The New York herald., 1878-03-11

whether the junction Of the preacher passing
one element OF the work OF the preacher would
forever give him place and function, namely, tho
bringing home OF ethical truth living his
people His mission lay in the realm Of every yday
lie and not Of theological speculation. He Was to
teach man love God and his neighbor. This being
So the preacher must be Disseminated from the ad
ministrator, the minister, tho mon who simply at
tended TO The organization OF worship. A mau ought
preach the truth as II came to him. whether pahos
ONE Ursschsr was the compliment. Of the o.hsr, ali
were partiasts as st. Paul declared, and tor man
10 stand up as the representative Of tho whole truth
OF God was absurd and concerted. Those seminares
which turned out preachers tho cast IN the Same
mould. rounded they all rolled alike, OF such
a character that Il did not make any difference which
way they rolled.
Tho preacher who lived unsprtual life ana could
only talk didaotic way to his people o the higher
stood between his flock aud the great invisible
roalm aud he that into his preaching his
spirit Of pride or vanity denies Inc Lard that bought
him AID stands between his people and the Saviour
Inc so,s value ol ne nioe MI bescnsr ~ sa,a was
passion and experiences and tho preacher should 90
into the world and learn practically tho things 1t
taught A man might study the chart oil q harbor,
but II he never actually saw It he would know lltle
about IT. Il was the MISSION OF the preacher TO
preach TO all men from the highest 10 the lowest and
ph yscian 10 treat bodily ament must know
tho human frame. SO tho man who from the pulpit
to address himself TO tho cure OF moral diseases
should know the depths Of human nature In THIS
all professions emptied into tho pulpit, ana It
the grandest and most exalted OF all professions
Mr.. Beecher in conclusion said that VIC, IN this
country, had SPECIAL need of the preacher We were
almost to dangerousuess. We passed throuSn
cataclysm, but others in the future and our
only salvation lay in bringing the whole people unaer
the common influence oil the Gospel He described
his own carly experience as an linerant missionary
upon tho border, and said II he were Ing II would
probably DO nis early experiences and not those OF
his late years that would come most vvdly into his
MIND.
EIGHTEENTH STREET NJ. Z. CHURCH.
THE UNPARDoNABLE sIN-sERMoN By REV.
Mr.. HATFIELD.
The unpardo enable sin was the subject Of the Rev.
Mr.. HasAeld,s sermon delivered In the Eighteenth
Street Methodist Episcopal Church. The preacher
took his from Matthew, XIII, 32"And whosoever
speaksth word against the Son OF Man 1t shall be
forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh word against
the Holy Ghost It shall not be forgiven him, neither
In this world. neither in the world to come" The
preacher divided hts sermon into three parts. so
a. to show-1rst IN what this sin consists
IN what way It may committed; second,
why It cannot be forgven ana third what lesson tnis
speaking against the holy Ghost He who speaks
against The operations ot the spirit and ascrbes tha
10 satanic agsncy or VINO speaks IN contempaom
against Him.
Tnero is q distinction made in the text between
speaking against Christ and the Holy Ghost Christ
evidently designed 10 teach the Pharisees that though
they should deny Him and declare that Ae as man
would be forgiven. But afterward, when the
Holy Ghost should come and he should bear test-
monY tnAC CnrlSt was GOo'S son. anu tuey snOuio
reject that testimony for that there would be :or
gveness. In Short this SIN may be committed by re-
ssting the Holy Ghost The second point-why this
cannot be forgiven since Christ died to save sin-
ners. Whom person makes up his mind that he will
not become Christian, that he will not be influenced
by Gods SPIRIT he puts himself beyond tho only
means by which he may be saved. suppose man
was vessel that had caught lrc, and, whiic the
passengers came c.owding INTO the iieboas ana were
being borne away 10 place OF safety, he should
refuse TO make any effort to avail himself OF tho
OF escape. The last invitation Is extended and
rejected, anu the loboat away from the burn
Ing wreck. That man ls doomed already because he
rejects the only way by which he may be rescued
that man woman who refuses 70 be saved on tho
easy Of the Gospel grieves OF Co.. and
by continuing TO resist His influence he takes HIS
departure. There IS no hope Tor such They have
rejected the only means by which they can be saved;
they tted the objectionable sin and sealed
forever their own destiny.
To confirm What he hud said the preacher quoted
various passages Of Scripture and called attention TO
the manner Of tho Pharisees