Year: 1875

| TWIN MOUNTAIN HOUSE, n. H., August -, 1870.


The extensive preparations which made for the
multitude that it expected would together
this place hear the Rev Henry Ward Beechcr preach
this morning fully justified by the demands of the
OCCASION Even larger number present to-day
than last Sunday. The mammoth tent which has
been obtained from Boston by the Mcssrs. Barron,
proprietors of this house. and which was yesterday
raised the lawn few rods from the
hotel, being 125 feet in diameter, is capable
of seating some 900 people 1t was full that many
persons crowded the ascs the preacher and stood
around the edges of the tent There were thirty seven
cars that brought to the Twin Mountain House their
loads of human freight These from Portland,
Me-. Burlington, Vt; Plymouth, N H.; White River
Junction, Vt; Lancaster n. H. and the Fabian
House There were 1S3 vehicles from the neghboring
towns and hotels not the lines of tho railroads.
The benches in the tent were built of heavy
planks and placed closely together
as comfort would allow, make the most of the
available space broad and strong platform had been
erected on which Mr. Beccher stood and which, tho
ground ascended in front of him, brought him nearly
on level with the majority of his hearers About
dozen, more, ushcrs, most of them from Plymouth
church, Brooklyn, who appointed to meet the
eXigencies Of the OCCASION gracefully performed the
! duty of seating tho audience There being no organ
piano tho spot the singing admirably
accompanied by Whites Boston Band, to whom
! the guests of the hotel are daily laid under
obligation for enlivenng music The most picturesque
and beautiful scene presented every side by the
adjacent forests and mountains. loveer day could
not have been wished for and preacher and hearers all
seemed to enjoy the inspiring influences of the natural
beauty by which they surrounded In the CON
gregation many clcrgymen and men of distinction
from various parts of the country, who are
spending their vacation among the noun
tains The regular hour for service here is
eleven O'Clock, but to-day the exercises were
postponed until twelve O'clock as the long trains oe
that known to be on their way from Portland
and Burlington did not arrive until that time. The
tedum of the hour which interviewed was relieved by
the singing of several hymns and by the walking about
the suggestion of Mr. Bcecher of those who feared
that they might find it wearsome sitting until
the close of the meeting During the interval a
choir improvscd to lead the singing, with
Mr.. s. /. Parsons, of Brooklyn, N " as conductor
In his request that competent singers would come for
ward to the platform Mr. Beechcr said cit is the duty
of all who sing to do So and thus contribute the
common service in this tabernacle for are a multi
tude in the wilderness, and holding tabernacle
scrvicesn on the arrival Of the last train the sound
ing of the horn which had been agreed upon as the
signal for commencing the services those who had left
the returned there The regular exercises of the
morning began with the singing of the first four stanzas
Of the hymn commencing


Up to the hills lift mine eyes


In announcing this hymn Mr. Beecher said :-'T ask
you all to join in the singing. That is part of
ship You have not together from curiosity; you
have come together to worship and partake of the
Joy of Christian fellowship; So then, let us all have
part and lot in the service of God among the
aims


THE PRAYER.


The following alluson to the assembly and to the
occasion occurred in the prayer which he madc:-


Thou hast invited us to come boldly to the throne of
grace to obtain mercy and find grace help in time Of
need Is not this morning time of various needs with
this great congregaon Grant that the breath of the
mouth may blow away all unworthy motives. Grant that
the warmth of Thy face may in all dormant
affections. Grant that may enter into fellowship with
each other in the blessed service Of praise toward
and in all the efforts which shall make for instruc-
tIon.n Before the singing OF the next hymn beginning


What sinners value resign.


Mr.. Bcechcr announced that Mrs Mary A. Iivermore
at his urgent request bad consented to discourse in the
evening upon the subject of the 'Moral Elevation of
Woman. during the hour usually devoted to tho ser
vice of social song In making the announcement he
spoke of this lady who is honored wherever she
is known.


TEXT.


He then said that he would speak from the passage
contained in the third chapter John and the seventh
verse Marvel not that said thee Ye must be
born again" The discourse developed rs follows:-


SERMON


Almost all the of religion that are separated
from each other by doctrna pcculiartes are made
separate by some peculiar mental philosophy You
will find that the process Of time the children that
are born holding their parents peculiar dispositions
still go on in their sect from the force of education
and Of. habit Men OF one peculiar type of
character have personal ainties with what are called
Calv tic and mnn Of of
feeling and understanding affiliate moro readily with
the social sccts and liable to embrace tho
Arminan doctrine than the Cavinistic Men of n
certain worshpping nature whose soul demands OF
them expression of reverence and awe tend
almost always to organize themselves on some
church form that shall represent these cle
mcnts, and so, although hcrc are many
found in each OF the sects who do
not belong to thcm the great truth remains that all the
cardinal scots of Chriscndom organized around n
psychological core or tendency; not that they all hold
IT, but that they hold much OF the truth is consist
cnt with certain mental conformation. You will find
therefore, that under certain circumstances the great
operative doctrines which have been preached have
been in tho direction Of the sovereignty Of God and that
everything else has been subordnacd 10 that
one great conception Men have not only sought
all should do to teach the word Of God but they
have had the motive power Of their life exercised |
in cxatng Him IN humbling men, in showing not |
simply that God is supreme and sovereign, but |
that His law as representing. Him il the most |
precious thing in the universe and that IL were better
for the whole 10 he swampcd and TO be DESTROYED
than that one iot or little Of His law should perish.


CALvfNIsM--SEw ENGLAND STYLE


Now when you bring this view into a community
like New England fathers brought il there YOU
to bear in mind that II is doctrine which is no
longer held by men crampcd and confined bv political /
circumstances or BY old and hereditary insti. |
tutiOns, and that II naturally Is undergoing |
modification arising largely from tho character
OF Ike times and OF the people lfthcrc be anything |
that Is Characteristic Of New England is pracicancss
and as New England was commonwealth and a dem.
ocratc commonwealth from the very beginning and
as It was given to New England in the early days to
contend against the hierarchy for the sake of vncnt-
ing the essential worth Of men and the nalcnablc |
rights Of the individual citizen il could not
be otherwise for having defended the dignity and the
prcrogativcs OF every man. they frame their re.
ligiou accordingly. Therefore, when they came to |
preach high Calvinstic doctrines they felt that
there something needed they fclt that they /
could not one day declare against hicrarchcs |
and against rigorous churches and assert that
men were equal that each man had in him n
Kingdom. that every human being was crowned with