The daily gazette., 1875-02-23
From the N. Y. World, '} .s' ".
Mr.. Beeche1' on Meekytess.
THE MORNING SERMON AT PLYMOUTH
|. CHURCH ON SUNDAY. Fa


CHURCH ON SUNDAY. saFs :
| There was more than the usual pres.
sure at the doors of Plymouth Church
yesterday morning and Mr.. Wood, the
SEXTON, was obliged to send for an ex.
ira police force to keep the crowdrin.
kline. Mr.. Beecher when he arrived.
had TO reach his platform through the
small door at the back of it, being un-o
able to make his way through the mul-,
titnde which blocked up the entrance,
He selected for his text Matthew v.6.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall
inherit the earth" Mr.. Beecher
said: s-.s.. ..,l-.-.t d, ~, ~.
The teachings of the Saviour are
full of moral paradoxes; there is an in
ternal truth in them all, and vet they
| all of them are but the general express,
sion of this truth. blessed are they
that mourn" and yet people have not
been accustomed to think mourning a
pleaure. Blessed are they who are. Z.
lpersecuted," +" and yet persecution has
not been regarded as among the trea-
sures of life. "Blessed are the meek.9
Yes, the good, round-faced, sunshiny
man, sitting in a corner, has no care,
and in business has very good thing;
but when one says ''they shall inherit
the earth'-the meek inherit the earth?
"Why," say men looking back, "where
did you ever find one of these moon
shiny faces that was worth anything
when affairs were imminent? 0nel
wants will-power, then, when the
worlds face has changed there have
been armies in the field; the:great
forces of life have not been derived
from this meagre, moonshiny meek
ness of quiet men that letpeople punch
them and do not strike back; but let
them do what they have mind to. % .
1t is as if zero should be put at the
head of all arithmetic. .a.
Is is the testimony of the sacred writ
ers of the Bible down through period
, of 1000 years years when, by reason OF
weakness, polygamy and slavery among
good men were not counted as grave
crimes down through all the ages it has
still been the testimony of the old Testa-
, ment, namely, that the moral element is
2 the strongest humility, purity, right
eousness shall govern, and the meek
shall inherit the earth. This was the
. utterance of that robust warrior, David,
E though it was not by meekness that he
gained everything he got; but when he
/, was inspired to speak by reason OF his
experience he saw that this was the
!, truth, even in his day, and declared that.
, after all, he saw there was something
!, more than, and superior to, the sword,
s and declared that the meek should in
s | herit the earth. --"o e
h If you take the trouble with your con-
cordance to run through the terms OF
!. meekness, you shall see the testimony
: all the way through, from beginning to
u end and this to me is one evidence OF
n the inspiration of the Scripture, that
is long before men found out anything of
l. theology, there was faith in certain moral
a tendencies, which has been growing ever
It since, and the fidelity of the sacred writ
u ers in regard to these settled elements Is
o. very significant to me. What is meek
Is ness !? Are we quite right in our under 4,
- standing of it / have assumed all the
's way through that meekness was in your
Is estimation a sort of still, quiet disposi-
n tion that is developed by what is meant
y by the quality itself, for it is a quality
< ani not faculty, and therefore it in
o cludes in it the conduct OF the reason, OF
IS the moral sentiments, of the social affec-
n tions, of the passions and appetites. Onr
experience teaches that in times OF col
lision the men that are meek are, after
all. the men that make headway.
Ii is SO in the secular concerns OF life.
lIf n man has got deeply in your debt,
and YOU fear he is going to fail, you don
20 rushing to his house and say. You
t. owe me $4,000. Now want you to Sc
k, cure that debt instantly, No; you in;
d. yite him to dinner at Delmonlcos, and
N YOU talk gently to him, and yon wheedle
ar him into an arrangement, and you lgc
4 home satisfied, for the meek has inherit
y, ed that mans Iproperty. Men under.
III stand this in business how they must
carry themselves with'all gentleness and
l., meekness. As the old housewives keer
ell pennyroyal and all sorts OF sweet herbs
FOR all occasions, so all men in their bus
I. mess transactions keep a lot OF swee,
v. herbs for special use. 1t Is not meant
II. that the meek shall inherit the earth as
~ the warrior inherits it but it is the de
~ claration that the highest parts OF oui
~ nature shall dominate over the lowest
lg The world is slow to believe that TINS II
ed the universally correct principle. he
that has an enemy and can crnsh hint y
ad fool if he does not stri1e, @ s.ys sa th' th'
mr. word of God. "He that has q burdeI
,le and can shake it off, is a fool If he does
saya Christ: take my yoke upon you
and learn of me- In worldly expert
~ ence those men are successful, who hav'
lle faith in moral excellence that will ena
re- Bile them to wait through years ;to buil'
TO slowly, that they may build spreeiously
and that is the secret OF the best sue
lis cess that is known. ALI success tina
all comes about by the touch of the lowe
vn faculties is swept away in a moment
an but he who. builds on the foundation Q
,at moral qualities, builds never to need IN
m surance neither time nor fate nor deaf
"a can touch or harm him, and in the lon
~ run the firmer qualities influence me-
.p more than any others. ~
lie Who are the men that are known te
in dav that every child knowse In th
so main. they are the men that blessed tn
md world; the benefactors; the good mel
AS inspired by justice and righteousness