New-York tribune., 1881-11-21
PULPIT UTTERANCES.
THE SABBATH AND IT'S BENEFITS.
Mr. Bseeher al Plymouth Church.

THE SABBATH AND IT'S BENEFITS.
Mr.. Beeeher at Plymouth Church.
Mr.. Beecher prayed yesterday morning for
"hose in the perplexes OF love and anxiety therefor
announced that the usual service would be held at II
Thanksgiving Day, and preached upon the Sab
bath and the need for it, His text Mark H., 27
And ho said unto them, The Sabbath was made for
man. and for the sabbath" In part Mr. Beecher
said that man. the blossom OF creation the first
thing 10 be considered man individually. Christ SAID
men must be saved, while the Jews tried to save the
Sabbath. Some persons upheld nothing but what they
could claim tie Bible to support but II nothing was
right but what had Bible authority. Oneha Of modern
! civilization wrong Many thought there was no
God outside OF the Bible they believed In dry God,
desscaed God. They tied TO the letter. and IN
Initiating Chr initiated HIS outside. But what was
TO be initiated His spiritual radiance and His divine
nature. Men not called to primitive practice
! but TO primitive principles They were no more called
upon to b. Immersed because Christ have been i'm
mersed than to speak the Cerdmao language because
! lie did
Whether the Sunday Of our time, Mr.. Beecher con-
tnued. is the Old Jewish Sabbath do not know nor
The Christian Sabbath Is the best for modern
civilization 1t divine because it s the best Schools
divine, and would be more divine institu-
lions II they had been proclaimed Mount Sinai
or written tablets OF stone. They bear the
trademark of God Almighty. In time there is
great reaction from Puritausm. Men dance now. and
that would have astOnisheG them; and beauty is no
longer regarded the device Of the devil But the PuT
tar Sabbath while like chestnut il was pricky on the
outside, had a sweet ana wholesome meat The foreign
element life leads 70 the opposite extreme II has
brought in 10000 cultured men, especially Germans
with ideas Of philosophy and liberation. In New-lOfh
there Germans than in any oity ~ GERMANY
and they have influenced al classes Much Hss now
than formerly Is The church the centre OF influence ana
intelligence The attraction to i lt much less More
In day seek sensation aud not sentiment,
But the first great need for sabbath hody rest More
aud organized brains becoming monarchs ana
worklngneb are reduced 70 Oths mere WherIs IN
ing manufacturing incrests To the ahorer the san
bath is the boon Of Col II IL the only day which he
himself absolutely body md soul Aud vet he is
the very first to throw al the day and the oh
servanCe Of IT, So, too, il Is the only day for cerebral
rest II hard to be Srdrutary slave a. a race
about slave Brains in sleep which shoycs the
waste which woud clog it up. Man tends 10
be rOutinist ana needs day in seven to get himself
out of thus As to things there Is need OF work on
sunday In JO,0GO.OOO people none can say the mails
cant heip IT, and would moi ifI could Laws should not
man nsrs il not TO destroy the liberty and rights of
others The poor has much right 10 20 in the
But Won saw don't men 20 to ncickers 10 race horses on
Sundayi Nothing make that right; nor TO swill
filthy lager and they out to view II IA not
mems business to 20 out Of the city and raise row.
The duty Of churches not to take or religious
though seem 10 think that the churches are
express Trans through To The Ne" jerusalem ihcy
ought TO for the poor and unfortunate The Sabbath
should not be made rigorous and h"dged up and made
TO cease TO bIesS the poor. we must SHOW sympathy
with the crrng and aid the striving want votes,
classes thai ther trnno,rs largely cone om themselves
They mechanics and animals II Is not the
gauizaJion Of society that hndcrs the uprising of the
common people. Ihey are wastciul hrSey-not all
wastcfn but the vast majority dOI do themselves jus
tlce. saw in foundry IN Ohio large number Of work
ngmen earning good wages WAS told that none saved
any money th,y all sIcut their money in gambling aud
% i,ie.s I'D ~ 80. t"in, ~, live ,hnr5 ,Irir
power core the power Is acquired The Sabbath Is
But # the sab1ath goes the church and minister will
IT.
blessing CHURCHES could not be kept mp II the days
long enough The French tried substitute ten days, 10
accord with the decimal system, suppose. but their
genius does not Illu to religion We don't know why men
chose the period OF days but It'll just long enough
Iudustrally and spiritually. There are many men who
attack religion and ann their batteries at the Church
They have right 10 20 it, ana many crici-e II justly.
But correct judgement cannot De founded IN hatred.
Ministers should he held 0 siTlct account Railroads
Ought not to commute oI them. am not sacred pau
per- but can pay my are as well as any one Wien MN
Sters had hrsSdIH salary ana dd 10 car among lHsr
people out Of Il II wcTcdud bridges and ferries
made free 10 them, % well enough But ~ or
Ganiztd society they should not depend On glIlS Aud
donations They should have a salary and chance 10 |
be under The obligation 81 Do atiUn visL where one
piunes himself IN giving Al old coat and another
The minister should vote; if he DOESN'T be Is not dt TO
reach Siy taI him and the church, and tax ELL 'ol
make I. concession OF four-nuIs to themselves
The church 5 the common centre Of human interests
II is not To- prescribed wrong any
thau the equine race Is 10 be pr"rcrbcd for one Kicking
horse. There acute iuhdcs who Ert the power To
the church from the fact that their fathers were
born and bred ministers. Now, perhaps should not say
It, the of a minister aud the brother ui I'VE
six OIIcrs wuOc PrcSbytcry Ia family
but most ministers tcmperac, Euud-uatufcd, |
honest. truthUGiug men. | have associated with all
clasnes even down TO politicians aHgttrl. but minis
crs big ana large. have the manly traits and
the best. The Sabbath with the church and the |
minister In II is the lie ana light civilization. II
should hc more and more cherished aud applied To the
Development. Of men. Make 1t beautiful Make II the
day when heu can through all ldntudcs aud all
lJHgtudes to the very throne Jf God Make IL the
day memories OF the past and hopes uf the uiure tue
day when men may recall father and mother
revisit the Umhs OF their children; the day bc
clrdnsed Of rSt and CRIME the day hgnt, tor
singing ffOiclng for hope; the day which shall
be brightest star the canopy OF Heaven, which
the family shall long for for which the community
sl.a llsfy