The New York herald., 1876-02-28
PLYMOUTH CHURCH.

thou against the workers OF iniquy for they
shall be down like the grass and wther the
green herb - said Mr. Beecher yesterday reading from
the Thirty Psalm, and the suppressed mur-
and significant glances that followed among his
people gave evidence that the application OF the words
lost upon them. In the absence OF the regular
organist, Brother Horatio C. King, who is OF the
finest musicians in the State presided at the
instrument. ''Spohrs anthem, "As Pants the Hart"
| was rendered finely by Miss Clementne Lasar. The
officers OF the church occupied themselves before the
services in distributing tickets OF admission 10 the
business meeting on Wednesday evening TO members
Of the church only in accordance with the resolution
passed on Friday night to prevent strangers from
/ filling the room to the exclusion OF members.
! Tho toxt Of Mr. Beechers discourse the fifth,
sixth and seventh of the epstlc OF Peter
"Who are kept by the power OF God through faith unto
salvation ready to be revealed in the last time" &c.
Here said the preacher recognized in full feature that
experience through which all that have srivcn be
more and more manly have had to pass 1t that
now and then ound-and in very quiet ages and
in sheltered circumstances not n few-who pass from
youth manhood without special agitation either within
or without SeQuestered they But taking the world
collectively, judging by the experience of men that
live by the records of the experience Of the best and
abes that have lived the passage from unwrought
DOVhOOu
sand bars and rocks with many storms overhead much
exposure much trial. so that II would seem If being
born was only the of BIRTH if the fourscore
years and ten were labor paus and was only
then born when he died. and all the creation groaning
and Travelling IN pain. Now the apostle says that in
these experiences and part OF it, there great
joys rejocng-dels, were sunshiny, pleasant,
delightful find and to dwell in yet nevertheless alter
mating with sharp and rugged experiences-'Who arc
kept by the power of God through faith unto
! salvation, ready TO be revealed IN the last
timen That is this which shall be made apparent
in the fulncss OF His glory and beauty in the day OF
consummation, when everything shall have been per-
fected. "Wherein ye greatly rejoice though now for
season, If need be ye in heavness through mani
/ fold temptations It, on the WHOLE is an ongolng ex
perence of joyousness; still interjected upon are
occasions OF sadness OF drearnoss OF suffer
ing They intermittent AS the day rolls into light
aud then again darkness JOY and sorrow alternate
upon each individual through life And then He says
that this trial of their faith, though it may TO
them be surpusage-He that the trial of their
faith is n blessing that has the same relation TO faith
that FIRE has TO metals that are locked up dross
dead and worhcss-until by fire they molten and
brought out and then they are usaoe and valuabe so
that fath Is were the product OF the furnace. 1t
is that which is lett over when by various trials, the
body has been subdued and passion has been subdued
and faith is left dominant
Let us look little then at the trial OF mems faith
The has been brought TO believe that there is
personal God who is accessible and comprehensive
enough TO justify the Offering Of PRAYER and affection.
To this is added that II Is aGod who has supreme
over mind each being governed by appropriate nfiu-
cnccs and both so that they accomplish definite pur
poses and iorcseen results That Is say, the mind
! OF God creation Is not AN experiment can imagine
Faraday sitting alone In his laboratory and by fire
| watching the conduct of metals OF gases, seeing
what they viii do II combined or If they put under
such and such regimen, exploring and finding bis way.
We not TO understand that God has created this
world and that He is watching experiment to
what such and such influence will do from
ture OF their OF which He is not advised. The
/ 1 a
I Of discovery.
As Is THE SPARROW TO THE EAGLE
The moment we attempt to the extent
the forethought of God arc like sparrow attempt
ing to follow the fight OF an eagle-we are not big
enough. II is part OF the Divine plan that we who
believe IN the Word of God are also instructed that
obedience to the law shall bring prosperity and disobe
/ dience adversely. In other words that there
is inherent in the nature OF things such
quality of rightness and wrongness under
given circumstances and conditions that he who
acts rightly shall nnd it TO his account TO do so and
he that acts wrongly shall be witsood Now, to hold
persons do not think about III fpersons do not com
pare facts with principles II people do not study and
philosophize in their rude way upon tins matter To
say that uprighness is profitable would seem 10 be in
the face OF facts and be unjust Men tell that tho
law Of The world is force; that adjustments acci
dcnal that there is evidence OF Providence that
favors the good and disavors the bad that good men
the world began have borne the sins OF their age
aud nation that from the earliest days OF the world
the most notable instances shown that the rule
would be the other way Men find their faith In such
being and It's outworking tried continually We
lind not only the writing OF Byronic poets but
IN those Of solomon himself murmur Of scepticism.
1t is the more sensitive and thoughtful natures that
open TO this feeling. There are some men who
never have any doubt; they do not have any trouble
with conscience; they have not any They are hap
PLY constituted animals, with enough thought
and feeling 10 make their animal existence robust,
rublcund and roaring That is all they seem TO live
for. They have trouble. Well just below them
aud with stl less trouble is the pig he has still fewer
troubles And below him and with still fewer troubles
is the worm. whose whole lie Is multipex
squirm. And below that is the stone, aud that has
bit OF trouble. But begin at zcro-at nothing-and
you go up troubles multiply, and there Is good
reason for IL II Is easy In arithmetic to make sum
with or two figures, but multiply the figures and
difficulty comes in. II men slept all lheir lives there
would DC little trouble; but they live, and trouble
grows; for the great round world has millions Of men,
each one making his path along and they must necef
TO tell you what theology says about human hfe this
/ is what observation tells you about II Now, when
men take these doctrines ncucated By the Bible and
go out into the world evidently II does not seem 10
them that they can possibly be true
An ILLUSTRATION.
Mr. Beocher illustrated this point by instancng two
families one Of whom had two children who gave
promise OF great blessing while the other family had
half dozen who being brought up candidates for
the state Prison. plague came and the only two
children OF virtuous parents fell victims TO II, while
the brood Of iniquity was spared. The parents
who had lost their treasures would naturally say
"Can any one form conception OF a father who
would DO this .hingt" Well, VIII read little fur
ther:-"Thercfcre pride compasseth them about As
cham; violence covereth them as garment Behold
these are the unsodly who prosper in the world they
increase in riches Verify have ceansed my heart In
vain and washed my hands in iunocency. For all day
long have been plagued and chasicned every morn
inrii fSevcnty. third psalm Can you find wall out
OF your heart deeper than ihsS And II has been
time other the feeling OF almost every sensI
tive heart But he was sorry Tor and ashamed OF the
feeling aforward First, let how he got OF
/ H. and then will get you out OF u. "When thought
/ to know this II was TOO painful for me-" Now, that
would not mean merely going 10 meeting, but "until
come into that higher lfe-that which is the revelation
Of Gods sanctuary Before had reasoning by watch
ing and feeling this end but did not SEQ the other
cnd.~
Now, in regard TO ourselves what is II that
seeking in this worlds Is IL merely worldly pleasure
aud wealth and strength as the instruments Of pro-
ducng this pcasuref Ifthat be the end Of man. then
join the sceptcs II In this life only we have hope
OF all most miserable at times. But II the
value OF troubles IN physical nature according
TO what they Will do TO our unphyscal nature n the
computation Of wealth Is the riches gives TO the in
ward thought Of man u the mark Of growth is to be