The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-05
PLYMOUTH CHURCH.

NH. BEECHER ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE
DESCRIBED
Il was communion Sunday yesterday at Plymouth
Church, and the attendance larger than
usual The subject OF Mr. Bcecher's discourse In the
morning was 'The Outward and the Inward Man. y
The selected the sixteenth OF the fourth
chapter OF tho second epstle the
which cause faint not; but though outward
perish, yet the inward man Is renewed day by day.
Mr.. Bcecher said that this Is trio life,
within a man, according 10 the apostles habit Of
thought, the avorite 1gure with him. But It avoided
of the difficulties which in tho modern aspect Of
the trouble men. Paul held tina: there we're two
mon TO make the one mantle outside man and the in
sde Without going any further than the figure, the
outward in his thought was the physical, a man
with BONE muscles, snew, norvo and BRAIN; the man
that acted on matter and acted upon by matter,
and within the limitations OF time and place.
Within this outward man, made up OF organs there Ia
OF tho spirit that thinks, feels judges, chooses
rejects, accepts and rues-n short, the soul Init
mately connected with that body, acting for the
most part through bodily organs, many respects
subject to them, yet IL s enc3mpassed with some
thing SO much higher that It seems as though u were
not the same plane nor under common Law.
Now, TINS Is thought on subject which. II
you think 10 Investigate, is not altogether
tho declaration rather Implications, together with
The statements of Scripture, there trouble Tens
OF thousands have had little trouble about this
ter Tens OF thousands have mono. Thousands, and
an increasing number. IRON this time forward will
have trouble. You cannot AVOID In the progress OF
tho research into this question: tho changes that will
come from mems habits Of thinking You may write
Il down inqusItiveness loading to profit, but
tho is inevitable Many things that have
been taken for granted IRON the beginning must be
investigated Many things that have been consIaerod
settled like old fold that must be poughed and
tod nj Al nm vialh VrnA hAsm
harvest
THE TWO OPINIONS.
There are two opinions on the subject OF q mans
soul. One that the soul Is not materthere the nog
ativc Is clearer than the armative-that II IL spirit
Now we know what matter Is great deal better than
know what spirit is. Therefore, when We say that
the soul not natter but Is IN matter, II lies
TO ordinary comprehension than whom say that
the soul is q spirit There objection theory
OF tue materially OF the SOUL but there cons dera
BILE objection to particular theory Ii the soul be
only matter individual responsibility will be no longer
possible. IL would do away with a future memory with
mako this lie merey brilliant bubble
There be OF Immortality II the doctrine
OF the absolute materially OF the soul prevail IL may
be held that the soul matter, out IT 10 ineabie
carried oct 10 q point when II 10 NO
longer amenabe 10 The laws that govern gross matter
We hold the doctrine that there 10 spiritual lilo
that maintains an organized existence within all that
We call matter II includes the whole realm Of tho
affections, tho empire Of the heart ana the flow Of
emotional experience II Ia this that also
belongs to tho Imagination. tho swoet vagaries Of
nation. which is the fundamental element Of
latin. We learn by this that the character
and magn ude Of man Is not to be taken BY his grth
or his power outward circumstances, and that
we measure men we must measure them from tho In.
SIDE The true man 10 the man that 10 largest within.
Men arc ranked In this world by their eTects For
purposes OF society this ID allowed but the only mis-
take is that men don't measure twIce.
OUR TwOFoLD LIFE.
Life IL partly disclosed by our words and actions.
We are not what VIC appear TO be- To certain extent
are but Tor the most part That which 10 within
the most precious. No who knew how TO
OOuld the full burden of feeling.
There Is power given TO intellect 10 express It into
thoughts anu forms; II is double incarnation which
II requires.
Mr.. Beecher closed by reference to tho perishing
oil the outward body. Ho said :-'There are certain
things which you w0n't escape first last Your eye
will betray you your will betray you; your shak
Ing band Will tell the sory your whitening hair tells
1t already. You remember when you were young and
sprang like the deer-now, how heavy your loot isl
Now how naturally man puts these things together
and says, i am not as young ns l used to be- Wc
wonder that tod loves men b0untfully wnen
look upon their inhrmities, but fail
member that He sees through the iogs and the msts
or the body 10 the grandeur anc the glory OF tho soul
that see.b