New-York tribune., 1876-12-18
PULPIT THEMES.
CHRISTIAN PECULIARTTTES.
e Rey Rrg Hera Bseehr at Plymouth Church (c0agrega
anil

ne RcJ. lsTg HGrt Beeh'r NJ Plymouth IfTeh VooV9'
aOHaD.
Plymouth Church was full in every part
yesterday morning. Mr.. Beecher chose as las text
Titus H. II: "Wno gave himself for that he might
redeem us from all inqg,ty, and purify unto hinise
peculiar people Jealous OF good works" lie said Ill suo
stance:
In these words arc embodied the genius Of personal re
cioa. Christianity the power OF God for the trans
formation Of human life. 1t is, its sources, the cre'
tIon of new not absolute creation, Oul tho
transformation in the whole scope and objects OF uie
until there is made the the most glorious lh
that can come OF him. And this new life VIII ma i's
own IA. niiestations. There bc no strong earnest
peryaalng, passionate feeling within ono "lD'ou'
soae outward exhibition Of IT, whether voluntary or III
voluntary AND so ali through the New Testament we
sre not eKb9rted by specific instructions 70 rei 49, %
Bible every dy, to attend church SO Haiy hs 81
week or 10 conform TO se,ih 20 Ls tec higher man.
hood that has sprung up WITHIN inan'isSt Ertb f6ni
TO let the inner Chr.san ngt shine 1SdlH nnt 70 be-
all may see H. eiristlshs ne ,rrss nos or
"peculiar" by conformity 10 certain postusS,s w
for1rs Of worship parts modes OF eapioisd
those thousand phases OF cant mat nave ,,,u
upo the Protestant churches OF the present ga! ,i u
there almost ss may eEs,os rr dS ere nan
is made be mere machine aud t4e ptlest .u nI ~
cIanE Now these restrictions are ragged rte Shl i
they fan account for That ffee 81 te AVS.
springs up ls naturally from the impulses o tie
tiai heart as the wild flowers from the s1 IN me
eIce OF true Christian life the badge nat ih 10 sc
:
which leads us constantly TO love God more anu o i
neighbor as ourselves. Love toward the mVlSiDc, ,
ideal cannot but have an eleIatlng nhuai'e io -,
NOT make ,y man grand until yOu hay allied MN VIII
tee infinite had rather worship Jupiter or n.ns5 m
the Oriental gods, than 10 dwell III itat uu eei oi d
mn uo,s,llr where mon poke and POKE AMI POKE Hlu
nopc ana come back finally ana say thTIe - ;
elrne,t mat is In greatness will disappear Love "
man Shd God then, in ali the manifestation ~ III,
tS il Clrs Ianity. out Of these, gtneIicaily VIII ss
NEE. mss humilty honesty, grHirosIty, shoeIi5 , a
arta all Ia ~
in Inc sIuli.t OF God and, iikc AN alphabet sly WIZ
spen out al Tue Literature oi ne m tle hdl 20
I.ut tOc question comes " How shalt nan hhO"
It almost mskes laugh to ash it II cnI hiHsS o W.
me ross iIonl W a. 49,, HnIy ay smell OF IT,"
Wvud man 80 10 doctors door and "s. Doctor. nov
n.y,Tecn soft and hard between sweet snd sour Good
and bad honor aud disi0uor, anu an ncn Vtl ''u s,
A. II Won enter the CHurcii - Chfis'hh ana el
eopuor tell the difference hetwecn the new anu tle III
e YOU needn't trouble yUurseii ihteh aOou' tIp ~
,b - :" ber dalIEE,ers rs she f. fond OF calling
nc Protestant Churcuce-thrse disthet"h'' naHh W wv.
tween wiElI a may nordoaIr sl%lio" anu
c,IIc out of tue wUrd.' Bat CHRIST said Pit1 10
e NOS that thou shOuldst take theI oui OF Tue Mot'
hui tat they may Ue kept the evil mat IS IN Inc
worIdp Christian people belong ih te "Ull4' II MAJ lA,
c said tAat al the great industries oi ne NASl -
nm sn large n art Of tne word ar as much alo''euY "
td "a me CHURCHES They His unfegulaeu hsslu-
tons In ether ways thSn TINS Cailsdhs are iuE, 80 ~
srrE All tbis,ycs and their feeng- ~ language 'iat
s not Iruc. language cih never eAlSs7 tN
imnulses Of humble sOui. iheiC are th0ur'his Sno'
oI tLotn tre Ordinary sDCctA oi everyday NE wil
al,. ,.Abit thetr ies;i.s Bat II " not III 'e
~ tncy are eXlpcted tsik. don't want 10
tsnL m AZ sify onr Christian people, Dnt thce are
I,,nIird, of psople VINO Eve talked Win Inc Ia WAY
trat N Vci, no, aficidy minister, never noGd Dc
ep sometimes wniic traN cling tL4oHiai Eot Lil'yIi
h,yo cbnucgd to uucu Pheasant ADD enter tain S CON
vavsqrion yiTh a stranger who did not Know ih" fei
b,i- -pe on, rse naB whispered 10 hl VIVA Was aha
i "a ruc, MS language undergone most tchiNfh-
IL ci.ugc--aud not tho better citHtf There IN
,y 10 .ylum sou have proposed some religious huJ,ct
tbat rai Eupr ne Will cOysrr shrrNdy au carefully,
sut n sas wall pray over iLtr, Az "Hss' OF ahsNII
God :. All .iVc mo Will upart 10 You No" pta5 ci Is
good thing but NheReVeI man SAYS tome III % H'uJ
,p1ls " viii pIity t-ii--' ttstii--. --.uudhy nave
Ln.y.t mon who never siaUbyd until thrN pTdNcl ahn
Th.y never Irtycd but thcy etabbrd lGrrc D. Stat
ufuguut Uf this sulrmu pariaucc IN tiic de's -tNoe'
Al tc most intense feelings ~ the heart hhotd DC tA
nrrssc. ma toe Ordinary NcrnacuaI Guar ahu cl'auH'
Ilv b,:r rlrarnr.s OF words No man o'St ~ oe hilhc
two dtvs no has Co.'s sunlight dud 'h' N!H'c-
es NJ run INTO by hook indIcBti0u rdtheI lhat We
AZ. plt 1lti ;iaus that Nc aIr. lh'tc ~ ''u "a
~s,,f,nt D asc~ticsm IN common religion lt H my
% ifuprt,ou tuclU is NOT gE 'ilc % o.9
Ia fi, Ngngd a. IniTth. II ihclc j. ANY Etheii ,St "a
s.ouesry IL Is ErtNity. that you 9rc Ia biA"e
SrSrc morn Tiih "a cubfoot. 1915 when man on br.
ig a Christian. bcgin- % pan down M tralrc- ana
40 nm, an A grim iarr lnpertn'Ice u IL ~ ~
hv Inc very fact taaJ you madr more hatTl thhh
uiher, thai You manifest your CSI1su@nhy ~
Cnrisi tuuF, tueu 10 D. % vtuI4at people hoI hy
oic,H cant or nodes aciiOu Dut - m Ibe ltAt hJ
btiuc jealous OF good wusss'-Uy b1hs bctui lhAIi
tns,7 ,rIIud ,em II you fud better man outside ot
tbe Clnru than yOurscI duubtieas hic naiN,
Learn OF hin. Thus ever s.ow into tnc Oc4a,i % noy
Twin. So that IN diving yUu may take more lhhl bod
leave and mount O the PTtsC1ee 0i TIE eltiuai lu,sn