The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-07-02
IN THE PULPIT.
PASSAGE FROM THE SUNDAY SERMON,
OF HENRY WARD BEECHER. ,ss

n | PASSAGE FhOA THE SUNDAY SERMO
OF HENRY WARD BEECHER. ,s
'I preach this morning." said Nh
Beecherin the beginning of his Sun
day sermon. ''on the manifold
Christ" The text was taken from
John xiv, IA, Is. Some ofthe pass
ages were: 2fio ~ 9I
"Christis revealed to a greatmany
in SO far as they know anything
about it, simply as the Christ Of the
record, the historic Christ. The inn
agination undertakes to construct a
picture from the materials of his
tory" - i-if e9 ~ ( 'as
'"There is Christ of the intellect,
the products of the thought power,
pure and simple; analyzed; all the
parts of His life 6issected and separ-
ated one by one-His Incarnation;
His childhood and growth; His in
spiration; His miracles; His trial,
death, resurrection and ascension"
"a man may be a perfect and
drilled theologian, so that his
thoughts upon religion would fill as
many tonnes as now lie musty upon
library shelves; and yet he may not
know Christ" ar5I go &.
"There is symbolic Christ, ad-
dressed to lively sympathies, but
mostly to the sympathies that clus--
ter round about mans ethetic natue.
The Christ of the church has been
very largely such one."
"Then we come to Christ in you.
Every man has in him Christ that
fits and adapts itself to the peculiar
structure of his nature; that is fitted
inte all the various events and
evolutions and experience of his life
so much his that nobody else
could have it; put into anybody else
it would not express itselfas to him."
"I don't suppose there are two
persons in this congregation who
when they think Of Jesus ever think
of Him alike. IF there was such
thing as spiritual photography, SO
that we might project our thought
and feeling of Christ, there would
be at least three thousand of them
here"
"The vision of Christ that comes
to you through your personal ex-
periences is higher than that which
comes through any philosophy.
When a man out of his soul exper1
iences finds before him constant
picture that Is joy to him, let him
not undertake to repaint it by the
reason" pr
"Don't let philosophy take your
Christ way from you. Let Him be
more and more your own. Though
all the world think my child homely,
it is handsome to me-"
Theology may take its hat and
walk out of the sanctuary while the
soul is praising and rejoicing in
its Christ. 1t has no business to in
terfere. 1t would be like a justice
of the peace undertaking to over
rule the Chief Justice eff the United
States" .,ailIf u.r
"I am not one of those that think
that this world is all that there is of
the. maifestation of the glory of God.
l would sooner, think that all there
is Of the majestic pines that frown
from the ridges Of California is con
tanned in seed no bigger than a
pea. That seed is to be planted: it
is to develop, God forbid that 1.
should impoverish the conception Of
Gods great providence by limiting.
it to the possibilities of this lfea |
believe no such thing" 3qsaaga
"There are great many that
would like Christ if he could only
be flashed into them. Christ is born
into every one baby an alphabet
ic Christ" l3 =
"There are thousands who only
have Christ that they carry around
in dark lantern of orthodoxy:
They take it out new and again
when they want to read something,
and then shut it up again" 8a5d
o.