The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-08
PLYMOUTH PRAYER MEETING.

Plymouth lecture room did not h up quite so early
last evening. but by tho time for commencing
tanned its usual complement Ono OF the brethren, on
being questioned to whether there would be any
other meeting following the prayer meeting, exclaimed,
with devout thanxfulness, mot a bit OF 1t, thank
Heaven; noi' From which It may be inferred (as was
the easel that the meeting simply the regular
prayer meeting, with no apprehension OF any alter
clap
After the regular opening exercises Mr. Beechcr
said:Afer tho miracle recorded in tho fourteenth OF
Matthew, OF tho multiplying Of tho bread, the people
were much impressed with tho sovereignty OF the
Saviour that they insisted thrusting Him forward.
They determined TO make Him king. The
disciples were consenting; they had caught
tho enthusiasm; but He sent tho multitude away, and
constrained HIS disciples go into ship and go before
Him 10 the other side. That word 'constrainedn has
a whole history in IL Tho necessity vf command IL
conveyed In that language, and when He had sent the
multitude away He went up into the mountain and
prayed In every great crisis oil His lie Saviour
spent much time IN prayer II HIS habit, when
anything was greatly on His mind, to go apart and
spend long period IN PRAYER. When the evening
come the ship was IN the middle OF the sea, tossed
with the waves, Tor the wind was contrary. Now, this
sea looks on the map like punctuation point CON-
pared with the Mediterranean Nevertheless, II you
were in the middle OF II in a little fishing boat In
right good storm would be Just much II
you were ~ the mdaic OF ths Atlantic IN manotwar
II man living III hollow has trouble il Is just
much 70 him as II no lived In sight or tho whole world
Now, Ibis little sea Ia history Is bigger than the
ocean, and this little ship big enough 10 be
stormed and there the disciples unable to got
ahead aud subjected to one OF the fierce storms TO
which that Is liable. In tho fourth watch OF the
night Jesus went unto them, walking the sea, and
when the disciples HIM they troubled saying
ut Is spirit, and they cried Tor lear Now, they
subject TO that strange super iton tho
stranger tear with which almost every is affected
In tho presence OF something supernatural. When wo
take the measure OF danger and what IL Is we
have some sense oil our resources; but when things
come IN conditions do not understand afraid
and II with the discipcs but straighway Jesus
cried out, BE OF good cheer, it Is be AFRAID
When are In trouble, II we could only understand
the voice Of God speaking to u.s. that Is what says
us, Be OF good courage II is sickness loss Of prop
ery SANDER the detection Of friends; IL Is any OF the
hundred evils that peculiar to each man. but
TO everybody, that arc happening all the time and
will TO the end OF the world and yet each per-
that such thing never happened before Sucn
persons II they could only hear the voice of God
speaking them, would be, my son, or my daughter
be OF good cheer, be not afraid; 1t Is "Wh6soevcr
love- chasicnn therefore all troubles may be con-
sidered as masks, disguses; aud II hear tho
coming from these DISCUSSES would be- 1T Is
be not AFRAID" Behind sorrow walks the Saviour, and
through sorrow Hc speaks to every and says "Be
courageous" He Is overcome who loses courage; u
straw knock him down; but he who keeps courage
not trouble as large as a weavers beam
throw II VIC only have faith In God He will give TO
weakness strength, TO our sins forgiveness
asked, and His love that has storm, and
the bosom OF His love we can mako tho jour ncy OF
ito safely.