New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05
GROWTH OF THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY.

GROWTH OF THE CHRISTIAN FAMlL1.
Henry Ward BeA,r at Plymouth Church tconsre0a0nd'
The unpleasant weather of yesterday ap-
peared TO make no apprecable difference in the number
OF persons that gathered Plymouth Church to see and
hear Mr.. Beechcr. The house closely packed. AT
the right of Mr. Beecher's chair stood high vase filed
with japanese lilies. Around this were spread
beds OF moss, myrtle. and smilax with vio-
lets, camcllias and azaleas strewn over them.
Along the edge OF the gallery back Of the pastors head
was O crecper with broad leaves and large red flowers
Mrs Boccher was absent. Mrs Perkins, MI Beecher's
sister; the Rev Mr.. scovii. her sOuin-aw; the two
OF Mr. Beecher with the wife Of the eldest and her
mother Mrs. Benedict. occupied the pastors pew
When re- ding the usual notices in speaking OF some
meeting, to no held during the week by Henry Marley,
the Eqcsh rcv.yallst Mr.. Beechcr said:
"wncn Eistori wachtel comes to America, all the
papers herald their coming and there Is great cOmo-
lion among persons Of taste. 1t Is accorded that the
children Of and OF genius have right TO co where
thew will. Now claim for men that are men OF
genus right their brethren in every land. and
submit that 1t is bad example FOR reporters and ca.
itors ridcue what called reyvdllstS; and IL they
& ~ cd Actresses l hold that gentlemen are
bound not 10 bring railing accusations against children
~ a, M i in Rro+her Woedy's VISITATION TO England
know how sport IL has occdsiOned the English
Now Waving % an old 1cld You 90 and ask the
cricscts ami the angle.worms and the beetle-bugs
wing ud II the what they Thought OF tuat
operaiion But the question be considered WHAT
will he tho after harvestl = / give my most
hearty welcome to every man. be he Roman Catholic or
Protestant who TO bring the Gospel as GOO has
manifested II TO him. he is my BROTHER aud give nun
the hcarticst welcome" .
The ICxt was H. Corinthians, w.. Il: Knowing that
He which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us
also BY Jesus. ana shall present US with You" We Will
10 II when we shall come back on the stream
ccrn only selfish power, without companion
ship. without respect TO ANYTHING else, power
stored up for scli-prcservatiOn. What does the
lion think OF his sUberest moods except how 10 get
something 20 eat tnat lie may be lion stf what DO
seTpens tBk Of and alilgators, aud all the great muir
deron cruel. crushing ana destroying animals, except
how 10 munich yctimS They have no intellectual
conceptions TIE whole world Is pasture ground ana
10 destroy they feed is their necessity. ana
their beng rv0ve In that circle and blood Is their NE
IL you rls" degree higher you nnd Tue element OF COM
paniOOshp developing, and birds ana animals become
greGdrous and YET although TINS indicates nldness OF
temper a"d the deNeiopheht OF olii,r
cicmentsOt higher order than those Of the sol
der aud tue brutal YET this COMPROMISING is one that
Is maintained Simply by INC Jaw OF NVence
BY aud by sal higher and touch the lowest
point from winch manhood begins 10 develop In this
there Is marked change between tne lowest savage
aud the highest animal there is space which no PM
osophy has there is gulf which no reasoning
creation brought up 50 that II begins 10 be in
telligent OF Tho lower sensibilitIes OF manknd-as
IN the elephant and in tio horse, and In. that
which unquestlOnaby stands rearer to man than the
monkey, dog; for dog is ut for inmOrtalty-yet it IS
not slm0le degree. but kind, quahy. and the distance
between the lowest manhood and the highest Of the
brute creation as 1t Is called is such eccuay estOps
philosophers Here begins new sort, but nevertheless
these germ forms and tendencies entirely unknown
elsewhere.
