New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-17
EARTHLY md HEAT ENLY STANDARDS.
THE LAST SERMON OF Mr. DEECHER AT PLYMOUTH
CHURCH BEFORE HIS VACATION

THE LAST SERMON OF Mr.. BEECHER AT PLYMOUTH
CHURCH BEFORE HIS VACATION.
Plymouth Church was crowded yesterday
morning, Mr. BceoIer preached for the iast u'ne oo
fore his vacation which VIII last until October Inc
serm n related the difference between earJiy anu
heavenly standards OF measurement and the need OF
dong good deeds. The text Matthew K. AZ: " And
whooever all give TO drink unto one OF these little
ones cup OF cold only Ill the name OF disciple,
verify | cay unto you, he shall in no wise lose his
reward"
Among other things MI Beecher said that Jesus was
not remarkable for such sensuous and physical Know"
edge as Aristotle or such imaginative and int ectuai
knowledge Plato, or such practical knowledge ana
common sense ties. lie had all these. but 1t was
IN the sphere spiritual truth that lie rose far above
them 10 any WHO ever lived. In ms realm HIS
thought had spOutaneity. Others had Silmpses Dut lie
had seadfast vision of the invisible Others gained
knowledge through the Senses but Christ through tn@
ntuitions Of the soul His thought bad always ten
deucy toward Heaven and pulsed in its sphere This
was the reason OF the obscunty of much that He said
Language needed secondary meaning when 1t sought 10
express truths OF the soul Celestial things required &C.
lestlal tongues In the Oriental LANDS gifts had sgi
canoe OF diplomacy worsnip, homage or brill
cold water was of the very lowest value.
THIS deed costing nothing, transient III effect, yet re-
dignity and registered III Hcavel The one impulse
giving imOrta value was tat was done Tor Christ
The physical effects mems acuvlty must not give the
of value 10 the heart effects Men hVed IN TWO
lords What men did with their hands was
seen the one but tLe effects produced on tie nvart
rolled afaT invisible. Men planted and harvested
here bat they also sOWod seeds In the futuIe 10 reap D
and-Dy Practical SENSE however, desp~ed natural feel
iugs ana wanted something Tangible, moi lmdgih'Iy'
Men wanted common seuse and noc sp.ritual sense.
But in the grca. NE hey Ond an Heai CARLY values
lost NOthing thcre nad value put ne noDie guam
lies Of the soul Proutless ycarD.nsS mere were IN
spirit and born ltO Deauty tAe signs OF those who
loved would sound there IKE harps tears on eaitH
wodld be pearls III Heaven, and 'OIrows ana prayer u
SAINTS below wouiG De ,lden Was lu ol oiors "hch
are prayers 81 the SalhJ Men 1llt dFcincu Oh the
grandeur Beyond. Hereafter the, would SEE
weakness spiritual thugs At )Dgcr thau carthl}
strength Inc smallest touch here woUd develop there
"A force Suspected. 1t moi tie force " the maud
touching org key bJd tiat determined nc MAJ
ni,ude oltne spnnd out the dimensions 81 tLc pipe Man
eternity. AL spiritual good, TIE speaker continued,
from God aud returned to Hin. The power of
was often strength. While me head cOu!inOt tOucI On-
impotence tnc earG could! Lutte thllGs Oh ONe were
PRIDE man MSht hot he ao., 10 lo"ni
ptal, but he could wash the sores Of the poor
away, but where Inc hcat was c0nceih eu, III aSt
forever Grea kinGnesses and tender loves were never
forgotten. Allen should 30 everything lOr ChfIs SAX
and IN AIS nan". Ihey were princes vi Inc universe
they workers with GOd even IA the l-ast tulnSa
The widow tuat went tnEiing down through the
bfaZeB throat oi tie treasury vas sounding yct lac
fragrance the ointment Of tue penitcnt woman yet
filed the world Win It's sweetness Inc silent love OF
Mary was more than the busy and cuibrOus srvice OF
Martha. Goa wound lCget tue cas good done Oh
in yo1r thoughts" concluded Mr. Beechcr, are
mercy ana pufity more precious Sllis man
royaity can confer DON'T let ms under
ior the eternal not the transient and Wis
IDLE Aud, friends, II should not meet az IN mere LEI
frightened and where all lie sAtn be Only vaflalOas
L. ne symphony and theme of love-wnere We snail be
Do you also. And we snail nov down the cycle OF the
ages JOIclns III Goa and III His work for TO-"