Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-30
TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 80, 1878.
Sermon, by Ecv. Henry Ward Beecher

- TUESDAY EVENING, AfRlut to, 1910.
Sermon by Ecv. Henry Ward Beecher
! The forenoon services ct Plymouth Church,
Sunday, were participated in by q very large
congregation, number Of persons having to be
provided for with seats il the alslcs. La tall
glass vase ou tho pastors table stood a luxuri.
! Gus bouquet CT beautiful flowers, while other
buds apd blossoms lay upon the table. In max
| ing the usual number Of announcements from
! the readiog desk Mr.. Beechcr called particular
attention to proposed concert at which three
ladies, Whosa names be mentioned, are to as.
sumo their respected parts in vocal and l1stru.
mental music and elocution. Ol concluding
| this notice be paused while and then remark
| Cd "Just think ct it. |: is enough to make
| St. Paul nestle in bis grave to think Ct three
women appearing 10 church singing and speak
Ing. However, it is my belief that when Paul
| Forbade women to speak 10 church his meanng
was very different to The Interpretation that IL
given tc it. | believe that it 30 were alive now
| he would take 4 !roat scat 10 hear some Of our
| women sing aud speak.
Taking, as the groundwork ct his discourse
Matthew ". 10. Mr.. Beccher said, at the
| time that our Saviour gave uttcrance to these
beatitudes the whole land cl Palestine was
stirred up with cxcitonen! both OF religious
aad political character, There never Was
time when the Jews were moro ardentIy dc.
string the fulfloieDt Of Gods promises to
them than then. Holy. mcn and women
| among them we're fantirg under the bur.
den Of hope deferred repeatedly. Had tho
! peonIc though: that Jesus was going to
deciar2 The law o! Happiness to them it
! would have attracted large crowd to the Mount
| of Olives. And yet 10 His words we have ail
| that makes UP The SUM Of human happiness
and we'll beag although how to gain the most
happiness has been tie worlds search ever
since the creation. 1t has been tho common
elm Of men how to get for the human soul tho
greatest amount Of happiness. Ii you read
! what Carlyle has said-so much, so Well-as to
the aims Of lie, you will 6nd that be speaks in
terms of contcnptuous indignation OF happl'
ness. He asks, "What right have you to seek
happiness. Uappiness lies 10 work. . And SO
| if you 20 10 Emerson, who is the soft echo OF
| tho hirsute Carlyle. you iad the same train Of
| thought. Everywhere you will find that mcu
are thinking on this SUBJECT Coming to
Scripture we fnd that co the question OF
human nature it hits the mark every
time in describing what men are in tho flesh
| and what they ought to be in the spirit. That
man may round himself up spiritually think
1.-The Bible blsz,s with proofs. lt stands up tor
| integrity and mauhood 10 tho Old Testament
and in the New, through to the end, TIL 1t
| lapses 10 apocalyptic light.
| take the Sermon 90 the Mount to moan
spiritual manhood. Our Saviour there begiua
to tell men what they should seek, what thcy
want What arc the blessings that bring har
piness? blessed are the poor IN spirit, right
| in the face and teeth Of all humanity, because
if men arc proud Of anything it is in tho posses
sion Of knowledge. A r,an that does not know
ANYTHING We are ready to wipe our feet on. we
look up to men of great intellccts, and think 1t
nc had only been bern With abilities like theirs
how happy wo would have been. But our
Saviour said, "Bessod arc tho poor in spirit.
The man that is poor in spirit d|cS not 10 con-
oeit, but iE constant sense or lncrlorlty.
Then comes, blessed arc they that mourn"
Sorrow has been the tonic and the cordial OF the
human race. The joys OF the wor ID have done
much for uapki;.d. but through the sorrows o
Gelhscmau" and Calvary the world comes to
salvation. it has beer said that 10 woman was
Gt to b, married uotl shc had seen much sof'
row. Tbs IS. perhaps, gong nttlc 100 1ar'
aud yet the education spt!psing from sorrow ID
tho most important in the world. blessed arc
the meek" the man that is able to wear the
TRANQUIL smiIc Of love in the iaca OF furious
anger tranquil under persecution. ''B!essed
arc they the, buoger and tbi,st' IF man
has cot power that God gave him, welk But
he that .upa about tickling mems ribs i!r IN
aucuco and bulldog himself up 10 this shadoWy
wsy Jon comes dowa again. Men are aDx!ous
TO be .ich, and i: is well krcWn that men arc
not happy iu proportion to their riches, but
blessed ar, th!y who hunger end .blr5t after
riyhteousrc.p. Blessed is that man who feels
I that Tie arabi;i3n Of his life is to be right
"Dcss:d arc tic mercifu'." Everybody is
: mcrciIu when reading novel, but if man
is selfish and grasbiag, lu1t1og across the
: track knocking down yourg ard od, 10, 10 the
: thought "l'm ~ bound to look alter myself, ne
r drives through hc world like tornado
=: Blessed is lie man that th!nks OF his neIghoor
! of the moor and needy "BIess:ti arc The pure
4 | in hearl," the :neo Rho have overcome the
hssh1g ]usts and who live in the snDltght 81
i nurs Thoughts every day. "B!cased are the
9 re ,ccnskcr., men Who hate GlarreIs arc
: misupdcrslanjinrs ''H cssed ere they who
! are ntr1ccu:cd fer 1ightcousnc5s sake. w
! sra made unhappy by onr SELF assertion, but
= man who N that STATE Of lie figured n these
d hqa,i,pd,s will rcaz! the j1y apd happlnes:
8 not IN b, fonud anywhere eIsn.-M. I. Herald
81 A self asserting psrishicntr, who vas trYln:
y 10 browbeat bis pastor said you can
make twlca three seven, SGT bY good deal
a! great az you may think y1urscH." u ca
come within ore Of it, 41iet'y replied tn
clergyman.
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