn have lett THIS
battle il will be seen God has been fighting i'll IL also
against his adversary, and that he VIII carry 1t on III the
promised tme when Christ shall reign on eartn-in the
hearts and lives of the cope-dnd wncn all men and all
newspapers shall That 1t Is the essence OF true re-
ligon to love remain your true TREND and adnircr,