The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-06
RETURN OF MIR. BEECHER.
lie Insists on the Necessity of
Laboring for the Lord
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD.
The Churchs Responsibility tor the
Spread Of lnfIdeIty.
PLYMOUTH CHURCH.

IL1MOUIh CHOIOh.
TIE NEED OF DOING ALL THINGS wELL-sER-
MON DY THE REV. HENRY WARD BEEcHER-
The return of Mr.. Deecher after his vacation to
the pastoral duties of Plymouth Church yesterday
was the occasion of a crowded congregation. more
abundant floral display on the platform and the
singing at the opening of the service by the congre
CATION Of the doxology. praise God from whom all
blessings fow." to the tune of "Old Hundred
Tho text selected for the sermon was Colos-
sans ill.,, 23:-"whatsoever ye do. do it heartily.
rs to the Lord, not unto men; for ye serve the
Lord Christ IL is the heart said Alr. Beecher.
moro than the understanding and moro
than the will that Affects the imagination.
Love- which is the centre OF organized spiritual ex
lstcnce among men. inspires in all its stages the
brightest most cheerful beautiful and exuberant
elements in human nature. Love inspires in youth
taste, sef-respect, and more than that. music
eayety courage unbounded. The heart stands
the symbol for all that is brightest most cheerful
courageous. hopeful and beautiful in life. When
cheerful we do thing readny-we do 1t with all
highest Efforts in their best estate and in thor
most beautiful combinations. 1t stands therefore.
for sincerity. earnestness. beauty. for cheer and
for hopefulness. Whatever We do do it with
your lordliest hearts. great nature in per-
feet gentleman is in the smallest things;
in the movement Of the hand in any word falling
or ignorant, il adorned with the virtue of self
respect, lets himself tend to vulgarty So in
the ideal Christian there is nothing out of tho
way aud nothing small or to be treated as insight
tcant. He takes life with all its duties. for al
though there is relationship that makes them i'm
portant, aud although there is graduation, yet the
smallest is Of transcendent importance and the
greatest Of incalcuable Importance. 1t is man
building. II we take the Bible we shall find that it
leaves nothing untouched in the experience of this
lower life 1t buses itself with the condition OF men,
their duties their aspirations, and SOCKS in every
m
to build them up in all excellence and all beauty
therein. This alliance OF man to God gives tran
scendent importance to every creature and should
exalt the inferior conditions OF life In the Scrip
lures are consoled tor the brevity OF human lite
with the reflection that above and beyond all time
the eternal years Of God that they
and that we do not perish with the insect The re-
aex influence OF these things is incaicuable II men
live in the consciousness of these truths-truths
that transcendental and yet common The element
OF time makes the difference between the weed and
the oak; IL we perish at death We are but weeds.
We belong however. to higher formation; we be-
long to the tree of life eternay growing by the side
Of the eternal flowing stream of lite.
MINOR DUTIES LIPE
In applying this branch OF his subject to life and
Its duties Mr. Beecher said How important are
the minor duties OF life, incidental things things
out of sight," and then proceeded to give several
Illustrations. such as the gorgeous Tyrian dye.
liant autumnaI foliage a combination Of separate
leaves and sands that were as small as single crys-
tai, yet were vast as Shore Human life multi
piled itself by little deeds and took of the
proper accomplishment and contamination Of its
little things and yet there was universal tendency
In man to seek xseatness, not by the fulilment OF
little duties, but by ambition for tho accomplish
ment OF great things. $50 many shall seek to enter
in and yet not be able" 1t was possible for men to
perform the smaller duties OF life but
they were uncongenial and in their remuneration
supposed to be not equitable they performed them
with reluctance. grudgng the time and fahfulness.
VIII itsoever was done should be done rightly. We
should do with our daily duties rs God had done by
lie, He has compassion those who least deserve
His mercy and His goodness. II there was ever
anything which God fortified against possible hu-
and said, "There will DEFY the world to
utilize it," 1t the tobacco plant and yet men
had learned to love this nauseous thing, and the
Men who had learned to love that thing ought never
to say that there was nythng on Gods earth that
they could not learn to love- There was no
element in life that man could not. If he were
determined, subdue to his liking.
STRUGGLE OF LIFE.
AIR. Beecher then passed to refer to the Friction
caused in mans nature by the struggle for exist
ence and said in that struggle the weak must 90
down Whether that law was universal and impera-
tive in society or not 1t ruled, and from the begin
ming of history down to the present time the weak
have had cause to complain of the strong. This
thing AS universal justice The workingmen. said
Mr.. Beecher. with long hours and insufficient wages
and under the bondage of masters and corporations
are tumultuous to-day; they are leaauing they are
forming all sorts of organizations, and against
those have not word to say. This have to say.
that the way ont Is in the mems own nature, and
the transformation must go deeper than mere ex-
ternal organization. You cannot keep greatness
small nor goodness obscure. Shiftess work, fewer
hours and all forms of coercion are malign and evil
and tend make the mischief The only
medicine that tends TO cure injustice and inequali-
ties of condition is the medicine OF glorious and
noble nature. There were two ways in which men
could escape and be delivered from this evil. One
is the worlds way and the other is Gods way
The worlds way is to fight force with force and give
little the devil to him who is possessed OF the
devil. That one way by which mon seek de-
nvcrance but Gods way is to behave with such
unselfshnoss that every one should say, how
beautiful is that manifestation OF Christian spirit
The preacher then applied the subject to the duties
Incumbent upon those who were members of Chris
tian churches by making the following state
ment:-We have entered upon another year OF
labor. aud. except the necessary absences that
incumbent upon man in public life. propose to
remain at home and join with you in those labors
that beft this sphere of church life and the pastoral
of you. Pray for me. and for me in my work;
help me to teach you. Let as all to-day. with
conservation and with a more profound purpose
than ever. determine to labor for Him who died for
us. Nothing is too great good for Him no SER
vice for Him too hard for there for Him
cross, for Him crown of thorns. Living Jesus,
life and death and all things ours, for we are
Christ's.
THE SPREAD OF INFIDELITY.
SERMON DY EEv. DE-. NEWMAN THE
CHuRCU'S EFSPoNsIBIfITY FOR uNbrLIrP.