New-York tribune., 1880-06-28
SERMONS YESTERDAY.
MAWs BEING IN GOD.
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Eciore beginning his setmon yesterday
morpinx Henry Ward Beeeher announced that on Sun
asy cyenings hereafter out Of consideration for the
and the minister" services would not be
held In Plymouth Church. Me Beechers~ sermon was
written wbch is unusual He took hts text from John
w 'cnsttsr O. serse ~ ~ am tho vine, ye are the
hranches that aeidoth IN aad in him. the same
bringerh forth much fruit; for without Me ye can do
posh,ne"
Oaly God csn stand alone unheiped said Mr. Beecner'
Only oa can fnd In Himseif the all desperation and
motive Impulse borrowing nothing from wthout issu-
fne frcm within whatever there is Heaven, In the
eartA fE the universe Peace cannot stand alone; hes
made to lean II We eonld dtvest Man OF all that which
Is coming 20 him. and leave oay that which IKE Co.,
creative 80 little would be left that we would treeog
n,xe H,s identity In God we live and move and have
our being In the exercise Of Hs power Man is the uni
yersai recipient a pauper, nendieant The funda-
mental power and the foundation OF all skill belong 70
god Man is IN the nrst place what generations
have made him-a memorial Of history. we arc
what We by tho grace OF Zoo
aud nv the aaoe Of those who have lived before us
Man 4 the prodnct Of ancestral sanouces under the
rudsnce of q power Which is perpetuany producing.
The dawnng thought did not spruG mp In him except III
vague uneasiuess. II was the mothers lip ana tue
fathers guidance which developed IT, MAN 'eeos on t"e
leia Nm knowledge Of others. The experience OF ten
thousand years tells him what is right and wrong an"
hix relationship to his felIowmen tells him what I'M
puisss are vIrtaous vicious. We are played
npop aud carried about by the current ,,Sh SI
are about US. Men who are reoogniEe,d1 H,1o,oa, al
great genuses organizers create nothing MenSei @
Angelo created nothing. The material upon Tneh Nm a o
worked vas found uefore him and lived after n HH
peeon reorganzed Europe. He was mighty ITfGv, Nc
mn he was ap ed upon thousand times more ta no
sred en- others Great the faucet SO that tne
Htream which ready before may. run. Hhe DIVINE me
Soris In moYtng through the universe ana playing On
IA deyeppes highest attributes which ctheI Iwse
,veoid be- dead Tie universe Is full OF Coo, anu ne ls
he ruiversa FOOD OF life In him We have our Oelhg
Tiis power Is Ia heaven q -a.,su-o ,n,,a.
nder the same and air some helds are qnpfO, M o.
6etiya while others bring forth pfentousy so II Is u
fhe sirit All are alike open TO it, hut all DO NOT recee
81 NOT ons drop falls into the un0per mower AS
fha branch does not fruit In Itself, so ye cannoC
uniess We abide ia me-" These are the words OF the
Ma ter when our hears BLOSSOM GODS teart otInes
forth she frut. We TO walk IN constant pre-
10 receive tue divine influence. Christ Is our 5avou
Let be His chdren rejoicing in nio anu in uea'''
thar we NAV rejoice throughout eternity =. .....a
In extending invitation to those present 70
tho eommunt0n which prepared, MI. Beecher saIu
THAT hitherto invitation had been gwen on eecesa
tca grounds He invited them, he added NOT pecause
tney we're Baptiss, Methodists Episcopaians OF hota
Cntbocs II there any who we're weak ana needed
efrength wandering in need of guide, any Who ue
sired 10 turn from ey good, without name ana wlt,
out any ecclesiastical association whatsoever NC ueu
them 20 come and pdrtake as free as water'