New-York tribune., 1879-03-03
MANS INNER AND OUTER LIFE.

In announcing the fair for the aid of the
Bethel Mission oi Church, which Is to bc held
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the church
and lccutc-room. Mr.. Bceohcr -ud yesterday morning
There will he gambling, latent or obvious, and ~
undue solicitation. The lips Of beauty can be better
employed than In pcrsuading unwilling people TO buy
what they don't want There will be No OvercharGlng
and no cheating IN making change. Gamb ing, lying
and cheating are worse in church fair than anywhere
else They infamous and ought 10 he scOurged out
Of the churches Christ with whip drove the sellers
and doves ana the changers OF money out of the
temple" The sermon was from the teXt Though our
outward perish, yet the Inward man Is renewed
day by ddy.'-II. Corinthians, ", 16.
The duality Of man, Mr. Beecher said, runs in thought
through aPauls writings There Is an outward manand
there fs another hidden within. Whether you take the
purely sprtustc view or finer conception Of the ma
teGaslc ycw il practically amounts 20 the same thing
tLat there Is an outward and visible life and an inward
and invisible life. The functions within are desre- de-
signs and determinations. Then besides. there are
thOugu guts. ana the Imagination, which Is one of the
most powerful and faT-rcachlUC functions OF the mind
R,loW man ere j. no proof that mag naton exists. II
Is the ground aud root U all that The BUo calls
Iallh. 1t the suDstLCc Uf tus, hoped Tor ana lhe
evidence Of thing- not seen. The machinery OF
lie lies inside Of a man, aud The outward
man works the designs, desires and determinations
OF tho Invisible man within Our outwaidle j. barren as
cn,n,rad with The Inn r fc The fhlugs tna the body
does compared with the ngs that Tue soul i dong are
inflequcnt and not numerous. Action i coarse atd
opcr0sc slow footrd thinking Is alert and uhiqui
t6us. H. thought more nearly "nnisolent tnan
anywhere else. Ihe mind "oihS Wlth such I"IWy ana
changes It, themes such facility that IL passes AL
measure The inner man the architect Of our outward
lie and actions A. til@th. lho moh "Hc
IS able to produce the most out ward effects IL
the most imroltant liz rank 10, as a rule,
lie determines our station 20, then, these are last tnat
Man conduct Is 10 a1ge extent such that tine out.
ward life is reflex o' Their inner fe As general rule
tai, is tTuf 'ut A. must no agcGeI VIA ~ ~!
ana d mas the reputation Of being wat he really ls
man VINO l. aYMICIous ana graspnE can't conceal H.
But thls does not run Gear through a uht CttI
NAV be thing aud ms reputation another. PduIs
character was htte less tha "HeHc' ul' hlH hae was
fifth among mon \ man NAV have a very Oad rePuIh-
ton Aud yet stand lar above Lla tme ana MS
their inward e, and others are better IN lhcf inner
lie than ia their conduct Men are very gcnAl-ior an
end. do and haid things under the Sultc
Of friendship: Some DO All kinds oi l""-hN'dhcS7 ud"f
the shield of pOhiencss Men weave spiritual webs
vulgar devils IN huseywuOscy walking the streets. and
hrle also many men III silks Hnd odln and broad
clotn who devils walking The streets 80 far as law
ia concerned mans outward life may be al right, and
his inward lie the hardest ana the cruclest On Tie
otner hdud many men are much better inside thah out
side. There are dreamers ia NE tnat are the most
bcauti:u There are more inexpensive poets than
poets who Incarnate thrii thoughts
Men apart IN t- HE ana YET nearer together
than they seem II inward man mat determines
iongand not know min. There are thosc Who live
animosly that the best OF friends. We hate that
which We imagine. There are men at whom ! have
thrown iaven sentences. They lodged them, but upon
better Information have become convinced that was
the same thing has uccn praCtiscd on me. have no
doubt that II knew what certain dear brethren not
far from here were alter, could Join WIt them IN tue
hunt arcr that thiuEbut thJt II not rave no doubt
ut there are Chinese wOIshppng Their idols III CdiOr
mia who are better than the ICd-mOutucu, ~hlskey-
DRINKING mtn who are pcTscCulns thtm, although
they are called Christians. lApPdu>eI would rdthrl
have "A Pagan WIN IA vague CHRIST Ia hlm than ro-
called ChrIstian with adcyIl Ia him. IAppiau>e.I !
can't imagine how "a Al" ak. .llc iccs. have UIcd.
hate sncaks Of all kinds Then arc iartber apart
than they SEEM In all true manhood tue NE within
ought TO and great deal rcncr ulan the LIE that
s without A true Christian is the better part
OF whose fc that which men don't know. That wlI"
l. Their ife hidden. VINO can tell the long Literature
az uaticu,cI Who can tell what the Hfo of self
rclrOacn and s,fabncgatlon that many men, with or
without reason, Ayci How enormously fruitful such
fc i-l tell the struggles that are gong on IN
meni TDere are heroes Without victory IN tins life
VINO can ave hisnTy O longing souls Men are less
and les undrrs as they rise higher and higher III
fe No man truly lives until ne goe- up INTO his higher
faculties where he can nave direct conmuulon with
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