Follow up this divine creation. the human race
everywhere human laws which nave been gradually
unfuldeG. How 90 We know what are Gods IawsG
Sinai never taught Gods laws. Sinai taught men
rtain Iuesihey did not rise higher than rules-bu
rules benihcen and jIst Necessary now wien they
were frs; uttered But the law Of food and the law OF
exercise, and the law Of diet, aud the law OF men
brought oat hy human experience. Modern scientists
take great pride Themselves because they the dis
VI the truth Now, don't deny That we owe
great deal To philosophers, provided include all the
old women and boys who have fubDed their toes and
got hIrt. 1c whole human fainliy has been digging
away at human experience. The whole family
the Tartar the Chnamau the Ethiopian tho African of
have UucOnsc0GSly busy picking up elsncDts mere
aud there aud the result through has been knOwl
way to proceed. but l say that The finders of the
trith have not been the wlsest The human family has
OrVeiDDed Itself INTO knowledge Of the divine laws 10y
trying after thcu, by searching alter thenin short,
suffering dsdppontments and mistakes nave been the
school al periods. Il ta-ted good ana they ate it
IL ddo taste good, and tbcN sad they would never
eat again. They found there was law there, and
they respected 1t. fLauShter We have tried one way
aud another way ana found them 10 be failures tnen
then said THIS Is happiness Tuen the moral teacher
comes along aud shows that that has been connected
with the great moral government OF the world
These remarks lead Inc 10 say that on the whole, happ
ness lies in the impulse that draws man TO kindness
good H. IL was found that II men were 10 dwell
her they could do except by fOrbcaIng aud
throwing IN something agreeable to the Others IL came
to be the nnwn',en i law; the eXpeienGe OF
tribal relations. and the subsequent stages Of
ueighDorho0d relations that there was at the bottom
necessity If would he happy. that you should he
happy IN certain definite directions, that each man
should the things tnat concern the peace and hap
pness Of the others man may say, 81 am tue snartest
Inau ia TINS crowd but II won't DO 10 buck my head
against the crown; AIN going to act among them as if
1 was only good they are" lie restricts his
constitutional vanity aud the result Is good, but he
does 1t seshly. Men learn first Selfshly TO take up
their cross. Men 40 find out tnat violence and GIse
gard for others hurts man tbat exercises H. and the
law peace and good will ia tue law winch. according
10 the nature OF IT'S faculties, when men brought
toSG,n On t hirher Here is tne same princinIe ~
IL, 81 IA Il "A n
country justice Is rude but the administration OF the
affairs Of states and Empires arc imneasuraby more
,mnerfect when Asyria took great slices to herself
on adjoining nations, II was rude shock, but neverthe
less, when they were ~ they became common
its patrarcnal care. 80 IN tkls way the
law Of imperial social kihoness was carried out.
fullness OF the times had come, and until the world was
prepared to hear our Saviour announced az universal
princule Thou sllt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart, and Thy neghbOr as thyself THIS is the
universal law above. beneath. and on every side.
Chriss death the most significant revelation OF His
nm ti men Isl not only i've to love bnt tbat low
ipg Itself measured by His wasting and by His suffer
ing measure love by the pleasure IL gives
him; 40 love by the souLdisturbing
,hroes which with it. The eternal condition OF
love IL, HOW much will you give OF Yourself for that
Old of two worlds ANA said IL Will give myself"
But now, having come down in this line of thought to
this uOut aIn transcending the fair province rpa
sonine when say that Christianity Is system founded
essentially this great principle " love- and mat its
Is social; mat the creAlug OF sueh intelligence
ana purity and Obedence ana love through men shall
,rake EHppicrtnaf is Tue central idea OF Chris
,auity The sIrt OF Christianity IS social; the genius
nj Cbristiaiiiy social. Now when we come down TO
the thought of dyiue-fOr / am getting home again
nretty neatly text-it remarkable 10 observe
Inc old Testament how bndly aud yet how real was the
conception OF NE and death. 1t pretty certain that
there was revelation made even OF Il future cXis-
enee IL Was part Of the teachings OF the Mosaic
economy nor fret 10 last we're there any sanctions
uttered on tins What the teaching OF Christ
about death. Were you hnd IN the New Testa-
nnt one single ausion 10 death, with bones or dust or
sIne connected with dyingI what IS dylbgf II Is
failing asleep IA Jesus. IL does not hurt any more 20
ie tnau il luris bird 10 liit himself from branch
and 20 singing through The ar When
linear before God Zion, shall he
niirsented with yOl whom have baptized
Van Tor " nom have prayed You VINO have received
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