New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-07-15
THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST.

m, R,r Herry Ward Beecaer at Plymouth church.
Mr. Beecher preached his last sermon for
fbe season yesterday morning. His subject was the
Dvipty Of Christ Among the platform decorations was
large vase filed with Japanese lilies Six little chill
aren were baptized while the choir sang softy suher
little children to come unto Me-"
The desire for pOsthumOus fame, said Mr. Beecher'
RACED as Gercey at the advent OF Christ now King
doms were ransacked and hcc0tOmbs slaughtered that
spS MIGHT he UlustrOus The man least likely to be
remembered was Jewish peasant OF Galiee, who was
neither warrior, scholar, merchant priest nor pDOso-
RI Tcep, ~ TO stoop and write on the ground
one oq No hook Of his exists He had no home.
sharply criticised the educated people OF his day they
had him arrested aud put to a shameful death.
Had Nicodemus then declared to the sanhedrim This
rs the ilustriOus man OF the tne whose name sha
topished but he would have spoken truth. The EN-
pires aud religions that were then the granoest nave
fallen the top is the bottom and the bottom the top
The imperial and universal then is the unknown now
1agansm then the throne is now the fOotstOol ana IS
divided among Christian nations. The whole range OF
social and public ideas has changed, and all serves 10
elevate the Of Jesus the world reY0lVes afOuhu
tbis glowing pivot il inspires the chisel and the brush
commerce has carried il ali over the world, and even
MammOn decOrates its symbols with choicest gems Al
The dynases of old were wOrshippers of power. but 1t
was reserved for Christians TO worship weakness ana
make ponp of poverty. Christ hunbled himself to the
lowest condition, and suffered the lowest uealh anu
Tbeeyouon of His Divine character sseen in His life,
suffering and death. Men had been worshlpplhg IN a
word-building God, but have been called upon 10
worship manipulating God, for Christ reveals what
God Is in His inner nature Modern science teaches eYo-
ntOn which is TRUTH and is itself being evolved. The
wordbuildng God is not abolished but the man-huild-
ing God is exalted; and combined they form the mgh-
EST ideal that the world ever conceived. There was
nothing original in the Sermon on the Mount II was
resume Of what the best Jewish minds had attained 70
AZ that day Here and there truths parallel and the
world is apt 10 declare that they are not
revealed" All the world is spinning threads;
they are selected from al parts Of the earth
out Jesus Christ is the loom in which they are
woven in glorious garment which covers the whole OF
humanity. That is Divine which is sefsacrihclng Tie
old theology had been teaching that God OF so per-
feet nature that He could DO He pleased and create
and destroy worlds and people at His pleasure Against
this teaching lift up the New Testament IN which Goa
knows how TO suffer and lay down life TO save lie
Over against this old monster of theology present the
opposite and distinct view that the highest power is the
lowest servant the most majestic that which annihi-
ates itself Jesus Christ isrevOuuOniZng TIE ola dy-
nastc idea OF God The ndes those in the church
Who east The Bible and Christ from their hearts