The New York herald., 1876-10-16

upon You, and learn OF me; for l meek
and lowiy in heart; and 30 shall md rest
unto your soul. For my yoke is easy, and my
burden Is light These three from The eleventh
chapter OF Matthew formed tho text Of Mr Beecher's
discourse Tho more we learn he said oi the history
of the Jews at the time Christ spake these words the
more vvdly do conceive the unhappy condition Of
that people, poor, oppressed and afflicted with sick
nesses innumerabie that came from squalid living.
The country was . hospital The Saviour himself had
charged them with coming out from their homes to
hear Him for the sake Of the bread which was dstrb
u,ed This plainly showed how miserable they were.
Their misery was also shown by the Lords Prayer.
"Giyc Us this day our daily drcad.n This making the
Loaf god and praying TO IT, as u were:
out of profound hunger significant OF
the wretchedness or those times and nj that people.
The fact that much Of the lie OF Christ occupied
not in nstructng, bus in healing. also went 10 verify
the extreme misery that existed among them. and
therefore He said, "Come unto me-" IL that were the
voice OF God was explicit II il the voice OF man
was the most mpotent cgotsm that lunacy was ever
presume in his widest phantasy 10 say tha. TO the
great suffering mass Of men about HIM. And yet II
Christ was God how unconscously did wc soc beam
out OF His own language that power He was accustomed
10 WELD in heaven II will give rect 10 your souls"
He said. man might have everything the body
needed Mr. Beecher said, and yet his soul be IN misery
THE MAN WAS NOT THE OUTSIDE,
bot the inside He who IS wise and full In the inward
man IS master OF his circumstances aud lie must be
snbservieni TO him. whatever be. Tho preacher did
not mean to assert that every man could It
happy in adversely hut merely that there were In
stances enough 10 show tha; such a thing was
possible. Not only there inside OF man this capa
city OF augmentation, of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, by the na-
ture Of his SOUL but there was IN the DIVINE nature
perfect adaptation to that possibility IN human life
The illustration OF this 50 often drawn from the elect
OF the upon vegetation was nearly correct IN that
respect nso that and the leaf not only the
result OF the sun, but 10 extent represent tho
Men who, working their way slowly cropping
tow ard Christ wondered whether there was In him
grace enough and life Tor ALL when tncy should reach
m lkc oWi which Wnetncr If thew
could get out OF their dark the sun would be
big enough Poor things They would be blinded
by it. Christ had grace and fc enough Tor the entiro
race OF men for billions OF years; tho supply was In
exhaustiDc The inmcnsity OF It's bounds science was
know until ne stood before God. There beng, then.
such AN adaptbili!y in God, how tingy Christ said
"Comc unto mol"
Mr. Beechcr referred to the passage ho had read be.
fore the sermon. abide In me. As the Father hath
loved me, SO have loved you" That meant "Ab,ds
In that love until your mind catches that SPIRIT
until you lifted into sympathy with mo and into
inward unlon.' That union OF the Divine nature was
clearer and clearer from the days of tho Apostles
down. Consider said Mr.. Beecher what the glory OF
an inspired man is. Do you reco!cct what
MISERABLE sEr or PILLOWS THE APOSTLES wEnS
almost wor.hip not the apostles which Christ
walked with. We behold them only as we behold
.un Thcy were average, ordinary men OF unedu-
caied, low typo, WAS clearly shown by their quar-
rclnes and weaknesses whie Christ was with Them.
That was what they wore before they werc inspired.
What they were after the succeeding ages must tell.
Paul presented another example OF the power OF in
spiratson II was wrong, the preacher said 10 speak
Of tho State Of man at his lowest.
that Of nature. When faculties and talents
havo been developed aud found their compictess
form that Ia nature. No man understands tho
Divine nature or his own nature enough 10 lay down
philosophy OF tho lifting up of our nature TO the Divine
two friends fncc whose thoughts moving In
electrical back and forth. So much OF this
atmosphere OF cd descends into souls lift
up to Him, just much we are Gods above the ord
nary things OF fc AS water evaporatcs and rises in
fine above all low and soilcd Objects, reforming
In clouds whose beauty whom glldcd ny The sun -
glory the inward man rises, drawn up BY It's sun In
The ne Of the spirit above tho discord inc strife
and passion OF the lower lie Tho human soul might
rise to such height that the impulse Of the Divine
nature might fall upon map1s and give 10 him power
OF peace OF rest Of Joy IN .hs Holy Ghost NJ Beecher
impulse and better instruction. shall open up tho
higher and possible nature Of tho soul and show At
last by science what the Bible declares now without
explanation-that we are SO made that
VIZ ARE THE SONS OF GOD,
that lifted up by the Divine nature, and that
wien so iined up We are above tnc power Of natior
And 1t would not be strange H. in that condition, Tho
soul had ovcr matter something OF the power which
God has 1t would seem surprising II by and by tho
human soul should be competent TO direct matter as
God docs and by doing throw food Of light upon
the subject OF prayer and upon tho subject OF miracles
That UNION tho soul with Christ gives tho
dom tho thral Of tho animal man, brings mans
HIM above the strife with circumstances; for .'al
things work together for good for them that love God
That higher state becomes the cause OF our perform
have surrounded themselves by institutions and laws
accumulated during the experience Of centuries but
rise above thcm and arc masters OF them soon
ss they rise into this higher atmosphere. '.Ss,"
added Mr.. Beechcr, ~ am my own master just as
l am tho Lords. From the moment or the
indwelling OF the SPIRIT OF God ! am . king,
though carry my crown within. | am able to s,y all
things mnc because the Lords and joint heir
with Christ Jesus 10 eternal Inheritance And II Is
In this spirit that say all forms OF church organza-
tion, all sacrnmcnts, all observanccs-such IS the
Lords Day-all books ali ministrics-al things which
necdul and hcptul for the lower lfe for the child
life-a these things are mere outcrows when no
into she condition OF which have spoken, and
Tor him
ALL ORDINANCES BECOME xATTxRs INDIFFERENCE,
because he then receives through tho direct influence
OF God the ruit which these were intended TO develop
all these things, but they cannot use him. l
am going spend my life trying to keep the sun
day II IL were an inestimable jewel l was not
made for institutions: they were made for me Every
certain things and loads HIM into higher sphere,
where he does the same things under higher nspra-
tion.n
To those that were inquirng for the second coming
OF Christ Mr. Beecher said:-lt seema to me, dearly
beloved that you have stumbled IN regard TO tho
terai coming oil Christ in the same way as tho old
Jews misook the coming OF Christ expecting him ko
. royal conqucror Christ Will never come, rs nold
tho flesh. Ho suffered and went into glory ana He
will again afucnce but not as visible per-
There will bo nm opening up OF intelligence, there
will bo a growing band OF men in the Lord Jesus
Christ and thus Il will be that by and by Christ will
again In His disciples and that His spirit will be
prob,ngs OF the spirit, dscoatented men wandering
out OF churches ami out OF dcnomInattons in way
sad indicating dissatisfied condition; bat In
another way they are desirable as indicating that men
are dissatisfied with their lower condition and are
going higher until the heaven and tho earth
shall have come.
MASONIC TEMPLE.